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Husband wants lie test for 'Slugger Liza'

NEW YORK, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Liza Minelli's estranged husband David Gest has challenged the entertainer to a lie detector test, claiming she beat him senseless in a drunken rage.

"Liza Minnelli can be very, very violent. Anybody else would be doing jail time for what she's done," Gest told Friday's New York Post.

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"She really needs to confront her problem and needs to pay for what she's done," he said. "Let's have 'Slugger Liza' take a lie detector test and see where the truth lies."

Gest filed for divorce and has sued Minnelli for $10 million, claiming permanent facial injuries from the beating he sustained. He said he must take 80 painkilling shots every four to six weeks and eventually will have plastic surgery for the damage.

Minnelli denies Gest's charges and has countersued for $2 million.

Gest is scheduled to appear Friday on NBC's "Dateline" where he shows his alleged injuries to Stone Phillips.

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