Liza hospitalised after fall

Troubled actress Liza Minnelli is in hospital after falling out of bed at her home.

Minnelli was taken to a Manhattan hospital, according to police spokesman Sgt Gerry Falcon. A message left for Minnelli's publicist was not immediately
returned and her lawyer could not be reached for comment.

The Oscar-winning actress, who is a recovering alcoholic, has had a recent rash of legal difficulties.

In November, she was sued by her former bodyguard and driver, who has accused her of assault and battery and claimed she made him have sex with her to keep his job.

Her estranged husband, David Gest, has filed a £5.5 million lawsuit claiming that she beat him so badly he suffered extensive head injuries. Minnelli has
countersued both Gest and the ex-bodyguard.