Former employee sues Carlos Santana

A former employee of the New Santana Band has accused musician Carlos Santana and his wife of firing him for not being "closer to God", according to a wrongful termination lawsuit filed in California.

In the lawsuit, Bruce Kuhlman, 59, said Santana's wife, Deborah, went on a campaign to "terminate" him after her spiritual guru, "Dr Dan", determined through "calibration" tests that Kuhlman was too old to become enlightened.

Kuhlman, who began working with Carlos Santana as a personal assistant in 1988, was running the band's licensing operation, River of Colors, when he was fired in 2004.