Rod Stewart ordered to pay casino $4m

A federal judge has ordered rock star Rod Stewart to pay a Las Vegas casino more than US$3 million ($4.6 million) for not returning advance money he was paid before he cancelled a concert in 2000.

Judge Larry Hicks ordered Stewart's lawyers to pay an additional US$153,483 ($237,000) in contempt-of-court sanctions and legal costs for failing to turn over information to lawyers for casino giant Harrah's Entertainment before trial last year.