Jazz pianist Chick Corea filed a discrimination lawsuit against German government officials for canceling a concert because he belongs to the Church of Scien-tol-ogy.

Corea said in the lawsuit filed Thursday that he wants Baden-Wuerttemberg officials to admit they practiced religious discrimination. He was to perform in Stuttgart during the Track and Field World Championships in August.Baden-Wuerttemberg officials said Scientology is a cult that brainwashes its members and led them to order a booking agent to cancel Corea's concert.

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Corea, 52, isn't seeking money in the lawsuit, said Ulrich Katzschmann, a Scientology official in Frankfurt.

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