(Cover) - EN Showbiz - Beyonc Knowles' father and former manager Mathew Knowles has denied she fired him because he stole money from her.

The pair's working relationship came to an end in March of this year when Beyonc relieved Mathew of his services but did not provide a reason at the time, just insisting that she loved her father.

However in documents obtained by TMZ, Mathew claims that concert promotion company Live Nation Entertainment wanted to ensure closer working ties with the Single Ladies star and fabricated that he had stolen from his daughter.

The papers state that Live Nation told Beyonc her father "had stolen money from [her] on her most recent tour or otherwise taken funds that [he] was not entitled to".

Beyonc then reportedly ordered her law firm to conduct an audit and the legal personnel apparently concluded that Mathew had unlawfully taken money from her and he was promptly fired.

Mathew is fighting back at the allegations and wants a judge to allow him to take depositions from various Live Nation staffers to reveal how they concluded he had been dishonest.

The father-of-three had guided Beyonc's career from the time she was a child and built the group she started out in, Destiny's Child, to the huge worldwide phenomenon it became.

Beyonc continues to work with her mother Tina Knowles who is her stylist and business partner in their fashion company House of Deron. (C) Cover Media