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"Psychic" Accused of Conning Author Out of Millions
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Jaya Saxena
Published Apr 14, 2010
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Adam Robinson, author of "What Smart Students Know" and co-founder of the Princeton Review, is suing his allegedly psychic ex-girlfriend for conning him out of millions of dollars. In papers filed with the Manhattan Supreme Court yesterday, Robinson said he financially supported psychic Laura Day and wrote most of her books. But Robinson allegedly "had a psychological infirmity in handling his personal finances. Day capitalized on this weakness in order to profit personally, and persuaded Robinson to deliver to her signatory power over Robinson's bank accounts," according to the suit.
Day works as a self-help author and a psychic to the stars, working for such clients as Jennifer Aniston, Sarah Ferguson and Nicole Kidman, and according to her Wikipedia page, she prefers to call herself "intuitive" rather than "psychic." But she allegedly wasn't intuitive enough to write her own books, and Robinson helped her "virtually unusable" raw material into a book proposal and eventually numerous book deals.
The suit says that the "Practical Intuition" proposal landed Day a $250,000 advance, and eventually the book was a huge success. Robinson claims he got a $50,000 "token thank you" for his work, but Day soon began pressing him for half of his Princeton Review royalties, claiming she was broke. Day said the extra money was for her son, but she took for herself. Because of Day's "calculated plan," Robinson was unable to pay his living expenses and the $10,000 he owed the IRS. On her website, Day lists testimonials to her intuition from numerous fans, including Brad Pitt, who says, "I believe in the gut and I believe in Laura Day."
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