Things continue to spiral for Oprah Winfrey.On top of everything that has happened to the talk show mogul, now comes a report in Page Six that a gentleman is threatening to publish a expose about her company, Harpo.
Keifer Bonvillain, 37, who touts himself as a Louisiana-born "civil-rights activist," has launched a Web site in a bid to get a publisher for his exposé, titled "Ruthless."
Bonvillain claims that he has audio tapes of a Harpo employee speaking freely about Oprah's private life and business affairs.
According to his pitch: "Keifer Bonvillain underestimated one of the world's most powerful women when he, armed with clandestinely recorded tapes, decided to write a 'tell-all' book unmasking the famed celebrity. Within days of Harpo learning about the book, two men were attempting to break into Keifer's home - presumably to get the tapes. Oprah was desperate to keep the truth from being revealed . . . The fallout was Keifer's highly publicized arrest."
This is not the first time Bonvillain has gone after Oprah.
Last year he was charged with federal extortion after he allegedly tried to sell Winfrey audiotapes for $1.5 million of a high-ranking Harpo employee bad-mouthing her. The charges didn't hold up in an Illinois court.
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By: JC on 11/27/2007 2:03AM
Keifer Bonvillain (Villain) Is Trying to Blackmail Oprah To Extort Money From Her. Bonvillain (Villain) Is Not A Civil Rights Activist. He's A Simple Con Man! Anyway, Oprah's Private Life Is Just That, "PRIVATE"!
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1. a cruelly malicious person who is involved in or devoted to wickedness or crime; scoundrel.
2. a character in a play, novel, or the like, who constitutes an important evil agency in the plot.
—Synonyms 1. knave, rascal, rapscallion, rogue, scamp.
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By: Brian Panting on 11/27/2007 2:13AM
50 cent was right, she acts like a whire woman, that's all that's in her little playhouse, now she has to pay the price,and it's not over yet. The road you pave going up is a lot harder coming down, she needs to rremember who put her wher she is and stop fronting. Because white people wil turn on her like she's a rabid dog , if she keeps playin with them
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By: Brian Panting on 11/27/2007 2:21AM
This is what you get. Good for her I hope people keep slamming her. she had aparty at her housr and people were't even allowed inside It ain't over yet 50 cent was right .
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By: RUTH on 11/27/2007 10:48AM
Leave Oprah alone, everyone always tries to dish out the most loved celebritynews.... NEWS FLASH, she's a human too. We all have faults and clearly your work does to. Find someone else to stalk.
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By: SUE on 11/27/2007 5:52PM
U REAP WHAT U " "
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By: satch on 11/27/2007 4:58PM
who cares what 50 cents said at least she was not selling death to other blacks like his sorry azz did
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By: Jackie on 11/27/2007 5:02PM
Who are we to judge another? No one is perfect. As always, we rejoice at another's misfortune. No wonder that we Black People are not getting anywhere. We have too much hate and envy in our hearts. If Oprah sat on her money and did nothing, she would be branded the MOST SELFISH B......that ever lived, but instead of taking a page from her book, she's vilified by her own. Let God be her judge; and let each and everyone of us do our part even it's in a very small way. Lets pray for each other....
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By: Abu Ali on 11/27/2007 5:28PM
Brothers and sisters. Dont be fooled by this fraud. She is taking the black people by the nose to the road of ruin. The fat hater is more white than whitey could be. She is an infadel and must be set straight. To the law of Mohammad. Black people are going to hell. Shame on you. I would trust a white man over you.
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By: Adverbum on 11/27/2007 6:05PM
Oprah to be compared with half a dollar is tragic. She is a person who has made a major contribution in many ways, to encourage reading , to encourage self improvement, and has the respect of any right thinking
person. Unfortunately this subculture does not understand what it means to be black and to overcome the many hurdles put there by those of both races.
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By: bscribe47 on 11/28/2007 5:06PM
If we all used our powers for good we would be some hellafid people. but our love hate relationship with each other will never allow it. Our status in this society that allows for our people to not promote each other but judge before we know the truth will be our downfall. I vaguely remember black men saying that the singer who molested young girls and peed on the money was being setup by whites and deserved another chance. I don't recall him giving any body black or white homes or access to info thata just my help one prosper if you look past that she is not looking like bouncy I mean Beyoncey! the white man's fantasy of black beauty.
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