JK Rowling has successfully sued Russells, the law firm who revealed the secret identity of the author behind The Cuckoo’s Calling. In a tasteful move, the winnings from the lawsuit will be donated to charity.
JK Rowling's lawsuit against Russells has been settled. The entertainment law firm which leaked that Rowlings used a pseudonym to pin The Cuckoo’s Calling, is making a sizable donation to charity--just in time for ‘Harry Potter's’ Birthday.
A partner from Russells accidentally caused quite a stir when he spread confidential information about Rowling's secret ID to his wife's best friend, who went on to tweet the revelation to a writer for The Sunday Times.
From there, the columnist did what any responsible journalist would do... publicly out the author. Since the news broke, sales have skyrocketed. The book, initially believed to be written by “first time author” Robert Galbraith, had only managed to generate modest sales but great reviews.
The sudden flood of money coming in made many question if Rowling was behind the leak. The whole ordeal caused Rowling great "distress" according to her attorney:
“This was very much aggravated by repeated speculation that the leak had, in fact, been a carefully coordinated publicity stunt by her, her agent and her publishers to increase sales.”
The disgraced partner from Russells appeared before the British High Court, hat in hand, according to Rowling's attorney:
“As a reflection of their regret for breach of the claimant’s confidence, including frustrating the claimant’s ability to continue to write anonymously under the name Robert Galbraith, the defendants are here today to apologize publicly to the claimant.”
Russels then offered a substantial donation to the charity of Rowlings choice. The author commented:
“This donation is being made to The Soldiers’ Charity partly as a thank you to the army people who helped me with research, but also because writing a hero who is a veteran has given me an even greater appreciation and understanding of exactly how much this charity does for ex-servicemen and their families, and how much that support is needed.”
JK also proved herself to be a class act by vowing to give all the royalties form the crime novel to the charity for the next three years.
Rowling can afford to spare the unexpected earnings. The writers real bread winner, Harry Potter, celebrated his birthday Wednesday. The boy who lived turned 33.
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