Revenge of the spurned mistress - part II: Obama adviser fails to stop ex-lover's humiliating film about how he strung her along for eight years (after she put up Times Square billboard to shame him)

Revenge of the spurned mistress - part II: Obama adviser FAILS in last-ditch bid to block ex-lover's humiliating film about how he strung her along for eight years (after she put up Times Square billboard)

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The mistress of one of President Obama's economic advisers who humiliated him with a Times Square billboard after he dumped her has taken revenge on the silver screen tonight.

A documentary called The Glamorous Lie following the affair between Charles Phillips and YaVaughnie Wilkins, 43, premiered tonight at the Harlem International Film Festival. Phillips failed in a last ditch attempt to stop its release to spare his blushes.

Phillips, 53, the former president of Oracle Corp. and a member of President Obama’s Economic Advisory Board, sent a cease-and-desist letter to the organizers of the festival this week trying to block the premiere.



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Public payback: The documentary The Glamorous Lie produced by Yavaughnie Wilkins premiered on Thursday at the Harlem International Film Festival

Screening venue: Wilkins' documentary was shown at the 100-person Maysles Cinema in Harlem, New York

Nasri Zacharia, a festival spokesman, told the New York Daily News that the staff for the 100-person Maysles Cinema were initially concerned because Phillips’ legal team also targeted the venue.

‘We were on hold for a while, and the theater where we are screening the world premiere was concerned, but we managed to alleviate the problems,’ Zacharia said.

According to the spokesperson, Wilkins agreed to take responsibility for all liability and is ‘standing behind the film.’

The mistress-turned-businesswoman told the Daily News that her ex-lover’s ‘cease-and-desist letter is saying it’s an unauthorized documentary, but my lawyers are countering that he’s a public figure and I have a right to tell my story.’

A spokesperson for Phillips was not immediately available to comment on the matter.



Inseparable: Wilkins' and Phillips' relationship lasted more than eight years before the two broke up in early 2010 after the former Oracle CEO decided to reconcile with his wife

Shamed: YaVaughnie Wilkins poses with former lover Charles E. Phillips in a poster she placed in New York The situation is further complicated by the fact that Wilkins has found herself locked in a civil court battle with the film’s director, whom she accused of conspiring with Phillips behind her back. According to Wilkins, her ex-boyfriend, who currently serves as CEO of the software company Infor, attempted to buy the documentary to kill it. ‘If Charles thinks there is something in there that misrepresents our relationship, then he should do his own documentary and tell his own story,’ she said. After its Harlem debut, the film will be shown on Friday at Docufest Atlanta at the Goat Farm Arts Center, and on Sunday it will be screened at the 4th annual Salt Lake City Film Festival. Spurned: The film tells the story of Wilkins' relationship with her ex-boyfriend, Charles Phillips, and their very public breakup

Well-wishers: Wilkins' friends and relatives were interviewed for the film, describing how much in love the couple appeared before the sudden split



The documentary, produced by Wilkins’ company 21 Yellow Tulips, tells the story of her eight-and-a-half year relationship with Phillips and its messy aftermath, which culminated with the spurned woman putting up billboards across the country to shame her lover for leaving her and reconciling with his wife.

In a trailer for the film, Wilkins’ friends and family are seen talking about the affair and how perfect the couple appeared before things went south when Wilkins discovered that not only Phillips was still married, but that he was allegedly having unprotected sex with countless other women.

‘I agreed to executive produce The Glamorous Lie because I wanted to tell my story in my own way. Media interviews alone would not have done my story justice,’ Wilkins said in a press release.

Wilkins first made headlines in January 2010 after putting up giant billboards in several major cities to get back at Phillips.



Wilkins said at the time that she had paid nearly $243,000 to reveal her relationship with Phillips to the public after he went back to his wife.



Entrepreneur: Since the billboard scandal, Wilkins, center, started her own air freshener and independent film production company

Paranoid: Wilkins, left, says in the trailer that she feels like she is being watched, and every time she sees someone suspicious, she is compelled to take a picture, right



The posters, which were three stories high, showed Wilkins and the senior member of the president's hand-picked Economic Recovery Advisory Board below his initials and a quote saying: 'You are my soulmate forever.'

There was also a link to a website that is a shrine to his eight-year affair with his ex-girlfriend featuring pictures chronicling their travels around the world as well as intimate notes and ticket stubs from concerts, films, sports games and Obama' s 2009 inauguration.

One of the giant signs went up on Broadway near Times Square in New York - one of the world's most prominent advertising hoardings.

A further two appeared elsewhere in New York as well as one in Atlanta and one in San Francisco, where Miss Wilkins lives and her married ex-lover owns a family home. Each are said to have cost close to $49,000 to display.



The billboards baffled Americans when they first appeared – with speculation mounting over whether it was a marketing ploy or an apology.

Her extraordinary actions had the desired effect. The chief executive has been forced into an embarrassing public statement in which he admitted their affair.

Adventures: Wilkins set up a website of photos of the couple's world travels, including Sydney, right



Powerful: Phillips, circled, was an adviser to U.S. President Barack Obama

In late January of 2010, Phillips issued a brief three-sentence statement saying: 'I had an eight-and-a-half year serious relationship with YaVaughnie Wilkins.



'My divorce proceedings began in 2008. The relationship with Ms Wilkins has since ended and we both wish each other well.'



Not long before the scandal, he reconciled with his wife, Karen, according to reports in the U.S.

The couple were seen at an awards ceremony in New York and pictured together at a gala held by the American Museum of Natural History in the city in November of 2009. They have a son, Chas.

Reconciliation: Phillips is back living with his wife Karen (centre) and their 10-year-old son in New York

Pressure: Phillips said he wished Wilkins well after intimate photos posted online forced him to admit the affair

'Soulmates': The website, paid for by Wilkins, shows photos of the pair enjoying holidays abroad

Pressure: Phillips was forced to admit the affair after the billboard posters and website went live



High-profile campaign: Wilkins paid $50,000 for each poster - including this one in New York

Promises: Wilkins put the love notes sent from Phillips during their affair online



Her now-defunct website showed Mr Phillips and her standing arm-in-arm on the Great Wall of China and posing in Sydney wearing matching 'Australia' jackets.

One of the photo albums from 2001 was set to a karaoke performance of the Smokey Robinson song Cruisin', where a man and a woman can be heard singing: 'This is not a one-night stand.'

There was also a huge collection of notes from Mr Phillips.

One gushed: 'You're all that matters to me.' Another reads: 'I have never met a woman as fascinating as you. You are exactly what I've been looking and waiting for.'

Miss Wilkins wrote: 'Charles, You have my heart for ever - I love you so much.'

Revenge: YaVaughnie Wilkins paid for three posters, which baffled Americans when they first appeared



Intimate: Love notes were posted on the website, which Wilkins paid £860 to have built



Spurned: Wilkins posted the details on the affair online after Phillips went back to his wife, Karen



Details: Wilkins' website detailed photographs dating from 2001