JK Rowling Sues Her Former Assistant

'Harry Potter' author says woman used business credit card to buy stuff for herself, including cats

(NEWSER) – a girl United Nations agency worked as JK Rowling's personal assistant for over 3 years allegedly used a business MasterCard issued to her by the Harry Potter author to shop for stuff for herself—lots of stuff. in an exceedingly new cause against Amanda Donaldson, Rowling says her former worker benefited to the tune of over $31,000 by charging all styles of things to the credit card—including nearly $2,000 at a luxury candle company, nearly $5,000 at a cosmetics store, and over $2,000 at Starbucks—plus serving to herself to Harry Potter merchandise. Rowling is suing Donaldson, United Nations agency was laid-off in Gregorian calendar month 2017 when payment discrepancies were uncovered, for over $31,000, the BBC reports. Per the Sun, Rowling's husband helped to uncover the alleged misdeeds.


In addition to the allegedly unauthorized "business" expenses, which also included $2,800 at a stationery store and more than $1,000 at a bakery, Rowling says Donaldson was in charge of handling memorabilia requests from fans—and that she used that role to snag items including a "Harry Potter Wizard Collection" worth nearly $3,000 without Rowling's "knowledge or consent." Perhaps the oddest expense of all: Donaldson allegedly spent more than $1,500 on two cats. She's also alleged to have taken more than $10,000 in cold hard cash, most of it from a safe she had access to. Donaldson, 35, has denied the allegations and has claimed Rowling has "not suffered any loss and is not entitled to damages." (When Harry Potter and philosophy class merge.)