One of the richest women in the world is being dragged into another groundless attempt to steal credit for the Harry Potter series. JK Rowling has a team of attorneys battling plagiarism claims again.
The book in question is the fourth installment of the series, “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.” A fellow English author claims that Rowling stole his idea of a wizard contest, which is the plot theme for his book, “The Adventures of Willy the Wizard: No. 1 Livid Land.” It was written in 1987 while the Goblet of Fire had a publication date in 2000. The suit also states that she stole the concepts of wizard prisons, hospitals and schools.
“I am saddened that yet another claim has been made that I have taken material from another source to write Harry. The fact is I had never heard of the author or the book before the first accusation by those connected to the author’s estate in 2004; I have certainly never read the book.”
She continued: “The claims that are made are not only unfounded but absurd and I am disappointed that I, and my U.K. publisher Bloomsbury, are put in a position to have to defend ourselves.”
The Potter Publishing house, Bloomsbury, is also being sued in this case. Both Rowling and Bloomsbury will ask the court toss the case “immediately.”
