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Rhonda Byrne (left), Drew Heriot (right)
THE Australian director of the international self-help phenomenon The Secret is suing its creator Rhonda Byrne for $150 million.
The director Drew Heriot claims he is owed the money from Ms Byrne, originally from Melbourne, for the popular straight-to-DVD movie and the best-selling self-help book on which it is based.
Ms Byrne has been working overtime to repel the negativity emanating from a series of lawsuits over her huge money-spinning life guide.
The Secret, based on the "law of attraction", promises unlimited happiness, love, health and prosperity to those who adhere to its philosophy.
The lawsuit filed by Mr Heriot in the US claims he is the co-author of the screenplay and the book and is therefore entitled to up to half of what his lawyers estimate is $300 million in revenue from The Secret.
He said Ms Byrne told him and one of her producers, Paul Harrington, in January 2005 about an idea she had for a new television series based on several "self-help" and "success" books and audio CDs she had enjoyed while on holidays.
Ms Byrne wanted to make a documentary-style series with various self-help teachers. Mr Heriot said the three of them decided that the series should be called The Secret, which would ultimately focus on one self-help principle known as the "law of attraction".
Ms Byrne then wrote the book in August 2006, but Mr Heriot claims it was based mainly on the movie's screenplay and documents he created.
click for more: http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/rhonda-byrne-sued-for-half-of-the-secret-revenue/2008/05/17/1210765254572.html
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