Wednesday, January 24, 2007

In the annals of appropriate names...

...can be found this.
CHICAGO (AP) - A man has been charged with trying to extort $1.5 million from Oprah Winfrey by threatening to release recorded telephone conversations he claimed would hurt her reputation, according to the FBI and published reports.

Keifer Bonvillain, 36, targeted a person identified only as "a public figure and the owner of a Chicago-based company," according to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court.

Although, would Bonvillain mean "good villain?" Perhaps, after having been caught, he should consider changing his name to Malvillain.

Note: Previously in the annals...

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