JK Rowling is suing her former assistant for making thousands of dollars worth of unauthorized purchases. The assistant was buying expensive cats!! [Jezebel]
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People actually buy cats? They don’t just wait for one to show up at the door?!? Or at a friend’s door? Or send their friends out to find one looking for a live-in job?
Who knew?
Porch cat best cat. (Let the porch cat in )
+ 1 for porch kitties!!.🐱
One cat years ago was a true porch cat. She was a scrawny limping stray. A friend’s cat had gone missing when she was away for a couple of weeks (her college roommates let him out) and she was trying to lure him with his favorite canned cat food if he was still in the neighborhood. So I put dishes of the stinky stuff on my porch, since I worked at night near the door and would see if he showed up.
Well, he never showed up but most likely had just found another home. But the cat food dish was visited by a huge slug, a huge sloppy possum, a skunk, a well-fed kitten from up the street, and what became Cat Three (who started staying in my carport to keep close to the stinky food and the water dish).
Cat Three was so skeletal that at a distance, I thought she was a teenage cat. Up close, she looked old. Turned out she was only 1-2 years old and had given birth within the past two months, according to the vet.
I told the vet that surprisingly, Cat One and Cat Two only sniffed at her when I brought her inside and kept her on my lap while I rounded up a ride to the vet. No hostility at all. The doc said they knew she was in trouble and needed help… Actually, I needed help by that point because Cat Three (who had been quiet and mellow) panicked as soon as we crossed the property line to get into a friend’s car, and tried to rip my thumbs off. She did not want to leave her happy carport and porch home. I grabbed a box from the carport and stuffed her into it for the ride…. and asked the vet for bandaids. I was using my index finger for the spacebar for three weeks.
Cat Three was so thrilled to have indoor sanitary facilities (her very own litter box in the kitchen until Cat One and Cat Two were more into sharing) and food available 24/7. She mainly hid for quite a while, except to eat and use the facilities. She was not all that interested in the outdoor life, she had had enough. I didn’t want to spay her until she was in better shape, and she fell in love with Cat Two (a 1 year old spayed female) during heat. Once Cat Two realized Cat Three wasn’t after her food, she discovered that if she whapped vibrating Cat Three on the backside then Cat Three vibrated faster (her own personal windup toy). They remained good friends after surgery, although Cat Two missed the windup toy.
I never understood buying pure breeds, they always seem less smart and don’t live as long.
OMG!! I’m in Ottawa and just let porch cat in!!! He’s so sweet and just seems so grateful for some love and care 😻❤️
People who buy cats from breeders should be scritched to deathitude. Grrrr.
why? My daughter was allergic and adored cats, so we purchased a Sphinx. He has been a loving pet for 16 years.
Cal – That really should just be ammended to “people who don’t spay and neuter their pets should be scritched to deathitude”
There’s a difference between responsible breeding and people who do it for pure profit. There are a plethora of reasons why someone would want a purebred animal – dog or cat – that have nothing to do with snobbery and consumerism.
Parigo – that’s a ridiculous comment. Maybe with shitty breeders that can be true. But they SHOULD be testing for a multitude of health conditions before breeding, and while I’m sure some breeds are stupid – just like many dog breeds – there are some insanely smart cat breeds out there.
Well said Erinn, and mea maxima culpa, as yours is by far the more pressing observation. (Tbh I am probably thinking more of the accursed puppy farming that goes on in my country…..cats are not quite in the same league as that thank god; but yeah, the thousands of unwanted kittens in just one little town is enough to make one despair of ‘owners’ ) 🙏🏼
Yeah, I wouldn’t know because nearly all the cats we’ve had have just shown up at our door and refused to leave.
haha, same!
many people have commented about porch cats and cats showing up at their doors. You obviously don’t live in a huge Urban city with 10+ floors apartment buildings and complexes with thousands of people. I love cats. But I would never take a feral cat from the streets of NYC. Have you ever dealt with a feral cat?
I bought my cat. There werent any kittens at my local shelter and I had a big dog so I felt more comfortable getting a kitten(would have gotten an adult/oldie if it were used to dogs).
My kitten was 10$. I think a symbolic sum shows you dont consider the cat disposable in a way.
Yeah, I adopted mine. Well, she adopted me. She found me and decided to stay. Still refuses to leave. The nerve.
Her eyes look weird. It look like a mixture of to much Botox and something else…
That’s terrible. Unless you have an allergy that requires getting a certain breed, there’s no legitimate reason to buy a cat. I’ve volunteered at animal shelters and some cats have stayed there for years for a variety of reasons. It’s heartbreaking.
Why is she associating her name with such pettiness?
She is a billionaire, this is the equivalent of an average person suing someone for pennies.
Why? Fire her; file a police report; let her get a record.
Why sue for the equivalent of pennies? Her lawyers will cost more than the losses due to the purchases; therefore only reason is because she is a vindictive a**hole.
Just gross.
I think the assistant should be charged so she doesn’t wind up working with someone who can’t afford a $31,000 charge because there’s no record. But otherwise, yeah, f*ck off with asking for an amount that isn’t anything but symbolic. Somebody her caliber of wealth will recover from that kind of monetary loss. The assistant will not do the same from a multi-million dollar lawsuit.
Because she STOLE from her,. I don’t care if JK Rowling makes $30.000 an hour, her employee stole and misused her private funds. She should be sued so that she doesn’t do it again.
Anybody who steals, especially thousands of dollars worth, deserves to have to make reparations. You can’t just go steal from someone because you think they have plenty of money. That’s not how it works.
What a strange point – is there a perfect number you’d be comfortable for someone to be stealing from you?
It seems like people missed the “file a police report” aspect of your comment. Suing is not going to stop this woman from stealing. But an police record could certainly hinder her job prospects and in my opinion would be a better punishment.
Now I’m wondering if there’s more to the story- did she press charges? Was there not enough evidence to charge the assistant for stealing? It seems like that’s how it should’ve been handled, so now I’m wondering if this lawsuit was a last resort?
I was thinking that, it should be a police matter, so I guess there wasn’t the evidence to prosecute.
That’s such a weird story. She’ll end up spending much more on legal fees than she’ll ever get back, if anything. I’m guessing things ended badly with the assistant!
And to echo many above, if you want a cat, there are so many at shelters and rescues/fosters that need homes.
Louis CK seems to be morphing into Woody Allen in the new pics with this French lady. He should stay in France forever.
Even before his controversy I thought he was repulsive. Nothing attractive about him, at all.
J.K. Rowling seems to have gotten weird plastic surgery.
I don’t have a problem with her suing. There’s always a risk to taking someone else’s credit and using it for your own use, and unfortunately for this person she’s getting sued. Oh well — you didn’t see a consequence coming. Too bad for you.
As a former personal assistant, I’m not saying that girl was right, but I understand.
I notice you said former assistant……I don’t see how anyone can justify stealing from another person. I don’t care what she bought.
So buying cats with her card is a little weird, but Starbucks?! So what if her assistant bought coffee while she was working? That’s seems petty af to sue for. I’m sure her personal assistant worked around the clock and most celebrity PA’s do and needed that coffee.
Even for coffee, you ask the boss first if you can buy it with the company’s money, you don’t just steal it.
I’m pretty appalled by the comment in the original post about why would she care, just because she has a lot of money. Nobody deserves to be stolen from and it’s inexcusable behavior. And for those commenting that think that it’s not that big a deal, how about you trust somebody with your credit card to use for business purposes and they start spending tens of thousands of dollars with it. It doesn’t matter if you’re a millionaire or if you have $0.02 to your name. It’s stealing and it’s an egregious violation of trust. There is nothing that justifies this.
Louis C.K. Has found a woman who can stand to let him hold her hand? Be his girlfriend?
Wow.
He is just an icky guy. And, btw, I will say it..he is not funny. Never has been to me.
This female MUST be in this for the publicity, IMO.
As for the J.K. Rowling news..good for her or her accountants who realized she was being stolen from. Dammit, theft is still a crime. And a violation of trust to the victim. Especially when the victim is also the employer.
I dont care how much money she has, this employee stole from her.
Press charges and make sure she isn’t able to be employed as a personal assistant again without a background check showing up the fact of her theft.
I have a family member who employed someone as a caregiver while they recovered from a medical procedure (not thru an agency, it was a referral by a friend from church) and she was left feeling very vulnerable and was very upset when it was proven this person had stolen from her. It’s not about the money. It’s about trust.
I’ll just never feel the same about her after the Depp thing…
I agree