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By Nancy Streets Nov 28, 2007

Is there a tell all book coming from Keifer Bonvillain? Bonvillain, the 37-year-old former civil rights activist and author of the as yet unpublished "Ruthless," was arrested in May for allegedly attempting to extort the talk show queen out of $1.5 million. According to police, he threatened to expose tape recordings of conversations that he claimed reveal behind-the-scenes shenanigans at Winfrey's production company, a report from ABC News details.

Ruthless Oprah Tell All Book Coming from Keifer Bonvillain?

Now he is promising a book that will "expose" a ton of insider secrets. The book is currently unavailable on Amazon.com, but is available on his website. On the page there is this tease. "Oprah Winfrey's rise from poverty to prominence is a classic American "Rags to Riches" story augmented by a skilled and powerful public relations machine that controlled her public image by cloaking her employees in silence with strict confidentially agreements."

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Continuing: "To the world, it appeared she had it all; the top rated television talk show of all time, a long list of prestigious awards, and a billion dollar bank account. An office Manager at Harpo broke his silence and his confidentiality agreement when he spoke freely about Oprah Winfrey's private life and business affairs to Keifer Bonvillain."

According to ABC News, Bonvillain promises plenty of detail about his legal battle with Winfrey's attorneys in chapters titled "Framed by Oprah and Her Lawyers" and by posting audio files that purport to record Harpo Films counsel Bill Becker assuring Bonvillain that he didn't consider a payoff to be extortion. Will the book be published and what will be in it?

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