MANHATTAN — A jilted mistress dumped by an adviser to President Barack Obama got her revenge by plastering billboards of herself and her former lover in Times Square and across the city.
The billboards feature a photograph of Charles Phillips, the president of software company Oracle and a member of the president's Economic Recovery Advisory Board, and YaVaughnie Wilkins, Phillip's mistress of more than eight years.
"You are my soulmate forever," the giant ads read.
The billboards, first reported by Gawker, went up in at least three prime New York locations including 49th Street at Seventh Ave., 52nd Street at Broadway, and 45th Street near Third Avenue.
"I had an eight-and-a-half-year serious relationship with YaVaughnie Wilkins," Phillips told reporters through a spokesperson. "The relationship with Ms. Wilkins has since ended, and we both wish each other well."
The scorned Wilkins sought to embarrass Phillips after she learned he had reconciled with his wife, the New York Post reported.
The billboards also pointed curious viewers to the Web site www.charlesphillipsandyavaughniewilkins.com, which appears to feature eight years worth of photos of the couple although the photos were inaccessible as of Friday afternoon.
Wilkins reportedly bought billiboards in Atlanta and San Francisco as well.
The public embarrassment may have cost Wilkins as much as $250,000, at $50,000 a billboard, according to the Post.
