Man Sues Girlfriend For Impersonating Him And Sabotaging His Scholarship

Eric Abramovitz  had the world at his fingertips. He was one of the best clarinetists in Canada, won first prize at the Canadian Music Competition six times, was a featured soloist with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and was studying music at Canada's prestigious McGill University. For the next chapter in his impressive young life, Eric hoped to complete the last two years of his bachelor's degree at LA's Colburn Conservatory of Music. 

He applied to the school, which offers every student a full scholarship that includes tuition, room and board and a stipend - worth around $50,000 a year. Nearly all graduates go on to high-paying symphony gigs straight from college. Eric spent time, energy and money during the long application and screening process, including flying to Los Angeles to audition in person. It all paid off - he was accepted... but he never found out about it. 

Eric's girlfriend, Jennifer Lee , whom he trusted with his email password , saw the message before her boyfriend and, scared he would move away and end the relationship, she responded to the email pretending to be Eric and refused the offer. She then deleted the email. 

She also went so far as to create a fake email address from the head of the school and send Eric a letter from that address telling him he was not accepted but that he could study at the University of Southern California with a partial scholarship of $5,000 a year. With an annual tuition of $51,000, Lee knew there was no way Eric would be able to afford it. 

Eric bought it all and months went by before he figured it out. During that time, he and Lee broke up for unrelated reasons. He wound up going to USC, not on scholarship, and while there was able to study part-time with the teacher he would've had at Colburn. That teacher asked Eric, "Why did you reject me?" and Eric responded, "Why did you reject me?" The confusing moment passed without resolution, but the question lingered and eventually, Eric caught wind of the email Lee wrote to the school turning them down.  

He investigated the email address it came from and tried logging in using the passwords his ex used for her accounts. He immediately got access with one of them and he knew she was the culprit. It turned out she also sabotaged his acceptance to Juilliard. 

Eric sued Lee for $300,000 in damages for "loss of reputation, loss of educational opportunity and loss of two years of potential income." Not only did a judge rule in his favor this week, but he added $50,000 to the damages for Lee's "despicable interference" in Eric's career. 

While the judgement is great news for Eric, he might not ever see the money. He has no idea where Lee is now and she's blocking him on social media. 

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