Rowling's cousin to take lie detector test
Author JK Rowling's cousin Ben is so determined to prove he inspired her hit Harry Potter books, he's signed up to take a lie detector test on a new reality show.
Ben recently claimed he was "inseparable" from the mega-rich writer while he was growing up, and insists he's the basis for her famous schoolboy wizard character, debunking Rowling's claim she came up with the idea while stuck on a delayed train.
And now Ben is taking his claims to upcoming show Lie Detector, which debuts on American TV in March and will profile people seeking vindication for their various claims by telling their stories and taking a polygr aph test.
In a recent interview he said: "When I read the first Harry Potter book, my jaw dropped. It was uncanny, far more than a coincidence. I know Jo based Harry on me. I can see so much of the young me in his character.
"We used to spend the weekends swapping stories of boarding school life. She was always fascinated about what I had been up to at school and used to love me telling her about the scrapes and escapades I had been involved in."
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