Charles Phillips Didn't Need an Oracle To See This One Coming

Adages have staying power for a reason. One of the most prominent -- Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned -- continues to ring true. Just ask Tiger Woods and his head lumps.

This time yet another prominent and powerful African American man, Charles E. Phillips, 50, president of tech company, Oracle, had his reputation go down in flames after his mistress YaVaughnie Wilkins, 42, plastered at least five billboards across the country proclaiming her love for him complete with a web site with proof of their decade-long affair.

Three of the billboards were scattered around New York City where Phillips resides with his wife and son; one sprung up in San Fransicso where Wilkins lives (and where Oracle is headquartered), and one appeared in Atlanta. The giant "you're busted" signs are estimated to have cost $50,000 each or a quarter of a million dollars.

Three stories in height, the billboards show the couple embraced from happier times and an alleged quote from Phillips himself -- "You are my soulmate forever" -cep. The billboard also includes the website address which since has been taken down.

The Post quotes the designer of the web site saying ya girl YaVaughnie paid about $1500 to have it built last year "as a present for Charles" and includes eight photo albums -- chronicling the years they were together. The photos dating back to 2001, show the couple everywhere around the world from the Great Wall of China to exotic locales to New Year's celebrations.

According to the NY Post, which plastered this fiasco on their front page today -- Wilkins, a writer and actress, and Phillips, had a ten-year affair which the tech honcho recently ended. Karen Phillips filed for divorce in February 2008, but the couple reportedly reconciled last year, which may have thrown the scorned mistress over the edge.

But what these inquiring minds want to know is -- who paid for that Billboard? And was it worth it? (Charles -- Is it ever?)

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