Publishers sued over potential Potter plagiarism

The estate of a penniless British writer is suing the publishers behind J.K. Rowling's 'Harry Potter' books, insisting they snubbed him and then used his idea as the basis for the boy wizard franchise.

Adrian Jacobs approached Bloomsbury Publishing bosses in 1987, ten years before his death, and attempted to sell them his 'Willy The Wizard' stories, but the publishers were far from impressed.