"Jim Rogers claims Russian ‘consultant’ tried to extort him"

From the New York Post:

This might be the worst investment Jim Rogers ever made.

The globetrotting tycoon — known for his spiffy bow ties as well as his investing acumen — has accused a San Diego woman of attempted extortion in a business deal gone bad, The Post has learned.

In civil court papers filed last week, Rogers alleges that Laura Alexis, “a self-professed ‘media consultant’ of Russian descent,” threatened his health and reputation as she demanded that he fork over “large sums of money.”

Alexis failed to deliver on a deal to create a Web-based investing channel for Rogers — and then told him in a testy email that her Russian computer programmer friend “Victor” would be “justified for whatever he will do” unless Rogers coughed up $37,000, according to the suit.

Alexis didn’t respond to requests for comment. Rogers declined to comment through his Los Angeles-based lawyer, Keith Fink.

In response to questions from The Post, Fink said Rogers and Alexis met “in person a grand total of three or four times over six years. The only time they met in person was when he was speaking — once in Alabama, once in Colorado and once or twice in the Big Apple.”...MORE