A talented Canadian clarinet player achieved a victory against his former girlfriend in court and was awarded over $265,000.
Eric Abramovitz decided to take action against his ex-partner, Jennifer Lee after he learned that she had previously sabotaged his chances to receive a scholarship for a prestigious program at the Colburn Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles.
Abramovitz was one of the only two people chosen to study directly under renowned clarinetist Yehuda Gilad.
As a student of the famous musician, he would have been guaranteed a lot of valuable opportunities for his professional career afterward.
Apparently, after Lee found out her then-boyfriend was accepted for the scholarship, which was worth more than $50,000, she did everything to conceal it from her partner, as his taking the offer would mean the end of their relationship.
Lee posed as Abramovitz and declined the conservatory’s proposal. She then went even further by sending the clarinetist a fake rejection notice from the institution saying he was not accepted for the scholarship.
After what had occurred, the young musician had nothing else to do but continue his studies at the McGill University.
However, after two years, he managed to find a place in a program in which Gilad taught at the University of Southern California.
"I just can't believe that someone can not have an overwhelming amount of guilt, lying to someone, betraying someone like that." Clarinetist Eric Abramovitz's girlfriend consoled him after crushing his dreams pic.twitter.com/ryuDOTPIdV
— AM to DM by BuzzFeed News (@AM2DM) June 15, 2018
Scammed clarinetist Eric Abramovitz says despite his ex-girlfriend's betrayal, he's happy he still got to work with teacher Yehuda Gilad in the end pic.twitter.com/l82uCuQEQp
— AM to DM by BuzzFeed News (@AM2DM) June 15, 2018
When the first meeting between Abramovitz and Gilad took place, the two of them were very confused about seeing each other.
Later, Abramovitz uncovered the fake email account used by Lee and finally understood what had really happened.
The story went viral, and the 24-year-old musician was invited on NBC’s TODAY show and here is how he described his encounter with Gilad: “He asked me, ‘What are you doing here? You rejected me.’ I was obviously very confused, and I said, ‘With all due respect, I think you rejected me.”
Lee could not be located for the lawsuit, and it will be difficult to force her to pay.
Young clarinet player’s dream to study under a world-renowned instructor dashed by his girlfriend at the time, who faked a rejection letter from the school so he wouldn’t leave. pic.twitter.com/L5fUCg96Vx
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) June 18, 2018
