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Hell Hath No Fury Like an Intern Scorned

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TEEN-Y PROBLEM Rubenstein
One person who won't be sorry to see the back of Seventeen editor Atoosa Rubenstein is her former intern and self-styled nemesis, Brianne Burrowes. Earlier this fall, Burrowes—who managed to land a summer internship at the magazine despite flaming out as a contestant on its reality show spinoff, Miss Seventeen—turned up on Page Six threatening to sue Rubenstein for slander. Burrowes claimed Rubenstein told staffers she had leaked damaging stories about the magazine to gossip blogs.

Last week, after Rubenstein announced she was leaving Seventeen to write a book and start a Web venture, visitors to Burrowes' MySpace blog noticed a new post, entitled "The Truth About What Happened Between Me and Atoosa."

"As many of you have heard, Atoosa and I have cut our ties with each other," she writes. "I want all of you who thinks [sic] she's a role model looking out for your best interests to know the truth."

The post includes the text of a letter Burrowes says she sent Rubenstein in September, after the editor called her at her home in Montana to accuse her of leaking.

"I'm well aware of how you've handled some of the people who have 'disappointed' you in the past, so I'm assuming you'll be able to destroy the budding career of a young college girl before you even get to your morning Redbull," Burrowes wrote. "I've always been your biggest fan and I've been nothing but loyal to you. You on the other hand have thrown me under the bus twice now, once with the show and now by making me the fall guy for your leak ... I'm sad to hear that I'm the talk of the office and now status non gratis [sic] at Seventeen. I'm even more sorry to hear that you no longer wish to be my friend."

Rubenstein declined to discuss the matter with Radar. Burrowes, meanwhile, says her only intentions are to clear her name and "protect other teenage girls from getting caught up in similar situations."

"I just wanted it to serve as a warning that these Devil Wears Prada moments actually happen," she says. "I'm not out to get her. If she just would've sent me a response, everything would be fine." As for the lawsuit threat, she says, "I've been advised not to discuss that."

Fair enough. But does she think it's wise for someone who wants a career in journalism to publicize a feud with an ex-boss? "Atoosa told the Seventeen staff that I was not to be trusted. To me, she's already trying to ruin my career prospects."

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