Oracle Exec Admits Relationship With Woman on Billboard

January 22, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

Oracle (ORCL) President Charles Phillips said Thursday that he had a long-running relationship with a woman whose picture seemingly appears alongside his on billboards in New York and other cities.

“I had an 8 ½-year serious relationship with YaVaughnie Wilkins,” Phillips said in a statement. “My divorce proceedings began in 2008. The relationship with Ms. Wilkins has since ended and we both wish each other well.”

The statement comes days after several mysterious billboards popped up, which have since been spotted in New York, San Francisco and Atlanta.

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