Palm reading New York Buddhist at the heart of Boris Johnson scandal in London

Eve Leigh, who was born Rebecca Leigh, called the London police on Friday night after hearing British Prime Ministerial hopeful Boris Johnson fighting with his girlfriend. The New York-born playwright is now at the heart of a political scandal

Eve Leigh, who was born Rebecca Leigh, called the London police on Friday night after hearing British Prime Ministerial hopeful Boris Johnson fighting with his girlfriend. The New York-born playwright is now at the heart of a political scandal 

The American Buddhist playwright at the heart of a British political scandal involving Prime Ministerial hopeful and Trump favorite Boris Johnson is the daughter of legendary Broadway composer Mitch Leigh who wrote The Impossible Dream and iconic TV commercial jingles.  

Eve Leigh, 34, has found herself at the heart of a media storm in London along with her husband, Tom Penn, after the pair of 'Leftists' phoned the police while Johnson was having an argument with his girlfriend, their neighbor who lives in the apartment beneath them. 

Eve, whose real name is Rebecca, is a fierce opponent of Brexit and has boasted about giving Johnson 'the finger' on a now-deleted Twitter account. 

They have now gone into hiding and questions over Johnson's chances at becoming the next Prime Minister are in question.  

Born Rebecca Leigh in December 1984, she is the only daughter of Mitch Leigh, the composer best known for his 1965 musical Man of La Mancha which won five Tony awards including Best Original Score. 

The production starred Richard Kiley and was performed more than 2,000 times in its first year. It has since been revived multiple times. 

She has a brother, David, and a half-brother, Andy, from her father's first marriage. Her mother, Abby, is a well-known artist whose work hangs in The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Guggenheim in Manhattan.    

Boris Johnson

Carrie Symonds

On Friday, Leigh and her husband called the police after hearing Boris Johnson, the Trump-favored Prime Ministerial candidate, arguing with his girlfriend, their downstairs neighbor Carrie Symonds (right) 

The family lived a somewhat private life in Manhattan with the exception of Eve's artist mother Rebecca who, in recent years has been photographed socially. 

Eve's father is the late Broadway legend Mitch Leigh (pictured) who died in 2014

Eve's father is the late Broadway legend Mitch Leigh (pictured) who died in 2014

In addition to his Broadway success, Leigh made a fortune composing jingles before his 2014 death. 

Among them was Nobody Doesn't Like Sara Lee for the food giant, Sara Lee and The Dis-advantages of You for the cigarette-maker Benson & Hedges. 

Eve makes no tangible mention of her wealthy American family in interviews with British theater publications, only that she knew from a young age she could work in 'the arts.' 

In one, from February this year, she described how she was once a palm reader, her husband is a magician and her first job was as a babysitter. 

But her family enjoys enormous wealth. 

In 2015, a year after her husband's death, Abby listed their Upper East Side townhouse for $38million and bought an $8million home in the former New York Cancer Hospital. 

She ended up reducing the price of the 12,000 sq ft, five-floor, elevator-equipped home to $24million and accepted $20.4 million for it in 2016 from Automation Townhouse LLC. 

Months after Mitch's death, she purchased a $4.8million home on the Upper West Side which she sold in 2018 for the same price. 

Among her father's famous pieces of work is the 'Nobody Doesn't Like Sara Lee' jingle for frozen foods company Sara Lee which was on television in the 1990s

Among her father's famous pieces of work is the 'Nobody Doesn't Like Sara Lee' jingle for frozen foods company Sara Lee which was on television in the 1990s

It is unclear what Eve's brothers do for work or why she decided to leave the US for England as a student. 

Leigh's mother is the famous artist Abby Leigh whose work hangs in the Met and the Guggenheim

Leigh's mother is the famous artist Abby Leigh whose work hangs in the Met and the Guggenheim 

On Friday night, Leigh and her husband listened through the walls while Johnson, 55,  and his girlfriend Carrie Symonds, 31, argued. 

They called the police claiming they were 'frightened and concerned' by the noises coming from inside the South London apartment and they also recorded what they heard from a landing outside Symonds' front door.  

Penn has insisted they are not politically motivated and were merely concerned for everyone's safety. 

But on a now deleted Twitter account, Leigh wrote she once 'gave Boris Johnson the finger.'  

This summer, she said 'all Tories suck,' a reference to the British Conservative party which he is a part of, and also accused Last week Ms Leigh wrote on Twitter that Tories were 'pretending to respect the memories of the Holocaust dead'.

She also previously claimed outgoing Prime Minister Theresa May had brought in 'insanely cruel policies', that Brexit was 'racist' and the Home Office was 'lower than vermin' 

In November 2017, she commented on the Tory leadership contest, which Mr Johnson is the favorite to win next month. The re-tweeted comment said: 'Today's debate: Has Boris Johnson set men in politics back decades?'  

Eve grew up in this Upper East Side townhouse which her mother listed for $38million in 2015. She took a $24million price cut the following year and sold it

Eve grew up in this Upper East Side townhouse which her mother listed for $38million in 2015. She took a $24million price cut the following year and sold it 

Now Abby lives in an $8million apartment in one of the turrets of the former New York Cancer Hospital

Now Abby lives in an $8million apartment in one of the turrets of the former New York Cancer Hospital 

Anti-Conservative tweets on her Twitter account, which had been active for seven years before being taken down in the last couple of days, dated back to the Occupy London protests in 2012 when Johnson was the Mayor of London.  

That year she also co-wrote a production about the Occupy London protests that camped out at St Paul's Cathedral.    

Leigh is an 'experimental playwright', games designer, 'theatre-maker' and her partner also performs close-up magic. 

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