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Dr Lookgood and an ugly fight over $2m; Doctor in trouble: Dr Steven Victor faces a multi-million dollar lawsuit Plum Sykes: believed to have based a character in novel on Dr Steven Victor Sarah Ferguson: astonished the press Sharon Osbourne: a client of Dr Victor Under pressure: Dr Steven Victor and his wife Anna Rhodes, seen here at a charity event, have been accused by creditors of trying to sneak assets out of one of their companies.

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Byline: KEITH DOVKANTS

SOMETHING rather ugly has happened to Dr Steven Victor, the beauty guru whose clients include some of the world's most attractive women. Dr Victor known in his native Manhattan as Dr Lookgood is being chased for more than $2 million by investors who claim he misused their money.

The news will probably come as a surprise to Sarah Ferguson, one of his most devoted clients, and Sharon Osbourne, another fan.

Dr Victor charges thousands of pounds for his treatments and has always been perceived as the highly successful head of his own multi-million dollar beauty empire. Harvey Nichols sells an exclusive range of his products, including small jars of "Bio-Nutritive" cream at ?250.

He has operated from consulting rooms in Marylebone and Knightsbridge and he and his wife, Anna Rhodes, a New York socialite, were often seen on London's party circuit.

But the tanned and quintessentially charming Dr Victor (he unfailingly greets famous women clients with the words: "You are so much more beautiful than your picture") has not been around of late. He has been spending a lot of time with his legal team after being hit with a lawsuit that threatens to change significantly his carefully cultivated public persona. Indeed, his difficulty may amount to more than an image problem.

An Evening Standard investigation...