Psychic Sensation Miss Cleo's 'Side of the Story' Is 'Finally' Told in New Biopic Miss Cleo: The Rise and Fall (Exclusive)

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It's time to take a closer look at the true story behind one of TV's most elusive sensations.

In the '90s and 2000s, a psychic named Miss Cleo was all the rage — and a new Lifetime biopic will "finally" tell "Miss Cleo's side of the story."

In the trailer for Miss Cleo: Her Rise and Fall, which PEOPLE can exclusively premiere, Robin "The Lady of Rage" Allen plays single mom Youree Dell Harris, who is "desperate to take care of her family and takes a job at the Psychic Readers Network takes a job at the Psychic Readers Network — only to become one of the network's most beloved personalities."

Harris is told she's the network's "highest earner ever" as the trailer begins, and she feels like "the sky is the limit."

As Miss Cleo, she continues to answer phone calls from people around the world, telling one caller, "Tell me about your dreams." The network's execs are thrilled at her incredible earnings — "$24 million a month" — but things start to unravel quickly.

She's served a subpoena at her doorstep, accused of “ripping off millions of people” and called out by the FTC for "deceptive trade practices," but Harris insists that her work is innocent.

“I’m paying my bills and taking care of my kids. I’m not hurting anyone," she says in the trailer.

Though she's assured by the network that "these things blow over” and they'll handle talking to lawyers on her behalf, the single mom's life quickly turns upside down.

“People put their trust in you, Miss Harris. Are you even a psychic?” she is asked by a lawyer as the trailer concludes.

According to the biopic's official synopsis, the biopic will document Harris – who died in 2016 from colon cancer at age 53 – as she was "launched into the pop culture zeitgeist when the network’s infomercials took off, making her a cult icon as the TV persona Miss Cleo."

"Miss Cleo ultimately became the face of the Psychic Readers Network, earning the trust and loyalty for those that called her. Years later, Harris’ world was turned upside down with complaints that the Psychic Readers Network was fraudulent and spread false advertising. Facing angry fans, Harris was forced to defend her reputation to clear her name and escape financial devastation."

In addition to Allen, the biopic will also star Shane Johnson, Ian Bohen, Daphne Maxwell Reid, Cocoa Brown, Dwayne Boyd, Towanda Braxton, Jaida Standberry, Marley Taylor, Amelia Young, Stevie Baggs Jr., and Leslie Black.

Harris' story has been explored onscreen many times, including in a 2014 documentary, Hotline, in which she weighed in on her career and said, "People are going to believe what they want to believe. I don't know who I helped, but I'm certain that I helped some people."

She also refuted the claims that she had amassed a fortune, revealing she made "24 cents a minute," as she said, "I'm said to have gazillions of dollars. I wish people would tell me where it is."

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Miss Cleo: Her Rise and Fall premieres Saturday, Aug. 10 at 8 p.m. ET on Lifetime, followed by the documentary Call Me Miss Cleo at 10 p.m. ET.