Posted on 01/07/2016 11:37:57 AM PST by Hojczyk
A North Carolina single mom who won a $188 million Powerball jackpot last year pledged to spend it on her kids and church, but so far the biggest beneficiary seems to be "Hot Sauce," her alleged drug dealer boyfriend.
Marie Holmes is a single mom of four, including a child with cerebral palsy; however, she has risked nearly a quarter of the $88 million she took home bailing her boyfriend Lamarr “Hot Sauce†McDow out of jail on drug, weapon and street racing charges.
Holmes, 27, hit the jackpot in February and, since then, has bailed McDow, 31, out of jail three times. McDow was already in jail on heroin and weapons charges when Holmes won the lottery, and shortly after the money came through, she posted his $3 million bail. In July, it was a $6 million bail for a weapons charge.
That amount skyrocketed to $12 million for the alleged street racing infraction this month. McDow was bailed out for that charge on Friday. Bail is doubled each time a defendant violates his conditions, Star News Online reported.
Nearly a year after she won the lottery, most of Holmes’ traveling has been to the bail bondsman’s office.
The total figure at risk for Holmes is $21 million, but she’s already lost a significant amount of money. Bail bondsmen in the Brunswick County area told WECT the going non-refundable rate is anywhere from 7 percent to 10 percent. Given that figure, Holmes has already spent anywhere from $1.47 million to $2.1 million.
McDow is set to make his first appearance on the street racing charge on Jan. 19, according to the News Online. If he doesn’t show up, Holmes stands to lose a sizeable amount of cash.
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Dumb and Dumber
Some bounty hunter is going to get rich.
Stupid is as stupid does.
Like I always say, if you gave out reparations to blacks, white folks would get all the money back in no time.
the non refundable rate would only apply if she were using a bail bondsman, that is their profit.
But she is just paying it all, which should entitle her to get it all back assuming he shows up at trial.
All the people out there busting their butt to make ends meet only to have the treasonists tax the hell out of them and a dingbat like this is giving the keys to the kingdom. She’ll be broke in a few years, guaranteed. Throw money to adult children, they’re all but guaranteed to lose it.
The court knows she has the dough, and is scr#wing her in hopes of a big payoff.
Geez is this guy worth it???
Is she like a sugar momma to him???
Crazy to say, but I’m sure she could find a better companion to spend her money on.
A fool and your money are soon partners. Murphy’s Law
There’s a South Park episode in here somewhere...
Let’s hope the guy skips bail. Losing $20 million should hopefully be enough of a shock to her, and she’d still have the majority of her money.
If he comes back, I expect the entire amount will be gone within 3 years.
She could’a saved a few million by donating to the Obama Foundation in exchange for a pardon.
Aren’t most lottery mega-winners broke within 5 years? It’s the mindset that craves quick money, not the money.
It would be cheaper to pay on a $250,000 annual salary to go straight.
*pay him
88 million she took home from a 188 million lottery?
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