I'm more inclined to sympathize with a young woman who can't control her spending habits than I am a powerful sleazebag who convinces a young girl to disrobe for him and then pays hush money. I don't think that either are very sympathetic individuals but she more than he.
How does a person who obviously doesn’t hardly make any money get people to loan her over $160,000 dollars?
I don't know what is listed on the bankruptcy filing but $160K in loans isn't that remarkable. A house mortgage, a couple of automobile loans, a couple of uninsured medical procedures with hospital stays, a handful of credit cards, and a debtor can get to $160,000 in no time.
Your defense of Garn comes very close to blaming the victim for the situation.
I have no sympathy for Garn. I just don’t think we have to pick one of them to have sympathy for.
ANd I guess my aversion to the thought of borrowing $160,000 that isn’t very secured credit is why I’ll never have to worry about being bankrupt, and why I’ll never really understand how some people get in so much financial trouble.
My house lost over half it’s appraised value in the past two years. But I’m still carrying more than half of the value as capital. Because I would never have thought it a good idea to borrow against the increased value and spend that money frivolously.