Posted on 11/26/2004 8:57:50 AM PST by freespirited
A woman who posed as a Saudi princess is suing American Express for letting her rack up an enormous credit card bill.
Antoinette Millard is suing the credit card company for letting her use a special "Centurion Black" card meant for people who charge more than $150,000 a year.
She says she was mentally ill at the time of her spending spree and that American Express should have known that she was acting irrationally and impulsively.
She is suing them for $2 million.
Millard is currently awaiting trial on grand larceny charges.
Millard had also been under scrutiny for posing as a Saudi princess to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of merchandise.
We really should bring back debtors prison.
Doesn't anybody feel any personal responsibility for their actions? Sick.
See what you made me do!
It's all Bush's fault.
I can see the logic in that. Logic, however, does not substitute for either reason or excuses. For that, you need magic.
And public flogging.
Nope. Because liberals have taught people that its always someone else's fault.
I have been saying that for years.
She'll just file for bankruptcy, and the other credit card holders will get to pay higher interest to make up for it.
Whoever the lawyer is who filed this suit for her, should match her dollar for dollar in fines, and day for day incarceration when they lose this ridiculous case.
I see another scumbag lawyer scam coming up. Why is it that all these truly evil people are either lawyers, spouses of lawyers, or simply grovel to lawyers?
they rate one notch below an amoeba as far as morals and decency are concerned. even a homosexual pedophile is better than the lawyers that allow them to prey on innocent children.
But, how can you pay off your debt if you are in prison!!??
I was thinking indentured servitude - to pay off the debt.
Tell you one thing.........you PAY AS YOU CHARGE with American Express. You don't have it at the end of the month, you're in deep doo-doo. Pretty good way to watch what you spend........so we rack up the charges and get these stupid points toward airplane tickets that we MIGHT use one day.*~*
Yeah - "get out of debt free card."
I certainly hope I don't have to pay fees to cover this loss. Amex should have required some strict due diligence before they issued a card for people who spend over $150K per year.
I don't see where the woman has any right to sue for damages, but Amex fully deserves to eat every last penny of the bill she racked up.
Stop me before I shop again?????????????
"she says she was mentally ill at the time..."
She still is! Sad to think the world is full
of buffoons like this.
Her lawyer ought to be disbarred for bringing this suit.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.