Money Can't Buy You Love

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Just goes to show that money is the only important thing in life...

 

 

NEW YORK - Money — not even $149 million — can't buy you love. Juan Rodriguez, who collected the huge windfall in the Mega Millions lottery last month, is now on the outs with his wife, the New York Post reported Saturday. Iris Rodriguez wants a divorce from her husband of 17 years, and she filed the paperwork just 10 days after Juan bought the winning ticket on Nov. 19.

 

Iris Rodriguez is seeking a portion of her husband's huge lottery check, the Post said. Rodriguez, 49, opted to take his winnings in a single lump-sum payment of $88.5 million before taxes.

 

Although the couple appeared together at a news conference after Rodriguez matched the winning numbers, his wife had previously given him the boot over his financial difficulties. Rodriguez had filed for bankruptcy a month before his lottery win, and court papers showed he had just 78 cents in a savings account and owed $44,000 to creditors.

 

The Colombian immigrant bought the winning ticket at a store near the midtown Manhattan parking lot where he worked double shifts as an attendant, earning about $28,000 a year.

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Wow. It looks like the wife or exwife did the right thing in dumping the bum. I am glad that she didn't let the money be the reason that she would stay with him.

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WTF ever. this bag of his will now be coming away with half his winnigs so she is doing fine, and apprently the money wasnt the reason she stayed wit him it was prolly the reason she left!! but sounds to me lke this guy will find that money will get him a lot closer to happy than he was before. sheet now that his wife is leaving heiwll be able to buy at least 1 chik named happy for every day of the rest of his life. sounds like a good time to bobbie!!!