Denise Rossi, from California, found that out the hard way when she won $1.3 million in the lottery jackpot and was then forced to hand over her winnings to her ex-husband after he tried to hide them during of their divorce.
There are countless stories of people who won a lot in the lottery and then lost it all through wrong investments. But not so many have had to give them to someone who just decided they don’t want to be in a relationship anymore!
However, this came after Denise filed for divorce just 11 days after her big win. But instead of clarifying its earnings according to the sleepy he tried to hide them and that proved quite difficult.
She filed for divorce from her husband, Thomas Rossi, in December 1996 after 25 years of marriage. But this was not enough to get rid of him.
When the case went to court, a judge ruled that Ms. Rossi had violated asset and capital disclosure laws and acted fraudulently or fraudulently.
She failed to tell her husband and the courts about the $6.6 million prize she won with five co-workers.
According to her testimony in court, she did not want her earnings to “fall into his hands.”
Mr. Rossi did not learn of the win until two years after the divorce, when he received a letter from a company informing him of the lottery.
The letter was addressed to his ex-wife and said the company had “helped hundreds of winners like you across the country receive a lump sum for the present value of their money”.
So he filed for and got a restraining order a few days later and took his ex-wife to court.
There, it was ruled that his ex-wife must pay him 20 annual installments of $66,800, although Ms Rossi’s lawyer called the ruling “very harsh”.
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