Laura and Kirk have won the UK National Lottery Set For Life game. Each month, £10,000 (about 11,750 euros) was supposed to fall into the British couple’s bank account every month, but… not everything went as planned for Kirk. “Instead of sharing everything, she dumped me,” he told The Sun.
The engineer met Laura in 2018 and says he let her live for free in her house in Hucknal: “She then asked how much rent she had to pay, but we were a couple, right? So I didn’t ask for a cent”.
“Laura suggested betting around $30 a week in gambling instead. And if we won, we would split the money together. This deal was never written down on paper, but I didn’t think it was necessary at the time. Who would have thought that we would really win one day? “, he adds.
After winning the ‘Set For Life’ jackpot, Laura and Kirk appeared in the British press and both their names appear on the check given to them: ‘The outside world thought I had won too. But hey, that was the least of my worries. Laura quit her job and we bought a Porsche Cayenne.”
“The more time passed, the more I felt it move away”
Kirk then considered proposing to Laura in marriage, but doubt set in on his side: “The money had become part of the problem. Tensions arose each time this topic came up. People have often asked me why I continued to work for the aircraft engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce. My answer would be that it’s because I liked having a purpose in my life. But there was more than that. I didn’t feel confident enough with Laura to just quit my job. The more time passed, the more I felt her moving away.
At the wedding of a mutual friend, Laura ended their relationship: “She said categorically that she no longer wanted to be with me. Our relationship was on the wane, but I didn’t see it coming. I tried to pick up the pieces, but unfortunately in vain… The sudden wealth had made her a snob and she felt strong enough to throw everything she had overboard”.
“She no longer wants to share her fortune”
“She took a large part of our common property and now she claims custody of our two dogs. She no longer wants to share her fortune. That £1,000 a month was supposed to be rent money. Now that she no longer lives with me, she owes me nothing, that’s her reasoning. I want my 10%. If she keeps giving £1,000 a month, she’ll never hear from me again. Promise! “.
Contacted by our colleagues from The Sun, Laura did not wish to react to the testimony of her former companion.