A lottery winner in America is reported to have spent $9m bailing out her fiancee out of jail-twice.
Marie Holmes, from North Carolina, won a reported $188m on the Powerball draw back in February and received $88m after taxes and charges were applied.
She said at the time she wanted to make sure her children never worried about their futures, buy a nice home and donate some money to charity.
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But eyebrows were raised last week when it was reported that she had spent $6m on bailing out her boyfriend, Lamarr McDow, after he was arraigned for allegedly violating curfew requirements on his pre-trial release.
It then emerged she had previously spent $3m on his bail back in March when he was originally arrested on suspicion of heroin trafficking charges last year, according to local news channel WWAY3. Narcos - Netflix's new drug cartel drama
The mother of four, who worked two jobs to support her family before she won, defended herself against the criticism on WWAY3’s Facebook page saying: “What Y’all [sic] need to be worried about is Y’all money and not how I spend mine this is benefiting Y’all how?
"And no he’s no drug dealer or user but who are Y’all to judge anybody? I will definitely pray for Y’all because it’s much need…they talked about Jesus so I’m not surprised Y’all are talking about me but be blessed though.”
