Man wins lottery, leaves wife and disappears
Chris Spags What would you do if you were suddenly a millionaire? Would you leave your life behind? Maybe, in theory. But in practicality, probably not. Well, one man won the lottery with other blue collar coworkers and left his life behind, leaving his wife all alone to fend for herself.
A South Florida woman whose husband won the lottery and then left her was set to be evicted from her home Tuesday evening.
Campbell was given until Tuesday to pack up and leave the Miramar home she once shared with her husband, Arnim Ramdass.
“I have asked myself over and over what I did to deserve this, to deserve this ending,” Campbell said.
Ramdass and several other airline mechanics won $19 million in a June 2007 lottery jackpot. Instead of sharing the wealth, Campbell said her husband did not tell her about his win and eventually left her.
Campbell wants to divorce Ramdass, file suit for her half of the money and serve him with papers, but her husband is nowhere to be found.
“I intend to find him. I will keep trying until I get him,” Campbell said.
This is like a movie plotline. Man wins lotto, ditches wife, she has to hunt him down to get her half of the money. That sounds all well and good until you realize that they won $19 million amongst, what, five other guys? So that’s like $2 million each after taxes? That’s a lot of money, don’t get me wrong, but enough to go on the lam for your wife? Call me crazy, but I’m guessing this dude didn’t have the best deal at home. He probably would have left her if he won a radio station giveaway of Gloria Gaynor tickets.
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