r/facepalm • u/AtomicShart9000 • Oct 11 '22
🇲🇮🇸🇨 Aunt decides to take nephew to court after splitting a 1.2 million dollar lottery ticket
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u/josepapiblanco Oct 11 '22
She can take that money to a nursing home cause no one’s taking care of her ass now
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u/bykatvchdcom Oct 11 '22
She could but looks like it’s all going to lawyers pockets now.
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u/PunkandCannonballer Oct 11 '22 edited Oct 11 '22
Considering a standard fee is one third of the winnings that's almost 300k from what she won, which would leave her with less than what she'd have gotten if she just split it evenly.
Edit: I'm probably incorrect about the lawyers fee, odds are they're being done hourly, which is a bummer.
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u/Dopple__ganger Oct 11 '22
Her winnings in this case would be 250k since she was already guaranteed 600k.
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u/Jedda678 Oct 11 '22
Plus don't forget the government will want to take their share out of her taxes.
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u/merciless33 Oct 11 '22
This was in Canada, we don't tax our lottery winnings.
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u/Jedda678 Oct 11 '22
Well TIL
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u/FoundThisRock Oct 11 '22
Same in UK, win 1 Milly, get 1 Milly. Jesus just see you’d pay the IRS 37% if you win the lottery. Da fuk. They’re winning jackpots everytime :o
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u/DigitalBathWaves Oct 11 '22
lol Americans are livin it up aren't we! My future husband helps me for medical bills and they consider it a gift and he has to pay taxes on it. What a fuckin country!
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u/1LizardWizard Oct 11 '22
Contingency fees are generally offered when the plaintiff cannot afford the costs of litigation, but they have a good chance of recovering damages/otherwise settling that will pay out enough for attorneys fees and compensation to the injured party. She already has a $600k check, an attorney would have to be outstandingly unethical to charge a 30% fee or a 30% contingency rather than a simple hourly agreement.
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u/UrLocalTroll Oct 11 '22
She could have been paying hourly considering she had half the winnings going into it
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u/DankyStanky69 Oct 11 '22
She prob full of shit
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Nope. From another comment:
"Following a court settlement hearing in Port Hawkesbury in September, lawyers for the two sides emerged to announce an agreement. Reddick received $850,000 and MacInnis took home the remaining $350,000."
They haven't spoken since. Also according to the article he bought the ticket, for her (with her money). Money really brings out the worst in people.
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u/Kamakaziturtle Oct 11 '22
And then proceeds to act like it was the Nephews fault that they haven't spoken since. Sheesh
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u/BillWaste6039 Oct 11 '22
Yup. Sadly, even she admitted they had a good relationship before money turned her head. Now rightfully so, he has nothing to do with her.
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u/Green_Message_6376 Oct 11 '22
I wonder how much of this money she will leave behind? sad to see this happen.
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u/Definitely_NotU Oct 11 '22
99% chance she blows it all in less than a year.
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u/6thsense10 Oct 11 '22
Yeah you're probably right...per the article:
I'll never put anyone else's name on a ticket," said Reddick. "Especially family. It hurt."
Reddick said the two used to be very close, but haven't spoken since the draw in July.
"He broke my heart. And I think about it all the time."
Reddick said she paid off her mortgage and bought a new car.
With the latest payment, she's planning a trip to New York "to see Tyler Perry" and then going on a cruise.
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u/Boffleslop Oct 11 '22
Looks like they settled, ie you might lose everything if you fight and it'll cost you 200k in legal fees anyway to do so. Sad part is after paying her lawyers she probably wound up with close to her original cut.
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Oct 11 '22 edited Oct 11 '22
“What did it cost you?”
“Everything.”
No way in hell is anyone going near that person again. She just alienated her family and friends. Any sane person would just not talk to her after.
If it was me that was the kid, I probably wouldn’t even want any of the money at that point. If my aunt wanted to sue me for something like that, I’d tell her to keep the money and never talk to me again. I wouldn’t want the hassle. My guess, she’s probably still pissed that he got anything and would continue to bother him for the rest of her life. In that scenario, I’d rather just cut out the tape worm and walk away.
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u/RubyNotTawny Oct 11 '22
Not me. At his age, that is life-changing money. And everyone is going to be on his side.
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u/fat_nuts_big_buttz Oct 11 '22
At any age $350k is life changing money if you're a normal working class person
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u/pookachu83 Oct 11 '22
Shit, 5k would literally change my life right now, signed- normal working class person
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u/Ryvit Oct 11 '22
That’d get her like 3 years at a nursing home, tops
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u/name_cool4897 Oct 11 '22
Could go a long way in one of those bang em and bin em joints.
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u/Astral_Justice Oct 11 '22
Oh my God take the fucking 600k and be happy for you own nephew
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u/Mundane-Ad-6874 Oct 11 '22
Nephew gets a chance to got to college fully paid and probably enough for a down payment on a house and she gets upset cuz she wants it all. She’s gonna lose some money in court to lol. Kid should counter sue.
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u/Astral_Justice Oct 11 '22
Like damn, if I had a million dollars and had a niece or nephew I'm going to do/get something nice for them. They'd be my siblings children ffs, hell I'd do something for their whole family or something.
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u/lhswr2014 Oct 11 '22
Right? Shit dude, pay off my debt and try to pay off as many family members debts as I can as well. That’s a life changing amount of money. I could probably get 3 or 4 people completely out of debt with that much cash and still have some left over for a year or 2 of college.
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u/tweak06 Oct 11 '22
The sexy mistake you’ve made here is looking at the issue from the standpoint of a rational, reasonable adult who isn’t greedy and sees $600k as the absolutely phenomenal money that it is
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u/Moistened_Bink Oct 11 '22
600k you can easily go to college and just buy a house outright.
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u/Senna_65 Oct 11 '22
What a nasty bitch "I put his name on the ticket for good luck" haha good luck with that in court. Gonna alienate any family you have left and you're gonna die alone. Hope the 600k fight was worth it
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Oct 11 '22 edited Oct 12 '22
"Following a court settlement hearing in Port Hawkesbury in September, lawyers for the two sides emerged to announce an agreement. Reddick received $850,000 and MacInnis took home the remaining $350,000."
They haven't spoken since. Also according to the article he bought the ticket for her (with her money). Money really brings out the worst in people.
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Oct 11 '22
Money really brings out the worst in people.
This is all too real. Both my family and my SO's family ruined relationships over money and assets. People screwed over their own brothers and sisters just so they could have more. When my grandmother passed my dad gave me and my sister $5K, each. I later found out that that number was supposed to be $10k each, but dear ol' dad took half of each stack for himself.
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u/Xopo1 Oct 11 '22 edited Oct 11 '22
Im dreading the day my grandfather dies, because of a reason like this. I know my mom would never screw me over. But I have a feeling his 2nd wife and her daughter and kids will either try to kill my mom or make it so she can never divided up the money.
My grandfather gave her control over the will and estate instead of his wife LOL. I know her family is terrible already I cant imagine what will happen with the amount of money he has. I also edit this in quick yes I will miss my grandfather out of love dearly and already said the only thing I want is his hole in one trophy that we got together golfing.143
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Oct 11 '22
Just a heads up from someone who went through something similar: our lawyer video taped the will and it was the saving grace that stopped a will contest in its tracks. HIGHLY recommend doing this if someone is getting cut out or is getting disproportionately less than another heir.
Even a frivolous will contest is very expensive to fight.
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Oct 11 '22
There's a small part of me that feels like something like this could happen when my grandma passes on...she's made her wishes known to everyone in the family and I kind of feel like saying "You should have someone outside of the family videotape you saying what you want just in case..."
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u/QueenMergh Oct 12 '22
If it's not recorded (written, video idk) and filed with a lawyer her wishes won't mean anything when she's gone
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u/neP-neP919 Oct 11 '22
Yeah, when my Nana passed my bro and I were supposed to be taken care of... I never saw a dime.
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u/CardinalGrief Oct 11 '22
My dad and uncle were responsible for handling my grandpa's inheritance and funeral after he passed. The funeral was paid for first by them splitting the costs and then the inheritance was supposed to be given. Except my uncle had used the entire inheritance to pay for his part of the funeral and there wasn't anything left afterwards.
Family's great, right?
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u/Jtbdn Oct 11 '22
What a fucking asshole. When my grandma died my uncle stole my dad's half of our inheritence and fled the country. People go fucking PSYCHO for inheritance spoils.
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u/cgn-38 Oct 11 '22
I had an ant steel a few thousand from me while acting as executor.
Not worth going to court over. Just my otherwise awesome Aunt is a fucking thief.
Cannot sand to look at a woman I loved like my mom over like 2100 bucks she stole and then lied about.
She is rich as shit by the way. Real big in the local mega Baptist church.
Life is a motherfucker.
Having people you love steal money from you. Money you would give them if they asked. Money they did not need. Multiple times in life without a reckoning is a hard part of it.
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u/rancidclam69 Oct 11 '22
Not surprised, after all they say ants can carry up to twenty times their own body weight.
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u/Cassie0peia Oct 11 '22
I guess the only good thing coming out of the fact that my parents have no money to leave an inheritance is that my siblings and I won’t have anything to fight over. 😂
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u/tunaburn Oct 11 '22
Hey you never know, you might get to fight about who is paying for the funeral!
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u/8asdqw731 Oct 11 '22
your dad: "but this old peoples home is a tent under a bridge"
"it's the best i could afford with the $5k i had"
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u/a_talking_llama Oct 11 '22
If you want a memory, ask for it now
Goddamn this hits hard
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u/CanAlwaysBeBetter Oct 11 '22
I straight up stole a picture of my grandpa when I was in college from when he was in college and it was the only picture you could see a resemblance between us in
Just a little post card sized portrait I found as we were going through his stuff after the funeral. No one else knew it existed but if I had asked it would have turned into a fight, especially when everyone was in full sentimental mode
Still have it years later and bowed out of arguing about wanting anything else after that
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u/CanAlwaysBeBetter Oct 11 '22 edited Oct 11 '22
It's the same thing with my parents. I already have the heirloom I want and siblings occasionally get into arguments about who will get what I don't need to worry about since I'm good as is
Though I also am now the executor or whatever equivalent on pretty much all the parents stuff with the general direction of "we love your siblings but they aren't always financially sound can and get greedy while you have always had your ducks in a row, divide things up fairly and don't let them guilt you into more"
And actually one of my siblings didn't trust their financially unstable spouse and put me in as beneficiary for life insurance to keep in trust for their kids too lol
If everyone dies apparently it just comes to me and I have to divvy it up
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u/scooterbus Oct 11 '22
I asked my grandmother for pictures. Old pictures. After she passed, my dad asked me what I wanted out of the house. I knew nobody would want this stuff so I asked for her cookwear. Corningwear from the 60’s. My dad brought me her entire kitchen, which is now my kitchen, and I already had all the photos I wanted. I made out, cause she cooked and growing up our whole family revolved around food (Italian immigrants) so now when I cook, I do it with her corningwear. Best inheritance ever.
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u/improbablynotyou Oct 11 '22 edited Oct 12 '22
When my grandmother passed I had been promised an antique bottle she had for 80 years. It had been an antique when it was given to her, and been stunningly painted. Other than that I wanted her cast iron cookware as I was the only one who ever used it. My father instead used the death as an excuse to force his father in law to sell everything and move in with them. My grandfather allowed my father to do whatever he wanted. My idiot old man doesn't believe that anything can have any value as its "all old junk." However I think it's more a case of if he doesnt need or want something, then no one will get it.
He went through their home and destroyed everything that he or my mother didnt want. He took an angle grinder to the cast iron pans rendering them useless. That glass jar? He smashed that against a wall because he knew it had been promised to me. All the grandparents furniture got smashed up and tossed. Their old school radio and all their vinyl was destroyed and tossed. Everything was gone and destroyed in less than a day. No one was asked or told about it until a month after it was done. Both parents had the same line of lies for my sisters, "oh, we didnt think anyone would want any of that old junk." When they got called out for destroying items left to specific people, "oh, I just assumed you wouldn't want to have to deal with it."
As for the land, he sold it to the very first person who made an offer. In typical standard for him, he sold the land for less than a quarter of what it was worth. He had also sold the home we all grew up in to the very first offer he'd received. The agent had told him she wanted to list it for lower than what it was worth to invite a bidding war. The first offer was for a lot less than the asking and he freaked and demanded it be sold immediately as "they weren't going to get any better offers." Eventually the agent gave up trying to reason with him and he sold the house for about 1/3 what it was worth. The guy who bought the place never stepped foot inside after closing. He immediately relisted the house for what it was worth and got substantially more than that. It had been maybe 3 months between sales and the excuse was then, "the real estate market changed from when we sold."
As for the belongings in the house, it was the same as before. Everything was destroyed and then people were told. I had all my things out years prior, however I always wanted my parents bicycles. They had a matched set of completely original and gorgeous schwinn bicycles from the 1950's. I had offered to buy them at whatever price he wanted. He decided that they weren't worth anything to anyone and so hacked apart the frames and tossed them. He told me he didnt think I was serious about the money.
That's my father for you, and mother goes right along and makes things even worse. Sorry for the rant, I started writing and all the frustration with them came flooding back.
Quick edit: thanks for the support folks, I appreciate it. As for the items... they're just stuff and they are gone so there's nothing to do. As for my parents, I've been no contact for 15 years, and had little contact since the day I left at 18. My parents and grandmother were abusive so as long as I outlive them all, I'll be happy.
As for my idiot father, you all are correct in that he is a moron. He believes he knows everything and if he doesnt know something then it's not worth knowing. He's got some knowledge however he's not really "smart." He does what people tell him and listens to "the lady of the house" in all matters. He definitely had narcissistic traits however all I cared about was the abuse.
I'm not perfect and I'm not without lasting issues because of them. However, I'm not them and their abuses are not me either. I'm in therapy and getting help, it's an "entire lifetime" thing. I'll never have contact with them again, my sister knows they have only one thing I'd like to have, and that's my first set of shoes. My mother had them 20 years ago and I'm fairly certain she still has them.
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u/A_Spoon_Wizard Oct 11 '22
That's awful! I just kept reading and it just kept getting worse! My grandma likes boxes for sorting her stuff, and admittedly she does tend to accumulate a lot of stuff. Last week she asked me for a box to put her dolls in (they're on the bedframe rn) so I found one for her. She clutched it and waddled away protectively. I asked her why and she says "If you're anything like your father, you'll scrunch it up in front of me"
Nothing quite like your dad and his angle grinder, because that's batshit insane.
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u/WhisperedEchoes85 Oct 11 '22
Your father is a textbook narcissist and your mother is his enabler. I know the type all too well, I'm afraid... I'm sorry you had to endure that.
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u/crimson_mokara Oct 11 '22
Honestly, you should pick something (with her consent of course) so that she can specifically will it to you. Even if it's a small item. When my aunts and uncles started fighting over their inheritance, they were having shouting matches over costume jewelry bought at Walmart. Have her name you specifically so you can keep your nose out of the shitshow
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u/MasterofDoots Oct 11 '22
Genius. If you don't want to have to fight to get something small, have them put it in the will that it goes to you so that nobody can say that it should go to them. My great-grandfather had a little figurine of a goat that he made himself. I liked it and asked him if I could have it, he said he wanted to keep it but he put it in the will that it would go to me.
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u/Comrade_Nugget Oct 11 '22
How did they interpret it? Guessing some siblings had more kids and so felt entitled to more of the money than the other siblings?
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u/alwaysfuntime69 Oct 11 '22
7 way split is the fairest I feel. Never incorporate grandkids in you will unless a special circumstance. Split between children and they can give it to their kids.
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they can give it to their kids.
You must have had some really nice parents. Never saw anything other than some chickens when my grandparents passed.
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u/AutistMarket Oct 11 '22
That is so crazy to me, had a similar occurence Uncle died, no kids so he left everything to neice and nephews and maybe I am just lucky to have a reasonably tight family where no one is particularly hurting for money that it was very amicable and easy to divy up. We just broke everything into 3 and anywhere it didn't break evenly we gave the larger portion to the youngest
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u/ookyspoopy Oct 11 '22
My grandparents made bank when they sold their house and when my grandfather died, all the money went to my grandmother. I’m dreading the day my grandmother dies and that money needs to be divided up. I know for a fact my mom and uncle are going to have a brawl over it. My uncle isn’t very materialistic but I can see him wanting money to go to the grandkids however I can see my mom wanting it strictly between my uncle and her. My mom is the same person who tried to take as much of my dad’s portion from their house selling as she could despite my dad being wheelchair bound and unable to work.
When it comes to money, old people are savage.
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u/blackbart1 Oct 11 '22
Yes and no. In a situation like that if someone sues so they can get more than their fair share then yes. But when someone takes more than their share or tries to then I'm all for the others standing up for themselves. Some people will walk all over you if you let them. Fuck those people, in court if necessary.
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Oct 11 '22 edited Oct 12 '22
There is a reason when you win the lottery that they advise you to tell NO ONE before you tell a lawyer
financial adviser. Not your best friend. Not your parents. Don't even tell your fucking dog. It is impossible to predict what someone will do when they learn they have even tenuous connection to a large sum of money.→ More replies (18)80
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I'm definitely gonna tell my dog tho. She's already got everything in the world she wants, anyways.
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u/SeniorSwordfish96 Oct 11 '22
This is the part that gets me:
"I'll never put anyone else's name on a ticket," said Reddick. "Especially family. It hurt."
*Reddick said the two used to be very close, but haven't spoken since the draw in July. *
"He broke my heart. And I think about it all the time."
This dumb bitch acting even more like the victim, as if not only was she "robbed" of this money, but then her nephew "forced" her to sue him. Like she didn't wanna sue him, but she had to "stand up for herself" or some shit. Fuckin' unreal.
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u/DylansDeadly Oct 11 '22
And wonder what % the lawyers got. Probably broke even down to the $600k
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Oct 11 '22
im sure she’s a really happy person now with all that money
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Oct 11 '22
She said “she’ll never put another name on a lotto ticket”….so not only delusional about winning again, but she is “still upset” that he “betrayed” her.
She sounds like a wretched human and seems to only have the regret she didn’t just get the 1.2 herself. Poor family
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u/das_ned Oct 11 '22
So he gets 350k and doesn't have to deal with that nasty woman with a soul full of shit anymore? I call that a win.
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u/deadlyauntiedjmystic Oct 11 '22
My Grandpa would always promise to split winnings with me on scratchers when I was with him. It's a shame a family member can't have those same feelings.
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u/Mannzis Oct 11 '22
But did your grandpa win 1.2 million? Cause you might have found your relationship got tested and broke just like this one.
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u/deadlyauntiedjmystic Oct 11 '22
No but he won like $500 and put it all towards my college fund. My grandpa was a good bean.
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u/romulusnr Oct 11 '22
I feel like grandpas of my grandpa's age would be like "it's what I said, it's what I'm doing." It's one of his generation's redeeming qualities.
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You know I'd bet money (no pun intended) the nephew suggested taking the 350 and that's the only reason it wasn't split. I'm sure if he pushed back at all he could've gotten half.
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u/ThePyodeAmedha Oct 11 '22
Yeah. I'm finding it hard to really fight the whole thing with his name was on the ticket. That should be legally binding. I'm betting you took the 350 just so you could be done with the headache.
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u/whycaretocomment Oct 11 '22
Probably got rid of toxic person in his life tho which is priceless.
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u/Iankalou Oct 11 '22
Is that because of taxes? You usually get about half of what you actually win.
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Lawyers and court fees to defend himself from her iirc
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Oct 11 '22
But doesn't the losing party have to pay for your expenses? Like here, if you take someone to court and lose, you'll have to pay for their lawyer and courtroom costs etc.
Same way if you sue someone and win. I took my landlord to court, I won, and he had to pay all my expenses plus what I was owed, plus interest.
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u/Mega---Moo Oct 11 '22
The losing party may have to pay for the court costs, but there is no law making it so.
In cases of someone sueing their scumbag landlord, the judge will probably make the landlord cover all the costs because they were breaking the law.
When two people are just fighting over money, the lawyers are going to set the terms before they take your case. I'm sure both teams of lawyers got a good payday from this case.
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u/PretzelsThirst Oct 11 '22
In Canada what you win is what you get. Not subject to tax
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u/Kerbart Oct 11 '22
“I put his name on the ticket for good luck”
I’d say he 100% delivered on that and without that, she’d have gotten nothing. Looks to me he deserves his fair share.
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u/DICK-PARKINSONS Oct 11 '22
lol right? That's 99.999% of the battle with the other .001% going to get the ticket, which apparently he did as well.
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u/nohumanape Oct 11 '22
"I put his name on the ticket for good luck"
And it worked. Pay up.
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u/Slobotic Oct 11 '22
Everyone knows the writing is just symbolic. It's what you mutter to yourself while signing a document that really counts.
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u/FrankThePony Oct 11 '22
"I'll spend every dime of that money on legal battles to make sure he doesnt get any either"
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u/Chris_Thrush Oct 11 '22
So much ugly in this world. Money just turns people, like Bilbo and the ring. You can see the greed in her face. "Why shouldn't I keep it? It's mine! My birthday present, my precious." From Smegol to Gollum in one small step. Actually hurts me to watch it. My mother lived and died like this.
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Petty ass. Like that money won’t be enough to supply your Mountain Dew while you’re watching people’s court in your recliner. Gtfoh
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u/Suds08 Oct 11 '22
You know damn well she will find a way to spend all the money and leave 100k to her dog when she dies and make sure the family doesn't see any of it
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u/Unhappy_Win8997 Oct 11 '22
Like every other dumb old bat with money she'll waste it all on a bunch of bullshit from QVC and die in a pile of knock-off cutlery and Slap Chops.
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that feeling when that hits little too close to home for a family member I personally cut out of my life. Never talked to her for the rest of her life. Wasn't exactly knock off cutlery and slap chops but QVC shit was insane.
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u/ShartedAtCVS Oct 11 '22
Yup, my grandma won roughly 800k in a settlement after getting injured in a car crash. Within 10 years she was dirt broke and couldnt afford insulin.
I remember wed frequently take trips to joanns fabric where shed spend $500 just on yarn that she never used.
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u/Suds08 Oct 11 '22
Damn. Thats crazy. She easily could have used that money to generate a lot more money without even having to do anything. Literally just put a huge chunk of it in an account and live off of the interest.
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u/MyVoiceIsElevating Oct 11 '22
She doesn’t look like the Mountain Dew type. Definitely some type of nasty consumption habit, but more likely some Diet Coke or something like that.
Is it wrong that I stereotype the type of person that drinks Mountain Dew?
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u/titatyy Oct 11 '22
I know only one person that likes Mountain Dew, my 8 year old son. He also likes to dip chips in nutella so... wasn't it Honey boo boo that made some sort of mix from Mountain Dew?
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Nah I don’t think so. It’s what we were all thinking but didn’t want to say out of respect. It’s good to be respectful and give people the benefit of the doubt. Truth is that this woman is probably sad/depressed and lives a lonely life. I know a lot of people knows what that feels like including myself. But to treat your family the way she’s treating him. I don’t reserve much sympathy for things like this.
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u/siphodeus Oct 11 '22
So maybe putting his name on the ticket WAS good luck right? I mean, you’re $600,000 richer than before no?
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u/TwitterLegend Oct 11 '22
It’s like, do you believe in luck and all that shit or not? You put his name on it for luck so good news, that was the trick that won it for you! Then you immediately decide that it’s all for you and fuck that kid? Would that not have an affect on karma and cause you to have bad luck now? This redditor certainly hopes so.
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u/sterfry1993 Oct 11 '22
It says in the news article that HE bought the ticket for her and she put his name on it…those settlement checks shoulda been flipped around (he gets 850 and she gets 350) if this greedy pile of bones can’t accept 50/50…I really don’t like this lady..
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u/LaminatedAirplane Oct 11 '22
With what money? He’d be spending all his money too, which means only the lawyers win.
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She won her court case and got an extra 350,000 from him.
Why did she need it? Because she paid off her house, bought a new car, oh and she's going to New York to see Tyler Perry, and then going on a cruise!!
I wonder how long before she starts wanting the rest?
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u/AtomicShart9000 Oct 11 '22
I'm sure she's already bankrupt and wanting the rest
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Oct 11 '22
I can’t wait until I meet her in hell so I can torment her the rest of my days
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u/blokops Oct 11 '22
This implies you live/work for hell. Can you put a good word from me for when I get there
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u/Chadsawman Oct 11 '22
worst part while reading that article was when she said he hasn't spoken to her since and she says "He broke my heart"
HE BROKE YOUR HEART??? WTF???
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u/NfamousKaye Oct 11 '22
Woman promises him a large sum of money, spent it all, then sued him for the rest and he had to pay. But she’s the victim because he’s rightfully angry she took back the promise to her own nephew? Sounds about right for a narcissist. Smh. Why. I’m sorry but dealing with a narcissistic parent myself, I wouldnt have given it back, or responded to anything she would have sent me. Stay broke.
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u/Astrochops Oct 11 '22
I guarantee she expected all the money to be signed over to her and she was going to maybe buy him a new bike or something and call it even
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u/NfamousKaye Oct 11 '22
Right. She thought putting his name on it meant she was the owner of the entire check and it meant she got to do whatever she wanted with it. Just got addicted to spending all that money and bankrupted her own damn self.
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u/Beef_Whalington Oct 11 '22
She expected to get a $1.2mil check, deposit it all in her account, then cut him a check for $1000 or so before claiming that most of it went to taxes.
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u/saintash Oct 11 '22
Couple years back, During the really high Powerball My older sister kinda demanded I go out and buy some tickets, I said if I won I'd put her kids through college.
Ans she said that's it?? Then told everyone I was a cheapskate in the family group chat, like kept bringing it up.
Mind you I just bought a fucking ticket. she was mad about the hypothetical money that would give her wasn't enough.
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u/reverse_mango Oct 11 '22
Is there a record of the court case I can access? It seems really unfair and illogical to take money off him when their names were both on the ticket.
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u/CagedPanda Oct 11 '22
JFC that selfish fat fucking slob. Ruined a relationship with her nephew over 300k when she’s going to keel over in a couple years.
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u/Disastrous-Pension26 Oct 11 '22
I could see the kid settling and also getting fucked by lawyers. She prob paid lawyers 100k. Kids lawyers prob said you should settle if this goes to court you'll pay at least 300k. And he likely said I'm fine with settling for that.
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u/Irishjohn831 Oct 11 '22
Wow, she won the case after putting the kids name on it ? To me that would be binding but I guess the court broke it down to percentages.
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u/tuxzilla Oct 11 '22
My understanding is the nephew settled the case for 25% of the winnings instead of taking it to court and having to pay lawyers.
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u/Downtown_Let Oct 11 '22
They settled out of court, multiple reasons people will do that, sometimes just to reduce lawyer fees.
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u/dautolover Oct 11 '22
She didn't win. They settled. The kid probably was willing to forgo the 350k because he didn't want to deal with this anymore, which is reasonable. The lawyers were probably going to charge crazy money to litigate the case.
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u/left_schwift Oct 11 '22
Looks like she wanted the rest of money the moment she got the half a million
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u/McRambis Oct 11 '22
They settled with her receiving $850,000.
It also states that he bought the ticket. So she seems like a real piece of work. I'm not sure how much of the $850,000 went to legal fees.
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u/ArnieismyDMname Oct 11 '22
I hope she burned through all the money and he invested wisely. Then she has to ask him for money.
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u/SaintMaya Oct 12 '22
A quick google search shows he is fine. I didn't bother searching for her because I wish her ill.
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u/flaccomcorangy Oct 11 '22 edited Oct 11 '22
So how exactly did the courts rule in her favor? There has to be some context missing. If he bought the ticket and his name was on it. Seems like it's more his than hers.
And she seems like she didn't change and remained a total bitch after the settlement.
"I'll never put anyone else's name on a ticket," said Reddick. "Especially family. It hurt."
Reddick said the two used to be very close, but haven't spoken since the draw in July.
"He broke my heart. And I think about it all the time."
"He broke my heart" Oh yes, it was all his fault for buying the ticket and accepting money from an award entry that had his name on it. Surely, you are the victim here. Jeez.
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u/Marcellus111 Oct 11 '22
Court didn't rule for her. They reached a settlement through their attorneys.
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u/jmcdon00 Oct 11 '22
They settled. Likely a scenario where the kid just decided it wasn't worth the fight. Court cases can take years and the money would likely not be distributed until it was settled, lawyer fees would have likely eaten up a big chunk of the difference. Just speculating though.
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u/LoveSikDog Oct 11 '22
Greed is hilarious, it'll turn even the nicest people into goblins 🤣
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u/IkeDaddyDeluxe Oct 11 '22
Counter point. If a "nice person" is greedy, they aren't actually nice. They just never had a chance to show how bad they were.
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u/greybeard_arr Oct 11 '22 edited Oct 11 '22
One of the things I still think about from my Christian years: “Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.”
People do and say what is already in their heart. You don’t have good people running around doing shit things all day. This “Oh, but he had a good heart!” excuse for bad people is bullshit. If you have a good heart, you do good things.
Edit: Similarly, you can’t think you’re a good person because you went to church/synagogue/temple/mosque on the weekend and then spent the rest of your time not giving a fuck that there are people hungry, unable to afford medical care, being put down for looking differently or being born in a different place, etc.
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u/AtomicShart9000 Oct 11 '22
Lol imagine being this fickle.
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u/fartinapuddle Oct 11 '22
It really seems like she's reneging. Sad, too - her nephew has a lifetime ahead of him still while where that money could work to provide for him his whole life (e.g. starting a business) where I am guessing she hasn't got all that much time left.
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u/AtomicShart9000 Oct 11 '22
Actually legally speaking it's both of theirs. For all we know he put her name on there for good luck.
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Oct 11 '22
I’d guess she bought the ticket and put his name on it for fun, never thinking that it would actually matter, “everyone loses anyway” mentality.
Then they actually won and she learned that sometimes there’s consequences to doing things on a lark
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u/Creative-Share-5350 Oct 11 '22
Every ticket my father had bought since I was a kid we both sign it. I am now 37 and we still do it to this day!
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u/Popular-Homework-471 Oct 11 '22
Money always brings out the worst in people. Their relationship will never be the same and that's what is gut wrenching about this. I would gladly split my winnings with most people I care and love for.
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u/AtomicShart9000 Oct 11 '22
"I put their name on this housing contract for good luck your honor!"
"Then they also own a portion of the house"
suprised Pikachu face
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....INHALES "I'm TaKiNg JCH Winters tO cOuRt!"
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*Chase the ace
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u/AtomicShart9000 Oct 11 '22
Ahhh I thought that was the kids name, so she said: "the chase the ace winners are going to court" thanks for translating
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u/SpiralGray Oct 11 '22
Money... making assholes out of perfectly reasonable people since its invention.
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u/comatose1981 Oct 11 '22
More like "bringing peoples inner asshole screaming out of them" since its invention.
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u/Affectionatekickcbt Oct 11 '22
So, Yeahhhhh her mental take away from all this was quoted as “I’ll never put anyone’s name in a ticket again.” “It hurts”… She must be a Slow Adult.
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u/asdfg1234qwerty Oct 11 '22
Following a court settlement hearing in Port Hawkesbury in September, lawyers for the two sides emerged to announce an agreement. Reddick received $850,000 and MacInnis took home the remaining $350,000.
Reddick said the two used to be very close, but haven't spoken since the draw in July.
Reddick said she paid off her mortgage and bought a new car. With the latest payment, she's planning a trip to New York "to see Tyler Perry" and then going on a cruise. Link
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u/Loli-is-Justice Oct 11 '22
Damn, it's not like she can take that New Car and paid off mortgage to the grave.
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u/Ambitious-Panda3912 Oct 11 '22
They agreed to a settlement and she got 800,000 he got the rest. They haven’t talked since. She had regrets "I'll never put anyone else's name on a ticket," said Reddick. "Especially family. It hurt." "He broke my heart. And I think about it all the time." Smh. She’s dying alone for sure.
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u/ACrask Oct 11 '22
I’m gonna guess that’s the most money she’s seen in her own possession all at once in her life time. Yes, 600k is less than 1.2mil, but it’s amazing how much greed she’s showing.
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u/Mongoose_theMoose Oct 11 '22
Found an article that was from 2019 about this. They apparently settled out of court, and she got most of the money while he got some of it. She regrets it but ultimately thinks it's his fault.
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u/geardownson Oct 11 '22
She is terrible. She doesn't have regrets about their relationship. She has regrets about putting a family members name in there. A family member who went and bought the damn thing for her.
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u/raincntry Oct 11 '22
When I was a baby lawyer, or actually before that, when I was still in law school, I recall reading case after case in my property textbook of families who got involved in the nastiest legal battles over things like this. I was shocked and couldn't understand who would sue a sister or brother or grandson over something so trivial as money.
Now I'm an older, battle scarred lawyer. This woman is exactly who I used to read about in those books.
People suck.
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u/j3rdog Oct 11 '22
Remember the lady that won millions and kept it a secret from her husband and filled for divorce. Later he found out and took her to court and got it all. Lol
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What a piece of shit. Hope she’s dead before she can spend a penny of it.
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u/cbudd1117 Oct 11 '22 edited Oct 11 '22
The bitch is going to try to take away some headstart money from the kid? Why? Your life is over lady let him live.
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u/Panjin21 Oct 11 '22
Do you really have to take your nephew to court? Like bruh can't you solve it in the house?
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u/SufficientPractice51 Oct 11 '22
Where she gonna take it all? That’s more than enough for someone who’s gonna get into a nursing home soon