Broke lottery winner Callie Rogers blew huge sums on cocaineRead more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2009/08/31/2009-08-31_teenage_lottery_winner_callie_rogers_broke_at_22.html#ixzz0PrkunHUr
Tuesday, September 01, 2009 posted 10:41 AM EDT
From the sublime to the ridiculous. . .
Not only did British teen lottery winner Callie Rogers, 22, blow through nearly all of a jackpot of over $3 million, she spent a substantial amount of it on cocaine, the Daily Mail reports.
Rogers told the Daily Mail that her ex-boyfriend Nicky Lawson got her hooked on cocaine and that she spent 250,000 pounds (about $406,000) on the habit.
"I was spending a fortune on cocaine, a nasty evil drug that tears your life apart," Rogers was quoted as saying. "I'll be honest. about a quarter of a million pounds of my win has been wasted on it."
The News reported earlier in August that the young woman who won millions from the lottery as a teenager was broke, but much happier that way.
At the tender age of 16, Rogers won a jackpot of 1.9 million pounds, or about $3.1 million. But the stress of overnight riches caused lots of problems for the teen at a time in life when a minimum-wage job is more than many kids can manage.
"My life is a shambles and hopefully now it [the lottery jackpot] has all gone I can find some happiness. It's brought me nothing but unhappiness. It's ruined my life," another article in the Daily Mail quoted a friend of Rogers as saying.
Rogers has moved back into her mother's house and is working three cleaning jobs to make ends meet, according to the Mail. She has two children, ages one and four, with Lawson.
Allegations that Lawson tried to steal her money and the heartbreaking worries that resulted led Rogers to attempt suicide - the first of two tries at ending her life, according to the paper.
And how did she burn through the rest of the money so quickly?
It was spent on expensive cars, gifts, loans to family members, four houses she bought and furnished for herself and family members, luxury vacations, plastic surgery, clothing and partying, and a trust fund for her children.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2009/08/31/2009-08-31_teenage_lottery_winner_callie_rogers_broke_at_22.html#ixzz0PrkyVsJa
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