11. Thomas & Denise Rossi
Not going to lie, this first horror story on our list of worst lottery winner horror stories, brought smiles to some of our faces. A story of irony and some dumb broad who got what she deserved! A bit harsh? You be the judges!
Denise Rossi was married to Thomas Rossi for 25 years. According to Thomas, they had a happy and healthy relationship, doing everything together including even sharing the same toothbrush! You can imagine his surprise when Denise had him served with divorce papers while he was at work. Not only was he shocked, but couldn’t understand why she was in such a hurry to have their divorce finalized. Little did he know, she had won $1,336,000 in the California State Lottery just 11 days prior.
Fast forward about two years after the divorce. Thomas’ life and finances were falling apart while Denise had done everything she could to keep her annual installments of $66,800 a secret. She even went so far as to direct the checks to her mother’s house so that he would never find out. But karma was about to catch up to her as Thomas accidentally received a letter for Denise from a company trying to buy her annuity checks in exchange for a lump sum.
Upon piecing together his ex-wife’s deceitful and downright sheisty acts, Thomas was quick to take her back to court and fight for half of her winnings. He was, after all, entitled to it! But much to both Thomas and Denise’s surprise, because of her dishonesty the judge decided to award Thomas with ALL of the winnings! That’s right! Every. Last. Penny! The kicker? The whole reason why Denise was so unhappy in their previous relationship to begin with, was because he was always broke. Now he has everything, and she was left with nothing. Ain’t that about a bitch!
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