Woman Who Won $188M Powerball Being Sued By Ex-fiance From Prison
*Marie Holmes was a 26 years old single mother when she won the $188 million Powerball jackpot in 2015 in North Carolina. At the time, she was also financially supporting her criminal-minded boyfriend/ex-fiance Lamarr Andre McDow. Holmes eventually parted ways with McDow and now he is suing her over the generous gifts she gave him […]
‘Iyanla: Fix My Life’: Lotto Drama With Powerball Winner Marie Holmes [Watch]
*Marie Holmes is the North Carolina mother of four who won $188 million in the state’s lottery, and soon after, she made headlines once more for using her winnings to bail her drug dealing loser fiancé, Lamar McDow, out of jail multiple times. Iyanla Vanzant was somewhere at home watching the drama uphold and sighing […]
EUR Exclusive! $188 Million Powerball Winner, Marie Holmes, Allegedly Being Sued by Local Pastor
*Marie Holmes, North Carolina’s $188 million Powerball lottery winner is back in the news again. This time Holmes is not spending $21 million on bailing her boyfriend, Lamarr McDow, out-of-jail for the fourth time or harassing and threatening his side chick, but a pastor is allegedly suing her for $10 million for reneging on a […]
NC Powerball Winner Marie Holmes Has Criminal Summons Issued for Threatening Boyfriend’s Side Chick
*Marie Holmes is once again generating headlines for all the wrong reasons. ABC11 reports that a criminal summons was issued for the 27-year-old North Carolina Powerball Lottery winner after she allegedly threatened her boyfriend’s concubine, Lorna Marlowe. The station adds the summons specifically cited Holmes for making “threatening” and “harassing” phone calls to Marlowe. News […]
NC Powerball Winner’s (Bad)Boyfriend Defends Her Decision to Repeatedly Bail Him Out
*Lamarr McDow may continue to stay on the good side of his girlfriend Marie Holmes, but many have wondered why Holmes has opted to spend up to $21 million to keep bailing him out of jail. Holmes deep pockets come from winning $188 million in a Powerball lottery in North Carolina back in 2014. With […]
Powerball Winner Behind Boyfriend’s $12 Million Bond in 4th Bail-Out
*We know he knows he’s got a REAL, REAL good thing, but what the hell is HER problem? For the fourth time since Fontella Marie Holmes won a $188 million in a Powerball lottery in February, she’s had to bail her boyfriend out of jail. According to the New York Daily News, the boyfriend, Lamar “Hot […]
NC Powerball Winner (Marie Holmes) Donates $700k to Church
*Remember the North Carolina woman who won $188 million in the Powerball lottery back in February? Well, she’s doing some good in her hood, so to speak. According to WNCN TV, Marie Holmes has donated nearly $700,000 to her church, Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church. By the way, Holmes, 27, took home a $127 million lump sum […]
NC Lottery Winner’s Fiancé in Jail for 3rd Time This Year
*Despite his fiancée winning $188 million from a lottery in North Carolina, drama with the law continues to follow Lamarr Andre McDow, who found himself in jail for the third time in less than a year on Monday (Oct. 18). Fox 8 cites a story from WWAY, which reports that McDow, also known as “Hot […]
NC Lottery Winner Fontella Marie Holmes Posts $6M Bail to Free Boyfriend
*You would think that after winning the $188 million Powerball lottery she could easily do better. However … North Carolina resident Fontella Marie Holmes is putting her lottery winnings to use with posting a $6 million bail for her live-in boyfriend Lamar McDow. As EUR previously reported, Holmes hit the $188 million Powerball jackpot back in February. […]
North Carolina Mother of Four Claims to be $188M Powerball Winner!
*Whoooweee! How’d you like to be Marie Holmes right about now? The 26-year-old mother of four from Shallotte, North Carolina has come forward with what she believes is the winning Powerball ticket for Wednesday’s lottery drawing Holmes confirms the numbers and date on her ticket match those that were drawn for the $188 million payout. […]