Posted on 04/04/2012 3:15:36 PM PDT by bjorn14
The intrigue surrounding a Maryland woman who claims to have won last week’s record-breaking Mega Millions jackpot intensified Wednesday as her attorney held a press conference in Baltimore that yielded few answers.
Attorney Edward Smith, who represents alleged winner Marlinde Wilson, told reporters he had not seen the winning ticket, nor did he want to during the 20-minute long session with the media.
“I cannot say with any certainty that this ticket exists,” said Smith.
Previously, the 37-year-old Wilson told the New York Post she stashed the ticket in a location that only she knew about inside the McDonald’s restaurant where she worked.
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“Previously, the 37-year-old Wilson told the New York Post she stashed the ticket in a location that only she knew about inside the McDonald’s restaurant where she worked.”
Is any part of that restaurant still left standing?
“Not only have I not seen the winning ticket, I do not want to see it because there is no reason under the sun for me to see it.”
I’ll take “Crazy, Publicity-Seeking Maryland Women” for $100, Alex.
LOL - i bet the CURRENT workers tear the place apart looking for it
I also bet it does not exist
Bernie Madoff goes to jail, and this guy is still walking around free.
I also read on another site that she’s an illegal too. She only speaks Creole. Just sayin’.
Lawyer hopes McDonald's settles out of court. A quick payday for a lying sociopath and her slimy lawyer.
This will be fun to watch. If this woman really IS the winner... you’re going to observe just how fast someone can burn through $100M and have nothing left to show for it.
Does that mean I can just say I won too if I do not have to surrender the ticket?
That poor store owner better surround the place with armed guards for when the homies show up with bulldozers and backhoes. Am I allowed to say ‘backhoes?’
Does that mean I can just say I won too if I do not have to surrender the ticket?
Yeah, why would anyone want to actually see the ticket in undertaking representation?
LOL....what a trip these idiots are
If you get an electronic mail offering to sell you the tresure map to Marlinde’s Millions, treat it with caution. There are a lot of fake ones out there.
I don’t see a problem here. I mean, if someone born a male can be referred to and treated as a woman because he says he “identifies as a woman”, why shouldn’t Ms. Wilson get the money for saying she identifies as the winner?
There is mega millions of stupidity and greed to go around at that McD’s
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/what_mega_mess_wHA9HVdfxA1VDSqWn58KtJ
Don’t lottery winners have to submit the winning ticket by a date certain or they forfeit the winnings?
No! Only if you are Don Imus.
She could be milking this for all it's worth with her only protection being that she knows where the ticket is. How do we even know she hid it at McDonald's - she coulda’ hid it at Red Lobster.
Just sayin’..........
I think the ticket is good to be claimed up to a year in the future.
I don’t think she has it, I may even say she could have had it and someone took it from her.
Has the lottery announced the time and place the ticket was sold.
If it’s a store, they probably have her on camera or not.
Then she hears over the weekend that the winning ticket was purchased in MD, near the McDonalds where she works. So she gets an idea; she says she is the winner but it wasn’t one of the tickets her co-workers gave her money for. Then she says she hid the ticket somewhere in the McDonalds (even though nobody saw her come back after buying the ticket).
When the real winner does come forward and in possession of the ticket, she’ll sue claiming that the winner stole the ticket from her by going to the McDonald’s, looking for and finding it. Then her co-workers will also sue the winner. The only ones who will get rich from this nightmare will be the lawyers.
Yes, and she’s not on the camera footage, there were only 3 men who purchased tickets around that time.
This was tried once in Ohio’s lottery a few years back. A woman claimed to have won and then “lost the ticket”.
In the meantime the legitimate winner had to wait to claim his winnings. I don’t remember how or if the woman was punished for the fraud.
Thanx.
I would add that if she hid the ticket at work, she’s in double digits as far as IQ points.
Another way would be for her to get someone else to submit the ticket in her place, thus shielding her. The other person can also remain anonymous, so tracing them back to her, might be difficult.
Amazing that Maryland law allows the winner to remain anonymous? Of course, perhap a court order may require the lottery officials to reveal who the winner is.
I think she has the upper hand here. There are so many ways for her to get away with this, legally, and never get caught.
“backhoe”
Is that chingresh of some sort?
“Attorney For Alleged Mega Millions Winner Cannot Say That The Ticket Exists”
No tickee, no cashee!
Maryland “Freak State” PING!
meanwhile, the person who actually HAS the winning ticket (no affiliation with this nut job) is sitting back laughing his or her head off, watching this unfold. Probably getting more entertainment out of watching this idiot than any lottery winnings could provide.
I believe this woman’s technique was attempted by someone else a few years ago. Concoct some type of story, STAY in the news awhile so that everyone believes you to be the winner, hoping that the lottery officials will ALSO believe you to be the winner, even though YOU HAVE NO WINNING TICKET to present!
Sorry, no winning ticket, NO MONEY!!!! That is the way it works.
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