Roger and Laura Griffiths lived through financial hell after making millions through luck.
A A young British couple won the National Lottery in 2005, getting a sum of 1.8 million pounds. For anyone, this would mean the best of luck, but for them it had a disastrous end. What began as a life of luxury, holidays and gifts, ended in total bankruptcy.
The idea for both of them was, from the start, to quit their jobs and live off the money they earned, spending sparingly. But they didn’t follow their own rules. They started by spending £800,000 on a mansion, and continued with jewellery, clothes, furniture and designer handbags. Shortly afterwards came holidays, in Dubai, Monaco and New York, and the fortune began to evaporate faster than expected.
Roger and Laura Griffith
The story of Lara and Roger Griffiths, from making millions to ending up broke
At first, everything was going swimmingly. Parties, vacations, car, house, luxuriesBut that standard of living was unsustainable. In addition, Roger reportedly began spending large sums of money on maintaining a parallel relationship with an aspiring singer. He also invested in a beauty salon that turned out to be a financial failure.
Lara, for her part, was plunged into a whirlwind of compulsive shopping. Finally, in 2010, the inevitable happened: they ended up broke. The trigger was the mansion fire and not having insurance to cover the loss. Shortly afterwards, after discovering Roger’s infidelity, they separated and live on much more modest budgets than in their heyday.
Source: Ambito
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