Sunday, September 30, 2012

Karma?

Fron the Detroit Free Press: Amanda Clayton, the Lincoln Park woman who caused a stir after continuing to take food stamps after winning the state lottery's $1-million "Make Me Rich!" game show, has died of a possible drug overdose, police said Saturday.
Clayton, 25, was found dead by police about 9 a.m. at a home on Sunnyside Road in Ecorse, said Ecorse Police Sgt. Cornelius Herring. No further details were released by police.
Clayton was propelled into the spotlight after a local news outlet learned she had won the game show in September 2011, but continued to take welfare benefits. At the time, she said she was entitled to the payments because she still needed help.
The Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office did not provide information Saturday night about the cause of Clayton's death. Attempts to reach her family on Saturday were unsuccessful.
Attorney General Bill Schuette charged Clayton with felony welfare fraud, and she was sentenced to nine months of probation in late July. She was also ordered to repay the roughly $5,500 in food and medical assistance she received after winning the money.  http://www.freep.com/article/20120930/NEWS05/309300268/Lottery-winner-who-still-took-food-stamps-found-dead-of-possible-drug-overdose?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|s
I'm sorry, but if you win $1,000,000 and get a sizable amount after taxes, you should not get any welfare benefits.
It sounds like she just lived a screwed up life and drugs finally did her in.  Sad for her family but not too much for her.

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