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Oil tycoon Guma Aguiar is seen in Jerusalem on Aug. 10, 2009. Police are searching for clues after Aguiar disappeared during a boat trip in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. His fishing boat washed ashore with the engine running Tuesday night, June 19, 2012. His wallet and phone were on the boat, but Aguiar was nowhere to be found.
The wife of missing Florida oil tycoon Guma Aguiar told him she wanted a divorce just hours before he disappeared, his mother's lawyer told ABCNews.com.
Aguiar's disappearance has triggered a fight for control of his nearly $100 million estate between his mother and his wife. His mother, Ellen Aguiar, said she believes her son may have been in a delusional state or suffering from psychosis, according to court records. She filed an emergency petition while rescuers were still searching for Aguiar's body last week. She amended that petition Monday, asking that a bank take control because it is a neutral third party, her attorney Ilene Lieberman said.
Aguiar's wife, Jamie Aguiar, filed counter documents Monday, seeking control of the estate, ABCNews.com reported.
"An hour before he got on his boat, the wife told Guma she wanted a divorce," attorney Richard Baron told ABCNews.com. "I'm of the belief that that's what pushed him over the deep end. He loved his wife. He did not want a divorce."
The AP reported Aguiar's wife filed a domestic violence order against him last summer. A short time later, Aguiar filed for dissolution of marriage, but both were voluntarily dismissed, according to court documents.
"I'm hoping he's alive," Baron told ABCNews.com. "I'm hoping he does get divorced. She's shown her true colors."
According to ABC, Aguiar's estate includes $65 million in bank assets, $35 million in Israeli real estate, the family's $5 million Florida home, seven cars and a yacht valued at more than $3 million.
Court documents filed by Ellen Aguiar's attorneys claim Aguiar's property is in "imminent danger" of being "wasted, misappropriated, or lost" by his wife, ABCNews.com reported, unless immediate action is taken to preserve the status quo.
Friends of Aguiar said Monday he'd been spiraling out of control for years, and seemed troubled and confused shortly before he disappeared as he sought treatment for severe bipolar disorder.
Police in South Florida are looking for clues to what happened to a millionaire who disappeared after leaving his home aboard his yacht "Alone," which was discovered the following morning with its lights on an engine running. NBC's Gabe Gutierrez reports.
New surveillance video from a South Florida port shows 35-year-old Aguiar steering his boat into rough seas less than half an hour after leaving his home. It is the last known image of the man whose boat washed ashore last week without him.
"I just stare at those pictures of him on that boat and can't help but be struck by the symbolism of him on a vessel by himself in rocky seas, fighting a world that he probably felt like was crashing down on him," said Wes Shelton, a close family friend who said Aguiar was troubled in the months before his disappearance.
Aguiar made a fortune in 2006 when the Texas-based energy company he ran with his uncle was sold for a reported $2.5 billion. But he has been locked in a contentious legal battle with his uncle, Thomas Kaplan, over money. A phone call to Kaplan's attorney was not immediately returned Monday.
Police called off their search Thursday night. There was no blood on the vessel and no evidence of foul play. Police have been reviewing the boat's GPS and Aguiar's cell phone, which was on the boat when it washed ashore with its engines still running Wednesday.
His wife Jamie has declined interview requests. They have four children who range in age from 10 months to 7 years.
Shelton said he knew of no significant emotional triggers just before Aguiar's disappearance but that he'd struggled for years with his mental health. Aguiar had been admitted to psychiatric hospitals several times.
"The lawsuits were taking a major toll on him. Emotionally. Mentally. He was completely spent," said Bob Denison, a 35-year-old yacht broker who met Aguiar in high school.
Aguiar knew nothing of the oil and gas business when the company he started with his uncle while in his mid-20s struck oil.
"That was his compulsion, that was his obsession. He spent morning, noon and night trying to build that company," said Shelton, who also worked at the company for a time.
But even after selling the company, for which he reportedly received more than $200 million, Aguiar struggled to find happiness. He took a Colorado ski trip with friends shortly after the sale. But while everyone else was relaxing, Aguiar was on his computer working.
"He used to ask me all the time, 'help me decompress, help me relax,'" Shelton said. "I didn't even know what that meant."
Aguiar donated millions to a foundation that helps Jews move to Israel. Denison said Aguiar also liked to give when no one was looking "reaching out to the guy sleeping on the bus stop, finding a friend a job on the brink of hopelessness."
Aguiar, whose mother is Jewish, was raised Christian but converted to Judaism about a decade ago. He became well-known in Israel after his $4 million investment saved the Israeli Premier League soccer team Beitar Jerusalem a few years ago.
But in Israel, he didn't know who to trust and felt he was only embraced because of his money, friends said.
"He had a lot of hurt and had a lot of regret due to what happened over there," Shelton said, but declined to elaborate.
He pleaded no contest to drug charges in 2009 after deputies said they found marijuana in his Bentley during a traffic stop in South Florida. His family checked him into a psychiatric hospital in Tel Aviv in roughly a year later after he claimed he entered the Gaza Strip and met with an Israeli soldier held there by Hamas militants.
Life seemed to be turning around this year, according to friends. Aguiar was seeking treatment for bipolar disorder and was spending more time with his family, fishing and attending soccer games. Not long before his disappearance, the family vacationed in the Florida Keys. Friends said Jamie Aguiar desperately tried to create a peaceful home life for her husband and wasn't interested in big houses or cars. They married in 2006 before he made his fortune.
"That was all Jamie wanted for him," said Shelton. "I think Jamie was really hopeful that the old Guma would come back."
Still, friends sensed that Aguiar wasn't at peace.
"He wasn't doing well. Guma was deeply burdened by the lawsuits he was fighting. I don't think I've ever heard him so confused," Denison said of his last conversation with Aguiar a few weeks ago.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Money is not all that, is it?
but how would you like a mother in law like that???
Karen...
I certainly wouldn't like to have a mother-in-law like that...
perhaps she is also bi-polar ?...imagine asking for banks to take control of anything these days!
feel sorry for the 4 children...loose their dad & grandma blames mom...
lawyers are going to have a field day !
Greed instead of love. Nice.
Reminds me of two seagulls fighting over a carp. In this case, a very valuable carp.
My initial reaction was that the wife was going to be involved, but if they have video of him going to the boat in rough seas, it was probably an accident or suicide. If that is the case, the mother has no claim unless it is spelled out in the will. It should all go to his wife and kids, and even if the wife is involved, then it should all go to the kids, and still not the mother.
The Shelton guy is sleeping with the wife! It's like real-life daytime drama.
I would trust the wife before I ever trusted a bank with that money.
His wife married him before he struck oil. The mother-in-law sounds a little greedy.
And the mother probably doesn't like the wife if she's not Jewish either.
And you know that how? Because the mother married a non-Jew? Or because you have some personal prejudice? I vote for the latter.
rachel -don't be racist bro
Nope. No prejudice. Just saying most Jewish moms don't like for their sons to marry a non-Jew. I know a few.
Why does everyone blame the mom?!? she didn't divorce him and if you thought that your daughter in law is the cause of your sons death you wouldn't let her have the money either. think about both sides instead of clinging to your silly little beliefs not based on fact. BTW, no Jewish jokes please. it makes you even more retarded then usual.
meow,
real classy use of the word "retarded". What are you 12 years old?
Did Aguiar flee to Mexico---the Country of finding no one? Strange story.
He did not want his mega money being split up.
Now that he is gone, all accounts in banks here and abroad, including other Investments are "Frozen". The wife will be living on a shoe string of no more money. That's a good payback for filing for divorce by his wife.
What happened to him.
meowman - Technically, she's still the wife, so the estate should pass to her. Just because she asked for a divorce changes nothing. But, with his past, I can't blame the wife for asking for a divorce. How much can you take? It looks like his problems finally got the best of him and he committed suicide. Doesn't mean his wife no longer loves him. She's probably grieving just as much as the mother.
Marie:
It will be hung up in Probate Court for a long, long time, unless they find Aguiar's body. There is no true evidence yet, that this man is deceased.
meowman - I dont think everyone is blaming the mom, they just dont like her actions at this point.
im included in that group. the evidence suggests he killed himself, and his life long battle with bipolar is far more to blame than a wife - understandably - asking for divorce.
I have a bipolar mother-in-law, and it is absolutely HORRIFIC. I have to tell myself often "i did not marry my mother in law"...because there are sometimes, when it gets so bad, that I think - if there was ANYWAY to cut all ties to these people without losing my spouse, I would in a heartbeat.
but i cant. so i simply have to deal with the havoc she levels on her entire family, and watch as my spouse is in unbelievable pain over things that monster does and says...
I can only imagine what it must be like to be married someone like that...at least we can avoid seeing her if it gets bad, how does a spouse with young kids do that?
As far as is now known, the wife had nothing at all to do with his disappearance, aside from asking for a divorce and possibly "pushing him over the edge". Unless some kind pf pre-nup says otherwise, the estate is hers once he is legally declared dead, and there isn't a damn thing the mother can or should be able to do about it. His mother has no right to any money not bequeathed her in a will. Period. Quite frankly, she seems far more concerned about her son's money than she is about his possible/probable death. The wife isn't a whole lot better in this case, but the mother is the one actually sounding greedy here. I expect that kind of behavior out of an unhappy wife with a legal right to the estate. I DON'T out of his mother, for cryin' out loud.
"Mo Money Mo Problems." - Notorius B.I.G.
This article made my skin crawl; after reading it I couldn't help but think that the money and greed culture in America has grown to such a point that it's beginning to feed on itself.
Umm...read it again, wrong country.
The mother doesn't have any rights to his money and she already knows that. I suppose she thinks if she puts up a fight, and makes a mess of things, the wife will give her some money to leave the family alone.
ahhh the rich family drama! i think and in honest capacity this is going to be a tuff one. i would think the wife would naturally win however, if she can say, and prove, when she asked for a divorce, sometimes means its serious issues time... take a look at the direction things are going, and in this case, mabye change?
they went thru the same thing before, and maybe some more things needed looking at. they had kids together, nuff said. nuthing saying either he didnt catch a ride, or hop off on to some deserted island? couple cases of corona? those commertials are pretty compelling you know. she cant do much with most of it until the guy is legally declared dead. what she cant touch, is what the guys personal lawyer would deem as damaging to his clients estate, according to legal bindings of his estate according to his last will and testament. so if the court rules in the wrong favor, according to how he felt his clients wishes would be in danger of as i was talking about before. also being his client is involved in several lawsuits, i dont think what either one of them has to say will amount to a hill of beans, due to all the other people sueing for chunks of his estate as settlement, if the court rules in their favor to freeze the assests until they find out if the guy is dead, or declared dead.
again.... stinking rich. (so to speak). who says he isnt out waiting for the dust to settle, and turn up in a daze after most the legal crap blows over? heck i would, lol. "honey, here's the plan. found an uncharted island, going to have a (sea plane, another boat, etc.) when things calm down a bit in a month or 2 get this sat phone from the saftey depos box. give me a call fill me in. after this legal bs blows over, wait till just after i am declared dead, and ill pop back up, like i was lost. mental history and all... and tell ma she aint getting a dime, that will add for effect, lol. Just remember to act all upset, blah blah blah... and when this is all over..."
wiseone if you are so smart you would have read that he was half jewish but raised Christian and then converted to Judaism as an adult which means the mother was either Christian or she married a Christian. So she wouldn't be upset that her son married a Christian too. . Geeesh! Anway, I don't quite understand what legal claims the mother thinks she has. The wife was married and with him for many years before he became wealthy and they have four children. Mother in law needs to butt out.
A man is ruined and all the women in his life are fighting for his money....typical. I say they should donate everything he owns to charity, minus 5% of it to take care of his wife and family - that's what he would've wanted. Give the mother nothing, give the lawyers nothing.
Baldman...so you knew this man personally?...
& he told you he wanted 95% of his money given to charity?
give your head a shake !
Actually it sounds like the mother is the one fighting for the money, he has a wife and kids, ever hear of survivorship?
no, they should give the money to the motehr of his children and his wife. i can blame the woman for wanting a divorce, her husband was on the verge of a breakdown for months prior to her asking so she was probably drained as well. plus, taking care of 4 kids is hard enough, mentally, i could see why it would be hard to take care of a bi-polar husband also. she deserves that money.
If he was gay, his father & his lover would be fighting over it. It has nothing to do with gender, idiot.
But they would do it with more style.
oh.emm.gaaaw. What is "the rest of the story"? Maybe his mother is trying to protect his assets from his wife because his wife is nothing more than a greedy money grubbing women? Maybe she married this guy because he had a LOT of money, which is SOP for the majority of women out there. No one is saying she is responsible for his death and I for one think that if he did jump into the ocean because he was distraught over the pending divorce, then he was nothing more than a coward. There is nothing worth killing ones self over, let alone a women
T-1964, the article said they were married before he became rich, so no, she didn't marry him for his money.
What religion is that again?????????????????????????.......... OH I thought so!
MONEY
imrightnotyou
lots of hard work was done by this smart man (according to the article)...
"green eyed jealousy" that he did what he did is totally unbecoming of you
with not one word of sympathy even for the children on the loss of their father
grow up
According to the Lord Jesus Christ, love of money is the root of all evil, to the extent that Christ told a man to give it all away. But you're not a christian so I would expect you to understand.
I love money! I love being able to eat well. I love being able to put gas in my car. I love being able to provide shelter for my family. I love being able to afford medical treatment when my family or I need it. (Gee, isn't it terrible that I am able to afford doctors?) And, yes, I love being able to help others less fortunate. When my children and grandchildren ask me what I think they can do to improve society, I tell them to work hard, start a business, and become as rich as they can possibly become. Very few folks become rich without providing jobs and buying product made by others. Giving everything you have away sounds good, but just isn't very healthy, for you or society!
i love money too, rick...i like to be clean and eat whenever i want ans have a car and cell phone and home and cable and all that good stuff. i think youhave a good philosophy. i will be teaching my children to become as rich as they can as well...you cant build a wealthy company without helping some people along the way....
Rick Crabtree,
Socioeconomically, there's nothing remotely "healthy" about energy-rich land grabs by a tiny percentage of hyper-capitalistic greed-mongers.
See, wealth isn't created in a vacuum, and the "hard work" you and others seem to fetishistically allude to whenever attempting to justify one's financial gain invariably overlooks the onerous, collective efforts of those whose on-the-ground labor actually makes business possible. You know-- engineers, miners, heavy equipment operators, etc. -- in the case of the energy business. And by "business", I mean the physical extraction of matter from the earth and its subsequent conversion into usable energy delivered safely to the consumer. And not some guy securing land deals from his laptop atop some Colorado mountain during one of his many ski trips.
Hey Rick, instead of telling your children and grandchildren to "become as rich as they can possibly become", how about telling them to make themselves useful first. Less lawyer-y or land grab-y, and more marine biologist or mechanical engineer for example.
Sylvia:
how about you get off your high horse.
-something snide.
Blow Torch Jesus:
Your name is awesome and I hope it becomes a comic book but you have no idea what religion imrightnotyou is a part of so stick to your comics and stop playing God. You are not God and also God said he damns impersonators.
imrightnotyou and richardharrow are both douches. don't you have a gay kid to harass of a solder funeral to protest?
What on earth makes you think that? LOL You psycho.
Don't let me sick "Fire Torch Jesus" on you. As a matter of fact, you sound just like her. Predicting who I am...You have got a lot of nerves. Look, I can do it too. "Don't you have 50 cats to feed and children to cook?" Doesn't feel good, does it?
Rick - im going to second what John says.
I agree with you as well, that "giving away" money isnt good for society...but neither is a handful of people "sucking it all up" to the point where everyone else, no matter how hard they work, cant get their fingers on hardly any of it - as is currently happening.
No one who values massive greed - like you - has managed to answer that question.
I'll put this question out to you - no one else has been able to answer it:
There's a village with 100 people, and there's $100 dollars in that village. Assuming money doesnt grow on tree's, their only way to grow wealth - we would assume - is for it come from the outside. But let's presume there's no ability for outside money to get in, and no ability for the money in the village to get out (or the people)...so ones only chance to grow their own wealth is to work hard, spend as little of the money as possible, and save the rest as long as possible. OR invent the pet rock and hope that 99 people in your village are dumb enough to pay you even .10/ea for one...which is always possible. (you now have 10% of the villages wealth!)
But here's the reality - only about 10 people in this village have the best jobs: they own/manage the food production, housing, and energy needs...a few manage the money, and a few more manage the "dealings" (like a politican might)...and a 1 or 2 people created innovative solutions to meet the needs of the village, as well as the people with the best jobs who could pay for these great innovations to use in their businesses.
Over time, these 10 people take in more than they put out (spend less, save more)...to where eventually they have $90 out of the $100 between them. And the remaining 90 people have the remaining $10 between them. Some, have litteraly nothing...because there isnt work for them to do, and some no longer have skills that the village can use...and are kinda old and arent sure what new skills they could manage at this point. They want to pitch in, but no one gives them work...no one even lets them prove they can do work...so they beg, steal, and borrow...just to see another day.
Since the 10 people who have $90 dont have many needs, since they manage all the main things, they really dont HAVE to spend their money, unless it's amongst themselves...so this $90 never really goes back into circulation amongst all people - if anything, it's just amongst themselves, ensuring it never leaves their safe keep.
The other 90 people still have to give these 10 people their money, because they cant survive without food, or housing or energy...there's nowhere to go, no one to help them, no ability to reason with them that hoarding the money is bad for the village...they simply dont care about anything other than themselves and their personal fortunes they worked so hard for.
and then the 90 people think we've had enough, we are tired of doing all your work and only you profit. we are done picking the foods for you, we are done building housing for you, we are done extracting the energy and harnessing it and distributing it for you. DO IT YOURSELF.
oh you thought the 10 people did that? Oh NO! they just "oversaw" all the work being done, and took the biggest cut for "their hard work"...
Explain to me how the 90 people GROW THEIR WEALTH, when the other 10 people wont let go of the only existing money? When they wont "employ" anyone at a wage that allows them to save and grow their own wealth, while still meeting their daily needs.
when you answer that question...perhaps we can solve world poverty and hunger.
When will men ever learn? It does not matter who she says she is or how nice she is or how she says she will love you forever. She only wants the money period.
Bi Polar Wookie w/a PhD
...so now you blame all women...suck it up wimp!
that guy used his wife for a punching bag every time he had an unstable fit (between hospitilizations)
your PhD must be a fake...learn to read !
A little hosility there Sylvia? Perhaps I struck a nerve? Where does it say this? I think you are the unstable one for fabricating a story that does not exist. Learn to read? I do not recall punching bag or violence in the story. Just glad I don't get mixed up with Drama Queens . But there is help available. The help I refer to is the second a woman starts showing signs of ranting about non existent conversations and text, one should disengage from this relationship.
Thank you, Sylvia. Maybe *Bi-polar wookies* don't understand what domestic violence orders are? Or maybe wookies can't infer from what they've read...when it says that friends say the wife wasn't interested in the money - that she just tried to create a peaceful home for the hubby. Or, if wookies don't understand any of the above...the fact that she was married to him PRIOR to his making the fortune...she will have been the wife taking care of the children (they have four) she and the children will inherit - unless he left a will leaving some to his mom, and unless the courts freeze some of the assets to cover the potential loss in the lawsuit.
The beatles said it best "The best things in life are free But you can give them to the birds and bees I need money". Men / Women it don't matter its cash baby....all the way!!!
Or maybe an out of work "Professor" is trying to schmooze some psychotic man-hater by showing his feminine side. LOL PS. Professors aren't needed any longer, all the information on the planet is readily available 24/7. So the days of elitist Professors that somehow possess some extraordinary skill are over. Post Doc my wookieness
She chose to live in the house and have kids and on and on. She smelled money and just laid low for awhile. It is her choice to stay and her choice to have kids and her choice to be in the marriage. Tired of all this "I'm a victim and I'm not happy"
Thank you, wookie. I assure you that while my (now grown) children tell me I have *steel cojones*, that I am completely and assuredly a lady!
Now, as for you, my friend...I do have a bit of experience with dealing with persons with bi-polar. I urge you to run, not walk to your physician specializing in care (if you don't have a specialist, you can ask for references from your general care physician). It is easy to see that you are having some challenges - and with proper care - you can receive help.
Read the article-they were married before the money
Actually in my field of work it's advantageous over people that accept what an "expert" may think. I dissect the "experts" and discredit them. May I remind you that "specialists" are merely trained in western medicines notions of normal and abnormal. Normal behavior in the west is always about the money. But you do show the signs of being brainwashed by an establishment that dictates your every move and even how you should think. Enjoy your life of being a slave to an outdated society.
I shouldn't divulge this on a public forum but the fact of the matter is the yacht was a prototype of a new military weapon , THe Predator Drone Yacht. That's why there was nobody in it and there's so much mystery about he guy's disapppearence.
It is close to the Bermuda Triangle.
Sounds like wookie is off his meds.
That is very, very unfair. I love someone & I couldn't care less about the money. It truly can't make you happy...it will never replace the need to love and be loved...nothing on the planet is greater and affords you a better high! It appears that you are bi-polar. I suffered from clical depression once in my life, and no amount of money could bring me joy...I look at it as 3 years my life was on hold and I did not really live. Money is not the answer for all of us.
Ummm... bipolar wiki: apparently she married him BEFORE he became wealthy. I guess that shoots your theory all to heck and announces your prejudices loud and clear. Maybe you should seek help.
She knew about the potential. Do you truly believe there is an honest woman out there? And no, I am not bitter nor anything like that. Just saying that women try to get a free ride all the time, then turn around and ASSUME it is theirs because they somehow "earned" it by just being there. If it was such a bother to be married you have to be paid, then leave already.
I will remember this the next I'm on Facebook and some married woman begins flirting or sending messages. 51% of America is single and there is a reason.
You must really hate women. Is she so selfish that she had 4 children with him? PhD means nothing when it comes to common sense. I know I have dated a PhD holder and I have dated and married less "smart" people and find the latter has much more common sense.
Women are wonderful, just not always honest. It's ok for women to rant and rave about how men are terrible, so I'm just saying they are just as bad. How many times have you been marrried? Marriage is an old notion of a long ago distant society.
Silly people, Aguiar has been a rich man since the late 90's, well before their 2006 wedding. This article is not a complete retelling of their romance, understand? They then became an exceedingly rich couple when he sold the business, the same year of the loving couple's marriage.
moonlight,
Ummm...you're wrong. And lose the "seek help" line. Because it's lame.
Yes, there is an honest woman out there. I'm one. I make the money in the family. I have the credit I adore my husband who is pretty much a stay at home. We have 22 years in he puts up and fixes all the crazy so I can do my job. He still makes the major decisions and calls the shots. So sorry to inform you as much as you would like to say Bi Polar Wookie. And PS you can get a PhD off the internet for the right prices( hint, hint) so you're not impressing anyone with your title or your banal thoughts.
Instead of going for the money, why isn't she looking for him? I love you dear but if you were lost at sea I would file a motion to get everything within a week. HaHa. I bet she already has a boyfriend. Once the FB is subpoenaed, it will all come out.
Rest assured Cellular and Molecular Biochemical degrees are not on line. L. French, you are a rarity and your husband should take care to be nice to you.
PS......Never date a divorced woman until at least 2 years post divorce. The conversation is always about Blah blah blah my ex did this and that and I'm off my rocker, and I want to experience this and that and the other and my ex was so mean and he never let me blah blah blah.....and I like the beach and do you like my fingernail polish and I want to have fun and I want to travel and I want to date and I want.........I would rather put a steak knife in my eye.
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All hail BiPo Troll king
came up twice and really, it wasn't even worth once..
Rene...hey, wookie IS off his meds...thanks for the head's up...I had posted too early to notice that pattern
& here I thought he was just another person who skipped reading the article and headed straight to the comment section with his pre-concieved message...one foot nailed to the floor and all...
I'll make a note of it "Sylvia". Freedom is eroding away, just keep believing women and you also will lose your freedom.
You can say all you want that your not bitter but we all hear it loud and clear! Having 20 PHD's doesn't make you all knowing or you would be able to see that you had a few bad relationships with women because you didn't know how to weed out the bad ones but maybe they were good and it was YOU that made them run away! I wouldn't be able to live with a bipolar freak that was being abusive or a pompus a55, "I know more than you" person! My husband and I have been married for 21 wonderful years, neither cheating. Both good, honest, loving people! He is degreed also and does not go around acting like he is better than me! You hear women complaining about men that deserve it, you would never hear me complain about mine! What kind of people do you hang out with? Scary attitude!!!
If I had to listen to this rhetorical banter every night. I would leave.
Bi Polar Wookie...
you appear to be listening and responding to that which you call "rhetorical banter" & you are still here
color yourself "full of hot air"
I like you Sylvia, but must ask why you came back to this thread? I kept it going at least a little when it was almost DOA.
Hate to admit it but I kinda agree with Bi Polar Wooke. I'm sure I'll get slammed for saying this. Just a hard working auto mechanic all my life but have been married 3 times. Wife 1 had my 2 wonderful children. She did not work and of course was a stay at home mom. She complained about being at home all the time and wanted to go out with some girlfriends at a local club for some innocent fun. Said sure, Go right ahead. After about 4 times with the ladies night out, she met a man that owned a business and left me and the 2 kids. Wife#2. Met her 2 years later and after dating for a year we got married. I convinced her to go back to school and become a RN. Late night study groups with the kids and I taking care of all the housework and giving her all the time she needed to study plus me footing the bills for her schooling. Two weeks after becoming an RN she came to me and said, She could take care of herself now and didn't want kids anymore either. She moved out and right into a house belonging to a Respiratory therapist who she was seeing on those late night studying with friends.Met wife #3 two years later. After being married for 5 years, She left for a man that owned a real estate business and was very well off.So I can understand some things Bi Polar Wookie has said because they sure left a bad taste in my mouth. But, Even after all that I believe there are still good women out there. I'm 51 and have been alone for 5 yrs now but I still think I will find a good one someday. Btw,One last thing. There was never any violience in none of the marriages. I just couldn't make enough money to satisfy their taste.
Never date an RN. Have seen it countless, countless times where an RN will is put through school and then leaves the husband. On dating sites, about a third of the matches will be an RN. I have several in my family and all are on multiple marriages and multiple relationships. Most are nuts.
Mandm6. On a side note. A Respiratory Therapist is a bottom feeder. They are in a dead end job with no promotion potential and deal with sputum as a craft. Wife #2 would not see this until later as she would be shallow and pedantic. Wife #2 was never worth it and you are better off. I would have more respect intellectually for an auto mechanic than any low life RT with an associates degree in nothing. LOL It's almost comical about the RT. So hold your head up and stay away from nurses. Trust me though, the woman may marry someone with more money, but they eventually cheat on them. I know, not because it happened to me, but because I have with several married women. 2 never even said they were married. So just be careful out there and just keep your cards close to the chest. You may meet someone, but just remember, never assume anything.
Oh the fun and games these 1%'ers have... not like the former middle class that have lost their jobs and homes... it's always about the money...
SPOT ON
The Butler did it...
With a yatch....
With a candlestick in the library.
...with Miss Scarlet in the library.
You're kidding right? The guys in Cuba having a Mojito right now. He'll probably come back when these women kill each other. One will be dead and the other in jail. The perfect plan now bring on the bit.....chsss
no, it was the rabid monkey given by the butler on his birthday
Mother-in-law probably never like her daughter--in-law. Sounds like she is jealous of her Son and his Family. He was probably keeping her up, handing over money hand over fist that his wife didn't know about. Doesn't sound like she has any sympathy for her grandchildren. Money hungry piece of s---!! I hope she doesn't get a dime of her Son's money. His wife was with him before he got rich and has tried to make her husband's life a good one the past year or so. Sounds like he had mental issues that even she could not help him through. His mother is an old bag and needs to be kicked to the curb. Some grandmother she is!!!
The poor guy just needs some "true friends" to help him kick back and relax. Seems everybody is only concerned about his money. Money isn't everything. Sometimes just having your "true friends" around you is worth million$. Hope they find him OK!
I've had my true friends around when I didn't have money. And I've had them around when I have money. I like having them and money the most.
he had true friends its just that being surrounded by his dysfunctional family just set him off
Sounds like the friends knew what was and is going on. Yenta is overbearing mom who thinks she knows best for her boy and She is the one wanting to keep control, not daughter-in-law. Wife has a family to raise and provide for now.
Mother is probably the reason he is bipolar!!! Overbearing crazy mom! She won't get control of the money. He was still married and he still has a wife and kids to take care of! That mother probably didn't like his wife and she was mad that she was going to leave him is all.
More bj's would have likely improved this mans mental state greatly. You would think with all that money his wife would try a little harder than she did.
How do you know she didn't? She may have done that 5 times a day! Mental problems cannot be solved by anything sometimes! That was funny though!
It seems to me that mom has no claim to the money if there was no pre-nup. And according to the article the couple married before the fortune was made so there most likely isn't any. The fact that mom went out and contacted a lawyer before the search for her son was over seems odd. The wife, again as it seems, did the only thing she could and that was file a petition after the mom did to protect her children's future. I am not looking at the wife as the gold digger but mom sure has some explaining to do.
parasites
Poor guy's "crack" addiction caught up to him.
That kinda money rents a helluva lotta "P".
No body! Mom is right. Turn control over to a third party until the body, or some evidence, of his death is found. Considering his state of mind when he was last seen it is a good decision all round. Take care of the kids and let the blood suckers starve.
Someone has a video of him boating out alone. How is the mom right? Shes an idiot! His wife has his children to take care of!
I love reading about all the uninformed speculation from everyone commenting (except a few.) Nothing based in fact, just wild fabrication based on a few paragraphs. No one knew this family, no one knows the truth, but oh how you love to judge and convict! The wife and children will have first claim unless the mother can find some legal reason to claim the money. The courts will figure that out and not any of you!
tru dat!
When she gave him the venereal disease last year he never truly forgave her even after his brother admitted to the affair.
shut up
You are sick my friend.
it was the rabid monkey bite from the Butler's suprise birthday gift
Butler, schumtler..... Debby did it.
*Dallas
Sorry Mom, but unless you can prove the wife had anything to do with her husband's disappearance there is nothing you can do. The wife takes rank and privilege over the mother. Unless of course, she is found incompetent to handle husbands affairs or she signed a prenup saying mother has control if something were to happen to him.
so saying you want divorce isn't a cause of suicide?
For some it may be a cause for celebration :).
But what I take from the article is that greed is a bitch. With 200mil in the bank, i'd just as soon forget about the lawsuits and chill the @!$%# out. Can't really spend that kind of money in a lifetime anyway (unless you are a damned maniac).
I believe a divorce is sometimes cause for celebration. His mom does sound like she is the greedy one. The wife has been there for a long time thru what sounds like thick and thin.
Theory-He went out to sea in his yacht...boarded another yacht and sailed to a place where he didn't have to put up with either one of them bitches ever again!
I will vote for that !!!!!!
Me too. Even though he would lose his $100 million estate...he found it was still worth it. Wonder if there is some hot young stripper in the mix.
That's what I would've done!!
Me too. He starts an entirely new life with the assets he squirreled away (with hot young stripper) ......which is probably far more than his wife and mother are fighting over. Then a will is "discovered" where his known assets are given to his children as they turn 18.
I like the sound of that. That's what I thought when I first read this. He took off with a bit of a storm brewing and hauled a$$ to somewhere else anonymously. If I was in his shoes I would probably do the same thing. Except for the kids, though. that's a problem there. Not sure I could excuse him for leaving the kids like that.
This story is very sad, but it is a lesson to all of us that psychiatric disorders should never be taken lightly. Stress that otherwise normal, healthy adults face and handle every day aren't well tolerated by people who are already walking wounded. So whether or not he was in any way abusive or difficult to be around, I'm sure it was just as bad being in his skin. I'm not justifying anything that may or may not have happened between he and his wife, but I can say, based on what I've read, that he wasn't psychologically equipped to handle anything that happened to him. It's an interesting story, actually.
Yet another case of a crazy, gold-digging bitch.
There is nothing more entertaining than watching a group of Jews fight over a dime, or $100 million as the case may be here. I do hope they have considered book, movie, and entertainment rights.
Sounds like the mother-in-law is the bad actor in this play. The wife married him before the riches came....and now her mother wants to grab the cash. The wife needs good lawyers to stop this digger.
Like the saying goes, "Money can't buy happiness". Amen to that !!!
why try to buy happiness when you can rent it
and when it becomes tiresome, you turn it in for some new happines that is rented.
I'd make a great rich guy, anyone know of any job openings?
What about the uncle. Business was sold for 2.5 billion, he got 200 million. It says he was fighting with his uncle.
"Uncle, uncle where are you?"
I was wondering that as well.