Due to her failure to divide their shared lottery winnings, a WOMAN was obliged to bring a lawsuit against her coworker.The Arkansas coworkers permanently destroyed their friendship by not even paying for the ticket.Leslie Underwood sued Mandy Vanhouten, alleging she was entitled to a portion of the proceeds from the scratch-off tickets.
Vanhouten refused to go back to work after accepting the $300,000 award or give it to her buddy. Mandy Vanhouten and Leslie Underwood worked as waitresses at Sportsman Drive-In in Stuttgart, which is 55 miles east of Little Rock.
The pair’s supervisor, Underwood, claimed in a complaint that Steven Luckadoo gave them several scratch-off tickets in December 2017.The lawsuit claimed that it was agreed that the couple would split any prize money from the tickets.
Underwood, however, asserted that Vanhouten did not show up for work after cashing the $300,000 winning ticket.The FBI was called in after I won $450,000 after suing the lottery for my medical care.
The FBI was called in after I won $450,000 after suing the lottery for my medical care. Only a few days after the pair received the tickets, Vanhouten claimed the reward money.
She purchased the winning ticket for $10 at a G&B Liquor store in Stuttgart, according to the Arkansas Gazette, which was published by The Arkansas Scholarship Lottery.According to Vanhouten, who was quoted by the panel, she would use the money “to make her life easier.”
Underwood requested that Judge Chip Welch order the prize money to be frozen in a court-supervised account because she claimed she was entitled to half of the winnings in her case.According to the paperwork, Underwood need to additionally be given a temporary restraining order to stop Vanhouten from using any of the funds up until the lawsuit was resolved.
After receiving an undisclosed share of the reward money in February 2018, Underwood decided not to pursue the case any further. In Pulaski County Circuit Court, Underwood and Vanhouten’s agreement was approved.
The sum provided to her was not what she anticipated, Underwood reportedly told a different news organization, the Stuttgart Daily Leader, according to the Arkansas Gazette. She said that it was still “free money” that she had not received before.
An anonymous donor offered Underwood and her family a trip to Disneyland after her story received public attention. I don’t care who you are, the unnamed Californian man said to local NBC affiliate KARK. “That’s not a small sum of money, and from what little I know about an Arkansas sports bar waitress, that’s a life-changing amount of money,”
The donor was a former Disney employee, and Underwood’s girls received princess makeovers and VIP experiences during the trip, which was fully funded. Underwood’s desire to spend her portion of the funds to bring her family to the mythical country was a total coincidence.
It’s meant to be, she said to KARK. He made a lot of extra effort. I’m very grateful. He was not required to do it. According to the giver, “Living without giving is not living. And being able to contribute just makes everything better.”
