Greed Unlimited
What on earth can possibly be wrong with some people? Is too much just not enough? Does greed trump human warmth and compassion? I guess so. Just ask this London, Ontario fellow, Ray Sobeski. From what I've read he wrote the manual on greed unlimited.This is a man, three times married, which bespeaks some kind of subliminal conflict to begin with, who, having won an incredible amount of money in a lottery sought to ensure that no one, none of his ex-wives, regardless of their financial condition, would ever have the opportunity to acquire any of his new-found riches.
Hey, thirty million dollars is a lot of money. That's the jackpot he hit, this depraved specimen of humanity. Two years ago he won that amount in a Super 7 draw. He must have been surprised, he must have celebrated somehow, at his turn of good fortune. But, look how the man plotted to make certain that no one would come between him and one dollar of that thirty million.
Cautiously sneaky, unnervingly so, I would say. He waited one full year with his winning ticket in hand before the deadline erupted, and he presented the ticket for verification of his win. Why wait so long. After all, most people would be ecstatic, would have to be tied down and brought back to the sanity of everyday life. But this guy, he was cool. In that period before claiming his prize he lived his life as usual, which meant continuing his visits to wife number 3 to claim marital relations.
Evidently when he married this woman to whom he was obviously physically attracted, he stipulated that they would continue to live at separate residences; she with her three children, he feeling free to visit her at any time to claim conjugal rights. This woman, Nynna Ionson, claims to have loved this egotistical selfish cad, while who knows what he felt for her, aside from coveting her body for his own use.
Mr. Sobeski took steps to divorce this woman who loved him, three months before claiming his win. When reporters enquired of him why he had waited a full year before turning in his winning ticket his response was that he wanted to ensure that he "had everything sorted out". What that 'everything' happened to be became clear when, upon claiming his win, he denied his wife a penny of his win despite the fact that she and her children lived in a state of poverty and she became severely depressed as a result of her estrangement from the man whom she loved.
Ms. Ionson had to take Mr. Sobeski to court in an effort to claim a portion of his winnings, as his lawful, loving wife. She testified that she had believed they had a loving relationship, and his having insisted on a divorce left her emotionally distraught, a physical mess. Quite aside from the fact that she was also left destitute.
Where is this man's humanity, for heaven's sake? To use and abuse someone who trusted him and believed in him and accepted his conditions of marriage, is beyond belief. Makes one wonder about peoples' strange motivations, what they really want out of life. Too many people are emotionally needy and willing to grasp any potential for happiness and a meaningful partnership, while the other half seem to be only too willing to take whatever advantage they can from others without a commitment on their part.
Justice is served, however; an Ontario Superior Court Judge hearing the case, in some manner instructed the lawyers for the two adversaries, once husband and wife, to agree to a partial settlement. While Mr. Sobeski continues to fight his odious case, his winnings remain frozen until the case is settled. But there's a mean kind of justice in the lawyers' agreement for a partial settlement, for now Ms. Ionson will be funded by her former husband and lover to continue her struggle for a just settlement.
This is one instance where a lot of people would be more than glad to have this poor excuse for a human being taken to the cleaners. He deserves no less.
posted by Pieface @ Sunday, December 25, 2005
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