Callie Rogers was once the world's luckiest teenager. You see, at the tender
age of 16, Ms. Rogers won 1.9million lottery. That was, at the time, about $3
million. Now it's all gone. That's good and bad. But mostly bad.
Like most teenagers, Rogers simply pissed away the money on homes, vacations
and, we're sure, no small amount of baubles. To be fair, though, she did spend
a hefty amount on relatives and friends. Sadly for Rogers and her fortune, that
brought nothing but ruin, stress and general angst. Said Rogers, who's now 22:
My life is a shambles and hopefully now it has all gone I can find some
happiness. It's brought me nothing but unhappiness. It's ruined my life. I've
just wanted to make people happy by spending money on them. But it hasn't made
me happy. It just made me anxious that people are only after me for my money.
And that's likely the case. Now that she's broke, however, Rogers says she's
trying getting her life back on track and has put her dark past including two
suicide attempts behind her. She's picking up the pieces and works as a
cleaning woman to keep herself afloat. Thus, she learned a valuable lesson
about money and its many discontents. That's a good thing.
The bad thing? Well, she's in debt, which is obviously the opposite of good.
But that's hardly the worst part: while she was flying high on that lottery
dough, Rogers got involved with a criminally-inclined man and bore him two
children. Money makes people do crazy things!
Of course, children aren't bad not always, at least but a 22-year old who's
in debt and trying to raise two children? That's definitely bad and provides a
cautionary tale for all of us: if you win the lottery, don't piss away the
earnings, especially if you have children. One would think such advice would be
common sense, but apparently that's not the case. Rogers says it herself:
Until you win such a large amount of money at such a young age, you don't
realize the pressures that come with it. I did it because winning the lottery
has ruined my life.
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Teenage lottery millionaire who won 1.9m broke at 22
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 6:09 PM on 24th August 2009
Former teenage lottery millionaire Callie Rogers is said to be facing
bankruptcy after blowing all of her 1.9million jackpot.
However, Miss Rogers, 22, who is living with her mother and has taken three
cleaning jobs to make ends meet, claims she is glad to be poor.
Her life lurched from one crisis to the next after she won her fortune at 16
and she attempted suicide twice.
Callie Rogers lottery winner
Penniless: Former millionaire Callie Rogers pictured last week
Nicky Lawson
Ex-boyfriend Nicky Lawson
But she has now told a friend: 'My life is a shambles and hopefully now it has
all gone I can find some happiness. It's brought me nothing but unhappiness.
It's ruined my life.
'I've just wanted to make people happy by spending money on them.
'But it hasn't made me happy. It just made me anxious that people are only
after me for my money.'
Miss Rogers drives a second-hand VW Golf and is selling her 180,000 house in
Whitehaven, Cumbria.
She is believed to need the cash to pay a 3,000 solicitor's bill and could
face bankruptcy proceedings if she cannot raise enough cash.
Her parents Jeff Rogers and Susan Jenkinson, who live separately in High
Harrington, Cumbria, yesterday refused to comment on the claims.
The mother of two children, aged four and one, became the second youngest
person to win the lottery jackpot in July 2003.
But her life has turned full circle since she hit the headlines six years ago.
She bought and furnished four homes for herself, her parents and her
grandmother for 550,000, and spent 200,000 on luxury holidays.
Around 265,000 was blown on expensive cars, gifts and loans to family members.
She spent more than 450,000 on designer clothing, partying and having her
breasts enhanced.
Other expenses include 188,000 in gifts to boyfriends and legal fees of around
70,000. She also set up a six-figure trust fund for her children.
Back to square one: The former home of Callie Rogers and her mother, before her
lottery win. The teenager's fortunes have plummeted since her windfall
Back to square one: The former Cumbria home of Callie and her mother, before
her lottery win. The teenager's fortunes have plummeted since her windfall
Miss Rogers began a stormy relationship with criminal Nicky Lawson and they had
a son and a daughter.
But she tried to kill herself with an overdose of tablets over allegations that
he tried to steal her cash and had slept with her younger sister.
Then in December last year her boyfriend Ryan Thompson was arrested for dealing
cocaine at her home and having a stun gun. He was later jailed for two years.
Miss Rogers, a former Co-op shelf stacker, was also arrested but was released
without charge.
Shortly before the arrest she is said to have slashed her wrists. Four years
ago she told how her windfall had led to her first suicide attempt. She said:
'Until you win such a large amount of money at such a young age, you don't
realise the pressures that come with it.
'I did it because winning the lottery has ruined my life. 'I wish I had never
won. I haven't been able to cope with it - and I was convinced I'd be better
off dead.'