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2720484, Damn I can't believe it's been 10 years, hard to remember now
Posted by Beamer6178, Thu Sep-17-20 10:15 AM
Based on this initial post, without knowing any of the info from the past 3 years, I could only see his wife as being connected to this mess, especially since she had to be cleared....




>http://jerseygirlsports.com/nba-widow-spends-1-million-in-10-months/
>
>NBA Widow Spends $1 Million in 10 Months
>
>If you can remember back to 2010 when NBA player Lorenzen
>Wright was killed by a gunshot to the head, you will remember
>how tragic the entire story was for this young athlete and his
>family.
>
>Wright earned over $55 million during his career and was
>divorced only a couple of months before his death from Sherra
>Robinson-Wright. After Robinson-Wright was cleared of being a
>suspect in the shooting, she received a check for $1 million
>dollars. After only 10 months that million is almost gone.
>
>Here�s what she spent it on�
>
>� $32,000 for a Cadillac Escalade
>� $26,000 for a Lexus
>� $69,000 on furniture
>� $11,750 for a New York trip
>� $339,000 for purchase and improvement to a new home
>� $7,100 for a pool deposit
>� $5,000 for lawn equipment
>� $34,000 on legal fees
>
>The money was left and supposed to go towards taking care of
>Wright�s six children. The mismanagement of money was brought
>to the attention of the Memphis courts and after an
>investigation a judge took the remaining money away from
>Robinson-Wright and gave the remainder for Lorenzen Wright�s
>father. The other money that the family received as death
>benefits from the NBA was also frozen.
>
>When Wright died, he was paying $16,650 per month in child
>another $10,000 in alimony, giving his ex-wife a total of
>$319,000 per year.
>
>This story is so sad for the children. Not only do they not
>have a father anymore, their mother is throwing away what
>money they do have to keep up with the Jones�.