$188M lottery winner Marie Holmes spent a record $21M on bail for boyfriend
/Marie Holmes, who won a $188 million Powerball jackpot at age 27 and took home $88 million post-tax, is reported to have spent $21 million on bail for her boyfriend, Lamarr McDow.
This record-setting amount by a lottery winner was used multiple times to bail McDow out of jail, where he was facing and evading various charges.
The bail payments by Holmes included $3 million, followed by $6 million, and then $12 million for McDow's subsequent arrests, reaching $21 million altogether.
Largest bail amount
The largest bail amount set in the United States is $3 billion, assigned to Robert Durst, a wealthy New York real estate heir.
Durst was initially accused of murdering his wife in 2003, with his bail set at $1 billion.
However, after skipping bail and being re-arrested for tampering with evidence, his bail was increased to $3 billion. Durst was later acquitted of the murder charge.
Other notable high bail amounts in recent U.S. history include a $1 billion bail set for Kim Freeman in 2005, and a $150 million bail for Kening Ma in 2010.
