Ruth Madoff Cedes Claim To Bernie's Assets

wsj.com:

Ruth Madoff, the wife of one of the most reviled swindlers in history, has agreed to give up her potential claim to more than $80 million worth of assets, keeping just $2.5 million in cash in an agreement reached with federal prosecutors.

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Comments

[HisPetGoat]

"Charlene Marshall should be Astor trial's third defendant, and Ruth Madoff should be thrown in jail":


http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/05/14/2009-05-14_charlene_marshall_should_be_astor_trials_third_defendant_and_ruth_madoff_should_.html

[factotem]

Ruth Madoff's to do list for this week:
Learn how to make a shiv
Figure out how to barter cigarettes, and cigarette exchange rates
Consult a butch, and learn how to look more threatening

[HisPetGoat]

She's looks kinda threatening.

[HisPetGoat]

Hey, Ruthie, whatcha in for? Eatin' oysters with a dinner fork?

[steve-oo]

A spouse cannot testify against the other spouse based on theoretical insider information, but she can say she didn't know about the scam and walk with 2.5 million ... that's not only hypocritical, inconsistent and a complete travesty in this case, it's down right stupid!

She should share fully in the losses just like she fully shared in the gains!

[davidwayneosedach]

Ruth put up a "token" fight just for show. She has access to the few billion Bernie has stashed in offshore accounts.

[faithinthefuture]

She's an abnoxious little swine, and as pathetic as her grifter husband.

[joycehelene]

I agree, she lived the good life on other people's money, why did they leave her with $2.5 Mil, they should have left her penniless as the rest of the people they swindled.

[Mahi Joe]

Exactly. This woman partook in Bernie's ill-gotten fortune and now she plays the victim? Pleasssseeeeeeee, spare me. She is no better than her husband. Funny how she didn't appear in court at Bernie's sentencing. Guess she got her millions and threw good ole Bernie under the bus.

[PiscesPrincess]

Do you see those eyes of hers? poor Ms. Maddof. She has the worst taste in spectacles as well as husbands.
and those blue things under her eyes are going to get bluer. she should move away from NYC
can't afford it anymore.

[nomorefed]

Obamma,s policies may not be working as well as many had hoped:

1st 100 days - There are 2.9 million more people unemployed in May than there were unemployed in January. The unemployment rate went from 7.6% to 9.4%. Since May 2008, we have lost 5.5 million jobs. The biggest losers were: Manufacturing 1.5 million lost Finance & Prof Serv 1.5 million lost Construction 1.1 million lost Retail & Leisure 1.3 million lost

good articles http://www.bit.ly/12NCJR recommended reading

Why isnt the stock market falling when the economy is sinking? Why cant we get change in Washington that we really need? Why vote?

[PiscesPrincess]

off topic.

[washlib]

flagged..off topic.

[Liberal2]

"...Cedes claim to Bernie's assets..."

$80 million???? Yeah, sure, Bernie bought that New York bridge with all the money he defrauded people out of. Bet Ruthie's laughin' her ass off at those prosecutors, after Bernie moved a few billion into her accounts and the accounts of other family members.

[hollybork]

Just so long as she is able to keep up her hair, nails, skin, clubs, maid service, chaffeur and monthly pedicures for her pooches, I am sure she won't mind living in a trailer home in Secaucus, NJ. She can always collect lost golf balls off the public course to sell to rich guys for pocket change, or recycle bottles from the beach to keep up her tan, or rent her french Louis IVX furniture and persians to the movies for travel money.

[HisPetGoat]

Louis XIV

[AcitizenNJ]

even with 2.5 mil, it lets the next bernie know that regardless there family will be okay.

anybody that gained from bernie's actions including his entire family needs to be stripped to the bare bone of all assets.

maybe the next bernie will think twice when his family is at stake

[mmlk]

With the lawsuits she'll be facing, the $2.5 million won't last very long.

[krisgarfield]

Ruth Daaaahlink­..."Greeee­n acres is the place to beee...faaaarm livin is the life for meeee.....­...Dahling I luv you but give me Park Ave....."

Park Ave....NOT!

Cry us a river Ruth Bubbie....­..........

[htwhyppe]

Liking any aspect of this swine is anathema to decent folk. That's why it's superficial.

[emlr]

Can the investors sue the remaining Madoffs in a civil court? Seems like the thing to do.

[gvidal]

She should be given 2 choices: Live on a government monitored $12,000 a year and forced to live in Public Housing or go to jail.

[aflyinyoursoup]

Ruthie, Ruthie, Ruthie.......Poor baby....