In a cautionary tale about lending money to friends, especially when you are a multimillion-dollar lottery winner, a B.C. Every year until 2013 she promised Rosas she would repay the loan “next year,” but she never did. Despairing of ever seeing her money again, Rosas turned to the courts in July 2014, asking the judge to order repayment. Church said that without a written agreement, including terms specifying the repayment, Rosas had to rely on the oral pledge of her now-former friend. “There weren’t very many clear terms,” Steven said in an interview.

Source: National Post September 29, 2016 16:41 UTC