Record Powerball winner's wealth may have contributed to kin's death

Comment #9

Maverick — Tue, 28 Dec 2004 01:04:29 GMT

Good point. Drugs do need money to be purchased. Also her own apartment, a Hummer and Cadillac Escalade points to Jack spoiling Brandi, to the point of living such a lifestyle.I want to close with this: Any one of us could've been her. Thus is life. RIP Brandi.

Comment #8

whodeani — Mon, 27 Dec 2004 18:04:01 GMT

But on Thursday, Whittaker said: All of the problems I have had are because of my granddaughter's friends, her drug-using friends. I'm going to find them and put them in jail. It's not her fault; it's the people who sold drugs because they weren't taken off the street. I don't want to point fingers when there is a dead girl in this story, but I will point the finger at Mr. Whittaker. To blame Brandi's death and all his problems on her friends and drug dealers is totally shameless. Jack Whitta... [ More ]

Comment #7

st.germain — Sun, 26 Dec 2004 01:03:26 GMT

Revel In Paradise, B.B. (R.I.P.

Comment #6

lorcha1 — Sat, 25 Dec 2004 22:08:40 GMT

Rest In Peace Brandi I think it was a sad situation there, the girl had alot of money and no parents to guide her. No 15- 17 year old know's anything about the value of money untill they have to earn it and pay the bills. This girl had no Idea, It's a shame but It Is happening all over, Kids and Drugs don't mix!!! If they only knew what they are doing to there bodies, It will catch up to you later In life. I know I have been there. I 'm just sorry I didn't know It when I was a teen who thought h... [ More ]

Comment #5

kbcherokee — Sat, 25 Dec 2004 02:04:04 GMT

Rest in Peace Brandi

Comment #4

liberal47 — Sat, 25 Dec 2004 01:39:01 GMT

Too bad Jack didn't put whatever money he was going to give her in a trust that she could recieve when she was thirty. And then only if she recieved an education that would give her a chance to manage it. No sdventeen year old should have access to that much money before she learns what relationships are all about. Looks like even Jack needs a mentor.

Comment #3

urbossmanpimpin — Sat, 25 Dec 2004 00:27:51 GMT

I can see if she had always had it like that but for her to go from the average teenager vehicle to a hummer and an escalade and her own apt.....wow. I know that I wouldn't have been able to handle it at the time......but thats every parent and grandparents dream......to provide things that you probably didn't have access to. Her ending was so sad.

Comment #2

LOTTOMIKE — Sat, 25 Dec 2004 00:12:31 GMT

my guess is that it was a cocaine overdose......

Comment #1

Maverick — Sat, 25 Dec 2004 00:11:28 GMT

>> Brandi had her own apartment and several vehicles, including a Hummer and a Cadillac Escalade--indications of a teen with too much money, Layton said. <<At 17 that's too much. However, I'm not saying that is connected to her death. RIP Brandi.

Record Powerball winner's wealth may have contributed to kin's death

Lottery Post — Fri, 24 Dec 2004 21:37:45 GMT

Sdventeen-year-old Brandi Bragg was laid to rest on Friday, almost two years to the day after her doting grandfather came into the great wealth that some say was Brandi's misfortune.The only granddaughter of Jack Whittaker, winner of the richest undivided lottery jackpot in U.S. history, was found dead earlier this week of what may have been a drug overdose.Whittaker and others say her sudden access to vast wealth had brought new friends and dangerous habits. Since she won the lottery she had to... [ More ]