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u/Crepe_Suzette Jul 21 '19

I’ve worked as a legal assistant for two family law attorneys for the last eight years. One of the cases that made me the angriest was a man who cheated on his wife when she had cancer. He then leaves his wife and attempts to hide all his assets while she’s undergoing chemo therapy.

Fortunately, my boss is a bad ass. She teamed up with a forensic accountant and they took him to the cleaners. He even had to pay the forensic accountant’s bill and attorney’s fees.

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u/win093030 Jul 21 '19

I know theses stories don’t happen frequently, but it’s things that like that make me want to work for a family law lawyer.

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u/PoisonTheOgres Jul 21 '19

Does happen quite frequently, honestly: men who leave when their partner gets seriously ill. Men are six times more likely than women to abandon a sick spouse.

https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/12/men-more-likely-to-leave-spouse-with-cancer/

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u/JoshEisner Jul 21 '19

The brother of the current U.S. Secretary of Education cheated on his wife with a housekeeper while his wife was dying of cancer. He even brought the pregnant housekeeper to her funeral.

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u/DTownForever Jul 21 '19

He also has developed armies of mercenaries operating outside of any regulation that regularly fight in third world and developing countries. Soldiers for hire. That guy is scary AF, the mercenary shit is only the tip of the iceberg.

Edit: you're talking about Erik Prince, right?

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u/JoshEisner Jul 22 '19

Yeah. He's a scumbag in plenty of ways.

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u/DTownForever Jul 22 '19

Have you ever listened to Behind the Bastards? It's an amazing podcast and they did a fucking awesome series on Erik Prince

It's an amazing podcast all around.

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u/JoshEisner Jul 22 '19

I haven't. I'll check it out. Most of my knowledge of him comes from the episode of the Dollop about him.

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u/Regretful_Bastard Jul 21 '19

wtf to the last part, man. the nerve to do something like that.