The Greatest Love Boat: Marie Holmes Bails McDow From Jail Again

North Carolina Powerball winner Marie Holmes garnered side-eyes from a slew of social media users when her story hit the Web. In August, Holmes reportedly dropped a whopping total of $9 million on her boyfriend’s Lamarr “Hot Sauce” McDow bail after cashing out for two of his releases. On New Year’s Day (Jan. 1), Holmes spent another $12 million on bail for McDow. In his first interview since their story was made public, McDow is coming to Holmes’ defense, noting that he would “do the same for her” if their roles were reversed.

“We are a couple, and I am the father of her youngest child. This is what people do for each other. She has the money and she can do what she wants with it,”

“If I had that money then I would do the same for her. People are just jealous because of how much she won and people want to see me locked in jail.”

“We were together for two years before she won the Powerball,” he said. “Her youngest child is my daughter.


Holmes, whose Powerball winnings totaled $188 million, took to Facebook to denounce her critics.
“What Y’all need to be worried about is Y’all money and not how I spend mine this is benefitting Y’all how? And no he’s no drug dealer or user but who are Y’all to judge anybody?” she wrote.