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anybody catch this last night?
not sure why, but i kinda believe her - altho couldnt help but think that while ole bernie gets to rot at some club fed for the rest of his life, he's been made the scapegoat while the vast majority of the rest of the lyin thievin bastards have got clean away and 'madoff' with billions - making me wonder if bernie isnt a republican??? (o/w he mighta got off, too.... ;)
http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2011/10/3...ster-going-on/
Ruth Madoff’s ’60 Minutes’ Interview: ‘Why Would I Ever Think There Was Something Sinister Going On?
In a new interview, the wife and son of convicted Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff detailed the moment nearly three years ago when Mr. Madoff confessed to his fraud, and Mrs. Madoff talked about the “shame” of living with Bernie Madoff’s fraud.
“He said, ‘I have a confession to make: I’ve been running a Ponzi scheme,’” Ruth Madoff told “60 Minutes” about the day her husband admitted his scheme. Ruth Madoff said she was “paralyzed” by her husband’s confession, and she said she remembers few details of his admission. Andrew Madoff, who worked at Bernie Madoff’s investment firm, said his mother’s first question was, “What’s a Ponzi scheme?” In the interview, Andrew Madoff said his brother Mark “stormed out of the room.” Mark Madoff committed suicide last December.
After the confession, Mr. Madoff said, “‘I’m going back to the office,’” Ruth Madoff recounted to “60 Minutes.” The same evening, at Mr. Madoff’s insistence, the couple attended a holiday party for Mr. Madoff’s firm, Ruth Madoff told “60 Minutes.”
“So I got myself together and went over there. We stayed a half an hour. And we just went home. And the next morning, the FBI was there to arrest him about 7:00 a.m.,” Ruth Madoff told “60 Minutes.”
The “60 Minutes” sit-down is among Ruth and Andrew Madoff’s first public interviews since Bernie Madoff’s fraud came to light. This interview and others coincide with the release of the Madoffs’ book about their family.
As reported by CBS News and the New York Times earlier this week, Ruth Madoff also said she and her husband took sleeping pills in a suicide attempt on Christmas Eve of 2008, just after Mr. Madoff confessed to his Ponzi scheme.
Ruth and Andrew Madoff also said they had no inkling that Mr. Madoff was running a sham investment scheme prosecutors estimated at $65 billion, the biggest financial fraud in history. “Why would I ever think that there was something sinister going on?” Ruth Madoff said in the interview. Andrew Madoff said he barely spoke to his mother for two years, and he said he and Mark Madoff had “struggled” to understand why his mother stuck by Bernie Madoff’s side after his arrest.
Mr. Madoff in 2009 was sentenced to 150 years in prison. Mrs. Madoff has been living in Florida, and she told “60 Minutes” she has had no contact with her husband since Mark Madoff’s death nearly a year ago. Andrew Madoff said he will never speak to his father again.
“What he did to me, to my brother, and to my family is unforgivable,” Andrew Madoff said in the interview. “What he did to thousands of other people, destroyed their lives — I’ll never understand it. And I’ll never forgive him for it.”
In a separate recent interview with ABC News, Mr. Madoff said he “betrayed” his family. “Not seeing my family and knowing they hate me” is the worst aspect of being imprisoned, he said in the ABC interview. He said he lived in fear of getting caught for 20 years and now he’s happier in prison because he’s not in control and has “no decisions to make.”
not sure why, but i kinda believe her - altho couldnt help but think that while ole bernie gets to rot at some club fed for the rest of his life, he's been made the scapegoat while the vast majority of the rest of the lyin thievin bastards have got clean away and 'madoff' with billions - making me wonder if bernie isnt a republican??? (o/w he mighta got off, too.... ;)
http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2011/10/3...ster-going-on/
- October 30, 2011, 8:12 PM ET
Ruth Madoff’s ’60 Minutes’ Interview: ‘Why Would I Ever Think There Was Something Sinister Going On?
In a new interview, the wife and son of convicted Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff detailed the moment nearly three years ago when Mr. Madoff confessed to his fraud, and Mrs. Madoff talked about the “shame” of living with Bernie Madoff’s fraud.
“He said, ‘I have a confession to make: I’ve been running a Ponzi scheme,’” Ruth Madoff told “60 Minutes” about the day her husband admitted his scheme. Ruth Madoff said she was “paralyzed” by her husband’s confession, and she said she remembers few details of his admission. Andrew Madoff, who worked at Bernie Madoff’s investment firm, said his mother’s first question was, “What’s a Ponzi scheme?” In the interview, Andrew Madoff said his brother Mark “stormed out of the room.” Mark Madoff committed suicide last December.
After the confession, Mr. Madoff said, “‘I’m going back to the office,’” Ruth Madoff recounted to “60 Minutes.” The same evening, at Mr. Madoff’s insistence, the couple attended a holiday party for Mr. Madoff’s firm, Ruth Madoff told “60 Minutes.”
“So I got myself together and went over there. We stayed a half an hour. And we just went home. And the next morning, the FBI was there to arrest him about 7:00 a.m.,” Ruth Madoff told “60 Minutes.”
The “60 Minutes” sit-down is among Ruth and Andrew Madoff’s first public interviews since Bernie Madoff’s fraud came to light. This interview and others coincide with the release of the Madoffs’ book about their family.
As reported by CBS News and the New York Times earlier this week, Ruth Madoff also said she and her husband took sleeping pills in a suicide attempt on Christmas Eve of 2008, just after Mr. Madoff confessed to his Ponzi scheme.
Ruth and Andrew Madoff also said they had no inkling that Mr. Madoff was running a sham investment scheme prosecutors estimated at $65 billion, the biggest financial fraud in history. “Why would I ever think that there was something sinister going on?” Ruth Madoff said in the interview. Andrew Madoff said he barely spoke to his mother for two years, and he said he and Mark Madoff had “struggled” to understand why his mother stuck by Bernie Madoff’s side after his arrest.
Mr. Madoff in 2009 was sentenced to 150 years in prison. Mrs. Madoff has been living in Florida, and she told “60 Minutes” she has had no contact with her husband since Mark Madoff’s death nearly a year ago. Andrew Madoff said he will never speak to his father again.
“What he did to me, to my brother, and to my family is unforgivable,” Andrew Madoff said in the interview. “What he did to thousands of other people, destroyed their lives — I’ll never understand it. And I’ll never forgive him for it.”
In a separate recent interview with ABC News, Mr. Madoff said he “betrayed” his family. “Not seeing my family and knowing they hate me” is the worst aspect of being imprisoned, he said in the ABC interview. He said he lived in fear of getting caught for 20 years and now he’s happier in prison because he’s not in control and has “no decisions to make.”
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