Author Topic: '5th Grader' millionaire (Read 3196 times)

colonial · « **on:** August 19, 2009, 08:59:12 AM »

Last year at this time, Georgia State School Superintendent Kathy Cox became the first contestant to win $1 million on "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?"

Three months after the taping, she and her husband filed for bankruptcy.

Today, the million dollar check remains in the hands of Fox Broadcasting, as a legal fight continues over who should have the money.

Details here...

http://www.ajc.com/news/fayette/tug-of-war...ngs-118789.html

JD

BillCullen1 · « **Reply #1 on:** August 19, 2009, 12:52:16 PM »

A year later and this is still not resolved. I wonder if there's a time limit for collecting cash winnings from game shows. Checks themselves are generally good for six months from the date appearing on them.

knagl · « **Reply #2 on:** September 09, 2009, 07:04:32 PM »

ABC News (national) ran a story about this on their evening news tonight (I haven't found a link on their site yet). No major new developments in the story.

knagl · « **Reply #3 on:** September 10, 2009, 05:50:45 PM »

Found a link (with video of the story, too):

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/dispute-sma...tory?id=8530225

colonial · « **Reply #4 on:** September 30, 2010, 05:37:09 AM »

Bumping this up to report that a settlement will be considered by the courts next week....$500,000 goes to the schools Cox wanted to give the prize money to, while the rest goes to creditors.

Further information...

http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-politics-e...for-645753.html

JD

Matt Ottinger · « **Reply #5 on:** September 30, 2010, 01:14:21 PM »

[quote name=\'colonial\' post=\'248481\' date=\'Sep 30 2010, 05:37 AM\']Bumping this up to report that a settlement will be considered by the courts next week....$500,000 goes to the schools Cox wanted to give the prize money to, while the rest goes to creditors.[/quote]
Took them a year to come up with that?

Steve Gavazzi · « **Reply #6 on:** September 30, 2010, 08:51:10 PM »

[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'248489\' date=\'Sep 30 2010, 01:14 PM\']Took them a year to come up with that?[/quote]
So...does that make them smarter than a sixth-grader?