DEADBEAT!! OPRAH WINFREY'S MAMA SUED FOR FAILURE TO PAY HER $200,000 CLOTHING BILL!!


 







September 05, 2008. MILWAUKEE - (AP) A high-end clothing store in Brookfield, Wisconsin, is suing Oprah Winfrey's mother for failing to pay her bill.

The civil complaint says Vernita Lee of Milwaukee owed Valentina nearly $156,000 for purchases and interest as of July 1st and has failed to make the monthly minimum payment of $2,000.

Store attorney Joseph Niebler Sr. says his client tried to resolve the matter with Lee before filing the lawsuit in Waukesha County Circuit Court.

The lawsuit says Lee told store officials she doesn't think she owes the money. Reached by telephone, Lee declined to comment on the lawsuit.

Valentina co-owner Tony Chirchirillo says a $150,000 bill isn't unusual for a client with a full calendar of social events.

A nonbinding mediation session is set for September 16th.

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COMMENTS:

    mojoluv
    dam oprah not breakin her mamma off??
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    focus
    From what I've read, Oprah sends this woman $15,000/month plus bought her a condo. Years ago this woman and her other daughter sold stories about Oprah to the National Enquirer. With a mother like this who needs enemies? I wouldn't be sending her a dime.
     

    mojoluv
    Oh shizz!
    1st beeyatches!!!
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    TooUgly4TV
    oprah's mom looks good for her age.
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    prettybrown83
    sad..?
     

    blackexec
    That's cause she know her daughter got it. From the looks of this picture, she needs to be using the [SPAM] "Fab in 40" program.

    Flush The Fat

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    ugottaluvme
    Oprah help your mom out with that 200K. Better yet, send me your card and I'll give it to her myself.
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    chakahrae1
    What a crying shame
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    TheRanNorelleShow
    200,000
    is like 2 dollars to her...
    Why is she doing that
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    jaybaby
    If I was Oprah, I wouldn't give her ass the money either. Momma or not, you can't live off someone else's name and if you do, make sure you they gave you enough money to pay your bills.
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    Can we get a new Throwback Video, MTO?

    catchke
    She probably lives so lavishly, she didn't notice she owed them.. but pay it!! You know Oprah can in a split.
     

    sixdean9
    I thought Maya Angelo was Oprah's mother...lol

    Now go to my myspace page and shut up!!!

    www.myspace.com/sixdean9
     

    mojoluv
    @jaybaby

    That's her MOTHER
    She wouldnt be Oprah if it wasn't for her
    She better pay up
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    focus
    @sixdean9: Maya is Oprah's surrogate mother. She had to go find a maternal replacement after being raised by this woman.
     

    huhduh10
    how many times should oprah dig her mother out of debth ?
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    sixdean9
    Thanks focus!!
     

    boss_lady
    Unfortunately, Oprah will have to pay this debt just because her name is involved. I bet other stores won't be lending the mama credit anymore. They will be asking for payment in full from now on.
     

    takeitorleaveit
    She looks great, the mother I mean. Oprah will take care of it.
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    Handle your business

    Jamiejo86
    That's ashame but you know she'll pay it for her mama especially since she's Oprah can't build urself this up to this persona and let 1 incident w/ ur name it drag her thru the dirt!
     

    AvaDream
    dont O have enough money to fix that???
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    Y is having N OPINION now called HATING?

    Foxystormp
    OPRAH GOTTA MAMA??? DEEEZZAAAMM LMFAO J.K
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    sssensuallll
    Next
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    The_Metatron
    Didnt Oprahs Grandma raise her? If Im not mistaken I thought her mom was doing her thing when Oprah was young.
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    "Behold The Metatron"

    TheZigZagMan
    HOLY SNAP!!!!!

    I COULD SEE WHY OPRAH IS PAIS

    DIDN'T KNOW HER MOMMA WAS NELL CARTER FRM "GIVE ME A BREAK"

    THAT WHT SHE PROBABLY TOLD THE CLOTHING DEPT.
     

    marlonexs
    Last Oprah ...hey dont ask me I gid di lady 1,000,000.00 a month aint my fault she spends it all on foooood.
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    Are you Playing naive or Plain naive?

    TheZigZagMan
    OR IS THT THE MOMMA FRM "THE HOUSE OF PAIN"?
     

    Conscious1
    The parent/child relationship is a blessing and a curse for some. There are parents who degrade, beat, and many times neglect you. If you can't get forgive that, you're in the wrong because they're your "parent". As if having sex, getting off, and conceiving gives you carte blanche to do anything to your seed. Take Keisha Cole's momma. She wasn't her mother, but let Keisha not help her out and she's is the "ingrate". You can't win for losing. Oprahs parents failed to protect her from her child abuse and did not do right by her after they found out about it. Uncle was still allowed at family functions. Then her daddy had the nerve to ask Oprah did she do something to entice the uncle. Her "parents" are writing tell-alls, but let Oprah say fugg 'em, she's the "wrong" one. That parent/child relationship man...it's a peculiar one...
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    I‘m feelin‘ it.

    NicNasty032
    If there is a pattern of her mom not paying I wouldn't pay it for her either.
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    I don‘t care

    Selector
    Call ur daughter...smdh
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    Excuse me while I light my spliff

    Goose82084
    Are these people serious!!! what the hell, pay for your own clothes. What in the hell did she get 200,000 dollars worth of clothes for and know she ain't had the money to pay for it Every week she go shopping she might as well did tell them put that on Oprah's tab cause she is too bold how could you sue me for my own money!!
     

    AKeysWannabee
    Why didn't she get her daughter to pay for it? Oprah, help yo mama out.. lol
     

    whatwhatwhat
    Is that the ovary that bore the $1 billion woman?
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    My love is right smack in the socket

    Northjerseynik
    LMAO @ BLACKEXEC

    Her mom looks like Sophia.
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    Sekseewon
    Well the newws is out.. SO you know Oprah is going to pay it and make the problem go away before the media gets too much into the story LOL
     

    LuckyS
    Conscious1 i agree with you 100%
    this is what i am going through with my parents
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    Conscious1
    LuckyS Flag post
    Conscious1 i agree with you 100%
    this is what i am going through with my parents
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    Society isn't trying to hear that you won't forgive. They're your "parents". In the end, nothing (about how they've harmed the child) matters, just that technicality.
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    I‘m feelin‘ it.

    jgrymz
    OPRAH WILL BUY THAT STORE AND SLAP THE OWNER WITH THE CHECK, DON'T PLAY, LOL

    BE MY FRIEND ADD ME AT MYSPACE, IM LONELY, LOL

    MYSPACE.COM/JGRYMZ83 AKA MR FUNNY
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    1sexycapricorn
    From my understanding their relationship was never that great and Oprah was raised by her grandmother. Hell it was Vernita Lee who ran up the bill so she should pay it.
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    NoElleNo2
    Oprah got fans to give gifts to. Tha's MAMA'S BILL not Oprah's!
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    And yet they remain ignorant...

    icargle22
    wow this is her mother people. oprah please help your mother.oprah you make this in two hours. this is nothing.
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    dctrinigyal
    she need to stop spending money she don't have
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    DallasDyamond
    GTFOH!!!! HA!
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    mzarrogance
    Concious1 - I so agree with you. The sad thing is, I think this is the greatest problem with our youth these days - the parents, not the music, tv, etc. People tend to forget how observant children are and how much weight from their childhood they carry on their shoulders as adults. I would not blame an Oprah or Keyshia Cole if they had nothing to do with their parents, but I respect them so much for all they do for their families.
     

    brittyboop
    this story should have never been leaked thats a shame
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    mzarrogance
    Kelly Rowland is another star with a mother like that. I have a friend in banking in Atlanta, where her mom lives, and Kelly has to constantly send checks worth thousands to cover her Mom's overdrafts. SAD
     

    tammy609
    You know how mothers don't ever tell there children nothing. Oprah probably knew nothing of it but she more than likely will pay the bill.
     

    addorable4u
    They aint got nothing to do with Oprah, that's her mama's fault.
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    "BE SOMETHING OR STAND FOR NOTHING

    lifegroove
    Well $200,000 is like $20 to Oprah!! However, what in the world Oprah's mom was purchasing that added up to 200,000. Got Damn!! I swear some people you just can't give money to. That is like those rappers who spend a million dollars on rims for a car.
     

    JusEvil
    SH!T oprah will buy that store and fire all dem BITCHES
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    I keeps it GULLY Bitch

    Pepper
    She probably has beginning Alzheimers.

    Probably bought the same $2000 dress 100 times.



    Scuse me... how much is this?

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    Okay I'll take it...







    And then just forgot she bought it...
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    Ciara-Never Ever

    SouthernGul
    I'm sure Oprah will wind up paying her debt for her.
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    And what?

    VH8611
    WHO'S CUTER, Oprah's mom or Jada's mom?
     

    VH8611
    Years a ago Oprah's mom kept running up these bills at this store. Oprah went in, paid off one final debt and told them NOT to give her mom any more clothes on credit. Oprah had to show tough love because it is obvious her mom is a shopaholic.
     

    VH8611
    ...and remember this is the same women who let her boyfriends molest Oprah when she was 13-ish.
     

    hunniegolden
    the point i think everyone is missing is the fact that the owner of the store said it was not unusual for clients who have full calendar of social events to buy that much clothing but i never seen her ass before so what social events are he talking about? I dont even think the bitch has a job
     

    BlackVelvet
    what is she doing with a credit line for that much money? where is she going? she need to just sit up in the damn house and stop showboating. take some trips... dayum.
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    Yeah that‘s right... AND WHAT???

    getreal01
    SHE PROBABLY BREAKS HER MOM OFF MAD MONEY BUT MOMMY IS NOT SPENDING THE FUNDS RIGHT.
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    CP3_Lady
    Her mom wasn't there for Oprah when she was younger, Oprah's dad raised her. I wouldn't send that deadbeat nothing. Women are deadbeat parents just like men. She's the typical deadbeat parent, not around until the kid makes it big. smh
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    common sense isn‘t that common

    cutenkinky
    Oprah doesn't seem like the type to hold a grudge and I think the relationship between her and her mother has been healed. I have faith Oprah will help her mother.
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    LOVE, TRUTH, PEACE, FREEDOM, and JUSTICE

    sw33tn3ss
    op help ya mama out....
     

    ThoroBellaBaby
    Get it together mama!!!
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    U Beg 2 Shine While I Naturally Glisten

    tjtrae1
    $200,000 IS LIKE $50 DOLLARS TO OPRAH NO MATTER WHAT PROBLEMS SHE HAVE WITH HER MOM PAYING THE BILL FOR HER IS WAY BETTER THAN THE NEGATIVE PRESS SHE IS GOING TO INDURE
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    Stop following and become a leader..

    susta
    oprah has a mother?
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    ...wish i was darker...

    susta
    LMAO @WHATWHATWHAT
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    ...wish i was darker...

    mimi305
    just because oprah has money she's suppose to take care of every1's financial woes. i'm sure oprah paid off every debt that lady encounter when she firs made it big. but for her momma to put herself back into debt, her ass needs to be taught a lesson that she obviously never learned
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    choclatey77
    I live in Milwaukee and work in Brookfield so i have walked pass the store a few times while running other errands, I thought it was cool because the stores name is the same as my middle name. When I saw that clearance rack outside of the store with jeans on clearance for $300.00 I didn't even bother walking in. So I can see how her bill could be that expensive.
     

    Treasure8430
    Y IS HER MOMS BUYIN EXPENSIVE A$$ CLOTHES.....ANYWAY.....OPRAH PROBABLY DIDN'T PAY IT CUZ HER MOMS COULDV'E TOOK HER OLD A$$ 2 MACYS OR TARGET....PLAYIN BIG WILLY OFF HER DTR.....IF IT WAS VICE VERSA.....HER MOMS WOULD PROBABLY NOT PAY 4 THAT SHYT NEITHER.
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    TROOPER
    choclatey77 Flag post
    I live in Milwaukee and work in Brookfield so i have walked pass the store a few times while running other errands, I thought it was cool because the stores name is the same as my middle name. When I saw that clearance rack outside of the store with jeans on clearance for $300.00 I didn't even bother walking in. So I can see how her bill could be that expensive.

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    LOL
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    HIGH FIVE IN THE 09!

    TROOPER
    THIS IS NOT "O" PROBLEM. THIS IS HER TRIFFLIN MOM THAT'S THROWING MONEY AROUND LIKE SHE THE ONE WITH THE TALK SHOW ON TV AND SIRUS. SHE NEED TO GO TO THE [SPAM] HAHAHAHA.
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    HIGH FIVE IN THE 09!

    TracyLLo
    No disrespect intended...but what the hell this old woman needs $150,000 worth of clothes for. I guess she trying to compete with Oprah with no money to pay for her shyt. Mommy need to stop, I know Oprah looks out for her family properly...moms trying to overdo shyt.
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    Don‘t sweat the small stuff...

    kqueenbee2
    @Conscious1 what you said was totally on point.
     

    TallDrop
    Dang... why her mom and her look the same age.
     

    focus
    Years ago it was reported that Oprah's mother couldn't stay within the $15,000 allowance that Oprah sends her. It was also reported that she racked up excessive bills back then too.

    Enough of this. Why must Oprah be obligated to pay this woman's bills?

    Just because someone gave birth to you does not make them your mother. A mother raises her child in love. Oprah's done enough by even sending her a monthly allowance. I wouldn't have even done that! Does it sound like this woman ever bonded with Oprah? Hell no.
     

    focus
    @conscious1: That blew me away when I read Vernon Winfrey was writing a tell all book about Oprah. The nerve of him! She's spoken nothing but love about him in every interview I've ever seen. She sounds eternally grateful for that man taking her in and raising her to be who she is. She bought him and his wife a nice home in Nashville. Where do we get family members like this?

    To this day, if a family member wants to get ignorant with me, I cut them off. I refuse to put up with fools that just share my lineage. Would you allow a stranger to mistreat you?
     

    plug
    mmmmm i would not pay it , don't pay for it O that will show her
     

    hellokitty19131
    according to CCAP, this is the 2nd time that Valentina sued Ms. Lee. Oprah's not the one being sued..pay it or fight it!
     

    Skillz-Inc
    $200 Gs???!!!
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    Foxy90210
    THIS AIN'T RIGHT ON SO MANY LEVELS...MAN Y DO RICH PPL LEAVE THERE FAMILY OUT TO DRY LIKE THIS??? DAYUM OPRAH HELP UR MOMMA OUT!!! MAMA THE REASON U RICH BITCHHHHH!! SHE HAD UR ASS.....DAM GET HER OUTTA DEBT!!!
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    I‘m so 3008 U So 2000 & LATE!

    yeahright3030
    Oprah wasn't raised by her "mother." Oprah was raised by her grandmother and father. This woman is trifling. Oprah should let her deal with it herself out of her allowance. Family members don't have the right to drag down successful relatives over stupid decisions.

    If this woman was a man who abandoned his now rich child ya'll wouldn't give this a second thought.
     

    deethediva
    SEE NOW HERE WE GO, THE DUMB BITCH WAS TOO BUSY BUILDING A SCHOOL IN AFRICA WHICH TURNED OUT TO HAVE A SEX SCANDLE ATTACHED TO IT, SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAKING CARE OFHER MOMMA.
    NOW IF IT IS TRUETHAT HER MOMMOA SOLD STORIES TO THENATIONAL ENQUIRER ABOUTHER THAEN THEOLD BITCH SHOULD HAVE BEEN PAYING HER OWN DAM BILLS.
     

    Texas_Thickness
    I think it is there own fault for letting someone get a bill that high.....just cause she Oprah momma doesnt mean that she good for credit
     

    fiftynine
    WHATTTT??? DAMN MAN NOW THATS FUKKED UP FOR HER MOM TO BE THAT WAY....GREEDY ASS WOMAN...I WOULD HAVE CALLED THE OLD ASS LADY SOMETHING ELSE BUT I RESPECT AND LOVE OPRAH TO MUCH.....THAT LADY SHOULD BE A SHAME OF HER SELF.....
     

    fiftynine
    THATS RIGHT @FOCUS....IF A FAMILY MEMBER ACTS IGNORANT I CUTS THEM OFF TO....DONT HAVE TIME TO DEAL WITH NONSENSE
     

    TwistedMongoose
    AND WHY DOES AN OLD LADY HAVE A 200K BILL ON CLOTHES I GUESS SHE LIKE TO BE FLY LOL...

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    Maria121
    Oprah never respected her mother. They never got along. But drop all the animosity....I'll always love my mama....
     


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