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'My wife slept with my uncle while I was in prison'
Cash Plus boss tells court why he sought divorce
PAUL HENRY, Observer staff reporter henryp@jamaicaobserver.com
Thursday, February 14, 2008
CARLOS Hill, head of the beleaguered Cash Plus group, said he sought to divorce his wife because she allegedly slept with his uncle while he (Hill) was in prison in the United States.
Hill is defending himself in the Jamaican Supreme Court against a US$12-million maintenance suit brought by his estranged wife, Velma Hill. The case was adjourned yesterday until March 12, 2008, because of the death of Hill's mother.
On a previous court date, Hill was ordered to make interim payments of US$2,000 per month effective January 7, 2007 to his wife of over 30 years until the matter is resolved.
Mrs Hill, 60, who has been living with her stepfather in New Jersey USA, said in court papers filed last year that she scraped to get by on her monthly US$1,800 secretary salary and that her monthly expenses were in excess of US$3,000.
"I'm not making enough money to properly maintain myself," she complained in her affidavit. "I would like to retire at age 62 but would be unable to live above the poverty line. Had I known that (Carlos) was not going to look after me, as he promised, I would have saved some of my money, especially when I had to be working at two jobs."
Mrs Hill said she would like to own a home but could not afford one and that because of her husband's "behaviour" in the US, "I cannot get any credit" as "all his debts, including civil taxes, are in my name".
She said that in contrast, her husband "travels frequently all over the world, lives a very lavish lifestyle" and has "millions of US dollars deposited all over the world".
The behaviour to which, Mrs Hill referred has to do with illicit financial transactions on Mr Hill's part, to which he pleaded guilty, and spent a decade in prison, before his release in 2001.
Hill came back to Jamaica that same year and eventually built the Cash Plus Group, the centrepiece of which was a private investment club, popularly referred to as an alternative investment scheme, that has ceased operations following troubles with the state-run Financial Services Commission.
"It was while I was in Florida trying to seek employment to support myself and my children that I realised how handicapped I was. I had no formal education and no skills suited for the job market. I had to seek government assistance," Mrs Hill further claimed.
The Hills, who migrated to the US at a young age, have four children from their marriage.
In previous divorce papers filed by Mr Hill in the US, he alleged that the marriage broke down because his wife - between the period 1991 and 2001 while he was in prison - slept with his uncle and left the matrimonial home.
'My wife slept with my uncle while I was in prison'
Cash Plus boss tells court why he sought divorce
PAUL HENRY, Observer staff reporter henryp@jamaicaobserver.com
Thursday, February 14, 2008
CARLOS Hill, head of the beleaguered Cash Plus group, said he sought to divorce his wife because she allegedly slept with his uncle while he (Hill) was in prison in the United States.
Hill is defending himself in the Jamaican Supreme Court against a US$12-million maintenance suit brought by his estranged wife, Velma Hill. The case was adjourned yesterday until March 12, 2008, because of the death of Hill's mother.
On a previous court date, Hill was ordered to make interim payments of US$2,000 per month effective January 7, 2007 to his wife of over 30 years until the matter is resolved.
Mrs Hill, 60, who has been living with her stepfather in New Jersey USA, said in court papers filed last year that she scraped to get by on her monthly US$1,800 secretary salary and that her monthly expenses were in excess of US$3,000.
"I'm not making enough money to properly maintain myself," she complained in her affidavit. "I would like to retire at age 62 but would be unable to live above the poverty line. Had I known that (Carlos) was not going to look after me, as he promised, I would have saved some of my money, especially when I had to be working at two jobs."
Mrs Hill said she would like to own a home but could not afford one and that because of her husband's "behaviour" in the US, "I cannot get any credit" as "all his debts, including civil taxes, are in my name".
She said that in contrast, her husband "travels frequently all over the world, lives a very lavish lifestyle" and has "millions of US dollars deposited all over the world".
The behaviour to which, Mrs Hill referred has to do with illicit financial transactions on Mr Hill's part, to which he pleaded guilty, and spent a decade in prison, before his release in 2001.
Hill came back to Jamaica that same year and eventually built the Cash Plus Group, the centrepiece of which was a private investment club, popularly referred to as an alternative investment scheme, that has ceased operations following troubles with the state-run Financial Services Commission.
"It was while I was in Florida trying to seek employment to support myself and my children that I realised how handicapped I was. I had no formal education and no skills suited for the job market. I had to seek government assistance," Mrs Hill further claimed.
The Hills, who migrated to the US at a young age, have four children from their marriage.
In previous divorce papers filed by Mr Hill in the US, he alleged that the marriage broke down because his wife - between the period 1991 and 2001 while he was in prison - slept with his uncle and left the matrimonial home.
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