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“Ruth Madoff Turned Away From Her Son’s”

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After she had flown from Florida to Greenwich, Conn., to attend a private memorial service for her son Mark (who had committed suicide in December), she was turned away by his unforgiving widow, Stephanie.

When Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme collapsed, Mark and his brother, Andrew, warned their mother: It’s him or us, Ruth, 69, chose her cherished sons., until Bernie Madoff was beaten in prison in 2009. She returned to the 72-year-old swindler’s side, infuriating the two sons, who cut her out of their lives for good.

A source close to Ruth said, she now lives in a state of obscurity, using her maiden name and dyes her hair red when venturing out to rent dollar DVDs or when visiting the public library.

Regardless to how Ruth’s son felt when he took his own life, her daughter-n-law has to live with the fact that, she denied his own mother some sort of peace before he was laid to rest.

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76 thoughts on ““Ruth Madoff Turned Away From Her Son’s””

  1. damn his wife couldn’t put that aside and allow his mom some sort of closure? they are all in a really sad situation whether they knew daddy was a crook or not!

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    1. I agree Joanne, I can understand the wife is upset but to kick out his own mother – out the funeral?

      regardless of what you think she did or didn’t do – she’s still his mother.

      damn!

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      1. actually the wife Stephanie is the last person who should be trying to judge, she is living off stolen money. hypocritacl azz.

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  2. Mark was a coward! that motherfucker took the easy way out by ‘OFFING HIMSELF’ he didn’t help anybody. his selfish didn’t realize and didn’t care how this will effect his kids.

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    1. I cosign @man,
      if he really wanted to help his children out (who are the real victims) he would have told what he knew instead of taking the easy way out.

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  3. Ruthie is not worthy of your sympathy and compassion. Five years ago if she and Bernie were driving down any street in the city or NY state and saw you lying injured on the road, they would pass you by if not run you over again. These 2 low-lifes never had any care, compassion or humane feelings towards anyone. All they cared about was accumulating more and more money. Neither one showed any “human compassion” while they were stealing billions of dollars from the people who trusted them.

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      2. she still has the apartment on E.64th in NY and also the home in Palm Beach. –> yes but ‘1’ of her 2 sons killed himself, her husband’s in jail, her family’s torn apart, she may never see her grandchildren again and trust she’s not happy…she’s going to have her share of suffering and at this point, i’m sure those material possessions don’t mean shit to her compared to what she’s now dealing with.

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      3. @Zenna, you forgot that Ruth must also deal with unimaginable shame, humiliation and the fact that she’s been scorned from society.

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      5. Read the Madoff Chronicles ya’ll.

        VERY enlightening.

        Ruthless, Andrew and Mark knew. The uncle and niece knew too. They all knew.

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      6. she still has the apartment on E.64th in NY and also the home in Palm Beach.
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        @OSTB: You need to catch up…..

        She had the apartment in NY taken away and all its contents auctioned off.

        Ruth Madoff now lives someplace in Florida…

        IMO, she should just do charity work and try and live the rest of her life with her head up.

        Bernie was her husband and Mark was her son that will never change.

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      7. All they cared about was accumulating more and more money. Neither one showed any “human compassion” while they were stealing billions of dollars from the people who trusted them.
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        there’s is no evidence the wife or his children knew anything about the ponzi scheme. they worked in a whole other area of the business. in fact, the sons turned him in as soon as they were told. they severed ties with him immediatel­y.

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      8. We don’t know what she or the sons knew but I suspect they knew more than they let people in on.

        And as dirty as the husband was I really don’t think you can ask his wife of so many years to completely turn her back on him.

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  4. This woman must bear unimaginable shame, humiliation and scorn from an entire society. Her husband has been convicted and banished for life. Her son has succumbed to the same pressures his mother must endure. She gave birth to this man and raised him to adulthood. He had a family of his own and then ended his own life.

    And that has got to hurt!

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  5. Regardless to how Ruth’s son felt when he took his own life, her daughter-n-law has to live with the fact that, she denied his own mother some sort of peace before he was laid to rest.
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    She was ostracized from a ritual of closure and mourning. This was cruel and reprehensible. Yes, there is anger and resentment towards her from her daughter-in-law. However, this man was her own son whom she birthed and raised. She could do with some human compassion.

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    1. I agree!
      Do you have any idea the pain involved when your child commits suicide? This is in no way to condone what her husband did.

      However, let he who is w/o sin cast the first stone

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  6. The daughter in law won’t talk to her husband’s mother, and turned her away at his funeral?

    WOW!

    Their situation/issues are already sad and unfortunate as it is…

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  7. Ruthie chose a life of greed, fraud, materialism and corruption rather than decency, honesty, and propriety.

    Ruthie was part of the dinner table conversations and pillow talk with Bernie. She set very bad examples for her children and now expects sympathy from you and me for her son’s suicide? GTFOH.

    Ruthie’s actions and endless greed helped put Mark into the position of taking his own life, and I hope she suffers greatly for what she did to her son and to his family.

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    1. ELOVELY: This women’s been charged by the court of public opinion of ‘guilt by associatio­n.’

      Whatever her husband did she is now a widow whose son just committed suicide and who has to disguise her appearance just to rent a movie. A little compassion wouldn’t be a bad thing here.

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  9. “All the stuff that killed Mark…”? I don’t mean to sound unsympathe­tic, but he killed himself. He left you with children to raise. Whatever his mother’s role was in his decision, it was still her son. She brought him into this world, and she should have been able to say goodbye when he left this world.

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    1. You hit it *dead on*.
      She shouldn’t have to choose and this is the death of her son. No matter what happened, she should be able to be at the service

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    2. She brought him into this world, and she should have been able to say goodbye when he left this world.
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      Exactly! I agree!

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  11. I wonder if the joy she and the Maddoff family experience­d from their ill-gotten wealth is commensura­te with the pain/sorro­w they are now feeling.

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    1. She earned every evil thing her sons think about her
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      Her sons knew about the game that was being played, they even participat­ed in the riches, when it came to pay the piper, the first one could not handle it, let’s see about the second one.

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    2. She earned every evil thing her sons think about her
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      We don’t know the extent of Ruth Madoff’s involvemen­t with her husband’s scheme. For me it isn’t outside the realm of possibilit­y that she was just as fooled as everyone else.

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      2. My question is, How much did these women know about what their husbands were doing? They could all be victims of lying husbands who told them that everything they did was OK. Just saying#

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  13. There’s a part of me that feels bad for her. The other part however, is mindful of her husband’s transgress­ions. I think other folks committed suicide because of this too. A terrible lesson in Business Ethics indeed.

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  14. So long as she has so much as a dime in her pocket, she is a thief. She should have to beg for every scrap of food she ever eats. She and her husband deserve every moment of pain they feel in their lives. Her son killed himself because of the actions of his parents. Showing her the slightest compassion is an insult to compassion­.

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    2. Showing her the slightest compassion is an insult to compassion­
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      How is it ever an insult to show compassion­? You sound heartless and cruel.

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    3. She and her husband deserve every moment of pain they feel in their lives. Her son killed himself because of the actions of his parents.

      Her son took his life. She brought him into this world and took care of him to be come a grown man. The amount of pain she must feel is very heavy. We do not know how she feels until we walk a block in her shoes. I would not want her grief or pain. Only a mother could understand this feeling. Unconditio­nal love is hard to understand­.

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  16. Who gives a fuck about these dudes?

    I’m sure there is much juicier drama to be had this fine Friday morning, isn’t there BQ?

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  20. I’m sorry, what they did was wrong, but normal human decency should have prevailed here. You shouldn’t deny a mother from going to her own son’s funeral. This just isn’t right…

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    2. I agree @ Yvonne:
      How sad is this.?
      There is a time, a place, and a reason for everything­……deny­ing a mother a seat at her child’s funeral, is just petty and sad. Speaks more about the wife’s lack of class than anything Bernie did. Where is the wife’s compassion­………B­ernie, as wrong as he was, is still her husband, and her son is her son. Like I said, how sad.

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    3. You shouldn’t deny a mother from going to her own son’s funeral. This just isn’t right…

      It may have been the wishes of the son, not the wife.

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      1. I just don’t understand if Bernie was the mastermind­, why punish his wife? and that pick and choose shit on their part was petty!

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      3. She knew all about it.
        And she tried to hide money and jewels too.

        Just because she tried to hide the money and the jewels does not mean she was aware of the ponzy scheme. She hid those things when she knew the feds were coming to seize stuff out of her apartment, this took place after the news broke about Madoff’s crimes.

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      4. Just because she tried to hide the money and the jewels does not mean she was aware of the ponzy scheme.
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        She worked in the business for years. She knew exactly what was happening. So did the two sons, who also worked in the business. The whole family was in on the scam.

        Bernie was the ringleader!

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      5. @QUEEN:
        Read the Vanity Fair series about this scandal.

        Ruth was the company accountant­!!

        Of course she knew.

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      6. I’m sorry that Ruth got turned away from the funeral and all, but I believe she and the son’s wife knew where the money was commin from.

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  21. In america, it is about the money! That is the only means we have for respect in this country…­Money!
    Ruth being turned away from her son’s funeral is simply a consequenc­e of money…

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  22. This poor family. Despite Bernie’s inexcusabl­e fraud, this family will suffer publicly until the end of their days. And that’s heartbreak­ing for any family.

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  24. From the news reports I’ve read (assuming they are even half true) I get the impression that the son was not ‘in the loop’ of what Bernie was up to.

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