BRITAIN’S youngest-ever lottery winner, who blew a £1.8million jackpot on boob jobs and drugs at just 16, has finally found love.
Callie Rogers revealed she is now “going well” after falling in love with engineer boyfriend Lee Mathewes and welcoming her fifth child.
Britain’s youngest lotto winner Callie Rogers, 37[/caption]
The mum-of-five with her new engineer boyfriend Lee Mathewes[/caption]
At just 16 she bagged a whopping £1.8million lotto prize[/caption]
Callie revealed she is now “going well” after battling depression[/caption]
The 37-year-old’s life changed forever when she won the lotto jackpot as a teenager.
Despite her newfound wealth, Callie recklessly spent her cash, including £18,000 on breast surgeries, £300,000 on clothes, and £500,000 on gifts for friends and family.
The former millionaire declared bankruptcy just ten years after winning the mega cash prize.
Callie is now living in a humbled £600-a-month rented semi in Flimby, Cumbria, where she shared a photo of herself and her three-month-old baby, Navie-Nicole.
Posting a photo of her newborn on social media, she wrote, “Counting my blessings every day.”
In a separate post on Facebook, Callie added: “The Best Five Weeks Of Life Loving You Our Little Bean,”
The support worker revealed she prefers her life out of the spotlight after gaining fame from winning the seven-figure lottery prize.
The mum-of-five told the MailOnline: “You obviously get the trolls commenting and they don’t care about the impact they have on people’s lives.”
Friends of Callie say her new relationship with Lee marks a fresh chapter for the mum, who previously battled depression after winning the lottery.
Callie had been on just £3.60 an hour when she secured the £1.8million cash prize.
However, she spent thousands on wild parties, three boob jobs and around £300,000 on designer clothes forcing her to declare bankruptcy.
The now 37-year-old also lent large sums of money to friends and family, whom she now believes took advantage of her newfound wealth.
In 2018, the support worker suffered a serious assault by two women on a night out.
She was knocked unconscious, had her teeth shattered, ribs broken, and suffered permanent damage to her vision.
I just wanted to go back to having a normal life
Callie Rogers
The 37-year-old admitted that during the attack, she thought she was going to die
Callie received a driving ban in 2021 after she crashed her 4×4 while high on cocaine.
It was revealed in court that she had been claiming Universal Credit despite her previous lottery win.
The former millionaire had once claimed to have spent an eye-watering £250,000 on cocaine but later denied this.
A friend of Callie, from the small seafront village north of Workington, said the mum-of-five seems to have turned a corner, with her dark days firmly “in the past”.
The support worker admitted that she was not “equipped” to handle the huge sum at just 16.
“Overnight I went from carefree child to adult,” she added.
“Not knowing who liked me for me, and having all the stress of all the money, I just wanted to go back to having a normal life.”
The National Lottery has since increased the minimum age for players to 18.
Callie’s four other children include her son Blake, who has cerebral palsy and is unable to walk, talk, or swallow without assistance.
In an interview last year the mum-of-five admitted that her biggest regret was no longer having the money for her son Blake.
It comes after a People’s Postcode Lottery winner nearly missed on collecting his £110,000 cash prize.
And a national lottery player missed out on a £500,000 jackpot prize after they made a “sad” mistake.
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The Worst Lotto Losers
- Ali and Yousef Jaafar – £16million – Cashed in £14,000 tickets fraudulently
The pair were found guilty and were ordered to pay £4.7million in restitution and had to forfeit the winnings.
Ali was sentenced to five years in prison and Yousef was jailed for four.
- Ronnie Music Jr – £23.3million – Funded crystal meth ring
Ronnie invested his cash price into a drug trafficking ring.
In 2015, several of his co-conspirators were arrested after attempting to sell large quantities of meth allegedly supplied by him.
Ronnie was arrested not long after and was found to be in possession of meth and £17,000 in cash
He was later sentenced to 21 years in prison after police raided his home and found 11 firearms including a prohibited sawed-off shotgun.
- Willie Hurt – £2.8million – Charged with murder
His life spiralled after he bagged £2.8million jackpot in 1989.
He chose to receive the sum in £123,000 instalments every month for 20 years, but within a year he was hooked on cocaine and divorced.
He was charged with the murder of Wendy Kimmey at the Burkewood Inn.
Wendy was found dead with a bullet wound to the head.
Willie turned himself in to the authorities and was later sent for a psychiatric evaluation.
The verdict was never made public.
- Lee Ryan – £6.5million – Handling stolen goods
Lee Ryan was dubbed the “Lotto Lag” when he landed his jackpot while awaiting trial for handling stolen cars.
However, the Brit later admitted that the millions he won was a “curse”.
Two divorces and two years of sleeping rough followed.
Now the 62-year-old revealed he’s happily working as a painter and decorator.
- Michael Carroll aka King of Chavs – £9.7million – Dangerous driving, affray
The former refuse worker won £9.7million on the lotto and vowed to spend every penny of it.
Dubbing himself “King of Chavs”, Michael spent his winnings on drugs, booze, a six-bedroom house in Norfolk and even invested £1m in the Glasgow Rangers.
Since his win in 2002, he’s served three prison sentences and appeared in court more than 30 times for offences including dangerous driving and affray.
- Barry Shell – £2.5million – Theft
Barry was arrested in 2009 after a picture of him holding his £2.5million cheque tipped off the police.
A warrant for Shell’s arrest was issued after he failed to show up for court in 2003.
He later faced charges of failing to appear, theft under £3,000 and possession of property obtained by crime.
- Joshua Winslet – £13million – Supplying MDMA and possessing a firearm without a licence
After winning an incredible £13million in the lottery in 2017, aged 22, Aussie Joshua Winslet blew his fortune in just three years.
Joshua’s parents managed his winnings through a trust fund, but it didn’t stop his drug addiction.
Images released by South Australia’s District Court showed empty bottles of booze, bongs, bags of MDMA, cocaine and marijuana appeared to be littered around the bachelor pad.
28.3 grams of MDMA, 2.27g of cocaine and an unlicensed firearm were also seized.
The court heard how his arrest served as “a wake-up call” and he was sentenced to three years and nine months, with a non-parole period of 18 months.
The sentence was suspended on a two-year good behaviour bond, with supervision.
