Lester Morgan, starting goalkeeper of Club Sport Herediano and backup goalkeeper for Costa Rica's national team committed suicide yesterday morning.
I dont know how true it is, but I heard that he commited Suicide due to financial problems he was facing. I feel for his family, but dont feel much remorse for him (if in fact he did commit suicide for those reasons) I guess no one told him that above those grey clouds, there is a blue sky. Again, i feel for his family and hope he didnt leave any children behind
rdl, and others: Indeed, the problems that lead Lester Morgan to committing suicide were of financial nature. Here in Costa Rica, if one gets a girl pregnant, he must provide the mother with enough money to take care of the baby and throughout the infancy, I guess up till they're 18 or so. Im sure that similar laws exist around the world, here they are called "pensiones". Apparently Lester had 3 "pensiones" which were according to him (in letters he left behind) too much to handle. Word is, one of the mothers was able to get, through court a pension of 500,000 colones from Lester which amounts to about 1400 dollars a month. A sum that is ridiculous, no matter how one looks at it. On top of these 3 pensiones, he lived with another woman with whom he fathered a 4th child at the time. In the letters he left behind, he did leave these pensiones as too much to live with and decided to end his life to EVERYONE's surprise here in Costa Rica. I'm not sure how official this next thing is but my mom told me earlier todaythat she heard over the radio that a cousin of Lester killed himself earlier today in grieveance for his cousin's decision.
That's too bad about his financial situation. Some might say that he took the coward's way out, but then again, you really have to be in someone else's shoes to feel what they're going through. $$$$$$$$ is a great motivator in life. It can bring you good things, but it can also break you. Rest in peace...
rdl, and others: Indeed, the problems that lead Lester Morgan to committing suicide were of financial nature. Here in Costa Rica, if one gets a girl pregnant, he must provide the mother with enough money to take care of the baby and throughout the infancy, I guess up till they're 18 or so. Im sure that similar laws exist around the world, here they are called "pensiones". Apparently Lester had 3 "pensiones" which were according to him (in letters he left behind) too much to handle. Word is, one of the mothers was able to get, through court a pension of 500,000 colones from Lester which amounts to about 1400 dollars a month. A sum that is ridiculous, no matter how one looks at it. THose laws exist in Mexico as well as in the US and much of the world. I am totally against an ex spouse recieving large sums of money knowing that the woman is able to work. The ex spouse should recieve half of the kids cost (food, clothes, daycare, education, misc). But recieiving more than that is criminal. Why the hell should one spouse pay the other's house note or car note? Or pay for the ex's misc. expenses? That is just wrong. One opened up and the other inserted..both are to blame. There are contraceptives, abortions, etc. I dont believe in the opsy baby theory. There are methods that are 100% safe and avoid the birth of an unwanted child. On top of these 3 pensiones, he lived with another woman with whom he fathered a 4th child at the time. he just didnt learn. Maybe I am not real sypathetic because this is a subject that is kind of close to home. My uncle got married young (22). During his youth, he worked long hours and tried to establish himself financially. Well to make a long story shhort, he got established and the ex -wife cheated on him. They got a divorce. The court awarded custdoy to the mother and at that time, he had to pay close to 1000 dollars a month. A couple months ago, he went back to the court to try and get full custody of his child. Well, he lost. His is financially secure. She made him out to be this monster. She said that he is just a father that tries to buy his sons love and that he is a drunk. (funny thing about it...no one in my family drinks. I have never seen anyone on my fathers side of the family drink) Well, not only did he have pay her more money, he had to cover the legal expenses (his and hers which adds up to about 50K) My uncle is devasted, not abouty the money issue, but the principle. How is it that a whore who cheats, has another 4 children with another guy (they live in a small 3 bedroom shack and the hubby doesn have a steady job) gets custody of the child. his ex wife sees him as a paycheck. Pays for the house and car. My uncle still has to buy my cousin's clothes, books, etc. 2 months before the trial, the ex wife gives my cousin his own room and sticks the other 4 kids in one room. I can understand how this player felt somewhat since my uncle went through that also. He felt desperate, mad, sad, etc. But he knows that there will be another blue sky.
Speaking as a person who is still struggling every day with clinical depression and who knows very well what it is like to be suicidal, I do feel bad for this guy. Sometimes it's very hard to realize that you're not alone and there are indeed many people who would be devastated if you were gone.
rdl, and others You are so wrong, first at all how can you come here and full your mouth saying things you don't know, Lester didn't have pay 500.000 colones just to his wife, he didn't even payed that in total for all the kids out of his marriage, wife and first baby. Second, Lester salary as a profetional soccer player was about $2500 in that moment and he just had to pay around (probably less)than $500*DOLLARS in child support and alimoney that's $500 for 4 kids and wife. So I don't know were you get your information from, you can not just come and talk about things you don't have proof. Third Lester never got divorce. His wife love him so very much and she meet him when she was just 16 years old and he was 21. The thing he wanted the most in life was a baby and the thing she wanted the most was just been with him because she love him, so they got marry and had a beautiful baby girl, but sadly for his wife and baby Lester one day after his dream come true was born decide he didn't love his wife anymore and left home, his baby was just 6 months old, he said he didn't have to help out his baby or wife. So later on when she found out how he spend the money on his mistresses after he didn't want to help them out, she went an file for child support and alimoney. He left because he just couldn't be just with one women and the worse he didn't like to use condons, so he just went on life having kids and YES he did have to pay child support and alimoney. His decision to commit suicide was because he felt a lot of pressure because of all the legal matter that came with the pentions he have to pay it didn't have to do anything at all with how much money he had to pay, because he had a very good salary in that moment and what he had to pay for 5 people wasn't that much.