Bernard and Ruth Madoff attempted suicide, says Ruth in her first interview

[Freddie Stubbs]

Source: CBS News

(CBS News) In the only interview Ruth Madoff has given about her husband's crimes, she tells Morley Safer she and Bernard were so distraught over the burden of those crimes that they attempted suicide together.

Safer also speaks to Madoff's son, Andrew, for a story that will provide the first inside account from the immediate family of the man who stole billions of dollars.
An excerpt from the interview will be broadcast tonight on the "CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley." See the full story on"60 Minutes," Sunday, Oct. 30 at 7 p.m. ET/PT.

"I don't know whose idea it was, but we decided to kill ourselves because it was so horrendous what was happening," Ruth Madoff tells Safer. "We had terrible phone calls. Hate mail, just beyond anything and I said '...I just can't go on anymore.'"

So Ruth and Bernard Madoff took a bunch of pills, some of them Ambien and possibly some Klonopin, Ruth recalls. She did not drink alcohol with them for fear of vomiting. "I took what we had, he took more," says Ruth. It was Christmas Eve, she says, "That added to the whole depression." But the pills didn't work. "We took pills and woke up the next day....It was very impulsive and I am glad we woke up," she says.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18560_162-20126063/bernard-and-ruth-madoff-attempted-suicide-says-ruth-in-her-first-interview/?tag=nl.e879

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[Angry Dragon]

1. poor, poor babies

it is so sad that they got so many calls saying they were hated after stealing billions from other people

[notadmblnd]

2. obviously they didn't try hard enough.

[durablend]

7. Yea seriously

All that money and couldn't find a way to finish themselves off.

[Tansy_Gold]

3. Dear Ruth -- Did it ever occur to you and Bernie to try

giving some of the money back?

No, I didn't think so.



Tansy Gold, with no sympathy

[99 Percent Sure]

4. Not buying her version; their son did kill himself.

I ascribe to the philosophy that if one really wants to murder one's self, one will do what is necessary to get the job done. IMHO, except in cases where there is extreme mental and possibly physical life threatening illness where medication may render one with the inability to be mentally competent, suicide is an incredibly selfish act.

[kestrel91316]

5. "......it was so horrendous what was happening..."

Yes, the consequences of doing evil are frequently "horrendous".

Would that evil people suffered for their acts "horrendously" a tad more often in this country. Might make them think twice about hurting others for personal gain.

[swilton]

12. horrendous what was happening

the fact that they bankrupt a lot of people or that they got caught? Where is the remorse for the peoples lives she and Bernie ruined....me thinks she has crocodile tears.

[LittleGirl]

6. Fucking Cowards

How many lives did they ruin?

[lg59kis]

13. +1

Bunch of chickenshit weasels

[beac]

8. Guess what , Ruthie? When you've caused untold suffering to thousands,

you're gonna get hate mail. And you two deserved every damn piece of it and more.

Why is this vile woman being allowed to pollute our airwaves with her disgusting pity party? :mad:

[Bill USA]

9. I'm sure there are quite a few people who would be have been glad to help Bernie with that.

[Dont call me Shirley]

10. boo hoo hoo hooo :-(

[demigoddess]

11. Sounds like a PR line to me. Show remorse. But I agree,

if they had really felt remorse, they would have given money back. They would not have multi-million dollar homes, and would not have splurged so much.