Barbra Mastromarino Innocent or Guilty?

I’m a few days behind due to the earthquake in Haiti but I still wanted to put my thoughts out there about an Oprah episode. The show was about husbands with secret lives and the Matermarino family story was shocking to me.

Here is a quick summary if you missed it. Barbra Mastromarino married her perfect guy, he was cute, an oral surgeon and her soul mate. They were wealthy and lived in luxury. Michael along the line developed a drug problem, had many affairs and lost his medical license.

With the worst yet to come Barbra forgave him and stood by his side. To Barbra’s knowledge Michael finally cleaned up and got his life back on track. He was bringing home a great income again and life was great.

What Barbra didn’t know was that her husband created a business stealing body parts from dead bodies. He was stealing skin and bones and selling the parts. Michael would place garbage and pipes into the mutilated bodies to cover up the theft.

Michael was thankfully caught and sent to jail. His horrific crimes have left many innocent families hurt, disgusted and far beyond angry. Imagine your loved ones body being mutilated for money. Police reports say that Michael dissected more than 1000 bodies and another note is that some of the tissue and bones that Michael sold were infected with HIV and other diseases.

A family member of one of the victims was very angry with Barbra on the show. The family member pointed out how Barbra made millions off of these victims and it was wrong. After watching this it got me wondering how accountable is Barbra for this situation? Should Barbra be blamed for her husband’s crimes?

I say yes and no. Barbra had already been used to leading a cushy lifestyle so Michael coming home with lots of money should not raise any red flags. On the other hand after everything he had done to Barbra in the past. Wouldn’t a girl do a little checking up on her husband? I still think it would have been difficult for her to figure this out.

Michael and Barbra had two children together. Imagine the suffering that these children are going through. Think of what high school is like for these two boys as kids are brutal sometimes. Barbra and the boys ended up with nothing in the end and it made me sad for the boys. All the money went to the victims’ families.

What do you think? Is Barbra innocent or guilty?

Michael’s actions hurt many people not just the families of the deceased victims. The patients receiving the infected parts now have a whole new problem on their hands. I just wanted to express how sorry I am for what all of these families are going through.

To read the entire story and some others go here http://www.oprah.com/relationships/Husbands-Secret-Lives-Revealed/1

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1/15/09