Marie Holmes hoped to spend her winnings on her four children but has been forced to dig deep to free her partner Lamar McDow Lamar McDow is accused of arranging a street race on Saturday was arrested on Tuesday for violating the terms of his pre-trial release on earlier charges, WECT-TV reported. She then paid 4million in August to free her beau from prison in North Carolina after he was arrested on suspicion of trafficking and intending to sell heroin.