Every people takes full responsibility about their actions, and where they invest their earned money is their freedom of choice. But this scenario looks like gamble and like many people who has problems with gamble, he just dont know then to quit.
Yes, we have all made some mistakes one way or the other ourselves which means no one is above it. The only difference is just the level of mistake we ended up making, which in his case, it is one horrendous mistake to make. Nevertheless, no hope is lost, as there would still always be seasons to the market and at some point later on, if he is patient enough, he should still be able to get back on his feet. He is not someone I know, so feeling sorry for him should not even be a thing and no one is above mistake, so feeling despair for him does not sound cool as well. So, I am totally indifferent.
Sean Russell has decided to lay his own bed the way it deemed please, even though he ended up laying his bed wrongly, but what he should be doing now is to learn from his past mistakes, take a chill pill and then see how he would be able to make good decisions in the long run. We all make mistakes, it is how we pick up from the mistake that counts, but feel sorry for him or feel despair for him is none of my biz.