Surveillance, kidnapping… an American wins $1.35 billion in the lottery: his family turns against him

Un Américain remporte à la loterie plus d'un milliard de dollars. EPA – ALLISON DINNER

Il y a un peu plus d’un an, un Américain gagne à la loterie plus d’un milliard de dollars. Mais depuis, la famille du gagnant se déchire et finit devant la justice.

Does money buy happiness?? This is the question this American, who won $1.35 billion in January 2023, must ask himself . More than a year after winning this victory, his ex-wife, who is the mother of his child, and his father, turned against him. A family story that ends in court, reports The Daily Beast.

Promises and kidnapping

On January 13, 2023, the life of an American, living in Maine, changed. He won 1.35 billion dollars, which represents approximately 1.25 billion euros. The winner then asks his ex-wife to sign a "confidentiality agreement" up to 18 their daughter's birthday, that is to say in June 2023. This is the beginning of the problems that will tear this family apart.

A few months later, the billionaire turned against his former partner, accusing her of not having kept the agreement. Accusations refuted by the defendant, who asserts that the man had informed his father and his stepmother of his gain.

"I made the mistake of telling my father that I had won the lottery without having him sign an agreement of confidentiality", he lamented. The lottery winner would have promised many things to his father, but the main party says the opposite. "I didn't tell him what I was doing with my money, how I was going to benefit daughter", a he indicated. Since then there has been no more contact between the two.

With his ex-wife, same thing, things go wrong. She accuses him of hiring a security team to follow her ;during her travels with her daughter or at work, reports Le Parisien, affirming that she also hears noises during her telephone communications.

She also accuses him of kidnapping their child, taking several out of state. On May 10, the man who pocketed more than a billion dollars filed a complaint against her for false declarations.

His life has become hell, even though he is the fourth biggest lottery winner in US history.