{"id":319890,"date":"2024-05-15T07:11:09","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T12:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=319890"},"modified":"2024-05-15T10:03:15","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T15:03:15","slug":"1-3b-mega-millions-jackpot-win-causing-rift-in-maine-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/1-3b-mega-millions-jackpot-win-causing-rift-in-maine-family\/","title":{"rendered":"$1.3B Mega Millions Jackpot Win Causing Rift in Maine Family"},"content":{"rendered":"

The \u201clottery curse\u201d appears to be working its malevolent power on the winner of Maine\u2019s all-time biggest lottery jackpot, poisoning the relationships between the winner, his parents, and the mother of his child.<\/p>\n

\"Mega
The anonymous winner of one of America\u2019s biggest-ever lottery jackpots claims the mother of his child violated a nondisclosure agreement when she told his parents about the win. (NBC<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The anonymous $1.35 billion Mega Millions winner is suing his ex because he claims she blabbed to his parents about the win without his consent.<\/p>\n

Now his former partner has hit back against her wealthy accuser, alleging misconduct on his part. Meanwhile, the winner\u2019s father claims he is \u201cnot the son I knew.\u201d<\/p>\n

Doe vs. Smith<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The former couple are referred to in court documents by the pseudonyms \u201cJohn Doe\u201d and \u201cSara Smith,\u201d respectively. That\u2019s because Maine allows lottery winners to remain anonymous.<\/p>\n

Doe sued Smith in November 2023, claiming she violated a nondisclosure agreement (NDA) when she told his dad and stepmom about his newfound riches.<\/p>\n

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The NDA had been put in place to \u201cpromote the safety and security of John Doe, defendant, and their daughter and to avoid the irreparable harm of allowing the media or public, in general, to discover\u201d their identities and physical location, according to the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Doe wants an injunction preventing Smith from disclosing any further information about the jackpot. He has also asked the court to order Smith to list every person she told and pay compensatory damages of \u201can amount to be determined at trial, but no less than $100K per unauthorized disclosure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rift Deepens<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In recently filed documents in the case, both Smith and the man\u2019s father claim that Doe himself told his parents about the win. Doe also demanded his father no longer speak to Smith, which caused a rift between the two men.<\/p>\n

\u201cI told him\u2026 \u2018You are not the son I knew,\u2019\u201d claimed the father in court documents. \u201cHe got angry, calling me a \u2018dictator\u2019 and an \u2018a***hole.\u2019 I have not heard from my son since, and he has not done any of [the] things he promised.\u201d<\/p>\n

Smith alleges in a recent court filing that Doe has hired a security team that allegedly follows her and her daughter around on a daily basis.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Doe claims that Smith is attempting to expose his identity. He also alleges she falsely accused him of trying to \u201ckidnap\u201d their daughter because he refused to pay for her and her new boyfriend to go on vacation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The \u201clottery curse\u201d appears to be working its malevolent power on the winner of Maine\u2019s all-time biggest lottery jackpot, poisoning the relationships between the winner, his parents, and the mother of his child. The anonymous $1.35 billion Mega Millions winner is suing his ex because he claims she blabbed to his parents about the win […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":319891,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,13699],"tags":[90895,82508,90896,84199,81996,90897],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n$1.3B Mega Millions Jackpot Win Causing Rift in Maine Family<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Anonymous Maine $1.35 billion Mega Millions winner has fallen out with his parents and is suing the mother of his child.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/1-3b-mega-millions-jackpot-win-causing-rift-in-maine-family\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"$1.3B Mega Millions Jackpot Win Causing Rift in Maine Family\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Anonymous Maine $1.35 billion Mega Millions winner has fallen out with his parents and is suing the mother of his child.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/1-3b-mega-millions-jackpot-win-causing-rift-in-maine-family\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Casino.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-05-15T12:11:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-15T15:03:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Mega.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"562\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Philip Conneller\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@casinoorgphilc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Philip Conneller\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/1-3b-mega-millions-jackpot-win-causing-rift-in-maine-family\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/1-3b-mega-millions-jackpot-win-causing-rift-in-maine-family\/\",\"name\":\"$1.3B Mega Millions Jackpot Win Causing Rift in Maine Family\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/1-3b-mega-millions-jackpot-win-causing-rift-in-maine-family\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/1-3b-mega-millions-jackpot-win-causing-rift-in-maine-family\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Mega.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-15T12:11:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-05-15T15:03:15+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/58769b72851c8cf117fb58ca150ebf8b\"},\"description\":\"Anonymous Maine $1.35 billion Mega Millions winner has fallen out with his parents and is suing the mother of his child.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/1-3b-mega-millions-jackpot-win-causing-rift-in-maine-family\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/1-3b-mega-millions-jackpot-win-causing-rift-in-maine-family\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/1-3b-mega-millions-jackpot-win-causing-rift-in-maine-family\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Mega.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Mega.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":562,\"caption\":\"The anonymous winner of the one of America\u2019s biggest ever lottery jackpots claims the mother of his child violated a non-disclosure agreement when she told his parents about the win. 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