Billionaire Powerball jackpot winner Edwin Castro’s rival has revealed he is now too broke to play the lottery – but maintains he is the “real” winner.
Jose Rivera had previously said he was still playing in the California state lottery, but told The Sun on Saturday that he doesn’t “have a dollar in his pocket.”
“I can’t do it anymore,” he said. “I was buying some tickets but I already ran out. I don’t want to play the game now.
“And I don’t have a dollar in my pocket anyway, it’s sad. “I am fighting and my family is fighting.”
Although he says that “it’s not about money now,” Rivera is still on a mission to “prove that I am the real winner” and insists that “Castro lied.”
Rivera, who has been accused of filing a false police report, came forward after Castro won the historic $2 billion prize and claimed he was the one who bought the ticket before it was “stolen” by his landlord and finally ended up in the hands of Castro. .
José Rivera no longer plays in the California State Lottery and said Saturday that he does not “have a dollar in his pocket.” Rivera, who has been accused of filing a false police report, claimed that he had purchased the “stolen” ticket that he gave to Edwin Castro, above, the $2 billion jackpot. The US Sun / MEGA
CCTV footage reportedly shows Castro bought the ticket at Joe’s Service Center, his lawyer David De Paoli said.
Despite these images, Rivera has declared “war” on his rival and declared himself “innocent because I am the legitimate winner.”
“Castro is the fake, the liar, the liar… bastard,” he said in a fiery tirade outside a Pasadena courtroom on Thursday, according to The Sun.
“I’ll see you soon in court, Castro. Liar. You are going to fall, Castro.”
Rivera maintains that Castro “is the fake, the liar, the liar, a bastard,” he said in a fiery rant outside a Pasadena courtroom on Thursday, according to The Sun. The US Sun / MEGA
Rivera, no longer a non-worker, told The Sun that he “cannot afford a lawyer right now” because of how “expensive” it is. He is being represented by a public defender in his criminal case.
He pleaded not guilty at his arraignment.
Rivera is due back in court for his criminal case on February 20. A case management hearing for his civil lawsuit will be held on February 27.
De Paoli said the civil suit “has no merit.”
“At some point it will become clear that Edwin G. Castro is the rightful owner of the ticket,” he told The Sun.
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