A California man has filed a lawsuit claiming that the winning Powerball ticket worth $2.04 billion had been stolen from him.
The plaintiff, Jose Rivera, argues that he bought the lucky lottery ticket from Joe’s Service Center in Altadena on Nov. 7 — the day before the historic drawing.
According to Rivera, a man identified by him only as “Reggie” somehow swiped the Powerball ticket from him that same day.After the drawing, Rivera said he approached “Reggie,” seeking to get his ticket back, but the man allegedly claimed that the ticket did not match all six numbers — but even if it did, he would agree to only split the prize 50-50.
Rivera maintains in his lawsuit that he “refused to be blackmailed” and reported the alleged theft to law enforcement officials and to the California State Lottery, demanding an investigation before the prize is handed out. On Valentine’s Day — three months after the unprecedented lottery drawing — a man named Edwin Castro was identified as the winner of the largest jackpot in history.
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