Summarize and humanize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in EnglishA billionaire lottery winner who has successfully managed to conceal his identity for more than two years may now be revealed as a bitter legal battle with his ex comes to a head. The lottery winner, who purchased a lucky $1.35 billion Mega Millions ticket in January 2023, has been embroiled in a legal dispute with his ex, which could now go to trial. Most states, including Maine where the winner claimed his ticket, require lottery winners to disclose their identity and complete a series of paperwork to collect their winnings. However, the winner came up with a cunning workaround to claim his fortune by creating a limited liability company based in Delaware to collect the prize. When he won the massive earnings, he reportedly asked his daughter’s mom, who has also remained anonymous, to sign a nondisclosure agreement stating that she wouldn’t tell anyone that he won the lottery. He then accused her of telling his dad and sued her for violating the agreement. The lottery winner’s ex then hit back that the lawsuit was a means to force her to give up custody. The controversy between the two heightened when she accused him of sending her a threatening message saying that his ‘security team’ could take their daughter away from her, the Portland Press Herald reported last February. The ex accused the lottery winner of taking their daughter under the guise that she was at risk of kidnapping. A billionaire Mega Millions winner may finally have his identity revealed if a legal dispute with his ex goes to trial A judge in the US District Court in Maine ruled that the billionaire cannot conceal his identity if the case goes to trial The billionaire purchased the winning ticket at the Hometown Gas & Grill in Lebanon, Maine in 2023. He managed to conceal his identity when claiming the winnings by creating an LLC in Delaware to file the prize He reportedly promised her that the child would be wearing a GPS the whole time, but he later turned the device off and mailed it back to her. The child’s mom then grew more concerned when she received a letter from the billionaire’s lawyer that he would be taking their daughter out of school. ‘This was extremely distressing and made me concerned for my daughter and her safety and well being,’ she wrote in court filings. She went on to say that she was ‘fearful’ that the billionaire was attempting to kidnap their child. The ex then enlisted legal help and their daughter was returned to her after she filed an emergency motion. She also alleged that the lottery winner tried to offer her money for custody of their daughter. The two have gone back and forth over custody and now the woman’s attorney is claiming that she never violated their NDA. Daniel Nuzzi, the attorney for the winner’s ex, said that the lawsuit brought against her in the US District Court in Portland was based on false allegations, according to court filings. The billionaire claimed that his ex violated an NDA, but his father claimed that he was the one who told their family that he won the lottery The billionaire’s father even backed up her claim that she never violated the NDA, stating that it was his son who revealed that he won the lottery. His father was then dragged into the case, writing in an affidavit last year that he stopped talking to his son after he was called a ‘dictator’ and an ‘a**hole,’ the New York Post reported at the time. The litigation came to a head on Thursday when US District Judge John Woodcock ruled that the mysterious winner cannot protect his identity if the case goes to trial. In response to the ruling, the billionaire’s attorneys filed an appeal to delay the case, arguing that if they were to take the case to trial, he would be forfeiting his privacy which could put him and his daughter at risk due to their excessive wealth. The judge acknowledged the billionaire’s status could put him at further risk and does warrant a limited public presence, however, he cannot remain anonymous during a court trial. To prevent the case from going to trial, the lottery winner would have to drop the lawsuit altogether against his ex and concede that she didn’t violate their NDA.
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