Edwin Castro, the Hispanic identified by the California Lottery as the winner of the $2 billion Powerball in the draw last November, was also caught by “paparazzi” in one of the mansions he bought with the fortune.
The Splash News news agency released images this week of Castro leaving a Chase bank in Los Angeles with envelopes of money. But, they also placed him in the Hollywood Hills mansion that he purchased at a cost of $25. 5 million.
Photographers captured snapshots of the new millionaire on Wednesday in the driveway of the luxurious house near those of Ariana Grande and Jimmy Kimmel.
The Hispanic, a former architecture student at Woodbury University in the city of Burbank, is seen next to some boxes while carrying some bags.
The mansion is the first that Castro acquired. The residence is equipped with an infinity pool, cinema room, sauna, and two separate garages to store up to seven cars, among other amenities.
Castro, who grew up in LA, also invested in a $4 million Japanese-design property in Altadena. The residence is located less than four miles from Joe’s Service Center where the winning ticket for the November 8 raffle was purchased.
Castro’s life has radically changed in a matter of months after he won the biggest prize in the history of lottery games in the United States.
Now, the lucky man travels in a Porsche, white and convertible, “vintage” style, and is watched by three security personnel 24 hours a day.
Precisely, in the car valued at $250,000 dollars, he was seen arriving at the bank. Smiling from corner to corner, he left the branch, got into the driver’s seat and one of his escorts in the passenger’s.
Castro has not given interviews or made statements to the media since he won the Powerball jackpot despite the fact that he appears as one of the defendants in the lawsuit in which another Hispanic, identified as José Rivera, alleges that his ticket was stolen raffle winner.
The California Lottery has reacted without going into the merits of the lawsuit by indicating that the verification processes they manage are strict and rigorous enough to prevent fraud of this type. The Lottery has also insisted that Castro is the legitimate winner.
The lottery rules in the state oblige the entity to reveal the identity of the winners of the “jackpots”. However, the office has not provided further details about Castro, saying the man asked to keep him private.
The Lottery announced Castro as the winner at a press conference on February 14.
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