Until this Friday, the summary of the case for the alleged theft of the winning ticket of the $2,000 million Powerball in California in which Edwin Castro appears as defendant indicated that a hearing is scheduled for July 19 in the Alhambra Court.
The meeting is supposed to begin at 8:30 am in Department 3 of the court attached to the Los Angeles County court system.
The record of procedures related to the lawsuit filed by José Rivera, on February 22, previously indicated another pending hearing for the 24th of the same month in that same court.
Regarding the summons of the 19th, the file indicates that it is a hearing to evaluate the motion that requests the annulment of the service of the process.
The appeal was filed by Castro on May 25. The Hispanic alleges that the authorities failed to deliver the documents of the lawsuit. Instead of supplying him with the documents, they allegedly handed them over to his father who is named after him.
Through a motion of this type, one of the parties in the case alleges that he was not properly notified of the proceedings. For such a remedy to succeed, the person must prove that they were not properly served with the summons notice for the case.
Castro, announced by the California Lottery on February 14 as the record-high winner, further argued in court that there is no evidence that he obtained the winning ticket from Urachi F. Romero (Reggie), another defendant, and whom Rivera points out as the person who initially appropriated the ticket and did not want to return it.
“There is no data as to how Edwin Castro came into possession of the winning Powerball ticket from ‘Reggie,'” Castro said.
The California State Lottery Commission is also listed in the lawsuit. Spokesmen for that office have insisted that Castro is the legitimate winner and that the verification systems for jackpot winners are reliable enough to fall for frauds like the one denounced.
Romero spoke with the New York Post and in an article published last weekend he said he did not know who Castro is.
He also assured that he did not steal the ticket from Rivera, although he knows that he is the original owner of the ticket because he showed it to him.
He added that the ticket could have been taken by a friend of Rivera’s who was staying at the house before the draw. Supposedly, this person has a connection to the Castro family.
Romero rented Rivera a room in his house for a while.
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