A UK man who won $90 million in the lottery has been ordered to share his winnings with his ex-wife, who left him for another man 10 years ago.
Nigel Page, 43, had offered to give ex-wife Wendy — who is the mother of his 13-year-old daughter — $1.6 million as a gift, but she responded by seeing a lawyer and fighting for four times as much.
The court awarded Wendy a lump sum of $3.2 million which she can spend as she wishes after Page's push for it to be put into a trust for his daughter was rejected.
A family friend said the court battle had been horrendous for Page.
"Up to this point everyone got on pretty well. But what Wendy has done has ruined everything," the source was quoted as saying.
"Nigel has always provided for their daughter. Even when he was out of work he made sure she was all right.
"And right from the start Wendy was going to get a big gift."
Wendy — a human resources director at an investment firm — is thought to be the first ex-wife to have been awarded a slice of a divorcee's winnings.
It is also believed that Wendy has received a massive increase in child support payments for their daughter after Page won the Euro Millions lottery jackpot.
Page celebrated his win — which was England's third largest — by marrying his girlfriend Justine Laycock, 42, and moving into a new $10.5 million mansion next door to actress Liz Hurley in the Cotswolds.
Page gave his old $380,000 home and car to his cleaner.
Wendy reportedly celebrated her win with a bottle of champagne at her luxury Waterfront home in Gloucestershire.
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Too bad. But I don't think $3.2 million out of $45 million (assuming 50% tax on the $90 million) is bad.
Extra xtra too bad because she left him.
I hope his daughter Page is in her teens where he don't have too many more years to pay on child support.
I disagree with the court ruling especially if she had left him for another man.
Not that he would miss $3.2M, I think it's just greed on the ex-wife's part.
It seems like some people will do just about anything.
louise...I think you mis understood the story....the ex husband moved into a 10.5 mansion after he got re- married...and he offered the ex wife 1.6 but the courts gave her 3.2 million.....
It doesn't matter because HE will have to pay college costs also. Lets hope he has something left.
That's all the more reason why it should be in a trust fund...who knows where or what he will be doing by than....
What an unmitigated outrage. How does this miserable, greedy witch have a right to somebody's money that she was divorced from 10 years prior after leaving him for another man? This is absolutely, unbelievably outrageous.
They must have liberals in the court system over there, that's all I can figure.
You can cut the karma with a knife around this one though.
Nigel will have good karma for offering the trifling trollop over a million and a half as a gift, free money, no strings attached.
Wendy will have bad karma for being greedy and taking what didn't belong to her and what she had no right to. That money is going to bring her grief sooner or later.
I've seen it too many times.
wow, she doesn't deserve a penny of that money.
They should live the same lifestyle as him? She deserves this money?
Why is that exactly? Shouldn't her new husband be keeping her in her preferred lifestyle?
Why would it be the job of the man she left ten years ago to provide her with a millionaire's lifestyle now, praytell?
He's always provided well for his child and will do even more now.
What the hell has the old hag ex-wife got to do with it?
Are you hittin the sauce again Louise?
again NO JUSTICE!!!! from the courts. he should have only had to form a trust for the child. now he has to support wife and man she left him for double jeopardy!!!!!!
EuroMillion jackpots are tax-free.
You tell'em ridge you've been dumped 5 times and haven't paid a dime..Maybe this dude should have hired your lawyer or lawyers?...
What goes around comes around! She will get hit hard watch!
Lawyers don't mean anything when you've got a liberal judge who thinks it's his job to punish the evil rich and make everything "fair."
It's like Bam-Bam told Joe the Plumber: "We gotta spread the wealth around."
You're right danyo, I've seen terribly tragic things happen to people who've done things like that.
I don't wish that on her but she won't escape the rebound from that anymore than she'll escape gravity.
It's natural balance.
Im not surprised by the courts decision.. Justice just isn't anymore it seems...
I wonder if he can appeal the decision in a higher court or would he consider that too time consuming and a waste of time and more money.
I remember a case in Alabama in which a waitress was given a winning Florida lottery ticket worth $10M by a customer who thought she would share any winnings with her fellow employees but she didn't and so when a local court decided she should she appealed that decision in the state supreme court and it was overturned.
Strange no one is saying anything about this part of the story, " Page gave his old $380,000 home and car to his cleaner.
England sucks!
Yea that was pretty generous. I imagine when you're moving into a ~$11 million home that $380,000 wouldn't matter too much.
This story made me think of one of the Lottery Changed My Life shows. This guy in Florida won a few months after his wife left him and after taking him to court she still lost and didn't receive anything. I imagine one of the differences here is that there is a child involved. I guess if she goes ahead and spends it carelessly on herself and not the child he could go to court and fight for custody of her since the mom not using the money to care for the child wouldn't look very good for her.
Still congrats to the guy for winning, at least it's not as bad as if it happened in the US where out of that $90 million there would only be about half of it left after taxes alone.
Gotta remember this is the same UK that regularly puts people in prison for defending their own homes and families with "excessive force".
I agree rdgrnr!!!!
there is something wrong with this picture!!!!
You're coming unwound Miss Louise.
The judge was very generous to him? Louise listen, the judge confiscated a ton of his money and gave it to somebody else who just happened to want it. How is that being generous to him? She had absolutely no right to any of that money and the judge had absolutely no right to take it away from him and give it to her.
She may have had a right to ask for more child support in light of his new financial status but why in blue blazes would she be entitled to a nickel of his money? He offered to put it in trust for the child but NO! she wanted it all for herself! And the slimy, liberal weasel of a judge gave it to her!
"No,I on nothing but think she need this money."
You think she needs this money? So a judge should give her somebody else's money because she needs it? A LOT of people need that money! Should we all get a slick lawyer and sue him for it? We have as much right to it as she does!
Whether she left him because of cheating (your conjecture) or any other reason has absolutely no bearing on his lottery win. This case was settled in court 10 years ago!
I cannot believe this will be allowed to stand!
I think I smell a little Pinot Grigio in here, Miss Louise.
Exactly correct!!! This case was settled 10 years ago!!! If it was the right thing to do everyone would be doing it and there would be a free-for-all!! If the judge was to do the right thing it would be to put the money in trust for HIS daughter!!!
And this is why you don't get married people. You can work all your life for your money and someone can walk away with half in just a minute.
Right on rdgrnr........
Who knows rdgrnr...maybe the judge got a cut of it.....hmmm...
GREED!!! GREED!!! GREED!!!
This is why you keep your mouth shut. This woman deserved nothing from this lottery windfall. Yet greed kicked in and she got paid.
The dad pushed for the trust fund for the daughter yet he could've set it up when he first got paid. Had he kept his trap shut and moved the bulk of his money to a Swiss bank account or an offshore bank account he probably would be sitting pretty and the daughter taken care of for schooling and university.
The family friend stated that Mr Page provided for the daughter even when he was out of work. I commend Mr. Page for his committment to making sure his daughter was taken care of in the past.
But I must wonder about a lot of the decisions that were made before this ruling.
Once Mr. Page knew he was a jackpot winner, why didn't he consult an attorney before he did anything else? Why didn't he seek the advice of a financial expert to see how he could protect his windfall from greedy sharks? Why didn't he set up a trust fund for the daughter in the beginning?
Now the ex-wife gets $10 million to spend as she pleases and an astronomical increase in child support to do with as she pleases. I'm sure it was for the "sake of the child,"
but I must ask how much $$$$$ will be left when this young lady does start university?
Let this be a lesson to everyone that reads this story, Keep your mouth shut and consult a legal expert and a financial expert first. Because if you don't then some crack head judge will be giving your money away.
She
Deserves
NOTHING !
Was there not a similiar case in Florida a few years back? The ex-wife, after the "final" divorce disappeared. The ex-husband did not even know where she was. No children were involved. For over 10 years the man never heard from his ex.
After his win, he found where she was because she sued him in court for 50% of his win. And the Florida court gave her the money.
There will always be a liberal campaigning to take money away from those who have two nickels to rub together in order to give BOTH nickels to someone who refuses to support themselves. And there will always be politicians ready to buy (i.e. bribe) votes with someone else's money. I just did not realize judges were in support of the scam, too.
She should have just taken the gift of 1.6 mill.
And court should not have gave her a penny since she rejected the gift....
But atleast I hope he has peace of mind now that its over...
Some years back when Ohio Lottery had jackpots up to $60M, a Pennsylvania man won an Ohio Lottery jackpot of ~$45M and his estranged wife who he hadn't seen in a few years filed a claim for half his winnings. To protect half his winnings from her he claimed he and his girl friend bought the tickets. After his girl friend got her half and left him, he ended up with less than a quarter of his winnings after sharing his half with his estranged wife.
Sounds unfair but it was legal, he should have taken care of his business by divorcing his wife when they first parted and never claim his girl friend deserved any part of his winnings.
She wanted nothing to do with him before his win, but after his win she wants to be partake in his life's events........Witch witch witch....
Geeze, what a nightmare that must've been for that guy.
You couldn't blame him a bit at that point if he moved to Californy and gave up wimmins forever.
it's both parents responsibility to support the child not just the father......how was she supporting their child before her ex-husband won the lottery.... and he has to pay child support on top of that...... WOW!!!! I would of found other ways to claim the prize to avoid giving to ex-spouse who left and to support her and her current hubby......... H*ll to NO!!!!!!
What way might that be?
Amen PERDUE!!!!!!!
rdgrnr...... I beg to differ it's ALL Judges.... I have seen first hand where both parties have screwed their constituents in court... and I live in a red State.....
dallas we try to have ridge think he's the smart one here we don't want him to go off the deep end..Just nod your head to ridge and pat him on the head and he won't hurt anyone..It's ok ridge your the smartest..pat pat pat..
Therefore, what are we left to understand that divorce means ... nothing official, apparently. One of our members made the point that nobody should become married, possibly conveying that way funds aren't shared. [Yet, often times judges have found that it is enough of a relationship for one party to be entitled to a large percentage of assets that the other party received BEFORE the two parties even met ... called palimony.] Anyhow, either way, that makes money funds IMPOSSIBLE to control ... even "overseas" and "Swiss" accounts aren't protected anymore (since most countries have agreements to report fund accounts to each other)!
So, we learn that RECEIVING and KEEPING funds truly can fall to massive luck!! Which way is the wind blowing? Good luck with KEEPING your jackpot win, fellow LotteryPost.com members, whatever country and county jurisdiction you live in!
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