POWERBALL winner Edwin Castro's rival - who alleged he cashed in a stolen ticket - launched into a blistering rant after leaving court on Thursday as a judge dismissed his case. Los Angeles gardener Jose Rivera first filed his bizarre claim more than a year ago and went through multiple lawyers before eventually representing himself. Leaving court, a furious Rivera blasted, "What do you mean it's over? I'm not going to stay quiet.
I'm p****ed. He's going to pay for it. He's a f***ing liar.
I'm not done with this. I'm very f***ing angry." He appeared to be confused as he showed The U.
S. Sun photographs on his cell phone of a man from TikTok claiming he was "the real Edwin Castro" and started pulling out court files from his bag. In a stunning turn of events, it was also revealed a second person is now suing Castro and Rivera claiming they are the rightful owner of the ticket, a case Rivera claims to know nothing about.
Rivera alleged he regularly picked the same numbers and bought the winning ticket which netted Castro more than $600 million after taxes in November 2022. Edwin Castro The U.S.
Sun covered the case for more than a year which took many twists and turns, as the California Lottery raised suspicion when they refused to release surveillance footage of Castro buying the ticket. But officials always insisted the 32-year-old was the legitimate winner and said they have a rigorous vetting procedure in place. Rivera failed to show any proof he even regularly picked the sa.