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    $188M Lottery Winner being sued by Pastor for $10M

    -A local North Carolina pastor is allegedly suing controversial Powerball lottery winner, 27-year-old mother of four Marie Holmes, for $10 million for reneging on a verbal promise to give him $1.5 million of her winnings.

    According to Eurweb, local Pastor Kevin Matthews whose church affiliation is still unclear, told the publication that he is experiencing emotional and mental distress after Holmes changed her mind about gifting him $1.5 million to help him build a retreat center.

    "Because of the emotional distress and mental stress they put me through, I had to start taking more medicine for anxiety and depression due to this situation," Matthews allegedly told the publication.

    Holmes has been in the news since last February when she won a third of the $564.1 million U.S. Powerball jackpot.

    While Holmes has been in the news for reportedly using $21 million of her winnings to bail her alleged drug dealer boyfriend out of jail, she has also given $680,000 to her childhood church, Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Shallotte, North Carolina.

    She also formed the Marie Holmes Foundation with an initial investment of $9.7 million for the benefit of charitable organizations, according to WWAY-TV.

    Carmel Wheaton, one of Holmes' aunts, is executive director of the foundation.

    The Christian Post reached out to Holmes' attorney, Ruth Sheehan, of The Francis Law Firm on Monday about the alleged lawsuit but she had not provided a response at the time this story was published. She told Eurweb earlier, however, that she was not aware of Matthews' allegations.

    Matthews told Eurweb that "God led him to her (Marie's) house and he prayed with her."

    He charged that he ministered to her and others at her new home several times and said it was during one of those visits that he asked her to consider donating money for him to build his retreat. He said they discussed gift amounts of $1 million, $1.5 million and $2 million before Holmes agreed to give him $1.5 million to purchase the land for the retreat.

    Matthews provided a recording to Eurweb of a conversation allegedly between Holmes' accountant, Dexter Perry, and himself...

    http://www.christianpost.com/news/18...illion-157716/

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    Quote Originally Posted by krystian View Post
    While Holmes has been in the news for reportedly using $21 million of her winnings to bail her alleged drug dealer boyfriend out of jail..
    That's another interesting part of the story:

    ...While Holmes has not physically handed over $21m she would lose that amount if her boyfriend fails to show up for his trial.

    But she has lost almost $1.5m in bail bondsmen fees in keeping her boyfriend out of jail.

    The non refundable fee paid to bail bondsmen is at least seven per cent, which for Holmes is about $1,470,000.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ought-too.html

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    That money wont last long

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    Hmm... Pastor Matthews better hurry.

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    This is wrong on so many levels.
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