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Ex-wife gets millions from lottery winner 10 years after leaving him
Nov. 22, 2010, 8:09 p.m.
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Euro Millions: Ex-wife gets millions from lottery winner 10 years after leaving him.
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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.
(Click to display full-size in gallery)Nigel Page and his partner Justine Laycock won $90 million playing the Euro Millions lottery. The his ex-wife of 10 years launched a lawsuit and managed to take $3.2 million of that from him.
Ex-wife gets millions from lottery winner 10 years after leaving him
Nov. 22, 2010, 8:09 p.m.
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Euro Millions: Ex-wife gets millions from lottery winner 10 years after leaving him.Rating:
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.
(Click to display full-size in gallery)Nigel Page and his partner Justine Laycock won $90 million playing the Euro Millions lottery. The his ex-wife of 10 years launched a lawsuit and managed to take $3.2 million of that from him.