Son sues ‘ungenerous’ EuroMillions winner father
A 32-year-old son tries to sue ‘ungenerous’ father who won £101m on the EuroMillions because he only gave him £1.6m.
Michael Dawes, 32, was given £1.6m by his father, David Dawes. It was paid over several years after he won £101m in the Euromillions in 2011.
But after Mr Dawes’ lavish spending caused the funds to run out, his father refused to give him any more, despite allegedly promising he would take care of his financial affairs.
With the money his father had given him, Mr Dawes had bought a £550,000 house and made a series of life decisions, including quitting jobs, with his partner James Beedle.
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Mr Dawes claimed his father repeatedly told him he would “always be looked after”.
He adds: “I saw how over time their attitude changed from being relatively humble to being rather grand. They expected the people around them to treat them differently because of their money.”
Mr Dawes, a Royal Navy veteran, said his father and his wife Angela showed “arrogance and ungenerosity of spirit,”. He tried to use the courts to get more money from his father.
The couple reportedly spent £20,000 to £30,000 a week and up to £1,000 on weekly grocery shopping.
Another side of the story
Ms Dawes said she never thought the money “would be gone a couple of years down the road”.
Judge Nigel Gerald said the idea that Mr Dawes’ father would “cough up” whenever he was asked was a “strange conclusion”.
He added: “Michael was provided with the funds to have a comfortable life, but for his own reasons he chose not to take that opportunity. I, therefore, dismiss the claim.”
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