Talk about taking your money and running away.
Powerball winner Edwin Castro stormed a 10k race in California on Saturday morning, days after a judge acquitted him of stealing a record-breaking $2.04 billion ticket.
Freeman, 31, completed the Manhattan Beach 10K in 1 hour, 1 minute, 42 seconds, according to race results.
Castro's mile average of 9 minutes and 55 seconds placed him 1,772nd overall finisher out of 3,612 racers.
This placed him 189th in the men's 30-34 age category, which had a total of 255 runners.
On Friday, the newspaper filmed Castro looking slightly distressed as he picked up his race bib.
The lottery winner was seen looking down at his mobile phone in one hand and holding his racing number in the other, with a frown on his face.
It's unclear how much the billionaire donated to the annual race, but raised $750,000 Typically, that goes toward funding community centers and public spaces.
With entry fees for the 2024 race reaching up to $50, Mr. Castro may have at least handed Ulysses S. Grant the bill.
The race comes four days after a California judge dismissed a lawsuit by Jose Rivera, who claimed that Mr. Castro stole winning tickets from him in 2022.
The judge ruled that “players are solely responsible for protecting their tickets from theft, loss, damage, or destruction.”
This means Mr. Castro no longer has to fight to prove he is the rightful owner of the largest jackpot in U.S. history.
Castro hit a life-changing jackpot in November 2022, opting for a lump sum payment of $997.7 million.
