£108M LOTTO DAD IN ’SON’ DNA ROW
‘They all want my dosh’
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A £108MILLION lottery jackpot winner is caught up in a paternity row.
Dawn Scully claims she got pregnant dating Neil Trotter, 15 years before he landed the EuroMillions prize.
The single mum, 39, wants him to pay son Liam, now 18, £100,000 to make up for years without child maintenance.
She also sent him Facebook messages suggesting a £5m out-of-court settlement.
But Neil, 45, claims he “doesn’t remember” her and says she is one of hundreds of people after his fortune.
Costs
He said: “I’ve had loads of people contact me on Facebook, I’ve probably got about four million kids in this country, everyone wants a bit of money.”
Dawn has hired lawyers to look into her case, but backed out of court action over fears of spiralling legal costs.
The first picture Liam saw of Neil showed him spraying champagne after his big win.
The teenager said: “I’m not after his millions, although if he decided to give me some I wouldn’t be complaining.
“I just want him to accept responsibility for me as his son. Despite that I would still like to meet him one day.”
Hard-up cleaner Ms Scully added: “Last year I had bailiffs knocking on the door trying to evict me and Liam over unpaid rent. Liam is the spitting image of his dad, everyone says that.
“If Neil denies being his father I would say – ‘prove it, take a DNA test’.”
Ms Scully claims she met Mr Trotter in 1998 while working as a waitress at a Surrey cafe – close to the garage where he worked as a mechanic.
It is said he used to pick up Ms Scully in a distinctive red car, with half the paint stripped off.
Dingy
When asked whether he remembered the cafe, he said: “Not really.”
Dawn claims the couple dated on and off for the next year, going out to pubs, clubs and staying at his dingy flat.
But Mr Trotter, talking outside his multi-million pound mansion, said: “I never remember a girl called Dawn Scully.
“I might have met her, I might have met loads of people, I haven’t got a clue.
“It’s 19 years ago, I never went out with her for a year I can tell you that.”
Ms Scully claims when she phoned Neil to tell him that she was pregnant, he replied: “I told you I didn’t want any more kids, good luck and all the best.”
She gave birth to Liam in 2000. In 2014 Neil won the fourth biggest National Lottery win ever, but did not respond when Dawn got in contact with him on Facebook.
Neil said: “She said: ‘Give me 5 million quid and I’ll go away’.” FAMILY FORTUNES: Top, Neil and Liam, above Dawn with her son, who is now 18