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Posted on 05/01/2025 6:22:17 PM PDT by algore
(LEX 18) — 50-year-old Kentucky Powerball jackpot winner James Farthing has been charged with battery on a law enforcement officer after he allegedly kicked a Florida police officer in the face during a bar fight, according to arrest affidavits.
According to the affidavits, Farthing and his girlfriend, 42-year-old Jacqueline Fightmaster, were both arrested on Tuesday after the reported fight at TradeWinds Resort at St. Pete Beach, just days after Farthing won the jackpot at a Clark's Pump N Shop in Georgetown.
An arrest affidavit states that around 11 p.m., during an argument, Farthing allegedly punched a hotel guest in the face and then kicked the Pinellas County Sheriff’s deputy in the face during the fight.
The deputy was reported to have swelling and redness on the right side of his face under his eye, according to the affidavit.
The affidavit also says that after kicking the deputy in the face Farthing attempted to flee the scene, but was unsuccessful at doing so.
According to the affidavit in addition to being charged with battery on a law enforcement officer, a felony, Farthing was also charged with a "pair of misdemeanors." The article also says that his girlfriend was charged with public intoxication, as documents allege that she was "very intoxicated and was yelling, screaming and making incoherent statements."
An affidavit also reports that police documents reveal that Fightmaster allegedly wanted to fight with other customers at the bar.
Documents show that Farthing is still in jail, and he is being held without bond on a parole violation out of Kentucky.
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At least he can have a bright future as a Philanthropist
Stupid and broke = stupid
Stupid and rich = train wreck forthcoming
Kentucky Man morphs into FLORIDA MAN!..................
I wonder when the Farthing-Fightmaster wedding might be. Save the date!
She lives up to her name. He exceeds a mere farthing.
No matter how much money you have, you can always walk into a bar in a strange city and start a fight and continue to be the stupid drunken loser you were before you became wealthy. It’s real easy. It won’t take him long to blow his stash so he can return to his usual comfort zone. That’s the problem with sudden wealth. It takes you out of your normal day-to-day. And gives you a whole host of new problems. Most people can’t handle that combination. So they get self-destructive.
“$167,000,000 = approx. 407.3 million cigarettes
The richest man in jail.”
Cash option is $77 million.
After taxes, less than $50.
Not quiet like the Clampetts when they got money.
“...as documents allege that she was...was yelling, screaming and making incoherent statements.”
Pretty much have to lock up EVERY woman by that standard.
He was dating a woman named “Fightmaster”.
I think this can be expected.
Alcohol may have been involved. :)
She should run for Congress in Houston’s Fifth Ward.
Farthing attempted to flee the scene, but was unsuccessful at doing so.
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In other words, he tried to lam, but they cheesed him.
I wonder if she has a sister?
Name checks out.
Farthing: A former monetary unit and coin of the UK, withdrawn in 1961. Equal to a quarter of an old penny.
He is way more flexible than me, high kicking an officer, but looking at his face pic, this man does not not healthy.
Samsonite, satchel bags under his eyes, a wasting effect around his nose. Something serious is going on within him.
Then, I look near his neck, which seems to be covered in tattoos. Okay. Meth?
The brawling man deserves jail time. but I think the girlfriend should be excused. After all, her name is Fightmaster, so she can’t help it.
The Fightmaster family name originated in Germany, but when they arrived in Kentucky, it was understandably anglicized from the original “Fahrtmeister.”
Quite literally in this case.
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