Sex predator allowed to spend lottery winnings despite looming lawsuit

A Mount Dora sexual predator who won a lottery prize is free to spend his winnings despite a pending lawsuit brought by two men who say he abused them as children, a judge ruled Friday. Timothy Poole, who pleaded guilty to a 1999 charge of attempted sexual battery on a child younger than 12, claimed a $3 million prize from a Super Millions scratch-off game in December.