Woman sues to halt lotto payout

A WOMAN who claims she lost the winning Mega Millions lottery ticket and is suing to block payment to the acknowledged winner last night said she was charged previously with credit card fraud and assault.

When asked about past run-ins with the law, Elecia Battle said she was charged but not convicted.

“I’m done with that,” said Battle, aged 40. “I paid the fine. That’s end of story. It makes me look like I’m a bad person. Everybody has bad in the past. I’m not even worried about that, really. I never did any jail time for that.”