The Smoking Gun: Archive
"1/8 UPDATE: Elecia Battle today admitted that her story of lottery woe was fiction and that she was dropping a lawsuit filed against the real Mega Millions winner. Through tears, Battle told reporters, 'I wanted to win so bad for my kids and my family. I apologize.' She added, 'I'm not a bad person, I'm really not.' Lt. Kevin Nieter, a spokesman for the South Euclid Police Department, told TSG that he now expected charges to be filed against Battle for filing a false police report regarding her supposedly lost ticket. "
