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Article: Women sue Whittaker over 2004 incident
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- March 4, 2006
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BECKLEY - Powerball jackpot winner Jack Whittaker has been sued by
two women who allege he assaulted them in a Summers County camp in
November 2004.
Summers County residents Sarah Mantell and Michelle Gross, both in
their 20s, filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Beckley.
Beckley lawyer Richard E. Hardison Jr., who represents the women,
said his clients were never physically hurt during the incident but
they were scarred emotionally.
Mantell was with five other friends, including Gross, at the
Bobcat's Den in Hinton on Nov. 22, 2004, when Whittaker gave her $200
to buy drinks and play the jukebox, according to the lawsuit.
Later, Whittaker allegedly asked Mantell, Gross, two other ...