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LOTTO CURSE STRIKES AGAIN
Childhood sweethearts who married months after winning £45m jackpot aged 22 split in latest case of Lotto curse
Matt has been on dates in his Maserati with new interest Amy Cox
A YOUNG couple who married months after a £45million jackpot have split — the latest case of the lottery curse.
Decorator Matt Topham and Iceland store supervisor Cassey Carrington were both 22 when they won on the EuroMillions in 2012.
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The teen sweethearts tied the knot the same year and went on to have three children.
But last night, at their country pile complete with runway, Cassey confirmed they are no longer living together.
Racing nut Matt, 34, has been on dates in his Maserati with new interest Amy Cox, with the pair sharing selfies outside the London Eye and on a ski trip.
He has been seen collecting the mum of three from a £130,000 end-terrace home owned by her builder dad in a village near Lincoln.
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She drives a £5,000 VW Tiguan and one neighbour said: “I don’t think she has ever worked because she is busy looking after her children, who are all pre-schoolers.
“She has had a few boyfriends so it would be nice if she found happiness with Matt.
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“I don’t know how they met. We don’t see them out and about very often.”
Another resident told us: “We had no idea he was a lottery winner. He comes around in his Maserati so he must still have a bob or two.”
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Details behind the split are sketchy though Matt shared a cryptic social media post in August saying: “Sometimes, no matter how nice, kind, caring and loving you are, it just isn’t good enough for some people.”
In 2021, Matt was handed a 16-week suspended jail sentence after admitting careless driving following the death of Mary Regler, 75, in a car crash in North Cockerington, Lincs, two years earlier.
Bodycam footage shows EuroMillions winner Matt Topham at crash scene after veered into the opposite carriageway
Matt last shared a photo of him and Cassey in July 2021 — four months after the sentencing at Lincoln crown court.
Cassey has not made any public social media posts since around the same time.
Last year, The Sun told how a zoo bought by the couple in 2020 — Rushmoor Country Park in Louth, Lincs — had “shut down” amid financial strain.
Quizzed on the split yesterday, Cassey told The Sun: “Matt doesn’t live here anymore.”
Asked if there was any comment she wanted to make on the break-up, she replied: “No, thank you.”
By Stephen Moyes
SCOOPING millions on the lottery is no banker to save relationships – with several jackpot winners splitting.
They include Adrian and Gillian Bayford, of Suffolk, who broke up 15 months after landing a whopping £148million in 2012.
A year earlier, Scottish pair Colin and Christine Weir won £161million. They divorced after 38 years of marriage shortly before Colin’s death in 2019.
Karl Crompton, of Fylde, Lancs, won £11million in 1996 but wife Nicole left him in 2020. And at least three more lottery winning couples have since split.
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