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This Powerball winner went from striking gold to striking out.
A Kentucky son who won an eye-popping $167.3 million jackpot prize with his elderly mother was in handcuffs just days later for allegedly kicking a Florida deputy in the face as the cop attempted to break up a bar fight at an oceanfront resort Tuesday.
James Farthing, 50, and his girlfriend Jacqueline Fightmaster — yes, really — were both arrested following the fracas at the TradeWinds Resort at St. Pete Beach on the heels of his lucky draw at Clark’s Pump N Shop in the Bluegrass State Saturday.
Farthing, a former convict, even posed with an oversized check with his gal pal and mother Monday before his fortunes drastically changed the following night.
The Georgetown, Ky., resident punched another hotel guest in the face during an argument and then kicked a Pinellas County Sheriff’s deputy in the face during the scuffle around 11:10 p.m., an arrest affidavit obtained by The Post alleges.
The law enforcement officer had “swelling and redness” on the right side of his face under his eye, according to the affidavit first reported on by the Smoking Gun.
Following the alleged kick to the face, Farthing then tried to flee the scene unsuccessfully, the affidavit claims.
Meanwhile, Fightmaster, 42, allegedly lived up to her name when she drunkenly wanted to brawl with other patrons at the bar, according to the police documents.
“[Fightmaster] appeared very intoxicated and was yelling, screaming and making incoherent statements,” the docs alleged.
Farthing was charged with battery on a law enforcement officer, a felony and a pair of misdemeanors while Fightmaster was slapped with a public intoxication.
Both were booked early Wednesday, with Farthing also facing a parole violation stemming from Kentucky legal trouble, records show.
He remains behind bars while Fightmaster was released.
Farthing was previously convicted of a slew of charges, including theft, receiving stolen property, and drug offenses, according to records.
He was on top of the world when he purchased the $2 Powerball ticket and later learned from his mother, Linda Grizzle, that he won.
While the son paid for the ticket, he said earlier this week he would split the winnings with his mother. The pair plans on paying off some bills.
The duo can either gobble up 30 graduated annual payments or cash a lump sum of $77.3 million.
“It’s going to be a good Mother’s Day,” Grizzle said in a Kentucky Lottery press release. “This is going to pay off my debt.”
A lawyer listed for Farthing did not immediately return a request for comment Thursday.
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