In the United Kingdom, the winner of a Euromillions jackpot of 148 million pounds (about 187 million euros) has alienated his entire neighborhood.
Wealth doesn’t always attract friends, and this story proves it! In the United Kingdom, the winner of a Euromillions jackpot of 148 million pounds (about 187 million euros) has alienated his entire neighborhood after announcing a major project on his estate. Follower of crazy projects, Adrian Bayford took it into his head to organize a music festival at his property in Linton, Cambridgeshire. He hopes to accommodate up to 2,000 people on 90 hectares. Problem, his neighbors fear the “noise and chaosWhat could such an event cause?
“Adrien has opponents, not everyone supports this project”, says a source to the British tabloid The Sun. But he thinks it’s his domain, it’s very well organized and quite far from all his neighbors, so there shouldn’t be a problem.” After a first edition in 2017, the festival should this year welcome around sixty music groups over four days.
148 million for a life of misfortune
Unfortunately for the multi-millionaire, this isn’t the first time his money has gotten him in trouble. In 2014, fifteen months after Adrian won the jackpot, his wife Gillian left him taking half the winnings. A few months later, the forty-something started a new life with Samantha Burbidge, but the latter took to their heels after six months, taking her horses, a luxury car and her two dogs. Finally, in 2021, Adrian’s 15-year-old son was seriously injured after colliding in a quad in his sister’s car. Both vehicles were gifts from their father…