Edwin Castro — the fortunate Los Angeleno who received a $2 billion lottery jackpot in 2023 — is the most recent sufferer of the Pacific Palisades wildfire … dropping his Malibu home within the blaze.
A supply near the scenario tells TMZ … Castro’s beachfront property was completely destroyed by the fireplace … with footage of the aftermath exhibiting the property fully razed — wood basis boards and never a lot else on the seaside.
The home — which he reportedly purchased for $3.8 million — sat proper off the highway … a small white residence with seaside entry, 2 bedrooms and three loos.
Now it is all gone … however, Edwin’s coated — ‘trigger he is obtained a number of properties throughout Los Angeles, together with one within the Hollywood Hills, which he purchased for simply north of $25 million after successful his dough.
He is additionally obtained a home out in Altadena — a neighborhood in northeastern Los Angeles above Pasadena the place the Eaton Hearth, the second-largest fireplace burning in L.A., is wreaking havoc.
Castro’s Altadena property is secure … images had been taken earlier right now exhibiting that home completely unscathed.
Castro blew up after successful the huge prize … although he is lived a comparatively quiet life after the win. He did must cope with some authorized drama after one other man accused him of stealing the successful ticket — however, he received that lawsuit in October.
Different celebs — like Billy Crystal, Whitney Cummings, Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag, John Goodman, Jhené Aiko, Anna Faris, Anthony Hopkins and extra — have misplaced their properties already within the Palisades fireplace … which has reportedly grown to greater than 19K acres.
