By By Marcus Hondro Dec 28, 2014 in Crime A convicted sex offender won $3 million in a Florida lottery jackpot but will have to spend some of it on lawyers, and may lose all of it. He's being sued by two brothers for pain and suffering allegedly caused when he sexually abused them. The once fit but now obese Poole drives cab and works as a dispatcher for his mother's company, Triangle Cabs in Mount Dora, Florida, near Orlando. He bought the winning ticket at a 7-11 in Mount Dora on a Saturday night early in December. It cost $20. The boys were 9 and 5 when he was convicted in 1999 but it's unclear if he was ever tried on charges of committing acts on the 5-year-old. Regardless, that person is part of the lawsuit with his older brother. Poole denies the charges but he pleaded guilty to attempted sexual battery. "It may be hard for some to believe," Poole recently There's been no comment to media from the brothers who are now looking to get some or all of the money Poole won. Poole took a lump-sum payment of $2.2 million but how much of it he'll get to keep is anyone's guess, though WMKG reports he intends to spend some of it on expanding his mom's cab business. In 2010 Florida law was changed and those who were under 16 at the time of an alleged sexual battery offence may sue regardless of how many years have passed. Timothy Dale Poole was convicted in 1999 for performing sexual acts with a nine-year-old boy he slept in the same bed with and was sentenced to a 10-year probation period and registered in the state as a sex offender. That probationary period was revoked in 2003 after he missed too many group therapy sessions and he served 3 years in prison.The once fit but now obese Poole drives cab and works as a dispatcher for his mother's company, Triangle Cabs in Mount Dora, Florida, near Orlando. He bought the winning ticket at a 7-11 in Mount Dora on a Saturday night early in December. It cost $20.The boys were 9 and 5 when he was convicted in 1999 but it's unclear if he was ever tried on charges of committing acts on the 5-year-old. Regardless, that person is part of the lawsuit with his older brother. Poole denies the charges but he pleaded guilty to attempted sexual battery."It may be hard for some to believe," Poole recently told WMKG Local 6 in Orlando. "But sometimes people are wrongly accused." A neighbor of Poole's, Floyd Snyder, spoke to WMKG and said he does not believe Poole committed such acts. He said he's a kind man who never showed criminal inclinations of any kind, and that he deserves a break.There's been no comment to media from the brothers who are now looking to get some or all of the money Poole won. Poole took a lump-sum payment of $2.2 million but how much of it he'll get to keep is anyone's guess, though WMKG reports he intends to spend some of it on expanding his mom's cab business.In 2010 Florida law was changed and those who were under 16 at the time of an alleged sexual battery offence may sue regardless of how many years have passed. More about sex offender wins lottery, Sued, convicted sex offender wins lottery and is sued by More news from sex offender wins lo... Sued convicted sex offend...