From millions of dollars to one spectacular downfall, the winner of the largest KY Powerball jackpot in history was arrested just days later. Newly-released body camera footage shows the incident.

(WKYT) - WKYT has obtained body camera footage of a Kentucky lottery winner’s arrest, just days after he won the jackpot. James Farthing was accused of assaulting a Florida police officer. It happened in late April, shortly after he won $167 million in a Powerball drawing. The footage shows the officer approach Farthing with a taser.

Video released by the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office in west-central Florida this week shows the moment a Kentucky man -- who had split $167 million Powerball winnings with his mother days before -- allegedly kicked a deputy during an altercation.

Bodycam footage from a Florida police officer shows a Kentucky Powerball winner was tased and tackled during his arrest in April.

A Kentucky man was arrested in Florida days after winning a $167.3 million Powerball jackpot. See his arrest video.

A multimillion-dollar jackpot winner was caught on camera getting into an altercation with Pinellas County deputies at the Tradewinds Hotel in Saint Pete Beach.

A recent Kentucky Powerball winner, James Farthing, is facing charges in Florida after bodycam video shows him allegedly kicking a deputy in the face during a disturbance at a St. Pete Beach resort.

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