A registered sexual predator in Lake County who won $3 million from the Florida Lottery earlier in December may not get to keep all of his winnings, because the victims he was convicted of sexually battering in the 1990s are suing.

The victims' attorneys at the NeJame Law Firm, whose staff also serves as legal analysts for News 13, filed a lawsuit Monday saying Timothy Dale Poole, the victims' babysitter back in 1997, sexually battered them when on at least 20 occasions. The male victims, now adults, were 6 and 11 years old at the time.

"To see who they've identified as their attacker — someone whom they have alleged to have molested them as children — to have that person come upon millions of dollars with a scratch-off, it just becomes almost unfathomable for them, because the pain becomes resurfaced," said attorney Mark NeJame.

The lawsuit seeks damages of at least $15,000, though it could be much more. The suit says the victims suffered physical pain, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and several other mental and developmental disorders.

Poole served prison time after pleading guilty to one count of child sexual battery.

"For those people who say, 'He paid his price to society. Why are these young men going after him?' I would say we don't disagree he paid his price to society by his prison sentence he served," NeJame said. "But he never paid his price to these children for what they've lost, and that's what we are addressing."

No one was home Tuesday at the Mt. Dora trailer where Poole had registered as a sexual predator at the time of his big win.

According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Poole is temporarily living in West Virginia, a move NeJame called concerning.

A separate emergency motion filed in court asked a judge to freeze Poole's assets, alleging Poole would likely waste or conceal the $2.2 million he collected after taxes.

Poole would have 20 days to respond to the summons once he is served.