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$136M lottery winner sued for ‘dooring’ cyclist

Anthony Perosi Jr. wasnā€™t the only one who got lucky when he scored a $136 million Powerball win ā€” so did a bicyclą¦“ist who got doored by his pź¦ickup.

šŸ’ÆThe Staten Island plumber is being sued by Kieran Del Pasqua, who says he was sent flying when Perosi opened the door of his Ford F150 in a bike lane in Park Slope, Brooklyn.

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The 40-ą¶£year-old Internet exec had no chance to stop in the May 27 accident and slammed into the door, his Brooklyn Supreme Court lawsuit says.

He required surgery and now has screws in his elbow, the sź¦‡uit says.

Now he is going after PerosišŸŒœ, 56, who got a $39ā€‚millą± ion lump-sum payout after taxes.

ā€œLottery winners may feel and act carefree, but like the rest of us, they still owe a duty of reasonable care for the safety of their fellow citā™”izens,ā€ said Del Pasquaā€™s attorneyįƒ¦, David MacCartney.

ā€œGood luck is no substitute for careful driving and respšŸ§øonsible bšŸ°ehavior.ā€

Del Pasqua filed the suit five days after Perosiź©µā€™s lottery win was announced, but MacCartney said his client had no idea at the time.

He wouldnā€™t say hź¦…ow much money Del Pasqua is asking for, but noted he could go after the $16 millišŸ’œon cut the plumber gave to his son, Anthony III.

Del Pasqua, a design director for the music-streaming service Spotify, hasnā€™t been back to work since the crash and faces an uphill battle to regain use of both arms, MacCartney saź©µid.

Days after the crash,ą±  Del Pasquaā€™s wife, Sandra Fransen, called Perosi to get information for an accident report.

Perosi acknowledged opening the door onź¦• Del Pasqua but ā€œscoffedā€ at his injuries, telling Fransen he ā€œbarely left a scratch on my door,ā€ court papers say.

PšŸ…ŗerosi also hung up on police when they called for thešŸ’¦ same information, the suit says.

Delź©² Pasqua declined to cošŸŒŸmment. Perosi didnā€™t respond to messages.

Anthony III said he knew nothing about it.

ā€œWhat he does is his own business,ā€ he said.