Overview

• Pinellas County deputies released the April 29 body-camera video this week showing James Farthing kick a sheriff’s deputy before being tasered and tackled at the TradeWinds Resort in St. Pete Beach.
• Farthing has been charged with one felony count of battery on a law enforcement officer and two misdemeanor counts of simple battery and resisting an officer.
• His girlfriend, Jacqueline Fightmaster, was arrested at the scene and charged with misdemeanor disorderly intoxication after allegedly yelling and causing a disturbance.
• Questions over his supervision have surfaced given his decades-long criminal history and active parole status when he claimed the $167.3 million prize.
• He posted an $11,000 bond in late June and remains free as he awaits upcoming court dates in the ongoing criminal case.