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Mark Gibbon Avoids Jail as Florida Case Downgraded to Misdemeanor Battery

Prosecutors ended the case with a plea that followed the alleged victim's request for leniency.

Overview

  • On November 7, Gibbon admitted one count of battery in Polk County, paid $1,308.68 in costs, and had his passport returned.
  • He will not serve a custodial sentence under the agreement, and his prior $25,000 bail was lifted when the case closed.
  • Gibbon was arrested in August after an alleged pool altercation at the Solterra Resort in Davenport that deputies said followed an argument about his will.
  • Sheriff statements allege he pushed and held Jasmine Wyld's head underwater multiple times and that her nine-year-old daughter tried to intervene.
  • The original counts of attempted second-degree murder and battery by strangulation were reduced, avoiding a potential sentence reported as up to 15 years.