Man Vacationing in Florida Tried to Drown Daughter-in-Law, Lover in Pool: Police

Obviously, I've been through a lot um. mentally with what's going on, and I. think I'm still in a state of shock. >> Wild new allegations we got to talk. about. A man allegedly tries to drown. his ex-daughter-in-law in a Florida. pool, and her 9-year-old daughter. apparently has to jump in and try to. save her. And what was already a crazy. story has now taken a wild turn. The. family secrets were exposed. We are. taking a look at the possible motives. behind this alleged attack and how the. suspect's UK citizenship could affect. the case with international attorney.

David Turi. Welcome to Sidebar, presented by Law and Crime. I'm Jesse. Weber. What was supposed to be a day for. relaxation at a Florida resort was. broken on Sunday, August 3rd, when. 62-year-old Mark Gibbon allegedly tried. to drown 33-year-old Jasmine Wild. And. Wild says her own nine-year-old daughter. witnessed Gibbon forcing her head under. the water at the resort pool. This. happened at the Sulttera Resort in. Davenport, Florida, which is not very.

far from Walt Disney World. Wild, her. daughter, and Gibbon, they were on. vacation from the United Kingdom when. tempers allegedly flared. And since. Gibbons arrest, more disturbing details. are apparently coming out about the. family and this reported propensity for. violence. So, we're going to take a. closer look at the affidavit that was. filed with Poke County, Florida, the. court there in connection with Gibbons. arrest. But to do that, I'm not going to. do it alone. I want to bring on David to. furry. David's an attorney who. specializes in international law. So,

when you're dealing with subjects from. another location here, there's a lot of. different uh complicating factors here. So, David, good to see you. Uh before we. dive in, getting arrested while you're. on vacation, it happens. It's never a. good thing, but it happens. How much. does it complicate things that Gibbon is. from another country? >> Well, it certainly complicates things. for him because of course he's in a in a. he's in a legal system he's probably not. at all familiar with. Um he probably.

doesn't have access to um the kind of. network of people that he would rely. upon to help him, including to help him. get the right attorney, the best. attorney for him for his defense. So. he's probably feels like a fish out of. water. Now it does help that he doesn't. have a language barrier. Obviously he's. from the UK. They speak the same. language and so that's much better than. it could be if he were from a country. and he didn't speak English. It's also. going to complicate things for him if he. wants to return home and because he.

needs to get bail. Even if he gets bail, they probably are going to take his. passport and uh prohibit him from. international travel. >> Okay, so let's get into this. So, according to Poke County Sheriff's. deputies, everything happened at this. rental home in the resort community in. the backyard pool. And the affidavit. reads, quote, Jasmine stated that during. the argument, Mark pushed her under the. water and held her down multiple times. She advised that she could not breathe. and believed that she was going to. drown. Jasmine advised that she had to. fight Mark in order to get away from him.

and from under the water, but he kept. pushing her back under. Jasmine stated. that her daughter, Redacted, witnessed. the incident and jumped into the pool to. attempt to get her grandfather off of. Jasmine. Jasmine advised that Mark then. pushed Redacted away from them, then. pushed her back under the water again. several more times. Jasmine stated that. she saw the neighbors outside and yelled. for them to call the police when she was. able to come up for air. She advised. that Mark used two hands on the top of. her to push her down under the water.

She advised that this was all done. against her will. Now, two witnesses. were in the backyard pool of the home. next door at the same time, confirmed. they also saw Gibbon try to hold wild. underwater. This is now a very different. kind of case. David, >> absolutely agree. I mean, if you made a. movie about this family, it would not be. a Disney movie. It's just the wildest. situation to imagine what unfolded in. the backyard. You have to feel for the. kids who didn't do anything wrong and.

are caught up in a very difficult. situation. The 9-year-old daughter. apparently helped save her mother from. potentially being drowned by her. grandfather. And so it makes sense that. the authorities in Florida have taken. this very seriously. >> Yeah. Alleged witnesses. That's what. changes this so much. By the way, I. don't know if you know this, we put out. so many different clips on sidebar, so. many different videos. And if you're in. the content creation game as well, you. like to put things up on social media. Let me tell you, we use a platform. called Opus Clip. This is an all-in-one.

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yourself. Go to opus.pro/sidebar. to start creating your own videos today. So, when it comes to the injuries, the. deputy who wrote up the affidavit. states, I observed a scratch mark on. left collarbone area of Jasmine. No. injuries were observed unredacted, meaning the nine-year-old. The report. also notes that deputies didn't see any. injuries on Gibbon, which would be. significant if you're talking about a. self-defense kind of case or something. like that. But David, if the majority of. a case is built on eyewitness testimony, now you have these physical injuries to.

help corroborate it. It paints Gibbon in. a very isolated corner, particularly if. he doesn't have injuries. >> I agree. And also, it's not just the. eyewitness testimony. Obviously, it's uh. Jasmine's original testimony. Apparently, she's now changed it. And in. the bail hearing, she did not say some. of the things she said in her sworn. statement immediately after the. incident, but that sworn statement can. still be used as evidence. So, you.

basically had three people who could. basically explain what happened and. justify these charges. And I'm not even. talking about the kids and whether the. kids themselves gave statements and. whether the kids could be used as. witnesses. Obviously, police are going. to want to be careful about that. >> Now, deputies, they spoke with Given. reading him the Miranda warning before. asking him what happened. And according. to the affidavit, he waved his rights. Quote, "Post Miranda, he stated that he. and Jasmine were drinking and a verbal. argument started over the stipulations. of his will. He advised that she made.

him upset and he pushed her. She then. slapped him on the left side of his. face. He became angry and pushed her. under the water a few times. He cannot. recall how many. He advised that he did. not want to drown her. He advised that. Redacted tried to get in between them. and he pushed her away. He advised that. he may have scratched Jasmine because he. had not cut his nails but did not do so. intentionally. H Gibbon. He was. arrested. He was charged with one count. of attempted seconddegree murder, two. counts of battery by touching or. striking. He's been locked up in the.

Poke County Jail since. David Wild and. her daughter are now back in the UK. If. they are called upon to provide some. sort of statement to give evidence to. testify, police have more questions. How. does that work? >> Well, first of all, you know, he made a. number of of admissions that are going. to be very damaging to his defense. And. like you said, he waved the right to. have an attorney. He waved his right to. remain silent. and that may ultimately. really hurt him because it's going to be.

hard for him to create a defense when he. made those admissions. It sounds like. Jasmine may not be testifying against. him from the latest reporting which. suggests that she did not repeat some of. the things she said in her first sworn. statement. So, I think the police would. want her to be in witness. They would. encourage her to tell the truth, but it. doesn't sound like she's cooperating. with the police and the prosecutorial. authorities right now. With respect to. the daughter, we don't know what she. might say or what she whether she wants.

to be a witness and whether the. prosecutors want to put her through. that. Obviously, there's a big downside. to putting such a young child through. being a testifying witness against her. own grandfather, someone who was also a. caretaker for her. Now, a pre-trial. detention hearing was held Monday, August 11th, to determine whether Gibbon. should get bond and whether if he did, he would be allowed to go back to the. UK. There's concern that he could be a. flight risk, not just because he's from. another country, but also because he's. wealthy. So, Gibbon, who owns his own.

professional lighting company, is from. the town of Beaconsville. This is in. Buckinghamshire, England. And according. to UK outlet, The Evening Standard, Gibbon was divorced from his wife, and. Wild separated from Gibbon's son, Alex, in 2021. Wild reportedly shared two. children with Alex, although it appears. only one is mentioned in the police. report. And according to reporting from. multiple outlets, including the Daily. Mail, The Sun, The Evening Standard, law. enforcement is looking into whether. Gibbon and Wild were in a relationship. Anonymous sources have claimed that the.

two had been lovers for years. And in. fact, Alex reportedly found Wild in bed. with his dad, which led to be a lot of. bad blood between father and son. Now, according to one anonymous source who. spoke with the standard, Jasmine was. unhappy that they had been in a. relationship all this time, but she. still wasn't named in his will. And the. only mention of Gibbon and Wild's. relationship in the affidavit is this. Quote, "Jasmine advised that neither she. nor her children have ever resided with. Mark as a family unit, but are currently. sharing a home while on vacation." And. in yet another twist, it seems that this.

isn't the first time a member of the. Gibbon clan has allegedly caused harm to. a family member. According to the Sunday. Times in the UK, Alex Gibbon pleaded. guilty last year to causing serious. injury by dangerous driving and. harassment without violence. The Daily. Mail reports that in 2023, Alex hit his. father with his 80,000lb Porsche. Apparently, they were involved in a. heated argument on the street when Alex. tried to drive away. Gibbons stood in. front of the car. Alex hit him. The. Sunday Times says Alex was sentenced to. 25 months imprisonment, so just over two.

years plus three years of driving. disqualification, a 5-year restraining. order. Now, someone who the son refers. to as a family source said that Given. and his son no longer speak. That source. reportedly said he feels an awful. betrayal and how his dad has struck up a. relationship with the mother of his two. children. By the way, David, how much. collaboration will there be between law. enforcement in the UK and the US when it. comes to trying to get a full picture. here? >> Well, I'm sure the UK law enforcement is. going to support the US in their.

prosecution. Um, obviously UK has a lot. of interest here. The victim Yasm mean. is from the UK, so they have an. obligation to try to protect her, try to. bring justice. this man uh Mark Gibbon. may ultimately return to the UK and so. they want to make sure that he is. appropriately punished and justice is. done. They also want to look out for the. daughter and make sure the daughter is. not in jeopardy in the future. >> Now, Gimman appeared in court on Monday, August 11th, for a pre-trial bond. hearing. Jasmine actually spoke in. support of Gib despite the fact that he.

allegedly tried to kill her. >> Obviously, I've been through a lot um. mentally with what's going on and I. think I'm still in a state of shock. Um. because I look upon Mark as a very. trusting character, as a good man. Um he. adors his family. Uh nothing was ever. too much trouble for him. And I can't. speak of the events that took place that. day. I guess only Mark can, but all I. can say and I can really implement is uh.

what a wonderful grandfather he was to. the children and he was my best friend. and I had complete trust in him and like. toiterate that I have never been fearful. of him and there's never been any. scenarios prior to this of any concern. Um so yeah, that's all I would really. like to say on the matter. Obviously um. back here in England um our social what. we call social services um have. contacted me and there will be.

involvement with um the social services. here in the UK. Um I don't know the. rules um as of yet as I've not met with. the lady that's going to come around and. talk to me. Obviously um this case has. hit England and um it's it's been made. public knowledge to pretty much the. entire world this case. So I can't speak. on the behalf of uh what the conditions. will be back here in England because the. social services obviously have their. duties of care. So unfortunately I can't.

really speak solely on that. However, as. I as I've said, I've never felt fearful. of Mark. um prior to this or felt unsafe and he. he's been great with the grandchildren. >> And according to Gibbons attorney, he. has also wanted to return to the UK but. understood that may not be possible. Judge, the only thing I would be doing. is asking my client to tell you where he. would be living uh if he was released. He was going to be asking that he could. go to England, but I told him I did not.

tell him that he would be allowed to go. to England uh or the United Kingdom, but. but as as this matter goes, judge, that's what he's wanting. However, I'm. sure the court may make him stay in P. County, and I'm sure that they would. make arrangements to do that. Now, the. prosecution told the judge that they. wanted Gibbon held without bail because. they couldn't guarantee that he wouldn't. flee or do more harm to the community or. his family. >> While the victim was not opposed to. contact, the state at this time would be. requesting no contact. Um, and speaking. with the victim, it sounds like um.

family members of the defendant may have. reached out to her so to make sure that. there's no more contact. Plus, as she. had indicated, unfortunately, this case. is getting attention overseas, which is. um causing news media to put added. attention. >> Mr. Bush, that is of no consequence to. this court. So, whether this case is. getting attention or not getting. attention, the safety of the community, the the defendants rights is what I have.

to consider. So, >> but if you think it's relevant, I'll. consider it. just that I think because. there's um attention happening overseas. where the victim is back at um and the. family may be back there as well. That's. why I think no contact at this time may. be most appropriate. >> And the judge ruled that Gibbon should. remain locked up in Poke County. He has. also admonished Jasmine, who was still. on the virtual hearing about her. allegedly contradictory statements and.

actions. Having reviewed the matters. that were previously listed by the court. uh to include the motion uh for pizza. detention, having considered the. testimony by Detective Godwin and having. considered the testimony of Miss Wilds, quite frankly, her testimony is of great. concern to this court. Her testimony to. this court is not near consistent to. what she reported to the sheriff's. office. The testimony that was provided.

by her young daughter impeach and. contradicts her testimony to this court. The testimony as outlined in the state's. motion and in the affidavit uh supports. and cooporates the statements gave by. Miss Wild. The statement gave by Miss. Wild's daughter Donald in this case. The. court. concludes that there's substantial. probability that the defendant commit. comm committed the crime charged. The.

factual circumstances of the crime. involving an adult victim and a juvenile. victim create a concern to this court as. to the safety of the community and the. people involved in this case. Um he. placed the according to the description. of the affidavit and reported. information uh missiled under uh um a. physical harm risk of harm I should say. Um she testified uh or presented uh.

information to law enforcement that she. thought she was drowning. The witnesses. next door thought she was drowning. Uh. so uh giving his lack of ties to this. community, lack of ties to this uh uh. jurisdiction, I will find that it's prop. it's appropriate for Mr. Gibbon uh to be. uh held in custody with no bond at this. point. >> David, real quick, your reaction to. that? >> Well, I think the judge is making a.

determination that he cannot be trusted. to remain in the United States. He's a. flight risk. He's from another country. Even if his passport is taken away, he. could try to find a way to get out of. the United States. He's in Florida. It's. always possible. You could take a. sailboat or a boat, try to go to a. Caribbean island, try to go to a British. overseas territory, of which there are. several in the Caribbean. Those are just. some potential ways he could try to flee. the jurisdiction. And I think that's why. they held him. If he were an American,

they might have been more likely to let. him let him free on bail. Now, in a. statement following Gibbons arrest, Poke. County Sheriff Grady Jud, who we're all. very familiar with, had this to say. It. is great that Poke County draws visitors. from all across the world, but we expect. vacationers to behave while they visit. with us, just as we expect our lifelong. residents to do the same. Because Mr. Gibbon couldn't control his anger, he. may find himself spending a lot more. time in Florida than he anticipated. Gibbon is scheduled for arraignment in.

Florida on September 9th. And at the end. of his pre-trial detention hearing, Gibbon, who didn't appear on camera, by. the way, can be heard asking the judge. if there's any way that could happen. sooner. And the judge tells him to. contact his lawyer about that. David. Tfury, thank you so much for taking the. time. Good to see you. >> Thanks, Jesse. >> And that is all we have for you right. now here on Sidebar. Everybody, thank. you so much for joining us. And as. always, please subscribe on YouTube, Apple Podcast, Spotify, wherever you. should get your podcasts. I'm Jesse. Weber. I'll speak to you next time. [Music].