jimnyc
04-11-2021, 04:04 PM
And she must not have gotten her way somehow so she was throwing a little fit.
This other lady decided to record the event. The woman first says "How about that?" as she flips the bird to the camera.
I guess not getting the response she had wanted, she then walks off so that she could cough in the lady's face. On camera for all to see. And the woman filming has cancer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGDJSH7wUWQ&t=3s
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Jail time for Florida woman who coughed on cancer patient in viral video
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The woman seen in a viral video giving the finger to another shopper then coughing in her face at a Jacksonville mall has been sentenced to 29 days in jail for assault.
The decision ended several hours of testimony and questions Thursday in the sentencing hearing of Debra Jo Michele Hunter, the woman from Fernandina Beach, outside of Jacksonville, Florida. It came despite an August plea agreement that had consisted of only probation with conditions.
Duval County Court Judge James Ruth first heard testimony from Hunter's husband, friends and family who said she has a "really huge heart" and is "broken-hearted" over how she coughed on cancer patient Heather Sprague. But after they spoke on behalf of Hunter, Sprague told the judge about the confrontation that happened only months after she underwent brain tumor surgery.
Sprague said she watched Hunter, 53, give at least 15 minutes of what she called "escalating bullying," swearing and threats to Pier 1 staff about a broken item with Sprague's children nearby. It was only when Sprague said she started shooting video in the final minute of the tirade that she was yelled at, then coughed on.
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After Sprague heard the defendant's four-page statement, she said it was more about the impact the notoriety of the viral video has had on Hunter and her family, very "self-absorbed" without much apology to her.
"She gave herself permission to behave in this manner as she then chose to walk up to me," Sprague said. "... That was not the kneejerk reaction of an overprotective Mama Bear. It was an episode that was rooted in privilege and entitlement, and it was targeted to exploit and attack vulnerability with an assumption of immunity to consequences."
Ruth then watched Sprague's 40-second video clip, with an initial comment a surprised "Oh my" as he saw the rude gesture and coughing, then adding this "tirade" took longer than he thought. Before he made his decision to add jail time to the plea agreement, he criticized Hunter's testimony and letter to him, saying they mostly focused on the impact of the public reaction to the video to her family.
"Her children didn't create this problem and her husband didn't, and she talked about how it changed her world and she was getting nastygrams on Facebook and things of that nature and they can't go to their country club or wherever," Ruth said. "But I have yet to see any expression, or a significant expression on her regret about the impact it had on the victim in this case!"
Sprague was at the Pier 1 store when she saw Hunter get angry, according to the arrest warrant. The victim recorded Hunter's tirade on her cellphone. Then Hunter made a rude gesture at her, before asking whether Sprague would like her to post it on social media. Then Hunter walked up, saying she'll "get real close to you and cough on you," then doing so in her face before leaving with a small child.
Sprague is a brain tumor patient with a compromised immune system, she posted in Facebook right after the incident with her video. She was wearing a mask and called police four days later saying she had not been feeling well since the incident. She said she did not speak, react or talk to Hunter at all.
Speaking to the judge, suspect and her attorney as well as the prosecutor, Sprague said she lived in fear after she was coughed on, feeling spit on her face in an act she said was "calculated to attack me at my weakest point, physically and psychologically." She said she spent days searching for a place to get a coronavirus test in fear for herself and 10 children, turning up negative.
"The intent of the defendant's actions could only have been to transmit sickness or leave me fearful that I had been infected," Sprague said. "I worried for the health and safety of my family and wondered how in the world I could possibly isolate to protect them in a house of 12 if I had intentionally been infected."
Rest - https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/jail-time-florida-woman-coughed-155425356.html
This other lady decided to record the event. The woman first says "How about that?" as she flips the bird to the camera.
I guess not getting the response she had wanted, she then walks off so that she could cough in the lady's face. On camera for all to see. And the woman filming has cancer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGDJSH7wUWQ&t=3s
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Jail time for Florida woman who coughed on cancer patient in viral video
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The woman seen in a viral video giving the finger to another shopper then coughing in her face at a Jacksonville mall has been sentenced to 29 days in jail for assault.
The decision ended several hours of testimony and questions Thursday in the sentencing hearing of Debra Jo Michele Hunter, the woman from Fernandina Beach, outside of Jacksonville, Florida. It came despite an August plea agreement that had consisted of only probation with conditions.
Duval County Court Judge James Ruth first heard testimony from Hunter's husband, friends and family who said she has a "really huge heart" and is "broken-hearted" over how she coughed on cancer patient Heather Sprague. But after they spoke on behalf of Hunter, Sprague told the judge about the confrontation that happened only months after she underwent brain tumor surgery.
Sprague said she watched Hunter, 53, give at least 15 minutes of what she called "escalating bullying," swearing and threats to Pier 1 staff about a broken item with Sprague's children nearby. It was only when Sprague said she started shooting video in the final minute of the tirade that she was yelled at, then coughed on.
March 16: Two women face assault charges in attack of Uber driver following a mask dispute
After Sprague heard the defendant's four-page statement, she said it was more about the impact the notoriety of the viral video has had on Hunter and her family, very "self-absorbed" without much apology to her.
"She gave herself permission to behave in this manner as she then chose to walk up to me," Sprague said. "... That was not the kneejerk reaction of an overprotective Mama Bear. It was an episode that was rooted in privilege and entitlement, and it was targeted to exploit and attack vulnerability with an assumption of immunity to consequences."
Ruth then watched Sprague's 40-second video clip, with an initial comment a surprised "Oh my" as he saw the rude gesture and coughing, then adding this "tirade" took longer than he thought. Before he made his decision to add jail time to the plea agreement, he criticized Hunter's testimony and letter to him, saying they mostly focused on the impact of the public reaction to the video to her family.
"Her children didn't create this problem and her husband didn't, and she talked about how it changed her world and she was getting nastygrams on Facebook and things of that nature and they can't go to their country club or wherever," Ruth said. "But I have yet to see any expression, or a significant expression on her regret about the impact it had on the victim in this case!"
Sprague was at the Pier 1 store when she saw Hunter get angry, according to the arrest warrant. The victim recorded Hunter's tirade on her cellphone. Then Hunter made a rude gesture at her, before asking whether Sprague would like her to post it on social media. Then Hunter walked up, saying she'll "get real close to you and cough on you," then doing so in her face before leaving with a small child.
Sprague is a brain tumor patient with a compromised immune system, she posted in Facebook right after the incident with her video. She was wearing a mask and called police four days later saying she had not been feeling well since the incident. She said she did not speak, react or talk to Hunter at all.
Speaking to the judge, suspect and her attorney as well as the prosecutor, Sprague said she lived in fear after she was coughed on, feeling spit on her face in an act she said was "calculated to attack me at my weakest point, physically and psychologically." She said she spent days searching for a place to get a coronavirus test in fear for herself and 10 children, turning up negative.
"The intent of the defendant's actions could only have been to transmit sickness or leave me fearful that I had been infected," Sprague said. "I worried for the health and safety of my family and wondered how in the world I could possibly isolate to protect them in a house of 12 if I had intentionally been infected."
Rest - https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/jail-time-florida-woman-coughed-155425356.html