The young Florida fisherman who was rebuked by a furious chart captain is pleading that the public stops his threats to the jailed navigator and allows the justice system to continue his course.
Gage Towles, 22, spoke his viral confrontation full of blasphemies with 40 -year -old Brock Horner at Charlotte Harbor de Punta through his lawyers on Monday.
“We respectfully request that all threats to Brock’s family and associates cease, the lawyer” Towles “, Steven Leskovich on Monday.
Around 7:30 pm on April 1, Horner is a battery or is moving the Towles boat and shouting the fisherman on an incident that happened earlier in the day.
Supposedly, Horner had run, fits a group of fishermen, less than 10 feet from the Towles boat and five feet of another boat, under the Gilchrist bridge at the beginning of the morning of March 30, according to a sworn statement of probable cause.
The fishermen “cursed” Horner for their risky passage, according to the video conversation.
Captain Charter, who was with four other men in his boat, said he was the best navigator in the water.
“I have 300 days a year at the Motherf – King Water, every day. I am the best Captain Charter that you will ever meet in your Motherf – King Life,” said Horner before taking the Towles boat. “
The enraged captain ordered the little ship and led with the 22 -year -old gathered to stop.
Police did not cite the unauthorized entrance to the boat, combined with Horner’s threats aimed at Towles as a criminal offense.
After driving for approximately 5 seconds, Horner jumped in front of the boat and demanded Towles to take him back to his own boat as he continued his verbal assault on his younger victim.
“Do it again and see what happens,” he shouted.
Towles’s legal team condemned Horner for his episode, but called the fisherman’s supporters for not being much better.
“While there are no navigators, no fisherman, and no person should have to endure the experience that Mr. Towles passed and the emotional consequences that Mr. Horner have followed will be through the system.” “
Leskovich said Towles appreciated support, but he was “worried” about violence and threats aimed at Captain Charter’s family.
“There is no margin of violence or threats of violence aimed at innocent people because either the actions of Mr. Horner,” reads the statement.
“Mr. Horner has been arrested for their crime; we kindly ask the people who trust the criminal justice system to work through this process to ensure that you receive the necessary and adequate treatment that is deduced.
Horner was arrested on April 4 and accused of assault robbery or battery mood of the viral video in the port of Charlotte.
A judicial appearance was declared innocent on the position on Tuesday, according to the judicial records seen by the position.
Horner said he was “deeply unfortunate” for his behavior when he allowed a “moment of frustration” to intensify, according to a declaration of his lawyer to the news of the coast of Gulf.
The lawyer identified Horner as a “veteran of decorated combat that was seriously injured in Afghanistan”, suffering a traumatic brain injury in combat and is recognized by the department of veterans as “100 percent disabled.”
“That is not an excuse, but it is part of its history. He stood up when this country asked him to do so, and that service deserves to be respected,” the statement said.
Horner was united from the prison on April 5.
He will return to the Court on May 5 for a stop, cordination to judicial records.
