A Georgia elected official's wife is facing charges for allegedly pouring a drink over a reporter's head, NBC reported.
The incident took place on Friday morning at a Chattooga County budget meeting. It was not clear why Abbey Winters, who is the wife of County Commissioner Jason Winters, dumped her drink over reporter Casie Bryant's head. Witnesses claim it was unprovoked.
According to reports witnesses claim to have heard Winters say Bryant "deserved it."
Local website AllOnGeorgia, for which Bryant writes, said that the drink soaked her hair, clothing as well as her equipment and other belongings. Police responded after a witness called 911
Initially Abbey and Jason Winters refused to speak to police and demanded to speak to their attorney but after police later made a second attempt to get a report from Abbey Winters,, the 35-year-old insisted it had been an accident.
She claimed to have tripped and stumbled while walking past Bryant and said she had unintentionally spilt her drink on the reporter.
Bryant did not believe the incident had been an accident and told officers that "she was just in shock" after the drink was poured on her. She also recalled someone stating that "the drink looked good on her."
Abbey's story did not hold up and police got warrants against her on misdemeanor charges of battery and disorderly conduct, AllOnGeorgia noted. The matter was handed over to the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office.
Commenting on the incident, AllOnGeorgia owner Delvis Dutton said what Abbey did was "inappropriate" and it left him feeling "disappointed to see not only the behavior of those involved, but the excuses made for the behavior after the fact."
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