ST. PETE BEACH, Fla. (WFLA) — Newly released video showed exactly what happened as a new Powerball jackpot winner from Kentucky got a bad run-in with Pinellas County deputies last April.
According to an arrest affidavit, James Farthing, 50, of Georgetown, Kentucky, was at the Island Grand at Tradewinds when he got into a fight with another man on April 29.
Body cam video showed a deputy rushing to separate the two men, restraining the other combatant.
That's when Farthing tried to kick the other man, only to kick the deputy in the face instead, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said.
"Are you kidding me?!" the deputy shouted as Tradewinds staff pushed Farthing away from him.
After handcuffing the other combatant, who was not charged in the incident, the deputy got up and approached