{"id":21333,"date":"2026-02-13T01:06:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T01:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=21333"},"modified":"2026-02-13T01:06:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T01:06:47","slug":"in-a-pickle-couple-charged-with-felony-battery-after-pickleball-brawl-at-florida-country-club-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=21333","title":{"rendered":"In a pickle: couple charged with felony battery after pickleball brawl at Florida country club | Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">A dispute over a rule led to a brawl during a pickleball game at a central <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/florida\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Florida<\/a> country club, authorities said, with one player hitting his opponent in the face with a paddle and punching him on the ground before others got involved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">A 63-year-old man was charged Sunday with two counts of felony battery on a person 65 or older, and his 51-year-old wife, who joined the fight in Port Orange, was charged with a single count of felony battery on a person 65 or older, according to an arrest affidavit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The two were playing another married couple when they began arguing about shots being made in what is known as the kitchen, a marked area on either side of the net. By rule, players can only take a shot in the area once the ball has landed there; otherwise they must avoid it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The players exchanged insults, and at the end of the match, the man insulted his male opponent\u2019s wife. The men exchanged words, and the 63-year-old man attacked his opponent, according to an affidavit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Matt Thompson, an attorney for the man, did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">As many as 20 players became involved in the brawl, the affidavit said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>#pickle #couple #charged #felony #battery #pickleball #brawl #Florida #country #club #Florida<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A dispute over a rule led to a&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21334,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21333"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}