WHY THE KIND OF COFFEE MATTERS EVEN MORE RIGHT NOW WHEN IT COMES TO PRICE. THE VOTE RANGE VIDEO NOW HAS OVER 60 MILLION VIEWS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE FALLOUT IS SPREADING. THAT IS US ALL. >> TONIGHT FOR THE FIRST TIME WE ARE HEARING EXCLUSIVELY FROM THE VICTIM’S LAWYER IN THAT VIRAL BOAT RAGE VIDEO. >> MY LIGHTS WERE ON ROW. LIGHTS WERE YOU. >> I THINK THAT RIGHT, OK BUREAU, KEEP THINKING THAT THE PROFANITY-LACED JAW DROPPING VIDEO HAS BEEN VIEWED MORE THAN 16 MILLION TIMES TONIGHT. CAPTAIN BROUGHT CORNER IS OUT OF JAIL AFTER BEING ARRESTED FRIDAY NIGHT FOR BURGLARY WITH ASSAULT. GOOD EVENING, I’M PETER BUSCH. KENNEDY MASON SPOKE WITH THE VICTIM’S LAWYER WHO SAYS HIS CLIENT CONSIDERED JUMPING OFF THE BOAT AT ONE POINT BECAUSE HE WAS SO SCARED. >> TOWELS ATTORNEY SAYS THAT THIS WAS A TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE FOR HIM, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE HE’S ONLY 21 YEARS OLD. GATES TOLD POLICE HE WAS SO SCARED OF CAPTAIN BROCK CORNER. HE CONSIDER JUMPING OFF OF HIS BOAT TO GET AWAY GAUGE IS DOING AS WELL AS CAN BE EXPECTED RIGHT HE STILL TRAUMATIZED AND IT’S GOING TO BE QUITE SOME TIME, YOU KNOW, THROUGH TREATMENT HIMSELF. STEVEN LESKE OF ITS REPRESENTS GAUGE TELLS THE GORDA ATTORNEY WHO IS ALSO RUNNING FOR FLORIDA ATTORNEY GENERAL SAID TOWELS WON’T LET WHAT HAPPENED. STOP HIM FROM FISHING ON THE LAST TIME. WE GOT YOU >> AND I WAS DISTURBED, LITERALLY DISTURBED WHEN I SAW YOU PROBABLY SEEN THIS VIRAL VIDEO TELLS RECORDED LAST WEEK SHOCKING MANY THROUGHOUT FLORIDA. >> AND BEYOND WHAT? WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO ACT LIKE? A TOUGH GUY AND 4 IN FRONT YOUR BUDDIES. >> IT SHOWS CAPTAIN BROCK CORNER OF TURPIN COAST FISHING. >> THREATENING TOWNS JUMPING ON HIS BOAT AND POLICE SAY EVEN PULLING HIM BY SHIRT. THE FIGHT COMES AFTER TELL SAID HORNER SPED PAST HIM. THEY DIDN’T HAVE LIGHTS ON JUST A FEW DAYS BEFORE CAN IMAGINE HIS BUSINESS IS GOING TO SUFFER AND RIGHTFULLY SO. I WOULDN’T WANT TO GO ON HIS BOAT. I WOULDN’T WANT HIM TO BE MY CHARTER CAPTAIN GORDA. POLICE ARRESTED HORNER FOR BURGLARY WITH ASSAULT ON FRIDAY. A FEW DAYS AFTER THE FIGHT. DO YOU THINK THAT MR? HORNER WOULD HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IF IT WEREN’T FOR GAUGES. GOPRO LAW ENFORCEMENT MIGHT HAVE SAID, LOOK, THIS IS A HE SAID HE SAID KIND OF INCIDENT. >> WE DON’T HAVE ENOUGH TO GO BY WHILE LESS COVERAGE DOESN’T BELIEVE WHAT HORNER DID WAS RIGHT. >> HE SAYS THE THREATS TOWARD HIM. HAVE GOT TO STOP. >> IT’S VERY SAD. NO PERSON SHOULD HAVE TO DEER THREATS THAT ARE BEING MADE, WHETHER IT’S MR. HORNER’S FAMILY MEMBERS, HIS ASSOCIATES, HIS COMRADES, ATTORNEY CORNER BONDED OUT OF JAIL SATURDAY LESS COVID’S SAYS HE IS JUST HAPPY THE SITUATION DIDN’T ESCALATE MORE. AS FOR THE OTHER 3 MEN ON THE BOAT WEST OF BELIEVES THEY ARE NOT OUT OF THE CLEAR YET, BUT ONLY TIME WILL TELL. >>
Exclusive: Attorney representing man attacked in the Peace River by a charter boat captain speaks
The attorney for the man attacked in the Peace River by a charter boat captain is speaking exclusively to Gulf Coast News. Punta Gorda attorney Steven Leskovich is representing Gage Towles. “Gage is doing as well as can be expected right now,” Leskovich said. “He’s still traumatized, and it’s going to be quite some time. He’s going to have to go through treatment himself.”The attorney, who is also running for Florida attorney general, said Towles will not let what happened to him stop him from fishing. You have probably seen this viral video Towles recorded last week, shocking men throughout Florida and beyond. “I was disturbed,” Leskovich said. “Literally disturbed at what I saw.” It shows Capt. Brock Horner of Tarpon Coast Fishing threatened Towles, jumping on his boat and, police say, even pulling him by his shirt. The fight comes after Towles said Horner sped past him in the dark without his lights on just a few days before. “I can imagine his business is going to suffer, and rightfully so,” he said. “I wouldn’t want to go on his boat. I wouldn’t want him to be my charter captain.”Punta Gorda police arrested Horner for burglary with assault Friday, a few days after the fight. Gulf Coast News asked Leskovich if he believed Horner would have been arrested if it had not been for Gage’s GoPro filming it. “Law enforcement might have said this is a ‘he said, he said’ kind of incident,” he said. “We don’t have enough to go by that.” While Leskovich doesn’t believe what Horner did was right, he said the threats toward him and his family have got to stop. “It’s very sad,” Leskovich said. “No person should have to endure threats that are being made. Whether it’s Mr. Horner’s family members, his associates, his comrades, his attorney.” Horner bonded out of jail Saturday. Leskovich said he is just happy the situation did not escalate further. As for the other three men on the boat, Leskovich said he does not think they are out of the clear, but only time will tell. DOWNLOAD the free Gulf Coast News app for your latest news and alerts on breaking news, weather, sports, entertainment, and more.
PUNTA GORDA, Fla. —The attorney for the man attacked in the Peace River by a charter boat captain is speaking exclusively to Gulf Coast News.
Punta Gorda attorney Steven Leskovich is representing Gage Towles.
“Gage is doing as well as can be expected right now,” Leskovich said. “He’s still traumatized, and it’s going to be quite some time. He’s going to have to go through treatment himself.”
The attorney, who is also running for Florida attorney general, said Towles will not let what happened to him stop him from fishing.
You have probably seen this viral video Towles recorded last week, shocking men throughout Florida and beyond.
“I was disturbed,” Leskovich said. “Literally disturbed at what I saw.”
It shows Capt. Brock Horner of Tarpon Coast Fishing threatened Towles, jumping on his boat and, police say, even pulling him by his shirt.
The fight comes after Towles said Horner sped past him in the dark without his lights on just a few days before.
“I can imagine his business is going to suffer, and rightfully so,” he said. “I wouldn’t want to go on his boat. I wouldn’t want him to be my charter captain.”
Punta Gorda police arrested Horner for burglary with assault Friday, a few days after the fight.
Gulf Coast News asked Leskovich if he believed Horner would have been arrested if it had not been for Gage’s GoPro filming it.
“Law enforcement might have said this is a ‘he said, he said’ kind of incident,” he said. “We don’t have enough to go by that.”
While Leskovich doesn’t believe what Horner did was right, he said the threats toward him and his family have got to stop.
“It’s very sad,” Leskovich said. “No person should have to endure threats that are being made. Whether it’s Mr. Horner’s family members, his associates, his comrades, his attorney.”
Horner bonded out of jail Saturday.
Leskovich said he is just happy the situation did not escalate further. As for the other three men on the boat, Leskovich said he does not think they are out of the clear, but only time will tell.
DOWNLOAD the free Gulf Coast News app for your latest news and alerts on breaking news, weather, sports, entertainment, and more.
