Son of Briton arrested over ‘drowning' hit him with a car two years ago
Alex Gibbon, 34, pleaded guilty last year to assaulting his father, Mark, and harassing the mother of his two children, Jasmine Wyld, 33.
The Times understands he hit Mark while driving an £80,000 Porsche Cayenne in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, in May 2023.
Mark, 62, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder on Sunday after he allegedly tried to drown his daughter-in-law, Wyld, in a row over his will.
Wyld, a hairdresser, was left with a scratch on her chest and fearing for her life after the alleged attack in a swimming pool at a luxury resort near Walt Disney World, Florida.
Mark, a lighting technician who has worked on music videos for musicians including Ed Sheeran, alleged that he and Wyld had been drinking when the row occurred. He has been charged with attempted second-degree murder and battery and will appear in court next month.
Mark was staying with his family at the luxury Solterra Resort in Davenport, near Walt Disney World, when he got into an argument over the 'stipulations of his will'.
Alex Gibbon and Jasmine Wyld
It is claimed that during the disagreement, Mark repeatedly tried to push Wyld under the water. This allegedly prompted his nine-year-old granddaughter to jump into the pool and try to save her mother. Police officers at Polk county sheriff's office said Mark pushed her away.
The police said: 'She [Wyld] advised that she could not breathe and believed that she was going to drown. [She] advised that she had to fight Mark in order to get away from him and from under the water but he kept pushing her back under.'
Mark, from Beaconsfield, allegedly only stopped when two onlookers told him they had called the sheriff's office.
He was taken into custody at about 5.20pm last Sunday. It is said that he admitted pushing his daughter-in-law under the water but denied trying to drown her. He is said to have claimed they were drinking when they got into a row.
His son had previously worked with him at his film and television lighting firm Ultralight but resigned as director in April 2023. Mark has since renamed the company as MRG Lighting and he is listed as the sole director.
Mark Gibbon's home in Beaconsfield, Bukinghamshire
TOBY SHEPHEARD FOR THE TIMES
Alex pleaded guilty in February last year to causing serious injury by dangerous driving and harassment without violence.
He was sentenced at Aylesbury crown court to a total of 25 months' imprisonment, 36 months' disqualification from driving a five-year restraining order, and surcharge.
The court was told that he had been subject to a community order at the time of the offences.
Mark has worked on television and film sets as well as on music videos for performers such as Sam Smith and Paloma Faith.
Grady Judd, the Polk county sheriff, said: 'It's great that Polk county draws visitors from all across the world but we expect vacationers to behave while they visit with us, just as we expect our lifelong residents to do the same. Because Mr Gibbon couldn't control his anger, he may find himself spending a lot more time in Florida than he had anticipated.'
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