According to an affidavit obtained by Law&Crime, the alleged incident started when a match between Ms Bannister and the man turned heated over the retrieval of a ball.
When the game was over, the man allegedly approached Ms Bannister's unnamed son to "critique" his playing style, which enraged the boy's mom.
Upon hearing the man allegedly confront her son, Ms Bannister "interjected herself" into the spat and got physically violent with her opponent. According to court documents, Ms Bannister, who is a local family nurse practitioner, left the man with multiple bloody cuts to his face. .
Ms Bannister works for James M. Grimes, MD Orthopedics in St. Augustine, according to the company's website. Her profile says that before she was a nurse practitioner, Ms Bannister worked as a critical care nurse for 13 years, her profile said. She was also a helicopter mechanic in the Marine Corps. She's been described as an 'active mom' who enjoys participating in sports with her children.
Ms Bannister was released from jail after posting an $8000 bond and is set to appear in court on July 28th. Her lawyer, Rosemarie Peoples of the Smith & Eulo law firm, told the outlet that Ms Bannister's "heroic" actions were necessary in order to protect her son. "Michele Bannister is a mom, nurse, and model citizen," said her attorney. "She is wrongly accused of a crime; her actions were needed to stop a violent attempt to attack her young son. I expect that a jury of her peers will fully exonerate her heroic efforts to defend her child."
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