My mom is a cop and I know the law. So, you have family members in law enforcement. This is how you act? This is how you act? Don't talk to me like that. I'm about to be a cop next year. You're done. You're done. LET LILY GO HOME. ON JUNE 8TH, 2023, Hollywood police responded to a call regarding an ongoing domestic violence incident. The married couple attempted to defend themselves, but their actions only made the situation worse. You know, I'm I'm right here. We are arguing. We're having a fight. Okay? That is my husband. You are not arresting him. Do not Don't IF YOU DON'T STOP, IF YOU DON'T STOP, I'M GOING TO PUT YOU IN CUFFS. CALM DOWN. CALM DOWN. WE'RE HE'S NOT ALL RIGHT. WE'RE detaining him so we can calm EVERYBODY DOWN. I'M RIGHT HERE. Come over there so I can TALK TO YOU. COME OVER THERE. I'M GOING TO PUT YOU IN CUFFS. YOU'RE YELLING AT ME. WHY ARE YOU I DIDN'T OKAY. YOU'RE YELLING AT ME. GET UP NOW. I DO NOT yell at I'm asking you You're not You're putting your hands on me. I have been touched. I'm I'm moving with you. She put her She touched me and I didn't move. YOU'RE NOT LISTENING. Let me tell you my family is very rich and you will go to jail. Okay, that's irrelevant. Get her off of me. Get her off of me. GET HER THE [ __ ] OFF OF ME. LISTEN TO ME. LISTEN TO WE ARE ARGUING. I UNDERSTAND. AT THE end of the day, GET THIS STOP talking and listen to me. At the end of the day, we're police officers. And I understand that. You are a police officer. I appreciate you doing your job. to be detained at the moment. If you resist, THAT'S THAT IS A VIOLATION. DO ME A FAVOR. I WANT MY PURSE. DO not touch my purse. Okay, you have to give me a GIVE ME A FAVOR. We are arguing. My husband me. This is going to be a charge for resisting resisting. If you resist again, I'm going to take you to jail. Why are you arresting him? Listen, let go. Hold on because my Hold on. My my my My wedding RING IS ON MY FINGER. Hold on. I will let go. But let me get make sure the I will let go if you let me make sure the ring is on my finger. Hold on, 2 seconds. I just want to make sure this ring is on my other finger. Hold on. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE the ring is on my finger. She is a stupid I don't know. Put your hands behind your back. Put your hands behind your back now. We're detaining you so we can figure out what's going on. Can you Can you stop? Can you stop moving? Stop moving. Calm down, Joey. Joey, you are bugged out. No, you're bugged out. You're not listening. YOU JUST PUT YOUR HANDS ON ME for no reason. I see for a reason. It's not me. Stop talking and listen to me. Stop talking and listen to me. Stop talking and listen to me. Stop talking and listening. wait. You're about to go to jail. We're arguing. going to stop talking? We are arguing. going to stop talking? We are arguing. We're arguing. Me and him are arguing. That is my husband. We are married. We're arguing. Okay, good. Do you know what that's considered? Do you know what that's considered? Domestic violence. Okay, then. SO, I'M DOING MY JOB. CUZ YOU'RE NOT LISTENING. I HAVE EARS and I am listening. Okay, then stop talking. I I STOP THEN STOP TALKING. appreciate you. talking and listening. to talk. I appreciate you because I do you to speak. No, I appreciate you because you're doing your job and I do appreciate you. I GOT IT on my finger. I can't wait. My dad They're about TO GO TO JAIL. Wait till my dad presses these charges. They're about to go to jail. what domestic violence is? He did it We're We're talking. know what domestic violence is? We're married. I do. It doesn't matter. When you're having AN ARGUMENT OUTSIDE IN FRONT OF OUR PRESENCE Why am I getting in trouble? Did I put my hands on him? Because we came over here. No, because you were My partner's already told you Andre, you wouldn't listen TO I'M AN ADULT. YOU ARE YOU ARE YOU ARE I'M A POLICE OFFICER and you were not listening to me. I don't have to do what you want. My mom No, I don't. Yes, you do. Actually, once you're committed Once you're actually having domestic violence within our presence I BUT IT HAPPENED TO ME. IT DOESN'T MATTER. STOP. It's not about who it happened to. Doesn't matter who it happened to. You're having IT IN PUBLIC. OKAY, WHAT IS YOUR NAME? WHAT IS YOUR NAME? What is your name? May May May May Do I have to tell you my name? Yes, you do. Please. This is all your fault. So, you don't want to give me your name. May, you're detained. I can't wait to press charges on you. No. This She I CAN'T WAIT. MY DAD SHE'S ABOUT TO GO TO JAIL. My name is Marissa Vasquez. May I'm a Do you need me to spell it for you? May, let me move for a second. I'M NOT DON'T TOUCH ME. What's your first name, Marissa? R I I said say I want to press charges on her. I want to press charges on her. What's your last name? to press charges on her. last name? I want to Can I press charges on her? What's your last name? I want to know if I can press charges first. Are you going to tell me your last name? I know if I can press charges first. She'll be on the report. My mother is a police officer in Rochester. So, you have So, you have family members in law enforcement. This is how you act? And this is how you act? AND THIS IS HOW YOU ACT? SO, STOP TALKING. DON'T TALK TO ME LIKE THAT. DON'T talk to me like that. Don't talk to me Yes, I am. NO, I'M I'M I'M NOT NO. LET'S GO. I'm not doing anything Let's go. You're not telling me your name. I said V A Z Q U E Z. I told you my name. Stop resisting. I told you my You're going to go to JAIL FOR RESISTING. I TOLD YOU MY MARISSA, I TOLD YOU MY NAME. HEY, GET HIM OFF OF HER. THIS IS A COME ON. LISTEN. WE'RE JUST Tell him to stop. No, he's arresting me. I told you MY NAME. NO. NO. NO, HE SAID he's arresting ME. I TOLD YOU MY NAME. I SAID I WANT TO PRESS CHARGES ON HER. I WANT I gave him my name. My mother is a cop. I gave him my name. No, I want him to let go of my arm or I'm pressing charges. TELL HIM TO LET GO OF ME. LET GO OF ME. DO NOT TOUCH ME. CAN YOU GET MY PURSE, PLEASE? YES, I can. Can you come with me and we'll get If if you get my purse I will. GET HIM AWAY FROM ME. BACK THE YOU'RE GOING to jail. I'M PRESSING CHARGES on you. My mom is a cop. I want to call my mom. I'll call her for you. Come with me, okay? No, I want to stay here. Me and him are being Why am I in trouble? ME AND MY HUSBAND BEING Then take me to my hotel. I WANT TO TALK IN MY HOTEL. You'll be in trouble IF EVERYBODY WOULD BUT I AM AN ADULT. I DON'T HAVE TO GIVE you any information. I I My mom is a cop and I know the law. You heard that You heard that a thousand times. You're not listening. I DO KNOW THE LAW and I don't have to tell you nothing. Yes, you do. He is respectful of him. Him right there. That man. No, I'm not talking to you. Him. YES, YOU DO. I I DON'T HAVE TO TELL you anything. I'm telling him. I'm not talking to you. Look at me. He is respectful of me. He is treating me with respect. I'm telling him. I'm not telling you anything. Okay. Okay, listen. You're going I want to press charges on her. Wait till my mom finds out. You guys think this is funny? My mom, she is about to go mother She is going down. No funny [ __ ] You are a very nice police officer, but cops think that they can do whatever they they want. She is going to go down. I want to press charges on her. Marissa, the only reason why No, it's her. She's mad rude for no [ __ ] reason. She is I want to press charges. We will We will We will do that for you, okay? But the only reason why you're You I've never met a cop in The only reason why you're detained I understand. I'm I'm pissed off. I'm yelling. IT IS WHAT IT IS, BUT HER I don't know what the [ __ ] she thought. I don't know what she thought because she's a cop. I Listen, I I almost a cop. I am almost a Wait till my mom sees this. She's about to go down. I want her badge number. I want all that. I want all that. I cannot wait. I hope she has kids and I hope her I I want her I want you to write down her badge number and all that because I'm about to be a cop next year. You're done. You're done. No, she's done. I cannot wait because my mom is the highest of the highest of Monroe County Sheriff. She's done. I didn't I I want to talk to you. I didn't I didn't I didn't obstruct anything. I didn't obstruct anything, man. Hold on. I didn't obstruct anything. Step up. And then hop in. Watch your feet, okay? Do you have my phone, my wallet, my ID? Can I Why am I Am I going to get out tonight? Can you get in So, like I get booked and I get right out. Right tonight. No, for real because I cannot I have four kids. I cannot believe this. I cannot How far away is this from Like how far of an Uber is this going to be back? Keep it real. On that, I'm not sure. I want to press charges. I I did not I did not disobey arrest nothing. I'm I'm going to I'm about to go to the academy next month. This is going to [ __ ] me up, man. I'm not allowed to get drunk on my honeymoon. No. The drunkenness wasn't the problem. No, it was because she was pushing me. I didn't do anything. I'm not the victim. My husband is drunk. I'm trying to get him in the hotel. Do not put your hands on me. I understand you're a police officer, but I went to school for this, too. You are not allowed to put your hands on me. You have no um there's no legal reason to do it. Well, You are very respectful and so is he. going to just explain the reason why. She knows you don't know what happened. She's acting like she had a reason and she didn't. is while we're coming up, right? So, we had four of us on scene. Two two of them were here. Yeah, I was right there. Listen, I was next I was next to the other two guys cuz that My first guy here saw your husband or fiance He's drunk as a [ __ ] That's my husband. We This is our 1-year anniversary. That's no Listen, I'll put it this way. That's the first That's the first They can be drunk, but the first sign is usually okay, now he thinks it's okay for him to touch you and there's no And I get that. He's drunk, but I just want to get him in the hotel. The problem is, right? You guys are having this altercation in public, right? In an open setting and it's domestic. At which point Let me put it this way. It's still in Florida, right? Different from New York I got I I know a lot of New Yorkers. I'm from New York, so you know I I know how that works and like I said, I'm I'm about to go to the academy. I went to school for all this. I know. So, but New York is different from Florida. I go to the academy in a month. I know, but the So, the the laws are not the same for Florida and New York, right? I don't know how New York It's a lot different. We would have been in our house right now. This would have been an appearance ticket. New York has a lot more leniency in regards to certain things. Florida does not. It views domestic violence as a severity. But his hands did not touch me. Yeah, yeah, but listen. So, once that happens and we realize it's domestic, we're now in charge of of a criminal investigation. Any point in time you're in a criminal investigation, when an officer is telling you to calm down, relax, and they're going to But the thing is she was telling me to calm down, but she was screaming at me and being very disrespectful and I know she's not allowed to put her hands on me. So, actually, she is allowed She's not. I I went to school for this. What she's telling you? So, New York law must be different. During a criminal investigation, She just wants um brownie points and she must have a quota. listening. It's true though. I did not disobey her. I stopped when she told me to stop. I did, sir. I stopped when she told me to stop and I sat my ass on that curb. But, she cannot do that. She's not allowed to do that. But, you're going to [ __ ] my whole career up because what? Because you wanted to [ __ ] a quota. It's not It's not a quota. That's not She's [ __ ] my career up is what she's just doing. She's [ __ ] my career up. I did not do anything. I did not disobey her. I did not disrespect her and I did not um what do you call it? I did not resist arrest. I did not resist arrest. Listen, when you're in cuffs, And I am very My family is very wealthy and I've got It is what it is. Listen, when you're in cuffs, it's called resisting arrest. And I know that you And I know cuz you weren't allowed to But I I I didn't do nothing wrong at all. And now this is [ __ ] my career up. I got four kids. Like come on, man. I didn't do nothing. My husband's a drunk [ __ ] He did what he did. I was trying to get him in the hotel. Why am I getting detained? Do you feel me? I I know I know the rules. At least in New York I know Florida is obviously super different. Every state I'm assuming is way different, but I you know, like I didn't do nothing. Why am I getting detained? Why am I going to jail? Is that the guy that was nice to me? This uh he's right here. Can I talk to him real quick? Can you roll my window? No, she wants to talk to Matthew. I got the meanest wedgie and I can't even [ __ ] reach it. I understand I'm not trying to be like get out of my cuffs, but they're literally falling off my arm. They're off. I didn't do that on purpose. I swear to god. Oh my god. I DIDN'T DO IT ON PURPOSE. WAIT, I didn't do it. SOMEBODY WHO LOOSENED HER CUFFS? NOBODY loosened them. They just came off. She took off her cuffs. I didn't take them off. They fell off. I swear to I didn't take them off. And just turn around. Let me get these on you. I can't get them from the side. I just I don't understand why. I don't get it. I don't get it. I do not understand. All right, I'm going to go ahead and help them out so they can I don't want you. I'll be right here. We'll try to get her out of here as soon as we I want to go home. Uh just do what I I don't understand. I'm not trying to be I mean, maybe. I don't know. Can we go cuz I want to get this over with? I'm so I want TO GO HOME. YOU GUYS ARE NICE FIRST. ARE YOU BANGING? YEAH, I can we just go and get it over with, man? That's what he's doing. He's got to write the report first. I need to call I need to call my mom. I need to talk to my kids. Yeah, they'll give you a phone call. Listen, listen, man. You Excuse me. I'm not trying to be funny, but it it's Why? I'm My wrists are small. I'm tiny. Why is this in the front? It wasn't. My wrists are skinny. Wait, hold on. Calm down. I'll turn around, but don't put your hands on me. This is what This is what happened the first time. I'm not being rude. You are in the back of a cop car with your skinny. Do you see? I am. I am. You have to be handcuffed. I'm telling you I didn't have to tell you, did I? My wrists are skinny. Okay, roll to the side so I can do this cuz now you're compromising my safety. Hold on one second. For your safety, girl. Yeah. Come on. I didn't have to say nothing and I did. So, that's me being nice and you being very nice, girl. You roll to the right. Stay rolled this way. Hold on. All right, come on. My arm is hurting. Grab my arm right Oh, thank you. All righty. Hang tight. The woman faces charges for resisting arrest without violence, a misdemeanor punishable by up to 1 year in jail and a $1,000 fine.