Sharon Gibson said at her advisement Thursday afternoon there was never any intent of harming her husband, Matthew, and tearfully pleaded for a personal recognizance bond.
She said what had happened Wednesday morning “absolutely no way was me making that turn into that parking lot to hurt Matt.”
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A sheriff’s sergeant saw the collision and told police Matt Gibson was thrown onto the hood of Sharon Gibson’s vehicle, then rolled off to the ground, sustaining “road rash” and bruises.
Sharon Gibson was arrested on suspicion of second-degree assault, the penalty range for which is five to eight years in prison; domestic violence, reckless driving and child abuse, because her two children were with her in the vehicle at the time of the collision.
Thursday, she said she and the children were on their way to the Delta safe house when one of the kids spotted Matt Gibson.
“I was told, ‘There’s Daddy,’” Sharon Gibson related, and said she turned sharply so that everyone could tell Matt Gibson “bye.” Instead, the vehicle bumped Matt.
“I swear to you, sir, no way was that intentional,” Gibson told Judge John Mitchel. She also said she hadn’t been angry with her husband at the time of the incident.
Matt Gibson said he didn’t oppose a personal recognizance bond, and would even move out of Sharon’s apartment if she was released, so that the kids could have a place to stay and she wouldn’t be in the position of violating a no-contact order that was also issued Thursday.
He said he didn’t believe his wife intended to hit him. “I think she just pulled in a little fast,” he said. “I feel like she needs to be able to see her kids and her kids need to be able to see her.”
Assistant District Attorney Jerry Montgomery said earlier during the hearing that the prosecution opposed minimum bail.
He said Sharon Gibson had a misdemeanor theft conviction from 1998, a failure to appear in 2001, had violated a restraining order issued in a domestic violence case in 2003 and had pleaded guilty in 2006 to harassment as domestic violence.
Sharon Gibson again appealed to Mitchel at the conclusion of Thursday’s hearing, saying she would do anything for “one shot” at a personal recognizance bond. She said was experiencing panic attacks in jail and hadn’t been able to eat.
“I promise you, it was not intentional,” she said. “Nothing was ever to try to hurt Matt. I do not have any money.”
She teared up when Mitchel set bond at $2,500, and again said she had no means of making bail.
Formal charges are due by close of business June 2.
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