Carlos J. Gimenez was charged with easy battery after a confrontation with Alex Diaz de la Portilla outdoors a Morton's Steakhouse.
Coral Gables Police Division
The son of Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-Fla.) was arrested Wednesday after allegedly slapping a Miami metropolis commissioner throughout an altercation at a restaurant, police say.
Carlos J. Gimenez, 44, was charged with a single depend of easy battery after a confrontation with Alex Diaz de la Portilla outdoors Morton’s Steakhouse, Coral Gables police revealed.
Diaz de la Portilla was not significantly harm within the incident and an investigation is ongoing.
Coral Gables Police Chief Ed Hudak known as the altercation “unremarkable,” however added that “due to who everyone is, we determined to let you already know what was taking place,” based on the Miami Herald.
Hudak additional described the incident as a “dialog and a slap.”
Sources accustomed to the confrontation advised the Herald that Gimenez, a lawyer and lobbyist, walked over to Diaz de la Portilla’s out of doors desk and made contact with him — both with a slap or punch.
The commissioner’s sergeant-at-arms reportedly held Gimenez till cops arrived.
Gimenez was booked into Miami’s Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Heart and was set a bond of $1,500.
In a press release launched hours after the incident, Diaz de la Portilla known as Gimenez “fairly a coward,” and mentioned he “gave the impression to be below the affect.”
“It was extra like a flick of his wrist from behind me once I was having lunch as he cowardly approached me from behind and ran away,” the commissioner tweeted. “This man shouldn't be often known as a really brave man.”
It's unclear what prompted the altercation. Police haven't confirmed whether or not Gimenez was below the affect on the time.
Gimenez’s father, additionally named Carlos, was elected to Congress in 2020 and previously served because the mayor of Miami-Dade County for greater than a decade.
The elder Gimenez advised the Herald he was conscious of an “incident” involving his son, however had not spoken with him as of Wednesday afternoon.
His workplace didn't instantly reply to The Publish’s request for remark.
Carlos J. Gimenez has beforehand lobbied on behalf of former President Donald Trump’s enterprise pursuits in South Florida.
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