KOMO News out of Seattle, WA is reporting prosecutors dropped the felony case against WWE Superstar Liv Morgan (real name Gionna J. Daddio), due to what they called “some recent case-law in Florida.”
The article notes that this past Tuesday, prosecutors filed a document called an “Announcement of No Information,” saying they won’t pursue the case.
An Assistant State Attorney in Sumter County, Florida explained the following to KOMO’s National News Desk:
“In order to prove the charge possession of THC, the State is required to prove that the THC came from synthetic sources and was not derived from plant sources.
“No labs in the State of Florida perform such tests, so we remanded it to county court as Possession of Cannabis.”
It was further explained by the Assistant Attorney General that the lesser charge, which was “possession of 20 grams or less of cannabis, actually is just a misdemeanor and that part of the law notes the that term ‘cannabis’ does not include the resin extracted from the plants of the genus Cannabis, or any compound manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of such resin.”
Morgan was charged on the evening of December 14, 2023, after a sergeant with the local sheriff’s office reported her yellow jeep “could not remain in the lane it was traveling.”
He pulled her over and, “As he approached the vehicle, he immediately smelled the odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle [and] the defendant was detained due to her stating there was marijuana in the vehicle, and she did not hold the medical marijuana card.”
In a statement to The Messenger, Morgan’s attorney Jack A. Goldberger confirmed the news by saying, “We are extremely pleased that the State Attorney’s office made the correct decision to not purse felony charges against Gionna.”
Per PWInsider, Morgan’s remaining charge, which is possession of marijuana (not more than 20 grams,) was transferred to the Sumter County’s misdemeanor Court Division. Morgan’s scheduled arraignment which was originally scheduled to take place on February 12 at the Sumter County Courthouse has been canceled. Instead, there will be a status conference related to her remaining charge on February 20.
Also per the same report from PWInsider, the charge of possession of marijuana (not more than 20 grams) is a first degree misdemeanor in Florida. The punishment for this can be up to one year in jail or on probation, along with a $1,000 fine. The conviction for possession of marijuana also can result to a six-month suspension of a persons driver’s license, random drug testing, and reimbursement of all fees related to the sentence.