Tyrese Gibson turned himself in on Friday when a warrant was issued for his arrest in reference to animal cruelty, after his canine allegedly killed a neighbor’s canine in his Atlanta neighborhood.
The actor and R&B singer was booked in Fulton County and launched on $20,000 bond, in keeping with Fulton County Sheriff’s Workplace jail data.
Gibson’s authorized counsel, Gabe Banks, shared a press release with ABC Information following the singer’s launch and stated, “Regardless of what others would possibly say, all through this whole course of Mr. Gibson has cooperated totally with authorized authorities and can proceed to take action till this matter is resolved.”
Banks added, “Mr. Gibson as soon as once more desires to increase his deepest condolences to the household who misplaced their canine and respectfully asks for privateness and understanding as this matter is dealt with via the suitable authorized channels.”
Gibson, who can be recognized for his function within the “Quick and Livid” movies, was accused of animal cruelty after police stated his 4 Cane Corso canine ran out of his mansion and killed a canine, a Cavalier King Charles spaniel, at a neighbor’s dwelling on Sept. 18.
Tyrese Gibson attends the MACRO Pre-Oscars Get together at Laya Restaurant on February 27, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
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In response to a police report, officers visited Gibson’s dwelling on Sept. 22 to impound the 4 canine after Gibson instructed them via his assistant that he would flip them over. Nevertheless, the report states that when officers arrived on the dwelling, Gibson was not there, and his assistant instructed police they might not take the canine, as Gibson wanted “just a few extra days” to seek out “one other place” for them to go.
Authorities subsequently issued an arrest warrant for Gibson.
Robb Pitts, the chairman of the Board of Commissioners of Fulton County, Georgia, instructed ABC Information that whereas Gibson turned himself on this week, he’s “nonetheless not co-operating,” and officers nonetheless need the canine turned in too.
“We won’t power him to inform us the place the canine are however the choose will be capable of compel him to show the canine over to us,” Pitts continued. “From our perspective, the canine shall be deemed as harmful primarily based on all the pieces that has occurred previously.”
The canine that Gibson’s Cane Corsos are accused of killing belonged to Harrison Parker, Gibson’s neighbor.
“The pack of these 4 canine have been there minutes earlier than I discovered Henry’s physique,” Parker instructed “Good Morning America” in an interview earlier this week. “And there was completely no automobiles, no people, simply the canine. And he was lifeless. And the very fact he died like that alone within the darkness at night time and I wasn’t there… it is simply horrible.”
Parker added, “I actually hope that justice is totally served.”
Gibson, who was out of the state the night time that the incident occurred, stated in a press release shared this week on Instagram that he’s “devastated and heartbroken” for Parker’s household.
“To the household who misplaced their beloved pet: please know that I’m praying for you, grieving with you, and can proceed to face this tragedy with honesty, accountability, and compassion,” he stated.
Gibson’s authorized counsel stated in a press release shared with the actor’s publish that Gibson had “made the extremely troublesome resolution to rehome his two grownup canine and their three puppies in protected and loving properties” after studying what had occurred.
In a separate assertion on the time, Gibson’s authorized counsel stated the singer initially received the canine after he had been “coping with stalkers randomly exhibiting up at his dwelling” and added that the canine have been “by no means skilled to be vicious.”
Police stated Gibson’s neighbors have complained that the canine have been usually seen operating unfastened.
In Gibson’s arrest warrant, police stated that that they had spent greater than every week attempting to persuade the actor to give up his canine.
“It has been an issue and it is not going to go away,” Pitts instructed ABC Information in an interview on Thursday.
Pitts added that rehoming the canine is “not ok.”
Tyrese performs throughout Keyshia Cole: The Means It Is twentieth Anniversary tour at State Farm Enviornment on July 22, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia.
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“We’ve to have possession of them,” he stated. “Him rehoming them does not imply a hill of beans to us.”
Pitts additionally stated there’s a accountability that comes with pet possession.
“Pet possession is an effective factor, however there is a accountability that comes together with proudly owning a pet,” he stated. “And primarily based upon the footage that I’ve seen, primarily based upon the complaints that I’ve seen that the neighbors have launched in opposition to him over a time period, this didn’t simply occur.”
He added, “The concern is, on this case, it was a small pet canine, one other canine, but it surely might have been a toddler out taking part in. It might have been an grownup. It might have been a human being.”
