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Florida Mom Arrested for Hitting Player During Youth Football Game, Deputies Say

Sheriff's office says video shows Renee Lambert striking a 13-year-old player as a youth football game was canceled after the assault.

  • On Saturday, Renee Lambert, 34, was arrested after allegedly entering a Pop Warner football game in Fort Myers, Florida, to assault a 13-year-old boy.
  • Deputies responded to Brooks Park after a brawl erupted between the Southwest Florida Panthers and the Fort Myers Falcons; Lambert entered the field despite her son not playing and struck a juvenile player.
  • Despite Lambert's claims that "the kid hit me," investigators disproved her self-defense account, and video evidence captured her repeatedly kicking the boy while he was on the ground.
  • The Lee County Sheriff's Office booked Lambert on charges of cruelty to a child and resisting an officer, while Sheriff Carmine Marceno stated, "We have no room for this" regarding the violence.
  • Organizers canceled the game immediately following the incident, and Jones defended the organization, describing Lambert as "one bad apple" in an otherwise positive youth sports environment.
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