Hotel management and police go to a guest room after the in‑room “emergency” button was pressed. The manager says their policy is to enter to verify welfare. What they see is shocking – and management immediately tells the woman she’s out (no‑smoking property plus multiple disturbances). They offer a bell cart to help her leave and say they won’t charge for the night.
The woman refuses to cooperate unless officers leave the room. Officers say she trespassing and must pack now with them present.
She argues “it’s my room, I paid $250,” tries to light a cigarette, and throws kratom powder while claiming it’s “illegal opium” and offering it to an officer.
Kratom is a supplement marketed as a mood lifter, energy booster, pain reliever and remedy for opoid withdrawal. It’s banned in Sarasota County. Everywhere else in Florida it’s generally legal. She’s handcuffed and removed. They tell her, “You can be healed in jail.”
This happened at a property in Sarasota, Florida. The previous day the woman was drinking heavily on the rooftop. She had been asked to leave. She claimed her companion stole $30,000. That morning she was spotted barefoot, grabbing pastries from the breakfast area.
Here’s the short version.
— NRM84 (@Mappy6984) August 28, 2025
And the full version of what happened.
I like that the woman declares “I’m an investigative reporter” and “Good thing I’m on YouTube” while trying to light a cigarette mid‑eviction. She’s on YouTube now in any case.
Trespass after warning at a public lodging charges are likely to stick. However, disorderly conduct is pretty weak here, since the statute is careful to avoid criminalizing speech alone – it’s going to usually involve some sort of brawling or fighting, conduct that outrages public decency, or disturbs the peace in a public setting. Inside a hotel room non-violent behavior will qualify
Kratom possession under Sarasota’s local ordinance will also probably stick. She displays and throws kratom and calls it out by name on camera. Sarasota bans possession, sale, and transport of kratom as a “designer drug.” Violations are prosecuted as misdemeanors, with up to 60 days and $500 fine.
More tales from the insane, drugged up, drunk, toddler mentality, entitled crowd.
@George Romey — Cluster B?
Do hotels pay extra for police services? They can have multiple calls to police per year dealing with a lot of different problems.
@jns — Depends. We/they pay taxes; sure, sometimes specific things cost something, like an off-duty officer hired as ‘security’ or to ‘escort’ a VIP, but, if these are legitimate ‘9-1-1’ emergency calls, it’s probably ‘covered,’ just as whenever there’s a car accident, theft at a store, etc., and someone requests a police report.
(But, but.. that’s socialism! Yeah, so is fire departments, military, roads…)