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 accordance with Fulton County Sheriff’s Workplace jail information.
Gibson’s authorized counsel, Gabe Banks, shared an announcement with ABC Information following the singer’s launch and mentioned, “Regardless of what others would possibly say, all through this complete course of Mr. Gibson has cooperated absolutely with authorized authorities and can proceed to take action till this matter is resolved.”
Banks added, “Mr. Gibson as soon as once more needs 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 identified for his function within the “Quick and Livid” movies, was accused of animal cruelty after police mentioned his 4 Cane Corso canine ran out of his mansion and killed a canine, a Cavalier King Charles spaniel, at a neighbor’s residence on Sept. 18.
Tyrese Gibson attends the MACRO Pre-Oscars Social gathering at Laya Restaurant on February 27, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
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In accordance with a police report, officers visited Gibson’s residence on Sept. 22 to impound the 4 canine after Gibson instructed them via his assistant that he would flip them over. Nonetheless, the report states that when officers arrived on the residence, Gibson was not there, and his assistant instructed police they may not take the canine, as Gibson wanted “a number of extra days” to search 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 to compel him to show the canine over to us,” Pitts continued. “From our perspective, the canine shall be deemed as harmful based mostly on every little thing that has occurred previously.”
In an announcement to ABC Information on Friday, Gibson’s authorized counsel mentioned, “Earlier this morning, Mr. Tyrese Gibson voluntarily turned himself in to the Fulton County Sheriff’s Workplace to reply the misdemeanor warrant. Earlier this week (Tuesday), Mr. Gibson’s authorized workforce labored with prosecutors and efficiently secured a consent bond for his quick launch. He has now been processed and launched.”
The assertion continued, “Regardless of what others would possibly say, all through this complete course of Mr. Gibson has cooperated absolutely with authorized authorities and can proceed to take action till this matter is resolved. Mr. Gibson as soon as once more needs 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.”
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 vehicles, no people, simply the canine. And he was useless. And the actual 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 absolutely served.”
Gibson, who was out of the state the night time that the incident occurred, mentioned in an announcement 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 mentioned.
Gibson’s authorized counsel mentioned in an announcement shared with the actor’s put up that Gibson had “made the extremely tough resolution to rehome his two grownup canine and their three puppies in secure and loving properties” after studying what had occurred.
In a separate assertion on the time, Gibson’s authorized counsel mentioned the singer initially acquired the canine after he had been “coping with stalkers randomly exhibiting up at his residence” and added that the canine have been “by no means skilled to be vicious.”
Police mentioned Gibson’s neighbors have complained that the canine have been usually seen working free.
In Gibson’s arrest warrant, police mentioned that that they had spent greater than per week attempting to persuade the actor to give up his canine.
“It has been an issue and it isn’t 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 Method It Is twentieth Anniversary tour at State Farm Enviornment on July 22, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia.
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“We have now to have possession of them,” he mentioned. “Him rehoming them doesn’t suggest a hill of beans to us.”
Pitts additionally mentioned 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 mentioned. “And based mostly upon the footage that I’ve seen, based mostly 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, nevertheless it may have been a baby out enjoying. It may have been an grownup. It may have been a human being.”
