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Silver Springs bartender jailed after tiff with man friend in front of his gal pal

Jessica Brenda Gilliard

A scorned Silver Springs bartender wrapped up in a nasty love triangle with her man friend and his gal pal was jailed early Sunday morning after being arrested at her Silver Springs mobile home.

Marion County sheriff’s deputies were called to a residence on E. Hwy. 40 and when they arrived, they found 33-year-old Jessica Lynn Gilliard sitting on the driveway. She said she had called the victim and asked him to come home and he told her he was in Daytona Beach “picking up a girl to bring home,” a sheriff’s office report states.

Gilliard said when the victim and other woman arrived, they went to a bar for drinks. She said she felt “disrespected” because the victim told her he was going to have sex with the other woman. Gilliard also said, “I’m not going to lie, I may have slapped him in the face. I’m really drunk and don’t remember much, but I may have slapped him,” according to the report.

The victim told deputies that he and Gilliard were “getting along” while they were at the bar. He said when they returned home, he and Gilliard got into an argument outside about him moving out. He said he went back inside the residence and Gilliard followed him, then pushed him in the chest and struck him multiple times on the right side of his face, the report says.

The other woman told deputies that she was sitting in the living room when Gilliard walked outside with the victim following her and attempting to speak with her. She said the victim came back inside and Gilliard pushed him and struck him three times with a closed fist to the right side of his face, the report says.

Gilliard was placed under arrest and transported to the Marion County Jail where she was charged with battery. She’s due in court Feb. 9 at 8:30 a.m. to answer to the charge, jail records show.