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The Central Florida couple in a now-viral video shared on TikTok are facing assault charges after they were seen hurling racial slurs toward a door-to-door salesman, according to Orange County court documents.>> Video above: Suspicious package incident at Orange County home allegedly linked to viral TikTokIt happened in July when Antavis Johnson told WESH 2 he was going door-to-door for work.He said at this particular home, the residents got aggressive with him and chased him off the property and down the block while hurling racial slurs.”Go on and take your Black out of here ,” the man, identified as Steven Edwin Wiley, can be heard shouting at Johnson and seen making an obscene gesture toward him.”Come back here again and I’m going to hang your .””You dumb , get your Black out of here.”State Attorney of the Ninth Judicial Circuit Monique Worrell is prosecuting Wiley and Cheryl Ann Pyle. Her office says the couple was charged with assault (evidencing prejudice) for “intentionally and unlawfully threatening by word or act to do violence,” “had an apparent ability to do so, and by doing some act which created … a well-founded fear that such violence was imminent.” The court document goes on to say the couple “did intentionally select” Johnson “as a victim based on the race, color, ancestry, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, mental or physical disability, or advanced age.Both are expected in court on Nov. 25. ‘I didn’t expect stuff like this to occur’Johnson said he was scared, but maintained his composure and kept recording as he walked down the block.”I was thinking about my daughter. I didn’t want to put my hands on nobody, I just wanted them to get out their steam out,” he said. “I stayed as calm as possible so it wouldn’t flip or I wouldn’t get in trouble. I was also working so I’m representing another job.”The next day, the residents who made the racial slurs filed a complaint with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, saying they began receiving threats shortly after Johnson’s video went viral.”Anybody could have got hurt and I don’t want it to fall back on me because I just posted a video. I didn’t expect stuff like this to occur,” Johnson said. More issues at the home Pyle was arrested in late September after deputies allegedly found her stepmother with cuts on her arm and a bruise covering half of her face.The victim told investigators that Pyle kicked her in the ribs. She also said in the past, Pyle and her boyfriend had locked her in her room for two days by tying a rope on her door handle and attaching the other end to a garage door. They also allegedly took away her phone and tablet so she couldn’t contact anyone.Before that, Orange County’s hazardous materials team was called to the house for a suspicious package. The package turned out to be harmless.Records show deputies have been called to the house at least four times in six months.
The Central Florida couple in a now-viral video shared on TikTok are facing assault charges after they were seen hurling racial slurs toward a door-to-door salesman, according to Orange County court documents.
>> Video above: Suspicious package incident at Orange County home allegedly linked to viral TikTok
It happened in July when Antavis Johnson told WESH 2 he was going door-to-door for work.
He said at this particular home, the residents got aggressive with him and chased him off the property and down the block while hurling racial slurs.
“Go on and take your Black [expletive] out of here [expletive],” the man, identified as Steven Edwin Wiley, can be heard shouting at Johnson and seen making an obscene gesture toward him.
“Come back here again and I’m going to [expletive] hang your [expletive].”
“You dumb [expletive] [racial slur], get your Black [expletive] out of here.”
State Attorney of the Ninth Judicial Circuit Monique Worrell is prosecuting Wiley and Cheryl Ann Pyle. Her office says the couple was charged with assault (evidencing prejudice) for “intentionally and unlawfully threatening by word or act to do violence,” “had an apparent ability to do so, and by doing some act which created … a well-founded fear that such violence was imminent.”
The court document goes on to say the couple “did intentionally select” Johnson “as a victim based on the race, color, ancestry, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, mental or physical disability, or advanced age.
‘I didn’t expect stuff like this to occur’
Johnson said he was scared, but maintained his composure and kept recording as he walked down the block.
“I was thinking about my daughter. I didn’t want to put my hands on nobody, I just wanted them to get out their steam out,” he said. “I stayed as calm as possible so it wouldn’t flip or I wouldn’t get in trouble. I was also working so I’m representing another job.”
The next day, the residents who made the racial slurs filed a complaint with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, saying they began receiving threats shortly after Johnson’s video went viral.
“Anybody could have got hurt and I don’t want it to fall back on me because I just posted a video. I didn’t expect stuff like this to occur,” Johnson said.
More issues at the home
Pyle was arrested in late September after deputies allegedly found her stepmother with cuts on her arm and a bruise covering half of her face.
The victim told investigators that Pyle kicked her in the ribs. She also said in the past, Pyle and her boyfriend had locked her in her room for two days by tying a rope on her door handle and attaching the other end to a garage door. They also allegedly took away her phone and tablet so she couldn’t contact anyone.
Before that, Orange County’s hazardous materials team was called to the house for a suspicious package. The package turned out to be harmless.
Records show deputies have been called to the house at least four times in six months.
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