A mother who had been accused of attacking her autistic son won’t be prosecuted in connection with an incident that began at World of Beer in The Villages.
The prosecutor’s office has announced that 68-year-old Donna Sue Philipp of Spring Hill will not face prosecution on a charge of abuse of a disabled adult. In an announcement of no information filed in Sumter County Court, State Attorney William Gladson said said the son “is not wanting prosecution of his mother in this case, and his cooperation would really be needed in order for us to prove the case.”
Philipp had been eating and drinking on Sept. 7 at World of Beer at Brownwood Paddock Square, where she had been accompanied by her adult autistic son, according to an arrest report from the Wildwood Police Department. After they finished eating, Philipp went to the restroom and when she returned she found her son was gone. She was upset when she found him outside the restaurant. Philipp claimed her son had a “meltdown” and struck her in the back. A third person intervened and pushed the son to the ground…