A jury trial is set for September 26, if a negotiated plea is not arranged before that date by her court appointed public defender, Jessica Duncan. It is interesting a Gibson has a public defender in that she is driving around in a brand new pick-up truck, often see parked at the home of Judge Jim O'Hern.
Gibson and O'Hern were both arrested by Little Rock Police back on December 2, at a sketchy west Little Rock extended stay hotel that has a reputation as a site frequented by prostitutes and drug dealers after a room inspection by hotel staff found a small bag of meth in their room in a nightstand drawer.
O'Hern freely admitted to detectives that Gibson was his girlfriend O'Hern filed for a divorce from his wife in November , days after being elected to the beach with her help. O'Hern told detectives that he had paid for the room with his credit card, but had only spent one night with her there, the night of December 1st. O'Hern claimed that he was in Little Rock for a "noon meeting" and was at Sonic getting lunch for that "noon meeting".
WTF Jimbo, all those years practicing law and that's the story you tell the police??? We have tried to find out exactly what the meeting was that O'Hern was allegedly in town to attend, one that he would be eating a lunch from Sonic while attending. O'Hern denied any use of illegal drugs and told detectives that if Gibson was a drug user he would be done with her. Here are portions of the statement O'Hern gave the police :.
Gibson first told detectives that O'Hern was just her lawyer and he knew nothing about the drugs. Then in another interview, after the detectives interviewing both suspects compared notes, Gibson admitted that the drugs were hers. Gibson never came clean about what her source of employment really was.
