A Villager convicted in an attack last year on a local MAGA leader has been allowed to enter a special treatment program.
Courtney Beth Anderson, 57, of the Village of Glenbrook, was released this past week from the Sumter County Detention Center after a judge ruled that she may enter a treatment program.
Anderson is now lodged at The Wave International, a fully accredited, all-female treatment facility in Clearwater. The 30-day residential treatment facility operates under 24-hour medical, nursing, and clinical supervision.
Anderson was placed on probation for three years after attacking Valerie Jamieson, who, with her husband, Tommy, leads The Villages MAGA Club. The attack occurred at a Sept. 14 vigil to honor Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, who had been shot dead days earlier during an event at a Utah college campus.
Anderson’s probation came with some strict rules, including a requirement that she inform her probation officer if she wanted to leave Sumter County. On Jan. 22, Anderson disregarded the rule and went to Alachua County without the consent of her probation officer, according to an affidavit from the probation office. Anderson later returned to Alachua County without informing her probation officer and lived there for the entire month of April.
In addition, Anderson had been ordered to take a class in the F.A.C.E. I.T. program, an innovative alternative sanctions initiative implemented by the Florida Department of Corrections to help individuals successfully complete probation. The acronym stands for Family, Attitude, Communication, Employment, Improvement, and Taking responsibility. She never completed the class.
When she was arrested at the Charlie Kirk vigil, Anderson was “yelling and holding up her middle finger to everyone at the event,” according to an arrest report from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office.
Members of the audience at the vigil were shocked when Anderson, who stands 5 feet, 9 inches tall and weighs 185 pounds, knocked the diminutive 73-year-old Jamieson to the ground. Jamieson had been standing near the stage at Creekside Medical Center at Lake Sumter Landing when she was abruptly shoved to the asphalt.
Anderson was taken into custody. Jamieson was rushed to the UF Health Emergency Room at Brownwood by her husband.
Anderson has a history of arrests:
• In December 2024, she was arrested after leading a Florida Highway Patrol trooper on a chase that reached 112 miles per hour.
• In 2016, Anderson was arrested after a disturbance at Best Buy in Lady Lake. Then, she was living on the Historic Side of The Villages.
• In 2011, Anderson received a suspended sentence of one month and 29 days in jail on a charge of disorderly conduct.
• She was also arrested for misdemeanor battery in 2001 in Fort Lauderdale.