# Bride and caterer arrested for secretly putting cannabis in the food at the wedding reception {2022-04-22} **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 22, 2022, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bride-and-caterer-arrested-for-secretly-putting-cannabis-in-the-food-at-the-wedding-reception-2022-04-22/963293 "2022-04-22T23:22:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bride-and-caterer-arrested-for-secretly-putting-cannabis-in-the-food-at-the-wedding-reception-2022-04-22/963293/41 "2022-04-23T21:05:36Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > IANAL but the criminal conviction may just be the first step in the legal penalties Bryant and Svoboda are facing. Once they’ve been convicted on criminal charges, there will surely be a wave of civil lawsuits against them which will cite the criminal conviction as evidence. They’re probably looking at millions of dollars in settlements. Or billions, if any of the stoned guests missed out on a meteor shower. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bride-and-caterer-arrested-for-secretly-putting-cannabis-in-the-food-at-the-wedding-reception-2022-04-22/963293/42 "2022-04-23T21:34:34Z")
I wonder when the groom found out. Because the affidavit says, > Deputy Schwarzman told both Andrew Svoboda and Danya Shea Svoboda Seminole County Fire Rescue and the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office were on scene. Deputy Donald Schwarzman asked Andrew Svoboda and Danya Shea Svoboda if they had consented to, or request, any of the food to contain cannabis products. Upon asking that question, Andrew Svoboda stared at Deputy Donald Schwarzman with a blank expression for a few moments before stuttering through a “no”. The blank expression and the pause before replying tells me that he knew. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bride-and-caterer-arrested-for-secretly-putting-cannabis-in-the-food-at-the-wedding-reception-2022-04-22/963293/43 "2022-04-23T21:39:41Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > The blank expression and the pause before replying tells me that he knew. I wouldn’t jump to conclusions based on a second-hand account. Never forget _My Cousin Vinnie_. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bride-and-caterer-arrested-for-secretly-putting-cannabis-in-the-food-at-the-wedding-reception-2022-04-22/963293/44 "2022-04-23T21:42:50Z")
I am surprised to hear that the [affidavit](http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/florida/pot-wedding-420856) describing what the sheriff’s deputy saw constitutes a “second-hand” account. But then again, I’m no lawyer. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bride-and-caterer-arrested-for-secretly-putting-cannabis-in-the-food-at-the-wedding-reception-2022-04-22/963293/45 "2022-04-23T21:46:09Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > The blank expression and the pause before replying tells me that he knew. Possibly. It could also mean he only just put together that it must have been his wife, but didn’t want to say it. If he was in on it, he would have said “no” immediately. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bride-and-caterer-arrested-for-secretly-putting-cannabis-in-the-food-at-the-wedding-reception-2022-04-22/963293/46 "2022-04-23T21:46:51Z")
That’s also possible. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bride-and-caterer-arrested-for-secretly-putting-cannabis-in-the-food-at-the-wedding-reception-2022-04-22/963293/47 "2022-04-23T21:50:58Z")
Or maybe, he had no idea until the sheriff asked him, and was stunned. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bride-and-caterer-arrested-for-secretly-putting-cannabis-in-the-food-at-the-wedding-reception-2022-04-22/963293/48 "2022-04-23T21:53:21Z")
He was also probably stoned. I would guess, especially if he’s not a frequent imbiber, that that could slow reaction times. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bride-and-caterer-arrested-for-secretly-putting-cannabis-in-the-food-at-the-wedding-reception-2022-04-22/963293/49 "2022-04-23T21:59:33Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I am surprised to hear that the [affidavit](http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/florida/pot-wedding-420856) describing what the sheriff’s deputy saw constitutes a “second-hand” account. But then again, I’m no lawyer. Were you there when the interview happened? Was the journalist who wrote about the affidavit there? There’s a lot of nuance that can be lost in the transmission. And a lot of choices that can be made in the creation of the record. I would never trust myself to be able to understand whether someone is lying based on someone’s _description_ of someone else. Yes, an affidavit might be admissible in court under certain circumstances, but the people reading it or hearing it read out are not experiencing the event first-hand. I’m not 100 percent sure I can tell whether someone is lying even if it happens right before my eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bride-and-caterer-arrested-for-secretly-putting-cannabis-in-the-food-at-the-wedding-reception-2022-04-22/963293/50 "2022-04-23T22:03:45Z")
What journalist? The stuff I blockquoted was _from_ the affidavit, not from a news report. (I typed it from the image of it as posted on the Smoking Gun website.) > Deputy Schwarzman told both Andrew Svoboda and Danya Shea Svoboda Seminole County Fire Rescue and the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office were on scene. Deputy Donald Schwarzman asked Andrew Svoboda and Danya Shea Svoboda if they had consented to, or request, any of the food to contain cannabis products. Upon asking that question, Andrew Svoboda stared at Deputy Donald Schwarzman with a blank expression for a few moments before stuttering through a “no”. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bride-and-caterer-arrested-for-secretly-putting-cannabis-in-the-food-at-the-wedding-reception-2022-04-22/963293/51 "2022-04-23T22:12:35Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > What journalist? What about everything else I said? Why are you so positive that you can understand exactly what happened in a conversation that you weren’t present for? Do you understand all the things that get left out when someone writes about something e saw? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bride-and-caterer-arrested-for-secretly-putting-cannabis-in-the-food-at-the-wedding-reception-2022-04-22/963293/52 "2022-04-23T22:13:37Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Were you there when the interview happened? Was the journalist who wrote about the affidavit there? What journalist are you referring to here? ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bride-and-caterer-arrested-for-secretly-putting-cannabis-in-the-food-at-the-wedding-reception-2022-04-22/963293/53 "2022-04-23T22:20:59Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > What journalist are you referring to here? It was a theoretical journalist, because most people will read something like this on a news report. Forget that. It doesn’t affect my point. Do you think that’s the most important thing in my post? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bride-and-caterer-arrested-for-secretly-putting-cannabis-in-the-food-at-the-wedding-reception-2022-04-22/963293/54 "2022-04-23T22:24:17Z")
Your post seemed to be, “Don’t trust what you read in news accounts” when I wasn’t referring to a news account. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bride-and-caterer-arrested-for-secretly-putting-cannabis-in-the-food-at-the-wedding-reception-2022-04-22/963293/55 "2022-04-23T22:25:10Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > As a life long pot smoker, I want to say that we aren’t all like that. Thank goodness. I have a friend who is allergic to the stuff. When she asked her apartment neighbor to please not smoke it on their porch, that person blew the smoke in her face and she landed in the hospital. Because this is such a problem for her, her landlord move to an end unit less likely to have the smoke blow her way. He also kicked out the offender. But she lives in Canada and can’t afford her own place so it has become a daily fear for her. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bride-and-caterer-arrested-for-secretly-putting-cannabis-in-the-food-at-the-wedding-reception-2022-04-22/963293/56 "2022-04-23T22:27:47Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > $500 is a freaking car deductible, not a fine appropriate for drugging 40 people without their consent and then not warning them before they attempted to drive/operate machinery/go about their lives. Maybe they can be prosecuted for 40 counts each of whatever charges they decide to go with. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bride-and-caterer-arrested-for-secretly-putting-cannabis-in-the-food-at-the-wedding-reception-2022-04-22/963293/57 "2022-04-23T22:36:00Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Your post seemed to be, “Don’t trust what you read in news accounts” when I wasn’t referring to a news account. It was only one of the things in my post. Nothing else depended upon that one thing. Do you seriously not see any of the other words? Even if I had said “You can trust all news reports” and “you can trust all cops’ accounts” at the start of my post, it wouldn’t change anything, because what I was saying doesn’t depend on anyone intentionally misleading you. Why do you think you can tell whether someone is lying based on that kind of description? ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bride-and-caterer-arrested-for-secretly-putting-cannabis-in-the-food-at-the-wedding-reception-2022-04-22/963293/58 "2022-04-23T22:40:06Z")
I hope her scummy neighbor was arrested! ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bride-and-caterer-arrested-for-secretly-putting-cannabis-in-the-food-at-the-wedding-reception-2022-04-22/963293/59 "2022-04-23T22:49:28Z")
I agree. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bride-and-caterer-arrested-for-secretly-putting-cannabis-in-the-food-at-the-wedding-reception-2022-04-22/963293/60 "2022-04-23T22:59:35Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > The blank expression and the pause before replying tells me that he knew. As others have said, there are other conclusions that are equally likely. A stunned response to a police question like this can mean: _“Oh my God! He knows I did it.”_ or _“Oh shit. It must have been Danya.”_ or _“What the fuck! I’m a suspect?”_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bride-and-caterer-arrested-for-secretly-putting-cannabis-in-the-food-at-the-wedding-reception-2022-04-22/963293.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bride-and-caterer-arrested-for-secretly-putting-cannabis-in-the-food-at-the-wedding-reception-2022-04-22/963293.md?page=4)