Deadly Clearwater Ferry crash: Jeff Knight asks judge to exclude past boater charge from jury

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1. Tampa Bay Times

   He had a boating accident 6 years before Clearwater Ferry crash. Jurors may not be told ↗ (opens Tampa Bay Times)

   Published Sep 30, 2026

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   Six years before prominent Pinellas business owner Jeff Knight rammed into the Clearwater Ferry with his private boat, killing one passenger and injuring 10 others, he was involved in another vessel incident resulting in injury.

2. WFLA

   Jeff Knight pushes to keep prior boating accident out of Clearwater Ferry crash trial ↗ (opens WFLA)

   Published Sep 30, 2026

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   A motion was filed on behalf of the captain who crashed his boat into the Clearwater Ferry in 2025, preventing the state from introducing another crash as evidence in the ongoing trial.

3. FOX 13 Tampa

   Deadly Clearwater Ferry crash: Jeff Knight asks judge to exclude past boater charge from jury ↗ (opens FOX 13 Tampa)

   Published Oct 2, 2026

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   Jeff Knight, the former owner of Jannus Live, is asking a Pinellas County judge to bar prosecutors from bringing up a dismissed 2019 boat accident during his upcoming trial over a deadly boating crash. Knight filed a motion to prohibit the state from presenting collateral-act evidence under Florida …