The body-camera footage from May 22 has become the most argued-over video in 90 Day Fiancé history — not because it settles anything, but because it shows two people telling police two very different stories about the same night. And here is the part that keeps getting lost in the shouting: prosecutors never took the case to court.
Here is what the video actually shows, what it does not prove, and why fans still cannot agree on what they watched.
What the Footage Actually Shows
According to the footage and police accounts reported by TV Season & Spoilers, officers arrived at Thais Mendes’ apartment on May 22, 2026, before a planned trip to Brazil. Thais had bought tickets for herself and her three-year-old daughter, Aleesi. Patrick Mendes brought Aleesi to the apartment so she could say goodbye before the flight — and the goodbye turned into an argument.
Patrick told officers Thais slapped and pushed him, and officers observed marks on his face. Thais told a different story: she said Patrick had initially agreed to let Aleesi travel, then changed his mind, and she believed he was using the trip to control her. “I was just trying to go to Brazil with my daughter, but he wouldn’t let me,” she told officers, adding that she felt abused and acted in self-defense.
One moment surprises almost everyone who watches it: Patrick told officers he did not want Thais arrested. “I don’t want to press charges on her,” he said. The officer explained that, given the allegation and the marks, police had to make an arrest based on what they encountered.
The One Fact Nobody Disputes: The Charge Was Dropped
Whatever viewers make of the footage, the legal outcome is not in dispute. Thais was arrested on a first-offense misdemeanor domestic battery allegation and posted a $3,000 bond. Two days later, on May 24, prosecutors issued what court records call a “DA Denial” — they reviewed the evidence and did not file formal charges. TMZ and Starcasm both confirmed the case was dropped, and a representative for Thais later told TMZ the dropped charge “speaks for itself.”
YOU MAY LIKESTOP Sharing That Viral Post: The Cruel Jenny Slatten Death Hoax Debunked — She’s Alive and Still FightingThat matters for how we talk about the video. A dropped charge is not a court ruling that one person’s account was true and the other’s was false. It means prosecutors chose not to pursue the case. Body-camera footage records what people told officers in a heated moment. It is not a verdict.
The Night That Cost a Trip to Brazil
Lost in the legal back-and-forth is the human cost: according to reports, the arrest canceled a planned two-week trip to Brazil for Thais and Aleesi, with tickets costing about $1,500 each. And the confrontation did not happen in a calm marriage — Patrick had filed for divorce on May 20, after four years together, and filings described the couple as living apart since early May, with a custody fight looming.
Why Fans Cannot Agree on What They Watched
Watch the same footage and you will find two fandoms. One side hears a woman describing control — claims about a car she could not move and cameras in her apartment — and sees someone defending herself. The other side hears an account of physical contact, backed by marks officers said they observed, and sees the reason police made an arrest at all.
Both sides are, in a sense, watching accurately — and both go further than the footage allows. The video captures statements, not findings. Later divorce filings traded still more allegations, and at least one set was later walked back after both sides agreed it was inaccurate, as TMZ reported. Filing claims deserve a label, not a headline: they are claims until a court says otherwise.
Where the Story Stands Now
The criminal chapter closed in May, when prosecutors declined the case. The family-court chapter closed much more recently: as we reported this morning, a stipulated Decree of Divorce has now been filed, settling custody, support, and property on terms both sides agreed to. The arrest video will keep circulating — but neither the footage nor the filings get the last word anymore.
So here is the question the footage really leaves behind: after hearing both accounts in that apartment, which moment stuck with you — and does knowing the charge was dropped change how you see that night? Tell us in the comments, but keep it fair: two real people, one little girl, and a video that proves far less than either side wishes it did.
Sources: TV Season & Spoilers (footage recap, October 28, 2026); TMZ and Starcasm (arrest, bond, and the DA’s decision not to file charges, May 2026); our earlier coverage of the divorce decree.
