ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – A probation violation complaint against Quinn Hanna Gray has been dismissed by St. Johns County Judge Wendy Berger.
Berger determined Gray did not violate her probation by sending a statement to "Dateline NBC" for its September story.
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As for the restitution and other fines and fees the Ponte Vedra Beach woman owes, the Department of Corrections said Gray has until the end of her seven-year probationary period to make those payments.
Gray pleaded no contest and was sentenced earlier this year for faking her own kidnapping in an extortion plot two years ago.
Her probation officer said in a violation of probation report that Gray "has yet to show any true remorse for her crime and still appears to be in denial and oblivious to the pain she has caused others."
The report showed six different reasons why Gray violated her probation. Most of the reasons were that she owes a lot of money.
The report said she hadn't paid most of the restitution she owes for the extensive search by the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office and the FBI.
Gray also hadn't paid for court costs, supervision costs or drug test fees, according to the report. In total, Gray owes $44,348.
According to the report, Gray gets $10,000 a month from her ex-husband as part of their divorce settlement.
In September, Dateline NBC aired a two-hour-long special on the extortion case. One term of Gray's probation was she couldn't talk with the media. But according to her probation officer's report, she violated that by submitting a statement to Dateline.
Her probation officer said in the report, "It is felt that the offender needs to explain her involvement with the media and take responsibility for her involvement in this case."
Gray's attorney, Mark Miller, said last month that the terms of Gray's probation did not include her not being able to talk to the media about the case as related to her individually. He said under the terms of Gray's probation, she couldn't talk about her family, which she hasn't done.
