FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Broward County judge will decide later this month whether to make permanent a stalking protection order at the center of a case that references an alleged “murder-for-hire” incident, according to court records reviewed this week.
The case, filed in Florida’s 17th Judicial Circuit, pits petitioner Guy Webern Guerrier against respondent Dwidjy Belton. Guerrier asked the court for protection back in May, and a judge granted him an emergency temporary injunction the same day — before Belton was even notified — after finding under oath that stalking appeared to be happening.
What We Know
Court filings show Belton’s defense team has zeroed in on an “incident of murder-for-hire” as key to the dispute, formally demanding that Guerrier turn over every text, email, and social media post connected to it, along with security footage and records of any prior criminal charges. That’s about as far as the paper trail goes — the full sworn petition laying out Guerrier’s actual allegations wasn’t part of the records reviewed, so the specific details of what’s alleged to have happened remain unclear from the public filings available.
What’s not in dispute: since May, the case has followed a pretty standard — but fast-moving — path through family court. A temporary injunction was extended in June. Both sides have been trading document requests and taking depositions all summer, including a Zoom deposition of Guerrier himself in mid-July. Discovery wraps up in a couple weeks, and the whole thing heads to a final hearing on August 21.
The Big Question: What If He Can’t Prove It?
Here’s the thing people often get wrong about these cases — this isn’t a criminal trial. The judge doesn’t need “beyond a reasonable doubt.” She just needs to believe it’s more likely than not that stalking happened.
If Guerrier can’t clear that bar at the August 21 hearing, the injunction gets thrown out. Belton walks away with no more no-contact order, no more distance restrictions, and she gets her surrendered firearms and gun permits back. There’s no automatic punishment for losing a case like this — filing for protection and not winning isn’t itself a crime — but if it ever came out that the claims were knowingly false, that’s a different story with its own consequences.
Bottom Line
Both sides have clearly lawyered up and are fighting this hard — deep discovery, depositions, the works. That tells you neither side expects an easy win on August 21. We’ll be watching for the outcome.
This is a developing legal story based on publicly filed court documents. These are civil allegations only — nothing here reflects a court finding on what actually occurred, and this isn’t legal advice.
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