Florida is asking a Volusia County circuit judge to restore a suspended judgment against Dylan and Chelsie Placker and consider civil or criminal contempt. News 6 reported Wednesday that the state says the couple continued hot-tub work in Florida despite a court order barring them from the industry. The request is pending; the article reports no ruling on reinstatement or contempt.
What Florida alleges
According to News 6's account of the motion, the Attorney General's office alleges the Plackers carried on cleaning, selling, and transporting hot tubs in Florida, then stopped after the station reported on the business. The office also alleges they missed three monthly consumer-relief payments and did not disclose a boat, trailer, and Ford F-250 in financial filings. These are the state's claims, not findings by a judge.
Terms of the existing judgment
In February 2025, a judge entered a settlement as an order. The Attorney General's Office said its Consumer Protection Division obtained a permanent injunction against Revive Spas and More, LLC, and its owners, Dylan Lee Placker and Chelsie Dawn Placker. The injunction bars them from owning, operating, or managing a business in Florida and from working in the state for a person or business that provides hot-tub or spa goods or services.
The Attorney General's Office puts the total monetary judgment at $471,095.50. It says the Plackers disclosed they could not pay that amount in full and were required to pay $10,849.50 in consumer relief for distribution to affected consumers. News 6's 2025 report gave rounded figures of $471,096 and $10,850 and described monthly payments of about $885. The current report says the state alleges three payments were missed.
The case behind the order
The Attorney General's Office sued the Plackers in 2024 under Florida's Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act after receiving consumer complaints. The Daytona Beach News-Journal reported that the office reviewed complaints from 33 consumers who said they paid Revive Spas a combined $120,095.50.
The Attorney General's Office said consumers complained that Revive misrepresented details about the hot tubs it sold. The state's latest request, as reported by News 6, asks the court to restore the suspended judgment and consider contempt. News 6 also reported that the Plackers had not responded to the motion and that their attorney did not respond to requests for comment.
