Here are the Florida Jury instructions in for assault:

ASSAULT
F.S. 784.011
Before you can find the defendant guilty of Assault, the State must prove the following three elements beyond a reasonable doubt:

1. (Defendant) intentionally and unlawfully threatened, either by word or act, to do violence to (victim).

2. At the time (defendant) appeared to have the ability to carry out the threat.

3. The act of (defendant) created in the mind of (victim) a well-founded fear that the violence was about to take place.

"you did it now pay me" was a cynical reference to the the states policy of monetizing crimes and giving fines.

I should have understood that. I'm well aware that we still have the equivalent of debtor's prisons. Thanks for clarifying.