Woman gets kicked off court Zoom call while making PB&J sandwich, video shows
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A woman in Michigan was kicked off a court Zoom call after she was making a sandwich while wearing a robe during her hearing, courtroom video shows.
Asja Outerbridge appeared in the 36th District Court before Judge Sean Perkins for a misdemeanor after she was accused of having an open alcohol container as a passenger in a car, WJBK reported.
When it was her turn to appear before Judge Perkins, he asked why she was late. She responded saying she received a letter stating her court hearing was scheduled for 1 p.m., but then held up a piece of paper which showed it was scheduled for 9 a.m.
“I got multiple court dates, so I called to get the Zoom number, and they had told me like, ‘Oh, you’re supposed to be there right now.’ What I had said 1 p.m.,” she told CBS News Detroit. “I hung up with them, and hopped on at 9:22 a.m. exactly, and waited there from 9:22 to 11:30.”
During the hearing, Outerbridge was making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, WJBK reported. She can be seen wearing a robe, scooping peanut butter and talking over the judge, video streamed on the court’s YouTube page showed.
“We can’t speak at the same time. … Put whatever you’re trying to prepare down,” Perkins said to her.
He also told her to get “properly dressed.”
Outerbridge told the judge she was making a sandwich for her sick daughter and that she had a T-shirt on under her robe.
“I definitely was wrong. I could have came dressed better and more prepared, and I don’t want to judge to think that I’m laughing at the situation at him because I’m not. I take that very seriously, I do genuinely, with a serious face, apologize to the judge,” she told CBS News Detroit, adding that she wouldn’t have been “making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.”
Within two minutes, the judge kicked Outerbridge off the call.
Over two hours later, he brought her back on. During her second appearance, the judge accused Outerbridge of “rolling her eyes” before setting a trial date for her.
