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Daily Mail
3 days ago
- Daily Mail
Court hearing descends into chaos as Detroit mom is caught making a SNACK on video call
A court hearing in Detroit descended into chaos after a mom was caught making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich while on video call with the judge, who she then continued to argue with. Asia Outerbridge was berated by 36th District Court Judge Sean Perkins after she showed up late to her Zoom court hearing wearing a robe and then making a PB&J sandwich on the video call. The mom was facing a misdemeanor charge for allegedly having an open alcohol container as a passenger in a car. She showed the judge a piece of paper that she claimed her court time started at 1pm. The judge and Outerbridge then began a back and forth disagreement, as Judge Perkins told her to stop making a sandwich. 'Put whatever you're tryna prepare down,' he said. 'I'm just tryna feed my daughter,' she said as she showed her daughter on camera to the court, showing the robe she was wearing. 'Is that a robe?' Judge Perkins asked, before she began defending that she was 'properly dressed' and said, 'I have on a t-shirt!' Asia Outerbridge was berated by 36th District Court Judge Sean Perkins after she showed up late to her Zoom court hearing wearing a robe and then making a PB&J sandwich on the video call Judge Perkins and Outerbridge argued back and forth about her showing up late and her attire before she was booted from the video call 'I'm sorry that your daughter is sick but again, you are in court,' he said. 'And we're going to treat it as such.' Outerbridge was removed from the call as she spoke over the judge defending her attire on the call. But she told CBS News that, while she 'definitely was wrong,' there was an explanation for the bizarre behavior. '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 1pm,' she told the outlet. 'I hung up with them, and hopped on at 9.22am exactly, and waited there from 9.22 to 11.30. That's when the robe thing happened, and he put me back in holding. So with being on hold for two hours, I'm not going to lie, I kind of forgot he was on the phone.' As she realized the session had started again, she sprinted to her phone while making the sandwich. 'I definitely was wrong. I could have came dressed better and more prepared, and I don't want the 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 said. The single mother told CBS News that she is a personal stylist and said: 'I know how to present myself, but that day, you know, it's hard for moms out here.' She and her three-year-old daughter, Parker, had been home together while her daughter was sick - which Outerbridge said was the reason she was multitasking. But she later discovered the video of herself on the Zoom call after Metro Detroit News posted the clip to Instagram. 'It was just a lot going on,' she told Fox News. 'I was having a mommy day. I click on the video and I see the judge that I had, and I see my robe and some peanut butter, and I say, "Oh my god."' 'I do feel like I owe the judge an apology. I could have come better prepared, and I could have handled it a lot better,' she admitted.
CBS News
4 days ago
- CBS News
Detroit-area woman speaks out after judge catches her making sandwich during virtual court hearing
In any court hearing, you want to balance the evidence, spread the facts evenly, and hope nobody gets jammed up in cross-examination. What if you apply those methods to making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich while you're in front of the judge? Probably not the best idea. Asia Outerbridge found herself in a bit of a jam when she was called out for making her daughter a sandwich during a virtual court hearing. The Metro Detroit mother appeared in Detroit's 36th District Court at 9 a.m. on a misdemeanor charge before Judge Sean Perkins. The first step in a recipe for disaster was showing up late. Outerbridge says she logged in at 9:22 a.m., but says there was a good explanation. "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.," Outerbridge told CBS News Detroit. "I hung up with them, and hopped on at 9:22 AM exactly, and waited there from 9:22 to 11:30. That's when the robe thing happened, and then he put me back in holding. So with being on hold for 2 hours, I'm not going to lie, I kind of forgot he was on the phone." Outerbridge says once she finally realized the session started, she frantically ran to the phone while making a sandwich, and didn't even remember that during the two hours of waiting at home, she put on a robe. Outerbridge says she holds herself accountable for her actions, but she wants to use this situation for good. "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 said. "I'm a personal stylist, so I know how to present myself, but that day, you know, it's hard for moms out here. I'm not gonna lie. I took that transition of what you wear to court, and I will show different outfits you could wear to court, how you can present yourself, and how you can not be caught lacking in a robe, making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. You don't want to do that." CBS News Detroit contacted Perkins for comment, but has not heard back.
