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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.
