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By Mackenzie Cummings-Grady
A Michigan woma n had her lawsuit transferred out of court after she snapped at a judge for ques- tioning her knowl- edge of the law when she decided to sue a man for taking her out on a bad date.
QaShontae Short filed suit against Richard Jordan in 2020, accusing him of intentional infliction of emo- tional distress caused by the date.
Per TMZ, the legal docs allege that Richard intentionally hurt her feelings when he “did not show and left on [her] mother’s birthday
and
[her] mom had just passed away.” QaShontae demanding Jordan pay $10,000 as result of this “dis- tress.”
During the pair’s 10-minute virtual
hear-
ing with Judge Herman Marable Jr.
in Flint, Michigan, Jordan remained relatively quiet aside from speak- ing on how this case was a waste of the court’s time. Judge Marable Jr.
seemed
to agree with him and questioned whether Short was in the proper courtroom to han- dle this case.
She argued that she was, and accused Jordan of committing “perjury” as a
result of a mis- leading statement he put on a docu- ment filed to the judge. Judge Marable Jr. stopped her and reminded her that perjury can only occur in a court- room because it’s committed under oath, which Short took offense to.
“He put a docu- ment that stated a lie,” she said, yelling over Judge Marable Jr. “Bottom line you said it was a crim- inal offense so I will send it to cir- cuit court. Are we done here? Are we done here?...I know exactly what perjury means.”
The argument escalated from
there, with Short and the judge eventually screaming over one another other.
“Please do not insult my intelli- gence,” she
told the judge. “Do not do that. Do not insult my intelligence as if I do not understand what the word perjury means. Do not! If it’s a criminal offense then it’s a criminal offense.”
Judge Marable Jr. ended up trans- ferring the case over to circuit court, which means the dis- gruntled pair will have to appear in front of another judge at a later date.
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Woman Sues Man for $10,000 After Bad Date, Unloads on Judge During Hearing