Talk about a rebuttal witness! Nurse administers ‘butt injection’ during Florida court hearing on Zoom
- Miami, Florida court hearing held virtually took strange turn on Wednesday
- One of the participants was shooting an injection into someone’s rear end
- Incident took place for all to see on the Zoom broadcast of the hearing
- In February, Texas lawyer accidentally left filter on, making him look like cat
This gives new meaning to the phrase ‘rebuttal’ witness.
A Miami, Florida virtual court hearing took an unusual turn on Wednesday after one of the participants performed a butt injection that was plainly visible to everyone watching on Zoom.
‘Someone appears to be getting a butt injection while appearing in a virtual court hearing,’ tweeted Miami Herald reporter David Ovalle.
The cheeky faux pas was reminiscent of an incident in February in which a lawyer accidentally left a kitten filter on during a Zoom hearing.
A Miami, Florida virtual court hearing took an unusual turn on Wednesday after one of the participants performed a butt injection that was plainly visible to everyone watching on Zoom
‘Someone appears to be getting a butt injection while appearing in a virtual court hearing,’ tweeted Miami Herald reporter David Ovalle
One Twitter user, however, added their own rebuttal and suggested that the injection was a COVID-19 vaccine.
The amusing mishap happened to Presidio County attorney Rod Ponton during a live streamed hearing on February 9 for the 394th Judicial District Court of Brewster.
The video begins with presiding judge Roy Ferguson telling Ponton: ‘I believe you have a filter turned on in video settings and you might want to turn it off.’
Ponton is then heard letting out a panicked ‘aghh’, as the cat filter over his face begins shifting its eyes back-and-forth and moving its mouth in unison with his voice.
‘Can you hear me judge,’ the feline-emblazoned Ponto is heard asking, his voice quivering.
The hilarious video from February 9 begins with presiding judge Roy Ferguson telling Ponton: ‘I believe you have a filter turned on in video settings and you might want to turn it off’
The amusing mishap happened to attorney Rod Ponton during a live streamed hearing on February 9 for the 394th Judicial District Court of Brewster
Ferguson confirms that he can hear Ponton and reiterates that he believes he has a filter switched on.
‘It is [a filter]’, Ponton hastily interjects. ‘And I don’t know how to remove it. I’ve got my assistant here, she’s trying to, but ahhh I’m prepared to go forward with it… I’m here live, I’m not a cat.’
At this point, the two other people present at the hearing, H. Gibbs Bauer and Jerry L. Phillips, begin to laugh.
Judge Ferguson, however, manages to keep a straight face, offering a deadpan response of, ‘I can see that.’
The judge then begins calmly offering Ponton a step-by-step guide for how to remove the kitten filter, before the video abruptly cuts out.
Ponton has since revealed that he was using his secretary’s computer at a remote office in Presidio, telling the San Antonio Express that this is the first time something like this has happened in the eight months he’s been using Zoom amid the pandemic.
‘It was certainly not an intentional thing to put the cat image up there but s*** happens,’ he laughed. ‘If I can make everybody laugh for a moment at my expense, I’ll take it.’
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