Chad Johnson Courtroom Stuff

[AdamJoshua]

I think he smacked a woman around and deserved to do time no matter who he is. That, though, is just my opinion.

[E.J.]

Originally Posted by AdamJoshua

I think he smacked a woman around and deserved to do time no matter who he is. That, though, is just my opinion.

Head-butted his wife(now ex-wife).... But that is not the point....

[Blueface]

On the field, in a locker room, yeah, normal and OK.

That said, Being a person who is often in court as result of what I do for a living, I and everyone for that matter, should understand a courtroom and anything that happens in it, on or off the record, is taken very seriously by judges.
What he did is to that judge or most judges, the equivalent of joking about weapons to TSA. You just don't do that.

Now, add the fact the issue for which he was there was for domestic violence, a butt slap to his attorney and in the manner he did it (smiling and clearly jokingly) was certain to elicit the response it did from folks observing. No doubt that infuriated the judge. He should have waited to be outside the courtroom.

Again, that was not the proper place and frankly, he was an idiot for not knowing better. The judge simply sent a message that all proceedings in front of her, specially for criminal charges, are to be taken seriously.