Saturday, December 20, 2014
Brad Pitt Distracting to Jurors
Brad Pitt was recently summoned to jury duty in Downtown Los Angeles, according to the Daily Mail. He did his civic duty by showing up and waiting all day, but was ultimately dismissed without getting picked as court officers decided that he would be too much of a distraction to the other jurors. Have you ever served jury duty with a celebrity?
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I couldnt afford to do Jury duty! If I had to miss weeks of work I would be in the poor house. (well I am basically there already---you know your broke when you get really excited finding 5 bucks in your pocket!)
ReplyDeleteI hear ya Derek. Not much different financially on my end either. I work way too hard to be this broke.
DeleteDereck and audrey-im in the same boat. Checking which card still has credit available, excited to find roll of quarters, lol.
DeleteSadly (at least here in the US) "Financial hardship" is not a valid reason to get out of jury duty. I was summoned a couple of months ago and nothing short of me serving in the military and currently being stationed elsewhere would get me out of a fine (or potential jail time) for not appearing. Thing is, they send it regular mail, so it's their word against yours as to whether or not you received it.
DeleteGood for him though, that's actually pretty cool that he showed. Can you imagine if you were on trial and he was in the jury box? I would change my testimony to toss in something like "Well when he approached me, I just remembered my favorite movie and couldn't help but think..what's in that box?"
He probably just wanted to get out of the house :)
@auntliddy---a roll of quarters? you hit the jackpot then----thats like 10 bucks! haha
DeleteI know it sounds horrible but because of the very reason Bacon states, that it's sent regular mail so how can they be sure you got it, I throw away my summons. That stops the flow of them sending those notices. I can't afford to miss work either.
DeleteYeah I was pretty careless about it I guess. I actually called the number the day before I showed (I was to appear on a Monday and instructed to call after 5p Sunday to find out if I needed to show or if they had made a deal.agreement whatever)
DeleteSo they had my stupid ass on record as calling in.
I think it evened out to $26 first day and $6 each additional day, Hoo boy did the stupid case draaaaaag out. So I was out of pocket gas money, not too mention what I could have earned each day. All over a stupid fake dog bite.
Don't even get me started..
I'm so sorry for you guys that have to choose between contributing as a citizen to your fellow man as a peer and working. I feel very fortunate I work at an employee that comps jury duty 100%.
DeleteBut you know I gotta say I like that Australian model where they have professional assessor decide the trial with the judge. Seems less vulnerable to bias.
Our model? I was picked for jury duty simply by having my number called and the lawyers not asking to have me removed.
DeleteSorry, my comment was based purely on what I thought I gathered from Gina on the Aussie Housewife show : )
Deleteand somehow I gathered that was the way it worked there. Obviously my comment was very informer ( inset sarcasism) So no disrespect, off to wiki to be better educated!
I'm off work sick & insurance has run out. And I'm bored so at this point in time I wouldn't mind jury duty. They just never pick me
DeleteThis usually happens with celebrities. I say, let them serve. Let them be involved in the real world. Most people are a little more sophisticated than celebrities and the legal system give them credit for - they won't sit around mooning over the Brad Pitts of the world.
ReplyDeleteI actually think I might drool If I was on a jury with Brad, I am not sophisticated though. I would be much more interested in him than the trial, I ain't gonna lie.
Delete+1 I'm with Jessi...I would not be interested in any trial if Mr. Pitt was sitting in the jury box with me!
DeleteMust've got on the People site by mistake
Deleteum duhhh.. all anyone would would be taking selfies or snapping photos and posting to instagram..
ReplyDeleteot.. has anyone else noticed old cdan got rid of blinking ads??
now they just need to be able to subscribe to posts and have users log in like old times
i tried going to that agc gossip site yesyerday to try to get all my gossip in one site by my computer security blocked the site.. oh well...
off to run errands now check back with my peeps later !!
stay warm!!!
and my dog is feeling much better for those who were wondering!!!
happy saturday and happy holidays all!!!!!
It's good to hear the puppy is doing better. Did you find out what was wrong with him?
Deletethis happened to kobe bryant to about 2 years ago.. he walked in and after about 2 hours later they dismissed him b/c he was a distraction..
Deletewasn't a case w/ tom hanks thrown out a few months ago b/c someone on the prosecutor / da side asked him for an autograph and the judge decided the case was tainted????
i can totes see how a celebrity is distracting b/c the tom hanks case was a murder / robbery case and it was tossed b/c of an autograph
my baby ginger's anal glands were impacted.. she had it last year this time too.. she had a bad tear last year..i had them extracted a few times over the next few months since last december and then they were clean but something told me (mothers intuition) maybe i should have them extracted just to be safe and good thing.. her tiny lil butt was double stuffed.. and she was due for her 3 yr rabies and 3 other vaccines. got the whole mean mugging bitch face from her the whole way back but luckily the vet is 3 mins from our house.. she curled up in my lap most of the day when she wasn't sleeping in my arms when i was napping in bed.. thursday and friday were my 1st days off in weeks w/o 2-3 dr's appointments every day.. i slept al day thursday and finally did stuff friday..
Deletethanks for asking,, it means a lot that you guys care enough to ask about my 2 lil squirts!!!
happy holidays
Good to hear about your pup!!
Delete@sugar I'm imagining a red min pin the whole time you're talking about Ginger (min pins do a superior bitchface). Always listen to your momma dog intuition, and glad to hear your baby is doing better.
DeleteNo, but hell yeah he'd be distracting!!imagine an all star jury, Pacino yelling Youre outta order!, deniro saying, you talking to me?, nicholson saying heres johnny, sally field yelling you like me! You like me!, oliver stone silently looking around, writing his conspiracy theory, bill maher smoking a joint, franco taking scuzzy selfies, lilo giving someone a blowjob, beiber drinking his sizzrup, kanye yelling i am god! I am god!, sharon stone flashing the jury, and jerry seinfeld saying, whats the deal with juries?! Id love it!!!!!!
ReplyDeletedon't forget jack standing up randomly and yelling
Delete"YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!!!!!!"
and then sitting down and taking notes like nothing ever happened!!! lmao..
Suge-beautiful!!! Love it!!!!
Deleteisn't old jacky boy suffering from dementia???
Deletei could see him doing this just to troll the jury/ judge
or just plain old dementia....lmao..
Beautifully written, Aunt Liddy! Thanks for the laugh and accompanying visual!
DeleteOmfg liddy lolllll lilo !!!!!!
DeleteClearly Hollywood needs Aunt Liddy in it's talent pool. That is better script than at least a dozen movies right there. Just don't threaten to harm North Korea or it will be shelved before this block buster can get made.
DeleteAunt Licky wins the interwebs today. Beautiful, woman!
DeleteToo funny.
Delete*applause, applause* Aunt Licky!!! I would go to THAT trial in a heartbeat!!
DeleteSaid it before,will say it again...auntliddy rocks
DeleteThank you one and all!!!!!!! Lol
DeleteI would actually like to be called for jury duty...Call me Canada!
ReplyDeleteWhoa, sugar bread is right about CDAN! Just went there after a long absence. It's cleaned up of all those ads!
ReplyDeleteI go to CDaN to look at the Random photos. Saw the number five, but after that nothing shows up but a bunch of names...until the first one with reader photos. Don't know if it is the site or my PC which seems to have developed a mind of it's own and is ready to take over the world any second now.
DeleteYesterday I went to the twilight post which at the time was posted two days ago. My iphone 6+ running not the latest update but the last 8.1 iOS i think, could not load it. It kept stopping, not even switching to the blank page to begin loading, still on the search page. I kept refreshing, finally, idk how I got it to load but there were only 10 comments when I knew u guys said there were 100+. It shows the newest first and they were talking about what losers the previous posters were so I really wanted to see it lol. Today I'll try it from my desktop pc running what's the new windows, os8?
ReplyDeleteOh and if u want more silly drama, there's controversy about Teresas home getting raided. First, radar stole the story not crediting all about the tea. Next day everyone saying no raid occurred. Now AATT stands by their story saying it had to have been the state that raided, not Feds. The dorkbots are really going after each other in the comments and it's hysterical.
Oh and hell yeah brad Pitt would be a distraction! It has to be the minority that would be completely indifferent to him. I sure as hell couldn't focus on whether the lady slipped and fell at the grocery store bc they didn't properly shovel the sidewalk or not. I'd be all, brad can plow my sidewalk anytime wink wink u know what I mean. Nudge. I mean I'd be thinking about sex with brad instead of focusing on my patriotic duty.
ReplyDeleteI once was on jury duty with Ben Gleib of Chelsea Lately (real name Gleiberman). Another time, Johnny Depp's name was called as one of the people who hadn't checked in yet, but he wasn't there :(
ReplyDeleteI work in a court... heres how to get out of jury service.
ReplyDeleteYou have the option to change the date. Do it. Thanksgiving week Xmas week and new years r available. Yo will get the week u pick.
No attorney wants to begin a case during those weeks. All trials scheduled get pulled and jurors sent home on the first day of service.
U r welcome
Another approach I found was accepted was I sincerely said to the judge that my conscious wouldn't allow me to make a decision if the trial went to the death penalty route. So the judge excused me. I don't know if that is an acceptable reason across the board.
DeleteI am the only person I know who got picked for jury duty twice. The first time was a month or two after surgery, so they had to release me because I was still on medical leave from work. Not a year later, they picked me again. I was so ticked off. Fortunately (unfortunately?) the defendant in question was being tried on a charge that I am very vocal about and I was in the first round of exceptions. Still, six hours of my life wasted, not to Homeland Security style frisking you get at the courthouse entrance. They haven't called me back since.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I want to go to auntliddy's trial scenario!
I got called for jury duty for the first time a few months ago. I got out of it because I take care of my 80 year old parents. It's like - we can go weeks with no problems and suddenly Dad falls down twice in one week and Mom might too just for kicks. Plus Dad does radiation for cancer 5 days a week. They let me off with no problems.
ReplyDeleteIf Brad was on the jury I would think when it came time to vote, everyone would vote the same as him. Nobody would want to listen to what anyone else had to say. Same with Tom Hanks. You'd let them decide the outcome. I wouldn't be able to concentrate on the trial.
I agree he'd be a distraction but I appreciate the fact that he showed up to do his civic duty. No whining or trying to get out of it.
ReplyDeleteWhat SusanB said
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