The Daily Populous Friday June 13rd, 2025 evening edition
Authored by fox2detroit.com and submitted by Forward-Answer-4407

The Brief A Detroit mom made a peanut butter and jelly sandwich during a Zoom court hearing. The judge was not too happy about it. Her daughter, 3-year-old Parker, was sick, and that's why Outerbridge said she was multitasking.

A Zoom court hearing went off the rails after a Detroit mom made a peanut butter and jelly sandwich during the session.

The sandwich was on full display during the hearing and the judge was not too happy about the display in his Zoom courtroom.

Asja Outerbridge was the mom making the sandwich. 36th District Court Judge Sean Perkins was the one on the other side of that Zoom call.

She discovered the video after Metro Detroit News posted the Zoom call clip on Instagram.

"It was just a lot going on," she said. "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!'"

Her daughter, 3-year-old Parker, was sick, and that's why Outerbridge said she was multitasking.

Judge Perkins then booted Outerbridge from the Zoom call. She was there in the first place for a misdemeanor for allegedly having an open alcohol container as a passenger in a car.

The hearings for the 36th District Court were streamed live on YouTube, opening up courtrooms like live theater to the masses.

"It’s not even COVID anymore, what are we doing here? Let’s put court back in the courtrooms," she said. "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."

Outerbridge said she waited for hours in the Zoom waiting room and feels like the judge could have had some mercy on a single mom.

Dwedit on June 13rd, 2025 at 02:23 UTC »

It's got nothing on the guy who was driving during a hearing about his suspended license.

GogglesPisano on June 12nd, 2025 at 23:41 UTC »

I've been thinking about this, Your Honor. If I'm here and you're here, doesn't that make it our time? Certainly, there's nothing wrong with a little feast on our time.

coolaaron88 on June 12nd, 2025 at 19:01 UTC »

Hunger has no limits lol