She sounds fat.

So the dude has to go on a date with the Judge's wife?

Red Lobster? This isn't punishment how?

Mmmmm---MMM. Red Lobster and bowling. That would settle things right up for me and the wife.

Better than jail time, at any rate. Well, probably. I've never met the woman.

Yeah. I don't see that turning out well. Nobody in their right mind puts their hand on someone's neck and holds a fist up.

Mild throttling during sex; okay, mild throttling during an argument; not okay.

nocturn: Mild throttling during sex; okay, mild throttling during an argument; not okay.

TFA doesn't state whether they were having sex during the argument; we can't rule it out.

He refuses to testify on the grounds that his organs will be ripped out and ground into a patty?

FTA: Flowers, birthday card, Red Lobster, bowling,

She'll fit right in.


/Hey, careful, man, there's a beverage here!

Court ordered to go to Red Lobster? Jail Time would be more fun, fine would be less expensive.

Living in Ft. Lauderdale and suggesting Red Lobster for seafood should be grounds for dismissing a sitting judge from the bench.

Biatch wants Red Lobster? Huh, I'm thinking Burger King
And when I take you, you get frustrated
You can't juice Ice Cube and you hate it

Cruel and unusual punishment!

Red Lobster with the cheddar biscuits?


/hot like cheddar biscuits

xxmedium: Living in Ft. Lauderdale and suggesting Red Lobster for seafood should be grounds for dismissing a sitting judge from the bench.

He asked the woman where she'd like to go to eat. It was her choice.

I bet that was awkward for a moment when the judge asked a married woman in open court if she'd like to go out to dinner.

So... Let me get this straight... A "Plantation" man is ordered to eat at Red Lobster? Good god that is racist.

Predilection for goofy court orders should get you removed from the bench.

nocturn: Yeah. I don't see that turning out well. Nobody in their right mind puts their hand on someone's neck and holds a fist up.

Mild throttling during sex; okay, mild throttling during an argument; not okay.

**Mild consensual throttling during sex okay. I've never heard of a throttling during an argument to be consensual.

And since when is choking out your wife a "mild incident"?

Fark you Florida. I don't think flowers are gonna help if this dbag can't even wish his wife a happy birthday.

His sentencing is like a Disney movie fairytale in that there is the pomp (bowling) and circumstance (Red Lobster) leading up to . . . the part we get to imagine, meaning he didn't specify what type of sex was to follow, a bit odd given how prescriptive he was with everything else. For all we know lobster tails and bowling might get this guy into the mood for some nonconsensual BDSM. I wonder what the judge's recommendation will be then. Maybe he'll go over to their house and coach them through that too. "OK, good, good, insert the penis, yes . . . Choking? No, stop that. Put down the knife . . . OK, good now continue . . ."

/I'm not the one who made domestic violence a laughing matter; the judge did.

Treefingers: nocturn: Yeah. I don't see that turning out well. Nobody in their right mind puts their hand on someone's neck and holds a fist up.

Mild throttling during sex; okay, mild throttling during an argument; not okay.

**Mild consensual throttling during sex okay. I've never heard of a throttling during an argument to be consensual.

And since when is choking out your wife a "mild incident"?

Fark you Florida. I don't think flowers are gonna help if this dbag can't even wish his wife a happy birthday.

He probably forgot about her birthday and was being a stubborn jerk about it. We've all been there. I can't excuse the near physical abuse, however.

If he wanted to be cruel, he should have made the guy go out with MY wife. *shudder*

Came for Irish Sunglasses.

/came.

Better forced to go on a laborious date, than a date with forced labor!



"Your choice, Citizen."

Treefingers: nocturn: Yeah. I don't see that turning out well. Nobody in their right mind puts their hand on someone's neck and holds a fist up.

Mild throttling during sex; okay, mild throttling during an argument; not okay.

**Mild consensual throttling during sex okay. I've never heard of a throttling during an argument to be consensual.

And since when is choking out your wife a "mild incident"?

Fark you Florida. I don't think flowers are gonna help if this dbag can't even wish his wife a happy birthday.

She won't shut her damn yap and let me finish. Of course it's consensual!

(I keed) :)

Being forced by the court to go on a romantic encounter with someone you nearly beat? This will solve their probems and likley end well.

Also, how does the judge have the authority to do this?

GAHH!! "Error establishing a database connection"

SquiggelyGrounders: Also, how does the judge have the authority to do this?

It's a bond hearing, the judge can set whatever terms and conditions for release that he wants. Just consider this as being sentenced to house arrest, only the house is a horrible restaurant and a bowling alley instead of a place you'd like to go to.

/Or two horrible restaurants, if you want to look at it that way

Well, subby isn't really off here, the law does protect against cruel and unusual punishment. This sure as hell is unusual. Also, the specificity of the punishment makes me wonder what the judges real motives are. Is he living vicairously through the people he sentences?

done

Nice try...but you can't order a person to "be" with someone they don't want to be with. I would have just said, "Listen Judge, obviously I don't wanna be with her, as i was about to beat the shiat out of her, so your cure for this, is to send me out to spend more time and my money on her. Hmmmm. Are you a idiot? I'll take the jail time. Thanks.

1. Allergic reaction to seafood,
2. Sue the state and Red Lobster
3. Profit

kindda off topic but...

Had a hankering for some Chick-fil-A.
Went in and they were have a "Date Night" complete with "servers" in red bow ties, candles on the table, free ice cream and a freaking harpist. Quite the strange meal.

cgraves67: Treefingers: nocturn: Yeah. I don't see that turning out well. Nobody in their right mind puts their hand on someone's neck and holds a fist up.

Mild throttling during sex; okay, mild throttling during an argument; not okay.

**Mild consensual throttling during sex okay. I've never heard of a throttling during an argument to be consensual.

And since when is choking out your wife a "mild incident"?

Fark you Florida. I don't think flowers are gonna help if this dbag can't even wish his wife a happy birthday.

He probably forgot about her birthday and was being a stubborn jerk about it. We've all been there. I can't excuse the near physical abuse, however.

Reading from an arrest affidavit, Hurley said Bray pushed his wife onto their couch and put his hand on her neck. He held up his fist to hit her, but never struck her, Hurley said.

That isn't "near" physical abuse.


"It was a minor incident, in the court's opinion," he said.

Anyone does that to my daughter and I can assure you there will be a "major incident".

/I already have a subscription to ITG monthly

jst3p: Anyone does that to my daughter and I can assure you there will be a "major incident".

biatch had it coming!
;-)

living in Plantation, FL where the new "Stand your Ground" law allows anyone who feels in fear of his life to use deadly force to protect themselves......

Any guy grabbing me by the throat and threatening to punch me with the other fist is gonna wind up with a "'cap in dey a**"

And if he turns around again, he will get a cap in the other cheek too.....Stupid Judge Hurley is known for his idiocy here.

I will take...."Hung at Dawn"

He can still invoke his rights as guaranteed by the 21st Amendment.

"It was a minor incident, in the court's opinion," he said. "The court would not normally do that if the court felt there was some violence but this is very, very minor and the court felt that that was a better resolution than other alternatives."

Reading from an arrest affidavit, Hurley said Bray pushed his wife onto their couch and put his hand on her neck. He held up his fist to hit her, but never struck her, Hurley said.

Sounds fairly serious. He didn't hit her, but it wasn't exactly a tickle fight either

mr lawson: kindda off topic but...

Had a hankering for some Chick-fil-A.
Went in and they were have a "Date Night" complete with "servers" in red bow ties, candles on the table, free ice cream and a freaking harpist. Quite the strange meal.

You think that's strange? It was Father-Daughter Date Night. At least that's what they advertised at the one near me.

If the judge wants to be a social worker, I'm sure the county would be willing to accommodate him at an appropriate level of compensation.

Or perhaps he aspires to be a marriage counselor. If so, not on the public dime, bub.

Absent that, he needs to STFU and do his damned job... or go flip burgers if he's qualified.

moothemagiccow: "It was a minor incident, in the court's opinion," he said. "The court would not normally do that if the court felt there was some violence but this is very, very minor and the court felt that that was a better resolution than other alternatives."

Reading from an arrest affidavit, Hurley said Bray pushed his wife onto their couch and put his hand on her neck. He held up his fist to hit her, but never struck her, Hurley said.

Sounds fairly serious. He didn't hit her, but it wasn't exactly a tickle fight either

If there was no violence, how is a charge of domestic violence warranted? Or was there violence not involving hitting?

I stand corrected. He pushed her onto a couch and touched her neck.

She should have held out. If he had given her the donkey punch, judge might have upped it to The Olive Garden.

bumfuzzled: SquiggelyGrounders: Also, how does the judge have the authority to do this?

It's a bond hearing, the judge can set whatever terms and conditions for release that he wants. Just consider this as being sentenced to house arrest, only the house is a horrible restaurant and a bowling alley instead of a place you'd like to go to.

/Or two horrible restaurants, if you want to look at it that way

Anything? Doesnt this in actuality constitute "unusual" punishment?

SquiggelyGrounders: bumfuzzled: SquiggelyGrounders: Also, how does the judge have the authority to do this?

It's a bond hearing, the judge can set whatever terms and conditions for release that he wants. Just consider this as being sentenced to house arrest, only the house is a horrible restaurant and a bowling alley instead of a place you'd like to go to.

/Or two horrible restaurants, if you want to look at it that way

Anything? Doesnt this in actuality constitute "unusual" punishment?

No, the technical reason is (from what I read in the article) not that this is "unusual", but rather that this is not "punishment." The defendant hasn't been sentenced to take the wife out on this first-class date, he's been told that the condition for his release is to take the wife out. Another comparison is to someone being told that they don't have to go to prison for DWI as long as they pass the breathalyzer attached to the car's ignition. But in this case, the DWI is domestic violence and the breathalyzer is heartburn, lung cancer from second-hand smoke, and some sort of fungus from rented clown shoes.

Good ruling.

-The husband, if he really hates her, can just stay in jail. Which honestly, he would deserve for thinking that beating her was a better alternative than simply leaving the relationship.

-Or if the husband doesn't want the relationship to end, he's got an easy bail (dinner and bowling). And then some marriage counseling which, based on the choking thing, sounds like *they* both need.

/guess even Florida will get one right on occasion.

AndreMA: If there was no violence, how is a charge of domestic violence warranted? Or was there violence not involving hitting?

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