Rebuttal

48: The $54 Million Pants

Rebuttal

Show Notes

(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) How far would you go for your wardrobe? 16 years of litigation, perhaps?

Witness the unraveling of Judge Roy Pearson in Pearson v. Chung (2007).

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0:00 - Intro

00:17 - Case begins

2:31 - The Infamous Pants

5:18 - Roy demands...a lot

7:49 - *PRETENDS TO BE SHOCKED*

9:26 - Motions and appeals and...you might be fired?

10:40 - You are broke

12:26 - Sue the city? Sure

13:09 - One Cook, Losing Kitchen

16:19 - Pearson gets disciplined

21:14 - Where are they now?

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