A Michigan woman, QaShontae Hosomla Short-Brundidge, tried to sue Richard Jordan for $10,000 over an alleged bad date and argued with the judge during her court hearing.
Short-Brundidge sued Jordan for intentional infliction of emotional distress, claiming they had a lousy date. Court documents indicated that the Michigan woman initially filed her lawsuit against him in 2020, alleging that he attempted to hurt her when he “did not show and left on [her] mother’s birthday and [her] mom had just passed away.”
During the hearing, which took place via Zoom, Judge Herman Marable of the 67th District Court in Genesee County notified Short-Brundidge that she couldn’t sue for “infliction of emotional distress” in a criminal court. He then asked the defendant if he was defending himself in the case, to which Jordan responded:
“To be honest with you, sir, I thought this was just gonna be thrown out. We had a date, ONE date, and nothing else after that, and now I’m being sued for $10,000. I think this is a waste of your time.”
Afterward, the judge encouraged Jordan to file a motion to have the case dismissed before questioning Short-Brundidge on the definition of “perjury” since she insisted she had evidence that Jordan lied about their alleged bad date. He also asked her if she planned to drop the case after becoming aware that she should file in civil court, but she said she wouldn’t. Instead, Short-Brundige said she would file another case in the circuit court, which prompted Judge Marable to warn her that she couldn’t have two cases with the same claim.
“Bottom line is you said it was a criminal offense so I will send it to circuit court. Are we done here?!” she exclaimed.
The two then argued for several minutes until a court employee muted the woman’s microphone.
Judge Marable concluded the hearing by ordering Short-Brundidge’s case to be transferred to 7th Circuit Court and demanded that she pay the filing fees.
