Trans lawyer Rob Hopkins faces direct contempt of court after a volatile exchange with a judge regarding jurisdiction over a non-resident child. The confrontation escalates when Hopkins accuses the bench of throwing his phone, while the judge retaliates by hurling glasses and making derogatory remarks about testosterone and gender identity validity. Amidst claims of physical harm and demands for specific security, the hearing pauses pending an ADA form, highlighting severe courtroom tensions over transgender rights and judicial conduct. [Automatically generated summary]
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Transgender Attorney Chaos00:06:36
All right, so this is a transgender attorney.
His client does not show up, and then all hell breaks loose.
Check this out.
So at this point.
I don't think there's any need in going forward today.
We were back to the issue at hand, which was you asked me to not provide testimony on behalf of my client.
You asked me what paragraph it was.
I pointed you to the exact paragraph.
It's her education.
Stop.
Stop because you don't want to hear what the point is.
Stop.
You interrupt me one more time.
You are being held in direct contempt of court, and you can wipe that smirk off your face.
I don't have a smirk on my face.
Oh, yes, you do.
I do not.
I am not going to tolerate this from you, sir.
Yes, ma'am.
Fill out the request.
Get the form from our court clerk's office on the second floor.
Make sure it comports with what you've got already.
Get it filed, mailed in, whatever you need to do.
Let us assess her request.
My client's not seen her child.
There is no order in this court, and there's been no jurisdiction found that this court has jurisdiction over this child who has never lived in your county.
You never lived.
I did not.
There was a pause.
There was a break.
I wasn't done with my argument.
And I was not done with my statement.
You interrupted again.
Wow.
Do not throw your.
I did not throw it.
It fell off the bench.
Please stop stating things that are not true, ma'am.
He threw his phone.
Sir, you've got a room full of witnesses.
I do.
I did.
I put it down and it fell down.
I did not fall.
Then settle down.
I'm not upset and I'm not arguing.
You are not letting me make an argument.
I'm not red in the face, ma'am.
I'm not, so our court record is not getting what we're both saying.
I am trying to make my argument.
You interrupted my argument halfway through on an objection that will get every available deputy.
Yes ma'am, i'm aware it's happened to me before it has.
Yes, you're out of line.
Yeah, I guess.
So okay, if I push that, or maybe because i'm a transgender attorney practicing all over the state, I don't know what you are.
You do ma'am, it's not that you do.
I don't know what you're doing.
You do, ma'am.
You do.
I do.
My ma'am, you do.
You do.
It's happened when we talked on the phone.
That wasn't talking, let me tell you.
You were entirely inappropriate.
You were yelling at me, and I did not even know you were the judge.
And I didn't know you from Adam.
I said, my name is Rob Hopkins.
I'm an attorney in Oklahoma City.
No, sir, you did not.
Okay.
Okay.
There's no one there to know that, right?
Okay.
So we are pausing this until you get the ADA request form filled out and it gets processed.
So we're going to pause the hearing on jurisdiction.
That's been set twice.
I drove an hour and a half to have the hearing.
My client's available telephonically.
And we are simply not even taking testimony.
Is your client available telephonically?
Yes, ma'am.
Yes, ma'am.
Well, then get her on the phone.
Thank you.
Your Honor, to which we would object.
This is as clear as the nose on my face that this woman will not appear before this court because she has a warrant or steal a warrant.
Objection, you'll never say it.
That's not true.
And you're ready to answer.
You will find, sir, that she's stop at me and stop at me or shot at me.
I'm not putting him in there.
No, we're stopping.
Get out of my face, sir.
Get out of my face, sir.
Get out of my face.
You're being ugly.
Ed, get out of my face.
Why?
Because you're in direct contempt of court.
He shouted at me.
No, I'm not.
Being, and you cannot even say that I was.
You are indirect.
I'm not sure.
I apologize, but I felt very frightened by this person screaming and yelling in court.
I've never even heard that before in this courtroom.
Do not hurt me, do not.
Are you throwing me over this?
Stop resisting.
I'm not resisting.
Okay, put your hand on your back, stop resisting.
You know exactly what's happening.
I can't walk.
I'm being thrown down.
Just settle down, walk that way.
Settle down.
Do not grab me.
Do not grab me.
What are you doing?
You're hurting me.
You're hurting me.
You're making me mistake me.
You don't make me.
You don't give me.
I can't breathe.
I can't breathe.
Put your hand behind me.
I cannot breathe.
I can't breathe.
I can't breathe.
I'm not talking about this next.
Look at the big one sitting right here.
Ow!
Ow!
Somebody go on Ireland, right?
Please!
Ow!
Ow!
I'm going to get home now!
We're gonna pick you up.
We're gonna show you.
No, I don't.
Officer Demands Female00:02:03
Get a female officer now.
Get a female officer.
What?
Wait a minute.
He said, Get a female officer now.
I thought you wanted to be a man.
That's what it looks like to me.
Because that testosterone you're taking is one hell of a drug.
You got a beard and everything.
Wow, he wants a woman now.
Let's go back to the video.
Get a female officer now.
There aren't any.
I can't get up, I can't see.
He just threw my glasses.
I can't see.
Give me my glasses.
Put them on my face.
Put them on my face, I cannot see.
Please give me my glasses, I cannot see.
I'm not trying to walk and I cannot see.
What you needed was your client.
That's what you needed.
I want a woman officer.
Just to go to show you, man, a lot of people that transition, the drugs that they take.
Makes them unstable.
I think it was unstable to, well, she, I think she was unstable to begin with to even go through with that, right?
I think it exacerbates it.
Yeah.
Affirm your delusion.
I mean, she looked just like a man.
Yes.
And I know some men are jealous of her.
Most men can't grow a beard like that.
You mean to tell me a female on testosterone can grow a beard like that?