(JTA) Rod Ponton, a small-town attorney from Texas, captured America’s attention this week after he showed up to a virtual courtroom looking like a fluffy white cat, thanks to a Zoom filter he couldn’t figure out how to disable.
It wasn’t the first time Ponton has made the national news.
In 2014, he drew notice over his involvement in an unusual drug case against a local businesswoman who at one point was released from jail only after promising not to say she was being persecuted because she was Jewish and who said Ponton had targeted her because years earlier she had ended a sexual relationship with him.
https://www.afinalwarning.com/496295.html (Natural News) Texas attorney Rod Ponton went viral Tuesday, Feb. 9, when he accidentally appeared as an adorable kitten in a court hearing via Zoom.
But this wasn’t his first time that Ponton, who has since earned the moniker of “Zoom cat lawyer” has caught attention. In 2014, Ponton courted controversy for supposedly abusing his position as the district attorney of Brewster County in Texas, reports Insider.com.
While serving as district attorney, Ponton was embroiled in a controversial raid on The Purple Zone, a smoke shop in Alpine, Texas. Local and federal agents raided the shop on May 7, 2014 on the basis of a search warrant Ponton requested. This led to the arrest of its owner, Ilana Lipsen, on charges related to the possession of illegal synthetic marijuana. (Related: Court documents reveal LA County prosecutor Kelly Sakir used infiltration agents, hidden cameras, extreme surveillance to target Rawesome Foods.)
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This image from video shows a hearing from the 394th Judicial District Court of Texas. The hearing took a detour when an attorney showed up looking like a kitten. A filter that had been activated on the attorney s device obscured his appearance and made him look like a cat. Judge Roy Ferguson shared the short video clip of the mishap on YouTube. The judge says everyone involved handled the situation with professionalism and grace. (Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP)
JTA Rod Ponton, a small-town attorney from Texas, captured America’s attention this week after he showed up to a virtual courtroom looking like a fluffy white cat, thanks to a Zoom filter he couldn’t figure out how to disable.
Texas lawyer made famous by Zoom kitten filter was previously accused of ordering a search warrant on smoke shop owned by a woman who said she had sex with him when she was 18 and he was in his 50s
Attorney Rod Ponton, 69, was involved in a 2014 raid on The Purple Zone, a smoke shop in Alpine, Texas, when he was DA Attorney of Brewster County
The shop s owner Ilana Lipsen, her mom and sister were arrested
Her sister and a DEA agent both accused each other of assault in the raid
No illegal drugs were found but ammunition was found