Man requests trial by combat with Japanese swords in battle against ex-wife

[Economy 52,857]

Does the ex want on this too?

 

Legit why is everyone finding this funny? 

[Bubblegum Bitch 18,934]

26 minutes ago, Economy said:

Legit why is everyone finding this funny? 

Personally, because of this:
He added that his wife, from Harlan, had 'destroyed (him) legally.'

Like, you can destroy me in the court, but lemme take a sword and I'll show you what I can. 

[Woolfsmck 2,763]

6 hours ago, Trillion Reasons said:

Man requests trial by combat with Japanese swords in battle against ex-wife – but asks the judge for 12-weeks lead-in time so he can forge or source the metal. 

A man locked in a court battle with his former wife has requested trial by combat with Japanese swords to solve the dispute. 

David Ostrom, 40, from Paola, Kansas said he would give his ex-wife Bridgette Ostrom, 38, the choice of an attorney or a 'stand-in fighter' to battle him. 

He argued in court documents that dueling had never been 'explicitly banned or restricted' in the United States. He pointed out to the Iowa District Court in Shelby County that the method had been used 'as recently as 1818 in British Court.' 

Ostrom told the Des Moines Register that his inspiration came from a 2016 case in which New York Supreme Court Justice Philip Minardo admitted that duels had not been abolished. 

In the documents, Ostrom expressed a desire to meet his ex-wife and her attorney 'on the field of battle where (he) will rend their souls from their corporal bodies.' He added that his wife, from Harlan, had 'destroyed (him) legally.'

He asked Iowa District Court to give him 12 weeks 'lead time' to allow him to source or forge katana and wakizashi swords.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7885295/Man-requests-trial-combat-Japanese-swords-battle-against-ex-wife.html

He's not crazy and neither is he.  🤔

[tomsches 17,550]

Is this even legal?

[elijahfan 27,484]

This is the Tarantino remake of Marriage Story

[LateToCult 41,859]

6 hours ago, 27monster27 said:

Is this real?  Dailymail doesn't really post joke articles (as far as I am aware), but I am having trouble believing this. (Nothing against you, of course.)

Can’t post joke articles if you are the joke.