Dumb Lawsuits

This one isn’t about a lawsuit persay. But when a lawyer, a leather mask and some chaps are involved, you can be sure I’m going to bring it up. Hey, it’s either now or when we’re all sitting around the campfire with your kids.

DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) - A prosecutor put on a black leather mask and re-enacted a bondage session Friday at a dominatrix’s manslaughter trial, telling the jury the woman did nothing to help her client when he suffered a heart attack.

Prosecutor Robert Nelson also dumped a box of hoods, collars and paddles onto a table during his closing arguments, declaring that Barbara Asher, 56, was trying to protect her business and “that’s why she didn’t call the police.”

This reminds me of that scene in Albert Brooks’ “Defending Your Life” when he asks his wife to pretend to be “him” before a job interview so he can prepare himself for what he was going to say. Did this lawyer tell his wife, “Honey, I’m going to put on this leather mask and these chaps, tell me if you feel like giggling.”