Posted on 12/18/2020 3:17:30 PM PST by rickmichaels
A Michigan couple will have to pay a yet-to-be-determined amount after tossing out their son’s extensive porn collection. David Werking, 42, sued his parents — Beth and Paul Werking — for disposing of what a judge called “a trove of pornography and an array of sex toys.”
U.S. District Judge Paul Maloney, in Kalamazoo, granted the son’s request for summary judgment in his favor. The parties have until mid-February to file written submissions on damages.
The parents’ attorney, Anne Marie VanderBroek, said she is working to establish the value of the items that were disposed of but declined to comment about the case. David Werking contends damages are around US $25,000. His attorney, Miles Greengard, contends his client should receive treble damages (three times the actual or compensatory damages) permissible under his claim of conversion of property.
“We have asked the court for treble damages, which we believe are warranted given the wanton destruction of the property,” he said. He was pleased with the judge’s ruling.
The case wasn’t just about a man and his dirty mags. “This was a collection of often irreplaceable items and property,” Greengard said. His client had moved into his parents’ home in Western Michigan in late 2016 following a divorce. After he left for Muncie, Ind., he expected them to deliver his belongings. He later realized that a dozen boxes of pornographic films and magazines were missing. His father said in an email: “Frankly, David, I did you a big favor getting rid of all this stuff.”
The judge earlier rejected the parents’ request to dismiss the case.
“Getting to the heart of the coconut now, the legal issue before the court is whether Paul and Beth converted David’s pornography ‘to their own use,’” Maloney wrote earlier. He found that they did. The parents had kept some materials, described as the “worst of the worst,” in a safety deposit box, fearful it could be illegal.
Ottawa County Sheriff’s Department reviewed the materials and found no evidence of child pornography and no charges resulted.
“That would totally be within their right. “
He had his belongings shipped to his new home. When the shipment arrived, the items were missing.
The parents should have stayed out of his business.
Didn’t something similar happen to Sir Richard Burton’s porn collection (the explorer, not the actor) when he died?
The parents had kept some materials, described as the “worst of the worst,” in a safety deposit box, fearful it could be illegal.
They went through all that.
And so concerned it might be illegal that they kept it, instead of destroying it along with the rest of the stuff?
“Parent deserve it for enabling this worthless son!”
How did they enable him?
Why do you say he is worthless?
I wonder what is owed me.
When I joined the Air Force out of High School my parents threw away my collection of pristine Major Matt Mason toys.
I heard they were worth a bit of money.
“What sites do you recommend?”
See if hunter biden will point you in the right direction.
Asinine how justice is served when it comes to something as absurd as a kid’s porn collection but when it comes to this election,there is no standing and procedural hops galore.
That’s not a happy ending.
You think people like this only exist in fiction(?)
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I remember a guy in our barracks, mid-80s, Germany. He had a library size supply of porno films on VHS and Beta. Never came out his room in off hours. There was always a line of guys outside his door to ‘borrow’ from him.
No joking, he had thousands of movies. And back then, it was worth more than just $25,000! He was an OCD fanatic. And probably a pervert to boot.
I didn’t see in the article where it said he was only there for 3 months, just that he had moved in in 2016 after a divorce.
“I didn’t see in the article where it said he was only there for 3 months, just that he had moved in in 2016 after a divorce.”
Your loss.
“Agreed. My impression was that they were going to turn them over to police eventually. Interesting family dynamic.”
You can’t turn over what you have destroyed.
Summary judgement... parents were a no show.
Son just spent his entire inheritance.
That rivals bud and al bundys collection of bigguns
Sounds like the parents needed a better lawyer.
And a better judge.
“When I joined the Air Force out of High School my parents threw away my collection of pristine Major Matt Mason toys.”\\
When I came back home after the Navy a few items were gone.
The double-holster, ‘ivory’ grip pistols I had are worth about a thousand. My hand-built skateboard and Playboy sweatshirt surely would be collectibles.
Maybe someone found them in the trash.
the epsteins and pizza gates of the world would not flourish if an enraged father/brother/uncle would be around...
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