The lawyer tells the judge “I’m not a cat” after an accident with the Zoom filter at a virtual hearing

The lawyer tells the judge “I’m not a cat” after an accident with the Zoom filter at a virtual hearing

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“Mr. Ponton, I believe the filter is activated in the video settings,” said the judge.

The little white kitten looked sad with his worried eyes going back and forth. The kitten opened its mouth to speak.

“Can you hear me judging?” Ponton said, appearing on the cat’s filter.

“I’m here, live, I’m not a cat,” he said a few seconds later.

Lawyer Rod Ponton mistakenly adopted the cat persona at a virtual hearing in Texas on Tuesday.

Ferguson confirmed that Zoom’s accident happened on Tuesday.

“It really happened. There was no joke,” Ferguson told CNN by phone.

The Zoom filter was removed seconds after that, said Ferguson. He added that he advised the lawyer on how to turn it off.

“When a child was using the computer, (the child) turned on a filter,” he said. “Of course, the lawyer would have no reason to know that such an appeal exists.”

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CNN contacted Ponton, the prosecutor for Presido County, but received no response. A person who answered the phone at his office said the office was receiving a lot of calls.

Virtual hearings have been a mainstay during the pandemic and it is no different in Texas. Ferguson said Texas judges held more than one million virtual hearings at this time.

Although he may have looked very “non-professional”, the judge was proud of how all sides handled the situation.

“If you look closely, nobody made fun of him or laughed at him,” said Ferguson. “It just showed the professionalism and dignity that these lawyers bring to virtual audiences.”

Ferguson used his Twitter account to give the world a public service announcement about using Zoom.

“If a child used his computer, before attending a virtual audience, check Zoom’s video options to make sure the filters are off. This kitten has just made a formal announcement about a case in the 394th century (sound on) ), ” he wrote on twitter and posted a link to the audience video.
This tale of fun for cats is not the only video accident that happened during the pandemic. A reporter in North Carolina of the CNN affiliate WLOS broadcast live on his station’s Facebook page when a series of filters appeared. From looking like a magician with wide-eyed eyes on the screen, the reporter continued as a consummate professional.
Even the famous are known for sliding the casual zoom. Comedian Tiffany Haddish had to use the bathroom during a video call and didn’t realize that other people could see her.

So, please follow this advice: check your filters first, then zoom in, my furry friends.

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