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brooklynite

(94,585 posts)
Mon Apr 15, 2019, 10:36 AM Apr 2019

Man sues parents for throwing out porn collection

The Guardian

An Indiana man is suing his parents for getting rid of his vast pornography collection, which he estimates was worth $29,000.

The 40-year-old man last week filed a lawsuit in federal court in Michigan, where he moved in with his parents in 2016 following a divorce.

He says that when he moved out 10 months later, they delivered his things to his new home in Muncie, Indiana, but that his 12 boxes of pornographic films and magazines were missing. His parents admit they dumped the porn, which included titles such as Frisky Business and Big Bad Grannys (sic).

The man filed a complaint with police but the Ottawa county prosecutor declined to press charges. The lawsuit includes an email excerpt from the man’s father, who told his son, “I did you a big favour by getting rid of all this stuff.”


Awkward Thanksgiving.....
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Man sues parents for throwing out porn collection (Original Post) brooklynite Apr 2019 OP
He will have problems proving that it was $29,000. DetlefK Apr 2019 #1
How about this? PJMcK Apr 2019 #3
Yeah, he needs some kinds or receipts. Something that proves that his porn-mags were worth that much DetlefK Apr 2019 #6
"and Big Bad Grannys (sic). " Classic... ExciteBike66 Apr 2019 #2
Yeah, I don't even want to know about the BBGs. Ew. yellowcanine Apr 2019 #4
And of course no connection between the porn and his divorce? yellowcanine Apr 2019 #5
maybe he subscribed for the articles? diva77 Apr 2019 #7
Only important words "he moved in with his parents " SoCalDem Apr 2019 #8

DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
1. He will have problems proving that it was $29,000.
Mon Apr 15, 2019, 10:40 AM
Apr 2019

I figure that in such cases the courts go by the most recent value. Unless this porn contains collector's items for which officially listed prices exist, he will have trouble arguing for those $29,000.

PJMcK

(22,037 posts)
3. How about this?
Mon Apr 15, 2019, 10:50 AM
Apr 2019

Imagine being the man's lawyer! It would be hilarious to see someone try to make a rational legal case for an adult son suing his parents for $29,000 worth of porn.

Of course, one can always find an attorney for nearly anything. Look at Trump.

By the way, what if the guy has his purchase receipts for the porn? Would that bolster his claim?

DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
6. Yeah, he needs some kinds or receipts. Something that proves that his porn-mags were worth that much
Tue Apr 16, 2019, 04:20 AM
Apr 2019

But who keeps the receipts for porn-mags?

yellowcanine

(35,699 posts)
4. Yeah, I don't even want to know about the BBGs. Ew.
Mon Apr 15, 2019, 10:56 AM
Apr 2019
But to the point at hand, Who moves in with their parents as an adult and expects them to store - and move! your porn collection? Hasn't this dirt bag ever heard of rental storage units?

yellowcanine

(35,699 posts)
5. And of course no connection between the porn and his divorce?
Mon Apr 15, 2019, 11:01 AM
Apr 2019

No that would be too much personal responsibility for him to handle. Who could blame a woman for divorcing a husband who spent $29,000 on porn, never mind the "Big Bad Grannies."

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