Michigan parents ordered to pay $45,000 for throwing away miscer son’s porn

[keyboardworkout]

https://www.al.com/news/2021/08/mich...ollection.html

A Grand Haven, Michigan couple has been ordered to pay $45,000 after disposing of their son’s pornography collection.

David Werking, 43, sued his parents after they threw away what a judge called “a trove of pornography and an array of sex toys.”

U.S. District Judge Paul Maloney in Kalamazoo ordered Beth and Paul Werking to pay $30,441.54 to their son and $14,519.82 to his attorney. Maloney earlier granted the son’s request for summary judgment but delayed a ruling on damages.

The judge denied the son’s request for treble damages, which can be awarded under Michigan’s conversion statute.

Maloney said that a defense-hired expert in pornography valuation, Dr. Victoria Hartmann, determined the destroyed collection’s value to be $30,441.54, the amount he ordered the defendants to pay.

Hartmann could not provide a value for 107 titles on the son’s list.

“However, given the wide range of valuations for individual pieces and the inability of Dr. Hartmann to even estimate the value of these pieces, the Court declines to use an average value to award damages for these titles,” Maloney wrote.

David Werking valued the collection at $25,000 but asked the judge to triple damages for what his attorney, Miles Greengard, called the “wanton destruction of the property.”

They contended that much of the collection could not be replaced.

David Werking had moved in with his parents in late 2016 after a divorce. When he moved out, he expected his parents to send his belongings to Indiana. A dozen boxes of pornographic films and magazines never showed up.

In an email, his father wrote: “Frankly, David, I did you a big favor getting rid of all this stuff.”

[Archangel_Lost]

Lol. His dad probably was not wrong, maybe the 30k worth of porn had something to do with his divorce

[MuzzieChik786]

Someone start a GoFundMe for the dad to make back his money. Every person who donates should also leave a comment about what a loser his son is. Maybe that will wake him (son) up.

[keyboardworkout]

Porn valuation expert.

https://twitter.com/DoctorVictoria?r...Ctwgr%5Eauthor

[miscinbro]

Damn. I mean, his dad doesn’t have the right to destroy 30k of his property. But - sht. Divorced. Sued parents - asking for punitive damages - making them pay his lawyer 14k. Burning some bridges man.

[BeginnerGainz]

Someone start a GoFundMe for the dad to make back his money. Every person who donates should also leave a comment about what a loser his son is. Maybe that will wake him (son) up.

If he (son) doesn’t already hate himself to the core already, then I doubt some more negative albeit true comments would make a difference.

I can’t imagine being that pathetic.

[guest89]

Imagine going so hysterical about losing your porn you sue your parents over it. Lmao.

[DolphinPilot]

being 43 and having to live with your parents. divorce or no divorce das not it mane. that's what porn does to a man. dad has a point.

[KTownManiac]

Imagine going so hysterical about losing your porn you sue your parents over it. Lmao.

Imagine destroying $30,000 worth of someone elses property ?

[DolphinPilot]

funniest part is he is going to use the award money to buy more porn and rubber vaginas

"fuk yeah bro can't wait to start masturbating now!"

[LoveHBB]

Damn. I mean, his dad doesn’t have the right to destroy 30k of his property. But - sht. Divorced. Sued parents - asking for punitive damages - making them pay his lawyer 14k. Burning some bridges man.

This guy is an idiot. The parents are probably going to leave the house and their savings to charity when they die.

[Issobolic28]

$30K huh?

Geez; now I'm thinking about all those porn vhs/DVDs I collected over the years that I since destroyed.....

[yewotm8]

After reading that article, all I got was that lawyers are the scum of the Earth and should be eradicated.

[frutistafreeze]

Damn. I mean, his dad doesn’t have the right to destroy 30k of his property. But - sht. Divorced. Sued parents - asking for punitive damages - making them pay his lawyer 14k. Burning some bridges man.

40+ year old loser moved back in with his parents. The dad can do whatever the phuck he wants in his own house

[TomWanks]

Imagine being a 43 year old coomer who sues your phucking family for throwing away your fap material.

Dude should be broken on the wheel for making the court hear that farce.

[FinesseFitness]

Porn valuation expert.

https://twitter.com/DoctorVictoria?r...Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Better than what I had imagined her to look like

wood smash

[JayJ350]

Better than what I had imagined her to look like

wood smash

She's been smashed more times than you could imagine.

[seanb1979]

Who the **** is paying 30k for porn?

[kingmanaverage]

Wtf, his parents were doing him a favour lol

[DolphinPilot]

You don't know how much he has to pay his ex wife every month. Maybe he moved back for financial reasons. Maybe only temporrily to find a new place if his ex kept the house etc.

why did he bring his porn collection back to his parent's house? Why not rent out a storage unit, at least? These kinds of things paint a fairly clear picture of what kind of dude this guy was.

and like I said the kinds of details described indicate a full-on porn addiction, with consequences even his parents saw. I seriously doubt this was a well-adjusted man just going through a small rough patch in life.

[IronILLinois]

43 lmao. i thought the guy was in his 20's or something. not that it makes it any better but fkkkkkkk. what a loser.

[DrumsNotDead]

it's used porn material, the value is clearly much less. also how long does it have to stay at the parents house before it's their property? dad should claim it was mostly cp to send a big **** you to the son.

[Kiop]

i agree with
the verdict especially
if the collections had ROUGH anal sex

[mgftp]

being 43 and having to live with your parents. divorce or no divorce das not it mane. that's what porn does to a man. dad has a point.

If you are living in your parents house after college you have failed in life.

43 and living with parents is total failure. How someone let's that happen is beyond me.

[CeBKa]

[frutistafreeze]

Who's in the market for used porn material? Owning something that other dudes fapped to and now all the pages are stuck together. Dafaq

[headturner1]

being 43 and having to live with your parents. divorce or no divorce das not it mane. that's what porn does to a man. dad has a point.

Brutal man

[DrugsToGetBig]

shes a lib not surprised

[FinesseFitness]

She's been smashed more times than you could imagine.

Yuck

[jimbob007]

hired expert in pornography valuation, Dr. Victoria Hartmann