‘You can’t put toothpaste back in the tube.’ The fact that it happened to me - I’ll just laugh about it. He says he is glad it provided comic relief in a time so desperately needed.
The hysterical moment was fortunately solved with the help of Ponton’s assistant. The Texas lawyer (and his actual human face) appeared on TODAY Wednesday, a day after he left the country in. It was sort of expressing my anxiety that I was having trying to get rid of the cat!” A Texan lawyer appearing before a judge in a virtual court case popped up on screen as a cat, not realising a feline filter was switched on.As Rod Ponton fra. Your honor, we now have irrefutable proof that attorney Rod Ponton is not a cat. Ponton said his assistant was trying to fix the settings. Mr Ponton, I believe you have filter turned on in the video settings, said the judge.
And the cat was rolling its eyes and doing everything except being professional in court. The cute blue-eyed cat in the bottom right corner was actually county attorney Rod Ponton, covered by a filter. Ponton, I believe you have a filter turned on in your video. That’s because a cat filter covered attorney Rod Ponton’s face during the proceedings, leading to an amusing exchange with Judge Roy B. “I’m trying to be a lawyer, and present myself professionally in court. A Texas lawyer’s technical snafu during a court hearing conducted on Zoom has led to a lot of catty comments. “I don’t know how, I don’t know why,” said Ponton. Attorney Rod Ponton mistakenly adopted a cat persona in a virtual court hearing in Texas on. 'I'm here, live, I'm not a cat,' he said a few seconds later. Within 24 hours, it took social media by storm. Ponton said, appearing in the cat filter. The clip was originally shared on YouTube by District Judge Roy Ferguson. Ponton says he panicked during his perfectly-timed mishap on a virtual court hearing Tuesday. “You know, everybody has struggled with technology as we tried to keep going with our lives, and our businesses, and families in these last few stressful months.” “I think it took off like that, because everybody can sort of empathize with it,” said Presidio County Attorney, Rod Ponton. A West Texas attorney turned into a cat during a Zoom call. PRESIDIO COUNTY, Texas (ABC Big 2/Fox 24) – You have probably already seen it.