Delusional Sovereign Citizen Says “Offer Not Accepted” — Judge OBLITERATES Her ⚖️

Ajouté : 2026-05-26

[00:00:00]stating your offer to contract is not accepted. Uh so she apparently this this was received today uh by the by the court. Uh so she's been to the court house this morning to deliver this um is not present for her show cause uh prior to the issuance of the bench warrant. I guess I'd give uh her a 15minute window to appear. It is 11:03 right now. Uh, we'll go off the record and recess until 11:15 and reconvene. If she does appear sooner, just let me know. We can reconvene at that time. We'll be in recess till 11:15.

[00:00:44]All right. Good morning. We're on the record in the 89th district court for the county of Shboan. We're here in the matter of contempt of Beth Bridgeman. It was committed and filed under the case of people v Seth Flores filed 23-0868 SD. Council, you want to state your appearance for the record, please?

[00:01:02]>> Melissa Goodrich, White County Cross.

[00:01:05]>> All right. Uh, Miss Bridgemond is not present in the courtroom. Um, have we confirmed she's not out in the hallway?

[00:01:18]>> Okay, she's not out in the hallway. Miss Richmond was uh the court issued a order to show cause why she should not be held in contempt for the unauthorized practice of law and also preventing defendant Flores from meeting with his attorney before his arraignment. I do see in the file a proof of service that she has been served with that. And in fact, also in the file where Miss Bridgemond has returned the show cause cut into pieces with red writing on it stating, "Your offer to contract is not accepted." Uh so she apparently this this was received today uh by the by the court. Uh so she's been to the court house this morning to deliver this um is not present for her show cause uh prior to the issuance of any bench warning. I guess I'd give uh her a 15minute window to appear. It is 11:03 right now. Uh we'll go off the record and recess until 11:15 and reconvene. If she does appear sooner, just let me know. We can reconvene at that time. We'll be in recess till 11:15.

[00:02:34]All right, we're back on the record and recalling the case of inray contempt of Beth Bridgeman file 23-0868 SD. Uh, Miss, it's now 11:16.

[00:02:46]Uh, Miss Bridgemond is still not present in the courtroom. Is she present in Halling?

[00:02:53]>> Not present.

[00:02:54]>> Okay, she's not present. Uh this appears to be a willful non-appearance due to the fact that she's returned. The uh show cause affidavit and the order with um with it cut into pieces with the red lettering. Your offer to contract is not accepted. Of course, it's not an offer.

[00:03:11]It's an order of court to show cause.

[00:03:14]She has now willfully not appeared. Uh Miss Fish, the people have a request.

[00:03:19]>> Your honor, at this time, since we're here on a show call, she's been properly served and also given an additional 15 minutes to appear. Uh we would ask for a bench warrant to be issued >> request as a bond.

[00:03:30]>> Uh no bond.

[00:03:31]>> I think given the willfulness of of the behavior, we we'll set bonded arrangements. So I I'll uh issue a warrant for Miss Bridgemond's arrest for her contempt for non-appearance today with no bond to be preposted.

[00:03:48]All right.

[00:03:50]>> Thank you.

[00:03:57]Thank you.

[00:04:09]All right. Good morning. We are on the record in the 89th district court for the county of Shboan. We're conducting the physical hearing upstairs in the circuit courtroom is being clerked uh by the 89th district court staff down in that courtroom and we're here in the case of Enray Beth Bridgemond on contempt matter. It was filed in an underlying criminal case >> uh 23-0868 SD.

[00:04:37]Uh we are providing public access both in the courtroom in the circuit courtroom uh and also online. Council, you want to state your appearances, please?

[00:04:45]>> Good morning, your honor. Paige Miller on the table.

[00:04:48]>> Attorney Eric Glena appearing as a Raymond attorney on behalf of Beth Virgin.

[00:04:54]>> So, I will represent myself.

[00:04:55]>> Yes, we'll get to that.

[00:04:57]>> I would like to say I'm here on special appearance.

[00:05:01]>> No, I think I have some rights here. I don't know.

[00:05:04]>> What does special appearance mean to you?

[00:05:06]>> It means in a common law that I'm a living soul. I am not the straw man of the all caps.

[00:05:14]>> Man, we you'll have an opportunity at at a later time. Please, please just take a seat.

[00:05:18]>> I have never seen those opportunities come back around. Thank you. Okay, >> we'll get to that in a moment.

[00:05:25]I am not waving any of my ma'am. Okay.

[00:05:28]Thank you. Mr. You're free to stand or sit, whichever you're more comfortable with.

[00:05:32]>> I don't know how I would pull a chair up, so thank you.

[00:05:34]>> Well, then you want that. I have no problem.

[00:05:40]>> All right. Excuse me.

[00:05:41]>> Okay.

[00:05:42]>> All right. Well, Miss Miss Bridgeman, you're here for an arraignment on two allegations of contempt. So, I have to advise you of uh what those are.

[00:05:52]The first was an an order to show cause that I signed on December 13, 2023, which alleges that you are in criminal contempt of court for the unauthorized practice of law and for preventing the defendant Seth Flores from meeting with a Michigan Defense Commission attorney prior to his arraignment.

[00:06:17]We scheduled that for a um show cause hearing on December 20th.

[00:06:24]Uh you you did apparently uh appear in the courthouse that day and turned in copy of the show cause cut into strips with the red lettering on it says your offer to contract is not accepted. and then you did not appear at that show cause hearing. So therefore, I signed a warrant for your arrest for that non-appearance. So that warrant alleges that you are in criminal content for failing to appear at that show cause >> failing to appear for order show cause on Wednesday, December 20th, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. We're preventing defendant Seth Miguel Thomas Flores from meeting with MIDC attorney prior to his arraignment. So, those are the two contempt citations pending against you.

[00:07:15]You have the right to have a hearing on both of those allegations, uh, where your contempt would need to be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. You have the right to present evidence in your own defense and cross-examine and challenge any of the evidence presented against you.

[00:07:31]You have the right to an attorney. Uh, if you qualified and requested, you have the right to an attorney appointed at public expense. The MIDC provides an attorney for your arraignment uh today just as a as a courtesy and as required by a stat >> Michigan IND indigent defense commission.

[00:07:50]>> No.

[00:07:52]>> Uh you also of course have the right to represent yourself.

[00:07:55]>> Um do you know well first do you uh do you comprehend the uh penalties? Oh I'm sorry I didn't tell you. So, so both those contempt citations, if you are found to be in contempt or you admit to being in contempt, you could be punished by up to 93 days in the county jail and or a fine of $7,500 or both. That's the fine that's the maximum penalty for both of the contempt citations.

[00:08:23]Uh, Miss Bridgemond, do you comprehend the rights that you have that I outlined for you and the maximum penalties I outlined for you?

[00:08:30]>> I think that I would like to wait. I have a call into the um state trooper that your office or the prosecutor's office called to investigate something with me and um I was on the phone with her and told her I had received the show cause and she said he can't serve a show cause. I shot over a copy of of it. He can't serve a show cause because you're not under bond.

[00:08:56]This is from the state attorney general's office. I was still on the phone with her. I had filed the paperwork at 9:00. She called me at approximately 10:00. I was still on the phone with her till after 11:00 and she told me that you could not issue a show cause because I was not under bond. Now, I understand you have just precluded all of my common law rights by forcing me in the back door into your jurisdiction on this side of the court.

[00:09:23]And I know that this is not what was on the original document in its entirety. So you have amped up the charges based on the fact that I failed to appear. But I believed she was going to let you know she was collecting information from me for you.

[00:09:41]>> Ma'am, did you just understand what the what the judge asked you regarding those two charges?

[00:09:46]>> Did you just understand that? I think there's a bigger overriding issue.

[00:09:49]>> But thank you. I'm not going to have this.

[00:09:54]>> I'm I'm going to fire him actually. So, thank you very much cuz I will represent myself.

[00:10:00]>> Okay.

[00:10:01]>> So, you're telling me things in defense of the content citations and you'll definitely have an opportunity to present anything.

[00:10:07]>> No, because you already Mr. Villas, please stop. I don't want to have this be an argument between you and Mr. >> I I just I guess I just like to, you know, state that >> Well, I think we need to back it up.

[00:10:18]pleading not guilty to both of those and that she would like to request a hearing that she like to represent herself at that future hearing.

[00:10:24]>> No, that all of my rights were strongly impinged upon for even when I never failed to appear.

[00:10:32]>> Okay, we're going to have a hearing where you >> She was working. Okay.

[00:10:35]>> Okay. Okay. You're going to get your >> Mr. Stop arguing with Miss Bridger.

[00:10:42]>> Okay. I mean, it's a pretty serious thing to have to spend the night in jail um to be brought in in handcuffs and everything else when I was not being belligerent in that regard. She >> If you're enjoying this courtroom breakdown so far, hit that like button and subscribe. We cover the wildest real courtroom moments every single day.

[00:11:02]>> Told me that it was not an authorized show cause.

[00:11:08]>> All right. If she told you that, she didn't have the authority to do so. But anyway, that that's for the later hearing. So, >> well, she was investigating. Okay.

[00:11:15]Today's purpose is to advise you of the two contempt citations. So, do you comprehend the maximum penalty that those could carry and the rights that you have that I outlined for you?

[00:11:25]>> Now, can I ask what statutes or what law or what are you saying here are are the charges because this does not match.

[00:11:35]Sorry, I have cotton mouth so bad. This does not match what the previous document was that you sent to me and I have a picture of it on my phone but my phone's not with me. Okay.

[00:11:46]>> It does not say >> I've told you the charges. I don't have to answer further questions about that for you.

[00:11:51]>> Do you understand the rights that I listed for you and the penalties?

[00:11:55]>> Why have they changed?

[00:11:57]>> Answering that question.

[00:11:58]>> Can the prosecutor >> No. What?

[00:12:01]>> I need an answer to my question. You understand that? So you said you want to represent yourself, right?

[00:12:07]You do you wish to represent yourself and not have an attorney represent you?

[00:12:11]>> Yes, I do.

[00:12:13]>> If you want to do that, I must establish that you know what the penalties are and what your rights are and I have to establish that you're not going to be disruptive to the court. If you refuse, >> so are those >> If you refuse, then I'm going to appoint I'm not refusing.

[00:12:31]>> Okay. Then I would appoint an attorney for you and you'd not be able to represent yourself.

[00:12:34]>> I know. I listened to that with Trevor's case.

[00:12:37]>> All right. So, so I'm asking you and you saw what >> how can I Richmond?

[00:12:42]>> So, I first have to make sure you know what the maximum penalties are and what your rights are. Do you not?

[00:12:51]>> Those maximum penalties are based on the charges. And I'm wondering how you arrived at a change in the charges.

[00:13:00]>> I'm not answering that question.

[00:13:03]You you know that you could face up to 93 days in jail into a $7,500 fine. You understand it >> up to that? Okay. But I don't even understand what the charges are.

[00:13:13]>> And do you have any questions for me about any of the rights that I listed that you have to have an attorney and have a hearing and present evidence? You have any question about those rights?

[00:13:24]I have a whole question about the whole um context of everything today. Judge Goth here.

[00:13:36]>> It's really quite simple. When you have an order to show up for court and you turn in a cut up piece of paper of it to say you're refusing to attend that this is what happens next. That's pretty simple.

[00:13:46]>> Oh, did that offend you?

[00:13:48]>> No, it did not offend me. It was just it was a contempt of court.

[00:13:52]It's not about anybody's personal feelings. It's about the authority of the court to compel appearances and you do not appear. So I do believe based upon your answers that you uh do understand the maximum penalties that you face and the rights that you have.

[00:14:07]So Miss Richmond uh Mr. Villain W indicated that you wish to plead not guilty to those uh charges of contempt.

[00:14:15]I gather from your comments that you would agree that you're not pleaded.

[00:14:18]That's correct. Okay.

[00:14:19]>> All right. So, we'll enter a not guilty plea on your behalf to both contempt citations. We'll schedule this for a hearing where the prosecutor will present evidence and you can present evidence in your defense. If you want to have an officer come testify on your behalf, you can certainly do so.

[00:14:34]>> I would like to request a trial by jury.

[00:14:36]>> There is no right to trial by jury in a contempt matter.

[00:14:40]>> So, that request would be denied.

[00:14:42]>> Okay. So, then there's no chance to understand what you're charging me with prior to this hearing. I've told you what you charged. I can read it again if you want.

[00:14:52]>> I don't see where there's a code or a statute or any law that I have actually violated here.

[00:15:03]>> Well, that's that's not required to be on on a contempt citation. I've told you what the allegations are.

[00:15:10]>> If you want me to read them to you again, I will.

[00:15:12]>> Okay. And the and the contempt charges that you're saying have changed from the first time?

[00:15:19]>> No, there are two. One is the contempt for uh unauthorized practice of law and preventing Mr. Flores from meeting with his MIDC attorney prior to his arraignment.

[00:15:30]The second one is for failing to appear for the show cause hearing on that.

[00:15:35]>> So I only show one now.

[00:15:39]>> What is the one you have? And this is preventing. And how did you arrive at this at a later date then to issue a bench warrant?

[00:15:49]>> Mr. Z, >> there's there's two items check marked here.

[00:15:52]>> This is after the fact. So then you added a different charge than the previous one about the same date.

[00:15:59]>> M read two charges. There's two charges marked here.

[00:16:03]>> Excuse me.

[00:16:05]I probably have more degrees than you do. Okay.

[00:16:09]I'm I'm going to find that that uh >> what I'm pleased Judge Gothier.

[00:16:14]>> Sure. Go ahead.

[00:16:15]>> Thank you. Okay. So, the first one was that um I was practicing law. That was the first one. That's the show cause that you say I I failed to appear for.

[00:16:28]>> No, it was contempt for unauthorized practice of law and preventing defendant Flores from meeting with MIDC attorney prior to prisoner. That was on the original. Oh, I have a picture of the original one. This is why I'm not sure.

[00:16:41]>> Do you have a copy of that show cause in front of you right now or no?

[00:16:44]>> This one like to see what she has here.

[00:16:46]>> I just So, how do I defend?

[00:16:49]>> Okay.

[00:16:50]>> If you do not have in front of you right now copy of the first show cause, I'm happy to provide a copy.

[00:16:56]>> So, how did you arrive at a second show cause >> because you didn't show up. The second show cause is for >> But I wasn't on bond. So, both show causes are not in effect because I'm not on bond.

[00:17:10]Your honor, what is the date of the first show cause?

[00:17:13]>> December 20th.

[00:17:15]>> Don't know that.

[00:17:15]>> Oh. Oh, sorry. That was before the December 20th.

[00:17:18]>> Sorry. You may view this document. This is out of the court file. You may view it and then judge Gothier. Do I have any other recourse to clarify where I was on that day and the information that I was going off of by your own investigator?

[00:17:35]>> You do. You do.

[00:17:37]>> Okay.

[00:17:37]>> That is a hearing date. Today we're going to schedule a hearing date and you can present that evidence at that time.

[00:17:45]>> And how will the hearing affect a trial by jury?

[00:17:48]>> As I told you, there is no right to trial by jury >> for a contempt. So, >> so this is a perfect nice little tidy package for everything I see.

[00:18:00]>> Okay.

[00:18:00]>> So, I can schedule this for a contempt hearing on Thursday, January 11th at 2:00 p.m.

[00:18:12]>> I think that would be way too soon for me. Thank you.

[00:18:16]>> Why is that?

[00:18:18]I need to get to some of the documentation and follow up with that um uh state trooper as well as perhaps a few other people because I'm guessing am I supposed to just talk to the prosecutor without the other witnesses that I had in my presence at the same time?

[00:18:42]I could schedule this for the afternoon of Thursday, January 25th. Then that gives you three weeks.

[00:18:49]>> Thank you.

[00:18:50]>> So, we'll schedule this for a contempt hearing on both allegations of contempt on um Thursday, January 25th at 200 p.m.

[00:19:04]And do I understand correctly, you do not wish uh me to appoint an attorney that you want to represent yourself?

[00:19:12]And then who makes the decision? You make the total decision then.

[00:19:16]>> Well, no. First you you make the decision whether you want to represent yourself. As long as I'm convinced that you're doing so of your own free choice, that you understand what's going on, and that you're not going to be unduly disruptive, then you'll represent yourself.

[00:19:26]>> So, what am I allowed to do at the hearing to defend myself appropriately?

[00:19:31]>> You're allowed to present legal arguments. You're allowed to present witnesses to testify under oath, yourself or any other witnesses that you bring with you. If you want to subpoena a witness, if you're representing yourself, you can't you can't issue a subpoena without the court's signature.

[00:19:48]An attorney can issue a subpoena on their own.

[00:19:51]If you want to subpoena somebody, what you would do is you you go to the court clerk, they give you the paperwork, you'd fill out the subpoena, they would give it to me to review and if it looks like it's reasonably, you know, connected or relevant to the case, I would sign the subpoena and it would be given back to you for you to serve upon the person to compel their appearance.

[00:20:12]I did not even get to watch the video that day because I was still on the phone with the trooper and then people told me after I went up for Christmas that there was maybe a bench warrant that you had issued a bench warrant but everybody looked for it online at Vine League and couldn't find any bench warrant. So I was not trying to I thought that trooper had told you what she told me that I wasn't on bond so I couldn't have a show cause.

[00:20:36]>> Well well that's all going to be sorted out at the hearing. Okay. We don't have to sort all that out. Well, that's a lot of overnight in being arrested downtown and everything for a misunderstanding that I would like to uh >> Mr. Richmond, I mean, >> okay, >> I get it, Judge. I know what happened.

[00:20:54]>> You're not fooling me. I've got a I've got the show cause that you you apparently cut up into little strips and wrote >> Yeah, but I brought it at 9:00 because that's Do you know that that's actually a common law practice?

[00:21:05]And there are courts that recognize common law because sovereign people and people who um take an oath of office can follow common law.

[00:21:16]>> All right. So the codes and statutes matters >> is scheduled for Thursday, January 25th at 2 p.m. I find that Miss Bridgemond is unequivocally exercising her right to represent herself, that she understands the nature of the charges against her, the maximum penalty, and the rights that she has. I find that although she certainly disagrees with the court procedures and processes, which is her right, that she's not being unduly disruptive to the court's business. So, uh, the court's going to recognize Miss Bridgemond's right to represent herself at that hearing.

[00:21:47]>> Can I can I ask one question?

[00:21:49]>> What What are the parameters that you're going to decide is practicing law versus helping somebody maintain their unalenable rights? How would I delineate that in defense of myself? Well, that that's a question of excellence before that day. And I said, I'll entertain legal arguments. The prosecutor will have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt at that hearing that you did in fact practice law on that date. Uh that's where then there's a risk to representing yourself because an attorney, you know, has access to uh and better training and researching the case law, interpreting what that is. The Michigan Supreme Court has issued some opinions about what that is. If you're representing yourself, you're going to have to find those on your own and and make the argument as you see fit. Um, if you want to hire an attorney or if you want an appointed attorney, they would uh they would be able to fashion those arguments on your behalf. But I'm not going to >> No, I've been down that path before and it never turns out the way they first present themselves to you that they're going to fight the case. It never turns out that way. So, I'm fully cognizant and aware of of that, but I wanted to see what your standard was going to be.

[00:23:05]>> It's going to be what what the law requires, >> but I'm not sure which law you're referring to. So, I have to research all the laws to determine what this says that is different than the first show cause.

[00:23:18]>> Yet, Miss Richmond, if you want to represent yourself, it's no more work.

[00:23:21]You're going to have to >> I'm not saying it's not more work. It's also not um presented in a way that tells me what I'm really being charged with or that anybody has any proof of what they said here. So that's what I Okay.

[00:23:37]>> All right. Well, that's what we'll talk about those arguments and the and the prosecutor will present witnesses at that hearing and you can present witnesses. As I said, if you desire the court's help in compelling the appearance of any witness on your behalf, submit a subpoena to the clerk's office that I would review. It' be the district court office, >> okay?

[00:23:55]>> That I would review and I would issue the subpoena.

[00:23:58]>> So, so one of the key laws would be that in the state of Michigan, anybody practicing law should have uh be a member of the bar association. Am I correct?

[00:24:09]>> That is correct.

[00:24:10]>> Yeah. Now >> ma'am, you'll have to figure that out at another time. Okay.

[00:24:17]Now, now's not time to litigate this case.

[00:24:19]>> Yeah. So, I I have arranged >> I appreciate that this is very big in scope and Michigan statutes and codes as he says he's compelled to follow or must obey the dictates. Okay. I'm very well verssed in enough constitutional things.

[00:24:38]So I have to know what the p the perception is there.

[00:24:42]>> So thank you. I appreciate any clarification.

[00:24:45]>> I do have to follow what the uh any any decisions of the Michigan Supreme Court are our binding law on the lower courts near our constitutional system in Michigan. Also any statutes that were passed by the legislature and signed by the governor are laws that this court and all citizens of the state of Michigan have to follow. So the procedure that was followed here I could still take up in another uh manner.

[00:25:12]Correct.

[00:25:15]>> I'm not sure what you mean by another manner at the hearing. You can challenge the procedure of >> I was talking to your investigator. She knew what time I had to court date.

[00:25:23]>> Yes, absolutely. If if you want to present that that person to come testify about that.

[00:25:28]>> She's not going to come testify. I'm sure she's downstate.

[00:25:32]Um she might write something. Um, >> well that's up to you what you want to present. If you're going to represent yourself, you have to decide how you want to present your case. But we'll hear we I'm giving you the extra time you've asked for.

[00:25:44]>> So this is a major judicial review, okay, to decide if anything in our bill of rights actually applies to the Michigan um code and statutes.

[00:25:59]>> You have all the rights in Bill of Rights. I'm I I recognize all those constitutional rights >> and most of what I talk about actually falls under common law because it's common that anyone could understand it.

[00:26:12]>> All right.

[00:26:12]>> That's why it's called set the hearing date. Okay.

[00:26:15]>> Reign you on the charges. I'm going to recognize that you are exercising your right to represent yourself and discharge Mr. Villanoeva from any further responsibility in the manner.

[00:26:25]The only other question I have to decide is whether uh whether you should be released on your own recgnissance or whether you should be required to post a bond before the next hearing. So I'm going to hear first from the prosecutor and then from you on that question. Miss Miller is object to a PR bond in this um case first because of the uh her failure to appear on December 20th. Um she had notice of that hearing date as she dropped off the uh show cause to the court that had that date on it. Um further um an underlying case that this was initially filed, she um encouraged someone to not um appear for their court date or to leave the court before they were arraigned. Um so I do have a concern about her appearance at the next trial, the next date.

[00:27:10]All right, Miss Bridgeman. Uh, anything you want to tell me with regard to whether I should, uh, allow you to be released on your own recgnizance before that hearing or whether uh, >> I showed up at 9:00 a.m., your honor, and um, anybody could call me if they didn't understand that. Uh, I filed a similar document in Meno County and they accepted it. Common law is a very acceptable kind of a standard if you know it and you know what you're doing.

[00:27:38]So maybe there'll be a chance that I can present some of these um other avenues because how does my country tell me to take an oath of office to defend the Constitution, but then I'm held to only codes and statutes of the Michigan Legislative Body, Governor, and perhaps Supreme Court.

[00:28:07]That's that's the overarching question here I think and I think a lot of people >> well I can school house rock video to you about how a bill becomes a law and the laws >> oh I know how it happens I also know we don't have a lot of judicial >> review question any any input Mr. Yes. I guess I know you've just released me as as the attorney of record, but I guess in in support of the bond on her behalf would >> Yes. Yes. totally.

[00:28:35]>> Yes. So, I'd like to advise the court that um uh Miss Bridman is a resident of the city of Shabboan. Um she advised that she's a um former social studies teacher. She's presently collecting a disability. So, she informs me I'm unaware of the status of if she has an automobile or anything. I not aware of any known criminal history for Miss Bridgeman and she reports that she's no uh drug or alcohol issues. Granted, there is this allegation of um not not appearing at a at a at a at a previous hearing and she was picked up I believe within the uh the Shabboen County for that. And so I advise that your honor Oh, and one last thing, she's politically active member in the community. she has um audited an election previously. So I believe you know she's more or less uh I guess committed uh to this to this area this local municipality. I you know it seems unlikely that she would go anywhere and how she would do that and so your honor I would ask that you set reasonable bond for her release.

[00:29:45]>> Thank you.

[00:29:46]>> All right. Thank you. Well, I don't I don't believe that Miss Richmond poses any danger to public safety. I don't think she's a slight risk per se of fleeing from the jurisdiction. However, I do believe that she's a heightened risk of just flat out refusing to appear as evidenced by the fact that she cut off the previous show cause into little strips and wrote that she wasn't accepting an offer.

[00:30:08]>> Well, they didn't offer. It was an order, >> sorry, >> to appear. They didn't actually hand it to me. just refused to to appear on orders to appear by saying, "Sorry, I don't want to." Uh, so I don't think that release on her own recgnizance would be sufficient to secure her appearance. So, I'm going to set bond in the contempt matter at $10,000 cash or the full amount.

[00:30:30]There'll be no special conditions attached to it, however, just the standard conditions, Miss Bridgemond, that you have to make sure that we know uh if you change your we have know your address, contact information. You can't violate any laws in Michigan or any political subdivision thereof and you uh must appear for all court appearances.

[00:30:49]>> So the whole bond thing keeps me under your jurisdiction which I wouldn't have come into your court the same way today except that you put me in jail so I was forced to.

[00:31:01]>> That's the bond that I've set.

[00:31:02]>> This is the struggle between keeping my oath to defend the Constitution and adhering. I've taken a similar oath and I believe I'm going on today. So, we'll see you on the 25th.

[00:31:14]>> We will look at the case.

[00:31:17]>> All right.

[00:31:28]>> She's only up here from North Carolina.

[00:31:31]>> And just like that, the hearing finally comes to an end. a torn up court order, arguments about common law, repeated interruptions, and a judge trying to keep control of the courtroom every step of the way. Whether you agree with her or not, this case became a perfect example of what happens when courtroom authority collides head-on with someone refusing to accept it.