Osteen Verdict

I know you've been waiting with baited breath for the result of the Osteen trial that began last week.

Here it is: the jury unanimously found that Victoria Osteen did not assault the flight attendant.

Here's what went down in the trial:

• one of the plaintiff's co-workers testified that there was an assault (legalese for unwanted touching)
  
• one of the plaintiff's witnesses, who had previously said there was an assault, changed her testimony under oath and said Victoria Osteen never touched her
• a witness for the defense, a fellow employee of the plaintiff, recounted an incident in which the plaintiff had wrongfully accused her of assault
  
• the plaintiff's attorney played the race card and the class card
  
• the plaintiff seems to have dropped her claim that the incident caused her hemorrhoids to flare up
• the plaintiff wanted the jury to award her over $400K for "loss of faith"
• the foreman of the jury said that the jury thought the lawsuit should never have been brought
• one of the jurors said that if they could have awarded court costs and attorneys fees to the Osteens, they would have
• Osteen's response to the verdict was "Thank you, Jesus"
  

Of course outside of the controlled court environment there was wailing and gnashing of teeth for the benefit of the media--especially on behalf of the plaintiff. The defense attorney was relatively restrained calling the case "extortion dressed up as a lawsuit."

And really, it was a ridiculous waste of time and the resources of the court. If I were Mom of the Court, they would all have been so grounded.