The Judge In The Derrick Rose Case Said "Best Wishes, Except When The Knicks Play The Lakers" After The Verdict Was Read

NY Post- A ?civil jury cleared New York Knicks guard Derrick Rose of all claims in a civil sexual assault lawsuit brought against him by a former girlfriend. The eight jurors, six women and two men, deliberated for three hours and 45 minutes before clearing Rose and two childhood pals of all three sexual battery, battery and trespass claims in the $21.5 million suit. The basketball player kept his eyes down and hugged his attorney after the verdict was read. His accuser kept her head buried in her hands in a prayer position. “Best wishes,” Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald told Rose. “Except when the Knicks play the Lakers,” he joked.

What the hell is going on here? Is this how the judicial system works in Los Angeles? Judges cracking one liners and jurors taking pictures with a defendant they just cleared of rape? I feel like I am taking crazy pills. I can get on Rose or his attorney for not politely turning down the jurors that wanted pictures. You have to get the hell out of Dodge once that verdict is read because everyone looks bad in these pictures after a case like this.

Like what does a tweet like this even mean?!?! Who takes a picture with someone they’ve never heard of or they are not a fan of? Bananaland shit.

If I’m a juror, I want to get home as soon as possible and forget about being stuck in jury duty. Especially during one as ugly as this rape case.

And when a judge starts cracking jokes, you have to be taken aback no matter who you are in the case. Loony toons. This almost feels like when my boy Juror Lionel gave OJ Simpson the black power fist after the verdict was read in The People Vs. OJ Simpson.

Again, I’m the furthest thing from a legal expert. But this all seems FUCKED UP, right? Like if I heard that Derrick Rose was one of the jurors on his own trial, I would almost believe it. We have Riggs to handle political and important world events. But I think Barstool needs to hire a Roger Cossack to handle tomfoolery like this. Actually scratch that. If Barstool didn’t hire America’s Lawyer Mike Portnoy to break down all the bullshit that went on in Deflategate, we are never going to hire one.