Eccentric Texas lawyer wore Michael Myers costume to court docket for the reason that judge ‘triple canine-dared’ him

GALVESTON, Texas – Texas legal professional Mark Metzger entered the Galveston County Courthouse Friday sporting a bulky black coverall and a pale white mask.

Dressed as notorious horror film assassin Michael Myers of the slasher collection “Halloween,” Metzger represented 4 clients who appeared prior to a decide Friday for several rates which integrated driving when intoxicated, assault with bodily personal injury, and evading a peace officer.

Why, you may possibly inquire, would an lawyer do this? For the reason that the choose dared him to.

“Triple canine dared to don a costume to courtroom? Problem acknowledged, Choose,” Metzger wrote in a social media put up Friday morning.

“But which 1? So my add-ons to select from…” Metzger joked in the put up.

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In a photograph connected to the social media publish, the legal professional displayed his burgeoning assortment of Michael Myers masks together with an array of knives — some presumably stained with pretend blood.

“Usually the Friday just before Halloween, Xmas, July 4th etc or any other holiday break that merits dressing up, myself and a number of other festive colleagues make light of the problem,” Metzger told KPRC 2.

When asked whether or not his shoppers appreciated his costume as much as the decide did, Metzger mentioned they did.

“My customers all liked it,” Metzger stated. “Today, hearings weren’t critical in character. Most situations have been staying dismissed or normally reset to a afterwards date so the ‘temperature’ of the courtrooms and my shoppers were lighthearted so a tiny exciting does not harm everything. Clearly experienced these days been a major trial make a difference or a motions environment I’d have been dressed professionally.”

Metzger’s eccentric antics garnered him nationwide notice not lengthy in the past when he was detained in September when strolling a Galveston seashore dressed as Michael Myers, bloody knife in hand.

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Galveston police acquired calls that a masked gentleman was roaming all around with a knife. Metzger was finally produced and cited with disorderly perform. The spectacle unfolded hrs before Tropical Storm Nicholas was set to make landfall alongside the Texas coastline.