In a tale almost too ironic to be true, a defense attorney in Florida had his pants catch on fire as he was presenting his closing argument in an arson trial!

Moments after he began addressing the jurors, lawyer Stephen Gutierrez suddenly noticed smoke billowing out of his pocket and ran out of the courtroom in fright.

He would later claim, after the jury had been removed from the room, that his e-cigarette had spontaneously burst into flames and what just happened to be an incredible coincidental moment.

The circumstances of the odd incident are even more curious because Gutierrez's argument in the trial is that his client did not intentionally set fire to his car and was, in fact, a victim of spontaneous combustion.

Although one might suspect that the scene was orchestrated by Gutierrez to demonstrate the possibility for such a scenario, the attorney assured the court that he had not planned the fire.

Regardless of whether it was genuine or an attempt at courtroom theatrics, the weird event apparently did not sway the jury, who found his client guilty.

Then again, there may be grounds for appeal if any of the jurors rendered their verdict based on the old adage "liar, liar, pants on fire."

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It's regrettable that the only clear, attributable voice that could or would officially state PEP policy will go silent.

Whatever side of the myriad issues one may find themselves on, it seems clear to me that Mr. Harrington was an effective representative of his client's interests.

Who will take his place? How will this effect PEP's future concerns?

Farewell JimHarrington. We can hope the sun shines bright on the path you choose.

Apparently, he's moved on to Bass Clef Holdings, LLC. Does that mean he's completely divorced from PEP, or did he move to a larger firm more equipped to handle PEP's trademark trolling workload?

Bass Clef Holdings is Harrington's own company... started in Texas at the end of september 2017.

One thing that seems apparent is that Chip reminds me of this little chihuahua my mom had. Once it latched on to your pant leg, it never let go. I'm not saying it's a bad thing, I'm just sayin'

Like I said it's not necessarily a bad thing ... it wasn't a criticism. I can't help but wonder however what you're going to do with all this free time on your hands now that your main nemesis has rode off into the sunset or at least it appears that way. Oh well, I guess there are other pant legs to latch on to. Just give me the heads up if you choose to sink your canines into my trousers.

Looks like Jim got off the Island and,
The S.S.Karaoke is still besieged by
Dastardly Pirates!

He was never interested in getting them off his ship. He was more interested in converting them into "paying" pirates..... kind of like converting illegal aliens into tax payers and voters.

8) Why buy the cow, when you can get the milk for free?