Couple ordered to pay Rs 22 lakh to son for throwing away his adult film collection

Team Udayavani, Aug 29, 2021, 5:43 PM IST

A couple from western Michigan in the US had thrown out their son’s collection of adult films, magazines, and other items and were ordered by a judge to pay damages worth $30,441 (Rs 22 lakh).

The son won the lawsuit against his parents wherein a judge in Michigan has now ordered the parents to pay $30,441 (Rs 22 Lakh) to their son for destroying the pornography collection.

David Werking was living at his parents’ house for 10 months, after going through a divorce.

He realized his porn collection was missing only after he moved from his parents’ home in Grand Haven to Muncie, Indiana.

“Frankly, David, I did you a big favour getting rid of all this stuff,” his father wrote in an email.

Werking estimated the collection was worth $25,000. The reports state that the collection included 1,605 individual titles of DVDs and VHS tapes.

Judge Maloney was quoted by the Guardian as saying: “There is no question that the destroyed property was David’s property. Defendants repeatedly admitted that they destroyed the property.”

Werking’s parents justified that they had all the rights to act as their son’s landlord.

During the court ruling, the judge ordered the parents to pay $14,500 to David’s attorney, in addition to the damages.