Man Asks Judge To Allow Him To Have A Japanese Sword Fight With Ex-Wife, During Divorce Hearing
David Ostrom of Paola Kansas had asked a Shelby County court to grant his motion for trial by combat against his ex-wife Bridgette Ostrom 38 of Harlan. To this day trial bycombat has never been explicitly banned or restricted as a right in these United States. Ostroms motion if granted would be the first such case ever contested on the battlefield in the nations history.
Divorce settlements are known to get ugly, but in this US man's case, things escalated to an unimaginable level. The man named David Ostrom, went to the extent of requesting a trial by combat using Japanese swords, with his ex-wife.
40-year-old Ostrom of Paola, Kansas, had asked a Shelby County court to grant his motion for trial by combat against his ex-wife, Bridgette Ostrom, 38, of Harlan, the Des Moines Register reported.
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David Ostrom claims his ex-wife has ¡°destroyed him legally,¡± according to court documents. His motion filed in Shelby County District Court stemmed from his frustrations with his ex-wife¡¯s attorney.
He has asked the district court judge to give him 12 weeks to find the weapons, reported Carrol Times Herald.
"To this day, trial by combat has never been explicitly banned or restricted as a right in these United States," Ostrom told judge Craig Dreismeier during the proceedings.
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Ostrom tried to validate his request by saying 'trial by combat' was used in a British Court in 1818. But it is highly unlikely that legislation from other countries would be acknowledged in the Iowa courtroom.
"It should be noted that just because the US and Iowa constitutions do not specifically prohibit battling another person with a deadly katana sword, it does prohibit a court sitting in equity from ordering same," Hudson wrote.
The right for trial by combat was inherited from British common law, which served as the basis of the United States legal system. Ostrom's motion, if granted, would be the first such case ever contested on the battlefield in the nation's history.
