Major courtroom brawl erupts after mum of murdered teenager confronts killer’s family
A courtroom ensued after a grieving mum confronted the family of the man who killed her son on 8 April.
Chaos followed after mother Jeanette Dees was giving her final statement about 19-year-old Te'Bryis Robinson's actions, and how he should get the 'maximum possible sentence' for murdering her son, TrenJ’vious 'Tubby' Hutton. This happened during a 2022 shooting, which took place in Towne East Square in Wichita, Kansas, USA.
Courtroom cameras captured the heated fistfight that took place in the Sedgwick County Courthouse between the 48-year-old mum and the Robinsons, as reported by KWCH.
A member of the Dees family could be seen getting up in the courtroom and approaching a member of the Robinson family, punching them in the face.
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As a massive brawl broke out, court officers tried to break the fight up in the middle of proceedings.
Jeanette could also be heard shouting angry comments at the Robinson family and friends, who were also in the courtroom.
The flurry of punches between both families was captured on camera, though the audio was muted, but authorities were seen struggling when trying to ease tensions.
The footage has since been uploaded to YouTube.
As a result of the behaviour on show, officers were made to kick a number of people out of the room before the judge delivered their verdict.
In the end, the convicted Robinson, who was 16 at the time of the shooting, was sentenced to 21 years and three months in jail for killing TrenJ’vious 'Tubby' Hutton at the Kansan shopping centre, after being tried as an adult.
Now, in the aftermath of the intense courtroom brawl, the court has charged Derrick Parker, 33, Trerntasia Hutton, 24, Trentex Hutton, Trentavies Hutton, 18, and an unnamed 16-year-old boy with one count of disorderly conduct, as reported by The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office via the New York Post.
Following these charges, a 48-year-old Wichita mother has also been charged for her actions in the courtroom brawl during the sentencing of her 14-year-old son's murderer, say court and public records via The Wichita Eagle.
On Tuesday 29 April, she too was charged with one count of disorderly conduct.
State law mentions that using 'fighting words' or being part of 'noisy conduct likely to arouse alarm, anger or resentment in others' in particular, qualifies as disorderly conduct.
The charge stands as a misdemeanour in the state of Kansas, with the maximum punishment possible currently a one month sentence in prison as well as a $500 fine.
Joshua Nair