Man Freed After Lawyers Argue Beastie Boys Fought For His Right to Party
A New Jersey man was freed after his lawyers successfully used the little known Beastie Boys defense. The defendant Ryan Ortiz was found passed out drunk in his vehicle in an Arby’s drive-thru. He allegedly threw beer on a baby and urinated on an elderly woman during a drunken binge.
Police charged Ortiz with DWI, disorderly intoxication, trespass and a host of other charges. An elderly man claims that Ortiz broke into his home. Earl Burton, 84, told police, “A urine soaked drunk man leisurely walked into my home” through the back door, which was unlocked. Ortiz apparently was wearing urine-soaked pants, appeared disheveled and was “extremely intoxicated.” Mr. Ortiz then drove to Arby’s for curly fries.
Judge Judy
All of this sounds indefensible but Mr. Ortiz hired the best lawyers in New York City, Jacoby, Myers, Morgan, Morgan & Rabinowitz. “I used to see their TV commercials all the time while watching daytime TV like Judge Judy. With my one phone call I called them because I remembered their number from that catchy jingle.”
Fight For Your Right to Party
Ortiz was facing ten years in Rahway State prison when a clerk at the law firm, Sue Yoo suggested they use the Beastie Boys defense. The Beastie Boys released their classic song, “Fight For Your Right to Party” in 1986. The song became an international success. One night as a joke, some drunken politicians in New York City introduced the Right to Party Bill. It passed and became law in 1987.
The Beastie Boys
The law asserts that if you invoke your right to party and mention the Beastie Boys name, all drunk and disorderly related charges will be dropped. This includes basically any stupid, gross, moronic, sophomoric idiocy committed while drunk.
Lead attorney Saul Rabinowitz argued the Beastie Boys Right to Party defense in front of judge Chamberlain Haller. Judge Haller ruled in Ortiz’s favor and dismissed all charges. Mr. Ortiz was a free man. So you see the Beastie Boys did actually Fight For Your Right to Party.
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