Lawyer Accidentally Joins Zoom Hearing With Cat Filter, Doesn’t Know How to Turn it Off

An attorney in western Texas received some unexpected attention when he joined a Zoom call without realizing the cat filter was turned on.

During a virtual proceeding, attorney Rod Ponton logged onto the Zoom call when Judge Roy Ferguson noticed Ponton pointed out, "I believe you have a filter turned on in the video settings."

Ponton said he was aware and that his assistant was helping him.

"I'm here live, I'm not a cat."

The video was immediately posted to the court's YouTube channel where it quickly went viral.

Read more at ABC 13

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