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I think the real news here is that there is such a thing as a "court monitor" and most Americans are never told about it. We could sure use an overhaul of our education system, especially once you get into high school. Also of our judicial system, but that's a bit of another topic.
When you're a kid, your education is the responsibility of the adults around you. When you're an adult with a little box in your hand that can tell you almost everything humans know, your education is your responsibility.
Court monitors aren't a secret, maybe just something you hadn't learned about yet. There is SO much information, you can't know it all and almost everybody won't remember a bunch of info they've been exposed to.
We are all ignorant of most of the information humans have gathered, but you can change your level of ignorance on most any topic anytime you'd like. That's the best part of right now, if you ask me.
Courts in general have A LOT of procedures that are not taught about in school. Hell I took a business law class in college and I know more about how they operate by a divorce. There are many little nuances that aren't in TV court cases or that are specialized to finances or probate or many other law categories.
I’m going to stand up for the American education system, which is weird. But there is no way to expect someone to learn everything they need to know about all the normal topics and fringe legal systems by the time you’re 18. We already tacked a bunch of math on because Harvard decided everyone needed to know geometry and things spiraled out of control from there with math.
The fact that the court system can assign your company a monitor while you are being accused of fraud isn’t that crazy, but it’s also pretty specific. Most people don’t know about because they aren’t lawyers and that’s frankly okay.