Trans Lawyer disrupts custody hearing: forcefully removed for contempt and has unladylike behavior

On February 5, 2026, a child custody hearing in Pontotoc County District Court in Ada, Oklahoma. The hearing did a 180 turn when attorney Rob Hopkins, a woman who thinks she's a man, was representing a client in the case.

The main thrust of the hearing was about paperwork issues and the client’s absence due to an open warrent and protective order from another county.

Judge Laurie Jackson, a woman who is comfortable in her own skin, started by addressing Hopkins about his use of the word “butt” while quoting a bailiff. Things heated up fast. In a loud unladylike response, Hopkins raised her voice and loudly demanded the judge point to the exact paragraph in a ruling.

The judge warned her to stop interrupting or face contempt charges, but Hopkins kept going. She pointed her finger and again loudly insisted she was not finished with her argument.

At one point, her phone hit the floor and she later said it fell by accident. The judge called the action inappropriate and told her to stop shouting.

Hopkins loudly interrupted and pushed back repeatedly. When the opposing attorney noted the client had warrants, Hopkins interrupted again. The judge appeared stunned and said she would not tolerate the behavior. After multiple warnings, Judge Jackson held Hopkins in direct contempt of court and ended the hearing.

As the judge ordered deputies to take Hopkins into custody, she grew emotional and told the court, “You did not even say that I was in contempt.” She then added, “It’s because I’m a transgender attorney practicing all over this state.”

Judge Jackson responded by throwing her hands up and saying, “I don’t know you from Adam.” Surveillance footage from the courtroom captured the full exchange. Hopkins continued to argue even after the contempt ruling.

Deputies entered the courtroom to detain Hopkins but she immediately resisted. Body cam and courtroom video show him saying, “Do not hurt me, do not hurt me.”

As officers moved in, she repeated, “Do not grab me! Do not grab me! I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe.” She hyperventilated while being brought to the ground and called out for someone to dial 911, which was futile.

During the struggle, Hopkins made another specific request. She shouted, “Get a female officer now! Get a female officer now!” and “I need a female police officer.”

So wait . . . if Hopkins believes she's a male, why then would she demand a female officer? Sounds like her feminine side won the battle with the cops.

Officers continued to secure her as she stayed on the floor. The scene ended with Hopkins in custody. 

She was later held on a $25,000 bond.

This episode lays bare one of the more revealing tensions of our time. Here was a lawyer who, having demanded to be treated according to her declared identity [as a man]  in every professional setting, she suddenly invoked that same identity not as a matter of legal principle but as a shield against the ordinary consequences of courtroom decorum. 

When the rules of the court, applied equally to everyone present, finally caught up with her, the immediate response was not contrition or reflection but the assertion that the judge’s decision must have been motivated by prejudice against her so called transgender status.  

It’s no different than the race card.

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