THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 2009
NEWS|5
COURTS
Student, bar owner take MIP case to Judge Judy
BY DYLAN SANDS
dsands@kansan.com
For most students, an MIP means a long road of fines, court appearances and tarnished records. But for Charles Miller, it meant a paid vacation to Los Angeles.
Miller, Overland Park senior, was taped in a trial on Judge Judy's show in which Bigg's BBQ restaurant owner Doug Holiday sued him for the money he was fined for serving Miller alcohol when he was a minor. Both Miller and Holiday signed agreements saying they would not reveal the outcome of the episode, which has not yet aired.
The controversy began March 28, 2008 when Miller and his friends watched a Kansas basketball game at Bigg's BBQ, located at 2429 Iowa Street. Miller's and Holiday's accounts of the night differ. Miller said he was never asked to present an ID after ordering a beer. Holiday said Miller presented a fake ID before being served alcohol.
"I wasn't carded, and we just started drinking." Miller said.
Miller said he and his friends had several drinks throughout the night and became intoxicated.
The two did not dispute what happened next. A Lawrence Police officer entered the restaurant and began checking the IDs of patrons drinking alcohol. Miller presented an ID that belonged to someone else.
"There was no resemblance; the ID was of a redhead and I'm blond." Miller said. "He didn't believe it at all"
That night, Miller was cited for the fraudulent use of an ID and possession of alcohol. The Lawrence Municipal Court eventually lessened the charges to a public consumption charge and fined Miller $452.
Holiday was notified that he would be fined $500 for serving alcohol to a minor. Holiday said being asked to pay more than Miller had to pay did not seem fair to him.
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Doug Holiday, owner of Bigg's BBQ, recently appeared in an episode of Judge Judy, a televised courtroom arbitration program, to settle a dispute with Charles Miller, a student who was charged with a minor in possession in Holiday's restaurant March 28, 2008. In addition to fining Miller $452, the Lawrence Municipal Court fined Holiday $500 for serving alcohol to a minor. Holiday filed a suit against Miller to recoup the $500, but agreed to drop the suit when a producer from Judge Judy contacted him and asked him to appear on the show with Miller.
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