Austin dating scene is wild.
https://time.com/4782479/man-sues-date-for-texting-movie/
According to Austin’s American-Statesman, Vezmar has filed a slightly dramatic petition in small claims court in Travis County for $17.31, the cost of a movie ticket for a 3D showing of Guardians of the Galaxy, citing that the texting was a “direct violation” of cinema’s policy and reasoning on moral grounds that “while damages sought are modest, the principle is important as defendant’s behavior is a threat to civilized society.” Vezmar claims that his date began texting on her phone 15 minutes into the movie, using it at least 10-20 times and “adversely” affecting his viewing experience.
“It was kind of a first date from hell,” he said. “This is like one of my biggest pet peeves.”
He then suggested that she could go outside to text, at which point she left the theater and never came back. Vezmar also noted that since she left, he didn’t have a ride home since they had driven together in her car.
When the Statesman reached out to the woman for comment, she was unaware of the claim against her.
“Oh my God, this is crazy,” she said. “I’m not a bad woman. I just went out on a date.”
She said that Vezmar had called her to ask her to pay him back for the ticket, but she refused because he “took me out on a date.” She also said that she planned to file a protective order against Vezmar since he contacted her little sister about getting the money for the ticket.
Update. He was on a mission from God to address texting during movies.
https://www.statesman.com/story/news/local/2017/05/18/man-plans-to-drop-his-lawsuit-against-woman-who-texted-during-movie/10422101007/
A man who sued a woman because she was texting during a movie on their first date at an Austin theater said he plans to drop the lawsuit Friday because she paid him back the price of her movie ticket.
“I feel that Crystal met me halfway,” said Brandon Vezmar, a 37-year-old communications company owner from Austin.
Cruz paid Vezmar back the money Thursday after the producers of the television show Inside Edition asked her to meet Vezmar outside the movie theater.
Vezmar said getting the money back wasn’t “the outcome he hoped for.”
“I felt ambushed because Inside Edition put me in a spot where I was forced to let the media steal the narrative as opposed to making the decision in my own time,” he said.
Vezmar said he mainly filed the lawsuit to address the issue of texting during a movie.
Cruz said Thursday she just texted three times in the movie theater to a friend who was having trouble with a boyfriend. Vezmar disagreed saying Cruz texted continuously for 15 minutes.
“I would not have filed a lawsuit over three texts,” he said.
He said he has asked his supporters on Twitter to donate $17.31 to a charity of their choice “out of respect for what I’ve done for them and the sanctity of the theater going experience.”