--- title: Tom Brady Courtroom Sketch: Deflategate Star Looks Like a Zombie description: Sketches of Brady's Wednesday court appearance have drawn the ire of anyone who has ever seen a photo of Brady. canonical: https://time.com/3994898/tom-brady-court-room-sketch/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-12T19:47:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:23:22.223Z og:title: Tom Brady Courtroom Sketch: Deflategate Star Looks Like a Zombie og:description: Sketches of Brady's Wednesday court appearance have drawn the ire of anyone who has ever seen a photo of Brady. og:url: https://time.com/3994898/tom-brady-court-room-sketch/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1bedfbe3bf943e50/69885efb2dce017b8a9e50ba/brady-sketch.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Tom Brady Deflate Gate Trial og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Tom Brady Courtroom Sketch: Deflategate Star Looks Like a Zombie twitter:description: Sketches of Brady's Wednesday court appearance have drawn the ire of anyone who has ever seen a photo of Brady. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1bedfbe3bf943e50/69885efb2dce017b8a9e50ba/brady-sketch.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Sketch of Tom Brady in Court Looks Hilariously Nothing Like Him ## Video: Will Brady, Goodell Reach Deflategate Settlement? Doubtful [Watch (HLS stream): Will Brady, Goodell Reach Deflategate Settlement? Doubtful](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/pQM3ABOV.m3u8) (0:56)  _Published 2015-08-12. A Manhattan-area judge has ordered the two sides to discuss a settlement before moving forward with the case._  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Aug 12, 2015 7:47 PM UTC  Tom Brady appears in United States District Court on Aug. 12, 2015. Tom Brady appears in United States District Court on Aug. 12, 2015.NY District Court  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Aug 12, 2015 7:47 PM UTC When Tom Brady steps onto a football field he turns into a throwing machine, one of the NFL’s all time greatest quarterbacks. When he steps into a courtroom, he apparently becomes a lifeless zombie, a terrifying creature who’s face appears to be melting. Or at least that’s what court room sketches would have you believe. Sketches of Brady’s [Wednesday court appearance](http://time.com/3994227/tom-brady-roger-goodell-court/) have drawn the ire of anyone who has ever seen a photo of the charming quarterback. Some have even transformed the sketches into a meme. How bad are they? See for yourself. > [](https://twitter.com/iamHectorDiaz/status/631526002099908609) > [](https://twitter.com/countoncody/status/631531347979284480) > [](https://twitter.com/iamHectorDiaz/status/631520615460159488) > [](https://twitter.com/hardy985/status/631523882856353793) > [](https://twitter.com/MattL35mm/status/631535955187494912) Asked about her rendering of Brady, the artist behind the sketch gave the Boston _Globe_ a simple answer. “I don’t tend to flatter people,” she said, according to the [reporter](https://twitter.com/MeredithGoldste/status/631539616097636352). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3994898/tom-brady-court-room-sketch/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3994898/tom-brady-court-room-sketch/"},"headline":"This Sketch of Tom Brady in Court Looks Hilariously Nothing Like Him","datePublished":"2015-08-12T19:47:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:23:22.223Z","description":"But does he look more like Voldemort or Gollum?","url":"https://time.com/3994898/tom-brady-court-room-sketch/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1bedfbe3bf943e50/69885efb2dce017b8a9e50ba/brady-sketch.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1bedfbe3bf943e50/69885efb2dce017b8a9e50ba/brady-sketch.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Tom Brady Deflate Gate Trial","caption":"Tom Brady Deflate Gate Trial","creditText":"NY District Court","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3994898/tom-brady-court-room-sketch/","name":"This Sketch of Tom Brady in Court Looks Hilariously Nothing Like Him"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Will Brady, Goodell Reach Deflategate Settlement? 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