--- description: The owner of this Maine Dunkin Donuts must be a huge Patriots fan title: Dunkin' Donuts Shop Gives Deflategate Judge Coffee for Life image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5183026eb0fee402/6988623eab6d77b0f36a6054/judge-richard-berman.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Sports](/section/sports/) ## Sports Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Dunkin' Donuts Shop Offers Free Coffee for Life to Deflategate Judge by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 3, 2015 11:58 PM CUT  Judge Richard M. Berman enters federal court in New York on Aug. 31, 2015. Judge Richard M. Berman enters federal court in New York on Aug. 31, 2015.Larry Neumeister—AP by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 3, 2015 11:58 PM CUT The judge that ruled the National Football League was [wrong to suspend New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady](http://time.com/4021458/tom-brady-decision/?xid=homepage "undefined") for four games for the Deflategate scandal doesn’t ever have to worry about buying coffee again. One Dunkin’ Donuts location in New England posted a sign Thursday letting the world now that Judge Richard Berman is privy to free cups of joe for the rest of his life. According to [_Sports Illustrated_](http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2015/09/03/tom-brady-deflategate-judge-free-coffee-dunkin-donuts?xid=IFT-Trending "undefined"), the Dunkin’ Donuts is located at 1124 Lisbon Street in Lewiston, Maine—not too far from NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s summer home. > [](https://twitter.com/NHLChantel/status/639468695857852416) ### See Sports Illustrated's 100 Best Masters Photos  Adam Scott celebrates his playoff win at the 2013 Masters with caddie Steve Williams. Simon Bruty—Sports Illustrated  Tiger Woods and caddie Steve Williams celebrated after Woods chipped in for birdie on the 16th hole Sunday at the 2005 Masters. Neil Leifer—Sports Illustrated  Phil Mickelson birdied the 18th hole to win his first major at the 2004 Masters. Robert Beck—Sports Illustrated  In what many consider the greatest Masters ever, Jack Nicklaus, at age 46, fired a final-round 65 in 1986 to win his sixth green jacket. John Iacano—Sports Illustrated  Woods threw his signature fist pump after sinking the winning putt for his first major in 1997. John Iacano—Sports Illustrated  Woods then made his way through the patrons to give his father, Earl, a bear hug. Bob Martin—Sports Illustrated  This photo of Woods teeing off on 18 during the final round of the 2001 Masters made the cover of Sports Illustrated. Click to see more of Sports Illustrated's 100 Best Masters Photos on golf.com Fred Vuich—Sports Illustrated ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4022527/dunkin-donuts-deflategate/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4022527/dunkin-donuts-deflategate/"},"headline":"Dunkin' Donuts Shop Offers Free Coffee for Life to Deflategate Judge","datePublished":"2015-09-03T23:58:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:47:02.623Z","description":"Free coffee for life!","url":"https://time.com/4022527/dunkin-donuts-deflategate/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Football"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5183026eb0fee402/6988623eab6d77b0f36a6054/judge-richard-berman.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5183026eb0fee402/6988623eab6d77b0f36a6054/judge-richard-berman.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Richard M. Berman","caption":"Richard M. Berman","creditText":"Larry Neumeister—AP","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":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4022527/dunkin-donuts-deflategate/","name":"Dunkin' Donuts Shop Offers Free Coffee for Life to Deflategate Judge"}}]}] ```