--- title: Man Sues Woman For Texting During a Movie on Date description: A man from Austin, Texas is suing a woman he went on a date with because she texted on her phone while they were watching a movie. canonical: https://time.com/4782479/man-sues-date-for-texting-movie/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-17T17:11:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:43:43.420Z og:title: Slightly Dramatic Man Sues Date for Texting During Movie og:description: He's suing for the cost of the date og:url: https://time.com/4782479/man-sues-date-for-texting-movie/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte5f5e049a83f3665/6988cdadfb4eac194f892081/man-sues-date-for-texting-during-movie.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Theaters Hope To Lure Back Customers With Amenities og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Slightly Dramatic Man Sues Date for Texting During Movie twitter:description: He's suing for the cost of the date twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte5f5e049a83f3665/6988cdadfb4eac194f892081/man-sues-date-for-texting-during-movie.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Slightly Dramatic Man Sues His Date For Texting During a Movie > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) Boston Globe—Boston Globe via Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 17, 2017 5:11 PM UTC Ah, the perils of [modern love](http://time.com/aziz-ansari-modern-romance/) — from [horrific first dates being documented on Twitter](http://time.com/4463728/man-wedged-between-buildings/) to [fake Tinder profiles that rely on catfishing](http://time.com/4779604/fred-weasley-tinder-catfish/), it seems like singles these days just can’t catch a break. With that in mind, consider the tale of Brandon Vezmar, a 37-year-old man hailing from Austin, Texas, who is currently suing an unnamed 35-year-old woman for reportedly texting throughout a movie on their first date. According to Austin’s [_American-Statesman_](http://www.statesman.com/news/local/this-crazy-austin-man-sues-date-for-texting-during-movie/NVZRQcXkONqKuTtSTtX1JK/), 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. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4782479/man-sues-date-for-texting-movie/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4782479/man-sues-date-for-texting-movie/"},"headline":"Slightly Dramatic Man Sues His Date For Texting During a Movie","datePublished":"2017-05-17T17:11:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:43:43.420Z","description":"He's suing for the cost of the date","url":"https://time.com/4782479/man-sues-date-for-texting-movie/","keywords":["Newsfeed","society","Dating","viral","relationships","Bizarre"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte5f5e049a83f3665/6988cdadfb4eac194f892081/man-sues-date-for-texting-during-movie.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte5f5e049a83f3665/6988cdadfb4eac194f892081/man-sues-date-for-texting-during-movie.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Theaters Hope To Lure Back Customers With Amenities","caption":"Theaters Hope To Lure Back Customers With Amenities","creditText":"Boston Globe—Boston Globe via Getty Images","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/4782479/man-sues-date-for-texting-movie/","name":"Slightly Dramatic Man Sues His Date For Texting During a Movie"}}]}] ```