The cute blue-eyed "cat" in the bottom right corner was actually county attorney Rod Ponton, covered by a filter.
"Mr Ponton, I believe you have filter turned on in the video settings", said the judge.
Ponton said his assistant was trying to fix the settings.
"I'm here live, I'm not a cat", he said.
And the judge responded: "I can see that".
As the video went viral on social media, Judge Ferguson wrote in a tweet: “IMPORTANT ZOOM TIP: If a child used your computer, before you join a virtual hearing check the Zoom Video Options to be sure filters are off".
The 69-year-old Ponton said he was not sure how the filter had appeared.
All’s well that ends well because the judge helped remove the filter and the hearing proceeded. Judge Ferguson called it a "fun moment".
"Everyone involved handled it with dignity, and the filtered lawyer showed incredible grace", he remarked.
Judge Ferguson also asked that the footage not be used to "mock the lawyers, but instead to exemplify the legal community's dedication to the cause of justice".
It’s not the first time that unseasoned users of video-call software have fallen foul of filters. There was the Italian priest, Paolo Longo who live-streamed mass in March last year but he accidentally left the Facebook AR filters active during the livestream. And which rendered him as, among other things, a boxer, a wizard and a wolf.
God willing, it won’t be the last time either.
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