Apparently traumatized by the memory of his long lost pants, administrative law Judge Roy Pearson began to cry while testifying in D.C. Superior Court yesterday afternoon. After calling several witnesses who testified that they stopped going to Custom Cleaners after having unsatisfactory business dealings with the shop, Pearson took the stand himself, and as he recounted the story of having the Chung family try to give him a pair of pants that were not his, he choked up and became teary, the Washington Times describes.

The Post’s Emil Steiner has the best coverage of the trial, telling how, before the tears began, Pearson described in detail “his history of community service, his weight gain as a middle-aged man, his financial woes and his painful divorce” for presiding judge Judith Bartnoff. Marc Fisher couldn’t stay away from Pearson either, particularly for putting an elderly woman on the stand who described a disagreement with Custom Cleaners’ owners by comparing them to the Nazis. That’s right. Nazis.

All told, we have reporters from across the country and at least five other countries here to witness this circus (though Steiner would be the first to point out that it’s an incredibly boring circus). It looks like the live-blogging torch has been passed from Steiner to Fisher today, so head over to Raw Fisher or to WTOP’s Neal Augenstein for frequent updates on Day 2 of the Pearson Pants Trial. It should be kicking off this very minute, with judge Pearson scheduled to be cross-examined by defense counsel Christopher Manning. We’ll do our best to update if something noteworthy happens.