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Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer was confused after hearing that a possible juror in the sentencing trial of Cruz wanted to be with her sugar daddy.

On Monday, a juror who has come to be known as "Ms Bristol" told the court in Fort Lauderdale, Florida that she had too many commitments to serve on the Cruz sentencing trial.

The woman told WPLG that she relies on the money she gets from her sugar daddy.

It's all day for six months, what is my hardship? I need my dad's money. The juror told the local news station that she had a husband and a sugar daddy.

Fourteen students and three staff members were murdered by Cruz at a Florida high school. The case moved onto the sentencing phase after he pleaded guilty. Ms. Bristol entered.

She said first of all that July second is my birthday, July fourth is my son, and the 18th is my other son, and then she asked if anyone had concerns about their responsibilities as jurors. I see my sugar daddy every day.

The judge asked if I was sorry.

The judge looked confused when Ms Bristol repeated my sugar daddy's name. She told Ms Bristol she wasn't sure what she meant.

I am married and have a sugar daddy. Ms Bristol said she sees him every day.

The woman was told that they would come back to her. She was excused from the trial.

The video footage of the exchange was shared on social media and got a lot of responses.

Florida court clerks are going to have to add the sugar daddy exception to jury service.

It was the best excuse I have ever heard.

The circumstances that brought the judge and potential juror together are not amusing.

The jurors that were selected will make a decision. He could be sentenced to death. The jury in Florida must be unanimous in its recommendation. Cruz will be sentenced to life in prison without parole.

The defence will argue that Cruz has a history of mental health disorders, that he has been sexually abused and bullied, and that his mother's alleged drug and alcohol abuse caused him brain damage.

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