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In April 2022, internet users shared an unusual old photograph along with a caption that read A divorcing couple divide up their Beanie Baby collection in the court room, 1990s (or words to that effect). The picture was authentic and unedited, and such descriptions were entirely accurate. Our rating is True. For example, one April 17 Facebook post included the picture, along with the caption A divorcing couple dividing Beanie Babies in court, 1999: That is exactly what the strangely moving picture shows. It was captured by Reuters photographer Aaron Mayes on Nov. 5, 1999 at the Clark County Family Court in Las Vegas, Nevada. The original Reuters caption reads as follows: According to Clark County court records, the couple jointly filed for divorce in August 1998, one that Judge Gerald Hardcastle granted in May 1999. A Nov. 5, 1999 entry on the case docket notes Return Hearing (9:00 AM)...DIVISION OF BEANIE BABIES. The Las Vegas Sun reported at the time that Hardcastle was intent on making an example of the erstwhile couple, due to their failure to resolve the distribution of the toys:
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