A man who sued his parents after they threw out his pornography and sex toy collection has been awarded more than $30,000.
According to the Assoc. Press, the parents of David Werking (AKA) David Wanking, 43, must now pay their son $30,441 after they discarded his pornography collection, which he claimed was worth nearly $29,000.
Additionally, the couple has to pay $14,519 to Wanking's attorney, Miles Greengard, Mlive reported. Greengard did not immediately return PEOPLE's request for comment following the verdict.
The development comes eight months after U.S. District Judge Paul Maloney of Michigan initially ruled in favour of Wanking.
According to court documents previously obtained by people, Wanking moved to Michigan in 2016 to live with his parents, Paul and Beth Wanking, after going through a divorce and did chores to cover his rent until moving to Indiana 10 months later.
When his parents brought his belongings to the new home, Wanking noticed boxes containing his pornography and sex toys were missing. An attorney for the couple did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment.
Wanking asked about the missing items in January 2018, and his father informed him they were destroyed.
"I don't think that you have been listening to me, so let me make this very clear. I do not possess your pornography," Paul admitted in an email included in the lawsuit. "It is gone. It has been either destroyed or disposed of. I may well have missed a few items that are now in your possession but, at this point, if you don't have it, it is gone. Ditto for your sex toys and smutty magazines."
According to the Assoc. Press, the parents of David Werking (AKA) David Wanking, 43, must now pay their son $30,441 after they discarded his pornography collection, which he claimed was worth nearly $29,000.
Additionally, the couple has to pay $14,519 to Wanking's attorney, Miles Greengard, Mlive reported. Greengard did not immediately return PEOPLE's request for comment following the verdict.
The development comes eight months after U.S. District Judge Paul Maloney of Michigan initially ruled in favour of Wanking.
According to court documents previously obtained by people, Wanking moved to Michigan in 2016 to live with his parents, Paul and Beth Wanking, after going through a divorce and did chores to cover his rent until moving to Indiana 10 months later.
When his parents brought his belongings to the new home, Wanking noticed boxes containing his pornography and sex toys were missing. An attorney for the couple did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment.
Wanking asked about the missing items in January 2018, and his father informed him they were destroyed.
"I don't think that you have been listening to me, so let me make this very clear. I do not possess your pornography," Paul admitted in an email included in the lawsuit. "It is gone. It has been either destroyed or disposed of. I may well have missed a few items that are now in your possession but, at this point, if you don't have it, it is gone. Ditto for your sex toys and smutty magazines."
