A fight over Pokémon cards landed a 23-year-old Orlando woman in jail last week, and the internet is still talking about it.
Hussain was arrested November 7 following a fight with her former boyfriend Jordan Bonilla that erupted when she refused to comply with his request that she leave his apartment. As per an arrest warrant released by the Orlando Police Department cited in WFTV, Bonilla had made this request of her, she refused, he began filming her, and she took a swipe at the phone before attacking him several times in the head and body, demanding that he erase the film and then grabbing some Pokémon cards from the coffee table.
Police say Hussain later told investigators she grabbed the cards on purpose. She admitted she was “purposefully being annoying” because she felt he was not showing her enough affection. She said she wanted an explanation and would not leave without one. Once she realized how much the cards bothered him, she went after them.
Bonilla eventually walked her downstairs to her car and locked himself back inside. A short time later she returned, claiming she had left her bong. He cracked the door to hand it out. She forced her way in and headed toward the living room. When he tried to call 911, she struck his phone repeatedly until the call dropped. Dispatchers logged a hang-up from his number. Neighbors stepped in and helped get her out of the apartment.
Hussain faces two charges: domestic battery and obstructing justice by hindering a witness from communicating with law enforcement, a third-degree felony. No theft charge involving the Pokémon cards appears in the reported affidavit. There is also no indication the cards were stolen, sold, or damaged. The collection became a flashpoint in the dispute, not the basis of a property crime.
The Dexerto and others who covered the story followed the official police report about the incident, but highlighted just how fast the whole Pokémon card element took off on social media platforms where people circulated her mug shot with Pikachu memes in handcuffs.
The case is still in its early stages. For now, the unusual detail that stuck with people is the one that made the headlines: a domestic dispute that turned on a stack of Pokémon cards and a complaint about affection.
