Millionaire who drove drunk into house argues house at fault for being in his way

Marcus Duke's car tragically damaged after impact with a rural house

Millionaire Marcus Duke was in court last Friday over charges he incurred last month when he drove drunk into a house outside Virginia, Minnesota. Thankfully no one was hurt at the time, but the accident took out a corner of Margaret and Brad Kane's home, who have been unable to live in their home since due to structural damage done by the crash making it unsafe to live in until it is repaired. Marcus, however, has been fighting the charges, despite being found behind the wheel by police when they arrived on the scene, security footage from the Kanes showing the accident and that no one moved inside the vehicle until police arrived, and Marcus blowing a 0.12 when presented with a breathalyzer.
Marcus and his legal team from Dewey and Howe Law are arguing that Marcus is not at fault for the crash, but that the homeowners are the ones at fault for putting their home in his way. The crux of the lawyers' argument is the fact that the Kanes' house is one that they themselves built leading up to their retirement, and if they had built the house farther back on the property, then Marcus wouldn't have hit their house when he was driving past. They have attempted to argue that 20 feet is too close for a house to be to the road, and that the laws of Minnesota should be changed to "prevent future houses from getting in the way of important people on their way to do important things."
Judge Jenkins seemed quite receptive to the idea, agreeing that important people shouldn't have to worry about the things of lesser people getting in their way, and that road safety laws probably are overdue for updating in "this high-speed digital age". Due to how much time Marcus and his lawyers took the trial was not finished on Friday however, and are set to begin again this afternoon with the Kanes giving remarks and acting as their own lawyers due to the inability to afford one.
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