Oh boy, this was a tough one to pull off…
From New York Post:
Brandon Dinetz and Jen Lettman, both 28, met while working together as attorneys in 2016 and their professional relationship quickly blossomed into romance.
When Dinetz, of Palm Beach, Fla., decided to propose, he knew he would have to work hard to catch his astute girlfriend by surprise. He then spent five months planning an imaginary DUI trial in the Palm Beach County Courthouse and told Lettman it was important that she saw his opening statement.
The romantic even roped in a judge, a defense attorney, a fictional defendant and 17 of Lettman’s family members and friends to act as the fake jury.
Unsuspecting Lettman began to cry when Dinetz addressed the room with a specially tailored statement of his love for her.
“He and I had always talked about getting married and we knew we were going to be together, but I didn’t think we would get married anytime soon,” Lettman said.
“When we worked together we would regularly watch each other’s opening statements and critique each other, so it wasn’t unusual for me to be in the courtroom with him,” she explained of why she was in court that day. “I didn’t know the facts about the DUI trial he made up, and I didn’t really ask.
“I wasn’t really paying attention until I recognized that one of the jurors looked like Brandon’s dad, which I thought was funny. Then I saw my dad and I was so confused. When I saw my sister I knew what was happening and I started crying.
“Of course I said yes,” she added.
Lettman admitted she “ugly-cried throughout the whole thing,” but she was glad the proposal was caught on camera.
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