Woman gives birth to a ‘bouncing baby boy’ in US courtroom
A woman gave birth to a baby boy in a Brooklyn courtroom while waiting to appear on low-level charges. Court officers quickly transformed the courtroom into a delivery unit as the woman went into labor. The incident raised questions about the treatment of the woman, who had been arrested for drug possession and trespassing shortly before the birth.
- ▪The woman, Samantha Randazzo, was nine months pregnant when her water broke in court.
- ▪Court officers, including Robert Winckler, assisted in delivering the baby.
- ▪Randazzo had been arrested for drug possession and trespassing prior to the incident.
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Woman gives birth to a ‘bouncing baby boy’ in US courtroomSign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inboxA court officer delivered the newborn after the woman appeared in court on low-level charges.PHOTO: JEFFERSON SIEGEL/NYTIMESAshley SouthallPublished May 17, 2026, 08:38 AMUpdated May 17, 2026, 08:38 AMNEW YORK – It was an ordinary Friday night in a criminal court in Brooklyn. Until it was not.At around 11.30pm (11.30am in Singapore time on May 16), a 33-year-old woman waiting to appear before a judge on low-level charges suddenly slouched on the bench where she was seated. The woman, Ms Samantha Randazzo, was nine months pregnant and her water broke. Her baby was coming.“We saw it,” her lawyer, Mr Wynton Sharpe, said. “She didn’t have to say anything.
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