More from the ‘you can’t make this stuff up’ files: “A US judge has ordered an estranged couple to be handcuffed together and jailed during a divorce hearing,” Ananova reports.

Judge Gregory Pittman ordered they be cuffed together and shackled to a holding cell bench ‘until somebody decides that they’re going to not lie to the court.’

The order was made after Sabrena and Kirk Smith’s stories contradicted each other during a hearing in Muskegon County.

After the couple’s lawyers conferred with the judge, Sabrena Smith dropped a complaint that her husband had violated a protection order. They were released half an hour later.

Sabrena Smith later said the complaint was true and she withdrew it to stay out of jail.

Related: Judge orders participants in car accident dispute to serve as crash test dummies.

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