in 2013, rodriguez-chomat was the subject of a viral video after a teenage girl arrested on drugs charges giggled throughout her bond hearing and flippantly told rodriguez-chomat "adios" as she walked off. he responded by calling her back and doubling her bond amount. after the girl, penelope soto, angrily replied by saying "f*** you", and gave him the middle finger, he sentenced her to 30 days imprisonment for contempt of court, bidding her "adios". after she apologized, he withdrew the contempt citations and urged her to seek drug counselling.