Man Requests ‘Trial By Combat’ To Settle Legal Dispute With Ex-Wife

FAIRWAY, Kan. (CBS Local) — A Kansas man embroiled in a contentious legal battle with his ex-wife has asked an Iowa court to let him engage in a sword fight with his ex-wife and her attorney in a “trial by combat.”
David Ostrom, 40, of Paola, Kansas, filed the motion against his former wife, Bridgette Ostrom, 38, of Harlan, Iowa, on January 3.
Ostrom claimed in his motion that his ex-wife and her attorney had “destroyed me legally” and “I now wish to give them