Kevin Smith's piles of justice

26-05-2006 11:20

Director Kevin Smith had to be excused from jury duty - because of haemorrhoids.Smith, who was behind the lens for hit movies 'Clerks' and 'Dogma', was in so much pain that he had to stand by the jury box while a witness was testifying.A bailiff noticed the director was in agony and called him over to see what the problem was. Smith revealed to Britain's Arena magazine that he told the judge: "I think one of my haemorrhoids broke. I'm bleeding rectally and I feel like someone has slid a knife up my ass, your honour.He added: "I've never had that done to me before, but it's what I imagine that would feel like. At that point I was excused from the case."