She keyed your car?
And she was threatening to beat me up.
Her family came up there, and they all had guns.
That's a lie.
We've had a ongoing beef for years.
And it's all over the prize.
[Announcer] This is Judy Justice.
Keanna Hill is suing her former coworker,
Diamond Horton, for vandalizing her car
and harassment while working together.
[Kevin] Court come to order. All rise.
[Judge Judy] Have a seat, please.
Case 2141, Hill versus Horton.
- Thank you. - You're welcome.
- [Judge Judy] Ms. Hill? - Yes, ma'am.
What's this man's name?
[Hill] Clydus Brown.
[Judge Judy] You have a child with him?
- Yes, ma'am. - Who's 10 years old?
- Yes. - Is that your only child?
- No, ma'am. - How many children do you have?
- I have four children. - Is he the oldest?
- She is the oldest. - She. She's the oldest?
- Yes. - Does she see her father?
- No. - Hasn't seen him in how long?
Months to a year.
The defendant has two children with him?
- Yes, ma'am. - How old are they?
Well, he'll be two on the ninth, and then I have a 10-month-old.
And then, according to what I've read here
in either the complaint or the answer, he has at least one other child.
- [Hill] Yes, ma'am. - Which is how old?
- Probably about seven. - Seven.
Does he see that child?
Every blue moon when she brings him.
- So once in a while? - Yeah.
So he has four children altogether?
- Yes, ma'am. - And you currently live with him?
- Yes. - What does he do for a living?
Well, he works at a warehouse.
- And you? - Well, I'm a certified nurse assistant.
- Who takes care of the kids? - Me and Clydus.
You work different shifts?
Yes, he works overnight, I work day shift.
- So you're currently working? - Yes, ma'am.
But there came a time...
I'm just trying to figure out
why everybody's sort of mad and fighting over him.
I don't understand it.
It must be something that you ladies see that is hidden from me,
because it is your claim, Ms. Hill,
that Ms. Horton not only vandalized your car,
but that she caused you to be fired from your job.
She says that you filed a false restraining order against her,
and that actually you caused her to lose her job,
and it's all over the prize...
which I can never really understand.
How long have you been working in your current job?
About three months now.
- So you got another job? - Yes, ma'am.
- Do you like it? - Yes.
Making about the same money or more?
A little less. [chuckles]
- And where are you working? - I'm a machine operator.
- So you got another job? - Yes.
Because all this started when all of a sudden
you found yourselves working in the same place?
- Yes. - And in what month was that?
That was, um-- I started the job May 31st,
but it spilled over into June, is when everything took place.
And how long were you working at the same place?
Three months. I started March 4th, 2022.
Okay. So it was a short-term employment for both of you.
- And you were there first? - Yes, ma'am.
- And you came shortly thereafter? - Yes.
Shortly after she started to work. Had you ever met each other?
No.
Well, explain to me what the problem was.
So there's a history that started back in 2019 via text messages and Facebook,
so we've had an ongoing beef for years.
Who cares? Now you're gonna both get smarter.
You're gonna come here today and you're gonna both get smarter.
And if he has two children that he doesn't see,
her daughter and your 7-year-old,
according to what I hear, that you see once every blue moon,
that's a basket that I wouldn't be in.
So you have a history of bad texting back and forth and stuff.
I don't care about that.
Let's get to the two allegations of, one, that she vandalized your tires.
When and what proof do you have that she vandalized your tires?
This is after you both found yourself in the same working environment.
It wasn't my tires. She actually keyed my vehicle.
- [Judy] Keyed it? - Yes.
[Judy] On what date?
On June 18th. I have my police report from this.
Okay, I'll look at the police report. Did you see her key your car?
I did not see her, but I requested video footage from the job,
and they stated that they would give me the video footage.
Do we have it?
We don't have it, but the city attorney was unable to receive it as well.
But I have a letter from the city attorney.
You don't have it here for me, and you didn't see her key your car.
- Yes. - What we're here for is a trial,
so I need what proof you have that she keyed your car.
I assume your car was at work.
- Yes. - When it was keyed? Okay?
And I'm assuming that you don't like each other.
That things got nasty, heated on social media back and forth.
I'm assuming all that is true.
All I need for you to show me is proof that she keyed your car.
Well, I have audio recording from HR where they're stating that everything
was initiated by the defendant.
And Arkansas's a one-party state, so I can play the audio for you.
[Judy] Oh, was she on the audio?
They're talking about the video
in the recording and that they were supposed to give it to me.
Can't help you.
Okay, this the next part of your case is that you caused you to lose your job.
- Yes. - Go.
So I have my termination letter stating that the defendant...
I'd like to see your termination letter.
It's a joke.
This is the description of the termination letter and description of the violation.
"Keanna has been involved in altercations with another employee.
While the other employee instigated the situations,
it has gotten to a point where multiple other staff are now involved."
I don't know what that means.
"At this point it is affecting patient care
and causing a hostile work environment.
Termination effective immediately."
I assume that you have a similar letter, 'cause you were terminated.
- May I see it? - Yes.
- I also have a final warning. - Just a, just a second.
Okay. "On Wednesday, June 15th, 2022, Diamond..."
- That's you? - Yes, ma'am.
Was given a final written notice concerning harassment of other employees.
It has since been reported that the harassment has continued.
Also multiple other staff have been pulled into this situation
to the point that it's affecting patient care,
and it's a termination letter.
Okay, so I'm assuming since you got this, you were notified previously
about having any communication with each other.
- [Diamond] No, ma'am. - You were not?
I was out for COVID. I had just got back to work June 15th, 2022,
and I found out that Hill was working there.
I never knew she was working there at all.
- And so I got called to the office... - That's not true your honor.
What was the beef about? I don't understand.
The other baby mama. It's the reason why we're into it.
- The 7-year-old's mother? - Yes.
[Diamond] Yes.
[Announcer] And later today.
How much money in total did you pay Ms. Goodwin
for her work in planning your wedding?
I paid her 50 bucks.
Well, don't you think that's ridiculous?
[Announcer] Keanna Hill claims her former coworker Diamond Horton
harassed her at work and caused her to be fired.
Diamond is countersuing for filing a false restraining order.
My question was a relatively simple one, because I'm gonna make this as simple
as possible before I probably dismiss both of them.
I would like to see after June 15th, 2022,
up until the date of the termination, which is June 23rd, 2022,
how the harassment continued.
I would like you to show me from June 15th.
The actual date was June 14th.
Well, this says June 15th.
- I wasn't working. - Ssh.
This violation...
She had complained to my friends as well. We have the date, time stamps.
I just want you to show me after June 15th,
between June 15th and June 23rd...
[Hill] Yes, ma'am.
...what further acts that you allege are acts of harassment occurred?
- I have the schedule showing the date... - Ssh.
Well, I don't know what this is.
A fake Facebook page that she made.
How do you know this is a fake Facebook page that she made?
That was a requested message that was sent to me after her and myself
had a conversation, and she was threatening to beat me up.
And it says, "Since you didn't apologize, D is going to beat you up."
- Okay. - The D they're referring to is Diamond.
Oh my God!
What is this?
The 870 number is her calling my phone.
Okay, and 870?
- The missed calls. - This was on what date?
That was on June 19th.
What were you calling her for at six o'clock in the evening?
Well, the day she accused me of vandalizing her car is, uh,
the day that we had worked together.
She called the police, and her family came up there, and they all had guns.
That's the reason she got terminated 'cause she brought a gun on the premises.
- And they came up there to jump me. - That's a lie.
- And when I went outside... - I just wanna ask you why you called her.
I called her to ask her because June 16th is when I sat down,
I had a conversation together to drop all beef, like no issue.
I don't want you... You can't control yourself.
Understand you're sending me a bad message
if you can't control yourself here, which is a very controlled setting,
I'm gonna say to myself, this is somebody
who can't control themselves outside of the setting.
- Do you understand? - Yes, ma'am.
So I called her to ask her why did she feel like I vandalized her vehicle
because before that we sat down and we had a conversation together
at work saying it should be dead.
Like, why we should not have any beef, any over him at all.
And that the kids were involved. And so we agreed to let it go.
So then she accused me of vandalizing her vehicle.
What was the beef about? I don't understand.
The other baby mama is the reason why we are into it.
- The 7-year-old's mother? - Yes.
Yes. Yes.
So we have no proof of vandalizing and this is nonsense.
You wanna tell me about the restraining order that you filed?
There was a order of protection placed after she was harassing me at work.
May I see it?
Yes. But it was also rescinded.
By the way, does he pay child support for your daughter?
- Yes, ma'am. - He does? How much?
He pays probably about 239 every two weeks,
- somewhere around there. - Does he pay it to you?
Yes. Well, it's through child support.
- But he pays it to you? - Yes.
- And he's current? - Yes.
Well, there's back pay but he's currently paying.
Okay, so was there a hearing on this order of protection?
- It was not. - No, ma'am, there was not a hearing.
Just a second, did you appear?
No, I rescinded.
I understand that.
I just wanna know, the court found that the petition was dismissed.
It was a false accusation.
Mm-hmm.
Okay, so the reason that the order states it was dismissed is that the petitioner
doesn't meet the definition of family or household member as defined
in whatever statute is and therefore does not allege the existence
of domestic abuse.
Doesn't address the gravamen of the petition.
It's a more procedural dismissal
because she's not related to you in any way.
I mean, having children with a person in common doesn't make you,
at least in this jurisdiction, part of the household.
Okay, you both look like nice ladies.
You know he has kids with two other people. Not a great track record.
Not that he don't see them because they don't let him.
They don't want their kids around me.
There's a reason, you know, maybe not a great track record.
It's not good for your children. It's really not good for your children.
I mean your children, believe it or not, your children are related to each other.
I mean, you may not have any interest whatsoever,
but when your children get older, they may have a curiosity
about who their half-sibling is, what they look like.
Are they alike? They may have interest.
So I can suggest to you is, your children didn't ask to be born.
The idea that you exert any energy whatsoever,
negative energy with regard to each other is ridiculous.
Really ridiculous.
But for him, you wouldn't have any contact with each other.
Am I, am I reading that right?
- Yes. - Yes, ma'am.
Yeah. Well, why? He hasn't been in your life in years.
And I know that he shouldn't have been in your life,
at least for the last seven years cause he's got a 7-year-old
with somebody else, right?
And you have a 10-year-old. Goodbye... except for your daughter.
Can I state that the situation is not about him.
It's about the harassment, the lost wages.
That's more of my concern with her. It has nothing to do with him.
I was working before you. I was working that job. You came to my job.
Just a second. What I'm telling you is right now,
I don't have to get into it any further.
- Right now, she's got the guy. - I don't care.
Just a second, though. Right now, she's got the guy.
So that would perhaps give rise to some animus on your part
with regard to her position.
He's working and he's paying money to your child,
which is in her mind taking money away from her two children
that she has with him. Well, that's his responsibility.
You knew about that child and you knew about the 7-year-old.
[Hill] Mm-hmm .
So what I'm telling you is there's a lot of negative energy going on.
You both got jobs relatively soon after this.
It was probably not a good idea for you to stay in the same place,
and your employer was absolutely right and actually quite brave in today's times
to say we're terminating both of you because your job
is affecting patient care.
'Cause it's not only the two of you, other employees have been drawn
into this drama.
That's cause she brought them in.
I don't know whether she brought them in or not.
And I don't care whether she brought them in.
[Announcer] And later today.
She wasn't your best friend. She wasn't even a close friend.
You hadn't spoken to her in years.
So clearly you called her to do a job for you
that was her profession.
And in addition to doing that, she brought you your wedding dress.
[Announcer] Keanna Hill claims her former coworker,
Diamond Horton, harassed her at work and caused her to be fired.
Diamond is countersuing for filing a false restraining order.
Now of all the places that you have to work,
you have to work in a place where she was working?
- I didn't know she worked there. - She didn't know that you were there?
She did on the first day that I started and she told everyone who I was,
and what the situation...
- I was out for COVID. - Okay, who cares?
Anyway, cases are dismissed. Goodbye. Good luck.
[Kevin] This court is adjourned.
I feel like the judge, she made the right decision.
She didn't listen.
Because I'm with her baby's father, which is now my baby's father.
He had nothing to do with this situation.
I just wanna be there for my kids.
You know, to his credit, he's paying support.
- Sure. Has a job. - He has a job.
And I don't know why these two women feud,
when according to plaintiff, she has no interest in him anymore.
- And she's getting support. - She's getting support.
Just don't understand, there are so many things
that life has that present obstacles.
Why fight over a guy?
There's many good causes you could get behind you fight for.
- Let's choose one of those. - Yeah, right.
Case number 2149, Goodwin versus Philpot.
All parties, please step forward.
[Announcer] Manuelita Goodwin is suing wedding planner Kayla Philpot
for repayment of items purchased for Kayla's wedding.
Miss Philpot, how long have you known Ms. Goodwin?
Um, since I was a child.
I don't remember much of her when I was a child,
but she remembers me as a baby.
Well, I don't know what she remembers. You were getting married, when?
- What was the date of the wedding? - May 6th, 2021.
Where was the wedding supposed to be held?
- It was gonna be held in Turlock. - Is that a wedding venue?
- Yes. - How many people were coming?
Um, it ended up being around 25 people.
- It was kind of small. - How many people did you invite?
- 60. - But 25 came?
- Yeah. - It was during the height of COVID?
Tell me, when you contacted Ms. Goodwin,
you contacted her because you knew she was a wedding planner, right?
- Yes. - And when did you contact her?
I believe I contacted her in January.
And at the time you contacted her, had you made any wedding plans at all?
- Um, very little. - Okay.
During the course of your wedding planning,
she said she would help you?
[Philpot] Yes.
Prior to January 2021,
when you contacted her, when was the last time you saw her?
- [Philpot] I can't even remember. - Well, was it in 2020?
- [Philpot] No. - 2019?
No.
So you hadn't seen her in at least two or three years?
- Yes. - How many times in that two-
or three-year period did you communicate with her by text or by phone?
- Never. - So the reason that you called her
in January of 2021 was to assist you with your wedding?
- [Philpot] Yes. - And she did?
- Yes. - That's why we're here?
She said she laid out a whole bunch of money for you in planning your wedding
and purchasing things for your wedding, and she wants to be reimbursed for that.
So, when you called and asked her to help plan your wedding,
what did you ask her to do for you?
I asked her to help me cause I really didn't have
a sense of, like, direction of what to do for a wedding.
And I asked her if she would pay for a decoration,
and then I told her that I was getting my tax return and that I would pay her
for the decoration, and we started with that.
- Started with that? - Mm-hmm.
How much money in total did you pay Ms. Goodwin
for her work in planning your wedding?
I paid her 50 bucks.
Well, don't you think that's ridiculous? It is ridiculous, right?
You called her and engaged her to be a wedding planner for your wedding.
She wasn't your best friend, she wasn't even a close friend.
You hadn't spoken to her or seen her in years.
So, clearly you called her to do a job for you
that was her profession, her vocation.
And in addition to doing that, she bought you your wedding dress?
- Yes. - How much was your wedding dress.
I ended up, oh well we got a few dresses.
The first one didn't work out, and I believe that one was 200.
- Who paid for that one? - She did.
So the first one didn't work out. That was two hundred dollars.
- Yes. - And it didn't work out why?
- I didn't like the fit on it. - Didn't like it. Okay.
- But you bought it? She bought it? - Yes.
And where is that dress now?
I gave it back, and we ended up returning it.
- Okay, so you got your money back? - Yes.
Oh great, strike that out. And what about the next dress?
The next dress, it was from Amazon, and we didn't like the fit either,
so we ended up returning that one. And that one was...
Who ordered that dress? You or the plaintiff?
I believe it was me.
Okay. And what did you finally end up with?
I ended up getting a dress from David's Bridal that I really liked.
How much was that?
I believe it was 500.
- Who paid for that? - She did.
So far you've paid $50 for her services, and so far, at least what I know,
just for one, dress it was $500.
Don't you think you owe her compensation for her work?
Well, she told me that, you know, she was really, really generous.
She was giving like a lot of stuff and I believe that I don't owe her
because she offered to do...
It sounds stupid to you? Okay, I know it sounds stupid to you.
How much did you lay out for her wedding?
In the receipts that you have for me,
how much did you lay out for her, for her wedding?
3287.95.
And when you asked her to be reimbursed for that money, what did she tell you?
That she was going to pay some of it when she received her tax returns.
Actually her wife's tax returns.
And also she was working overtime to pay me back.
She also stated that she was going to be getting a judgment
from a State Farm check, that she would be making payments,
and she did pay the $50 after she made a payment arrangement with me
to pay $200 a month back.
And she did make the first payment of $50,
and from that point she didn't make any additional payments.
So we did work together, Your Honor, to try to sell the items
that were at her sister's home.
I requested both Kayla and her wife at the time to sell the items.
They were sitting in her sister's garage in Stockton, where I do not live.
I did come down for two weeks to try to help sell those items.
- Were any of those items sold? - Yes, they were.
- Did you get any money back? - I did.
- How much? - $106.
And then I had to pay for shipping for those items.
How much did you pay for shipping?
$75, and the rest of the items are still in her sister's possession.
Okay, 3226.
How much did you pay for your wedding other than the plaintiff's participation?
- Um, 8,000. - Did you pay that?
My mom paid for the venue, and then I paid for the other things.
- How much was the venue? - 4,000.
So you paid 4,000. You personally? And what about your wife?
Well, we share an account, so goes from both of us.
What about her $3,200? Just don't have it.
Just didn't pay you? Okay, anything else Ms. Goodwin?
- No. - 3226, judgment for the plaintiff?
[Kevin] This court is adjourned.
She told me that a lot of the stuff was gifts.
I don't have any more wedding woes.
She did a great job with the wedding.
She thought it was a gift.
She's really, really gifted at that.
Never gonna loan money to her again.
That was a relatively easy case. I think even the defendant acknowledged.
Besides just relying on the goodwill of the plaintiff,
she had no real excuse to not pay her back and... makes our job easy.
- Some are easy, some are hard? - Yeah.
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