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{\an8}This was a terrible incident.
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Um, he started screaming in my face.
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And I told him that he needed to leave
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[crying] Sorry. [sniffles]
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Just take a minute.
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They're lying.
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You were belligerent and you were angry.
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Yes.
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You didn't act smart.
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[narrator] This is Judy Justice.
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[theme music plays]
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{\an8}John Wheet is suing vet assistants
Heather Shilling and Hannah Hensley
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for damages from an assault.
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[bailiff] Court, come to order. All rise.
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Have a seat, please.
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{\an8}- Case 21-22, Wheet/ Shilling, Hensley.
- Thank you.
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You're welcome.
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[Judy] Mr. Wheet, it is your claim
that the defendants assaulted you.
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Yes, Your Honor.
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And this is what I gather
from reading your complaint.
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On August 10th of this year,
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{\an8}your cat was injured.
How was your cat injured?
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{\an8}That I don't know. The morning
of August 10th, I had let him outside.
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When he came back in,
he was acting peculiar.
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I picked him up and noticed
that he had two long, deep gashes
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between his chest and stomach.
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At what time was this?
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Approximately 10:45, 10:30.
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[Judy] And the Defendants work at the vet
where you have taken the cat before?
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Not this particular cat.
I have three cats total.
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{\an8}And I had good service from them, so I...
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{\an8}- [Judy] So...
- Naturally, I went back.
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They work at a vet
where you had taken an animal,
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- maybe not this one, before?
- Correct.
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So, at that time,
you put the cat in the car
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and drove over
to where the vet's office is?
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Yes.
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[Judy] And during that time,
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they had a COVID protocol
in the vet's office.
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And the protocol, I assume...
Correct me if I'm wrong.
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Because I know I've taken my pets
to the vet during COVID.
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You get to the parking lot, you call,
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they come out,
they check in the animal and what's wrong,
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and then they come out
when someone is ready to see the animal.
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They bring them inside.
You don't come into the office.
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- Is that your protocol?
- Correct.
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Is that your COVID protocol?
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It was in a couple vets
where I took our dogs.
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- Were you aware of that protocol?
- No, Your Honor, not at all.
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So, tell me what happened
when you got to the vet's office?
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- Is there a parking lot?
- [John] There is. I...
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There was one other vehicle there
pulled up in the front of the door.
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The very first...
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The papers indicate there is a chart
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or video of the parking lot.
Is that correct?
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{\an8}We drew a diagram that they based that on.
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{\an8}[Judy] Okay.
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{\an8}So, that would be a fair representation,
sir, of the vet clinic,
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and there are parking spaces
in front of it?
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- I believe so.
- Where did you park?
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- [Judy] Yes, please.
- My car...
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{\an8}I'm assuming, at this point,
the main door is approximately over here.
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Okay.
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The vehicle
that I was mentioning is parked here.
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{\an8}And I was parked here.
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- But you were parked right in front?
- Yes.
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- Okay. Is that right?
- Yes.
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[Judy] Great.
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Okay, so what happened when you got there?
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{\an8}Well, I walked around the back of the car,
got the cat out.
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{\an8}He was in the passenger seat
in the cat carrier.
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And I went immediately up to the door,
and I don't know the defendants' names,
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but the younger of the two,
she was already out front with a...
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- The young lady in the blue sweater?
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- Is that who you're talking about?
- Yes.
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- [Judy] What is your last name?
- Hensley.
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- [Judy] Miss Hensley.
- She was already outside with a customer.
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- Your Honor, that wasn't...
- Shh! Don't. Don't.
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- Okay.
- Don't speak.
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Okay, so you say Miss Hensley
was already outside with another patient?
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I thought it was Miss Hensley.
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{\an8}It could have been another lady
that worked there
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{\an8}but was similar in youth and...
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{\an8}Okay. So, somebody came out
and was talking to another...
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They were already there.
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So, they stopped me.
I was proceeding up to the door.
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And like I say, I have pictures
of the signage that they have.
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So, you can't read the signage
until you get right up on top of it.
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Okay, so you went to the door,
and what happened?
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- I went to go in, and I was stopped.
- [Judy] By whom?
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- The lady that was outside.
- Okay.
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And the person
who was outside stopped you.
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And said that you couldn't go in,
so I stopped.
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I told them that it was an emergency.
That my cat was injured.
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- You told the lady outside?
- The lady outside. Absolutely.
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I told them he was injured
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and that he needed
to see somebody immediately, the vet,
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and they suggested that I needed to call,
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and I couldn't understand
because I was already there.
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I said, "Can't you go inside
and let them know I was here?"
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That seemed reasonable to me.
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What they told you was
to get back in your car with the cat...
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- No.
- And call the...
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- No.
- Or just call?
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- Just call, so I said...
- So, she was talking to the person.
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Who I assume was a female
because you say Miss Hensley.
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Miss Hensley, or someone resembling her.
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They were taking care
of another patient that was outside?
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Yeah, they stopped me before I got...
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- [Judy] And said, "Stop. Call"?
- Correct.
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Right? And you were upset. You said,
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"Well, why can't you just go inside
and tell them I'm here?"
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- [John] Yeah, the...
- Because she was with somebody else.
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Well, it appeared to me
that they were done.
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- Okay, I don't care what appeared to...
- But yeah...
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She was outside with somebody else.
She told you to call. What happened next?
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Well, I set the cat down,
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and I actually sat
on the concrete and waited.
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{\an8}- That person...
- [Judy] Waited for what?
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{\an8}That person left.
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{\an8}As soon as they got done talking with me,
they went into the building.
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And I waited about five minutes.
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And then I guess it was Miss Hensley, now.
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She came out and asked me now
if I had an appointment.
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{\an8}My cat's name. I said no.
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{\an8}And I told her...
I said no. It was an emergency.
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and then she told me at that time
that there was no vet on duty.
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And so, then that's when I got up.
I was upset.
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I said that I needed to leave.
I did use an expletive.
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What did you say?
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Well, I said I needed to get the F
out of there so I could get some help.
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- [Judy] Okay.
- And then I was... I picked up my cat.
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In the carrier.
And I was proceeding to leave.
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- [Judy] And?
- That's when the other plaintiff...
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[Judy] Miss Shilling came out.
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And she confronted me,
and she started into a huge rant
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about how she wasn't gonna stand there
and listen to this or whatever.
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- Were you shouting at Miss Hensley?
- No. No.
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[Judy] No. She told you
there was no vet on duty.
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- [John] Right.
- And you got up.
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And you said,
"I'm going to get the beep out of here."
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- [John] Correct.
- That's it?
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Yeah, the fact
that I had waited five minutes.
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I was, you know... It was upsetting.
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- So then, when she...
- [Judy] Miss Shilling came out, and...
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She started into a huge rant.
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What did she say?
Rant is a conclusion. What did she say?
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Well, she had her voice raised.
She was shouting at me.
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What did she say?
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She said
that she wasn't gonna stand there
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and let me say things to this other woman.
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So, then I just looked at her,
and I told her, basically, to shut up.
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- So, um...
- Is that what you said to her?
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I told her to shut the F up.
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[Judy] Okay, so you,
again, used an expletive.
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- Yes. There was no reason for her...
- Shh!
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- I'm just asking you what happened.
- Yes.
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- [Judy] So, you told her to shut up?
- [John] I did.
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- [Judy] And?
- That's when she came over.
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She was probably about three feet away.
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And she stepped right over into me,
and she put her body on mine.
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So, she stepped right into me,
pushed me back with her body,
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and she told me, "I'm not afraid of you.
I'm not intimidated by you."
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And I told her, "Don't touch me."
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"Get off of me."
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And I told her twice, and she never moved.
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I put my cat down,
and I moved her off of me.
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- What do you mean, I...?
- I just... I pushed her back off of me.
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You put your hands on her?
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{\an8}She was already on me.
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{\an8}[Judy] How was she on you, sir?
What physical part of the defendant?
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Her chest, her entire body,
was leaning on me.
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At that point. She body-checked me.
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I'd like you to go over there
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and show me where Miss Shilling came out
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and where the three of you were standing.
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- Okay. I have pictures as well.
- Okay.
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- So, here being the front door.
- [Judy] Yeah, right.
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And here was the box where I was sitting.
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When I picked up the cat,
I moved over to here.
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When she came out the door,
she was approximately here.
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And then, she moved over to me
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and put her body on mine.
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If... When Miss Hensley came out
and told you there was no vet,
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why didn't you just get into your car?
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I was leaving.
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Well, when she came out,
why didn't you just go into your car?
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No, no. The first lady I encountered
never told me there was no vet.
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No, no, no. I understand that.
When Miss Hensley came out
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and told you there was no vet,
why didn't you just get into your car?
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I was leaving. I had picked up my cat
and literally was walking away.
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I'd walked from here
to approximately here.
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In that meantime, she came out,
and I had my back to her at first,
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and she started to yell.
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- He wasn't. He was yelling in my face.
- Shh! Just a second.
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I'm gonna let you have a turn
as soon as he's finished. Go ahead.
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She started to yell at me,
and that's when I told her.
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Okay. Go back.
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- Thank you.
- [Judy] Then what happened?
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Now she put her body on you.
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You put both hands on her
and pushed her back.
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- To push her off of me.
- Then what happened?
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[John] Then she struck me.
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- [Judy] How did she strike you?
- With her open hand.
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- Where did she strike you?
- On my face.
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Okay, when you pushed her,
she slapped you.
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- She did.
- And next?
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And then the other one slapped me.
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She reached over her shoulder
and slapped me.
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- [Judy] Okay, on the face?
- [John] On the face.
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- And then?
- And then we started to argue.
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And it was just yelling back and forth.
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Then that gentleman
came out of the vehicle
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that was in that first spot,
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and he kind of defused the engagement,
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and that's when she told me,
"Just leave. Leave."
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I felt safe enough to turn at that point,
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and I went and put my cat back in the car,
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and that's when the lady in the blue
ran behind my car,
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said, "Don't let him leave."
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Ran behind my car
and placed her body on my car.
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- [Judy] And?
- And that's when I told her...
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I said, "You can't keep me..."
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"You can't detain me here.
I'm going to take my cat someplace
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where I can get him some medical."
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And I moved her away from my car.
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- [Judy] How did you move her?
- With my hands.
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- [Judy] So you... Okay.
- Open hands.
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That's when she turned
and struck me with her fist.
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Broke my glasses. Gave me a black eye.
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I was defending myself at that point.
I had my hands up. She was...
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I'm all cut up on this...
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That's when I finally grabbed her
by her hair and pulled her off of me.
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Which one did you grab by the hair?
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The brunette.
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{\an8}What was he saying to you?
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{\an8}Sorry. It's a lot, reliving it.
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{\an8}He started screaming in my face,
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{\an8}and I don't even remember... I'm so sorry.
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{\an8}I don't remember
exactly what he was saying.
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{\an8}It was really scary. That's all I know.
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[theme music playing]
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{\an8}[narrator] John Wheet
claims vet assistants
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{\an8}Heather Shilling
and Hannah Hensley owe for damages
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after he was assaulted in the parking lot.
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Okay. Now, prior to her going
behind your car,
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you had had
no physical interaction with her.
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{\an8}- With Miss...
- Other than her hitting me.
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{\an8}- [Judy] She slapped you?
- Correct.
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{\an8}Okay. Got it. Okay.
Miss Hensley, you came out at some point?
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{\an8}- Mm-hmm.
- What do you do for the vet?
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{\an8}I am a vet assistant.
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- How long have you worked for the vet?
- Like a year and a half.
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- You've worked for them all during COVID?
- Yes.
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Is this the first incident that you've had
while you've been working at this vet?
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Yes.
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- How long have you been working there?
- Ten years now.
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Have you ever had
another incident like this?
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{\an8}- Either during COVID or before?
- Not like this, Your Honor.
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{\an8}I've had to call the police before.
We've had threats.
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We've had people shouting, of course.
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Animals bring out emotions.
But never has anything ever been physical.
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Did you know Mr. Wheet
from prior visits with other cats?
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I did not. I do know
that we had seen one cat once before.
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And that actually was during COVID.
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- [Judy] During COVID?
- Yes.
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So you checked,
and it was the same COVID protocol?
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Yes. We've had the same protocol for...
since COVID started.
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Okay, so the last time
you took a cat there,
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you were familiar with the COVID protocol.
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- Think about what you're saying to me.
- [John] Okay.
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The last time you took a cat there
was during COVID,
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so you were familiar
with the COVID protocol.
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I believe I might have called
before I went there.
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And you waited in the parking lot.
Somebody came out, took the cat inside...
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- I believe so.
- [Judy] And that's the protocol.
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And the reason
that you didn't do that this time
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is because you felt
as if it was an emergency.
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Yeah, I was not aware of any protocol.
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- Yes, you were.
- No.
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Oh, yes. Of course you were.
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Of course you were aware
of the protocol, sir.
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The woman outside told you
there was a protocol.
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She said you have to call first,
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and she was speaking to somebody
out in the parking lot.
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You've had animals for a long time.
When I go to the vet,
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there usually isn't somebody
in the parking lot.
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You know that there's a protocol
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because you know somebody else
was out there talking to a patient
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and said to you, "You have to call first."
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- After... Yes.
- And said, "You have to call first."
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Now, you want to tell me what happened
when you first interacted with him?
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Yes, so he was sitting outside,
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so I went out and told him
that he'd have to call to check in.
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That we were curbside,
and he said he wasn't calling anybody.
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And I told him I was very sorry.
That was not how we ran things.
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That he had to check in over the phone,
and we'd come out and bring in his cat.
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He said he wasn't doing that.
That he wanted to see a doctor then.
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And was like, "We cannot do that."
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Then I asked him,
did he have an appointment?
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What's the cat's name.
I'm not even sure what we're dealing with.
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I need to get an idea
of what we're dealing with.
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And I think he said
the name of the cat was Pebbles.
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I don't know. I'm not sure.
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I asked if he had an appointment.
He said no.
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And then I asked him what was wrong,
and he said, "The cat's bleeding out."
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"She's dying."
Something along the lines of that.
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Screamed at my face.
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{\an8}And so I said, "Sir, I'm so sorry.
You need to go to an emergency clinic."
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{\an8}"We don't have a vet today."
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{\an8}Then he started screaming in my face.
Got up screaming in my face.
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- "F you. F this."
- Just a second. Was there a vet there?
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No, we were doing tech appointments
that day, so just, like, nail trims.
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Things like that.
Things we can do without a doctor.
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- So there was no vet there?
- Yeah, there was no vet.
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So, you told him,
"You have to go to an emergency room?"
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- [Hannah] Yes.
- [Judy] When you said there was shouting.
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What was he saying to you?
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- He was basically saying, "F you."
- No, not basically.
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It happened a long time ago, so honestly,
I don't remember the exact words.
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Okay, so you don't remember
exactly what he said to you. He was angry?
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Okay, he sort of acknowledges
that he was angry.
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- Then what happened?
- I'm sorry. It's a lot, reliving it.
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I'm sorry. [sniffs]
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I'm sorry. Um.
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He started screaming in my face that...
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we weren't helping.
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And that he would be leaving,
but he was still screaming in my face.
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And I don't even remember... I'm so sorry.
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I don't remember
exactly what he was saying.
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[Judy] Just take a minute.
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It was really scary. That's all I know.
[crying]
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I told him he needed to leave
and he wasn't.
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That's when Heather finally came out.
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And told him he needed to leave.
She got between us and was like,
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"Sir, you need to leave now."
And kept saying, "You need to leave now."
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And he kept screaming in our faces,
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and she was like,
"I won't have you screaming at my girls."
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That's what he's referring to
when she got into his face.
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She did step into his face
to push him away
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because he needed to leave,
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and she said, "You're not gonna be
screaming at my girls."
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He still was being belligerent,
not leaving.
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At that point, he spit in my face,
and that's what caused me to shove him.
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- [Hannah] And then he...
- [Judy] When you said...
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We'll stop for a second. You came outside
because you heard an altercation.
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- Yes.
- What happened when you came outside?
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So, I did come at them.
I stood in between the two of them.
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I told him he needed to leave.
He needed to leave now.
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{\an8}Um, I told him I wasn't going to have him
talking to my girls like that.
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{\an8}That wasn't appropriate.
He needed to leave.
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And he was still shouting,
and then that's when he spit in my face.
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And then I did push him away
to get back from me.
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And he stepped forward.
I did smack him with an open hand.
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And then he pushed me.
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And what he's leaving out
is he actually grabbed my scrub top.
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And he was pulling on my scrub top.
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And that's why Hannah had stepped back in.
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She tried to get his arm off,
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which probably
is where the scratches came from.
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And he grabbed her scrub top
at the same time,
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so there was more contact than was...
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[Judy] Where was the cat?
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The cat was actually behind me.
He had left the cat there.
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Sounds like a little bit more,
Mr. Wheet, than what you told me.
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- In your narrative.
- No, no. They're lying.
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First off, she said that...
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When she just admitted to the fact
that she told me that I needed to call.
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And that's the first thing I said
when I came and pulled up
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is that the person I met outside
at the beginning told me...
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- That wasn't the lie.
- ...I needed to call.
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[Judy] Shh. Yes?
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[John] And she just said
she told me that I needed to call.
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There would've been no reason
for the second person to come out
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and tell me that I needed to call.
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At that point,
they came out and told me...
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Asked me if I had an appointment.
And I said no.
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That it was an emergency.
I had my cat the entire time with me
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until I put him down
in order to push her off of me.
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That's the only time I put my cat down,
and he was next to me the whole time.
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I would not have left my cat
between her and me.
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Mr. Wheet, these people have been
in business for a very long time.
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Is it just possible, sir,
that because of the circumstances
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and you were there with a cat
who was bleeding out,
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that you were high energy
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and maybe not totally composed?
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I mean, I have two people working...
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At least one who's worked
for the same vet for ten years.
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You've used this vet before.
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You haven't had a problem
with this vet before,
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and she's been there ten years.
And I assume that...
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At least she tells me she's never had
an incident like this before.
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So, I can actually imagine.
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You know, I'm trying to put myself here.
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Somebody comes out and says to you,
"We don't have a vet on duty."
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Which you probably didn't believe
at the moment.
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No, I did.
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[Judy] Well, if you believed
there was no vet on duty,
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why didn't you just walk into your car?
Why did you say anything to her?
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Why did you use an expletive?
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Why was there any need
to have any communication at all with her?
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If there's no vet here.
"Okay, I better get my animal to..."
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00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:27,467
Well, Your Honor, when I first pulled in
and I had that conversation
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with whoever that worked there...
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And I'll use that term loosely. Whoever.
They knew what I was there for.
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Don't tell me what anybody else knew, sir.
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You were not told there was no vet inside
by the first person that you encountered?
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00:18:41,834 --> 00:18:43,333
No, that's wrong.
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No, I was absolutely right, sir,
in what I said to you.
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So say, "Yes, ma'am."
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Yes, ma'am.
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Right.
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[theme music playing]
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{\an8}[narrator] John Wheet
has accused vet assistants
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{\an8}Heather Shilling and Hannah Hensley
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of injuring him after an assault
in the parking lot.
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- [Judy] Go ahead.
- I explained that it was an emergency.
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One second. The person you were talking to
you just told me was dealing
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with another client
who had another animal in the parking lot.
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- I told them it was an emergency.
- [Judy] Okay.
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Well, you know, one man's emergency
is not... How is the cat?
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- Now?
- Yes.
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The cat's fine from that injury,
but he's blind now.
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Well, fine from that injury.
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00:19:29,300 --> 00:19:31,200
- Did you get the cat to a vet?
- I did.
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- How far away?
- Twenty minutes.
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- And what did they do to the cat?
- Clean and suture.
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- And you took him home?
- I did.
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- And you took him the same day?
- I did. Um... Yes.
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And when you went to the second vet,
it was an emergency vet?
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It was.
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- Did they have a curbside arrangement?
- No.
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00:19:48,667 --> 00:19:50,967
- They did not? Had you called them?
- No. No.
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If you drove...
You mean you drove 20 minutes
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not knowing
if they could get to see a vet.
436
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- They're open.
- How do you know?
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I've been there many times.
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[chuckles] Mr. Wheet, do you think
that I think that you drove with your cat
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without calling first to see
if they were open and a vet there
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when they'd already told you
their vet wasn't there?
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Why would I get in the car?
I'd at least call.
442
00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:14,066
The only other vet
that's available right there.
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00:20:14,066 --> 00:20:16,233
Well, how do you know
that vet was available?
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00:20:16,233 --> 00:20:18,567
I've never been there where they've not.
445
00:20:19,233 --> 00:20:22,500
Okay, do you have any medical records
for me to see?
446
00:20:22,500 --> 00:20:24,600
- Of your injuries. I'd like to see...
- Of my injuries?
447
00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:25,633
- Yeah.
- No.
448
00:20:25,633 --> 00:20:28,300
- I'd like to see them.
- I have pictures of my injuries.
449
00:20:28,300 --> 00:20:29,767
I'd like to see that.
450
00:20:29,767 --> 00:20:32,233
Miss Shilling said
that you spit in her face.
451
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- Is that true?
- That's not true, Your Honor.
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I don't have any lower teeth.
453
00:20:35,934 --> 00:20:39,867
When she was in my face yelling at me
and I was yelling back at her,
454
00:20:39,867 --> 00:20:42,033
that's when she made that accusation.
455
00:20:42,033 --> 00:20:44,433
It was more than just a little bit
of spittle, Your Honor.
456
00:20:44,433 --> 00:20:47,200
- [Judy] It was what?
- More than just a little bit of spittle.
457
00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:48,667
He full-on spit.
458
00:20:50,433 --> 00:20:53,000
- Okay, do you have a police report?
- [John] I do.
459
00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:54,100
I'd like to take a look.
460
00:20:56,533 --> 00:20:57,567
Thank you.
461
00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:10,967
Okay, so the police report indicates
that they were called...
462
00:21:10,967 --> 00:21:13,266
- I assume they were called by you?
- Yes.
463
00:21:13,266 --> 00:21:15,400
[Judy] Because they responded
to their location.
464
00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:19,333
And the police officer observed
red marks on her neck
465
00:21:19,333 --> 00:21:21,000
and her hair falling out of her head.
466
00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:23,600
- I do have pictures as well, Your Honor.
- [Judy] Mm-hmm.
467
00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:26,266
- That's when I pulled her off of me.
- [Judy] Mm-hmm.
468
00:21:26,266 --> 00:21:29,567
That's when I got all those scratches
and my black eye.
469
00:21:29,567 --> 00:21:32,000
I'd like to see
the Defendants' photographs.
470
00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:33,433
[Heather] Okay.
471
00:21:41,066 --> 00:21:43,300
[Judy] Mr. Wheet,
I've read the police report.
472
00:21:43,300 --> 00:21:46,200
I've looked at your pictures,
and can I see the pictures
473
00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:49,400
from the Defendants?
474
00:21:54,967 --> 00:21:57,467
I do not have a cross-complaint.
475
00:21:57,467 --> 00:22:01,233
Your answer, Miss Shilling
and Miss Hensley, both indicate
476
00:22:01,233 --> 00:22:05,867
this was a terrible incident
and you just want it to go away.
477
00:22:05,867 --> 00:22:06,934
Yes, Your Honor.
478
00:22:06,934 --> 00:22:10,266
- You too! You too! You too!
- I did call the police.
479
00:22:10,266 --> 00:22:12,233
I called the police
before they called the...
480
00:22:12,233 --> 00:22:13,800
{\an8}You too. Mr. Wheet, you know,
481
00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:15,867
{\an8}there are certain things
that are common sense.
482
00:22:15,867 --> 00:22:18,200
And the common sense of it is
you were upset.
483
00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:22,033
You were aggravated. You were angry.
You were not getting what you needed.
484
00:22:22,033 --> 00:22:24,333
You were not told
that there was no vet inside
485
00:22:24,333 --> 00:22:26,900
by the first person you encountered,
so whenever...
486
00:22:26,900 --> 00:22:28,166
No. That's wrong.
487
00:22:28,166 --> 00:22:31,600
I wasn't told until after
the second person came out.
488
00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:34,834
I said... No, I was absolutely right, sir,
in what I said to you.
489
00:22:34,834 --> 00:22:38,633
I said you were not told
by the first person that you encountered
490
00:22:38,633 --> 00:22:40,567
that there was no vet inside.
491
00:22:40,567 --> 00:22:42,633
- So say, "Yes, ma'am."
- Yes, ma'am.
492
00:22:42,633 --> 00:22:44,100
[Judy] Right.
493
00:22:44,100 --> 00:22:47,367
It wasn't until Miss Hensley came outside
494
00:22:47,367 --> 00:22:49,734
that she told you
that there was no vet inside.
495
00:22:49,734 --> 00:22:51,700
- That is correct, ma'am.
- That is correct.
496
00:22:51,700 --> 00:22:54,700
Right. Now, in between that time,
according to you,
497
00:22:54,700 --> 00:22:56,867
you sat outside for five minutes.
498
00:22:56,867 --> 00:22:59,033
- That's correct.
- You sat outside for five minutes.
499
00:22:59,033 --> 00:23:02,967
And you did not do
what you were instructed to do
500
00:23:02,967 --> 00:23:06,467
by the person who was outside
taking care of another animal.
501
00:23:06,467 --> 00:23:08,333
And they said, "You have to call first."
502
00:23:08,333 --> 00:23:11,934
You said, "You're right here.
Why can't you tell them?"
503
00:23:11,934 --> 00:23:14,633
That's what you just told me.
Is that correct?
504
00:23:14,633 --> 00:23:17,233
As soon as I finished
with the conversation about him calling,
505
00:23:17,233 --> 00:23:19,600
they left me and went inside.
506
00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:23,767
That's okay. You did not call.
And you sat there on the cement,
507
00:23:23,767 --> 00:23:25,266
according to you, and waited.
508
00:23:25,266 --> 00:23:28,867
Then she came outside
and told you, "There's no vet."
509
00:23:28,867 --> 00:23:30,166
- That's correct.
- Okay.
510
00:23:30,166 --> 00:23:34,834
By that time, you were very angry
because now you had a cat that was sick.
511
00:23:34,834 --> 00:23:36,433
- No.
- Oh, yes. Absolutely.
512
00:23:36,433 --> 00:23:39,100
It says so in the police report.
That that's what you said.
513
00:23:39,100 --> 00:23:40,934
- You said you were belligerent.
- I was.
514
00:23:40,934 --> 00:23:43,767
You were belligerent and you were angry,
515
00:23:43,767 --> 00:23:48,266
but the first physical contact
that happened was the Defendant to you,
516
00:23:48,266 --> 00:23:50,734
but you say you were belligerent
and angry.
517
00:23:50,734 --> 00:23:52,967
- Yes.
- And you honestly said that to me.
518
00:23:52,967 --> 00:23:54,700
- Yes.
- [Judy] Yeah. Okay.
519
00:23:54,700 --> 00:23:56,800
You didn't act smart.
520
00:23:56,800 --> 00:24:01,166
If I had my animal that was bleeding
to the vet, and they said call,
521
00:24:01,166 --> 00:24:04,633
I would've called.
And If I didn't call and waited outside
522
00:24:04,633 --> 00:24:07,967
and somebody came outside,
then said to me, "The vet's not here,"
523
00:24:07,967 --> 00:24:11,233
all I would have said is,
"Why didn't somebody tell me that before?
524
00:24:11,233 --> 00:24:13,166
'Cause I waited out here
for five minutes.
525
00:24:13,166 --> 00:24:15,667
Even though I didn't do
what I was told to do,
526
00:24:15,667 --> 00:24:18,934
which was to call first and check in."
Do you understand?
527
00:24:18,934 --> 00:24:21,033
Your case is dismissed. We're done.
528
00:24:21,033 --> 00:24:23,033
[bailiff] This court is adjourned.
529
00:24:24,867 --> 00:24:26,867
{\an8}Obviously, I have to stand by
what she said.
530
00:24:26,867 --> 00:24:28,233
{\an8}I think that it was very fair.
531
00:24:28,233 --> 00:24:31,100
{\an8}I think that she saw
that he was an angry man
532
00:24:31,100 --> 00:24:32,700
{\an8}who was upset about his cat.
533
00:24:32,700 --> 00:24:34,133
{\an8}They were the aggressor to me.
534
00:24:34,133 --> 00:24:37,233
{\an8}As soon as he was screaming and yelling,
I think that was the line.
535
00:24:37,233 --> 00:24:40,533
{\an8}I was holding up my hand,
trying to protect myself from her.
536
00:24:40,533 --> 00:24:42,767
{\an8}She hit me, broke my glasses,
gave me a black eye.
537
00:24:42,767 --> 00:24:45,567
{\an8}The sooner you leave,
the sooner you can get your cat treatment.
538
00:24:45,567 --> 00:24:48,433
{\an8}I was upset at some point.
I would have to say that's true.
539
00:24:48,433 --> 00:24:52,166
{\an8}Pretty bad. I've been having issues, like,
working with people coming up to the door.
540
00:24:52,166 --> 00:24:53,166
{\an8}The cat survived.
541
00:24:53,166 --> 00:24:56,200
{\an8}He is not welcome.
The police did place a "no trespass",
542
00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:58,700
{\an8}and that was our goal.
We just didn't want him to come back.
543
00:24:59,734 --> 00:25:03,500
[Judy] You know, people get really upset
when their pets are injured
544
00:25:03,500 --> 00:25:07,967
and they can't get immediate care.
It's not quite as acute, probably,
545
00:25:07,967 --> 00:25:10,934
as when your child is sick and
you take them to the emergency room.
546
00:25:10,934 --> 00:25:14,000
And there are 500 people
in the emergency room,
547
00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:16,500
but your child has a sore arm.
548
00:25:16,500 --> 00:25:19,567
You don't know if it's broken or not,
you know, and you're agitated.
549
00:25:19,567 --> 00:25:21,834
- He was clearly agitated.
- Mm-hmm.
550
00:25:21,834 --> 00:25:23,066
Agitated and angry.
551
00:25:23,066 --> 00:25:25,734
Actually, I sympathize with him, you know?
552
00:25:25,734 --> 00:25:27,934
The first person could've said,
"We have no vet."
553
00:25:27,934 --> 00:25:29,734
"If it's an emergency, go someplace else."
554
00:25:29,734 --> 00:25:32,467
They didn't, and then he sat and waited,
555
00:25:32,467 --> 00:25:35,066
and as he sat and waited,
got angrier and angrier,
556
00:25:35,066 --> 00:25:37,533
and then, "We have no vet.
You have to go someplace else."
557
00:25:37,533 --> 00:25:39,533
Bottom line, it was all a bad scene.
558
00:25:39,533 --> 00:25:42,367
But it was a bad scene
precipitated by him.
559
00:25:42,367 --> 00:25:45,567
Yeah, just listening to his story,
I could tell the agitation level
560
00:25:45,567 --> 00:25:48,100
just as he was waiting
and not getting info.
561
00:25:48,100 --> 00:25:50,433
You could tell and, like you said,
sympathize with him.
562
00:25:50,433 --> 00:25:54,533
Unfortunate. I think the Defendants,
actually, were interesting.
563
00:25:54,533 --> 00:25:56,900
- That they didn't file a counterclaim.
- File a claim?
564
00:25:56,900 --> 00:25:59,500
- I also was surprised by that.
- Because they had, one of them...
565
00:25:59,500 --> 00:26:01,967
The young woman had some serious injuries.
566
00:26:01,967 --> 00:26:04,300
Pulled her hair out,
and she had marks on her neck.
567
00:26:04,300 --> 00:26:07,567
They just said it was a bad incident.
Just let it go.
568
00:26:07,567 --> 00:26:09,200
- Yeah. Mm-hmm.
- He should have, too.
569
00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:14,333
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