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{\an8}He got you into the store?
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{\an8}[Linda] He was very aggressive and pushy.
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And the next thing, I knew,
he was practically on top of me.
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[Judge Judy] And you said you felt
as if you couldn't leave?
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I've been held against my will before,
and kidnapped.
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And I was literally traumatized
at that point.
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[Announcer]
This is Judy Justice.
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[opening theme playing]
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{\an8}Linda Bernardasci is suing
salesman Eric West
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{\an8}for the cost of skin care products.
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[Bailiff] Court, come to order.
All rise.
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Have a seat, please.
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{\an8}- Hello, Judge.
- Hello, Kevin.
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{\an8}Case number 2114,
Bernardasci versus West.
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{\an8}- Thank you.
- You're welcome.
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{\an8}[Judge Judy] Would you pronounce
your last name for me?
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{\an8}- Bernardasci.
- [Judge Judy] Bernardasci.
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{\an8}- Yes.
- Well, I read your complaint.
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I somehow was taken back
to my own experience
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just walking down any street
that has a new cosmetic place.
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So I sort of, leave.
I understand what your experience was,
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at least initially, with Mr. West.
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Mr. West, you're a salesman
for what company?
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And where are they located?
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{\an8}Well, they're all over
the United States,
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{\an8}but I worked for one in San Francisco.
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Where are the products manufactured?
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- In California, actually.
- [Judge Judy] Where?
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Chatsworth, California.
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[Judge Judy] Okay. And they have
brick-and-mortar stores
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- all over the country?
- Mm-hmm.
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[Judge Judy] And they have many products,
but under that one name?
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Yeah, they have many products.
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Many products, but they're all...?
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[Sarah]
Yes. They have multiple products
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and multiple locations
all through California,
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and it looks like
a bit of Arizona as well.
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- How many?
- [Sarah] Upwards of 20 locations.
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[Judge Judy] Okay.
And can you tell me, Sarah,
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- is it a corporation?
- I'd assume so,
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their about page.
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How long have you worked
for the company, sir?
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That company in that location,
about three years.
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Where is the corporate headquarters
for the company?
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It's located in San Mateo.
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Do you know if the company
was incorporated
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in the State of California?
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- Yes, I believe it was.
- [Judge Judy] Under that name?
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- Mm-hmm.
- Uh-huh is not an answer.
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Oh. Yes. Sorry.
My apologies.
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[Sarah]
It look like it was
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an LLC out of Oregon,
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but it is listed as inactive
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as of 12/22 of 2020.
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[Judge Judy]
There's no company in California?
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It just says the jurisdiction
in which the LLC was created
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is Oregon, that's as far
as I could tell.
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They have a company address
that's listed
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in a head office
in Portland, Oregon.
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What do you know
about Portland, Oregon?
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It's a lot of, lot of, um, hippies.
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[Judge Judy]
Lot of hippies.
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- What about your company?
- [Eric] Oh.
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Do you know anything
about your company?
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Yes, um, I think it's probably
another location there, as well.
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Do you know anything about the company
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that you work for?
Was it incorporated
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{\an8}in the State of Oregon?
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{\an8}No, it was incorporated in California,
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{\an8}and, um, I think Oregon, maybe,
they, maybe, has a franchise?
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[Sarah] I can't tell from public records
anything further.
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[Judge Judy]
From the State of California?
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I tried looking up their headquarter
information, and all I got
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was this Cosmetics, LLC, from Oregon.
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And while I'm taking this information,
I want you to take a look
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and see if there are any court cases.
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Let's try the State of California
and the State of Oregon.
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- Sure.
- [Judge Judy] And the only thing
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that you could find
was the Oregon company under that name
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that is no longer active?
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[Sarah] It might not be...
they might not be the same company,
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but it has the same name listed in Oregon,
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so I would assume so,
but there's no information
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on their website
about their headquarter information.
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Anyway, Ms. Bernardasci,
try to think of the date
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that you made these purchases.
What date was it?
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It was February the 21st, 2022.
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And you were shopping,
you were walking with your dog?
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- [Linda] Mm-hmm.
- That a little dog?
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- Yes.
- [Judge Judy] What kind of dog?
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- A Shih Tzu.
- [Judge Judy] A Shih Tzu?
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- My fave.
- Oh, yeah, mine, too.
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She's my third one.
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You were walking in a mall,
what mall and where?
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In Santa Clara, California.
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[Judge Judy] That's where
you were working?
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- Mm-hmm.
- [Judge Judy] How long
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- had you been working there?
- Three years.
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Okay, this is what the case is about,
as far as I can tell.
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You were walking, was it this gentleman
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who was standing outside?
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- No, it was not.
- [Judge Judy] It was somebody else?
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- It was somebody else.
- [Judge Judy] It was somebody else.
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One of the other people
who works at your business?
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I was the one
who'd offered her a sample.
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- [Judge Judy] Outside?
- No, in the front of the store.
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Well, but it's
in the front of the store?
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{\an8}[Eric] I didn't step outside
of the store,
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{\an8}I was in the front of our store,
not outside of it,
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{\an8}but inside the store,
and I handed her a sample.
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{\an8}[Judge Judy]
Just a second.
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{\an8}Sort of inconsistent
with my life's experience
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{\an8}of these things, but let's see.
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{\an8}- Had you gone to his store?
- No.
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{\an8}[Judge Judy] You're walking
through the mall, is it an indoor mall
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{\an8}- or an outdoor mall?
- Indoor.
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And when you passed that store,
tell me what happened.
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I was en route to a specific store.
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A man with a basket was standing
in front of the store.
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So, there was a man outside with a basket?
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- With a basket, holding...
- [Judge Judy] Where outside?
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[Linda]
Right outside of the store.
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- And it wasn't this gentleman?
- [Linda] No, it was not.
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[Judge Judy] Tell me
what the person looked like,
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- who gave you this sample?
- He was, he, I believe
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he was Caucasian.
He was shorter than Eric.
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I believe he was partially bald,
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and I believe he wore glasses,
but I can't be sure.
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I would know him if I saw him.
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[Judge Judy] Okay.
And, so continue with your story.
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You're standing there with a basket
of samples outside the store.
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- Okay.
- [Judge Judy] It's totally consistent
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with my own personal experience.
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[Linda]
Okay. So, he offered me a sample
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of a product, and I said,
"No, thank you, I'm not interested."
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And he said, "No, please," he said,
"you'll like it."
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And I said, "I really, I'm in a hurry,
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and I'm not interested
in any of your products."
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At that point, Eric walked
a couple of steps out
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from the store, and started
showering my dog
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and myself with compliments.
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Just, like, over the top.
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And he said, "Why don't you
come in my store?
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I've got a surprise for you.
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You are going to love me,"
he said.
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- I said...
- [Judge Judy] So he was doing
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- his salesman shtick.
- [Linda] Yeah. Yeah.
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And from the smile on his face,
it's exactly what he was doing,
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- his salesman shtick.
- [chuckles]
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- [Linda] Yeah, and pretty much...
- You work on commission.
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- Yes.
- [Judge Judy] Right. Okay.
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So now, he's showering both you
and your little Shih Tzu
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with compliments, and how beautiful
the Shih Tzu is,
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and how he's gonna give you things
that are gonna take away this line
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and that line,
and this crease, whatever.
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And I'm such a sweet and kind person
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that, you know,
he's got a surprise for me...
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I got it. Okay. Go ahead.
So he got you into the store.
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Uh-huh.
At that point, he asked me to have a seat.
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And again, I said, really,
I'm not interested,
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I want to go.
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So then, someone took my dog...
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- Where was the dog?
- On a leash in my hand.
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And, uh, he says,
"Here, I'll take your dog.
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{\an8}And I said, "No, I'll hold her."
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{\an8}And he said, "No, I'm gonna
take care of her."
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And I'm going, "Wait a minute."
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And next thing I knew,
Eric was practically on top of me.
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This chair was located in a position...
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Well, his chair was much higher than mine.
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So you were sitting in a chair like mine?
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Yeah. Well, a, a chair, just, like a...
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- A make-up chair?
- [Linda] Yeah.
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Or a hairdresser's chair?
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Kind of like a, a make-up chair.
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And he was sitting on a chair or a stool?
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- [Linda] A stool.
- Stool. Is that right, Eric?
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- I'm talking to you.
- Yes, Your Honor.
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Okay, that's a yes. Okay.
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And your stool was higher
than her chair?
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That is incorrect.
We both were sitting on stools.
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- [Judge Judy] The same stool?
- [Eric] The same stool.
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- [Judge Judy] Was yours higher?
- No. It was the same size.
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[Judge Judy]
Okay. Go ahead.
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So, at that point, he just started
applying different products
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to my, I believe he started
with my hand,
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and then, uh, "Look here, let me try
some of this on your face."
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And I'm looking around for my dog,
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like, what's going on here?
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And, 'cause he was very aggressive
and pushy and...
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Just tell me what he did,
without trying to editorialize.
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- Okay. So, basically, he...
- [Judge Judy] Not basically.
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He put on all this goop
on your face, on your hands,
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somebody else in the store
was holding your dog
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while he was putting this on you.
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He didn't force you into the chair,
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he aggressively coaxed you
into the chair is what you're telling me
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by complimenting you.
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I mean, he didn't physically drag you
into the store,
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- you walked in by yourself.
- Right.
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Okay. He was using his best
aggressive salesman routine.
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Not easy to get somebody
in the store, right, Eric?
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I mean, it was never easy to get me
in one of those stores,
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and I shop with her all the time.
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- [Eric chuckles]
- And she's got more lotions and potions
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and stuff on her counter
than any other human being I know,
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and I've never seen anybody successful
in giving her a free sample
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and getting her into the store.
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So you must be very good,
'cause we have a few of those stores
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right in the neighborhood.
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You must be really talented.
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- He is.
- [Judge Judy] Just a second,
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so before we finish with her,
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and since you originally started,
Mr. West, with,
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"No, it was me outside",
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it wasn't you outside initially,
it was somebody else.
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You came out afterwards.
Well, actually, I believe her.
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So, I want you to understand
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that her description of the person
who initially approached her
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was so specific,
and then, the fact that you
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came out and joined that person,
because then you became a tag team,
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is totally convincing to me.
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I want you to understand that.
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[Linda] I didn't feel that
I was going to be able to leave the store.
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I've been held against my will before
and kidnapped.
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And I was literally traumatized
at that point.
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When were you held against your will
and kidnapped?
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[theme music playing]
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{\an8}[Announcer] Linda Bernardasci claims
salesman, Eric West,
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{\an8}owes her a refund for skin care products
she never wanted.
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[Judge Judy]
Do you have family, Eric?
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Yes, I do, Your Honor.
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[Judge Judy]
Living family?
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- Yes, I do.
- [Judge Judy] Okay.
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You don't want to make a fool
out of yourself here, right?
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- Absolutely not.
- [Judge Judy] Great.
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So I want you to understand
that I believe the plaintiff
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when she tells me
you weren't the initial person
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out there who stopped her
with a free sample.
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I was the only one working
that day, Your Honor.
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- I don't believe you.
- [Eric] Okay.
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Because you couldn't have got her
where you got her to,
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which is the story she's gonna finish,
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'cause by the time she got out
of the store,
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she had $8,000 worth of your products.
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[Sarah] Which is also not accredited
by the Better Business Bureau
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and has multiple complaints out
against them.
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So, just for the record.
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No, that's an important record.
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- Keep looking.
- [chuckles]
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{\an8}Okay, so, at that point,
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{\an8}I decided I'm going to leave,
and take my dog,
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{\an8}and get out of here.
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And I attempted to get up,
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and he was sitting higher up
than I was,
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and in such close proximity,
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that I was unable to fully stand up.
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And as he saw me attempting,
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he comes back over
with another product.
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He was across the store, and...
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Well, if he was across the store,
Ms. Bernardasci,
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if he was across the store,
then he wasn't hovering over you.
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So, what I tried to tell you before is,
I want you to tell me
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not what you think is best
for your case,
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either he's standing over you
so you couldn't get up,
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or he's across the room.
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If he's across the room,
'cause he went to get another product,
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you could've gotten up and left.
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No, actually, he wasn't across the room,
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he was just, like, I think it was
at the desk behind...
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Whatever, he wasn't right on top of you.
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- Uh, no, but...
- [Judy Justice] You don't understand,
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I don't believe that you were held
against your will
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in the store.
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I don't believe that they did that.
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I think he was overly aggressive,
and he chose a target.
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- Yeah, and I...
- [Judge Judy] Okay.
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And at what point did you purchase
all of this product?
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Which is the subject of this case,
because you want your money back.
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{\an8}I didn't feel that I was going to
be able to leave the store.
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{\an8}I've been held against my will before
and kidnapped.
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And I was literally traumatized
at that point.
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When were you held against your will
and kidnapped?
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Oh, this was like... 15 years ago, maybe.
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Well, I would remember that,
whether it was 15 years ago.
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I want you to tell me about that.
That forms part of who you are,
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and who the person is
that I have to consider
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with regard to whether or not
this was a forced sale,
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or just an overly
aggressive salesman.
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So I want you to tell me,
was there a police report
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of a prior kidnapping?
There was.
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- Yes.
- And did they actually find people
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- who kidnapped you?
- Yes.
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Was there a trial with regard
to those people?
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I don't believe so,
because the guy was on parole,
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and so he didn't want
to go to trial.
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So, he violated his parole,
and he went back to prison?
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- [Linda] Yes.
- [Judge Judy] And that was in California?
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Yes. But...
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[Judge Judy]
So, when you were in the store,
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and you said felt as if
you couldn't leave,
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you were under pressure,
how many people were in the store?
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Uh, well, there was Eric,
and the gentleman that was standing
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outside of the store,
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and then a woman came
from behind the register,
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in the back room.
And he was telling me
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how this woman
is a world-renowned,
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uh, facial beauty massage,
uh, whatever, expert,
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running drag on me, pretty much,
let's just put it that way.
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Anyway, uh...
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[Judge Judy] Now you're up
from your chair.
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I want to know
how the sale came about.
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Well, because I didn't feel
that I was going to be able to leave.
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[Judy Justice]
Okay, so tell me what happened.
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{\an8}Okay, so, I said, "Look, I don't even
have any money to cover this."
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- And I'm looking...
- [Judge Judy] To cover what?
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- He asked me for my identification...
- To cover what?
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[Linda] To cover the cost
of these beauty products
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he wanted to sell me.
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[Judge Judy]
Okay, how many were there?
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[Linda]
There was four or five
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- different... uh...
- [Judge Judy] Creams.
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Creams, and then there was a device
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that, I don't know what you call 'em,
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but it was a device
that he had used on me
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while I was sitting in the chair.
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And you know, telling me,
"Look in the mirror,
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doesn't this, you know, can't you tell
a big difference?"
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He even took my phone and took a picture,
a couple pictures of me,
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he says, "Lookit," I said,
"I can tell a little bit of a difference,
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but it's not worth the money,
and again, I don't even have the money,
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so I really need to go."
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So, he asked for my driver's license
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to register the product,
and then he told me I...
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- To register the product?
- [Judge Judy] The product that I bought.
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Oh, so you did say
you would buy the device?
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- Yeah, uh, I...
- [Judge Judy] Just...
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You did say you would buy the device?
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And how much was the device?
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{\an8}It was just shy of $8,000.
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{\an8}- I've got the receipts...
- [Judge Judy] I'd like to see it.
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Do you have it with you?
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- Oh, the device?
- [Judge Judy] Yeah.
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No, I wish
I would've brought it with me,
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but I didn't, hasn't been opened.
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I still have it.
I haven't touched it.
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You wanted to see the receipts?
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- [Judge Judy] Yes.
- Okay. They're right here.
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[Judge Judy] By the way, what time of day
did you go to the store?
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[Linda] This was approximately 6:30,
'cause it was near closing time.
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Oh, here's, here's the rest of them,
I'm sorry.
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[Linda] Yeah, I was going
specifically for one lipstick,
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that was, that was all
I was at the mall for.
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And it was almost closing there.
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- Sarah Rose?
- [Sarah] Yeah?
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Take a look under that name.
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[Sarah] I didn't find the device
on their website.
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- I already looked if that's what...
- You looked at this?
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3D ultrasound and face, body...?
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I just found six products that are creams
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for face and body on the website.
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I'd like to see
what this 3D ultrasound is,
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this $8,000 piece of equipment
that you sold her.
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You have a picture of it?
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Okay. Could you get that for me?
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He's gonna give it to Sarah.
Sarah's gonna look up this nonsense.
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Thank you.
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[Bailiff] Some more receipts.
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[Judge Judy] So, what I see that you did
was spread some of this
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around different credit cards.
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- Yes.
- [Judge Judy] And you want to tell me,
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how did that happen?
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{\an8}Well, I said, these
aren't even my credit cards.
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{\an8}My roommate's.
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{\an8}And he says, "Well, you could put half
on your roommate's credit card,"
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{\an8}and I says,
"No, I am not gonna do that."
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And, uh, he says,
"Yeah, make him pay for it."
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And I'm looking at this guy,
like, what's going on...
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What are you doing
with your roommate's credit cards?
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{\an8}Because he's an older gentleman.
I've got the power of attorney,
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{\an8}and I shop for him.
He's not able to do all that.
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Is he a roommate,
or are you a caregiver?
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Uh, he's a roommate.
We've lived together for 30 years.
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- Anyway, just as...
- He hasn't been old and sick
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for 30 years.
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- Well, he's kind of...
- [Judge Judy] [chuckles] He may be old
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and sick now, but he wasn't
old and sick for 30 years.
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Oh, well, no, I mean, we were...
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Do you live together as a couple
for 30 years?
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Do you live together
as an almost couple?
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No. He's like my father, almost.
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We each have our separate rooms,
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and I pretty much take care of his house
and cook for him,
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and he doesn't go many places,
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he's pretty much a recluse.
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He doesn't like to go to the store.
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And, uh, so I do all the grocery shopping
and everything.
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Okay.
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Who hired you?
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It wasn't a hire.
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I was in business with him.
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00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:44,967
Okay, well, it's getting more interesting.
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Who leases the store where you are...
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Don't look up in the air.
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It... it's gonna get only worse.
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[theme music playing]
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{\an8}[Announcer]
Linda Bernardasci
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{\an8}is accusing salesman, Eric West,
of holding her against her will,
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and selling her
an unwanted skin care wand.
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00:18:12,834 --> 00:18:15,233
Do we have a picture of that thing?
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"Rejuven..."
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it's... it's...
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- Yeah, I have it.
- What?
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I have it.
It looks like this.
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And it's got this on one side,
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and then, I don't know
what this is trying to show you.
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"Ultrasound face and body... slimming."
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- [Sarah] Yeah.
- [Judge Judy] She doesn't look like
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she needs slimming.
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{\an8}She asked for something
that would tighten her skin,
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{\an8}as she said that in her younger years,
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{\an8}she had a lot of issues
with drug abuse,
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{\an8}when we had our conversations,
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{\an8}and she's asking for something
that can actually help her
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{\an8}look more youthful,
and help her skin tighten.
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And this is something that she discussed
with me when we were sitting
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- at the table.
- What's your educational experience?
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- High school, college.
- [Judge Judy] Where?
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I went to, like, a couple
film and television schools.
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I asked you what college you went to.
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Oh. Um... Olympic College.
In Washington State.
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- And was that a four-year program?
- [Eric] Two-year.
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00:19:07,266 --> 00:19:08,500
- [Judge Judy] Two-year?
- Mm-hmm.
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[Judge Judy] Is that
a brick-and-mortar college,
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00:19:10,367 --> 00:19:12,533
- or is that an online college?
- It's brick-and-mortar.
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And what did you study there?
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00:19:13,934 --> 00:19:15,734
- [Eric] Just the basics.
- What basics?
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G... Gen eds, you know,
your associates, your gen eds.
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And it had nothing to do
with my sales and skin care,
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but my sales and skin care...
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I... I actually deal
with every client fairly.
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- And I pride myself...
- Don't tell me
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that you deal with every client fairly.
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She wanted her money back the next day.
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[Eric] She didn't want her money back
the next day.
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She didn't even come back the next day.
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[Judge Judy]
When did she come back?
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It was, like, a week or two later.
She came back to the store
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{\an8}and wanted a refund, and I said,
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{\an8}- "Well, you...
- [Judge Judy] No, no, just a second.
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She came into the store
on February 21st, 2022.
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- Mm-hmm.
- You get home with all these products.
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You spread it around.
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Let's say this is aggressive salesmanship.
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Now, you're home.
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You had a previous experience
with being taken against your will,
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and held against your will,
according to what you told me.
458
00:20:02,233 --> 00:20:03,633
- Yes.
- [Judge Judy] So you know,
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that when that happens,
the police get involved.
460
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You didn't go to the police.
461
00:20:07,133 --> 00:20:08,533
- No, not...
- [Judge Judy] When you left...
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to say, you know,
"I was held against my will,"
463
00:20:10,834 --> 00:20:13,300
you took the products,
and you took the products home.
464
00:20:13,300 --> 00:20:15,533
- Right?
- Well, I didn't go directly home,
465
00:20:15,533 --> 00:20:18,166
I went to my friend's house,
she lives two blocks from there.
466
00:20:18,166 --> 00:20:20,400
I was so traumatized,
I couldn't drive.
467
00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:22,700
And I was beside myself.
468
00:20:22,700 --> 00:20:25,100
[Judge Judy]
Okay. That was February 21st.
469
00:20:25,100 --> 00:20:27,567
- [Linda] Yes.
- So, what did you do
470
00:20:27,567 --> 00:20:30,567
- next with regard to Mr. West?
- Okay.
471
00:20:30,567 --> 00:20:34,100
So, by that time
it was about 9:00 at night,
472
00:20:34,100 --> 00:20:35,800
ten, when I got home.
473
00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:39,166
{\an8}And, uh, I thought,
well, I'll call tomorrow
474
00:20:39,166 --> 00:20:41,200
{\an8}to tell him I want a refund.
475
00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:45,233
Actually, I called him
and told him that, and he says
476
00:20:45,233 --> 00:20:46,867
"Well, you're supposed to be
down here..."
477
00:20:46,867 --> 00:20:49,000
[Judge Judy] When the next...
when did you call him
478
00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:50,834
and tell him
you wanted a refund?
479
00:20:50,834 --> 00:20:53,800
It was, uh, the next day.
480
00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:57,233
When he called me.
I'm sorry, he called me the next day.
481
00:20:57,233 --> 00:20:58,767
And says, "Where are you?"
482
00:20:58,767 --> 00:21:00,467
And I says, "I'm at home."
483
00:21:00,467 --> 00:21:02,333
And he says, "Well, how come
you're not here
484
00:21:02,333 --> 00:21:05,567
for your free 12 facials
that I offered you?"
485
00:21:05,567 --> 00:21:08,800
And I says, "I don't want anything
from you,"
486
00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:11,633
and I didn't ask for anything from him.
487
00:21:11,633 --> 00:21:13,700
[Judge Judy] So he called you
to come in for a free facial?
488
00:21:13,700 --> 00:21:15,200
- Yes.
- [Judge Judy] And?
489
00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:19,400
And, and I says, "I don't plan
on coming in for any of the facials,
490
00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:21,400
much less 12 of them.
491
00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:25,867
What I'd like to come in for
is a refund on these products
492
00:21:25,867 --> 00:21:29,367
that I don't need, and I felt pressured
493
00:21:29,367 --> 00:21:32,266
into buying yesterday, and I can't,
494
00:21:32,266 --> 00:21:33,633
- you know, I don't want them."
- Okay.
495
00:21:33,633 --> 00:21:35,200
You say that didn't happen for a week?
496
00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:39,266
{\an8}Your Honor, she had a contract with us
for six months worth of treatments,
497
00:21:39,266 --> 00:21:42,467
{\an8}hydrafacials that she,
that we included in her purchase,
498
00:21:42,467 --> 00:21:45,333
{\an8}- that she signed. And...
- I'd like to see what she signed.
499
00:21:45,333 --> 00:21:47,967
It's actually on my phone,
I didn't print out a, a copy, because...
500
00:21:47,967 --> 00:21:49,367
- uh, because...
- [Judge Judy] Why not?
501
00:21:49,367 --> 00:21:51,400
'Cause I was rushing this morning
and I was...
502
00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:53,934
You were rushing this morning, you knew
you were coming to court for days.
503
00:21:53,934 --> 00:21:55,467
What do you mean,
you didn't print out a contract?
504
00:21:55,467 --> 00:21:57,767
Do you have a copy of a contract
that you signed?
505
00:21:57,767 --> 00:21:59,900
- Yes, I do.
- [Judge Judy] Fine.
506
00:21:59,900 --> 00:22:02,033
- I'll take a look at your...
- I also have a police re...
507
00:22:02,033 --> 00:22:04,266
- [Linda] Do you want to see the police...
- I'd like to see a police report,
508
00:22:04,266 --> 00:22:06,100
and I'd like see a copy
of the contract you signed.
509
00:22:06,100 --> 00:22:10,166
Okay. And here's some fictitious
businesses that he's got as well.
510
00:22:10,166 --> 00:22:13,567
[Judge Judy]
I can't hear, just hand me the stuff.
511
00:22:20,266 --> 00:22:23,166
Okay, this is the police report,
I want to see the contract,
512
00:22:23,166 --> 00:22:26,767
I'll read the police report
while you're looking for it.
513
00:22:26,767 --> 00:22:28,567
Here's the contract.
514
00:22:38,900 --> 00:22:40,567
[Judge Judy]
Skin care, is that your company?
515
00:22:40,567 --> 00:22:42,600
- Is that the product you're referring to?
- Yes.
516
00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:46,300
Those are the medical devices
that we actually retail in the store.
517
00:22:46,300 --> 00:22:48,467
And we demonstrate them on the clients.
518
00:22:48,467 --> 00:22:50,367
And then typically, clients,
when they see a difference,
519
00:22:50,367 --> 00:22:51,867
they're, like, [gasps] "wow!"
520
00:22:51,867 --> 00:22:54,900
I, listen, you're not selling me, sir.
You know, stop making...
521
00:22:54,900 --> 00:22:56,667
This is not a sales pitch to me.
522
00:22:56,667 --> 00:22:59,934
What's your commission
when you sell an $8,000 light
523
00:23:00,066 --> 00:23:02,500
to make your skin nice?
What's your commission?
524
00:23:02,500 --> 00:23:03,934
Twenty percent.
525
00:23:03,934 --> 00:23:06,066
[Judge Judy]
So yours personally is 20 percent?
526
00:23:06,066 --> 00:23:08,200
- How much do they buy them for?
- I'm not sure.
527
00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:09,133
[Judge Judy]
What do you think?
528
00:23:09,133 --> 00:23:10,333
- [Eric] I have no...
- What do you think?
529
00:23:10,333 --> 00:23:13,133
Take a good guess, you've been working
for them for three years.
530
00:23:13,133 --> 00:23:14,867
[Eric] I don't know,
and I think that you'd have to factor in,
531
00:23:14,867 --> 00:23:17,533
like, the rent for the establishment,
and all of those things,
532
00:23:17,533 --> 00:23:20,100
so I don't really know
what the profit margin would be.
533
00:23:20,100 --> 00:23:23,900
Your Honor, on their website, they say
that each individually-owned
534
00:23:23,900 --> 00:23:27,000
brick-and-mortar store
is not affiliated with them,
535
00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:28,934
- that they run their own store.
- So it's franchises?
536
00:23:28,934 --> 00:23:31,734
It's a... it's sort of
a franchise-sque situation.
537
00:23:31,734 --> 00:23:33,533
[Judge Judy]
Who owns your store?
538
00:23:33,533 --> 00:23:35,066
Or is it a franchise?
539
00:23:35,066 --> 00:23:38,667
- It's a franchise?
- No, d-d, it's not a question.
540
00:23:38,667 --> 00:23:41,367
Sounds like you were asking me
a question.
541
00:23:41,367 --> 00:23:45,400
Is it a company-owned store,
or is it a franchise?
542
00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:47,400
There's a company
that owns the store.
543
00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:50,633
- [Judge Judy] But it's a franchise.
- Yes, I believe so.
544
00:23:50,633 --> 00:23:54,166
I'm not familiar with the legalities
of the location,
545
00:23:54,166 --> 00:23:56,633
- and all the business agreements that...
- Who hired you?
546
00:23:56,633 --> 00:24:00,467
Um... it wasn't a hire.
I was, I was in business with him.
547
00:24:00,467 --> 00:24:02,467
Okay, well, it's getting
more interesting.
548
00:24:02,467 --> 00:24:04,367
Okay. So it wasn't a hire,
549
00:24:04,367 --> 00:24:07,500
you're in business with a man
whose name is what?
550
00:24:07,500 --> 00:24:09,400
- Um...
- Don't think about it.
551
00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:11,033
- [Eric] I don't...
- If you're in business with somebody...
552
00:24:11,033 --> 00:24:12,533
- Yeah.
- [Judge Judy] You're a smart boy.
553
00:24:12,533 --> 00:24:14,333
[Eric] I don't know how to pronounce
his last name.
554
00:24:14,333 --> 00:24:15,400
[Judge Judy]
You went to a two-year college.
555
00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:17,467
What's the name
of your business partner?
556
00:24:17,467 --> 00:24:20,300
Um, I'm not, I don't know
how to pronounce the last name.
557
00:24:20,300 --> 00:24:21,233
[Judge Judy]
What?
558
00:24:21,233 --> 00:24:22,567
I don't know how
to pronounce the last name.
559
00:24:22,567 --> 00:24:24,266
- [Judge Judy] Spell it.
- I don't actually know
560
00:24:24,266 --> 00:24:25,700
- how to spell it.
- Mm-hmm.
561
00:24:25,700 --> 00:24:28,900
- I'm sorry.
- And who leases the store
562
00:24:28,900 --> 00:24:31,300
where you... don't look up in the air.
563
00:24:31,300 --> 00:24:33,233
Y... It, it's gonna get only worse.
564
00:24:35,333 --> 00:24:37,166
{\an8}[Announcer]
To be continued...
565
00:24:39,133 --> 00:24:42,700
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