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{\an8}You had a son and sadly, he drowned.
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This year.
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His friends started a GoFundMe page.
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My daughter took everything.
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The reason I'm here today
is not because of the GoFundMe.
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That's exactly why she's here.
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Shh!
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It's always been about the money.
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This is Judy Justice.
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Carol Crane is suing
her daughter, Jessica Crane...
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{\an8}for personal items and money
from a GoFundMe fundraiser.
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Court come to order. All rise.
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Have a seat please.
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{\an8}Hello, Judge.
Case 2119, Crane versus Crane.
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{\an8}- Thank you very much.
- You're welcome.
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Well, Mrs. Crane, this is a very sad case.
This is your daughter.
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Yes it is.
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And I don't know
how many children that you have
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{\an8}but I know that you had a son
who was in medical school
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{\an8}who was... how old, 25 years old?
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Thirty.
Thirty.
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Sounds as if he was a popular young man
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who's in an outing with friends
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and sadly, he drowned.
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Yes, he did. Saving two women.
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Just a second.
And that happened when?
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That happened July 29th of this year.
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This is what the case is about.
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His friends in his memory
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started a GoFundMe page.
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Correct.
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And there is approximately
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$40,000 in that GoFundMe page.
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There was. Yes.
I said approximately.
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Yes, it was.
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And your daughter is,
for want of a better word,
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{\an8}in charge of that Facebook page,
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- GoFundMe proceeds.
- Correct.
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And it is your claim
that is the next of kin
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because he died without a will,
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you are entitled to
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some or all of that Facebook Page.
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It doesn't even matter
about the GoFundMe funds.
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I mean, that would be nice
in a perfect world.
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But my daughter took everything.
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From the day my son passed.
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When they found his body at the river,
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the coroner gave her the keys to his truck
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and she went to his apartment
and emptied it.
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So I didn't get my chance to be
Josh's mom for the last time.
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I didn't get to empty his apartment.
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I can't cure that, Madam.
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No. No.
- I can't cure that.
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And you can't put any sort of
a value on anything
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that your daughter might have
taken from that apartment
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- because you don't know what was there.
- Correct.
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So I can't help you with that.
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In a perfect world,
maybe she would've gone with you
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{\an8}- to the apartment, but you didn't.
- Correct.
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Based upon what I read,
you were not there during the search
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for your son or the discovery
of his body, is that correct?
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No, I was at home. OK.
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And your daughter was there?
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Yes she was.
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And I assume that you were
close to your brother?
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Absolutely close to my brother.
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Just curious what prevented you?
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You were notified
that your son was missing.
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What prevented you from going there?
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My daughter was at the house
the day Josh went missing
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and we had my car torn apart.
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Um, she left after they called her
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and I--I definitely would've hitched
a ride but I didn't have a vehicle.
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Your Honor, I got--
Shh shh. Just a sec.
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Did you say she was at your house?
Yes, she was.
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Well then,
why didn't you go with her?
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They didn't call till
after she had left apparently.
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And rather than come back and get me--
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You mean
she left to go some place else?
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She left to go home.
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Yeah, we were working on my car.
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She left to go home
and she got a call from Search and Rescue.
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I hadn't been answering my phone.
Just a sec...
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Oh, well that's a different story.
You hadn't been answering your phone.
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It wasn't as if nobody called you.
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No--no, she didn't. She didn't call.
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It wasn't as if nobody called you.
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Did somebody call you?
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{\an8}Right, from Search and Rescue. Yes.
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Somebody called you?
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OK.
Mrs. Crane, this is your problem
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if your son passed away without a will,
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and I'm sure that somebody else may
a professional has told you that,
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the legal professional has told you that.
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If your son passed away without a will
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depending upon the laws
in your jurisdiction,
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{\an8}you as his parent
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{\an8}might be construed as next of kin
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and any property that he owned
at the time of his death
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- would transfer to you.
- Right. Correct. Yes.
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He didn't own the GoFundMe page
at the time he died.
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No, he did not.
So you don't get it.
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- OK.
- Any part of it.
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- OK.
- Your Honor, she already received funds
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from the GoFundMe as well.
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Just a second. The people that set up
the GoFundMe page
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I assume were classmates
of your brother's?
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{\an8}Yes. They were his other
fourth-year medical students that
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had reached out to me
and asked if they could--
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Don't tell me what they asked you.
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They set up a GoFundMe page.
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Do you have the paperwork for
the GoFundMe page?
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Yeah.
I'd like to see it.
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OK, so they raised $39,287.
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Correct.
OK.
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Is there anything that is in writing
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that makes you either
the beneficiary of...?
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The organizer of?
Would you do me a favor?
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Look it up.
Underneath the photo.
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It does say that I am
the beneficiary listed on there.
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Thank you.
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- You're Jessica?
- I am.
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OK. "...is organizing this fundraiser
on behalf of Jessica Crane."
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Mm-hmm.
- That's her.
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That has changed.
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Initially it was for Joshua Crane
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- and with the legal rami--
- Just show me.
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It's never been for--
- Show me. Just a second. Just a second.
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{\an8}- Mrs. Crane.
- Yes.
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It wouldn't make any difference,
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{\an8}but I'm willing to look at something
that originally it was on behalf of...
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Right.
- ...somebody else.
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The reason I'm here today
is not because of the GoFundMe
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Your Honor, that's exactly why she's here.
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It's the money--
Shh.
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It's always been about the money.
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{\an8}All right, how are you going to pay
the note on a $14,000 truck?
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{\an8}I plan on returning to work.
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{\an8}This incident has taken my job,
believe it or not.
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{\an8}- Actually, I don't believe it.
- Your Honor, I work three jobs--
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{\an8}Just... shh. Just a second.
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{\an8}Actually, I don't believe it.
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And later today...
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{\an8}What kind of narcotics were found
inside the vehicle?
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{\an8}It's alleged that it was a--
No it's not alleged.
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{\an8}Th-this is a police report.
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{\an8}I'm asking you, what kind of narcotics
were found in your car?
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Carol Crane claims
her daughter Jessica Crane
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{\an8}is wrongfully keeping her son's property
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{\an8}and money from his GoFundMe fundraiser.
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This is your complaint. Yes.
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"I'm suing the defendant,
Jessica Crane in the amount of $10,000.
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for my portion of my deceased son's
GoFundMe account...
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His vehicle--
...and personal items
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including my son's guitars
and his vehicle."
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Correct.
OK.
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{\an8}Now you're not looking
for his GoFundMe account?
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{\an8}I never really was,
'cause I never knew the law on GoFundMe.
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{\an8}I tried to find out and speak to someone
about it and get legal advice
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and I could never find anyone.
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Well, it's very easy.
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He didn't own this property
while he was alive
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so you have no title to it.
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If they said that they're
starting a GoFundMe page
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in the name of your son to be
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for the benefit of animal rescue,
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you wouldn't have any control over that.
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No, that meant for his funeral costs.
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Which I also paid for, Your Honor--
Just a second.
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It says-- just a second.
"On behalf of Jessica Crane."
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Right.
"On behalf of Jessica Crane,"
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just for my own curiosity
I'd like to know.
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Your son was buried at some point?
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He was cremated.
He was cremated.
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And I have the receipts.
I paid for his obituary, his cremation.
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OK. So what I'm asking you is
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there were no serious funeral costs?
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- No--
- I got everything donated on my--
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Just a--
- That's not true as well.
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Just a second.
I'm asking you, Mrs. Crane,
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did you pay anything
for your son's funeral?
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- No.
- OK. That's all.
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So it's not as if you had any
outlay of money for this.
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You know what I find sort of troublesome?
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I find troublesome that his friends
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cause that sometimes happens,
it's human nature,
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you feel so badly about something,
you want to do something.
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And probably the easiest thing to do
is to raise money.
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And the easiest thing for probably these
people who are in their 20s and 30s
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is to start a GoFundMe page.
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I mean, it just would seem to me
if they wanted to do
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a scholarship for him at the school,
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if they wanted to do something else--
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This is for those people out there
who are watching who are GoFundMe people.
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I've seen some of
the more ridiculous ones.
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You know, and there are
good-natured people out there
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who see these things
and will donate $5.00 and $10.00.
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"Oh my goodness. They need funeral costs."
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Well, in this case, there were no issues.
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And almost all this money,
$40,000 is left.
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What are you gonna do with it?
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So, there's a couple things
that I planned on doing with it.
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It's why the money has been
sitting in account.
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I just want the people
who donated this money
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to know what you are going to do with it.
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It's not for you to buy
anything for yourself...
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- Your Honor.
- ...that's-- that would be ridiculous.
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That's not what was in their minds.
So I want to know who I'm dealing with.
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Your Honor, after all of
Josh's expenses were paid for
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which I paid for using that money,
I am very close with the Dean at UC Davis,
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{\an8}um, who is a good friend
of my brother's as well.
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{\an8}And they have talked about setting up
a scholarship fund for my brother.
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And I was going to donate
a portion of that money back
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if UC Davis decides to set that up
on his behalf.
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And then I also wanted to set up
scholarship funds for my sons,
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who my brother was very close with.
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So what you're telling me is,
you're gonna give a little to UC Davis
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for a scholarship in his name
and you're going to use
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some for your two sons
for their education.
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Absolutely.
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Well, that's really not
what it was intended to do.
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I'm just telling you
it was not what it was intended to do.
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{\an8}I mean, at the end of the day,
that's how GoFundMe are set up.
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{\an8}People can set them up
for an intended purpose,
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{\an8}Can be used for anything.
And then? And then?
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Well, I-- but I'm just telling
the people out there.
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Before you spend money
on a GoFundMe page,
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make sure it's going to go to a place
where you want it to go.
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And for the intended purpose you want it
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which is to somehow celebrate
the life of this young man
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that was cut short so tragically.
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And it would seem to me, Mrs. Crane,
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you don't have to do anything
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because they made you
the beneficiary of this money.
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But it would seem to me
that a standup person
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would take whatever is left of that
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and create a scholarship
in his name at UC Davis
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which is where he went to school.
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I can't order you to do that
but I'm just telling you
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and everybody else out there
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make sure if you have
a good heart and a good spirit
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you know where your money is going.
243
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OK. So you're not entitled
to any of the money.
244
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Now did you take your brother's guitars?
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I cleared out my brother's entire--
Shh. Just a second.
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- Yes, Your Honor.
- Just answer... answer the question.
247
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- And how many guitars did you take?
- Three.
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Where are they?
- They're at my house.
249
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Now. I don't have to do this.
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- Would you like one of your son's guitars?
- Very... yes. Very much so.
251
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Would you like
one of your son's guitars?
252
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Do you have any of your son's guitars?
253
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- None.
- Your Honor,
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{\an8}my mom has a long history
of substance abuse.
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{\an8}She's boughten gifts for me in the past
256
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and she's pawned them off and I would
like to keep them in my family.
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So that's where they stay.
258
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So that's why I have possession of them
259
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because I don't want them
going to a pawn shop.
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I was told I could visit
one of my son's guitars at her home.
261
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Who? Who do you--
Just a second.
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- Do you play guitar?
- No, I just want it because it's my son's
263
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and I've bought three
of his guitars for him.
264
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None of these guitars
were purchased by her.
265
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They're very expensive guitars
my brother purchased.
266
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I can't order her to do anything.
267
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I'm just asking her whether
she would give you one of the guitars
268
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and she said no.
269
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The next thing we have here is...
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a vehicle.
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Now tell me about the vehicle.
272
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{\an8}So Josh didn't have a lot.
He was a fourth-year medical student.
273
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{\an8}He has a truck, a Toyota,
a 2019 Toyota Tacoma
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that he still owes about $14,000 on.
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I have that here. $13,841.76 cents on.
276
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Uh-huh.
277
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And at the time,
his truck was at the boat launch
278
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where they found him.
279
00:12:04,100 --> 00:12:06,033
So when I met with the sheriffs,
280
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they gave me possession of the keys.
281
00:12:08,033 --> 00:12:10,667
They found his keys on his body
and they gave me his keys.
282
00:12:10,667 --> 00:12:14,133
So we brought the truck up
to where we live in northern California.
283
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Took the truck up there
and it's been kept in storage
284
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until this is all sorted out.
285
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I personally wanted to keep the truck.
286
00:12:20,533 --> 00:12:23,266
I have the means to finance
the truck in my name.
287
00:12:23,266 --> 00:12:24,700
I have the means to make a payment.
288
00:12:24,700 --> 00:12:26,433
She does not have the means
to make a payment.
289
00:12:26,433 --> 00:12:28,700
She doesn't have a job.
She doesn't have a driver's license.
290
00:12:28,700 --> 00:12:30,934
She can't provide insurance for it.
291
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I mean she has driving--
292
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That's not particularly relevant.
293
00:12:34,934 --> 00:12:37,100
There's $14,000 left on it.
294
00:12:37,100 --> 00:12:38,367
Are you employed?
295
00:12:38,367 --> 00:12:40,533
- Um, I was until--
- Just the same.
296
00:12:40,533 --> 00:12:42,633
The answer is either yes or no.
Are you employed!?
297
00:12:42,633 --> 00:12:44,266
No.
All right.
298
00:12:44,266 --> 00:12:46,667
How are you gonna pay the note
on a $14,000 truck?
299
00:12:46,667 --> 00:12:48,200
{\an8}I plan on returning to work.
300
00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:51,333
{\an8}This--this incident has taken my job,
believe it or not.
301
00:12:51,333 --> 00:12:53,600
Actually I don't believe it.
Your Honor, I work three jobs.
302
00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:54,934
Just... shh.
Just a second.
303
00:12:54,934 --> 00:12:56,333
- Actually. I don't believe it.
- OK.
304
00:12:56,333 --> 00:12:59,266
So the answer is if you can't afford
305
00:12:59,266 --> 00:13:01,700
to make the payments on this truck
306
00:13:01,700 --> 00:13:04,900
and the only thing that's gonna happen
is it's going to be
307
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repossessed by the bank.
308
00:13:06,633 --> 00:13:08,400
Have you been making
payments on the truck?
309
00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:11,300
- I have not made a payment.
- Who is the finance company?
310
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Credit Union.
311
00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:14,600
Where is the truck currently stored?
312
00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:15,734
Give me the address.
313
00:13:15,734 --> 00:13:17,633
I don't have an exact address.
314
00:13:17,633 --> 00:13:19,667
And later today...
315
00:13:19,667 --> 00:13:20,867
You don't understand something, sir.
316
00:13:20,867 --> 00:13:23,467
Even though she was high on drugs
317
00:13:23,467 --> 00:13:25,467
and passed out in her car
318
00:13:25,467 --> 00:13:27,567
and you were not at fault.
319
00:13:27,567 --> 00:13:29,200
It's not windfall day.
320
00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:32,200
That's ridiculous. And I'm not stupid.
321
00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:47,533
Carol Crane claims
her daughter Jessica Crane
322
00:13:47,533 --> 00:13:50,400
{\an8}is wrongfully keeping her son's property
323
00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:53,300
and money from his GoFundMe fundraiser.
324
00:13:53,300 --> 00:13:55,033
I wanna see the paperwork on the loan.
325
00:14:08,266 --> 00:14:11,900
OK, Sarah, when we finish
with this case, call credit union.
326
00:14:11,900 --> 00:14:13,667
Advise them who has the truck.
327
00:14:13,667 --> 00:14:15,400
Let 'em go repossess the truck.
328
00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:17,100
We're finished here.
Your case is dismissed.
329
00:14:17,100 --> 00:14:18,500
This court is adjourned.
330
00:14:21,266 --> 00:14:24,633
{\an8}I had an addiction problem
and she's just angry.
331
00:14:24,633 --> 00:14:28,133
{\an8}She's angry at me
and I've tried to make amends.
332
00:14:28,133 --> 00:14:31,133
{\an8}I've tried to get this better
and she won't have it.
333
00:14:31,133 --> 00:14:33,900
{\an8}My daughter got away
with taking absolutely everything
334
00:14:33,900 --> 00:14:35,400
{\an8}and she wasn't entitled to it.
335
00:14:37,266 --> 00:14:39,633
I think that if there's any lesson
to be taken away,
336
00:14:39,633 --> 00:14:41,533
aside from the fact that
you're not supposed to fight.
337
00:14:41,533 --> 00:14:44,100
You know, when you lose somebody
338
00:14:44,100 --> 00:14:45,266
so young and so vital.
339
00:14:45,266 --> 00:14:48,533
The one innocent party
is the credit union
340
00:14:48,533 --> 00:14:51,467
who loaned him the money to buy the truck.
341
00:14:51,467 --> 00:14:53,934
She's been hiding the truck now
for five months
342
00:14:53,934 --> 00:14:55,934
hasn't made a payment on it.
343
00:14:55,934 --> 00:15:00,300
The right thing to do is for her
to turn that truck into the credit union.
344
00:15:00,300 --> 00:15:02,233
'Cause I can't control that.
345
00:15:02,233 --> 00:15:06,066
Except that I can advise the credit union
where she is and who she is,
346
00:15:06,066 --> 00:15:09,300
that she has possession of the truck
and they should go and repossess it.
347
00:15:09,300 --> 00:15:10,467
Anyway, it's all very sad.
348
00:15:10,467 --> 00:15:12,567
Before you donate money
to a GoFundMe page
349
00:15:12,567 --> 00:15:14,133
make sure you know where
the money is going.
350
00:15:14,133 --> 00:15:15,734
I think that that's
the takeaway from this.
351
00:15:16,533 --> 00:15:19,066
Case 2161, Shahin versus Larry.
352
00:15:19,066 --> 00:15:20,567
All parties, please step forward.
353
00:15:20,567 --> 00:15:23,734
Shimal Shahin is suing his neighbor,
354
00:15:23,734 --> 00:15:26,533
{\an8}Sabrina Larry for car damage
355
00:15:26,533 --> 00:15:29,967
after Sabrina hit his vehicle and a house.
356
00:15:29,967 --> 00:15:32,033
Mr. Shahin, tell me where you live.
357
00:15:32,033 --> 00:15:33,700
I live in Moorhead, Minnesota.
358
00:15:33,700 --> 00:15:36,500
And on September 8th of this year
359
00:15:36,500 --> 00:15:39,166
you parked your relatively new car
360
00:15:39,166 --> 00:15:42,033
that according to you
you got a week before?
361
00:15:42,033 --> 00:15:43,433
No, Your Honor.
362
00:15:43,433 --> 00:15:46,300
"I had just purchased
a Sequoia a week before."
363
00:15:46,300 --> 00:15:50,000
{\an8}No, actually it's not--
it's not the new car.
364
00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:52,166
{\an8}I mean it's an old, it's a used car,
365
00:15:52,166 --> 00:15:55,767
but it's... I purchased it
maybe a year before that.
366
00:15:55,767 --> 00:15:58,600
Not exactly a week. OK,
367
00:15:58,600 --> 00:16:00,867
so it's not a new car
and you didn't purchase it a week before?
368
00:16:00,867 --> 00:16:02,767
- No.
- But you parked it in front of your house.
369
00:16:02,767 --> 00:16:04,266
Do you have a photograph of the car?
370
00:16:04,266 --> 00:16:06,333
I do.
I'd like to see it.
371
00:16:06,333 --> 00:16:09,133
And to see your claim
that the defendant, Ms. Larry,
372
00:16:09,133 --> 00:16:13,066
while under some sort of influence
of some sort of substance
373
00:16:13,066 --> 00:16:15,567
was driving her car, had an accident,
374
00:16:15,567 --> 00:16:18,867
hit your car and caused it to move...
375
00:16:18,867 --> 00:16:21,000
twenty-five feet and it was damaged?
376
00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:21,934
Yes.
377
00:16:21,934 --> 00:16:25,333
And the damage to the car
was the rear bumper?
378
00:16:25,333 --> 00:16:27,433
Yep.
Not "yep." "Yes" is the answer.
379
00:16:27,433 --> 00:16:29,233
Yes, Your Honor.
Yes is the answer.
380
00:16:29,233 --> 00:16:32,467
OK. Mrs. Larry, what time
did you have your accident?
381
00:16:32,467 --> 00:16:33,800
At 9:00 or 10:00 AM
382
00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:35,533
On the eighth?
- Yes.
383
00:16:35,533 --> 00:16:37,066
Where were you coming from?
384
00:16:37,066 --> 00:16:38,567
{\an8}Uh, the grocery store.
385
00:16:39,133 --> 00:16:40,633
Where were you going?
- Home.
386
00:16:40,633 --> 00:16:42,400
{\an8}What kind of drugs had you taken?
387
00:16:42,400 --> 00:16:44,734
{\an8}I was taking Benadryl,
prescription medication.
388
00:16:44,734 --> 00:16:48,000
{\an8}Um, that's--that's all I had.
That's what I took.
389
00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:50,767
Can I see the police report?
You remember hitting his car?
390
00:16:50,767 --> 00:16:51,734
No.
391
00:16:51,734 --> 00:16:54,467
You remember the police coming
to where your car stopped?
392
00:16:54,467 --> 00:16:56,667
No. No. I don't remember
the police coming.
393
00:16:56,667 --> 00:16:58,400
Like--
What, did the police come?
394
00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:00,400
They did? Yes.
And you don't remember that?
395
00:17:00,400 --> 00:17:01,500
I don't remember that.
396
00:17:01,500 --> 00:17:02,633
Were you taken to a hospital?
397
00:17:02,633 --> 00:17:04,133
- I was.
- You have the discharge notes
398
00:17:04,133 --> 00:17:06,033
from the hospital?
I... do.
399
00:17:06,033 --> 00:17:07,367
I'd like to see it.
400
00:17:07,367 --> 00:17:09,066
What kind of narcotics were
found inside the vehicle?
401
00:17:09,066 --> 00:17:11,000
It's alleged that it it was a--
402
00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:13,934
No, it's not alleged.
This is a police report. I'm asking you.
403
00:17:13,934 --> 00:17:17,467
What kind of narcotics
were found in your car?
404
00:17:17,467 --> 00:17:20,367
They said that they found
a round blue pill
405
00:17:20,367 --> 00:17:23,333
that had an "M30" on it.
That's what it stated.
406
00:17:23,333 --> 00:17:24,834
Sarah, do me a favor. Sure.
407
00:17:24,834 --> 00:17:29,200
Look up under illegal drugs, "M30."
408
00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:35,567
So, M30's imitate Oxycodone
obtained from a pharmacy
409
00:17:35,567 --> 00:17:39,367
but when sold on the streets
the pills routinely contain fentanyl.
410
00:17:39,367 --> 00:17:41,400
Look up this name.
411
00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:44,066
Percocet. You smoke Percocet?
412
00:17:44,066 --> 00:17:46,133
Not that I know.
How do you smoke Percocet?
413
00:17:46,133 --> 00:17:47,667
That's the only thing you remembered.
414
00:17:47,667 --> 00:17:49,066
You didn't remember the accident?
415
00:17:49,066 --> 00:17:51,934
"Patient remembers smoking Percocet pill
416
00:17:51,934 --> 00:17:56,600
just prior to allegedly passing out
and crashing her vehicle."
417
00:17:56,600 --> 00:17:59,767
That's what they say from your doctor.
418
00:17:59,767 --> 00:18:01,934
Yeah, that's what they're--
That's what they're saying.
419
00:18:01,934 --> 00:18:03,533
That's, well that's what they're saying.
420
00:18:03,533 --> 00:18:05,400
"The history is provided by the patient.
421
00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:07,967
The history is limited
by condition of the patient.
422
00:18:07,967 --> 00:18:10,533
History is limited because
the patient does not remember
423
00:18:10,533 --> 00:18:13,033
the actual automobile accident.
424
00:18:13,033 --> 00:18:15,700
Remembers smoking Percocet pill
425
00:18:15,700 --> 00:18:19,500
just prior to allegedly passing out
and crashing her vehicle."
426
00:18:19,500 --> 00:18:21,033
You think the doctor made that up?
427
00:18:21,033 --> 00:18:24,633
And they just so happened
to have found this blue pill
428
00:18:24,633 --> 00:18:26,333
in your console in your car?
429
00:18:26,333 --> 00:18:27,700
That's what they are saying.
430
00:18:27,700 --> 00:18:30,333
OK. You actually know
you could have killed yourself.
431
00:18:30,333 --> 00:18:31,667
Yeah.
OK.
432
00:18:31,667 --> 00:18:34,467
And you don't remember anything about it
cause that's what you told them.
433
00:18:34,467 --> 00:18:37,767
You don't remember anything about anything
after you smoked the little blue pill?
434
00:18:37,767 --> 00:18:40,600
Which is what they said.
So your car was moved.
435
00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:42,834
- That's the damage to your car?
- Yeah.
436
00:18:42,834 --> 00:18:45,467
Sir, can I see the estimate
for the damage please?
437
00:18:45,467 --> 00:18:47,133
I think--
- You gave it to me?
438
00:18:47,133 --> 00:18:48,200
Yeah.
- OK. Great.
439
00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:49,934
Have you had the car fixed?
440
00:18:49,934 --> 00:18:53,600
Just the back tail light
that I had to put it on.
441
00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:56,800
I was trying to fix it,
but don't have any money to do it.
442
00:18:56,800 --> 00:18:58,567
Sarah, look up please.
Would you?
443
00:18:58,567 --> 00:19:00,433
- I'm looking it up right now.
- Oh, great.
444
00:19:00,433 --> 00:19:01,667
Thank you.
445
00:19:01,667 --> 00:19:03,367
Oh, it's a 21-year-old car.
446
00:19:03,367 --> 00:19:05,934
It's got 226,000 miles on it.
447
00:19:05,934 --> 00:19:07,734
How much did you pay for it, sir?
448
00:19:07,734 --> 00:19:08,767
I paid ten.
449
00:19:08,767 --> 00:19:11,166
We're not gonna spend seven to fix it.
450
00:19:11,166 --> 00:19:12,734
That's how much it costs.
451
00:19:12,734 --> 00:19:14,600
You'll find somebody to do it less.
452
00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:16,233
Well, now I am without a car.
453
00:19:16,233 --> 00:19:17,767
You're not without a car, sir.
454
00:19:17,767 --> 00:19:19,567
You put on the taillight
so that you could drive it.
455
00:19:19,567 --> 00:19:21,300
This car is not not drivable.
456
00:19:21,300 --> 00:19:24,734
That car was dragged.
That back axle, it shakes.
457
00:19:24,734 --> 00:19:26,567
I can't drive it on the highway.
Between two and $5,000.
458
00:19:26,567 --> 00:19:28,033
Between two and $5,000.
459
00:19:28,033 --> 00:19:29,567
You paid too much for the car, sir.
460
00:19:29,567 --> 00:19:31,266
You don't understand something, sir.
461
00:19:31,266 --> 00:19:33,667
Even though she was high on drugs
462
00:19:33,667 --> 00:19:35,834
and passed out in her car
463
00:19:35,834 --> 00:19:38,033
and you were not at fault.
464
00:19:38,033 --> 00:19:39,900
It's not windfall day.
465
00:19:39,900 --> 00:19:42,166
If you can buy the car for $2,000,
466
00:19:42,166 --> 00:19:45,467
buy a old 22-year-old car for $2,000.
467
00:19:45,467 --> 00:19:49,700
She's not paying you $7,000
to fix a $2,000 car.
468
00:19:49,700 --> 00:19:51,000
That's ridiculous.
469
00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:52,633
And I'm not stupid.
470
00:19:52,633 --> 00:19:55,467
Do we understand each other?
Now between...?
471
00:19:55,467 --> 00:19:57,433
$2,500 and $5,000
472
00:19:57,433 --> 00:20:01,533
based off of a 250,000-mile
2002 Toyota sedan.
473
00:20:01,533 --> 00:20:05,033
So you have to find somebody
who's gonna fix your car for $3,000, sir.
474
00:20:05,033 --> 00:20:07,500
That's a $1,000 more
than you could buy it for.
475
00:20:07,500 --> 00:20:09,333
We're done here.
Judgment for the plaintiff.
476
00:20:09,333 --> 00:20:10,567
This court is adjourned.
477
00:20:12,900 --> 00:20:14,700
{\an8}I would remember if I hit a car
and I didn't.
478
00:20:14,700 --> 00:20:17,400
{\an8}She ran into my car, run into a garage.
479
00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:19,000
{\an8}I--I know exactly what I took
480
00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:20,867
{\an8}and it definitely wasn't narcotics.
481
00:20:20,867 --> 00:20:22,967
{\an8}That area that I was living in,
482
00:20:22,967 --> 00:20:25,033
{\an8}it's a really bad area.
483
00:20:25,033 --> 00:20:27,133
{\an8}A lot of drugs are going on over there.
484
00:20:27,133 --> 00:20:28,934
{\an8}I'm very, very lucky.
I'm very blessed.
485
00:20:28,934 --> 00:20:30,233
{\an8}Like she said, I could be dead.
486
00:20:32,100 --> 00:20:34,633
Just the audacity of some
Plaintiffs to come in here
487
00:20:34,633 --> 00:20:39,133
with a almost 20...
no over 20, 22 year old car
488
00:20:39,133 --> 00:20:42,100
with 275,000 miles on it.
489
00:20:42,100 --> 00:20:46,600
And I looked it up and I even
priced it on the positive end.
490
00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:49,333
The private party value,
not a trade-in and so forth.
491
00:20:49,333 --> 00:20:52,600
$7,000. He was comfortable
asking the court
492
00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:55,700
for a car that's not even worth $7,000
493
00:20:55,700 --> 00:20:58,166
- for a back panel.
- Yeah, buy a new one.
494
00:20:58,166 --> 00:21:00,533
He was lying when I said,
"How much did you pay for the car?"
495
00:21:00,533 --> 00:21:02,233
$10,000. That's ridiculous.
496
00:21:02,233 --> 00:21:04,200
And he just bought it, he said a year ago.
497
00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:06,567
In the papers, he said
he bought it a week before.
498
00:21:06,567 --> 00:21:08,800
So either it was a week or a year.
499
00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:11,834
- Either way, not for $7,000.
- Not worth $7,000.
500
00:21:13,500 --> 00:21:15,133
Want justice?
501
00:21:15,133 --> 00:21:17,200
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