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- You were in an accident?
- Yes, Ma'am.
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- Was the car fixed?
- Not at all.
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Why not?
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Why didn't get fixed?
Cause she popped up to my home.
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And caused drama
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And you hit them.
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- That was my-- Oh, sorry.
- Shh.
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Am I wrong about that?
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- No, Ma'am.
- No? Then don't speak.
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This is Judy Justice.
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{\an8}Salena Brown and Trayon Dupree
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{\an8}are suing their customer Breana Freeman
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{\an8}for rental car damage and lost wages.
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Court come to order.
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All rise.
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Have a seat everyone.
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Hello, Judge.
Case 2174 Brown, Dupree versus Freeman.
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Thank you.
You're welcome.
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Okay, who's the business person?
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It's us.
That would be you?
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- Yes.
- Your name is...
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Mr. Dupree.
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Are you a couple?
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No, Ma'am.
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Just business partners.
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In what business?
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Um, car rental.
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How do you know each other?
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Um, we met from military.
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So you're not a couple,
you're just in business together.
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I just want to know.
Don't both smile.
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I just wanna know.
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Let's go.
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- We're friends.
- Um, yeah, we're friends.
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We're friends.
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This is not gonna happen for me.
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We--we're not a couple.
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We know we we're friends, you know.
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And we decided to go in business together.
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Where do you live?
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Houston, Texas.
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Where does she live?
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Houston, Texas.
Wait a sec. shut.
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Oh, Houston, Texas.
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Does she live in the same place
that you do?
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In the same home?
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In the same place... building?
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Oh no, we don't.
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Who do you live with?
- Myself.
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Who does she live with?
- Herself.
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When did you meet in the military?
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Maybe... 2021.
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Not really sure exactly what month.
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Now if you're in business together
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is the only business
you had this one car that--
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Yes we was just starting.
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What kind of work do you do?
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Crane operation.
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Full-time?
- Yes.
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And what about you?
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I work at a call center.
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So that's
your primary source of income?
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That's correct. Yes.
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And you decided to do this car rental
as sort of a side gig?
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We--
Yes.
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{\an8}We had just got out the military
so we didn't have a job then.
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{\an8}So we did it for
a primary source of income.
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{\an8}Well you can't have one car that you rent
as a primary source of income.
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We have our, um,
military disability check as well.
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So we have that and we--
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How long were you in the military?
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Almost nine years.
And you?
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- Eight.
- Where did you serve?
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{\an8}Northfolk, Virginia and Mayport, Florida.
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{\an8}Jacksonville, Florida.
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So you were never
out of the United States?
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Yes, I went overseas for deployments
but never stationed.
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Oh... but where did you go
on your deployment?
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Um, Bahrain, Dubai,
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Greece, Italy, and all over.
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Did you like it?
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Yeah. It was a great experience.
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Yeah.
- It was good.
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- Yeah. What about you?
- Only Virginia.
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Only Virginia?
- Only Virginia.
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How did you become disabled in Virginia?
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I have no idea.
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You said you're on a military disability,
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so you know I could understand
if you deployed someplace else.
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Mm-hmm.
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I have no idea.
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You have no idea what?
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Why? Um, I guess became disabled.
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Just mentally I guess. Mental.
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Well you applied for disability
from the Army.
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- You said what?
- What?
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I said it mentally,
mentally, mentally. Mental.
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Just my own curiosity.
I have to see how this is going.
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How much is your disability benefit
from the Army?
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$2,000.
A month?
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Mm-hmm.
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"Mm-hmm" is not an answer.
"Yes" is an answer. What about you?
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The same.
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And is your disability mental or physical?
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Both.
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Well, your physical disability
doesn't inhibit you
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from being a crane operator.
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No, not really.
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Great.
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I love America.
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Okay. So now you are out
you're both on disability...
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from the Army.
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You don't have a job yet.
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So you decide to buy a Mercedes.
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Mm-hmm. That's correct.
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What year Mercedes?
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It's a 2014.
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And how much was it?
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$22,000.
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Is there a note on the car?
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Yes.
For how much?
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Um, $350.
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Per month?
Yes.
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How much of a loan did you take out?
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Twenty three. One of them.
It's--it's not too much.
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Car was only $22,000
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- The car was $22,050--
- I don't know the exact number
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that the car is right now--
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But it was between $21,000 and $23,000
that we owed on it.
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And I took the loan out.
Where is the car now?
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- In Texas.
- With whom?
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She has it right now.
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What was the rental agreement
that you had with Ms. Freeman?
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{\an8}You didn't form a business corporation
or anything else, am I correct?
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Yes, we have a LLC.
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And the sole asset is this car?
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Yes.
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You bought the car when,
give me the date again.
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I think it was in July.
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July of 2022?
- That's Correct.
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And when did you
rent the car to the Defendant?
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August 27th.
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Do you have the rental agreement?
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Just give her those.
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I--I don't have the original agreement
because it was in my car that was stolen.
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But I made her take a picture
with her driver's license
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and send it to me.
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So this is a copy and this is, um...
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before she signed it.
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And I have after I signed.
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That's literally the same thing.
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- Yes. And so, you know--
- Let her let her talk.
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Okay. What I'd like you to do
is take a look at this, Ms. Freeman,
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- and tell me if you have it.
- Mm-hmm.
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It's the same one she had.
- Mm-hmm.
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Okay. And this is the entire agreement,
is that correct?
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Yes, Ma'am.
Okay.
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{\an8}I don't know why you are arguing.
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{\an8}It doesn't appear.
It doesn't appear-- Madam.
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{\an8}It doesn't appear
as if you are losing this case.
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{\an8}So I don't know why you feel compelled
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to make it hostile.
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Salena Brown and Trayon Dupree
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{\an8}claim their customer Breana Freeman
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{\an8}owes for damages to their
Mercedes rental car.
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Breana is counter suing for lost wages.
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So there's nothing in
this agreement that prevents
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her from allowing somebody
else to use the car.
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And the agreement specifically
says that if anything happens to the car,
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she is responsible to use her insurance.
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{\an8}- And you have a policy number...
- Correct.
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{\an8}...your policy number for insurance.
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{\an8}Okay. So your boyfriend was
driving the car on what date?
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Um, the first.
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The first of what?
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September.
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And I have the, uh,
accident report if you want that.
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Not yet. I may, not yet.
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But there was an accident
and the car was damaged.
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Correct.
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Anybody have a photograph
of the damage to the car?
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I have it on my phone
if you would like to see.
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I would.
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While we're waiting, Your Honor,
I found the LLC filing
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that lists both of them as the, um--
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- Principals.
- As the principals
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and but they list the same address
for both of them.
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Their residents are listed as the same.
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Oh really? Hmm.
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Interesting.
Wanna say that a little louder?
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I just said
I found both of them listed
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as managing members of the LLC
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with the same address
for both of them listed
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- The--
- I lived in a different city.
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I worked at Target,
I was in Florida.
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We don't live, we don't live together.
That's what y'all...
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- It just lists.
- Yeah, that's just LLC address.
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It's in my boyfriend's phone
because the number that's on the contract
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was his phone at the time.
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So if you wanna see--
I had a picture right here.
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And I have multiple pictures as well.
Of the car.
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- That's correct.
- Well that's what I'm asking you for.
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I said I wanna see pictures
of the damage to the car.
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You were in an accident?
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{\an8}Yes, Ma'am.
Okay.
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{\an8}And you agreed in this contract...
Mm-Hmm.
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...that if you were in an accident,
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- Breana, that would be you?
- Yes.
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"Will use her insurance.
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If anything happens during the rental
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Breana will be responsible
to pay out of pocket."
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Correct.
You signed that?
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- Correct.
- Okay. So you were in an accident.
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I don't care who's fault it is
cause it doesn't have anything to do
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- with fault picture of the car.
- Mm-hmm.
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It's...
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It's another paper picture.
It's a couple pictures
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so you can just... as well.
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Stand up.
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Somebody hit you in the rear?
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No, in the front.
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Oh is the front of the car.
They ran a stop sign.
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What?
They ran a stop sign.
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I was coming up.
They were coming across.
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Well whatever.
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You got damage in the front of your car.
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In my mind that that usually means
that you hit somebody.
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No, they came across from me.
They ran a stop sign in front of me.
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And you hit them.
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Okay, well that's what it usually means
is that you hit somebody in the front.
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Okay. And that was on September 1st.
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- Correct.
- Did you notify your insurance company?
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- Yes.
- Okay. I'd like to see proof of that.
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So these are the, um, claims
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the quotes they gave me to fix the car.
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Um, also this is when, um,
I let her know, Ms. Brown,
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what was covered under my policy.
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I'd like to see it.
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So that's that.
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It shows what's covered in my policy.
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Was the car fixed?
Absolutely not.
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No.
- It was not?
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Not at all.
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Why not?
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Um, because I didn't talk to Trayon.
Mr. Dupree, however you say his name.
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Until the day, September the fifth.
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All of my business was going
through Mrs. Brown.
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{\an8}So I don't know if
he just found out what happened
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{\an8}but when I called
the insurance on the first
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they let me know
that he was the owner of the vehicle.
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I said okay. They said they'll have
to go through everything through him
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so that the car can get fixed
cause I wasn't the title holder.
253
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I said that's fine. I said okay.
Due to the fact that the car got wrecked
254
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I let her know that once the car goes
to Mercedes-Benz to get fixed,
255
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they give a loaner vehicle.
256
00:10:12,166 --> 00:10:14,500
I let them know everything
that was covered.
257
00:10:14,500 --> 00:10:18,033
Why didn't get fixed cause she
popped up to my home and caused drama.
258
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I lost my job behind it,
so forth and so on.
259
00:10:20,767 --> 00:10:22,767
What does that have to do
with your responsibility?
260
00:10:22,767 --> 00:10:24,533
Your boyfriend had an accident with a car,
261
00:10:24,533 --> 00:10:26,667
you have a contract
that says you're gonna fix it.
262
00:10:26,667 --> 00:10:28,767
Because Trayon said it wasn't enough.
263
00:10:28,767 --> 00:10:30,066
What do you mean,
"Trayon said it wasn't Enough."
264
00:10:30,066 --> 00:10:32,400
I sent him the quote
for their adjusters
265
00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:34,467
and he said that wasn't enough
to get it fixed.
266
00:10:34,467 --> 00:10:37,133
- And I have that text message from Trayon.
- Just a second.
267
00:10:37,133 --> 00:10:39,767
I'd like to see your quote
from your company--
268
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It's up there.
269
00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:51,100
Where did you take the car
for them to send it adjuster
270
00:10:51,100 --> 00:10:52,333
to take a look at the car?
271
00:10:52,333 --> 00:10:55,834
I had to take pictures of the car
and upload it to the app they sent me.
272
00:10:55,834 --> 00:10:57,834
And that's how they got those quotes.
273
00:10:58,333 --> 00:11:01,100
They have an estimate here of $3,000.
274
00:11:01,100 --> 00:11:02,200
Mm-hmm.
275
00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:03,834
Did you get
an estimate to fix the car?
276
00:11:03,834 --> 00:11:05,834
Yes, we got an estimate.
I'd like to see it.
277
00:11:05,834 --> 00:11:06,867
- Yes, in person.
- In person.
278
00:11:06,867 --> 00:11:08,734
That was just the picture
and when I talk--
279
00:11:08,734 --> 00:11:10,934
Okay, got it.
280
00:11:14,133 --> 00:11:15,800
May I interject a little bit?
281
00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:19,734
Because Breana kind of lying
and she raised her right hand.
282
00:11:20,100 --> 00:11:22,200
So Breana didn't notify us
283
00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:25,567
that the car was wrecked
until September 3rd.
284
00:11:25,567 --> 00:11:28,266
She told us that she was in
the hospital with her dying father.
285
00:11:28,266 --> 00:11:30,033
Listen, listen, listen to me.
286
00:11:30,033 --> 00:11:32,433
- I don't care.
- She lied about
287
00:11:32,433 --> 00:11:35,033
I don't care.
- She lied about how the car got wrecked.
288
00:11:35,033 --> 00:11:36,867
I don't care.
289
00:11:36,867 --> 00:11:39,166
It doesn't matter how the car got wrecked.
290
00:11:39,166 --> 00:11:41,266
She has an obligation to fix it.
291
00:11:42,133 --> 00:11:44,000
She has an obligation to fix it.
292
00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:46,633
And to be quite honest with you
this is a Mercedes
293
00:11:46,633 --> 00:11:50,066
and this car can't be fixed for $2,900.
294
00:11:50,066 --> 00:11:51,600
Can't, he's absolutely right.
295
00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:54,233
This car can't be fixed
based upon that damage.
296
00:11:54,233 --> 00:11:56,400
And so he wasn't prepared to say here?
297
00:11:56,400 --> 00:11:58,033
No it wasn't that at all.
298
00:11:58,033 --> 00:12:01,734
So once I guess he got involved
in the business
299
00:12:01,734 --> 00:12:04,767
I was talking to Ms. Brown,
she said she had a rental
300
00:12:04,767 --> 00:12:06,900
the next day or something
in that manner.
301
00:12:06,900 --> 00:12:09,900
And I said,
"Okay well let me find a Mercedes-Benz
302
00:12:09,900 --> 00:12:13,834
that can actually get your car in
so you can get this loaner car
303
00:12:13,834 --> 00:12:15,200
for you to rent your car out."
304
00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:17,900
Also in the midst of that
I was gonna pay for the rental
305
00:12:17,900 --> 00:12:20,433
that she had that was so
much wanted to cancel on her.
306
00:12:20,433 --> 00:12:25,166
So I said okay, Mercedes has a loaner car
and can accept your car at the time.
307
00:12:25,166 --> 00:12:27,900
Well they couldn't fix
this car for $2,900.
308
00:12:27,900 --> 00:12:29,900
So that's what they gave me
and they said that
309
00:12:29,900 --> 00:12:33,233
if it went to a Mercedes-Benz shop,
they will honor that.
310
00:12:33,233 --> 00:12:34,533
I don't know that at all.
311
00:12:34,533 --> 00:12:36,467
- That's what they tell me.
- I've don't--I don't--
312
00:12:36,467 --> 00:12:38,900
But regardless of the price
of getting the car fixed
313
00:12:38,900 --> 00:12:41,800
I was gonna pay cause I know
that we was at fault for it
314
00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:43,967
quote unquote it was my
contract that I signed.
315
00:12:43,967 --> 00:12:45,667
Okay.
- That wasn't an issue.
316
00:12:45,667 --> 00:12:47,900
Well then you can take that up
with your insurance company.
317
00:12:47,900 --> 00:12:49,967
Correct. I I didn't have
a problem with paying and--
318
00:12:49,967 --> 00:12:52,066
You can take it up
with your insurance company.
319
00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:56,900
{\an8}She lied about how the accident happened.
So they denied--
320
00:12:56,900 --> 00:12:58,500
All right. Don't... Listen to me.
321
00:12:58,500 --> 00:12:59,900
You started to say that before
322
00:12:59,900 --> 00:13:01,667
{\an8}I told you I don't care.
323
00:13:01,967 --> 00:13:03,967
{\an8}She's just lying
and cost her so much money.
324
00:13:03,967 --> 00:13:06,000
{\an8}Like--
Madam, listen to me.
325
00:13:09,767 --> 00:13:11,033
{\an8}You okay?
326
00:13:11,033 --> 00:13:12,567
{\an8}Mm-hmm.
Good.
327
00:13:24,934 --> 00:13:27,333
Salena Brown and Trion Dupree
328
00:13:27,333 --> 00:13:30,467
{\an8}have accused their customer Breana Freeman
329
00:13:30,467 --> 00:13:33,133
{\an8}of damaging their Mercedes rental car
330
00:13:33,133 --> 00:13:35,633
after her boyfriend was in an accident.
331
00:13:35,633 --> 00:13:39,033
He has an estimate that looks like
a pretty legitimate estimate.
332
00:13:39,033 --> 00:13:41,467
They bought the car,
it's a relatively new car
333
00:13:41,467 --> 00:13:43,700
they paid $22,000 for it.
334
00:13:43,700 --> 00:13:46,633
Your boyfriend wrecked it
and he has an estimate
335
00:13:46,633 --> 00:13:49,066
which looks reasonable
for $8,000 to fix it.
336
00:13:49,066 --> 00:13:52,767
And if your insurance company
is dragging their heels
337
00:13:52,767 --> 00:13:55,000
and not paying what they should
338
00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:56,567
you take that up with
your insurance Company.
339
00:13:56,567 --> 00:13:58,433
It wasn't a,
I never got that quote by the way.
340
00:13:58,433 --> 00:14:00,367
Which quote?
- The quote that you-- The $8,000.
341
00:14:00,367 --> 00:14:01,300
I never got that.
342
00:14:01,300 --> 00:14:03,900
Well I'm gonna show it to you.
Oh. It's probably be true.
343
00:14:03,900 --> 00:14:06,300
$8,319.
344
00:14:06,300 --> 00:14:09,000
Her Insurance denied it.
because she lied.
345
00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:10,900
She lied about how the accident happened.
346
00:14:10,900 --> 00:14:12,400
So they denied--
Why don't you listen to me?
347
00:14:13,333 --> 00:14:15,867
You started to say that
before, I told you I don't care.
348
00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:18,934
My insurance--
Just a second.
349
00:14:18,934 --> 00:14:21,100
- I told--
- Your insurance what?
350
00:14:21,100 --> 00:14:22,900
Denied, never denied the claim.
351
00:14:22,900 --> 00:14:24,900
{\an8}I have, I Have proof I talked to him,
I have proof.
352
00:14:24,900 --> 00:14:27,633
{\an8}I have the email where he said
they denied it because--
353
00:14:28,433 --> 00:14:30,900
- They definitely denied it.
- Because I told them to stop
354
00:14:30,900 --> 00:14:31,900
cause she popped up at my house
355
00:14:31,900 --> 00:14:33,400
Because she lied about the accident
356
00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:35,467
because we tried to get it
through our insurance as well.
357
00:14:35,467 --> 00:14:38,266
I don't know why you are arguing.
I'm not, it doesn't appear.
358
00:14:38,266 --> 00:14:39,934
- It doesn't appear, Madam.
- She's lying!
359
00:14:39,934 --> 00:14:44,233
It doesn't appear
as if you are losing this case.
360
00:14:44,233 --> 00:14:48,900
So I don't know why you feel
compelled to make it hostile.
361
00:14:48,900 --> 00:14:51,033
I don't understand why.
362
00:14:51,033 --> 00:14:53,600
She's just lying
and cost us so much money like--
363
00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:54,600
Madam.
364
00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:56,233
Listen to me.
365
00:15:04,033 --> 00:15:05,900
You okay?
- Mm-hmm.
366
00:15:05,900 --> 00:15:10,500
Good. Your car is in
this condition at whose house?
367
00:15:10,500 --> 00:15:11,433
At your house?
368
00:15:11,934 --> 00:15:15,133
- That's correct.
- And the car since the accident
369
00:15:15,133 --> 00:15:18,400
which was mm, four months ago.
370
00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:20,533
Has it been rented?
371
00:15:21,767 --> 00:15:22,834
No.
372
00:15:22,834 --> 00:15:24,767
Is it drivable?
373
00:15:25,233 --> 00:15:26,133
Yes it's drivable.
374
00:15:26,133 --> 00:15:28,367
When was the last time you drove it?
375
00:15:28,367 --> 00:15:29,600
Last week.
376
00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:31,300
When was the last time you rented it?
377
00:15:31,300 --> 00:15:33,233
Breana. Since Breana.
378
00:15:33,233 --> 00:15:35,333
Have you been making
the payments on the car?
379
00:15:35,333 --> 00:15:36,367
Yes,
Yes, ma'am.
380
00:15:36,367 --> 00:15:37,767
Who's been making the payments?
381
00:15:37,767 --> 00:15:40,300
{\an8}Both.
What is the monthly payment?
382
00:15:40,300 --> 00:15:41,967
{\an8}$350.
Hmm?
383
00:15:41,967 --> 00:15:43,667
{\an8}Three fifty.
You told me that.
384
00:15:43,667 --> 00:15:45,200
The insurance up to date?
385
00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:48,200
So we had insurance,
we had commercial insurance on it.
386
00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:52,400
But when I put in the claim
and told them what happened
387
00:15:52,400 --> 00:15:55,533
because we did get lied to
about what actually happened
388
00:15:55,533 --> 00:15:58,400
and we didn't get informed of
the accident till the third.
389
00:15:58,400 --> 00:16:02,066
But when I put in the claim,
I put it in how they told us what happened
390
00:16:02,066 --> 00:16:05,700
and my insurance they found
a police report before we did
391
00:16:05,700 --> 00:16:07,200
and they seen what actually happened.
392
00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:09,033
So they felt like
we was trying to do fraud.
393
00:16:09,033 --> 00:16:12,433
So the guy, he told us
it's better for us to pull the claim
394
00:16:12,433 --> 00:16:14,967
{\an8}because it's gonna look
like it's fraud on our part.
395
00:16:14,967 --> 00:16:16,400
{\an8}So they dropped us from the Insurance.
396
00:16:16,400 --> 00:16:18,934
So they dropped you after?
397
00:16:18,934 --> 00:16:20,767
Yes.
After the accident?
398
00:16:20,767 --> 00:16:23,100
- Yes.
- Can I see the police report now?
399
00:16:41,767 --> 00:16:45,500
Well this police report indicates
that the other person was at fault.
400
00:16:45,500 --> 00:16:46,467
That was my--
Shh-shh.
401
00:16:46,467 --> 00:16:47,667
Oh sorry.
402
00:16:47,667 --> 00:16:49,266
Am I wrong about that?
No, Ma'am.
403
00:16:49,266 --> 00:16:50,433
No, that don't speak.
404
00:16:51,967 --> 00:16:54,200
This police report. Did you see it?
405
00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:56,000
Yes. Got it right here.
406
00:16:56,734 --> 00:16:57,934
I'd like to see what you have.
407
00:16:57,934 --> 00:17:00,133
This police report clearly says,
408
00:17:00,133 --> 00:17:03,700
that unit one, which was the woman,
ran a stop sign.
409
00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:08,834
That's what it says.
Why would you insurance company drop you?
410
00:17:08,834 --> 00:17:10,767
Because we gave the story
that she told us.
411
00:17:10,767 --> 00:17:12,066
So it looks like we're doing fraud.
412
00:17:12,066 --> 00:17:13,633
- Yeah.
- And they basically,
413
00:17:13,633 --> 00:17:16,166
ignorance isn't an excuse for them, so.
414
00:17:16,600 --> 00:17:18,934
Actually that's pretty outrageous.
415
00:17:18,934 --> 00:17:20,367
We was told it was a hit and run.
416
00:17:20,367 --> 00:17:23,066
She told us it was a hit and run
so we told them that
417
00:17:23,066 --> 00:17:25,133
she said she was in the hospital
and it was, it got hit
418
00:17:25,133 --> 00:17:28,000
- and then we found the report.
- May I say something?
419
00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:31,166
{\an8}She waited until the day
that we had a rental to tell us
420
00:17:31,734 --> 00:17:34,734
{\an8}we had another rental
on the third that afternoon.
421
00:17:34,734 --> 00:17:36,834
She told us that morning.
On the third?
422
00:17:36,834 --> 00:17:38,734
- That's correct.
- And the accident was on the first?
423
00:17:38,734 --> 00:17:39,800
That's correct. Okay.
424
00:17:40,900 --> 00:17:42,533
I think you have
to get your car fixed.
425
00:17:42,533 --> 00:17:45,100
I think that the fact
that your insurance company
426
00:17:45,100 --> 00:17:48,033
canceled your insurance
when it was clear...
427
00:17:48,033 --> 00:17:50,367
clear that...
428
00:17:50,367 --> 00:17:52,967
he was not at fault
in this accident
429
00:17:52,967 --> 00:17:55,166
at least according to the police report,
430
00:17:55,166 --> 00:17:59,233
is actually pretty outrageous
that they canceled your insurance.
431
00:17:59,233 --> 00:18:01,400
Is there any insurance on the car now?
432
00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:03,166
Yes, there's regular insurance on it.
433
00:18:03,166 --> 00:18:05,767
- Not commercial anymore?
- No, not right now. Cause not rented it.
434
00:18:05,767 --> 00:18:08,333
Judgment for the Plaintiff
in the amount of $8,000.
435
00:18:08,333 --> 00:18:09,467
We're finished. Thank you very much.
436
00:18:09,467 --> 00:18:10,500
This court is adjourned.
437
00:18:15,834 --> 00:18:17,734
{\an8}I'm glad we won and everything.
438
00:18:17,734 --> 00:18:20,367
{\an8}I felt like no we deserve more than we got
439
00:18:20,367 --> 00:18:22,533
{\an8}but at the end of the day
we won the case.
440
00:18:22,533 --> 00:18:24,033
I'm not mad at the decision.
441
00:18:24,033 --> 00:18:26,600
I'm fine with it regardless cause, um,
442
00:18:26,600 --> 00:18:29,333
{\an8}I know I was trying to get it fixed.
It was just a timing issue.
443
00:18:29,333 --> 00:18:31,834
{\an8}She lied about everything.
She literally lied about everything.
444
00:18:31,834 --> 00:18:33,800
{\an8}She pulled out a gun on me
and everything, like--
445
00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:37,100
{\an8}Lying. I don't have anything to lie about.
It's all in my evidence.
446
00:18:37,100 --> 00:18:40,100
{\an8}Like, she told me to come
basically get the car
447
00:18:40,100 --> 00:18:42,767
{\an8}and the keys in the mailbox
and when I went over there to get it,
448
00:18:42,767 --> 00:18:44,900
{\an8}she pulled a gun out on me
cause I took my wig off.
449
00:18:44,900 --> 00:18:48,066
{\an8}She posted stuff saying
I lied about things I didn't...
450
00:18:48,066 --> 00:18:51,700
{\an8}I pulled my gun out on her,
like girl I don't have a gun like at all.
451
00:18:51,700 --> 00:18:54,900
{\an8}I think that they put it inside
so they checked them
452
00:18:54,900 --> 00:18:58,767
{\an8}but they said they couldn't go inside
so they checked their body and.
453
00:18:58,767 --> 00:19:01,767
{\an8}They checked them. They wasn't able
to prove that they had a gun.
454
00:19:01,767 --> 00:19:03,066
Cause. Yeah so.
455
00:19:03,066 --> 00:19:05,467
{\an8}She said it was a gun, it was a bat.
456
00:19:05,467 --> 00:19:08,000
{\an8}And like I had to get checked twice
by the police officer
457
00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:10,433
{\an8}and it was like she came over here
looking for problems
458
00:19:10,433 --> 00:19:12,166
{\an8}cause the car was gonna get towed.
459
00:19:12,166 --> 00:19:14,600
{\an8}It's definitely a risk, but you know
460
00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:17,066
{\an8}make sure we're prepared
for stuff like that from now on.
461
00:19:17,066 --> 00:19:19,300
{\an8}No hard feelings
supporting Black businesses
462
00:19:19,300 --> 00:19:20,900
{\an8}but it is what it is.
463
00:19:20,900 --> 00:19:23,266
{\an8}You know what you know, it's just facts.
464
00:19:23,266 --> 00:19:24,400
I think I should just be grateful.
465
00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:26,000
I'm just gonna be quiet
and just be grateful.
466
00:19:27,867 --> 00:19:31,400
You know, I'm sitting here trying to think
of what the takeaway is on this case
467
00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:34,400
and I can't think of the takeaway.
468
00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:36,300
I mean I'm having
a hard time as well
469
00:19:36,300 --> 00:19:39,767
but I think accountability and
responsibility could be a good one.
470
00:19:39,767 --> 00:19:41,834
The Defendant knows what she signed,
471
00:19:41,834 --> 00:19:43,767
that anything any damage to the car
472
00:19:43,767 --> 00:19:45,100
from her boyfriend, her, anyone,
473
00:19:45,100 --> 00:19:47,734
while the car was in her possession,
is on her.
474
00:19:47,734 --> 00:19:50,667
But what we see a lot of
is emotional issues
475
00:19:50,667 --> 00:19:53,233
come into play when
people know their responsibility.
476
00:19:53,233 --> 00:19:54,633
But then there's an emotional issue.
477
00:19:54,633 --> 00:19:58,333
"She came to my job, she harassed me
she came to my house and yelled at me."
478
00:19:58,333 --> 00:19:59,333
whatever it is.
479
00:19:59,333 --> 00:20:01,900
And they think they can
use that as a justification
480
00:20:01,900 --> 00:20:03,667
to get out of their accountability.
481
00:20:03,667 --> 00:20:05,834
And although I'm not promoting
482
00:20:05,834 --> 00:20:08,300
going to someone's house
for some self-help,
483
00:20:08,900 --> 00:20:12,667
you know that's not a reason for you not
to follow through on your responsibility.
484
00:20:12,667 --> 00:20:14,400
- You have a contractual responsibility.
- Yes.
485
00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:17,033
Which she was clearly aware of.
So, maybe that.
486
00:20:17,033 --> 00:20:19,000
That's the takeaway, maybe that.
You're right.
487
00:20:21,166 --> 00:20:22,033
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488
00:20:22,033 --> 00:20:24,567
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