I go to, like, trim my armpits,
you know, with "my clippers."
You mean shave your underarm?
Yes, Your Honor.
Men do that now?
Spectators: Yeah.
I have a small demonstration
of what my company does.
How much does the apparatus cost?
'Cause I want to get one of them put in my bedroom.
Business might not be growing 'cause of the name of it.
It's to throw the people off.
It's to throw the people off?
Yeah!
Went, "Yeah," hehe.
Hey, it's a big world out there,
and it's filled with people that just don't see eye to eye.
See, that's where I come in.
See, I ain't got a law degree,
and I'm way too fly to wear a robe.
But this is where common sense presides -- in my house.
Court is now in session.
[ Chuckles ]
-- Captions by VITAC --
All rise for the Honorable Judge Steve Harvey!
[ Cheers and applause ]
Okay, let's get started.
This is the case of Karlyle and Khalil Jones
vs. Kameron and Karon Jones.
Quadruplets Karlyle and Khalil
are suing their other two brothers,
Kameron and Karon, for $3,579 because they stole their swag.
Kameron and Karon say they're not thieves,
their brothers need to stop being so stingy.
Let's start with you, Khalil and Karlyle,
you have 30 seconds to state your case.
Your Honor, I'm here to sue my brothers
Kameron and Karon Jones for the amount of $3,579.
$2,359 of those dollars are some of my items,
which consists of three pairs of shoes,
one pair of pants,
and a pair of clippers, as well.
And the other $1,200 of that amount consists
of a pair of my shoes, as well.
At the end of the day,
I needs my compensation for those shoes
or I need them back.
Are you all twins?
We're quadruples, Your Honor.
[ Spectators laugh and murmur ]
You're quadruplets?
Khalil: Yes, Your Honor.
We're two sets of identical twins.
Him and I look alike.
And the other two look alike,
but we're all born on Valentine's Day.
Wow.
Yes, Your Honor.
Steve: Alright, Kameron and Karon, it's your turn.
You have 30 seconds to respond.
Judge, I'm honestly
flabbergasted that my brothers,
that my own flesh and blood,
would do this to me.
Yeah, we don't owe them [bleep].
If they want it, they can come get it.
[ Laughter ]
You all are quadruplets?
Yeah.
Spectators: Aww!
Steve: See, here we go. Here we go.
"Aww!" They in here suing each other.
What is you awwing for?!
[ Laughter ]
So wait a minute.
How did you all grow up?
Tell me about it.
Kameron, he's actually the oldest.
Karon, he's the second oldest.
I'm the third.
And Karlyle is the baby.
And we all play the same sports.
We all share clothes.
And I guess that's kind of where
they got a little bit too comfortable with that.
Did you all dress alike growing up?
Karlyle: Yes, Your Honor, we did.
I can't believe this.
What's the problem? You're brothers.
Two of y'all on this side.
What? What you here for?
Help me.
Well, Your Honor, you know,
things got a little hectic when,
you know, you lending out stuff,
and then some items start going missing.
How long this been going on?
Well, we all went to college together,
and that's when me and Karlyle started getting closer.
They took some time off,
and they started getting closer.
And then we graduated and got in our careers.
You two graduated from college?
Khalil: Yes, Your Honor. Did y'all two graduate?
We're seniors now.
Steve: Okay, you're seniors now.
But, yeah, so I tell my brother Kameron --
I'm like, "Yo, I'm about to go out
and be in the DC area. Come out."
So I leave my room door unlocked for him,
and he comes in my room and starts taking my stuff.
I have his shoes at the time,
and I have mine at the time, as well.
I see those two missing.
I see my tan and orange pants missing.
Do you take their clothes?
Ever since we were young,
we've always been sharing each other's clothes.
It's a common thing.
You agree with that, Karon?
Karon: Oh, yeah, it's pretty common.
I mean, they take stuff from us, too, occasionally.
Like they stole my speaker,
and I still ain't see that back.
Khalil: Your Honor, Your Honor. Yeah.
He left that speaker with us
and he's not getting that back until we, at least,
get at least ten of our items back.
We tried to negotiate a little bit with them.
You know, like, "Okay, if you give back this item,
you know, maybe you'll get your" --
What the hell's happening here?
[ Laughter ]
Your Honor, we were at a party,
and after the party, I had my speaker in my bag.
He went in my bag, took it out,
and then when I left, I asked him for it.
He sent me a text message with a tongue emoji out.
Oh, that's like, "na-na, na-na-na"?
Yeah.
You know when I created this show,
this ain't what I had in mind.
[ Laughter ]
So, Khalil, you claiming
that they've stolen $2,379 worth of stuff.
Tell me what they took.
They have three pairs of my sneakers,
and they have some clothing items and my clippers, as well.
What the hell he needs clippers for?
[ Laughter ]
So I go to, like, trim my armpits,
you know, look good, and I see, like --
[ Chuckles ] And then... Hold up...
Wait, no, wait, wait.
[ Chuckles ] You know, groom, maintenance,
you know, I got to upkeep.
It's got to be some stuff happening that I'm unaware of.
You went to trim your arm pits?
Yeah, yeah, with my -- with "my clippers."
You mean, shave your underarm?
Yes, Your Honor.
Well groomed. A little trim.
Steve: Well groomed?
Yes, Your Honor. Yes, Your Honor.
Men do that now?
Spectators: Yes.
Steve: Oh, shut up. What you mean, "Yeah"?
That ain't regular. I ain't tell-- y'all --
I'm not asking you women nothing.
What -- Is there a man in here that shaves his underarms?
Man: Hell no.
Steve: One, two, three.
Alright, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry. I apologize. I didn't know, my bad.
So you're shaving your underarms.
Yeah, you know, I cut myself
because they swapped them with his rusty,
broken clippers.
He would need a tetanus shot
the way them things was looking.
Yeah. Yeah. It was crazy.
They swapped out my clippers.
You swapped the clippers.
I know you did.
They making money,
so they can get some new clippers.
Oh, hold. Whoa, whoa, whoa, okay.
No, no, no, that's fair.
Now we're getting somewhere.
I'm cutting -- So let me explain something.
What do you guys do for a living?
I'm a cybersecurity engineer.
[ Cheering ]
And what do you do?
I'm a cybersecurity engineer, as well.
Both of you are cybersecurity engineers?
Yes, Your Honor.
What do you do?
That's our major, as well, computer science.
Okay.
[ Cheering ]
Let me ask you a question, Kameron.
What do you think it is,
the thing that separates the two of you?
I always say for one, we're bigger in size.
The biggest difference is you all work out and they don't?
[ Chuckles ] Yeah, probably.
Now, what would you all say is the biggest difference
between you two and those two?
Well, Your Honor, I think he's missing
the fact of work ethic.
That's what separates us, Your Honor.
Gentlemen, let's get back to this --
what we're here for.
Do you all have items of theirs that you have not returned?
If so, why?
Since we are stronger than them,
we feel like if they want this stuff back,
they gotta come get it.
[ Spectators murmur ]
[ Steve chuckles ]
And, Your Honor, we're also
trying to teach them a valuable lesson in life.
Huh? That you can't let people step all over you.
Oh.
You teaching your brothers
that you can't let nobody step all on you
by stepping on them?
Both: Yes, Your Honor.
[ Laughs ]
That's the brotherly way.
That's how my brothers taught me.
"We're gonna beat you up
till you learn how to stop them kids up at school
from beating you up."
See, ladies, now, all of a sudden,
where was the, "Aww"?
Where was that at?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, well, you didn't get that one?
See, 'cause all the men in here went, "Yeah."
[ Light laughter ]
So you got three pair of sneakers and some clippers.
What do they have of yours?
The pair of my shoes, they're $1,200.
They're Balenciaga's.
With the thick sole on them?
[ Chuckles ] Your Honor, they actually have them on.
Step out a little bit and let me see.
Those don't look like how they took them, so.
So you bought the shoes, but they wearing them?
Both: Yes, Your Honor.
And you won't give them back
'cause you're teaching them a lesson.
Yes, Your Honor. Exactly.
'Cause you all are stronger than them.
Yes, Your Honor.
Well, we have an independent witness.
Can the independent witness
come in and take the stand, please?
Man: Independent witness?
♪♪
We have an independent witness.
Can the independent witness
come in and take the stand, please?
[ Both laugh ]
[ Cheering ]
This is Mr. Darren Jones.
This is the father of the quadruplets.
Wow.
Mr. Jones, how are you doing?
I'm all right. How are you doing, Mr. Harvey?
I can tell your father,
he run your house with an iron fist.
We're gonna have a conversation about those first words
that came out of your mouth about your brother.
[ Spectators gasp and murmur ]
They weren't raised like that.
My sons weren't raised a certain way, too,
but when they get old and they leave the house,
they can make decisions that go so counter
to everything you raise them to be. Oh, yeah.
And it don't make you a bad parent.
It just means your child went out and made a bad choice.
Same thing you did.
Wow.
Sir, what's your take on this whole thing?
You know, when they were little,
I had to buy them the exact same toys
because they would still fight over the exact same toys.
So I used to have to take their toys
and put them behind my back.
Just so I can turn around,
and give all four of them the same Superman,
the same Batman, the same Spider-Man.
Because they've always been competitive just like this.
Just boys.
Just -- yeah, just boys.
With the sibling thing, especially in boys,
is different, because boys have to establish an alpha male.
Was that the case?
I'll say Kameron, at one point,
by him being the oldest, he was like the leader.
But then somewhere along the line,
Khalil ended up being the leader.
And, you know, Khalil and Karlyle
actually called me about Kameron and Karon
taking their things.
I looked at it from the perspective
that you're 26-years-old, you're grown men, work it out.
You all didn't know your father was coming here today, did you?
No. All: No, Your Honor.
Not at all.
[ Laughter ]
This is I know he's done the job.
For the first time,
all four of you done backed down.
[ Laughter ]
Have they ever taken any of your things?
[ Blows air ]
[ Laughs ] Yeah, right.
I'm the one that should be here, okay?
We gonna go back, Mr. Harvey, okay?
Because those two,
they raid my underwear, my T-shirts, my socks
and my bedroom slippers.
These two, okay, good jobs, but they take my cologne.
But check this out, though.
They bought me some
and then took it back.
[ Both laugh ] Okay?
I'm not talking about cheap cologne, either.
[ Laughs ] You know what I'm saying? Yeah.
But they're my sons, and I love them.
I have two of my sons over here.
When they come to my house,
"Dad, you got anything you ain't using?"
What the hell does that mean?
[ Laughter ]
What do you mean, "not using"?
I can't have everything on right now.
Oh, my God.
That's funny.
I'm almost to the point where you're saying,
y'all just got to work this out 'cause you're grown men.
But we got a little slight problem over here,
'cause I got these two on this side
who seem to think that they can teach these two a lesson
'cause they've been in the gym bulking up.
[ Laughs ]
They was over here swelling they brains up.
[ Both laugh ]
What do you think I should do?
Hm. [ Chuckles ]
Nothing. That's what -- [ Chuckles ]
Hehehehe.
[ Both laugh ]
Right is right. Wrong is wrong.
I mean, Kameron, and Karon,
if you have your brother's stuff,
you need to return it.
If you've damaged their stuff,
you need to pay for it.
And If you don't have all of their things
or you've worn it out, you still need to pay for it.
Mr. Darren Jones, I appreciate you coming.
You may have just made my job a whole lot easier.
Thank you, sir. You're free to go. Yes, sir.
[ Cheering ]
You know, the beautiful thing --
I can tell you y'all respect that man.
I watched all four of y'all's eyes lower
when you turned around and saw him come through the door.
When you get four young men into college,
you done done your job as a parent.
I don't know who your mother is,
but Lord have mercy,
she got to be something powerful, too.
I'm glad they didn't bring your mom in here.
'Cause your mama -- I just looked at y'all's face.
It would have been disastrous
if she had been in here, a total embarrassment.
You all would never have a girlfriend again in your life.
[ Laughter ]
Oh, my God.
I've reached a verdict.
[ Cheering ]
Y'all so busy being against one another.
But I'mma give you a piece of advice, young brothers.
My big brother gone.
This dude taught me how to ride a bike,
taught me how to drive, taught me how to talk to girls.
He was everything to me.
Ain't a day go by
I don't think about something Heavy did for me.
You sitting up in here
taking what's an incredible bond
that very few people will ever get to have in their life,
and you done found a way to put a wedge in between that.
You 'bout four of the stupidest people
that ever walked through this door.
This is stupidity.
Do you know, if you two combine with you two,
instead of you trying to teach them a lesson,
If you would learn a lesson.
And if you was trying to pay back,
if you would start pouring into them and giving back,
the four of y'all together could be an unstoppable force.
You know the money y'all could make?
You know the history you could make?
If y'all don't walk out of here
and be brothers, y'all blowing it.
But you really do owe them that money.
And your daddy told them that you owe that.
So get your head up and be brothers 'fore you mess around
and you don't have each other no more.
My verdict is for the plaintiffs
for the entire amount of $3,579.
That's my verdict. And that's the way I see it.
[ Cheering ]
♪♪
[ Spectators gasp, groan ]
Like, flashed before my eyes is my life.
This is very exciting.
The car door opened up, like, this much.
But you little.
My big ass would have been in there
in some trouble.
♪♪
Alright, let's get started.
This is the case of Manny Giordano
vs. Darcy Morenza.
Manny is suing his employee, Darcy,
for losing $10,000 worth of costumes and cash
when her car caught fire.
Darcy says the fire wasn't her fault, and she's not paying.
Let's start with you, Manny.
You have 30 seconds to state your case.
Mr. Harvey, I'm here to get my employee
and ex-best-friend to pay me $10,000.
This includes $6,000 for the cost of
my custom-made costumes
and $4,000 cash she picked up from an event.
Everything got burnt after her car accident.
It is not fair.
Now my business is taking a huge loss,
and all she keeps doing instead of paying me
is buying fake fur coats and going on vacation.
Okay, Darcy, your turn.
You have 30 seconds to respond.
I don't owe him anything.
The car accident was out of my control.
It wasn't my fault.
I had a split second
to go between my life or his stuff.
And my life's way more important
than getting his costumes.
Okay, well, Manny, tell me about this company.
I have for you a small demonstration
of what my company does.
And here it is. Oh, okay.
♪♪
[ Steve claps ]
[ Laughter ]
♪♪
[ Cheering ]
First of all, really nice performance there.
[ Cheers and applause ]
This is what I train her to do,
but she can't point her toes yet.
I point my toes.
Girl. Don't worry about it.
I point my toes.
How much does the pole --
I mean, how much --
[ Chuckles ]
[ Laughter ]
I was just wondering how --
You know, how m-- The apparatus, how much it costs,
'cause I wanna get one of them put in my bedroom.
[ Laughter, cheering ]
Anyway, that's another thing.
Alright, so let's get to this case.
So you own this company.
Tell me exactly why we're here.
We're here because I met her
giving her aerial silks classes.
She came to me as a student.
She told me she was in love with the arts.
So I went ahead, and I trained her from scratch.
Now she's an instructor and an event coordinator.
At this right here? Correct.
She can perform as well.
Okay, so how long did you go before you became an instructor?
Oh, like, two years.
Oh, really? Mm-hmm.
And you do this type of performance?
Yep. Yeah.
But you can't point your toes yet?
I-I point my toes. That's right.
That toe pointing, that's important.
Yeah, she got her toes pointed though.
She must do it when you not around.
So how did we get here?
She told me she wanted to do more event coordinator.
So I got a really good A-list client,
and I trusted her to run this party.
Like, she told me she could do.
And... Okay, let me stop right here.
This party he's talking about --
So, how many girls? How many costumes?
What are you in charge of?
There were five girls,
and I'm in charge of making sure
that they go out on time,
they come back, and that they perform
and meet the client's expectations.
And I am also the person representing the company,
speaking to the client directly, not the performers.
What do these costumes look like?
They had, like,
these feathers that came out that they had --
You have any photos of this?
Yes. These are custom-made costumes by hand.
This costume alone right here, it's about $2,000.
This is the stuff you all wore that night?
Correct. Yes.
Okay. What happens after this?
The following day, I was supposed to drop off
the cash and the costumes,
but I asked him if I could have the day off
and drop them off the following day, on a Monday.
And he said that was okay.
But I specifically told her,
I do prefer you to bring the costumes
and, most importantly, the money,
because I need to pay my staff.
So I said to her,
"Is there a way you can bring the money
to the studio prior to going to hang out
with your boyfriend?"
And she said, "Oh, I'll try to stop by and swing by."
So I said, "Darcy, please make sure this money is safe."
Who walks around with $4,000?
[ Laughter ]
Let me ask you a question.
You spent Sunday with your boyfriend.
Monday morning, you leave your house...
With everything in car.
...with everything in the car.
Now, let's go.
So the road was kind of slick,
and I'm driving my car, and out of nowhere,
I hear a little bit of a noise.
I didn't think too much of it.
And I'm, literally, just driving my car,
minding my own business,
and the whole steering wheel just, like,
drops, dead weight, to the right-hand side
where it almost felt like paperweight.
It didn't want to move or do anything I told it to.
So the whole car is veering to the right,
going over six lanes of traffic on rush hour time, 5:00 p. m.,
So I have to try to avoid cars.
As I'm trying to avoid cars, I end up hitting one.
My car flew back, did a spin.
As I stopped spinning,
and I, literally -- Flashing before my eyes is my life,
because I literally thought I was going to die.
This is very exciting.
Oh, I'm glad for you.
It wasn't for me. I'm just sitting here going.
This is like -- You tell a pretty good story, too.
Thank you.
So the car stops.
I finally go to open the car door and get out.
The car door barely opens.
It open up, like, this much.
So I barely fit through. Luckily, I'm skin--
But you little. You got out, though.
Luckily.
My big ass would have been in there in some trouble.
I got to kick a damn window out.
I gotta do -- Go ahead, though, I'm sorry.
And I got out of the car, called my parents first thing.
Let them know what happened. So you grabbed your cellphone?
Yes, I had to grab my cellphone... But not the money?
...to let people know what happened. So you do have time to grab a cellphone.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, wait.
Let's stop.
You get out the car.
And I make two phone calls.
One to my parents, to let them know what happened.
On your cellphone? Correct.
Okay. And then one to him.
As I was on the phone with him,
my car starts a minor flame underneath the engine.
So I'm sitting on the phone.
I'm, like, on the side of the street
bawling on the phone with him,
telling him, "I just got into this car accident.
I, like, don't know what to do."
And as I'm on the phone,
the little flame -- and I see it.
I'm like, let me go get my purse
that has the cash.
That's sitting in the front seat.
And someone's like, "No, don't go.
Your car's about to explode."
Within three seconds,
the first half of the front of the car
is in flames, in flames.
So, no, I didn't grab his costumes at that moment
because I did not want to burn alive.
Burn alive.
But you got your phone.
Can we -- I sent a video of this.
You have the video of this?
Let's see the video.
Whoa.
Spectators: Whoa!
[ Wind gusts ]
[ Indistinct chatter ]
[ Horns honk ]
[ Alarm blares ]
Woman: It's done. Done.
You mean to tell me
you didn't go in there and get them costumes out?
[ Laughter ]
No!
♪♪
Within three seconds, the first half
of the front of the car is in flames.
You mean to tell me you didn't go in there
and get them costumes out?
[ Laughter ]
No!
[ Applause ]
Do you see that fire?
I get it. I was kidding.
Now, she's on the phone.
What is she conveying to you?
She's telling me, "I got into a car accident."
My answer to her is, "Again,"
because she has about five car accidents.
Okay. So as a few days go by, and she's handling this,
she told me there was a recall for her car.
There was. And that's why --
Okay, I searched it,
and there was no recall for that particular automobile.
Do you have a recall -- Didn't I -- Didn't I bring proof of the recall?
Let me see it.
"Car Recall. April 18, 2019.
Consequence: A partial separation
of the lower control arm from the vehicle
could cause the attached front wheel to tow outward,
impairing the vehicle's handling and steering
and increasing the risk of crash."
Well, that's what you described.
Correct. It...
Mm-hmm. ...hard, 'cause at first --
All the way to the right. Yeah.
I didn't believe none of this when you were saying it,
but you actually had a recall.
I was unaware of the recall.
Well, how'd you get aware of it?
Because after the accident, me and my mother
looked into why this accident happened the way it did.
They had to send this notice to somewhere.
I'm not disagreeing with you, but I never had seen that.
Maybe they had sent it out before I got the car,
'cause I got the car used,
but I never received that notice.
That's the first thing that don't sound right to me.
Your Honor, her dad gave her $20,000 cash,
and she's like, "I want a new car."
He is loaning me the money as if he's a bank.
I pay him monthly for that loan.
So, have you done anything to try to repay him?
Yes, since this accident,
I've tried to be extremely considerate
of the situation that he's been put in for his business.
And I've done any job that he's asked for me.
There's been times where girls cancel on the day of the event,
and I have jumped in and done the job.
When these girls cancel and you sit in, do you get paid?
Yes.
Your Honor, I'm helping her earn extra money.
I wanted to give her a job.
She helps me when I'm in a -- Do you get --
When you help her get that extra income,
do you give him a percentage of that?
No, she says always, "Next time, next time."
[ Spectators murmur ]
I have reached a verdict.
[ Cheers and applause ]
You're admitting that you want to compensate him.
You've said that.
You got a great dad that has $20,000
that he can give his child and go get her a car
and keep her life moving along smoothly.
Well, his don't get to do that.
He can't call his dad and get 20 and get the costumes back.
He don't get none of that.
You are completely 100% at fault here.
My ruling is on behalf of the plaintiff
for $6,000 in burned costumes and $4,000 in lost wages.
$10,000 goes to you, sir.
Thank you, Judge.
[ Cheers and applause ]
But you know what, Darcy?
Because I'm a father,
your father's done enough.
I think you all's relationship could survive this.
So the court is going to give Manny the $10,000.
[ Cheers and applause ]
I want to say this to you, Darcy.
The reason I'm doing that is because I'm a father.
And when I look at you, I see my kids.
I see one of my daughters.
I can't hang them out to dry.
But keep in mind that this is life.
And you can't just keep living like it didn't happen.
There are repercussions and consequences.
I think this is a learning lesson for you.
I think you should find a way to still make it up to him
so you all's business can continue,
your career can continue,
and more importantly, your friendship can continue.
My ruling is for the plaintiff for $10,000.
That's my verdict.
And that's the way I see it.
[ Cheers and applause ]
♪♪
Get litty or get gone.
Get lit or get gone. Yes, sir.
That's the slogan? That's the slogan.
This business is doomed.
[ Laughter ]
[ Cheers and applause ]
All right, here we go.
This is the case of
Frank Henderson vs. Tanisha Miles.
Frank is suing his sister, Tanisha,
for $1,200 for the cost of a vending machine he sold her.
Tanisha claims the vending machine was a gift.
And she's countersuing for $700 in machine maintenance.
Uh, let's start with you, Frank.
You've got 30 seconds to state your case.
I wanted to help my little sister out
with her entrepreneurial career.
I told her about a vending machine that I had,
and she was interested.
I took her to see it.
I told her after a few months, she'd paid me $1,200
after she made a little bit of money,
and she haven't given me anything.
So I'm here today to get my money.
Okay, Tanisha, your turn. You have 30 seconds to respond.
Well, Your Honor, I'm here today to countersue for $700
in the case of this vending machine.
This man is a fool.
He's delusional.
I don't know what he talking about.
This $1,200 -- I don't owe him anything.
He not gonna get nothing today, tomorrow, or ever.
[ Spectators murmur ]
All right. Let's start with you, Frank.
Tell me a little bit about your relationship here.
Me and my little sister always been tight.
I always supported her --
anything she ever decided to do.
She started a shoe business.
It started off going good.
Then business slowed down a little bit.
I don't want her sobbing around the house, hanging her head low.
So I told her about the vending machine
that I acquired from a friend of mine.
I spent $2,000 for it,
so her wanting to do it, I only asked her for $1,200.
Make your money.
After a few months, give me back the $1,200.
Tanisha, is that what was said?
Nah, nah. [ Laughs ]
Let me take you back. Let me take you back.
So in 2019, I started my shoe business,
and what I do is I customize shoes.
And with this vending machine, like,
I thought it was a gift and him giving it to me
was gonna help me further my business, you know,
so it can build.
'Cause it wasn't making money at the time.
What business is this that you're trying to build?
My Stay Lit Entertainment business --
my custom shoe business.
Stay Lit... Stay Lit.
...Entertainment... Entertainment.
...makes custom shoes.
Yes, sir.
[ Laughter ]
That's what I do by myself --
make custom shoes so people can be different.
One of the reasons your business might not be growing...
Mm-hmm. ...is 'cause of the name of it.
It's to throw the people off, 'cause they think --
It's to throw the people off.
Yeah, so they think they may come into music,
'cause, you know, entertainment,
they think they may come into music, comedy.
So when they get there and find out
they got to buy some damn shoes...
Yeah. [ Laughter ]
...you don't see the problem?
[ Laughter ] She went, "Yeah."
[ Laughter ]
Get litty or get gone.
Get lit or get gone. Yes, sir.
[ Laughter ]
That's the slogan? That's the slogan.
This business is doomed.
[ Laughter ]
Oh, man.
Where the hell you see a shoe in there?
[ Laughter ]
See, if you've seen my logo, it's a shoe with the logo.
[ Laughter ]
I got you.
So you wasn't making no money -- tah!
All right. [ Laughter ]
So your brother came along and gave you a vending machine?
Mm, gave.
Y'all never had a discussion about money?
We never had a discussion about money.
We definitely had a discussion about money.
Definitely did not.
So, you paid $2,000 for the machine?
Yes, sir.
Was it operating somewhere?
Was it sitting around? Yeah, it was operating.
So it was already in a facility.
Um, it had customers.
Only thing I had to do when I acquired it was
just load it up and make sure, you know,
it was making money.
So this money you're making,
you're making about how much with this vending machine?
I was making anywhere between $300 to $600 a month.
Were you aware of that? Mnh-mnh.
You didn't? Nope.
Why did you want it?
To, uh, see what it could do for me
and what it could do for my business.
'Cause I know vending machines are popular.
So do we have a picture of the vending machine?
This is the vending machine now?
Yes. [ Laughs ]
[ Laughter ]
First of all, it didn't look like that.
Like, presentation is everything.
And so the cans leaning over and all of that stuff.
It didn't look like that, but it is an older model.
It actually did look like that when we went to go see it.
It looked exactly as the picture is.
But it's producing money.
It was producing money.
It's not brand-new.
You find out your sister that make custom shoes
so when you go in the club, y-you can stay lit...
Yeah. Or get gone.
...or get gone. Yeah. Yeah.
[ Laughter ] But --
If we in here, you either stay lit or get gone.
[ Laughter ]
All right, this what we gonna do -- when I point at y'all,
I want you to say, "Stay lit or get gone."
All right, now we got the slogan.
We're gonna see if this TV show don't help your company out.
Hey, hey.
Oh, it ain't. I ain't gonna be able to save it.
But we gonna try.
All: Get lit or get gone.
[ Laughter ]
[ Applause ] Okay.
However the transaction transpired,
you are now in possession of a machine?
Yes, so --
So what did you do?
I did a thorough inspection,
and it had a lot of things going on that just wasn't okay.
It had all type of rat droppings inside it.
The chips had been eaten. The cookies had been eaten.
It was just a mess.
So got an exterminator to come out, you know, fix the issue.
Uh-huh. All right.
I spent about $200, which I have an invoice.
I spent $200 to get it repaired.
The money part --
'cause you can scan it with your phone.
And that part wasn't working.
The device was not working.
So that had cost $200 to get fixed.
Also, it wasn't dispensing anything.
You put your money in, nothing was coming out. [ Chuckles ]
So I had to go --
So you making all profit on your machine.
Right. Listen...
Your $300, $600 clear.
It was working fine when I had it.
Okay.
So I did my research, and I finally found somebody,
and they eventually came to fix the machine.
Now it's still not working,
so I have to go and buy another device,
which is gonna cost me a couple more hundred.
Your brother spends $2,000 for a machine.
He's making between $300 to $600 a month.
He find out that you're struggling with --
All: Stay lit or get gone!
This right here comes up.
And so he tries to come in and save the day. Mm.
And you don't think he is, like, taking a loss?
I looked at it as a gift,
'cause we didn't talk about any money.
Well, what did you talk about?
He saw I was struggling, so he said,
"Hey, sis, I got this machine."
And when I got it, what he said he was making,
I ain't made that yet. [ Laughs ]
So I'm trying to figure out where his money came from, so...
You do know you gotta get -- put the proper snacks
for the people that's actually... I did that.
...in a facility. I-I did that.
How much do you think you're making a month?
The last time I went to go get --
to look at this vending machine,
it was about $60 in there, before it was $15.
When the last time you went to look at?
Last month.
You don't think you ought to check it a little more often?
Hey, I checked when -- the last time I checked,
the same snacks that I put in there
the previous month were still in there.
So I asked the owner --
Well, let me ask you a question now. Yeah.
Could it be that yo' snacks are not the same snacks
that your brother was putting in?
It could be that, but I did ask the owner,
"What kind of snacks do they eat?"
And he told me. He gave me a list.
I got those very snacks.
Well, let me ask you this question.
You think that your brother
would give this up
and not want anything?
I'm very positive.
That's -- as a brother, as an older brother,
I definitely think that's what he should do.
What I should do? What he should do.
[ Spectators murmur ] [ Laughs ]
Ooh! Okay.
See, did you hear the grumbling behind you?
[ Laughs ]
That's because all the adults in the room
have seen a loophole in your statement.
[ Laughs ]
[ Applause ]
You think that your brother
would give this up
and not want anything?
I definitely think that's what he should do.
What I should do? What he should do.
Ooh! Okay.
See, did you hear the grumbling behind you?
[ Laughs ]
That's because all the adults in the room
have seen a loophole in your statement.
[ Laughs ]
[ Applause ]
Why do you think, Tanisha... Mm-hmm.
...that Frank
would come to court with his little sister
to try to get some money from
the same person he trying to help?
I got the answer for that.
You got to answer for that? I got the answer for that.
All: Stay lit or get gone!
So, well, this man -- he got baby-mama issues.
Wow. I'm assuming he came to me about this $1,200
because one of them was asking for some money
that he didn't have at the time.
So you assume I have baby-mama troubles 'cause... Yeah.
...I'm asking you for the money that we talked about?
Yeah, 'cause you always do.
Now, here what I think, Tanisha.
Mm.
I think we got a baby-sister issue.
[ Laughter and applause ]
Frank: Yeah.
Now, your countersuit is for $700,
so tell me what you want.
You got $100 for repairs, $100 for cleaning...
Mm-hmm. ...and then $500 for snacks.
Yes. Why does he owe you $500 for snacks?
Because I had to restock everything.
It was your business.
He could at least know -- put snacks in there,
help me with something start out for.
Instead, I had to go out and rebuy everything.
You had to rebuy everything.
Everything. There was nothing to start with.
I know. This is the cost of doing business.
You have to repair machines,
you have to clean machines,
and you have to restock the machine.
Hey, how has this affected you all's relationship?
It's done a lot. It's --
I'm not talking to you no more.
[ Laughter ]
It's affected our relationship very badly.
We don't even hang out anymore. I miss my little sister,
but the last thing I wanted to do is to have to sue her.
But I told her, as a business owner
and doing things the right way,
I'm just gonna have to show you.
And I'd rather it be me than somebody off the street,
because I'm quite sure they gonna ask for way more
than $1,200.
[ Applause ]
I've reached a verdict.
[ Cheers and applause ]
I believe that your brother came to you
and saw you in distress
and wasn't doing well and needed some help
and said, "I got a vending machine,
and I'ma give you the vending machine.
It's making me a little bit of money.
And after you make you some money,
I'm gonna need you to break me off $1,200."
You heard, "I'ma give you this vending machine."
And then your hearing cut off
right after that.
And I know it cut off 'cause you even said in court,
"He should just give it to me."
Woman: Yes!
You said that.
But that ain't how business go.
I think you're a smart young lady,
and you gotta keep going,
but you gotta learn something.
Now, let's talk about your countersuit for $700.
Now, your brother been making $300 to $600.
And you believe that, too, don't you?
Nope. Yes, you do.
Yes, you do, but you were in court
and you just want to say stuff to make yourself right,
'cause you just ain't gonna be wrong, Tanisha.
But let me explain something to you.
Your countersuit for $700 --
I'm throwing it completely out. You get zero.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Now, let's go over to the plaintiff --
your suit for $1,200 for a vending machine.
You know what?
I just think he's just telling the truth.
He gave you that machine to help you.
Now, guess what I'm gonna do?
I'm gonna rule
in behalf of the plaintiff for $1,200.
I already know you ain't gonna pay him.
[ Laughter ]
I already know you ain't, 'cause you're sitting over here
shaking your head.
You just is crazy.
[ Laughter ]
That's why you and that little crazy company gonna close, too.
No Lit Entertainment does not represent shoes.
Now, change the name of that raggedy-ass company
so you can have yourself something.
And you know I'm telling you the truth.
Now, since I know you're not gonna pay your brother,
the court is gonna pay him $2,000.
[ Cheers and applause ]
He gonna get all his money back on the machine.
Now, let me ask you a question.
Do you want to keep the machine or not?
I'ma keep the machine.
[ Laughter ]
You're just -- you the worst defendant.
[ Laughter ]
"I ain't -- I'ma keep the machine."
I thought the machine wasn't nothing.
I thought it was ragged.
You can always make it better.
I thought it wasn't making but $15 to $60.
You can make it better. Now that I know that advice --
Now that you know, 'cause you lied about that.
My ruling is for the plaintiff for $3,000.
[ Cheers and applause ]
You looking at me?! Yeah, I'm looking at you.
You looking at me?!
My ruling for the plaintiff for $4,000!
[ Cheers and applause ]
[ Laughing ] That's dope. That's dope!
You want some more?!
Nah, I'm cool. Oh, you cool now?
No, you ain't.
My ruling for the plaintiff is for $5,000!
That's my verdict.
That's the way I see it.
[ Cheers and applause ]
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