1 00:00:01,435 --> 00:00:03,103 ♪♪ 2 00:00:03,103 --> 00:00:04,705 Ms. Flanigan is still Ms. Flanigan. 3 00:00:04,705 --> 00:00:06,039 She still hasn't changed her last name 4 00:00:06,039 --> 00:00:07,140 like she promised to. 5 00:00:07,140 --> 00:00:08,942 I'm not paying another red cent 6 00:00:08,942 --> 00:00:11,445 until she get her last name changed. 7 00:00:11,445 --> 00:00:12,579 [ Cheers and applause ] 8 00:00:12,579 --> 00:00:15,249 We immediately started to just do bets. 9 00:00:15,249 --> 00:00:16,350 In fact, sir, we have a bet 10 00:00:16,350 --> 00:00:18,652 on the outcome of this trial as well. 11 00:00:18,652 --> 00:00:19,653 [ Laughter ] 12 00:00:19,653 --> 00:00:20,787 If you didn't cut your hair for, 13 00:00:20,787 --> 00:00:21,788 say, two months -- 14 00:00:21,788 --> 00:00:23,190 I mean, the normal person -- 15 00:00:23,190 --> 00:00:24,558 Steve: If I went two months, 16 00:00:24,558 --> 00:00:26,693 my TV career would pretty much be over with. 17 00:00:26,693 --> 00:00:29,062 [ Laughter ] 18 00:00:29,062 --> 00:00:30,797 Hey, it's a big world out there, 19 00:00:30,797 --> 00:00:34,301 and it's filled with people that just don't see eye to eye. 20 00:00:34,301 --> 00:00:36,069 See, that's where I come in. 21 00:00:36,069 --> 00:00:38,071 See, I ain't got a law degree, 22 00:00:38,071 --> 00:00:40,507 and I'm way too fly to wear a robe. 23 00:00:40,507 --> 00:00:45,145 But this is where common sense presides -- in my house. 24 00:00:45,145 --> 00:00:47,381 Court is now in session. 25 00:00:47,381 --> 00:00:48,715 [ Chuckles ] 26 00:00:48,715 --> 00:00:51,752 -- Captions by VITAC -- 27 00:00:51,752 --> 00:00:59,426 All rise for the Honorable Judge Steve Harvey! 28 00:00:59,426 --> 00:01:00,527 [ Cheers and applause ] 29 00:01:00,527 --> 00:01:02,863 Steve: I appreciate that. 30 00:01:02,863 --> 00:01:04,031 Alright. 31 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:09,570 Okay. Let's get started. 32 00:01:09,570 --> 00:01:10,671 This is the case of 33 00:01:10,671 --> 00:01:12,973 Raquel Flanigan vs. Julius Brown. 34 00:01:12,973 --> 00:01:16,843 Raquel is suing her husband, Julius, for $4,825 35 00:01:16,843 --> 00:01:17,945 for a dream honeymoon 36 00:01:17,945 --> 00:01:19,379 that he promised her. 37 00:01:19,379 --> 00:01:21,148 Julius claims he's already shelled out 38 00:01:21,148 --> 00:01:22,683 thousands of dollars for his wife, 39 00:01:22,683 --> 00:01:24,618 and he's not spending any more. 40 00:01:24,618 --> 00:01:26,219 Let's start with you, Raquel. 41 00:01:26,219 --> 00:01:27,888 You got 30 seconds to state your case. 42 00:01:27,888 --> 00:01:29,222 Judge Harvey, 43 00:01:29,222 --> 00:01:31,858 I need your help with getting my husband, Julius, to pay me 44 00:01:31,858 --> 00:01:34,428 the $4,825 45 00:01:34,428 --> 00:01:35,896 for my dream honeymoon 46 00:01:35,896 --> 00:01:37,164 that he promised me 47 00:01:37,164 --> 00:01:39,333 if I accomplish my list of goals. 48 00:01:39,333 --> 00:01:42,202 Now, I more than doubled what he required of me, 49 00:01:42,202 --> 00:01:44,638 and he still hasn't held up his end of the deal. 50 00:01:44,638 --> 00:01:48,308 And quite frankly, I am tired of hearing, 51 00:01:48,308 --> 00:01:49,610 "I'm working on it." 52 00:01:49,610 --> 00:01:51,578 [ Laughter ] 53 00:01:51,578 --> 00:01:54,514 Julius, your turn. You got 30 seconds to respond. 54 00:01:54,514 --> 00:01:56,249 Mr. Harvey, I'm here because 55 00:01:56,249 --> 00:01:58,552 I did promise my beautiful wife 56 00:01:58,552 --> 00:02:00,887 a great experience of a honeymoon, 57 00:02:00,887 --> 00:02:02,189 but I had no idea 58 00:02:02,189 --> 00:02:03,724 I was going to be paying all of this money 59 00:02:03,724 --> 00:02:05,459 for her to do all of her goals. 60 00:02:05,459 --> 00:02:06,893 And at the same time, 61 00:02:06,893 --> 00:02:10,197 she still hasn't legally changed her last name. 62 00:02:10,197 --> 00:02:12,132 So therefore, 63 00:02:12,132 --> 00:02:13,934 I feel like the honeymoon 64 00:02:13,934 --> 00:02:15,869 is actually for Mrs. Brown. 65 00:02:15,869 --> 00:02:17,938 So until she changes her last name... 66 00:02:17,938 --> 00:02:18,939 [ Spectators "Oh" ] 67 00:02:18,939 --> 00:02:20,507 ...she's not getting a honeymoon. 68 00:02:20,507 --> 00:02:21,575 [ Cheers and applause ] 69 00:02:21,575 --> 00:02:26,480 Mrs. -- Mrs. Flanigan. 70 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:27,848 Okay. 71 00:02:27,848 --> 00:02:30,650 [ Chuckles ] It's going to be a good one right here. 72 00:02:30,650 --> 00:02:32,352 [ Laughter ] 73 00:02:32,352 --> 00:02:34,354 Raquel, how did you all meet? 74 00:02:34,354 --> 00:02:38,658 Well, I actually met Julius, Mr. Brown, 75 00:02:38,658 --> 00:02:40,994 about four years ago at the gym. 76 00:02:40,994 --> 00:02:43,163 I actually was meeting a mutual friend there. 77 00:02:43,163 --> 00:02:44,664 And when I arrived, 78 00:02:44,664 --> 00:02:46,967 to my surprise, Julius was there. 79 00:02:46,967 --> 00:02:49,002 So I almost felt like I was ambushed. 80 00:02:49,002 --> 00:02:50,270 They -- They set me up. 81 00:02:50,270 --> 00:02:52,005 But, you know, in a normal setting, 82 00:02:52,005 --> 00:02:53,473 you know, I would have been upset, 83 00:02:53,473 --> 00:02:56,009 but he was fine. 84 00:02:56,009 --> 00:02:58,245 [ Laughs ] So, um... 85 00:02:58,245 --> 00:02:59,880 you know, I was okay with it. 86 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:01,782 45 minutes go by, I'm about to leave. 87 00:03:01,782 --> 00:03:03,083 It was about 5 minutes. Then next thing you know -- 88 00:03:03,083 --> 00:03:04,117 No. 89 00:03:04,117 --> 00:03:05,419 Then the next thing you know, 90 00:03:05,419 --> 00:03:07,954 I see this beautiful being walking through. 91 00:03:07,954 --> 00:03:11,091 I look, I'm like, "Damn," like... 92 00:03:11,091 --> 00:03:12,092 [ Laughter ] 93 00:03:12,092 --> 00:03:13,593 And you know I had to step back 94 00:03:13,593 --> 00:03:17,330 and I'm, "Daaaamn." Yeah. 95 00:03:17,330 --> 00:03:19,666 So we exchanged information, 96 00:03:19,666 --> 00:03:24,504 and we met at the gym several times after that. 97 00:03:24,504 --> 00:03:26,406 And, you know, we were just working out, 98 00:03:26,406 --> 00:03:27,841 meeting as friends. 99 00:03:27,841 --> 00:03:30,710 Finally, he actually invited me on a real date. 100 00:03:30,710 --> 00:03:32,412 He asked me to go to a wedding with him. 101 00:03:32,412 --> 00:03:34,047 So, you know, I was excited. 102 00:03:34,047 --> 00:03:35,816 We went to the wedding, and it was just -- 103 00:03:35,816 --> 00:03:37,784 it was like love all over the place. 104 00:03:37,784 --> 00:03:39,653 And I looked over at him, 105 00:03:39,653 --> 00:03:41,521 and he looked over at me, 106 00:03:41,521 --> 00:03:44,691 and I didn't see a friend anymore. 107 00:03:44,691 --> 00:03:47,260 I saw someone that I was interested in 108 00:03:47,260 --> 00:03:50,230 and I wanted to be with beyond the gym. 109 00:03:50,230 --> 00:03:51,865 She jumped my bones, Your Hon-- 110 00:03:51,865 --> 00:03:53,734 I did not. I did not. She jumped my bones, Your Honor. 111 00:03:53,734 --> 00:03:56,670 And so [Chuckles] he eventually asked me 112 00:03:56,670 --> 00:03:58,538 to be in a relationship with him. 113 00:03:58,538 --> 00:04:00,707 And I said yes. 114 00:04:00,707 --> 00:04:03,043 So, about six months after that, 115 00:04:03,043 --> 00:04:05,846 Mr. Brown asked me to marry him. 116 00:04:05,846 --> 00:04:08,381 In six months? My man. 117 00:04:08,381 --> 00:04:10,317 Yup. [ Chuckles ] Wait a minute, we have a video. 118 00:04:14,855 --> 00:04:15,889 [ Cheers and applause ] 119 00:04:17,090 --> 00:04:18,692 [ Laughter ] 120 00:04:18,692 --> 00:04:19,860 That right there, Your Honor, 121 00:04:19,860 --> 00:04:21,795 was, like, the happiest day of my life. 122 00:04:21,795 --> 00:04:23,563 It happened a little fast, but, you know, 123 00:04:23,563 --> 00:04:24,664 I know what I wanted. 124 00:04:24,664 --> 00:04:25,866 She knew what she wanted. I did. 125 00:04:25,866 --> 00:04:27,100 And we knew we was going to work together 126 00:04:27,100 --> 00:04:28,702 and make this work and just build something. 127 00:04:28,702 --> 00:04:29,736 She the one. 128 00:04:29,736 --> 00:04:30,904 She is the one. 129 00:04:30,904 --> 00:04:32,405 She will always be the one. Thank you. 130 00:04:32,405 --> 00:04:33,774 [ Cheers and applause ] 131 00:04:33,774 --> 00:04:37,844 That's my wife. I love her. 132 00:04:37,844 --> 00:04:40,046 Based on that statement right there... Yes. 133 00:04:40,046 --> 00:04:41,982 ...you better have a good case, lady. 134 00:04:41,982 --> 00:04:43,450 [ Laughter ] 135 00:04:43,450 --> 00:04:45,852 And I do. 'Cause when men say that out loud, 136 00:04:45,852 --> 00:04:49,389 other women go, "Oh, that's what I want." 137 00:04:49,389 --> 00:04:51,224 [ Laughter ] 138 00:04:51,224 --> 00:04:54,661 How soon did you start planning after he proposed? 139 00:04:54,661 --> 00:04:56,696 The day he asked me. 140 00:04:56,696 --> 00:04:58,532 After I proposed, Your Honor, 141 00:04:58,532 --> 00:05:00,534 that morning, I get up, 142 00:05:00,534 --> 00:05:03,270 and she -- she had a whole board drawn out. 143 00:05:03,270 --> 00:05:05,338 She had -- She had everything. 144 00:05:05,338 --> 00:05:07,174 I mean, she had everything done. 145 00:05:07,174 --> 00:05:09,376 And I'm like, "Man, hold on." 146 00:05:09,376 --> 00:05:10,777 What was on this board? 147 00:05:10,777 --> 00:05:11,945 He was my Prince Charming, 148 00:05:11,945 --> 00:05:15,482 so it was only fitting to have a princess wedding. 149 00:05:15,482 --> 00:05:16,683 So, you know, I had 150 00:05:16,683 --> 00:05:20,453 the winter wonderland princess wedding planned out, 151 00:05:20,453 --> 00:05:21,955 an ice princess. 152 00:05:21,955 --> 00:05:23,623 Let me see this picture we got. 153 00:05:23,623 --> 00:05:24,791 [ Spectators murmur ] 154 00:05:24,791 --> 00:05:27,127 Oh, you've got the Riding Hood winter princess. 155 00:05:27,127 --> 00:05:29,196 Yes. [ Chuckles ] [ Laughs ] 156 00:05:29,196 --> 00:05:31,364 So, who paid for this wedding? 157 00:05:31,364 --> 00:05:34,401 Um, my King. [ Chuckles ] [ Clears throat ] 158 00:05:34,401 --> 00:05:37,304 Oh. So we're here why? 159 00:05:37,304 --> 00:05:39,105 With this fairy-tale wedding, 160 00:05:39,105 --> 00:05:40,774 there is a honeymoon that comes after. 161 00:05:40,774 --> 00:05:42,409 So we were going to go to Jamaica 162 00:05:42,409 --> 00:05:44,511 and have this honeymoon 163 00:05:44,511 --> 00:05:46,146 that would have been the end to my fairy tale. 164 00:05:46,146 --> 00:05:49,850 However, COVID, all of a sudden, came along, 165 00:05:49,850 --> 00:05:52,185 and we were shut down. 166 00:05:52,185 --> 00:05:55,689 Now, right after that, it just goes downhill. 167 00:05:55,689 --> 00:05:56,890 I gained a lot of weight, 168 00:05:56,890 --> 00:06:00,260 and I was a complete miserable mess. 169 00:06:00,260 --> 00:06:02,062 And so I felt like I wasn't myself. 170 00:06:02,062 --> 00:06:04,164 And I knew if I wasn't myself to me, 171 00:06:04,164 --> 00:06:05,866 that this fine man right here, 172 00:06:05,866 --> 00:06:07,767 I wasn't who I was to him, either. 173 00:06:07,767 --> 00:06:09,736 Look at her. She looks amazing. 174 00:06:09,736 --> 00:06:11,571 [ Applause ] 175 00:06:11,571 --> 00:06:13,607 [ Chuckles ] 176 00:06:13,607 --> 00:06:15,842 But... [ Chuckles ] 177 00:06:15,842 --> 00:06:18,211 [ Laughter ] 178 00:06:18,211 --> 00:06:19,579 But that actually... What? 179 00:06:19,579 --> 00:06:21,214 ...that didn't happen right away, though... 180 00:06:21,214 --> 00:06:22,882 What? ...Your Honor. 181 00:06:22,882 --> 00:06:24,184 You better come up with something right now, 182 00:06:24,184 --> 00:06:25,785 'cause I'm telling you -- It did. No, I'm coming. 183 00:06:25,785 --> 00:06:28,054 I'm getting there. I'm sorry. This man done made two statements. 184 00:06:28,054 --> 00:06:31,691 He did. And right now, everybody on his side. 185 00:06:31,691 --> 00:06:33,093 And I understand that. 186 00:06:33,093 --> 00:06:34,894 [ Cheers and applause ] 187 00:06:37,030 --> 00:06:39,966 But, Your Honor, I was huge. 188 00:06:39,966 --> 00:06:42,068 So this is what actually motivated me 189 00:06:42,068 --> 00:06:43,637 to come up with this list of goals 190 00:06:43,637 --> 00:06:45,438 that was going to actually get me 191 00:06:45,438 --> 00:06:48,241 to being back to the person that I was when he met me. 192 00:06:48,241 --> 00:06:51,978 He said, if I accomplished five things from off of the list 193 00:06:51,978 --> 00:06:53,513 by January, 194 00:06:53,513 --> 00:06:55,348 that he would give me my dream honeymoon. 195 00:06:55,348 --> 00:06:56,349 Which is? 196 00:06:56,349 --> 00:06:58,385 I wanted to go to Saint Lucia. 197 00:06:58,385 --> 00:07:00,120 Do you have the list? I do. 198 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:01,655 I actually brought it. Let me see the list. 199 00:07:01,655 --> 00:07:03,990 Start date -- 8/21. 200 00:07:03,990 --> 00:07:05,492 And then you got 'til January 201 00:07:05,492 --> 00:07:06,693 to make it happen. Yes. 202 00:07:06,693 --> 00:07:09,162 Alright. Lose 50 pounds or more. 203 00:07:09,162 --> 00:07:10,330 Go back to school. 204 00:07:10,330 --> 00:07:11,831 Assist with the family members 205 00:07:11,831 --> 00:07:12,632 in business. 206 00:07:12,632 --> 00:07:13,767 Have a baby. 207 00:07:13,767 --> 00:07:15,235 Get hubby a work van. 208 00:07:15,235 --> 00:07:17,404 Publish and write a new book. 209 00:07:17,404 --> 00:07:18,772 Start a YouTube page. 210 00:07:18,772 --> 00:07:20,307 Make new friends. 211 00:07:20,307 --> 00:07:21,574 Uh, current -- 212 00:07:21,574 --> 00:07:22,909 Current friend count, 0. 213 00:07:22,909 --> 00:07:25,412 'Cause you ain't got none. Uh... 214 00:07:25,412 --> 00:07:26,746 Don't run on the curb 215 00:07:26,746 --> 00:07:27,881 in the car. 216 00:07:27,881 --> 00:07:29,382 [ Laughter ] 217 00:07:29,382 --> 00:07:31,117 Ooh, that's a good one. Which she does a lot of. 218 00:07:31,117 --> 00:07:34,287 Which she does a lot of. Ooh, I'mma give that to Marjorie. 219 00:07:34,287 --> 00:07:36,089 That's a good one. 220 00:07:36,089 --> 00:07:37,057 [ Applause ] 221 00:07:37,057 --> 00:07:38,792 Become a better cook. 222 00:07:38,792 --> 00:07:41,761 A meal shouldn't still be raw. 223 00:07:41,761 --> 00:07:43,697 [ Laughter ] 224 00:07:43,697 --> 00:07:45,065 Receive honors 225 00:07:45,065 --> 00:07:48,802 and/or award at my graduation. 226 00:07:48,802 --> 00:07:50,637 12 -- Go on our honeymoon. 227 00:07:50,637 --> 00:07:53,340 If you complete 5 by 1/22, 228 00:07:53,340 --> 00:07:54,874 and as promised, 229 00:07:54,874 --> 00:07:57,510 Julius will provide the funds 230 00:07:57,510 --> 00:08:00,046 for our honeymoon. 231 00:08:00,046 --> 00:08:01,614 Wow. Yeah. 232 00:08:01,614 --> 00:08:03,717 Julius, did you know about this list? 233 00:08:03,717 --> 00:08:05,218 Yeah, she brought it to me. 234 00:08:05,218 --> 00:08:06,553 And so, I'm like, 235 00:08:06,553 --> 00:08:08,988 "Okay, cool, babe. Alright. That'll work." 236 00:08:08,988 --> 00:08:10,690 Okay. So we agreed to this? 237 00:08:10,690 --> 00:08:11,992 I did agree to it. 238 00:08:11,992 --> 00:08:13,994 Okay, so tell me where we at. 239 00:08:13,994 --> 00:08:16,329 So, I got to work. Yeah. 240 00:08:16,329 --> 00:08:17,731 I was supposed to lose 50 pounds. 241 00:08:17,731 --> 00:08:19,399 I lost 65 pounds. 242 00:08:19,399 --> 00:08:20,600 [ Cheers and applause ] 243 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:22,068 Wow. 244 00:08:22,068 --> 00:08:22,902 Oh, so you was killing it. 245 00:08:22,902 --> 00:08:23,770 Yeah, she was killing it. 246 00:08:23,770 --> 00:08:25,405 Yes, I lost the weight. 247 00:08:25,405 --> 00:08:27,407 I became an R.N., and I... 248 00:08:27,407 --> 00:08:29,008 [ Cheers and applause ] 249 00:08:29,008 --> 00:08:30,910 ...I graduated with honors, 250 00:08:30,910 --> 00:08:32,645 and I-I learned how to cook. 251 00:08:32,645 --> 00:08:35,148 He would sneak off to his mom's house for dinner, 252 00:08:35,148 --> 00:08:36,616 and, you know, I didn't want that 253 00:08:36,616 --> 00:08:39,586 to continue to happen. Hold, on, hold on, hold on. 254 00:08:39,586 --> 00:08:42,122 You sneaking over to your mama's house to eat? 255 00:08:42,122 --> 00:08:43,757 [ Laughter ] 256 00:08:43,757 --> 00:08:45,825 Well, you know, I had to go check on my mama. 257 00:08:45,825 --> 00:08:47,861 I was just checking on her. 258 00:08:47,861 --> 00:08:49,529 I might have been checking on my mama... 259 00:08:49,529 --> 00:08:51,698 He said he wasn't hungry. ...a little more than usual. 260 00:08:51,698 --> 00:08:53,433 Yeah. But... [ Stammers ] 261 00:08:53,433 --> 00:08:54,901 Yeah. I got him a work van 262 00:08:54,901 --> 00:08:55,869 for his business, 263 00:08:55,869 --> 00:08:57,871 and I started driving 264 00:08:57,871 --> 00:08:59,005 a little bit better, too. 265 00:08:59,005 --> 00:09:00,807 He wasn't finding marks on the tires anymore 266 00:09:00,807 --> 00:09:02,075 from running on the curb. 267 00:09:02,075 --> 00:09:04,177 Thank you, Jesus. Thank you. 268 00:09:04,177 --> 00:09:06,079 See? 269 00:09:06,079 --> 00:09:07,180 [ Chuckles ] 270 00:09:07,180 --> 00:09:09,983 He required me to have five done by January, 271 00:09:09,983 --> 00:09:11,384 But as you see here -- And you completed 10? 272 00:09:11,384 --> 00:09:12,852 10. Double. 273 00:09:12,852 --> 00:09:14,254 Which two did you miss? 274 00:09:14,254 --> 00:09:15,422 The only two that I missed was 275 00:09:15,422 --> 00:09:16,856 my honeymoon that I was promised 276 00:09:16,856 --> 00:09:18,224 that I haven't had yet, 277 00:09:18,224 --> 00:09:19,793 and having a baby, 278 00:09:19,793 --> 00:09:21,094 because I planned on conceiving 279 00:09:21,094 --> 00:09:22,295 on the honeymoon. 280 00:09:22,295 --> 00:09:24,898 [ Laughter, applause ] 281 00:09:29,602 --> 00:09:32,172 The plaintiff has made a comeback. 282 00:09:32,172 --> 00:09:34,140 [ Spectators cheer ] 283 00:09:34,140 --> 00:09:37,744 Julius, you got a little situation now. 284 00:09:37,744 --> 00:09:39,679 I didn't know I was going to have to shell out 285 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:41,848 all of this money for everything. 286 00:09:41,848 --> 00:09:44,784 I got a breakdown of all of the costs 287 00:09:44,784 --> 00:09:48,321 that was accumulated from the wedding on. 288 00:09:48,321 --> 00:09:50,390 The wedding was $24,000. 289 00:09:50,390 --> 00:09:52,926 Okay, now, the school payment -- 290 00:09:52,926 --> 00:09:53,960 $11,000 bill 291 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:56,129 that had to be paid in two days. 292 00:09:56,129 --> 00:09:57,297 I pay it. 293 00:09:57,297 --> 00:09:58,598 Then we got $2,000 294 00:09:58,598 --> 00:10:01,301 because she had to pay for her test. 295 00:10:01,301 --> 00:10:02,836 Okay, got it. 296 00:10:02,836 --> 00:10:04,871 She said, "Once I graduate," 297 00:10:04,871 --> 00:10:06,606 can she get a new car? 298 00:10:06,606 --> 00:10:08,942 I'm like, "Okay, yeah. We can go get you a new car." 299 00:10:08,942 --> 00:10:11,244 Now, we go to the dealership. 300 00:10:11,244 --> 00:10:15,114 She pick out a $90,000 Benz. 301 00:10:15,114 --> 00:10:17,717 I said, "Man, that's not a car. That's a spaceship." 302 00:10:17,717 --> 00:10:19,018 [ Laughter ] 303 00:10:19,018 --> 00:10:22,755 I'm not -- I'm not paying $90,000 for -- What?! 304 00:10:22,755 --> 00:10:24,390 So I got her a Jeep. 305 00:10:24,390 --> 00:10:26,092 It was $26,000. 306 00:10:26,092 --> 00:10:27,827 It's a nice Jeep, 4x4. 307 00:10:27,827 --> 00:10:30,130 You know, all of that -- all of that good stuff. 308 00:10:30,130 --> 00:10:31,331 I have nothing, Your Honor. 309 00:10:31,331 --> 00:10:34,400 [ Stammers ] Even after that, 310 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:36,936 it's like, I am broke. 311 00:10:36,936 --> 00:10:38,404 [ Laugher ] 312 00:10:38,404 --> 00:10:40,740 I am broke. 313 00:10:40,740 --> 00:10:42,041 Broke. 314 00:10:42,041 --> 00:10:43,576 [ Cheers and applause ] 315 00:10:43,576 --> 00:10:45,345 Your Honor... 316 00:10:45,345 --> 00:10:49,415 ♪♪ 317 00:10:51,985 --> 00:10:53,720 Brown: I have nothing, Your Honor. 318 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:57,624 I am broke. You see that? 319 00:10:57,624 --> 00:10:59,759 [ Cheers and applause ] 320 00:10:59,759 --> 00:11:02,061 I am broke. 321 00:11:02,061 --> 00:11:05,031 Broke. 322 00:11:05,031 --> 00:11:07,000 Your Honor... 323 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:09,402 [ Spectators cheer ] 324 00:11:09,402 --> 00:11:12,338 Even after all of that, 325 00:11:12,338 --> 00:11:13,907 Ms. Flanigan is still Ms. Flanigan. 326 00:11:13,907 --> 00:11:15,275 She still hasn't changed her last name 327 00:11:15,275 --> 00:11:16,376 like she was supposed to 328 00:11:16,376 --> 00:11:17,844 and like she promised to. 329 00:11:17,844 --> 00:11:20,013 So I'm not paying another red cent 330 00:11:20,013 --> 00:11:22,515 until she get her last name changed. 331 00:11:22,515 --> 00:11:24,584 [ Cheers and applause ] 332 00:11:24,584 --> 00:11:25,985 And that's it. 333 00:11:27,987 --> 00:11:32,825 Well...look like Mr. Brown back in business. 334 00:11:32,825 --> 00:11:35,061 [ Cheers and applause ] 335 00:11:35,061 --> 00:11:37,397 Despite all of those things that he has done for me, 336 00:11:37,397 --> 00:11:40,099 that I am extremely grateful for, 337 00:11:40,099 --> 00:11:42,502 that has absolutely nothing to do with our contract 338 00:11:42,502 --> 00:11:44,771 about me accomplishing my goals 339 00:11:44,771 --> 00:11:46,272 and going on our honeymoon. 340 00:11:46,272 --> 00:11:49,075 And then, with my last name, I will do it, 341 00:11:49,075 --> 00:11:51,144 but we got married right around COVID. 342 00:11:51,144 --> 00:11:53,046 The License Bureau, DMV, 343 00:11:53,046 --> 00:11:54,547 everything was closed down. 344 00:11:54,547 --> 00:11:55,915 We were working nonstop. 345 00:11:55,915 --> 00:11:58,084 So it's a timing thing that affected that. 346 00:11:58,084 --> 00:11:59,719 Babe, you could have got 347 00:11:59,719 --> 00:12:01,054 your last name changed last week. 348 00:12:01,054 --> 00:12:03,923 But Julius, this is about the agreement that we made 349 00:12:03,923 --> 00:12:06,392 for me accomplishing five things. I've reached a verdict. 350 00:12:06,392 --> 00:12:09,429 [ Cheers and applause ] 351 00:12:12,665 --> 00:12:15,868 This man adores this woman. 352 00:12:15,868 --> 00:12:20,006 This woman adores and respects her man. 353 00:12:20,006 --> 00:12:21,307 That's clear. 354 00:12:21,307 --> 00:12:26,646 So it boils down to an agreement. 355 00:12:26,646 --> 00:12:28,248 He's proud of her. 356 00:12:28,248 --> 00:12:30,683 She accomplished double what she said she was going to do. 357 00:12:30,683 --> 00:12:33,519 That's a person with some willpower and some guts. 358 00:12:33,519 --> 00:12:34,887 They don't make that every day. 359 00:12:34,887 --> 00:12:37,590 [ Applause ] 360 00:12:37,590 --> 00:12:41,027 Excuse me. That's a bad girl right there. 361 00:12:41,027 --> 00:12:42,262 Yes, it is. Now, I know 362 00:12:42,262 --> 00:12:43,863 that probably ain't politically correct, 363 00:12:43,863 --> 00:12:45,765 but whatever. Woman: But it's true. 364 00:12:45,765 --> 00:12:47,800 I've been to H.R. so many damn times. 365 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:49,469 Let's -- Let's go again. 366 00:12:49,469 --> 00:12:52,105 Oh, I said it, yeah. 367 00:12:52,105 --> 00:12:53,840 I'm all for women's rights. 368 00:12:53,840 --> 00:12:56,442 I think women should get equal pay, equal everything. 369 00:12:56,442 --> 00:12:58,578 I think whatever men get, a woman ought to get. 370 00:12:58,578 --> 00:13:00,880 I think you deserve more than me half the time 371 00:13:00,880 --> 00:13:02,348 for half the stuff you put up with. 372 00:13:02,348 --> 00:13:04,050 But I don't really care nothing about that. 373 00:13:04,050 --> 00:13:05,685 I'm old school. 374 00:13:05,685 --> 00:13:09,222 If you gonna be my wife and I'm gonna be your man, 375 00:13:09,222 --> 00:13:10,957 then you're gonna take this name right here. 376 00:13:10,957 --> 00:13:13,760 Now, if you don't want this name right here, that's cool. 377 00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:16,996 That's cool. Go on about your business. 378 00:13:16,996 --> 00:13:21,234 But if you agreed to do it, you should be held to it. 379 00:13:21,234 --> 00:13:24,103 And all this thing, it was COVID and all this here, 380 00:13:24,103 --> 00:13:26,539 well, hell, while it was COVID, 381 00:13:26,539 --> 00:13:28,841 you was getting a degree, 382 00:13:28,841 --> 00:13:31,010 losing 65 pounds, 383 00:13:31,010 --> 00:13:35,014 you was buying work vans, you started a YouTube page, 384 00:13:35,014 --> 00:13:36,649 you made some new friends, 385 00:13:36,649 --> 00:13:39,252 you ain't run up on the curb with the car no more, 386 00:13:39,252 --> 00:13:40,620 you learned how to cook, 387 00:13:40,620 --> 00:13:42,789 you went and got an honors award and all that here. 388 00:13:42,789 --> 00:13:44,590 You did all that during COVID. 389 00:13:44,590 --> 00:13:47,226 Damn it, get your name changed. 390 00:13:47,226 --> 00:13:48,895 Thank you. Thank you. 391 00:13:48,895 --> 00:13:54,367 I'm ruling for the plaintiff with the stipulation 392 00:13:54,367 --> 00:13:58,805 after the name has been changed. 393 00:13:58,805 --> 00:14:01,140 [ Cheers and applause ] 394 00:14:02,308 --> 00:14:05,645 I'm awarding you $10,000 to go on the honeymoon 395 00:14:05,645 --> 00:14:07,714 and go make a damn baby. 396 00:14:07,714 --> 00:14:09,515 That's my verdict. 397 00:14:09,515 --> 00:14:11,350 And that's the way I see it. 398 00:14:11,350 --> 00:14:13,419 [ Cheers and applause ] 399 00:14:13,419 --> 00:14:15,388 ♪♪ 400 00:14:15,388 --> 00:14:17,056 When was the marathon? 401 00:14:17,056 --> 00:14:18,925 Like, 10 years later. 402 00:14:18,925 --> 00:14:20,126 Five. 403 00:14:20,126 --> 00:14:23,296 You trained five years for $40? 404 00:14:23,296 --> 00:14:25,298 [ Laughter ] 405 00:14:25,298 --> 00:14:27,734 ♪♪ 406 00:14:30,570 --> 00:14:33,039 ♪♪ 407 00:14:33,039 --> 00:14:34,140 [ Cheers and applause ] 408 00:14:34,140 --> 00:14:35,575 Alright, here we go. Let's get started. 409 00:14:35,575 --> 00:14:36,909 This is the case of 410 00:14:36,909 --> 00:14:39,445 Mike Siebenaler vs. Rick Tietz. 411 00:14:39,445 --> 00:14:41,080 Mike is suing his childhood friend, Rick, 412 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:44,117 for $540 for reneging on two bets. 413 00:14:44,117 --> 00:14:45,918 Rick claims Mike lost, and therefore, 414 00:14:45,918 --> 00:14:47,386 all bets are off. 415 00:14:47,386 --> 00:14:48,588 Let's start with you, Mike. 416 00:14:48,588 --> 00:14:50,957 You have 30 seconds to state your case. 417 00:14:50,957 --> 00:14:52,091 I am here today 418 00:14:52,091 --> 00:14:54,460 to sue my friend for more than 40 years 419 00:14:54,460 --> 00:14:56,896 for the collection of two unpaid bets. 420 00:14:56,896 --> 00:14:58,431 He has come up with flimsy excuses 421 00:14:58,431 --> 00:14:59,866 for not paying them, 422 00:14:59,866 --> 00:15:02,168 and I am looking today for a Bro Code ruling 423 00:15:02,168 --> 00:15:04,137 on a football bet and a marathon bet... [ Scoffs ] 424 00:15:04,137 --> 00:15:06,873 ...to put these issues to rest. 425 00:15:06,873 --> 00:15:10,143 Rick, it's your turn. You have 30 seconds to respond. 426 00:15:10,143 --> 00:15:11,344 I'm here because I'm getting sued 427 00:15:11,344 --> 00:15:12,912 by one of my best friends. 428 00:15:12,912 --> 00:15:14,547 [ Laughter ] I have known -- 429 00:15:14,547 --> 00:15:17,116 I mean, seriously, I don't owe him nothing. 430 00:15:17,116 --> 00:15:18,818 I don't owe him a dime, and I'm not paying him. 431 00:15:18,818 --> 00:15:20,987 Tell me about this 40-year friendship. 432 00:15:20,987 --> 00:15:22,655 In third grade, I moved into a house 433 00:15:22,655 --> 00:15:24,056 two blocks away from Rick, 434 00:15:24,056 --> 00:15:25,925 and we immediately became friends. 435 00:15:25,925 --> 00:15:28,094 We would -- We would build forts together. 436 00:15:28,094 --> 00:15:29,729 We tried to build go-karts. Wow. 437 00:15:29,729 --> 00:15:32,165 We played a lot of sports and board games and stuff. 438 00:15:32,165 --> 00:15:34,700 But we immediately started to just do bets. 439 00:15:34,700 --> 00:15:36,669 They were 25, 50 cent bets. 440 00:15:36,669 --> 00:15:38,438 Can you jump over that bush? 441 00:15:38,438 --> 00:15:40,973 Can you chug a gallon of milk faster than me? 442 00:15:40,973 --> 00:15:42,642 Uh, things like that. 443 00:15:42,642 --> 00:15:44,277 And we've been doing these bets -- 444 00:15:44,277 --> 00:15:45,845 Well, we still do these bets. 445 00:15:45,845 --> 00:15:48,948 So, tell me about this first bet, Mike. 446 00:15:48,948 --> 00:15:50,383 On New Year's Eve, Rick said, 447 00:15:50,383 --> 00:15:52,618 "Let's do a big bet because it's a new year," 448 00:15:52,618 --> 00:15:54,487 and we bet $40, 449 00:15:54,487 --> 00:15:55,521 and he came up with the idea 450 00:15:55,521 --> 00:15:57,390 that I can't run a marathon. 451 00:15:57,390 --> 00:15:58,758 And [Chuckles]... 452 00:15:58,758 --> 00:16:00,660 Wrong. ...the rules were I don't have to win it... 453 00:16:00,660 --> 00:16:02,295 Wrong. ...I just have to finish it. 454 00:16:02,295 --> 00:16:04,564 You had to f-- And it has to be a real marathon, 455 00:16:04,564 --> 00:16:07,033 not 26 laps around the block or anything. 456 00:16:07,033 --> 00:16:08,334 So I signed up for a real marathon. 457 00:16:08,334 --> 00:16:10,403 A real ma-- 26.2 miles. 458 00:16:10,403 --> 00:16:11,671 Yeah. 26.2. 459 00:16:11,671 --> 00:16:12,972 And it's all the more impressive... For $40? 460 00:16:12,972 --> 00:16:15,441 ...because I've never had a runner's physique, Your Honor. 461 00:16:15,441 --> 00:16:16,876 Did he run the marathon? 462 00:16:16,876 --> 00:16:18,444 He walked. 463 00:16:18,444 --> 00:16:19,612 Okay. 464 00:16:19,612 --> 00:16:21,981 [ Laughter ] 465 00:16:23,816 --> 00:16:26,185 As a matter of fact, there was no finish line 466 00:16:26,185 --> 00:16:28,321 when he went "across" the finish line. 467 00:16:28,321 --> 00:16:29,856 The race was over. 468 00:16:29,856 --> 00:16:31,090 [ Laughter ] 469 00:16:31,090 --> 00:16:32,492 What color is the sky in your world? 470 00:16:32,492 --> 00:16:34,293 What time did you get? Let me ask you a question. 471 00:16:34,293 --> 00:16:36,496 What time did you get? What color is the sky? Hey, let me ask you a question. 472 00:16:36,496 --> 00:16:37,997 Excuse me. I got -- I got some -- 473 00:16:37,997 --> 00:16:39,432 Oh, let me ask you this question. 474 00:16:39,432 --> 00:16:42,435 You made the bet in New Year's Eve. 475 00:16:42,435 --> 00:16:44,103 When was the marathon? 476 00:16:44,103 --> 00:16:46,105 June. Like, 10 years later. 477 00:16:46,105 --> 00:16:47,940 Five. Five years later. 478 00:16:47,940 --> 00:16:50,710 He needed time to, you know, get in shape. 479 00:16:50,710 --> 00:16:52,478 You gotta train for a marathon. 480 00:16:52,478 --> 00:16:55,381 You trained five years for $40? 481 00:16:55,381 --> 00:16:57,950 [ Laughter ] 482 00:16:57,950 --> 00:17:00,253 You could have went to DeVry by then 483 00:17:00,253 --> 00:17:03,756 and came out as a computer engineer. 484 00:17:03,756 --> 00:17:06,792 [ Laughter, applause ] 485 00:17:08,127 --> 00:17:10,963 So five years later, you sign up -- 486 00:17:10,963 --> 00:17:11,998 I signed up with him. 487 00:17:11,998 --> 00:17:13,633 Even though it wasn't part of the bet. 488 00:17:13,633 --> 00:17:15,101 Right. For moral support. 489 00:17:15,101 --> 00:17:17,770 Now, tell me what happens at this marathon. 490 00:17:17,770 --> 00:17:19,972 So I ran it, and I never saw Rick again 491 00:17:19,972 --> 00:17:21,540 after, like, mile two or so. 492 00:17:21,540 --> 00:17:23,376 He was up further ahead than I was. 493 00:17:23,376 --> 00:17:25,811 So I finished it, not knowing that he had quit 494 00:17:25,811 --> 00:17:26,979 halfway through. 495 00:17:26,979 --> 00:17:29,548 So I ran the whole course, and when I finished, 496 00:17:29,548 --> 00:17:31,450 the finish line was all still set up. 497 00:17:31,450 --> 00:17:33,486 It was not. And in -- in fact, 498 00:17:33,486 --> 00:17:35,388 the time thing was still up. 499 00:17:35,388 --> 00:17:37,356 So when I crossed over it, 500 00:17:37,356 --> 00:17:39,692 I had some friends who met me at the finish line, too. 501 00:17:39,692 --> 00:17:40,960 We went and got a couple of beers. 502 00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:42,662 Then I went and turned in my time chip. 503 00:17:42,662 --> 00:17:45,665 They verified that I had crossed all of the intervals. 504 00:17:45,665 --> 00:17:47,199 And I asked, "Was I the last one?" 505 00:17:47,199 --> 00:17:49,435 And they said, "Oh, no, there were hundreds after you." 506 00:17:49,435 --> 00:17:52,672 So I wasn't even the last one on the course. 507 00:17:52,672 --> 00:17:55,274 He's saying I did it after the course was over. 508 00:17:55,274 --> 00:17:58,978 The marathon acknowledges that there were more people. How long did it take you, Mike? 509 00:17:58,978 --> 00:18:00,479 It took me six-and-a-half hours. 510 00:18:00,479 --> 00:18:03,282 No. Wow! No, it did not. 511 00:18:03,282 --> 00:18:05,584 They give you something for finishing, don't they? 512 00:18:05,584 --> 00:18:07,486 They gave me a Finisher T-shirt and a medal, 513 00:18:07,486 --> 00:18:08,754 which I brought with today. 514 00:18:08,754 --> 00:18:10,156 Let me see the picture. 515 00:18:10,156 --> 00:18:11,390 There's a -- Yeah. 516 00:18:11,390 --> 00:18:12,224 [ Spectators "Oh" ] 517 00:18:12,224 --> 00:18:13,592 You have this with you? 518 00:18:13,592 --> 00:18:15,061 I do. 519 00:18:15,061 --> 00:18:17,196 There's the Finisher shirt. 520 00:18:17,196 --> 00:18:18,531 And it says Finisher, and that's the medal. 521 00:18:18,531 --> 00:18:19,565 And here's the medal. 522 00:18:19,565 --> 00:18:20,833 Well, he finished. 523 00:18:20,833 --> 00:18:22,201 No, he didn't. When I turned in my time chip, 524 00:18:22,201 --> 00:18:23,769 This is what I was handed by the marathon official. 525 00:18:23,769 --> 00:18:26,038 You were not handed anything by the marathon official. 526 00:18:26,038 --> 00:18:27,940 How did he get it, Rick? 527 00:18:27,940 --> 00:18:29,241 How did he get the medal and the T-shirt? 528 00:18:29,241 --> 00:18:32,044 He called them up and said, "I finished the race." 529 00:18:32,044 --> 00:18:34,947 He called them and begged them to give him a shirt 530 00:18:34,947 --> 00:18:35,948 because we had this bet. 531 00:18:35,948 --> 00:18:37,650 [ Spectators groan ] 532 00:18:37,650 --> 00:18:39,085 The year -- We went down 533 00:18:39,085 --> 00:18:40,686 to the gift shop when we got there. 534 00:18:40,686 --> 00:18:41,854 They still had shirts from the year before. 535 00:18:41,854 --> 00:18:43,823 What gift shop? 536 00:18:43,823 --> 00:18:45,925 They have stuff for sale in the lobby 537 00:18:45,925 --> 00:18:47,760 when you get down in the big stadium. 538 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:49,295 Now, let me ask you a question. They got -- 539 00:18:49,295 --> 00:18:51,297 They got creams to put on your nipples 540 00:18:51,297 --> 00:18:52,598 so they don't bleed. 541 00:18:52,598 --> 00:18:55,468 They go creams to put on your, you know? 542 00:18:55,468 --> 00:18:56,502 Gotta slow down, Rick. 543 00:18:56,502 --> 00:18:58,270 You threw me off with the nipple cream. 544 00:18:58,270 --> 00:19:00,840 [ Laughter ] 545 00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:02,808 Did you finish the marathon? 546 00:19:02,808 --> 00:19:05,945 I stopped at approximately 20 miles. 547 00:19:05,945 --> 00:19:09,448 My knees gave out, so I had to go see medical help. 548 00:19:09,448 --> 00:19:12,385 Yeah. I got nothing to say. I've never ran a marathon. 549 00:19:12,385 --> 00:19:14,186 I don't have the desire. It's not easy. 550 00:19:14,186 --> 00:19:15,721 I'm not going to make it. I'm not gonna -- 551 00:19:15,721 --> 00:19:18,190 I know I'm not going to make it because I'm not going to start. 552 00:19:18,190 --> 00:19:20,126 [ Laughter ] 553 00:19:20,126 --> 00:19:22,094 You have a witness with you. 554 00:19:22,094 --> 00:19:23,362 I do, regarding the marathon. 555 00:19:23,362 --> 00:19:25,097 Okay. Can you come up to the witness stand? 556 00:19:25,097 --> 00:19:26,432 Therese: Absolutely. 557 00:19:26,432 --> 00:19:29,635 Yes, ma'am. Okay. 558 00:19:29,635 --> 00:19:31,570 And, ma'am, what's your name? 559 00:19:31,570 --> 00:19:32,738 Therese. 560 00:19:32,738 --> 00:19:34,907 Theresa, what's your relationship to Mike? 561 00:19:34,907 --> 00:19:37,109 Friends with Mike and Rick. 562 00:19:37,109 --> 00:19:38,144 Oh, all of you are friends? 563 00:19:38,144 --> 00:19:39,412 -We're all friends. -Yes, mm-hmm. 564 00:19:39,412 --> 00:19:42,848 Okay. So, now, tell me what you know about this. 565 00:19:42,848 --> 00:19:44,950 So, I was their cheering section. 566 00:19:44,950 --> 00:19:48,621 And Rick actually quit at mile 12. 567 00:19:50,122 --> 00:19:52,992 And -- Who is -- Where are you guys getting this from? 568 00:19:52,992 --> 00:19:54,226 Truth hurts sometimes. 569 00:19:54,226 --> 00:19:57,563 See, you said 20 earlier. It was mile 19 or 20. 570 00:19:57,563 --> 00:19:58,831 I don't remember exactly. 571 00:19:58,831 --> 00:20:00,332 It was 2006. 572 00:20:00,332 --> 00:20:02,268 It was 12, Rick. It was 12. 573 00:20:02,268 --> 00:20:04,136 It was not 12. 574 00:20:04,136 --> 00:20:05,504 So, you were waiting there. 575 00:20:05,504 --> 00:20:07,073 But did he finish? 576 00:20:07,073 --> 00:20:10,342 He did. He crossed the finish line. 577 00:20:10,342 --> 00:20:11,410 He did not. 578 00:20:11,410 --> 00:20:13,913 Did other people cross after him? 579 00:20:13,913 --> 00:20:15,881 Yes, they did. He was not the last person. 580 00:20:15,881 --> 00:20:17,183 Wasn't last? No. 581 00:20:17,183 --> 00:20:20,319 There were hundreds of runners after Mike came through. 582 00:20:20,319 --> 00:20:22,555 -Wow. -My man. 583 00:20:22,555 --> 00:20:24,924 Thank you very much. You can return to your seat. 584 00:20:24,924 --> 00:20:28,294 Thank you. Rick, agh. 585 00:20:28,294 --> 00:20:31,797 Right now, we got $40 for this marathon. 586 00:20:31,797 --> 00:20:34,934 Rick: Yeah. So now, Rick, what's the second bet for $500? 587 00:20:34,934 --> 00:20:36,836 The second bet -- I bet Mike 588 00:20:36,836 --> 00:20:38,471 that I could kick a 30-yard field goal. 589 00:20:38,471 --> 00:20:40,439 For $500, you could kick a 30 -- 590 00:20:40,439 --> 00:20:42,541 Well, here's the thing. 591 00:20:42,541 --> 00:20:44,477 I didn't think Mike was going to take me serious. 592 00:20:44,477 --> 00:20:46,412 [ Spectators "Oh" ] 593 00:20:46,412 --> 00:20:47,613 What? Come on, man. 594 00:20:47,613 --> 00:20:50,015 Y'all been betting since kids. This ain't -- 595 00:20:50,015 --> 00:20:51,684 Yes, and he's been trying to weasel out of bets -- 596 00:20:51,684 --> 00:20:53,686 Okay, okay, tell me what happened 597 00:20:53,686 --> 00:20:55,154 with this 30-yard field goal. 598 00:20:55,154 --> 00:20:58,190 I kicked a 30-yard field goal, and Mike says that I didn't. 599 00:20:58,190 --> 00:20:59,358 He accepted the bet. 600 00:20:59,358 --> 00:21:01,727 And I said, "I will give you one year to practice." 601 00:21:01,727 --> 00:21:03,629 And one year later, I showed up at his house 602 00:21:03,629 --> 00:21:06,198 with a football and a tee, and I said, "It's go time." 603 00:21:06,198 --> 00:21:07,967 We went out to a field and we kicked the football. 604 00:21:07,967 --> 00:21:11,036 Man, y'all got time for this. This is amazing. 605 00:21:11,036 --> 00:21:15,074 And there's a photo from that day, a still shot. 606 00:21:15,074 --> 00:21:18,611 He practiced running for five years for $40. 607 00:21:18,611 --> 00:21:21,113 This is sheer gold right here. 608 00:21:21,113 --> 00:21:24,350 So, now, you're at his house. It's go time. 609 00:21:24,350 --> 00:21:25,684 Have you been practicing, Rick? 610 00:21:25,684 --> 00:21:27,086 No. 611 00:21:27,086 --> 00:21:28,621 [ Laughter ] 612 00:21:28,621 --> 00:21:29,855 So, we get to the field. 613 00:21:29,855 --> 00:21:32,558 We set up at the 30-yard line. He misses. 614 00:21:32,558 --> 00:21:33,926 I said, "Fine, try again. 615 00:21:33,926 --> 00:21:36,228 I'll give you a dozen chances." He missed them all. 616 00:21:36,228 --> 00:21:38,664 So then he walks up to the 20, and he made it. 617 00:21:38,664 --> 00:21:40,299 And he said, "There we go. I won." 618 00:21:40,299 --> 00:21:41,767 I said, "How do you win?" 619 00:21:41,767 --> 00:21:44,236 He said, "Well, there's 10 yards between the goalpost 620 00:21:44,236 --> 00:21:46,272 and the end zone. That counts. 621 00:21:46,272 --> 00:21:48,207 Therefore, I kicked it 30 yards." 622 00:21:48,207 --> 00:21:51,310 And I said, "No. The bet was whether or not you could kick it 623 00:21:51,310 --> 00:21:53,145 from the 30-yard line." No. 624 00:21:53,145 --> 00:21:56,382 So that's the technicality that he's trying to weasel on. 625 00:21:56,382 --> 00:21:57,816 I got some evidence on that one. 626 00:21:57,816 --> 00:21:58,918 Oh, well, let's that. 627 00:21:58,918 --> 00:22:00,386 Yeah, let's pop that up. This is beautiful. 628 00:22:00,386 --> 00:22:01,954 -Let's see it. -[ Speaking indistinctly ] 629 00:22:01,954 --> 00:22:04,890 [ Laughter ] 630 00:22:04,890 --> 00:22:06,025 Aw. [ Buzzer ] 631 00:22:06,025 --> 00:22:07,993 [ Laughter ] 632 00:22:07,993 --> 00:22:09,995 That's very accurate, Your Honor. Is that what happened? 633 00:22:09,995 --> 00:22:11,830 That's how that happened. Okay. 634 00:22:11,830 --> 00:22:16,001 I thought you had a video of yourself kicking a field -- 635 00:22:16,001 --> 00:22:17,236 It's a cartoon. 636 00:22:17,236 --> 00:22:18,838 [ Laughter ] 637 00:22:18,838 --> 00:22:21,307 You done came to court with animated evidence. 638 00:22:21,307 --> 00:22:23,209 We didn't have a camera with us. We didn't have a camera -- 639 00:22:23,209 --> 00:22:26,712 But you showed yourself missing the field goal. 640 00:22:26,712 --> 00:22:28,614 [ Laughter ] 641 00:22:28,614 --> 00:22:30,182 ♪♪ 642 00:22:30,182 --> 00:22:31,417 [ Buzzer ] 643 00:22:31,417 --> 00:22:33,252 [ Laughter, applause ] 644 00:22:35,821 --> 00:22:38,190 You done came to court with animated evidence. 645 00:22:38,190 --> 00:22:39,458 We didn't have a camera with us. We didn't have a camera -- 646 00:22:39,458 --> 00:22:42,528 But you should yourself missing the field goal. 647 00:22:42,528 --> 00:22:46,031 [ Laughter ] 648 00:22:46,031 --> 00:22:47,733 [ Buzzer ] 649 00:22:47,733 --> 00:22:49,902 [ Laughter, applause ] 650 00:22:49,902 --> 00:22:50,903 What's the second one say? 651 00:22:50,903 --> 00:22:52,538 Oh, we got another one? 652 00:22:52,538 --> 00:22:55,541 Mike: He's on the 20. Oh, now you done moved it up to the 20. 653 00:22:55,541 --> 00:22:56,542 He's on the 20. 654 00:22:56,542 --> 00:22:59,278 [ Cheers and applause ] 655 00:23:03,582 --> 00:23:05,050 Is that what happened? 656 00:23:05,050 --> 00:23:06,352 He made it from the 20, yes. 657 00:23:06,352 --> 00:23:07,453 But the bet was whether 658 00:23:07,453 --> 00:23:08,754 he could do it from the 30-yard line. 659 00:23:08,754 --> 00:23:11,724 No, it wasn't. The bet was I could make a 30-yard kick. 660 00:23:11,724 --> 00:23:15,327 So, nobody's paid the 500 bucks? 661 00:23:15,327 --> 00:23:17,563 No. We're relying on you, sir. 662 00:23:17,563 --> 00:23:19,031 You're relying on me. 663 00:23:19,031 --> 00:23:20,566 In fact, sir, we have a bet on the outcome 664 00:23:20,566 --> 00:23:22,468 of this trial as well. 665 00:23:22,468 --> 00:23:24,970 [ Laughter ] 666 00:23:24,970 --> 00:23:27,539 [ Applause ] 667 00:23:29,375 --> 00:23:31,377 These dudes right here done bet 668 00:23:31,377 --> 00:23:33,279 on the outcome of this trial. 669 00:23:33,279 --> 00:23:34,780 Yes, sir. This is crazy. 670 00:23:34,780 --> 00:23:36,715 Yes, sir. I've reached a verdict. 671 00:23:36,715 --> 00:23:40,352 [ Cheers and applause ] 672 00:23:40,352 --> 00:23:42,855 Let's start with this $40 bet for the marathon. 673 00:23:42,855 --> 00:23:44,723 I ain't never seen nothing like it. 674 00:23:44,723 --> 00:23:48,661 $40 to put your health on the line 675 00:23:48,661 --> 00:23:50,996 to run 26.2 miles. 676 00:23:50,996 --> 00:23:52,965 Rick, he finished the marathon. 677 00:23:52,965 --> 00:23:58,704 He got a badge, a medal, and he got a witness. 678 00:23:58,704 --> 00:24:00,406 He finished the race. 679 00:24:00,406 --> 00:24:02,241 [ Applause ] 680 00:24:02,241 --> 00:24:07,446 Rick gets one year to practice a field goal of 30 yards, 681 00:24:07,446 --> 00:24:11,383 but he's got a loophole because he said, 682 00:24:11,383 --> 00:24:14,687 "I said I was going to kick a 30-yard field goal." 683 00:24:14,687 --> 00:24:16,956 You add that 10 on it, 684 00:24:16,956 --> 00:24:19,358 Rick kicked a 30-yard field goal. 685 00:24:19,358 --> 00:24:22,094 See, we all got loopholes here. 686 00:24:22,094 --> 00:24:25,497 My ruling is for nobody. 687 00:24:25,497 --> 00:24:26,765 Woman: What? 688 00:24:26,765 --> 00:24:28,534 [ Applause ] 689 00:24:28,534 --> 00:24:32,571 Even though he deserves the $40 for finishing, 690 00:24:32,571 --> 00:24:36,075 'cause he did, and you deserve the $500 691 00:24:36,075 --> 00:24:41,013 for kicking a 30 yards of field goal, 'cause you did. 692 00:24:41,013 --> 00:24:44,183 But because you all are loophole specialists... 693 00:24:44,183 --> 00:24:45,918 [ Laughter ] 694 00:24:45,918 --> 00:24:48,620 ...I've decided to do something special here. 695 00:24:48,620 --> 00:24:50,589 Come on, let's set it up. 696 00:24:50,589 --> 00:24:52,591 [ Spectators murmur ] 697 00:24:52,591 --> 00:24:54,960 [ Cheers and applause ] 698 00:24:58,630 --> 00:25:01,467 You have 60 seconds on the clock. 699 00:25:01,467 --> 00:25:06,872 Whoever scores the most points would win. 700 00:25:06,872 --> 00:25:10,843 But if I pick the winner and he wins, 701 00:25:10,843 --> 00:25:13,379 you both can walk out of here with something. 702 00:25:13,379 --> 00:25:14,413 [ Spectators "Oh" ] 703 00:25:14,413 --> 00:25:16,882 Let me just tell you this right here. 704 00:25:16,882 --> 00:25:18,717 You're betting for $1,000. 705 00:25:18,717 --> 00:25:20,719 [ Cheers and applause ] 706 00:25:20,719 --> 00:25:23,555 So, gentlemen, if you would, step over here, please. 707 00:25:23,555 --> 00:25:25,557 [ Cheers and applause ] 708 00:25:28,660 --> 00:25:31,096 When Mike presses the start button, 709 00:25:31,096 --> 00:25:32,731 it'll start for everybody. 710 00:25:32,731 --> 00:25:33,966 We ready? Yeah. 711 00:25:33,966 --> 00:25:36,135 Ready? Go. [ Whistle blows ] 712 00:25:36,135 --> 00:25:38,237 [ Cheers and applause ] 713 00:25:38,237 --> 00:25:47,079 ♪♪ 714 00:25:47,079 --> 00:25:52,050 ♪♪ 715 00:25:52,050 --> 00:25:56,155 Spectators: Five, four, three, two, one! 716 00:25:56,155 --> 00:25:57,423 [ Buzzer ] 717 00:25:57,423 --> 00:25:59,725 [ Cheers and applause ] 718 00:25:59,725 --> 00:26:08,200 ♪♪ 719 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:12,171 [ Spectator chanting "Slick Rick" ] 720 00:26:12,171 --> 00:26:13,839 [ Cheers and applause ] 721 00:26:13,839 --> 00:26:16,742 Steve: Well, gentlemen, here's what happened. 722 00:26:16,742 --> 00:26:19,912 Because you won the contest, 723 00:26:19,912 --> 00:26:24,016 Mike walks out of here with $1,000. 724 00:26:24,016 --> 00:26:26,285 [ Cheers and applause ] 725 00:26:28,287 --> 00:26:32,724 And you walk out of here with $1,000. 726 00:26:32,724 --> 00:26:34,393 $1,000 for everybody. 727 00:26:34,393 --> 00:26:37,429 And that $1,000 ought to last a long time 728 00:26:37,429 --> 00:26:39,264 'cause y'all making $40 bets. 729 00:26:39,264 --> 00:26:40,766 [ Laughter ] 730 00:26:40,766 --> 00:26:43,469 My ruling is for the plaintiff and the defendant 731 00:26:43,469 --> 00:26:46,772 for long-lived friendship and long-lived betting. 732 00:26:46,772 --> 00:26:49,441 My verdict is for both of y'all for $1,000. 733 00:26:49,441 --> 00:26:51,510 Thank y'all for coming. Thank you. 734 00:26:51,510 --> 00:26:52,511 Thank you. 735 00:26:52,511 --> 00:26:54,112 And that's the way I see it. 736 00:26:54,112 --> 00:26:57,282 [ Cheers and applause ] 737 00:26:57,282 --> 00:27:04,056 ♪♪ 738 00:27:04,056 --> 00:27:08,560 ♪♪ 739 00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:09,661 Yeah. 740 00:27:09,661 --> 00:27:11,897 ♪♪ 741 00:27:11,897 --> 00:27:14,233 The little man look a lot like his daddy, don't he? 742 00:27:14,233 --> 00:27:16,335 Yes. And he ain't fitting to be a model. 743 00:27:16,335 --> 00:27:17,736 [ Laughter ] 744 00:27:17,736 --> 00:27:19,338 Your Honor, what you trying to say? 745 00:27:19,338 --> 00:27:20,672 Ain't nothing wrong with you, 746 00:27:20,672 --> 00:27:22,341 but you ain't no damn model. 747 00:27:22,341 --> 00:27:24,343 [ Applause ] 748 00:27:27,312 --> 00:27:30,048 [ Cheers and applause ] 749 00:27:30,048 --> 00:27:31,717 Let's get started. 750 00:27:31,717 --> 00:27:34,553 This is the case of Robert and Cheyenne Thomas 751 00:27:34,553 --> 00:27:36,188 vs. Rose Tyson. 752 00:27:36,188 --> 00:27:38,524 Robert and Cheyenne are suing her grandmother, Rose, 753 00:27:38,524 --> 00:27:42,694 for $3,000 for sabotaging their son's modeling career. 754 00:27:42,694 --> 00:27:44,463 Rose claims they're the ones responsible 755 00:27:44,463 --> 00:27:46,064 for costing their son his gigs 756 00:27:46,064 --> 00:27:50,269 and is countersuing for $4,500 for babysitting. 757 00:27:50,269 --> 00:27:53,205 Let's start with you, Cheyenne and Robert. 758 00:27:53,205 --> 00:27:55,274 You have 30 seconds to stat your case. 759 00:27:55,274 --> 00:27:57,943 Sure. Well, Judge Harvey, we are here today 760 00:27:57,943 --> 00:28:00,379 because enough is enough. 761 00:28:00,379 --> 00:28:02,414 Our two-year-old son is a model, 762 00:28:02,414 --> 00:28:05,050 and my grandmother here has stepped out of line. 763 00:28:05,050 --> 00:28:06,418 Multiple times. It's ridiculous. 764 00:28:06,418 --> 00:28:08,253 And she altered his look. 765 00:28:08,253 --> 00:28:13,525 So we are suing her for $2,400 in lost modeling opportunities 766 00:28:13,525 --> 00:28:18,096 and $600 for pain and suffering, A.K.A., her attitude. 767 00:28:18,096 --> 00:28:19,998 Okay, Ms. Rose, it's your turn. 768 00:28:19,998 --> 00:28:21,833 You have 30 seconds to respond. 769 00:28:21,833 --> 00:28:25,404 I'd just like to say that I am shocked and devastated 770 00:28:25,404 --> 00:28:27,105 that my granddaughter, Cheyenne, 771 00:28:27,105 --> 00:28:28,840 would bring me to court. 772 00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:30,208 I owe her nothing, 773 00:28:30,208 --> 00:28:34,346 and I'm countersuing them for $4,500 774 00:28:34,346 --> 00:28:36,782 for a babysitting fee for a year, 775 00:28:36,782 --> 00:28:40,285 because they don't appreciate all the hard work 776 00:28:40,285 --> 00:28:43,922 I've done for them keeping their baby for no charge 777 00:28:43,922 --> 00:28:47,926 and just being the best great-grandma you can have. 778 00:28:47,926 --> 00:28:49,328 Okay. Like I was to her. 779 00:28:49,328 --> 00:28:50,696 I was the best grandma. 780 00:28:50,696 --> 00:28:52,130 I was the best grandma. 781 00:28:52,130 --> 00:28:53,465 [ Applause ] 782 00:28:53,465 --> 00:28:55,300 Ms. Cheyenne, let's start with you. 783 00:28:55,300 --> 00:28:56,702 Your son's a model. 784 00:28:56,702 --> 00:28:59,771 Cheyenne: Yeah. So, um -- There he goes. 785 00:28:59,771 --> 00:29:01,039 [ Laughs ] 786 00:29:01,039 --> 00:29:02,708 At the age of one, 787 00:29:02,708 --> 00:29:05,877 I decided to enlist him into modeling opportunities. 788 00:29:05,877 --> 00:29:08,213 This was during the height of COVID. 789 00:29:08,213 --> 00:29:10,449 Unfortunately, I was laid off from work, 790 00:29:10,449 --> 00:29:12,417 so I wanted to keep myself busy. 791 00:29:12,417 --> 00:29:14,987 So I decided to snap some photos of him, 792 00:29:14,987 --> 00:29:17,823 send them out to some agencies across the city. 793 00:29:17,823 --> 00:29:21,193 And luckily enough, an agency took an interest in him. 794 00:29:21,193 --> 00:29:22,794 And at the age of two, 795 00:29:22,794 --> 00:29:25,664 he booked his first gig with Ralph Lauren. 796 00:29:25,664 --> 00:29:26,465 [ Spectators "Oh" ] 797 00:29:26,465 --> 00:29:28,400 Yes. [ Laughs ] 798 00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:30,535 That's our little man. 799 00:29:30,535 --> 00:29:31,603 [ Applause ] 800 00:29:31,603 --> 00:29:35,207 And everyone on set loved him. 801 00:29:35,207 --> 00:29:37,542 I mean, even the hairstylist, she loved him. 802 00:29:37,542 --> 00:29:40,112 She couldn't keep her hands out of his hair. 803 00:29:40,112 --> 00:29:44,182 So that was validation enough for us to get, you know, 804 00:29:44,182 --> 00:29:46,485 this feedback from these professionals 805 00:29:46,485 --> 00:29:48,020 stating how adorable 806 00:29:48,020 --> 00:29:50,622 and how much potential our son has. 807 00:29:50,622 --> 00:29:51,890 But, obviously, you're upset 808 00:29:51,890 --> 00:29:54,126 with your grandmother about something. 809 00:29:54,126 --> 00:29:55,294 Oh, absolutely. 810 00:29:55,294 --> 00:29:56,528 So, what is it? 811 00:29:56,528 --> 00:30:00,265 We asked her not to cut our son's hair, 812 00:30:00,265 --> 00:30:02,834 and she decided to do so anyway. 813 00:30:02,834 --> 00:30:07,439 Okay. So, why are you suing for $2,400 in lost wages? 814 00:30:07,439 --> 00:30:11,376 So with this opportunity here, he was paid $200. 815 00:30:11,376 --> 00:30:15,614 So you multiply that by the 12 months of missed opportunities 816 00:30:15,614 --> 00:30:18,116 that he had -- because they loved his look. 817 00:30:18,116 --> 00:30:20,352 They said he's perfect the way that he is. 818 00:30:20,352 --> 00:30:21,453 Her cutting his hair -- 819 00:30:21,453 --> 00:30:22,587 Okay. Hold on, hold on, hold on. 820 00:30:22,587 --> 00:30:24,423 Let's bounce over to you. Ms. Rose. 821 00:30:24,423 --> 00:30:26,158 I believe... Uh-huh. 822 00:30:26,158 --> 00:30:28,126 ...that my great-grandson, Cayson, 823 00:30:28,126 --> 00:30:31,396 has the potential to be a model. 824 00:30:31,396 --> 00:30:35,600 But as he got older, his hair texture changed. 825 00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:37,069 It was no longer the little baby hair 826 00:30:37,069 --> 00:30:38,370 you saw on that picture, okay? 827 00:30:38,370 --> 00:30:40,806 One day, we go to the store, I'll put a hat on him. 828 00:30:40,806 --> 00:30:42,808 I always put a hat on him to hide his hair 829 00:30:42,808 --> 00:30:44,076 because I'm embarrassed. 830 00:30:44,076 --> 00:30:45,377 I'm in the store, 831 00:30:45,377 --> 00:30:47,813 he takes the hat off and he throws the hat. 832 00:30:47,813 --> 00:30:49,047 I look at his hair, 833 00:30:49,047 --> 00:30:50,749 part is matted, part is sticking out. 834 00:30:50,749 --> 00:30:53,218 He had little lint balls in his hair, wild hair. 835 00:30:53,218 --> 00:30:54,786 Everybody's looking at him. Yeah. 836 00:30:54,786 --> 00:30:57,422 I rushed out of that store so fast. 837 00:30:57,422 --> 00:30:59,091 I said, "I have to do something." 838 00:30:59,091 --> 00:31:01,593 I bought hair cream, curly cream, 839 00:31:01,593 --> 00:31:02,828 I bought detangler. 840 00:31:02,828 --> 00:31:04,730 I washed his hair, I shampooed his hair. 841 00:31:04,730 --> 00:31:06,231 He let me do all this, so he must know 842 00:31:06,231 --> 00:31:07,766 his hair was in trouble. He did not cry. 843 00:31:07,766 --> 00:31:09,735 [ Laughter ] 844 00:31:09,735 --> 00:31:10,869 No. 845 00:31:10,869 --> 00:31:13,171 [ Applause ] 846 00:31:13,171 --> 00:31:15,440 Now, I went and I trimmed the hair. 847 00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:17,576 No razor or any -- Okay, do we have a picture of the trim? 848 00:31:17,576 --> 00:31:18,744 Rose: Yeah. Do we have a before? 849 00:31:18,744 --> 00:31:20,178 Look, there it is. Look. Okay. 850 00:31:20,178 --> 00:31:21,680 Cheyenne: That's a big difference, 851 00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:22,781 Judge Harvey. 852 00:31:22,781 --> 00:31:24,783 Robert: I also told Grandma 853 00:31:24,783 --> 00:31:26,051 I wanted to be 854 00:31:26,051 --> 00:31:29,020 on a hair-growth journey with my son. 855 00:31:29,020 --> 00:31:31,556 You wanted to be on a hair-growth journey... 856 00:31:31,556 --> 00:31:32,824 Yeah. ...with your son? 857 00:31:32,824 --> 00:31:34,392 Yeah, growing my hair with my son. 858 00:31:34,392 --> 00:31:36,628 Let me -- Let me -- Let me drink that for a minute. 859 00:31:36,628 --> 00:31:38,530 [ Laughter ] 860 00:31:38,530 --> 00:31:41,700 [ Applause ] Yeah. 861 00:31:41,700 --> 00:31:42,834 I like that, Robert. 862 00:31:42,834 --> 00:31:45,704 You know, I ain't never heard that before. 863 00:31:45,704 --> 00:31:47,139 Okay, so go ahead, Robert. 864 00:31:47,139 --> 00:31:49,107 Alright, so I told Grandma I wanted 865 00:31:49,107 --> 00:31:51,743 to grow my hair with him, because when I was younger, 866 00:31:51,743 --> 00:31:54,246 I always had to get a buzz cut or shape up, 867 00:31:54,246 --> 00:31:58,283 and I just didn't like that because I was confined. 868 00:31:58,283 --> 00:31:59,718 So now I was like, you know what? 869 00:31:59,718 --> 00:32:01,186 I'm going to give him the freedom 870 00:32:01,186 --> 00:32:03,755 and the opportunity to express himself through his hair. 871 00:32:03,755 --> 00:32:07,125 Let me bounce over to you, Ms. Rose. 872 00:32:07,125 --> 00:32:08,226 Please bounce over to me. 873 00:32:08,226 --> 00:32:09,428 Yes, ma'am. 874 00:32:09,428 --> 00:32:11,196 [ Laughter ] 875 00:32:11,196 --> 00:32:14,666 Robert never told me not to cut his hair. 876 00:32:14,666 --> 00:32:16,268 I asked Cheyenne, "What are you going to do with his hair?" 877 00:32:16,268 --> 00:32:17,536 She go, "It's fine." 878 00:32:17,536 --> 00:32:19,371 She did not tell me, "Don't cut his hair 879 00:32:19,371 --> 00:32:21,339 because Robert want to grow his hair with him." 880 00:32:21,339 --> 00:32:22,874 She never said that. 881 00:32:22,874 --> 00:32:25,510 So first of all, he just told a fib. 882 00:32:25,510 --> 00:32:27,512 Okay, now, go ahead, Robert. You want to say something. 883 00:32:27,512 --> 00:32:29,281 Your Honor, prior to this, I believe 884 00:32:29,281 --> 00:32:31,316 that Grandma never really liked me at first. 885 00:32:31,316 --> 00:32:32,818 Well, let's clear it up. Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. 886 00:32:32,818 --> 00:32:33,852 Ms. Rose? 887 00:32:33,852 --> 00:32:34,753 No, I never liked -- 888 00:32:34,753 --> 00:32:36,822 Well -- No, no, no. Okay. 889 00:32:36,822 --> 00:32:38,223 See? 890 00:32:38,223 --> 00:32:40,258 [ Cheers and applause ] 891 00:32:40,258 --> 00:32:43,094 ♪♪ 892 00:32:45,630 --> 00:32:47,699 You know, prior to this, I believe 893 00:32:47,699 --> 00:32:49,734 that Grandma never really liked me at first. 894 00:32:49,734 --> 00:32:51,470 Well, let's clear it up. Rose: Mm-hmm, mm-hmm 895 00:32:51,470 --> 00:32:52,470 Ms. Rose. 896 00:32:52,470 --> 00:32:53,371 No, I never liked -- 897 00:32:53,371 --> 00:32:55,207 Well -- No, no, no. Okay. 898 00:32:55,207 --> 00:32:56,608 See? 899 00:32:56,608 --> 00:32:58,510 [ Cheers and applause ] 900 00:32:58,510 --> 00:33:02,581 ♪♪ 901 00:33:02,581 --> 00:33:04,416 No, no, no, Judge. I'm -- I'm -- 902 00:33:04,416 --> 00:33:05,684 It's alright. Well, we got that out the way. 903 00:33:05,684 --> 00:33:07,185 No, no. Judge, Judge. 904 00:33:07,185 --> 00:33:08,587 We ain't got to keep going down that alley. No. 905 00:33:08,587 --> 00:33:10,589 That alley got cleared up right away. 906 00:33:10,589 --> 00:33:12,757 So, she had a problem with you from the beginning. 907 00:33:12,757 --> 00:33:14,059 You felt that. 908 00:33:14,059 --> 00:33:16,895 You were 100% correct. 909 00:33:16,895 --> 00:33:19,297 I mean, normally -- Normally, Your Honor, 910 00:33:19,297 --> 00:33:21,233 you have to deal with a concerned mother 911 00:33:21,233 --> 00:33:22,734 or an overprotective father, 912 00:33:22,734 --> 00:33:24,469 but I got stuck with a snooty grandma. 913 00:33:24,469 --> 00:33:26,571 [ Spectators groan ] 914 00:33:26,571 --> 00:33:28,273 Well, now. Well, let's talk. I got -- 915 00:33:28,273 --> 00:33:30,475 Now, Ms. Cheyenne, how would you 916 00:33:30,475 --> 00:33:33,411 describe your grandmother as a person? 917 00:33:33,411 --> 00:33:35,013 I love my grandmother, 918 00:33:35,013 --> 00:33:37,349 but she's very bold and outspoken. 919 00:33:37,349 --> 00:33:39,251 Did she take care of you? Yes. 920 00:33:39,251 --> 00:33:41,353 Did she raise you the right way? 921 00:33:41,353 --> 00:33:42,621 She -- Yes. I'm asking you a question. 922 00:33:42,621 --> 00:33:43,855 Did she teach you good morals and values? 923 00:33:43,855 --> 00:33:46,625 Oh, my gosh. 924 00:33:46,625 --> 00:33:49,027 Who did her hair for this picture? 925 00:33:49,027 --> 00:33:50,262 Rose: I did. 926 00:33:50,262 --> 00:33:53,064 How long was it before you all confronted her 927 00:33:53,064 --> 00:33:54,332 about the haircut? 928 00:33:54,332 --> 00:33:55,534 I confronted -- we con-- 929 00:33:55,534 --> 00:33:56,601 Yeah, it was about a month. So -- 930 00:33:56,601 --> 00:33:57,836 And that's when you brought up that 931 00:33:57,836 --> 00:33:59,504 you wanted to be on the hair journey? 932 00:33:59,504 --> 00:34:01,106 No, I've been brought that up. Mnh-mnh, mnh-mnh, mnh-mnh. 933 00:34:01,106 --> 00:34:03,375 Right, but did anybody ever share the hair journey? 934 00:34:03,375 --> 00:34:05,844 Yes, Your Honor, yes. No. 935 00:34:05,844 --> 00:34:07,779 And I also sent her a text. 936 00:34:07,779 --> 00:34:09,214 Rose: No. Here's the text. Let's see. 937 00:34:09,214 --> 00:34:12,117 "Did you cut Cayson's hair? Again?" 938 00:34:12,117 --> 00:34:13,952 "No, girl, it's been a while." 939 00:34:13,952 --> 00:34:17,055 [ Laughter ] 940 00:34:17,055 --> 00:34:19,925 Did you tell your grandmother, 941 00:34:19,925 --> 00:34:25,497 "Do not cut Cayson's hair because his father" -- 942 00:34:25,497 --> 00:34:27,599 who has every right, Robert, 943 00:34:27,599 --> 00:34:30,769 to go on a hair journey with his son -- 944 00:34:30,769 --> 00:34:32,437 "and we don't want to mess with that?" 945 00:34:32,437 --> 00:34:34,472 Did you ever convey that to your grandmother? 946 00:34:34,472 --> 00:34:36,141 Yes, sir. Oh, my gosh. 947 00:34:36,141 --> 00:34:37,709 When? 948 00:34:37,709 --> 00:34:41,580 After we noticed and confirmed that she did cut it. Mm! 949 00:34:41,580 --> 00:34:43,782 Now, we're a little after the fact now. 950 00:34:43,782 --> 00:34:46,184 When she approached you with this concept, 951 00:34:46,184 --> 00:34:48,253 what was your thinking on that, Ms. Rose? 952 00:34:48,253 --> 00:34:51,823 I say, what was I supposed to do when I take him out 953 00:34:51,823 --> 00:34:53,458 and he looked like a lost child 954 00:34:53,458 --> 00:34:55,460 that I just picked up off the street? 955 00:34:55,460 --> 00:34:58,630 And come on. Now, you gotta know, hair uncut -- 956 00:34:58,630 --> 00:35:01,366 If you didn't cut your hair for, say, two months -- 957 00:35:01,366 --> 00:35:03,635 I mean, the normal person. If you don't cut their... 958 00:35:03,635 --> 00:35:05,637 Yeah. ...for two months -- 959 00:35:05,637 --> 00:35:06,972 It's alright, Ms. Rose. 960 00:35:06,972 --> 00:35:08,273 No, no, no, no. 961 00:35:08,273 --> 00:35:11,643 Ms. Rose, listen. It's alright. 962 00:35:11,643 --> 00:35:12,744 No! 963 00:35:12,744 --> 00:35:14,779 No, Judge. I'mma tell you something. 964 00:35:14,779 --> 00:35:16,247 Ms. Rose, let me tell you something. 965 00:35:16,247 --> 00:35:18,817 If I go two days without shaving, 966 00:35:18,817 --> 00:35:20,585 it start to look a little different. 967 00:35:20,585 --> 00:35:22,721 Oh. If I went two months, 968 00:35:22,721 --> 00:35:24,723 my TV career would pretty much be over with. 969 00:35:24,723 --> 00:35:27,058 [ Laughter ] Yeah. 970 00:35:27,058 --> 00:35:29,327 When did you know 971 00:35:29,327 --> 00:35:32,797 that this haircut had hurt his modeling career? 972 00:35:32,797 --> 00:35:35,200 When we were submitting him for castings 973 00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:37,769 and we weren't getting any callbacks from anyone. 974 00:35:37,769 --> 00:35:41,072 The only change that took place was his haircut. 975 00:35:41,072 --> 00:35:45,644 So you're assessing that you lost how much in this suit? 976 00:35:45,644 --> 00:35:48,380 $2,400. $2,400, lost modeling income? 977 00:35:48,380 --> 00:35:51,549 Yes. At $200 a shoot? 978 00:35:51,549 --> 00:35:54,185 Yeah. You're saying, every month, 979 00:35:54,185 --> 00:35:55,654 you would have gotten booked? 980 00:35:55,654 --> 00:35:56,688 Yes, because that's typically, 981 00:35:56,688 --> 00:35:58,490 like, the amount of time that it takes. 982 00:35:58,490 --> 00:36:01,593 How many times has your son been booked? 983 00:36:01,593 --> 00:36:02,427 Once. 984 00:36:02,427 --> 00:36:05,096 [ Spectators murmur ] 985 00:36:05,096 --> 00:36:07,198 $600 for pain and suffering. Mm-hmm. 986 00:36:07,198 --> 00:36:08,099 Let me hear this. 987 00:36:08,099 --> 00:36:09,834 Her attitude, the jokes. 988 00:36:09,834 --> 00:36:11,936 I mean, the constant disrespect. [ Scoffs ] 989 00:36:11,936 --> 00:36:13,605 It honestly hurts my feelings 990 00:36:13,605 --> 00:36:15,840 because it's like she's unsupportive, 991 00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:19,644 and that hurts when we're just trying to strive for greatness. 992 00:36:19,644 --> 00:36:21,646 Let's talk about this countersuit, 993 00:36:21,646 --> 00:36:25,283 this $4,500 for unpaid babysitting. 994 00:36:25,283 --> 00:36:26,684 I kept him for free. 995 00:36:26,684 --> 00:36:28,787 I gave him my blood, my time -- 996 00:36:28,787 --> 00:36:30,488 everything that a grandma can give, 997 00:36:30,488 --> 00:36:31,923 the same thing I gave her. 998 00:36:31,923 --> 00:36:34,092 Uh-huh. And I said, "You know what? 999 00:36:34,092 --> 00:36:35,894 Since they don't appreciate me, 1000 00:36:35,894 --> 00:36:39,531 then maybe I should get paid for all of this time." 1001 00:36:39,531 --> 00:36:41,199 I'm not a day care, you know, whatever. 1002 00:36:41,199 --> 00:36:42,801 I said, "I'm going to charge them 1003 00:36:42,801 --> 00:36:44,869 what a grandma would charge, $100 a week," 1004 00:36:44,869 --> 00:36:46,805 you know, something like that, because I enjoy 1005 00:36:46,805 --> 00:36:48,807 being with Cayson, he keeps me busy, 1006 00:36:48,807 --> 00:36:51,242 and I just love loving on my great-grandchild. 1007 00:36:51,242 --> 00:36:52,944 So I said, "I'll give them a special rate." 1008 00:36:52,944 --> 00:36:56,514 So, your $4,500 is about $100 a week. Yes. 1009 00:36:56,514 --> 00:36:59,517 How many days a week? Five days a week. 1010 00:36:59,517 --> 00:37:01,686 Did you ever, like, maybe teach him the ABCs? 1011 00:37:01,686 --> 00:37:03,922 He knows his ABCs, he know how to count, 1012 00:37:03,922 --> 00:37:05,090 he know his colors, 1013 00:37:05,090 --> 00:37:06,858 and I potty trained him before he was two. 1014 00:37:06,858 --> 00:37:09,761 [ Cheers and applause ] 1015 00:37:12,464 --> 00:37:15,734 Oh, I think I've heard enough. 1016 00:37:15,734 --> 00:37:17,702 The interesting dynamic here 1017 00:37:17,702 --> 00:37:21,106 is between the granddaughter and the grandmother. 1018 00:37:21,106 --> 00:37:25,276 I think what ended in here was when you chose him as your man. 1019 00:37:25,276 --> 00:37:28,313 She didn't really too much care for him, 1020 00:37:28,313 --> 00:37:30,515 so you got to draw a line in the sand 1021 00:37:30,515 --> 00:37:33,284 'cause that's your husband and you're supposed to. Cheyenne: Mm-hmm. 1022 00:37:33,284 --> 00:37:35,420 And if that make Grandma a little bit tight, 1023 00:37:35,420 --> 00:37:37,822 Grandma just have to be a little bit tight, 1024 00:37:37,822 --> 00:37:40,091 'cause that's how it go. 1025 00:37:40,091 --> 00:37:43,027 So, you did the right thing. 1026 00:37:43,027 --> 00:37:46,731 But it don't erase what Grandma is 1027 00:37:46,731 --> 00:37:49,200 and what Grandma has always been. 1028 00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:50,602 She been there. 1029 00:37:50,602 --> 00:37:53,538 [ Applause ] 1030 00:37:53,538 --> 00:37:59,210 I hate that she cut his hair for your reasons, 1031 00:37:59,210 --> 00:38:03,581 but I understand her cutting his hair for her reasons. 1032 00:38:03,581 --> 00:38:06,651 But, see, you're saying it hurt the modeling career. 1033 00:38:06,651 --> 00:38:09,120 But when I ask you for the modeling career, 1034 00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:11,222 he been out one time. 1035 00:38:11,222 --> 00:38:14,125 $200, you assume that every time the photo go out, 1036 00:38:14,125 --> 00:38:15,426 it's supposed to come in, 1037 00:38:15,426 --> 00:38:17,862 that would have gave you $2,400 a month. 1038 00:38:17,862 --> 00:38:21,800 I do really wish it worked like that, but it just don't. 1039 00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:25,003 At the same time, Ms. Rose... 1040 00:38:25,003 --> 00:38:26,337 Yes. 1041 00:38:26,337 --> 00:38:28,506 ...I think if they had told you... 1042 00:38:28,506 --> 00:38:29,574 Mm-hmm. 1043 00:38:29,574 --> 00:38:31,509 ...that Robert wanted to have 1044 00:38:31,509 --> 00:38:34,812 this moment with his son 1045 00:38:34,812 --> 00:38:36,514 and go on this hair journey, 1046 00:38:36,514 --> 00:38:38,316 I think you'd have cut it anyway. 1047 00:38:38,316 --> 00:38:41,052 They would've had to -- They would've had to braid it or something. 1048 00:38:41,052 --> 00:38:42,654 I know. I know, Ms. Rose. Come on. 1049 00:38:42,654 --> 00:38:45,990 But, see, you didn't really care for Mr. Robert in the beginning. 1050 00:38:45,990 --> 00:38:48,092 No, I like him now, though. You like him now? 1051 00:38:48,092 --> 00:38:50,028 Okay. Well, she like you now, Robert. 1052 00:38:50,028 --> 00:38:51,529 See right there? 1053 00:38:51,529 --> 00:38:53,998 [ Applause ] 1054 00:38:53,998 --> 00:38:55,233 I like him now. 1055 00:38:55,233 --> 00:38:56,768 Wait. I got a family photo. 1056 00:38:56,768 --> 00:38:59,571 Let me see this family photo that they got. 1057 00:38:59,571 --> 00:39:02,006 [ Spectators "Aww" ] 1058 00:39:02,006 --> 00:39:04,275 You know why I think she like you right now, Robert? 1059 00:39:04,275 --> 00:39:06,578 'Cause you're not only taking care of her, 1060 00:39:06,578 --> 00:39:08,646 you're turning out to be an outstanding father. 1061 00:39:08,646 --> 00:39:09,914 Would you say that, Ms. Rose? 1062 00:39:09,914 --> 00:39:12,383 Yes, yes, yes. He's outstanding an father. 1063 00:39:12,383 --> 00:39:13,785 Yes. 1064 00:39:13,785 --> 00:39:15,653 So I think what then happened, Mr. Robert, 1065 00:39:15,653 --> 00:39:17,155 you earned her respect. 1066 00:39:17,155 --> 00:39:18,923 Yes. I think she cut his hair 1067 00:39:18,923 --> 00:39:20,992 thinking she was doing the right thing. 1068 00:39:20,992 --> 00:39:23,328 Thank you. But it messed up the plans. 1069 00:39:23,328 --> 00:39:24,963 Well, sometimes our kids don't get to be 1070 00:39:24,963 --> 00:39:26,197 what we want them to be. 1071 00:39:26,197 --> 00:39:27,232 Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm. 1072 00:39:27,232 --> 00:39:28,933 Sometimes our kids going to end up 1073 00:39:28,933 --> 00:39:30,501 being what they supposed to be. 1074 00:39:30,501 --> 00:39:33,705 Yes. Yes. And it might not have nothing to do with modeling. 1075 00:39:33,705 --> 00:39:35,907 Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. And he a cute little baby right now, 1076 00:39:35,907 --> 00:39:38,643 but I can't tell you how many cute little babies 1077 00:39:38,643 --> 00:39:40,211 is ugly as hell right now. 1078 00:39:40,211 --> 00:39:41,412 [ Laughter ] 1079 00:39:41,412 --> 00:39:42,680 Whoa. 1080 00:39:42,680 --> 00:39:44,549 [ Applause ] 1081 00:39:44,549 --> 00:39:47,151 That ain't gonna be this one. 1082 00:39:47,151 --> 00:39:50,255 Robert, have you ever been a model before? No. 1083 00:39:50,255 --> 00:39:53,191 See, the little man look a lot like his daddy, don't he? 1084 00:39:53,191 --> 00:39:54,292 Yes. 1085 00:39:54,292 --> 00:39:56,194 So this is really where he headed. 1086 00:39:56,194 --> 00:39:57,795 And he ain't fitting to be a model. 1087 00:39:57,795 --> 00:40:00,164 [ Laughter ] 1088 00:40:00,164 --> 00:40:01,799 Your Honor, what you trying to say? 1089 00:40:01,799 --> 00:40:03,268 Ain't nothing wrong with you, 1090 00:40:03,268 --> 00:40:05,136 but you ain't no damn model. 1091 00:40:05,136 --> 00:40:06,971 You a good-looking dude. 1092 00:40:06,971 --> 00:40:09,674 I ain't cute. I've never been cute. 1093 00:40:09,674 --> 00:40:11,276 Come to terms with that. 1094 00:40:11,276 --> 00:40:12,744 [ Laughter ] 1095 00:40:12,744 --> 00:40:14,012 Wrap your arms around it. 1096 00:40:14,012 --> 00:40:15,513 Yes, yes, yes. 1097 00:40:15,513 --> 00:40:18,483 Everybody not fitting to be cute. 1098 00:40:18,483 --> 00:40:20,752 Your little boy may not be a model growing up, 1099 00:40:20,752 --> 00:40:23,354 but that's alright because he'll be a fine man 1100 00:40:23,354 --> 00:40:26,224 just like his father is. 1101 00:40:26,224 --> 00:40:27,425 You see what I'm saying? 1102 00:40:27,425 --> 00:40:28,660 Yes. 1103 00:40:28,660 --> 00:40:30,428 I've reached a verdict. 1104 00:40:30,428 --> 00:40:32,664 [ Cheers and applause ] 1105 00:40:34,966 --> 00:40:38,503 I'm dismissing your countersuit for $4,500. 1106 00:40:38,503 --> 00:40:41,272 Okay. Only because you love that grandbaby. 1107 00:40:41,272 --> 00:40:43,641 Yeah, true. And you'd have done it without a dollar before. 1108 00:40:43,641 --> 00:40:45,343 True, true. And the only reason you countersuing 1109 00:40:45,343 --> 00:40:46,711 is 'cause you suing. True. 1110 00:40:46,711 --> 00:40:50,348 Now, for the lawsuit of $3,000 -- 1111 00:40:50,348 --> 00:40:56,054 $2,400 in lost modeling income and $600 pain and suffering -- 1112 00:40:56,054 --> 00:40:59,090 I'm not going to give you $2,400 for lost wages 1113 00:40:59,090 --> 00:41:02,093 'cause you only made $200 in the whole modeling career. 1114 00:41:02,093 --> 00:41:05,229 So there's no way anybody can know that you were guaranteed. 1115 00:41:05,229 --> 00:41:08,399 Unless your contract was signed and in place 1116 00:41:08,399 --> 00:41:09,934 with his hair to look a certain way 1117 00:41:09,934 --> 00:41:12,070 and then she cut it, I'd owe you the money. 1118 00:41:12,070 --> 00:41:16,474 So I'm going to dismiss your lawsuit for $2,400 1119 00:41:16,474 --> 00:41:18,176 for lost modeling income, 1120 00:41:18,176 --> 00:41:19,911 and ain't no pain and suffering. 1121 00:41:19,911 --> 00:41:22,780 [ Laughs ] This called life, y'all. 1122 00:41:22,780 --> 00:41:24,849 [ Applause ] 1123 00:41:24,849 --> 00:41:26,884 Y'all should have never been in here. 1124 00:41:26,884 --> 00:41:29,087 We just learned something new, though. 1125 00:41:29,087 --> 00:41:31,622 Grandma Rose really do love Robert... Yes. 1126 00:41:31,622 --> 00:41:36,561 ...because Robert has been a hell of a father and a good man. 1127 00:41:36,561 --> 00:41:38,563 You, young lady, Ms. Cheyenne, 1128 00:41:38,563 --> 00:41:42,867 know good and hell well she's all you got sometimes. 1129 00:41:42,867 --> 00:41:45,803 Now, get over there and tell your grandmama you sorry 1130 00:41:45,803 --> 00:41:48,072 for bringing her down here to court, 1131 00:41:48,072 --> 00:41:51,409 and you gonna have to go to church with her and sit there. 1132 00:41:51,409 --> 00:41:53,811 [ Cheers and applause ] 1133 00:41:53,811 --> 00:41:55,046 That's my verdict, 1134 00:41:55,046 --> 00:41:56,514 and that's the way I see it. 1135 00:41:56,514 --> 00:41:58,583 [ Cheers and applause ] 1136 00:41:58,583 --> 00:42:02,987 ♪♪ 1137 00:42:02,987 --> 00:42:05,089 Thank you, thank you, thank you. 1138 00:42:05,089 --> 00:42:07,125 Thank you, thank you, thank you. 1139 00:42:07,125 --> 00:42:14,399 ♪♪ 1140 00:42:14,399 --> 00:42:21,305 ♪♪