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I would love for them
to take the bird home

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for summer vacation,
holidays.

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Steve: Oh, you want --
you want custody.

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Yes.

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We ain't that kind
of court.

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[ Laughter ]

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[ Spectators ohh ]

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I knew it hit his phone,
but I believe it may even

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have skinned his head.
Who's laughing?

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Oh, that's me
laughing in the video.
[ Laughter ]

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How often do y'all have
visitors when they come?
None!

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I just felt like my aunt
was talking to me then.

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"Can I have some candy?"
"None!"

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[ Laughter ]

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Hey, it's a big world out there,

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and it's filled with people
that just don't see eye to eye.

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See, that's where I come in.

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See, I ain't got a law degree,

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and I'm way too fly
to wear a robe.

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But this is where common sense
presides -- in
my
house.

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Court is now in session.

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[ Chuckles ]

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-- Captions by VITAC --

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All rise for the
Honorable Judge Steve Harvey!

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[ Cheers and applause ]

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♪♪

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Uh, let's get started.

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This is the case
of Wanda Whipple

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vs. Anthony Whipple.

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Wanda is suing her nephew
Anthony for $1,500

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for refusing to accept Rocco,
the bird,

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a gift she purchased
for Anthony's son.

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Anthony is tired of Wanda
pecking at him

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and is countersuing his aunt
for $1,000 for harassment.

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All right,
let's start with you, Wanda.

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You have 30 seconds
to state your case.

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I'm suing my nephew Anthony
for $1,500.

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I purchased a bird back in 2017
for his son Zayden,

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and he has refused
to take the bird home with him.

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So I'm suing
for the cost of the bird

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and, um, taking care of him,

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as well as
I would like for him

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to, um, have visitation
with the bird.

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Okay, uh, Anthony,
it's your turn.

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You have 30 seconds
to respond.

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Judge Harvey,
I'm here today

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because my aunt
purchased a bird

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that she claims
was a gift for my son,

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when really I believe
that it was just

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another pet for herself.

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Because she impulsively made
this decision on her own,

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I do not feel that I'm liable
for any charges,

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nor is visitation warranted.

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There's been a lot
of stress and harassment

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in the process
of all of this.

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So I feel like $1,000
should be rewarded to me

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in a countersuit.

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All right, let's start with you,
uh, Wanda.

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Tell me how
this all came about.

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Okay, so back in 2017,
Anthony and his family

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lived in one house
and I was in another house.

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I sold both of those houses,

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and we got one big house
we were all living in.

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The plan was for us
to stay there for one year,

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and then we were all gonna
get out and get our own.

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So a couple of months in,
his son Zayden,

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who was three at the time,
said he wanted a pet.

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So I took Zayden
to the pet store,

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and he picked out
a cockatiel.

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We took the bird home,

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and when Anthony
got off work that night,

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he came home and his son said,
uh, "Dad, look, I got a pet."

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And Anthony said,
"Call him Rocco."

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So he even named the bird.
[ Spectators murmur ]

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So the bird was purchased
without your knowledge?

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Like she said,
I came home, and the bird --

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Oh, okay,
so you came home.

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Now, tell me what happened
when you come home.

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This isn't the first bird
my aunt has owned,

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so I kind of, uh --

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kind of already knew
what I was in store for

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with her, with the birds.

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She finds the loudest,
most obnoxious birds.

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She doesn't, like --
you know, she don't think

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about the other people
around.

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But his son
wanted the bird.

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It's his son in the store.

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There were rabbits there.

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And I said,
"Pick out a pet."

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And Zayden walked up
to that bird,

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and he picked the bird out.

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I was happy
because I like birds.

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I'm a bird person,
but --

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Uh, Judge Harvey, do you know
what you want at three?

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If you take me into
a store...
Candy.

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...full of candy...
Yeah.

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...I'm-a want
every last one of them.

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I want everything
in there.
Exactly.

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Yeah.
Well, Judge Steve, I have
a video of his son talking about

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how much he loved that bird,

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and I submitted that
to the court.

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Okay, well,
let's see the video.

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[ Whistling "Andy Griffith"
theme song
]

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Zayden: You told me
pick out any pet.

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Thank you.

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[ Laughter ]

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Let me ask you something.

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Just in this video,

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he's three in this video?

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That's more recent.
Oh, 'cause I was gonna say...

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Yeah.
...he got this vocabulary
at three?

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I'm finna say this little
grown-ass little boy right here.
Yeah.

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And what the point
of the video was to show?

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That now he knows that he said,
"Yeah, I wanted the bird."

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Well, how old is he now?

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Now he's eight.

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[ Spectators murmur ]

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Y'all done had this bird
five years?

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Five years.

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Did you know
he wanted a bird?
No.

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Judge Harvey, that morning
before going to work,

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he told me, "Dad, we would
like to have a pet here.

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That would be nice."

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By the time I got home,
the bird was already there --

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cage, everything built up,
covered.

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You asked the parents...

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Yes, I said --
they knew --

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..."Could he have a bird?"

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He might not have
expressed consent,

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but it was implied,
Your Honor, when --

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Wow.
It was implied consent.

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I didn't imply I wanted
any type of pet, Judge Harvey.

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Um, and the rest of us
Whipples also known

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her history with birds,

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and that would not have been
the first choice

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that we would have picked,
I can tell you that now.
I've had a --

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Oh, so you like birds?
I do.

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And his son
likes them, too.

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The bird was a gift.

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So she states.

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The bird was a gift.
To -- To Zayden?

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To Zayden.
When it was time for us to move,

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I got my house first
and I moved.

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Anthony and his family
were still there with Rocco.

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And when he got his house,
he moved all his stuff.

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And he called me and said,

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"Uh, what are you gonna
do with Rocco?"

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And I'm saying,
"Well, if he was mine,

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I would have took him
with me when I moved."

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But Rocco was still there
because that was his son's bird.

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But they decided they didn't
want to take Rocco

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with them to their house.

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So I had to come back
and get Rocco.

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And he's been with me now
for three years.

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Well, how did you come to
the conclusion to let Rocco go?

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We missed a lot of the --
the living-together part

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of this conversation here.

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Go ahead. Tell me.
Um, she would work
overnight,

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come home in the morning,
early,

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put music on,
go down there,

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and her and Rocco
would have a drink.

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She'd be serenading him,
singing.

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I didn't give the bird --
The bird can't drink.

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What?
Does that even sound right?
I mean, she would --

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I wouldn't give a bird
a drink.

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She would have a drink
in front of the bird.
Yeah.

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I was trying
to teach the bird.

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Like, I taught him
how to whistle

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and taught him some songs
and everything...
Yeah.

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...so that Zay would have,
you know,

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something to continue
to work with

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when they got home together,
you know?

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At 6:00 and 7:00 in the morning
while we all still resting.

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Listen, the bird was
bought for Zayden.

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He still should have taken
the bird home with him

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because
it's his son's bird.

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Well, let me ask you
a question.

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Did Zayden ask,
"Where's my bird?"

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I will tell you this.

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Zayden would come
and visit him at my house.

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And whenever
the bird sees him,

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they got this little dance
that they do.

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So that's his bird.

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Yeah. D-Did --
Did you hear what I asked?

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What did you ask me?
Does he ask to see him?

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Yeah, when y'all moved
and he didn't take the bird,

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did -- did --
"Dad, where's my bird?

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I want --"
Did he cry about the bird?

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He said,
"Don't give him away,

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and I'll come visit him
at your house."

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He said that to you?
He did.

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When all her stuff was gone
and the bird was left,

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he was the one that came down
and was like,

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"Auntie Wanda left
her bird here."

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I don't believe that.
"You need to call her."

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No, no, no.
I do not believe that.

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♪♪

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He said,
"Don't give him away,

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and I'll come visit him
at your house."

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He said that to you?
He did.

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When all her stuff was gone
and the bird was left,

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he was the one that came down
and was like,

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"Auntie Wanda left
her bird here."

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I don't believe that.
"You need to call her."

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No, no, no.
I do not believe that.

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That was the --
That was the last thing left.
I don't believe that.

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Mnh-mnh.

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I don't believe that.
I just don't believe it.

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So just let me get
your view on this.

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Anthony, overall,
how you feel about the bird?

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Listen,
I'm not against pets.

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I just -- I got enough
to take care of.

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Uh, I have four children.
Okay.

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That's -- That's enough
to deal with on top of a bird

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that nobody asked for,
except my Aunt Wanda.

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[ Applause ]

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What is -- something special
about this bird?

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This bird --
Do the bird do something?

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Oh, he -- he does a lot.

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He knows theme songs
to some of the TV shows.

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He's --
He knows theme songs?

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Yes! He can whistle
to "Andy Griffith."

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He does, he does.

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To "Andy Griffith"?
Yes.

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[ Whistles "Andy Griffith"
theme song ]
Yeah, that one.

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Ah.

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Yes! That's Rocco.
That's Rocco.

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Oh. [ Laughs ]

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That's the bird?
Wanda: That's the bird.

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Anthony: That's him.
I love him.

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Okay, well, let's talk
about this suit.

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Yes.
You're suing for $1,500.

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You want $100 for the bird,
$200 for the bird cage...

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Mm-hmm.
...$90 for toys
and the swing...

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Yes.
...$900 for bird food.

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Yeah, 'cause I've had him
three years now.

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And $210 for vet visits.

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That's right, and I've submitted
receipts about it.

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You got all this
on $100 bird?

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Mm.
Yes, they are expensive.

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Well, let's see
those receipts.

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And it's been
like three years

243
00:09:28,334 --> 00:09:30,070
that I've had
to take care of him.
Okay.

244
00:09:30,070 --> 00:09:31,704
Oh, you've had all of this?
Oh.

245
00:09:31,704 --> 00:09:33,973
Yeah, and that was just
the initial receipt there

246
00:09:33,973 --> 00:09:36,242
when I first got him,
just for his setup.

247
00:09:36,242 --> 00:09:38,211
That was just $99.99.

248
00:09:38,211 --> 00:09:39,646
Yeah, but, and --
and the rest of it.

249
00:09:39,646 --> 00:09:40,780
Everything else was --
And then the bird cage
was $200,

250
00:09:40,780 --> 00:09:43,216
and then --
what's corn on the cob?

251
00:09:43,216 --> 00:09:46,086
Yeah, that's his -- his
little toys and treats and...
Yeah.

252
00:09:46,086 --> 00:09:47,353
Oh, okay.
Knows how much I love him.

253
00:09:47,353 --> 00:09:48,621
And then we got bird food,

254
00:09:48,621 --> 00:09:51,458
a treat stick,
a four-pack.
Mm-hmm.

255
00:09:51,458 --> 00:09:53,760
That's $348.

256
00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:56,496
And then his vet bills,
so I feel like, you know,

257
00:09:56,496 --> 00:09:59,265
I need to be reimbursed
for taking care of him.
Anthony: Judge Harvey?

258
00:09:59,265 --> 00:10:00,800
Yes, sir?
I got four kids.

259
00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:03,069
Do you think I'm-a sign up
for all of that,

260
00:10:03,069 --> 00:10:05,004
what she's sitting here
talking about,

261
00:10:05,004 --> 00:10:06,039
knowing...

262
00:10:06,039 --> 00:10:08,441
[ Applause ]

263
00:10:11,978 --> 00:10:15,048
I mean, we just at the initial
stage, and that's $348.
[ Sighs ] He did--

264
00:10:15,048 --> 00:10:17,250
You know how far that could go
with four children?

265
00:10:17,250 --> 00:10:19,786
[ Laughter and applause ]

266
00:10:19,786 --> 00:10:23,056
He was down with it when I went
and came home with the bird.

267
00:10:23,056 --> 00:10:25,558
I think after the two years
of living in the house with him,

268
00:10:25,558 --> 00:10:27,393
he realized, "Okay,

269
00:10:27,393 --> 00:10:30,130
we're not gonna be
taking care of the seeds

270
00:10:30,130 --> 00:10:32,098
and the poop
and all that stuff."

271
00:10:32,098 --> 00:10:34,934
And so then he just kind of,
like, left him with me.

272
00:10:34,934 --> 00:10:36,703
I feel like
initially it was his.

273
00:10:36,703 --> 00:10:37,804
So you want to see
what happen exactly?

274
00:10:37,804 --> 00:10:39,105
Tell me what
you want to see happen.

275
00:10:39,105 --> 00:10:41,508
I would love for them to,
you know, uh,

276
00:10:41,508 --> 00:10:44,377
take the bird home
for summer vacation,

277
00:10:44,377 --> 00:10:45,945
get him for Christmas,

278
00:10:45,945 --> 00:10:47,881
let him spend time
with the kids, holidays.

279
00:10:47,881 --> 00:10:49,582
Oh, you want --
you want custody.

280
00:10:49,582 --> 00:10:51,017
Yes.
Yeah, I want --

281
00:10:51,017 --> 00:10:54,587
I want some shared
caregiving responsibilities.

282
00:10:54,587 --> 00:10:56,656
And --
Yeah, just, we ain't
that kind of court.

283
00:10:56,656 --> 00:10:58,825
Well...
[ Laughs ]

284
00:10:58,825 --> 00:11:00,760
See, that -- you're talking
about family court now.

285
00:11:00,760 --> 00:11:02,929
I been there
a bunch of times.

286
00:11:02,929 --> 00:11:06,166
You're bringing back
a lot of bad memories for me.

287
00:11:06,166 --> 00:11:07,500
Let me talk to you, Anthony.

288
00:11:07,500 --> 00:11:10,236
This countersuit --
you got $1,000 for harassment.

289
00:11:10,236 --> 00:11:11,738
Mm-hmm.
Explain that to me.

290
00:11:11,738 --> 00:11:14,707
Uh, holidays,
every time we go over, um,

291
00:11:14,707 --> 00:11:16,576
it's always something
about the bird.

292
00:11:16,576 --> 00:11:18,611
She tried to pit my kids
against me, saying,

293
00:11:18,611 --> 00:11:20,713
"Your daddy don't want the bird"
and all of this.

294
00:11:20,713 --> 00:11:22,215
Everybody know
I love Rocco.

295
00:11:22,215 --> 00:11:23,983
I don't like
how he whistles at me.

296
00:11:23,983 --> 00:11:25,585
He just...
[ Laughter ]

297
00:11:25,585 --> 00:11:28,855
But, um, it's always
a back-and-forth.
[ Wolf-whistles ]

298
00:11:28,855 --> 00:11:30,323
He give you that?
Yeah, you know.

299
00:11:30,323 --> 00:11:32,158
I ain't --
Throw you off
a little bit?

300
00:11:32,158 --> 00:11:33,493
It do.

301
00:11:33,493 --> 00:11:34,827
It's -- It's just
always something,

302
00:11:34,827 --> 00:11:37,897
and I just want to be
through with this bird.

303
00:11:37,897 --> 00:11:40,200
I want her to know
that this is
hers.

304
00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:41,868
Oh, wow. Mm.
My children will
come over and visit

305
00:11:41,868 --> 00:11:44,304
and sing karaoke and all that
all they want.

306
00:11:44,304 --> 00:11:47,173
But it will be at her house,
not mine.

307
00:11:47,173 --> 00:11:49,075
Well, I've reached a verdict.

308
00:11:49,075 --> 00:11:52,478
[ Cheers and applause ]

309
00:11:54,914 --> 00:11:57,216
Now, you know,
I've listened to the stories.

310
00:11:57,216 --> 00:11:58,918
A couple of pieces here.

311
00:11:58,918 --> 00:12:01,688
We have a plaintiff, Wanda,

312
00:12:01,688 --> 00:12:04,324
who has been
a previous bird owner.

313
00:12:04,324 --> 00:12:06,192
And you love birds.
Mm.

314
00:12:06,192 --> 00:12:09,495
You took Zayden to the pet store
as a gift.
Mm-hmm.

315
00:12:09,495 --> 00:12:12,665
When you take
another parent's child

316
00:12:12,665 --> 00:12:15,835
and then you thrust them
into the decision-making process

317
00:12:15,835 --> 00:12:18,972
without the permission
of the parents

318
00:12:18,972 --> 00:12:22,575
and they make a decision
that's adverse

319
00:12:22,575 --> 00:12:25,111
to what the parents
would have allowed or done,

320
00:12:25,111 --> 00:12:28,848
eh, that's a little
questionable.

321
00:12:28,848 --> 00:12:31,050
But you're the aunt.

322
00:12:31,050 --> 00:12:33,653
Now, you're suing
for $1,500 --

323
00:12:33,653 --> 00:12:37,824
$100 for the bird,
$200 for bird cage.

324
00:12:37,824 --> 00:12:39,025
Mm-hmm.

325
00:12:39,025 --> 00:12:42,562
The house is double the value
of the bird.

326
00:12:42,562 --> 00:12:43,896
[ Laughter ]
Mm-hmm.

327
00:12:43,896 --> 00:12:47,367
And then you spent $90
on toys and a swing.

328
00:12:47,367 --> 00:12:53,039
You now spent 90%
of the value of the bird

329
00:12:53,039 --> 00:12:56,509
on toys
and some corn on the cob.

330
00:12:56,509 --> 00:12:57,610
[ Laughter ]

331
00:12:57,610 --> 00:13:02,282
And then you spent
nine times the value

332
00:13:02,282 --> 00:13:07,353
of the damn bird
on bird food,

333
00:13:07,353 --> 00:13:10,723
and then $210 in vet bills.

334
00:13:10,723 --> 00:13:14,661
If this bird was a stock,
the market has crashed.

335
00:13:14,661 --> 00:13:17,997
[ Laughter and applause ]

336
00:13:17,997 --> 00:13:19,365
Mm.

337
00:13:19,365 --> 00:13:21,367
But it's not
a bad investment

338
00:13:21,367 --> 00:13:24,637
'cause it's a pet,
and pet gives us joy.

339
00:13:24,637 --> 00:13:27,807
I'm inclined to agree with you
that you spent all this money,

340
00:13:27,807 --> 00:13:29,976
and you did bring in proof.

341
00:13:29,976 --> 00:13:31,244
Here's the problem
with this court --

342
00:13:31,244 --> 00:13:32,912
we operate off the story.

343
00:13:32,912 --> 00:13:37,316
Nobody but the three-year-old
asked you to buy the bird.

344
00:13:37,316 --> 00:13:41,721
Wanda, this bird has been in
your possession for five years.

345
00:13:41,721 --> 00:13:43,489
It's part of you.
You're happy?

346
00:13:43,489 --> 00:13:45,324
He'll be around
for another 20 years.

347
00:13:45,324 --> 00:13:46,592
[ Whistles ]

348
00:13:46,592 --> 00:13:48,394
It has a life-span
of 20 more years?
Twenty --

349
00:13:48,394 --> 00:13:50,530
25 years.

350
00:13:50,530 --> 00:13:53,599
25 years?
Yes. [ Chuckles ]

351
00:13:53,599 --> 00:13:54,967
Mnh, mnh, mnh.

352
00:13:54,967 --> 00:13:56,669
In 25 more years,

353
00:13:56,669 --> 00:14:00,873
you're gonna have to spend
$35,000 on this bird.

354
00:14:00,873 --> 00:14:03,176
[ Laughter and applause ]

355
00:14:03,176 --> 00:14:04,544
Are you single?

356
00:14:04,544 --> 00:14:07,146
It's just me and Rocco.

357
00:14:07,146 --> 00:14:09,716
Well, look like it's just
gonna be you and Rocco.

358
00:14:09,716 --> 00:14:12,618
[ Laughter and applause ]

359
00:14:16,989 --> 00:14:18,591
Visitation?

360
00:14:18,591 --> 00:14:20,927
I just told you
this ain't that kind of court.

361
00:14:20,927 --> 00:14:22,395
Okay, okay.

362
00:14:22,395 --> 00:14:24,731
And you're gonna stop
saying "visitation" to me...
Okay.

363
00:14:24,731 --> 00:14:26,766
...'cause that brings back
bad moments for me.

364
00:14:26,766 --> 00:14:29,402
Yes, sir. Yes, sir.
I'm sorry.

365
00:14:29,402 --> 00:14:33,372
You're not getting visitation.
You ain't getting alimony.

366
00:14:33,372 --> 00:14:35,575
You ain't getting
child support.

367
00:14:35,575 --> 00:14:37,677
I ain't paying off
no more damn bills.

368
00:14:37,677 --> 00:14:39,712
Am I going through
something up here?
Uh-huh.

369
00:14:39,712 --> 00:14:42,048
[ Laughter and applause ]

370
00:14:43,683 --> 00:14:46,986
I'm dismissing your suit
for $1,500.

371
00:14:46,986 --> 00:14:48,554
[ Cheers and applause ]

372
00:14:48,554 --> 00:14:50,790
He is not liable for this.

373
00:14:50,790 --> 00:14:54,427
I'm dismissing
your counterclaim for $1,000.

374
00:14:54,427 --> 00:14:56,362
Harassment is a part of life.

375
00:14:56,362 --> 00:14:59,398
You gotta come up
with $35,000...
Mm.

376
00:14:59,398 --> 00:15:02,835
...to keep this bird alive
for 20 more years.

377
00:15:02,835 --> 00:15:05,438
So because you're such
a beautiful woman,

378
00:15:05,438 --> 00:15:08,641
the court is gonna give you
$5,000 to take care of the bird.

379
00:15:08,641 --> 00:15:09,642
Oh, thank you.

380
00:15:09,642 --> 00:15:10,943
That's my verdict.

381
00:15:10,943 --> 00:15:12,612
And that's the way I see it.

382
00:15:12,612 --> 00:15:15,248
[ Cheers and applause ]

383
00:15:15,248 --> 00:15:21,487
♪♪

384
00:15:21,487 --> 00:15:23,890
I agree with Judge Harvey's
ruling.

385
00:15:23,890 --> 00:15:26,592
I probably should have gotten
their consent first.

386
00:15:26,592 --> 00:15:30,730
I do not think Wanda will stop
harassing me about Rocco.

387
00:15:30,730 --> 00:15:33,566
Uh, looks like I got
another 25 years of this.

388
00:15:33,566 --> 00:15:34,700
All right, here we go.

389
00:15:34,700 --> 00:15:36,702
Swing through.
Bam! Blink!

390
00:15:36,702 --> 00:15:38,204
Did the piñata bust?

391
00:15:38,204 --> 00:15:39,438
The stick did.

392
00:15:39,438 --> 00:15:41,574
The piñata broke
the broomstick?

393
00:15:41,574 --> 00:15:43,676
You gotta
swing like a man.

394
00:15:43,676 --> 00:15:44,877
Wow.

395
00:15:47,713 --> 00:15:50,783
♪♪

396
00:15:50,783 --> 00:15:53,352
Okay, so what do we have next?

397
00:15:53,352 --> 00:15:55,188
This is the case
of Marco Cueva

398
00:15:55,188 --> 00:15:56,889
vs. Nick Santistevan.

399
00:15:56,889 --> 00:15:58,991
Marco's suing
his former best friend, Nick,

400
00:15:58,991 --> 00:16:02,195
for $1,300 for breaking
his brand-new smartphone

401
00:16:02,195 --> 00:16:04,464
when he tried to hit a piñata
with a broomstick.

402
00:16:04,464 --> 00:16:07,033
Nick says he's not responsible
for his broken phone

403
00:16:07,033 --> 00:16:09,268
and that Marco shouldn't
have been in the way.

404
00:16:09,268 --> 00:16:11,270
All right, uh,
let's start with you, Marco.

405
00:16:11,270 --> 00:16:13,506
You've got 30 seconds
to state your case.

406
00:16:13,506 --> 00:16:16,209
Mr. Harvey, I'm suing
my former best friend, Nick,

407
00:16:16,209 --> 00:16:18,878
uh, $1,300
for a brand-new smartphone

408
00:16:18,878 --> 00:16:20,913
because,
at his gender reveal,

409
00:16:20,913 --> 00:16:24,350
he decided to use a flimsy stick
instead of a baseball bat.

410
00:16:24,350 --> 00:16:26,452
And he completely
shattered my phone.

411
00:16:26,452 --> 00:16:27,920
All right, uh, Nick,
it's your turn.

412
00:16:27,920 --> 00:16:29,422
You have 30 seconds
to respond.

413
00:16:29,422 --> 00:16:31,691
Mr. Harvey, um,
I'm here today

414
00:16:31,691 --> 00:16:34,026
being sued by my former
best friend of 13 years.

415
00:16:34,026 --> 00:16:36,229
Yes, 13 years.
[ Spectators murmur ]

416
00:16:36,229 --> 00:16:38,030
I do not owe him
that money.

417
00:16:38,030 --> 00:16:40,166
He was standing in the wrong
place at the wrong time,

418
00:16:40,166 --> 00:16:41,968
and he put himself
in that own position.

419
00:16:41,968 --> 00:16:44,971
So y'all been boys
for 13 years?

420
00:16:44,971 --> 00:16:46,072
Yes, Mr. Harvey.

421
00:16:46,072 --> 00:16:48,941
I actually met Nicholas,
um, in 2009.

422
00:16:48,941 --> 00:16:50,776
We attended
the same high school.

423
00:16:50,776 --> 00:16:53,045
Um, we became close there.
[ Spectators aww ]

424
00:16:53,045 --> 00:16:56,449
And I found out that he lived
across the street from me.

425
00:16:56,449 --> 00:16:58,150
And over the years,

426
00:16:58,150 --> 00:17:00,353
we started going to
each other's houses more,

427
00:17:00,353 --> 00:17:02,855
meeting each other's family,
you know, becoming real close.

428
00:17:02,855 --> 00:17:06,692
And as time flew by, um,
he decided to have kids.

429
00:17:06,692 --> 00:17:08,828
And --
Okay, hold on. Before...

430
00:17:08,828 --> 00:17:10,830
[ Laughter ]

431
00:17:10,830 --> 00:17:12,932
We was in school
a minute ago.

432
00:17:12,932 --> 00:17:14,200
And you went over
to his house,

433
00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:16,068
and then he decided
to have some kids.

434
00:17:16,068 --> 00:17:17,703
[ Laughter ]

435
00:17:17,703 --> 00:17:20,139
This story's going too fast.

436
00:17:20,139 --> 00:17:22,909
All right,
let me jump over to you, Nick.
Yeah.

437
00:17:22,909 --> 00:17:24,944
Tell me a little bit
about this friendship.

438
00:17:24,944 --> 00:17:27,747
So, yeah, um, we went
to rival schools, actually.

439
00:17:27,747 --> 00:17:29,081
My friends
and then his friends

440
00:17:29,081 --> 00:17:30,449
would be
at their house outside.

441
00:17:30,449 --> 00:17:32,618
We'd literally be staring
at each other like this,

442
00:17:32,618 --> 00:17:35,454
try to act tough,
but we really just --

443
00:17:35,454 --> 00:17:37,156
we did it all,
we gymed, we partied,

444
00:17:37,156 --> 00:17:38,858
everything together,
so...

445
00:17:38,858 --> 00:17:41,761
Okay, so why are we here?
Tell me what happened.

446
00:17:41,761 --> 00:17:43,062
So, to kind of backtrack
a little bit,

447
00:17:43,062 --> 00:17:44,230
I had a gender reveal

448
00:17:44,230 --> 00:17:45,564
a year and a half ago
for my first son,

449
00:17:45,564 --> 00:17:47,566
and, you know,
everything went smoothly.

450
00:17:47,566 --> 00:17:49,168
This going into
my second child,

451
00:17:49,168 --> 00:17:50,603
we were really shooting
for that girl.

452
00:17:50,603 --> 00:17:53,572
So, um, we -- we decided to do
another gender reveal.

453
00:17:53,572 --> 00:17:55,541
And, you know,
I've been playing baseball

454
00:17:55,541 --> 00:17:57,376
since I was four years old.

455
00:17:57,376 --> 00:17:59,078
And we had this piñata,

456
00:17:59,078 --> 00:18:00,279
and I step up, you know,
to the piñata.

457
00:18:00,279 --> 00:18:01,647
I'm like, "All right,
this first swing,

458
00:18:01,647 --> 00:18:02,848
you know, this is -- this is it
right here, you know?"

459
00:18:02,848 --> 00:18:05,117
So you're swinging what
at this piñata?

460
00:18:05,117 --> 00:18:06,886
So I'm actually --
You got a baseball bat?

461
00:18:06,886 --> 00:18:08,788
The funny thing is, no,
there wasn't a baseball bat.

462
00:18:08,788 --> 00:18:10,623
We got the nearest thing
was a -- a broomstick.

463
00:18:10,623 --> 00:18:12,291
Okay.
So I took off the handle,
you know,

464
00:18:12,291 --> 00:18:15,161
and first thing, bam!

465
00:18:15,161 --> 00:18:17,229
This thing didn't budge.
I'm like --

466
00:18:17,229 --> 00:18:18,864
'Cause he's not
a baseball player.

467
00:18:18,864 --> 00:18:21,033
Not a real baseball player.
Really?

468
00:18:21,033 --> 00:18:22,735
You've known me my whole life,
and I'm not a baseball player?
If you're gonna swing
like that,

469
00:18:22,735 --> 00:18:24,136
you gotta swing like a man.
Okay.

470
00:18:24,136 --> 00:18:27,173
Wow. That's a --
That's a best-friend statement.

471
00:18:27,173 --> 00:18:28,808
So the second round up,
I go right up again.

472
00:18:28,808 --> 00:18:30,109
I was like,
"I just -- full force."

473
00:18:30,109 --> 00:18:32,612
Like, swing through.
Bam! Blink!

474
00:18:32,612 --> 00:18:34,480
The crowd just, "Whoo!"
Man.

475
00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:36,816
Okay, what --
Did the piñata bust?

476
00:18:36,816 --> 00:18:39,685
No. The stick did.

477
00:18:39,685 --> 00:18:41,787
The piñata broke
the broomstick?

478
00:18:41,787 --> 00:18:44,123
When I swung through,
the other half broke off

479
00:18:44,123 --> 00:18:45,491
and flew into the crowd

480
00:18:45,491 --> 00:18:48,194
and ended up hitting Marco
in the -- in the phone --

481
00:18:48,194 --> 00:18:49,929
I knew it hit his phone,
but I believe it may even

482
00:18:49,929 --> 00:18:51,130
have skinned his head.

483
00:18:51,130 --> 00:18:52,632
And then I walk over,
like, really quick,

484
00:18:52,632 --> 00:18:54,533
like, just kind of casual,
I'm like, "Hey, like, you good?"

485
00:18:54,533 --> 00:18:56,235
He's like, "Yeah, I'm good."
I'm like, "All right."

486
00:18:56,235 --> 00:18:58,004
'Cause I had other priorities
at the time.
He didn't do that.

487
00:18:58,004 --> 00:18:59,205
I want to find out
what my baby is,

488
00:18:59,205 --> 00:19:00,373
and I still don't have
the proper,

489
00:19:00,373 --> 00:19:01,874
you know, the swinging.

490
00:19:01,874 --> 00:19:04,343
So I go through the shed,
and I find an old T-ball bat.

491
00:19:04,343 --> 00:19:05,678
So it's like, "Oh, this kind of
brings back memories."

492
00:19:05,678 --> 00:19:07,380
So, like, "All right, yeah,
this is what I'm gonna use."

493
00:19:07,380 --> 00:19:09,148
So, you know,
I step in again,

494
00:19:09,148 --> 00:19:11,617
swing through,
break it through, explodes.

495
00:19:11,617 --> 00:19:13,352
Confetti everywhere.

496
00:19:13,352 --> 00:19:15,755
What'd you have?

497
00:19:15,755 --> 00:19:17,056
It was another boy.

498
00:19:17,056 --> 00:19:19,058
[ Spectators murmur ]
Yes.

499
00:19:19,058 --> 00:19:20,493
But I can tell you --
Y'all mad about that?

500
00:19:20,493 --> 00:19:22,962
Yeah, I know.
I was like, "What?!"

501
00:19:22,962 --> 00:19:24,063
Sorry.

502
00:19:24,063 --> 00:19:26,866
[ Applause ]

503
00:19:26,866 --> 00:19:27,933
There he is.

504
00:19:27,933 --> 00:19:29,702
[ Spectators aww ]

505
00:19:29,702 --> 00:19:31,971
There he is.
We got two boys.

506
00:19:31,971 --> 00:19:34,473
You don't know the pain
you saved yourself.

507
00:19:34,473 --> 00:19:35,808
[ Laughter ]

508
00:19:35,808 --> 00:19:39,178
I've raised four girls.

509
00:19:39,178 --> 00:19:41,881
Thank the Lord
you got them boys.

510
00:19:41,881 --> 00:19:43,149
[ Laughter ]

511
00:19:43,149 --> 00:19:45,284
Ugh.
Now we're talking to you.

512
00:19:45,284 --> 00:19:46,619
Now, tell me about
what happened, though,

513
00:19:46,619 --> 00:19:49,555
because he swings this stick
and he goes to check.

514
00:19:49,555 --> 00:19:50,690
What happened?

515
00:19:50,690 --> 00:19:52,458
We got people on the left,
people on the right.

516
00:19:52,458 --> 00:19:53,659
I'm over here
right in front of him

517
00:19:53,659 --> 00:19:55,027
'cause I'm trying to get
the perfect shot for him.

518
00:19:55,027 --> 00:19:56,328
You know,
this is my boy, like...

519
00:19:56,328 --> 00:19:58,798
But when he hit
that second hit with the stick,

520
00:19:58,798 --> 00:20:01,634
the stick broke,
and it headed towards me.

521
00:20:01,634 --> 00:20:03,669
And so I'm in shock
because my phone

522
00:20:03,669 --> 00:20:05,371
just flung
right out of my hand.

523
00:20:05,371 --> 00:20:06,906
And so I'm --
I'm coming down,

524
00:20:06,906 --> 00:20:08,107
and I'm looking around
for my phone,

525
00:20:08,107 --> 00:20:11,277
and I pick it up,
and it's completely shattered.

526
00:20:11,277 --> 00:20:13,379
But --
Okay, did you get hit
in the head, too?

527
00:20:13,379 --> 00:20:15,381
It -- It actually bumped me
on the forehead.

528
00:20:15,381 --> 00:20:17,216
Now, did you video this?

529
00:20:17,216 --> 00:20:18,384
I actually did record it.

530
00:20:18,384 --> 00:20:21,253
Okay, all right, let's go.
Let's see it.

531
00:20:21,253 --> 00:20:23,756
Marco:
Three, two, one!

532
00:20:23,756 --> 00:20:25,157
[ Woman cheers ]

533
00:20:25,157 --> 00:20:27,393
-[ Laughs ]
-Keep going. Keep going.

534
00:20:27,393 --> 00:20:28,594
Woman:
Hit it hard.

535
00:20:28,594 --> 00:20:31,197
[ Spectators ohh ]

536
00:20:31,197 --> 00:20:32,598
[ Laughter ]

537
00:20:32,598 --> 00:20:33,799
Woman #2:
That was quick!

538
00:20:33,799 --> 00:20:35,234
You know, that's --
that's what he said

539
00:20:35,234 --> 00:20:37,002
everybody said.

540
00:20:37,002 --> 00:20:39,805
I wasn't lying to you.
He said everybody said,
"Whoo!"

541
00:20:39,805 --> 00:20:42,808
Speaking facts.
Okay, let -- can we slow
this down a little bit?

542
00:20:42,808 --> 00:20:44,176
Let me see it.

543
00:20:44,176 --> 00:20:45,744
[ Laughs ]

544
00:20:45,744 --> 00:20:47,079
Nice hip turn.

545
00:20:47,079 --> 00:20:48,380
[ Spectators ohh ]

546
00:20:48,380 --> 00:20:50,683
Bam!
[ Laughs ]

547
00:20:50,683 --> 00:20:53,052
Oh, Mr. Harvey,
I was upset about the situation

548
00:20:53,052 --> 00:20:54,887
because I walked up to him
after, be like,

549
00:20:54,887 --> 00:20:57,890
"Hey, um, you broke my phone.
Is it possible you can --

550
00:20:57,890 --> 00:21:00,025
you can buy me a new one?
I think you should."

551
00:21:00,025 --> 00:21:02,928
And he said, "No. Um.
Why would I buy you new one?"
That conversation
was never had.

552
00:21:02,928 --> 00:21:04,530
"It was an accident."
That conversation
was never had.

553
00:21:04,530 --> 00:21:06,732
I think you're talking
to yourself on that one, buddy.

554
00:21:06,732 --> 00:21:08,501
Okay, so --
Now he's gonna lie.
Now he's gonna lie about it.

555
00:21:08,501 --> 00:21:10,603
Okay, so hold on. Okay.
So how do you think it happened?

556
00:21:10,603 --> 00:21:12,104
We all seen his phone.

557
00:21:12,104 --> 00:21:14,373
But we were all laughing about
it 'cause we were all like --

558
00:21:14,373 --> 00:21:16,208
I didn't think it was funny.
It could have been worse.

559
00:21:16,208 --> 00:21:17,576
I didn't think it was funny.
You know, it could have been
one of those situations --

560
00:21:17,576 --> 00:21:18,577
You weren't laughing?

561
00:21:18,577 --> 00:21:19,945
The rest of us
was laughing.

562
00:21:19,945 --> 00:21:21,413
Exactly.
Exactly.
Yeah.

563
00:21:21,413 --> 00:21:23,349
Yeah, I know. I know. I --
Hey, Marco.

564
00:21:23,349 --> 00:21:25,885
Oh, I know
it wasn't funny to you,

565
00:21:25,885 --> 00:21:27,820
but your boy
and the rest of them?

566
00:21:27,820 --> 00:21:30,122
Oh, they was hollerin'.
Oh, yeah.

567
00:21:30,122 --> 00:21:32,291
"Anybody see Marco phone?"

568
00:21:32,291 --> 00:21:34,627
[ Laughs ]

569
00:21:34,627 --> 00:21:37,496
I'm sorry. I know --
So I know they was laughing.

570
00:21:37,496 --> 00:21:38,497
Yeah.
Okay, so --

571
00:21:38,497 --> 00:21:39,732
Because I wasn't con--

572
00:21:39,732 --> 00:21:41,000
'Cause I was more concerned
about his health,

573
00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:43,002
which wasn't an issue,
like, you know --

574
00:21:43,002 --> 00:21:44,336
But I asked him, Your Honor.

575
00:21:44,336 --> 00:21:46,472
I asked him if he can replace
my phone and he said, "No."

576
00:21:46,472 --> 00:21:48,274
Those words were
never said to me.
"It was an accident.
Why would I?"

577
00:21:48,274 --> 00:21:49,475
Those words were never said,
Marco, and you know that.

578
00:21:49,475 --> 00:21:50,509
And I-I didn't say
anything there

579
00:21:50,509 --> 00:21:51,744
because the whole family
was there.

580
00:21:51,744 --> 00:21:53,612
But I did text him a week later,
and I asked him.

581
00:21:53,612 --> 00:21:55,548
Now, now, hold, Marco.

582
00:21:55,548 --> 00:21:57,383
You got -- You gotta
make up your mind now.

583
00:21:57,383 --> 00:21:59,885
Exactly. See? Right?
Like, where's the --
You -- You either --

584
00:21:59,885 --> 00:22:01,620
Where does it add up?
It doesn't add up.

585
00:22:01,620 --> 00:22:03,956
You -- You either said something
to him that day,

586
00:22:03,956 --> 00:22:06,759
or you didn't say something
and you waited.

587
00:22:06,759 --> 00:22:08,227
Now, which one is it?

588
00:22:08,227 --> 00:22:12,565
♪♪

589
00:22:15,067 --> 00:22:16,569
I didn't say anything there

590
00:22:16,569 --> 00:22:17,770
because the whole family
was there.

591
00:22:17,770 --> 00:22:18,971
But I did text him a week later,
and I asked him.

592
00:22:18,971 --> 00:22:20,005
Now, you gotta
make up your mind now.

593
00:22:20,005 --> 00:22:21,407
Exactly. See? Right?
It doesn't add up.

594
00:22:21,407 --> 00:22:23,742
You either said something
to him that day,

595
00:22:23,742 --> 00:22:26,545
or you didn't say something
and you waited.

596
00:22:26,545 --> 00:22:28,080
Now, which one is it?

597
00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:30,115
I said something to him
that day,

598
00:22:30,115 --> 00:22:31,650
and I also waited
a week later.

599
00:22:31,650 --> 00:22:34,353
I gave it a week because
I wanted him to talk to me

600
00:22:34,353 --> 00:22:35,588
and apologize.

601
00:22:35,588 --> 00:22:38,157
So, now,
did you ever get a phone?

602
00:22:38,157 --> 00:22:39,191
I went through my insurance,

603
00:22:39,191 --> 00:22:41,126
and I had to get
a refurbished phone.

604
00:22:41,126 --> 00:22:43,495
I have evidence
for that, as well.

605
00:22:43,495 --> 00:22:45,598
All right, let's see it.

606
00:22:45,598 --> 00:22:46,799
"Transaction Details --

607
00:22:46,799 --> 00:22:48,634
Approved Replacement Claim."

608
00:22:48,634 --> 00:22:49,602
Tell me how this works.

609
00:22:49,602 --> 00:22:51,203
You have insurance?

610
00:22:51,203 --> 00:22:54,039
I have insurance and --
And they give you a -- a --
a new phone?

611
00:22:54,039 --> 00:22:55,074
They don't give you
a new phone --

612
00:22:55,074 --> 00:22:56,976
they give you a used phone.

613
00:22:56,976 --> 00:22:59,845
How much was your new phone
that you had?

614
00:22:59,845 --> 00:23:02,014
My -- The new phone
that he broke was $1,300.

615
00:23:02,014 --> 00:23:04,783
How long had you owned
that new phone?

616
00:23:04,783 --> 00:23:06,418
I had it for about
three months.

617
00:23:06,418 --> 00:23:08,354
So it's not new anymore?

618
00:23:08,354 --> 00:23:10,222
[ Laughter ]

619
00:23:10,222 --> 00:23:16,829
Now, you're saying that this
is the defendant's fault

620
00:23:16,829 --> 00:23:18,998
and he owes you a phone?

621
00:23:18,998 --> 00:23:22,034
Yes, Your Honor, because
he wasn't apologetic about it.

622
00:23:22,034 --> 00:23:24,236
He even -- sometime after,
he even posted the video

623
00:23:24,236 --> 00:23:27,306
on social media,
and the video went viral --

624
00:23:27,306 --> 00:23:29,908
over 110 million views.
[ Spectators murmur ]

625
00:23:29,908 --> 00:23:31,777
And best believe it --
best believe it --

626
00:23:31,777 --> 00:23:34,246
the same -- the same way
that everyone was laughing here,

627
00:23:34,246 --> 00:23:35,748
people were laughing
in the comments

628
00:23:35,748 --> 00:23:38,017
and talking about me.
'Cause it's funny!
'Cause it's funny!

629
00:23:38,017 --> 00:23:39,618
I mean, you weren't harmed.

630
00:23:39,618 --> 00:23:41,053
It's funny.
I mean -- I mean --

631
00:23:41,053 --> 00:23:42,288
Let me see something.

632
00:23:42,288 --> 00:23:43,689
They said we have some comments
on the video.

633
00:23:43,689 --> 00:23:45,324
Let me take a look.
Oh, yeah.

634
00:23:45,324 --> 00:23:46,492
Woman:
Hit it hard.

635
00:23:46,492 --> 00:23:47,626
[ Spectators oh ]
[ Marco laughs ]

636
00:23:47,626 --> 00:23:48,994
Nick: That's my
favorite one --

637
00:23:48,994 --> 00:23:50,462
right there
on the right.

638
00:23:50,462 --> 00:23:52,998
Steve: "Why's he
laughing like that?"

639
00:23:52,998 --> 00:23:55,100
"That's what he get
for having that laugh."

640
00:23:55,100 --> 00:23:56,235
"Bruh with the g--"

641
00:23:56,235 --> 00:23:57,536
Who's laughing?

642
00:23:57,536 --> 00:23:59,471
Oh, that's me laughing
in the video.

643
00:23:59,471 --> 00:24:02,374
[ Laughter ]

644
00:24:02,374 --> 00:24:03,809
Oh!
But, Mr. Harvey,

645
00:24:03,809 --> 00:24:06,745
I was laughing because
this guy's swinging,

646
00:24:06,745 --> 00:24:08,247
and he's not breaking
the piñata --

647
00:24:08,247 --> 00:24:10,182
like,
he's a baseball player.

648
00:24:10,182 --> 00:24:11,550
It was funny
until it wasn't.

649
00:24:11,550 --> 00:24:13,719
And -- And
I was excited for him.

650
00:24:13,719 --> 00:24:15,821
But I'm his best friend.
I'm-a be here for him, you know?

651
00:24:15,821 --> 00:24:17,323
[ Women aww ]

652
00:24:17,323 --> 00:24:19,058
Steve: "I'm his best friend.
I'm-a be there for him."

653
00:24:19,058 --> 00:24:20,125
All right.

654
00:24:20,125 --> 00:24:21,727
[ Laughter ]

655
00:24:21,727 --> 00:24:23,228
Woman reaction -- "Aww!"

656
00:24:23,228 --> 00:24:24,463
Woman: Aww!

657
00:24:24,463 --> 00:24:26,899
See, that's the thing I love
about women --

658
00:24:26,899 --> 00:24:29,301
that tender,
caring for everything

659
00:24:29,301 --> 00:24:31,503
that don't even require care.

660
00:24:31,503 --> 00:24:33,706
[ Laughter ]

661
00:24:33,706 --> 00:24:35,140
Let me ask you
a question --

662
00:24:35,140 --> 00:24:36,608
did he ask you
to film it for him?

663
00:24:36,608 --> 00:24:38,077
He did not, Your Honor,
but I wanted to,

664
00:24:38,077 --> 00:24:39,345
because I'm his best friend,
and I --
You d--

665
00:24:39,345 --> 00:24:41,080
Yeah, 'cause
you're his best friend.
Yeah.

666
00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:42,681
[ Women aww ]

667
00:24:42,681 --> 00:24:44,717
[ Laughter and applause ]

668
00:24:48,153 --> 00:24:50,389
All the dudes in here went...

669
00:24:50,389 --> 00:24:52,624
[ Laughter and applause ]

670
00:24:52,624 --> 00:24:55,461
"You're his best friend.
What?"

671
00:24:55,461 --> 00:24:58,297
So, now, you've been
friends how long?

672
00:24:58,297 --> 00:24:59,631
For about 12 years.

673
00:24:59,631 --> 00:25:02,234
What's the great thing
about being his friend?

674
00:25:02,234 --> 00:25:03,335
He's like a brother to me.

675
00:25:03,335 --> 00:25:05,304
And he was --
he's very funny

676
00:25:05,304 --> 00:25:07,139
and just somebody
you get along with.

677
00:25:07,139 --> 00:25:09,808
What's the best thing
about being friends with him

678
00:25:09,808 --> 00:25:10,943
over the years?

679
00:25:10,943 --> 00:25:12,745
The best thing about him
being my best friend

680
00:25:12,745 --> 00:25:14,713
is that he's my best friend,
literally.
[ Women aww ]

681
00:25:14,713 --> 00:25:17,182
I think more than anything,
I think I'm hurt

682
00:25:17,182 --> 00:25:19,618
that we didn't have
that communication

683
00:25:19,618 --> 00:25:21,353
to where we had to
end up here.

684
00:25:21,353 --> 00:25:23,522
All right.
I've reached a verdict.

685
00:25:23,522 --> 00:25:25,557
[ Cheers and applause ]

686
00:25:31,463 --> 00:25:34,299
The male bond
is a special bond.

687
00:25:34,299 --> 00:25:36,335
It's a little bit different
from a female bond.

688
00:25:36,335 --> 00:25:39,471
When something happens
in a female relationship,

689
00:25:39,471 --> 00:25:41,573
oh, they rally the troops.

690
00:25:41,573 --> 00:25:43,042
"Let's get some wine.

691
00:25:43,042 --> 00:25:45,811
Let's talk it out, girl.
We're here for you.

692
00:25:45,811 --> 00:25:49,748
How many times do you
want to go over what he did?"

693
00:25:49,748 --> 00:25:52,017
[ Laughter and applause ]

694
00:25:52,017 --> 00:25:53,786
Something happens to us --

695
00:25:53,786 --> 00:25:56,755
"You good? Cool."

696
00:25:56,755 --> 00:25:58,390
Exactly how
the conversation went.

697
00:25:58,390 --> 00:25:59,725
Exactly.

698
00:25:59,725 --> 00:26:01,093
That's it.

699
00:26:01,093 --> 00:26:05,330
But, now, what happened here
was two guys got together

700
00:26:05,330 --> 00:26:07,266
to share a moment --
a gender reveal.

701
00:26:07,266 --> 00:26:08,867
He wants to be there
for his boy.

702
00:26:08,867 --> 00:26:10,636
He decides to
capture it on video

703
00:26:10,636 --> 00:26:12,971
without
his best friend asking.

704
00:26:12,971 --> 00:26:15,374
His best friend,
baseball player,

705
00:26:15,374 --> 00:26:18,644
takes the swing, and he doesn't
open up the piñata.

706
00:26:18,644 --> 00:26:19,745
This is
the funniest thing

707
00:26:19,745 --> 00:26:21,547
Marco's ever seen.
[ Thumps desk ]

708
00:26:21,547 --> 00:26:23,816
He's on camera laughing.

709
00:26:23,816 --> 00:26:25,017
"Ha ha ha ha."

710
00:26:25,017 --> 00:26:26,084
[ Laughter ]

711
00:26:26,084 --> 00:26:27,553
Swing number two!

712
00:26:27,553 --> 00:26:30,055
He swung so hard,
he broke the stick.

713
00:26:30,055 --> 00:26:33,826
And you saw the stick
come and hit Marco.

714
00:26:33,826 --> 00:26:36,762
It was a complete accident
that happened.

715
00:26:36,762 --> 00:26:38,030
You posted it.

716
00:26:38,030 --> 00:26:39,198
Woman: Yeah.

717
00:26:39,198 --> 00:26:40,966
[ Spectators murmur ]

718
00:26:40,966 --> 00:26:45,204
110 million views.

719
00:26:45,204 --> 00:26:49,274
So now we down to two
good friends, and we in court.

720
00:26:49,274 --> 00:26:53,946
The sad part is two dudes
are gonna stop being friends

721
00:26:53,946 --> 00:26:55,180
over a phone.

722
00:26:56,215 --> 00:27:00,319
Y'all, I can count
my dear friends on one hand.

723
00:27:00,319 --> 00:27:01,687
Woman: That's right.

724
00:27:01,687 --> 00:27:04,022
You ain't gonna find
another him.
That's right.

725
00:27:04,022 --> 00:27:06,124
And you ain't gonna find
another him.

726
00:27:06,124 --> 00:27:08,727
So, now, here's my verdict.

727
00:27:08,727 --> 00:27:11,930
The suit is for $1,300
just for the new phone.

728
00:27:11,930 --> 00:27:13,332
I agree with Nick.

729
00:27:13,332 --> 00:27:14,566
He's not responsible.

730
00:27:14,566 --> 00:27:17,102
I'm not gonna
hold him responsible.

731
00:27:17,102 --> 00:27:20,439
But something happened,
and it's bugging you real bad.

732
00:27:20,439 --> 00:27:22,307
I think most of the bugging,
though,

733
00:27:22,307 --> 00:27:23,842
is from the embarrassment

734
00:27:23,842 --> 00:27:27,479
that your friend caused you
by posting it viral.

735
00:27:27,479 --> 00:27:30,015
I don't even really think
we in here for the phone.

736
00:27:30,015 --> 00:27:32,351
I think we in here because
you can't believe

737
00:27:32,351 --> 00:27:34,586
your boy put you on blast
like that.

738
00:27:34,586 --> 00:27:36,522
What you think
about that, Marco?

739
00:27:36,522 --> 00:27:38,290
You think that got
something to do with it?

740
00:27:38,290 --> 00:27:40,058
Uh, yes, Your Honor.

741
00:27:40,058 --> 00:27:41,793
I'm just being real with you.

742
00:27:41,793 --> 00:27:43,362
Ain't no two dudes
coming to court 'bout that

743
00:27:43,362 --> 00:27:44,830
'cause you know
good and hell well

744
00:27:44,830 --> 00:27:47,266
you ain't finna get
this money from this dude.

745
00:27:47,266 --> 00:27:49,067
Every man in here know this.

746
00:27:49,067 --> 00:27:51,770
Don't give a damn what
the court say or nothing else.

747
00:27:51,770 --> 00:27:55,274
If I tell him to pay him,
he ain't gonna pay him.

748
00:27:55,274 --> 00:27:57,743
And the friendship
is gonna be splintered.

749
00:27:57,743 --> 00:27:59,645
But the embarrassment
is real.

750
00:27:59,645 --> 00:28:02,981
So I'm just gonna give you
$650 for embarrassment.

751
00:28:02,981 --> 00:28:04,283
Boy, but I tell you what,

752
00:28:04,283 --> 00:28:07,786
the monetization on
110 million views...

753
00:28:07,786 --> 00:28:10,055
Whoo, you should have
posted it yourself.

754
00:28:10,055 --> 00:28:12,090
[ Laughter and applause ]

755
00:28:13,358 --> 00:28:14,726
So, here we go.

756
00:28:14,726 --> 00:28:17,896
My verdict --
is your suit for $1,300

757
00:28:17,896 --> 00:28:20,265
I'm dismissing
against Nicholas.

758
00:28:20,265 --> 00:28:22,701
But the court is going to
award you half of that

759
00:28:22,701 --> 00:28:25,370
for the new phone -- $650.

760
00:28:25,370 --> 00:28:27,239
Y'all need to get back
to being friends.

761
00:28:27,239 --> 00:28:29,274
That's my verdict.

762
00:28:29,274 --> 00:28:30,576
And that's the way I see it.

763
00:28:30,576 --> 00:28:32,578
[ Cheers and applause ]

764
00:28:32,578 --> 00:28:38,784
♪♪

765
00:28:38,784 --> 00:28:40,419
She doesn't want visitors.

766
00:28:40,419 --> 00:28:42,387
Why do I not want them?

767
00:28:42,387 --> 00:28:44,356
Pick me.
Okay, you. Okay.

768
00:28:44,356 --> 00:28:46,058
'Cause they ain't got
nowhere to sit!

769
00:28:46,058 --> 00:28:47,559
[ Laughter ]

770
00:28:50,596 --> 00:28:54,199
♪♪

771
00:28:54,199 --> 00:28:55,567
Let's get started.

772
00:28:55,567 --> 00:28:57,202
This is the case
of Valerie Hobson

773
00:28:57,202 --> 00:28:58,937
vs. Delmar Hobson.

774
00:28:58,937 --> 00:29:01,974
Valerie is suing her
hoarding husband for $10,000

775
00:29:01,974 --> 00:29:04,610
to declutter their home
and get some peace of mind.

776
00:29:04,610 --> 00:29:06,945
Delmar says all of his items
are useful

777
00:29:06,945 --> 00:29:09,348
and there's no need
to get rid of anything.

778
00:29:09,348 --> 00:29:12,084
Okay. Uh, let's start with you,
uh, Valerie.

779
00:29:12,084 --> 00:29:14,219
You have 30 seconds
to state your case.

780
00:29:14,219 --> 00:29:17,889
I am suing my husband,
Delmar Hobson,

781
00:29:17,889 --> 00:29:22,594
for $10,000 for the clutter
that he has made

782
00:29:22,594 --> 00:29:24,496
in our house over the years.

783
00:29:24,496 --> 00:29:26,398
Okay, now, let me get this.

784
00:29:26,398 --> 00:29:27,699
Delmar, it's your turn.

785
00:29:27,699 --> 00:29:30,035
You have 30 seconds
to respond.

786
00:29:30,035 --> 00:29:33,872
Your Honor, my wife's bringing
me to court for clutter

787
00:29:33,872 --> 00:29:37,109
that she says
that I have accumulated.

788
00:29:37,109 --> 00:29:41,113
Some of it, I admit,
has been clutter.

789
00:29:41,113 --> 00:29:43,215
A lot of it I need.

790
00:29:43,215 --> 00:29:44,416
No, you don't.

791
00:29:44,416 --> 00:29:45,784
Yes, I do.
No, you don't.

792
00:29:45,784 --> 00:29:47,352
No, you don't any of it.

793
00:29:47,352 --> 00:29:50,455
It's serves a purpose to me.
This is a bunch of garbage.

794
00:29:50,455 --> 00:29:52,858
No, no, siree.
No purpose at all.

795
00:29:52,858 --> 00:29:55,427
None. Mnh-mnh.

796
00:29:55,427 --> 00:29:59,498
Well, hold on. First, just let
me say this to the gallery.

797
00:29:59,498 --> 00:30:02,267
My mama told me don't
get in grown-folk business.

798
00:30:02,267 --> 00:30:03,602
[ Laughter and applause ]

799
00:30:03,602 --> 00:30:06,238
Your Honor...

800
00:30:06,238 --> 00:30:10,042
So, what I heard just now
was some grown-folk business.

801
00:30:10,042 --> 00:30:12,177
I had to let it play out.

802
00:30:12,177 --> 00:30:15,247
And now we're gonna start
the court case.

803
00:30:15,247 --> 00:30:17,182
"No, it don't.
You don't need none of it."

804
00:30:17,182 --> 00:30:18,650
"I do need all of it."

805
00:30:18,650 --> 00:30:21,086
"I said you don't need
a damn thing."

806
00:30:21,086 --> 00:30:22,788
[ Laughter and applause ]

807
00:30:22,788 --> 00:30:24,790
Ms. Valerie.
Mm-hmm. Yeah.

808
00:30:24,790 --> 00:30:26,892
How long have you
all been together?

809
00:30:26,892 --> 00:30:28,060
22 years.

810
00:30:28,060 --> 00:30:29,394
How'd y'all meet?

811
00:30:29,394 --> 00:30:31,663
We met
in downtown Pittsburgh.

812
00:30:31,663 --> 00:30:33,565
He was working
at a clothing store,

813
00:30:33,565 --> 00:30:36,268
and I was
walking by his store.

814
00:30:36,268 --> 00:30:38,904
He stopped me,
was checking me out.

815
00:30:38,904 --> 00:30:40,205
So that's how it started.

816
00:30:40,205 --> 00:30:41,807
[ Spectators murmur ]

817
00:30:41,807 --> 00:30:43,141
You remember that day, sir?

818
00:30:43,141 --> 00:30:44,609
Yes, I do.

819
00:30:44,609 --> 00:30:45,777
Yeah.
[ Laughter ]

820
00:30:45,777 --> 00:30:47,646
You tell me what happened.

821
00:30:47,646 --> 00:30:50,549
I was outside
a clothing store

822
00:30:50,549 --> 00:30:53,552
when I seen this pretty lady
walking down the sidewalk.

823
00:30:53,552 --> 00:30:54,953
[ Spectators aww ]
Yeah.

824
00:30:54,953 --> 00:30:59,057
And I said, "Well, maybe
one day we can go out to lunch."

825
00:30:59,057 --> 00:31:00,959
We went to lunch
the next day.

826
00:31:00,959 --> 00:31:04,062
So, now, how long was it
before y'all got married?

827
00:31:04,062 --> 00:31:06,665
We dated for
about four or five years,

828
00:31:06,665 --> 00:31:08,800
then we parted ways.

829
00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:10,836
Oh, y'all broke up?
Yeah.

830
00:31:10,836 --> 00:31:12,471
What happened, Delmar?

831
00:31:12,471 --> 00:31:15,640
My wife was ready for marriage,
and I wasn't ready yet.

832
00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:19,077
How old were you then, sir?
I was about 38.

833
00:31:19,077 --> 00:31:20,145
38.

834
00:31:20,145 --> 00:31:21,680
How did you all
get back together?

835
00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:24,116
We saw each other
in the supermarket.

836
00:31:24,116 --> 00:31:25,817
Oh, there we go.
Uh-huh.

837
00:31:25,817 --> 00:31:27,219
Hold up.
Stop right there.

838
00:31:27,219 --> 00:31:31,556
Delmar, how many years was it
that y'all were apart?

839
00:31:31,556 --> 00:31:32,557
10 years.
10 years.

840
00:31:32,557 --> 00:31:33,859
10 years?
10 years.

841
00:31:33,859 --> 00:31:35,727
You're 48 now. You see her.

842
00:31:35,727 --> 00:31:37,729
Now what, Delmar?

843
00:31:37,729 --> 00:31:39,798
This time,
she wasn't getting away.

844
00:31:39,798 --> 00:31:41,166
Yeah.
Yeah.

845
00:31:41,166 --> 00:31:43,702
In 2000, we --
we married.

846
00:31:43,702 --> 00:31:44,836
[ Spectators murmur ]

847
00:31:44,836 --> 00:31:46,004
Oh, this is the day.

848
00:31:46,004 --> 00:31:47,639
Uh-huh.

849
00:31:47,639 --> 00:31:49,541
[ Applause ]

850
00:31:49,541 --> 00:31:52,277
Okay, so, now,
why are we here?

851
00:31:52,277 --> 00:31:53,612
[ Laughs ]
Because of his --

852
00:31:53,612 --> 00:31:55,213
Ms. Valerie, we had
a beautiful love story.

853
00:31:55,213 --> 00:31:56,882
It's been going along great.

854
00:31:56,882 --> 00:32:01,386
This clutter building up
in the house -- it must go.

855
00:32:01,386 --> 00:32:05,457
I'm pulling my hair out,
and I don't even have company

856
00:32:05,457 --> 00:32:07,893
in my house anymore
because of this.

857
00:32:07,893 --> 00:32:11,530
Now, this stuff that you
don't care for -- what is it?

858
00:32:11,530 --> 00:32:13,598
Okay, I have a --
a video.

859
00:32:13,598 --> 00:32:16,134
You should see the video.
Let's play the video.

860
00:32:16,134 --> 00:32:18,503
Yes, this junk has to go.

861
00:32:18,503 --> 00:32:20,338
Greenhouse. Table.

862
00:32:20,338 --> 00:32:25,110
Look at this junk
standing all around.

863
00:32:25,110 --> 00:32:27,012
That's a bunch of junk.

864
00:32:27,012 --> 00:32:29,381
It's a mess.
Total mess.

865
00:32:29,381 --> 00:32:31,750
It really needs to go.

866
00:32:31,750 --> 00:32:32,918
[ Laughter and applause ]

867
00:32:32,918 --> 00:32:34,152
Uh-huh.

868
00:32:34,152 --> 00:32:35,821
And I have pictures, too.

869
00:32:35,821 --> 00:32:37,022
Let's see the pictures.

870
00:32:37,022 --> 00:32:38,023
[ Spectators ohh ]

871
00:32:38,023 --> 00:32:39,191
That's what it is.

872
00:32:39,191 --> 00:32:40,792
Now, what is this
right here?

873
00:32:40,792 --> 00:32:42,194
Garage.

874
00:32:42,194 --> 00:32:45,230
Now, let me ask you
a couple questions, Delmar.

875
00:32:45,230 --> 00:32:46,832
What is that right there,
Delmar?

876
00:32:46,832 --> 00:32:48,099
[ Laughter ]

877
00:32:48,099 --> 00:32:51,937
That is a top to a case.

878
00:32:51,937 --> 00:32:53,438
It goes to a container?

879
00:32:53,438 --> 00:32:55,507
A container. Exactly.
Yeah, it's a container.

880
00:32:55,507 --> 00:32:57,609
Now, that --
Now, let me ask you a question.

881
00:32:57,609 --> 00:32:59,244
Do you know where
the container is?

882
00:32:59,244 --> 00:33:01,079
No. No.
Yes, I do!

883
00:33:01,079 --> 00:33:02,447
Where is the container?

884
00:33:02,447 --> 00:33:04,282
That container
is in the yard.

885
00:33:04,282 --> 00:33:06,318
Let me see the next picture.

886
00:33:07,185 --> 00:33:08,386
Ah!

887
00:33:08,386 --> 00:33:09,387
[ Spectators murmur ]

888
00:33:09,387 --> 00:33:11,156
Is that your plants?
Yes, sir.

889
00:33:11,156 --> 00:33:13,658
That's my greenhouse
that I built.

890
00:33:13,658 --> 00:33:15,293
It's in the dining room.

891
00:33:15,293 --> 00:33:16,728
[ Spectators murmur ]

892
00:33:16,728 --> 00:33:18,129
You put the greenhouse
in the dining room?

893
00:33:18,129 --> 00:33:19,898
That's what
I'm talking about.

894
00:33:19,898 --> 00:33:21,800
Well, Steve,
there's a reason for that.

895
00:33:21,800 --> 00:33:23,101
[ Laughter ]

896
00:33:23,101 --> 00:33:24,603
Well, come on, Delmar.

897
00:33:24,603 --> 00:33:27,906
You start your plants
inside.
Right.

898
00:33:27,906 --> 00:33:29,374
Then, when
the weather's right,

899
00:33:29,374 --> 00:33:31,243
you move them to where
they can grow at.

900
00:33:31,243 --> 00:33:32,410
All right,
let me see a photo.

901
00:33:32,410 --> 00:33:34,145
You have a garden --
picture of the garden?

902
00:33:34,145 --> 00:33:35,247
Yes.

903
00:33:35,247 --> 00:33:37,215
That's the garden.
That has to go.

904
00:33:37,215 --> 00:33:39,684
Mnh-mnh. That has --

905
00:33:39,684 --> 00:33:42,020
So you're
a pretty good gardener?

906
00:33:42,020 --> 00:33:43,255
I do my best.

907
00:33:43,255 --> 00:33:46,858
Judge Harvey, you don't see
the full picture there.

908
00:33:46,858 --> 00:33:50,095
It's just -- the backyard
is terrible.

909
00:33:50,095 --> 00:33:53,565
He got all these buckets
lined up against the fence,

910
00:33:53,565 --> 00:33:55,133
all down there
on the other side.

911
00:33:55,133 --> 00:33:56,301
It just looks terrible.

912
00:33:56,301 --> 00:33:57,602
Mr. Delmar, you -- What?

913
00:33:57,602 --> 00:33:59,504
What you got to say
about all this, man?

914
00:33:59,504 --> 00:34:03,575
All of that clutter
isn't clutter.

915
00:34:03,575 --> 00:34:05,477
[ Laughter ]
It's all clutter.

916
00:34:05,477 --> 00:34:08,280
I can't take it.
How long have y'all been
in this house, Ms. Valerie?

917
00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:09,915
We've been in for 20 years.

918
00:34:09,915 --> 00:34:12,584
First few years,
it wasn't bad.

919
00:34:12,584 --> 00:34:16,888
But then he got this idea
about a greenhouse in the house.

920
00:34:16,888 --> 00:34:21,326
So, against my better judgment,
I said, okay.

921
00:34:21,326 --> 00:34:23,862
It got bad.
Real bad.

922
00:34:23,862 --> 00:34:27,399
You thought she was gonna
give another answer, Mr. Delmar?

923
00:34:27,399 --> 00:34:28,433
What happened?
What happened?

924
00:34:28,433 --> 00:34:29,434
"It got bad."

925
00:34:29,434 --> 00:34:31,136
"Aw, hell."

926
00:34:31,136 --> 00:34:33,572
[ Laughter ]

927
00:34:33,572 --> 00:34:37,108
But we saw all kinds of stuff.
It wasn't just plants.

928
00:34:37,108 --> 00:34:41,046
Yeah, but you know what?
Most of those on the table
are groceries and --

929
00:34:41,046 --> 00:34:42,781
Groceries?
Groceries.
When we --

930
00:34:42,781 --> 00:34:47,319
Because the greenhouse took up
where I could store stuff.

931
00:34:47,319 --> 00:34:50,388
How often do y'all have
visitors when they come?
None!

932
00:34:50,388 --> 00:34:52,390
Excuse me. I'm sorry.
None.

933
00:34:52,390 --> 00:34:53,592
[ Laughter ]

934
00:34:53,592 --> 00:34:56,528
I just felt like my aunt
was talking to me then.

935
00:34:56,528 --> 00:34:57,929
[ Laughing ] I'm sorry.

936
00:34:57,929 --> 00:34:59,798
"Can I have some candy?"
"None!"

937
00:34:59,798 --> 00:35:01,566
[ Laughter ]

938
00:35:01,566 --> 00:35:03,168
She doesn't want visitors.

939
00:35:03,168 --> 00:35:05,070
Why do I not want them?

940
00:35:05,070 --> 00:35:06,905
[ Laughter ]

941
00:35:06,905 --> 00:35:07,906
I'm sorry.

942
00:35:07,906 --> 00:35:10,108
No. Pick me.
Okay, you. Okay.

943
00:35:10,108 --> 00:35:11,810
'Cause they ain't got
nowhere to sit!

944
00:35:11,810 --> 00:35:13,778
[ Laughter and applause ]

945
00:35:13,778 --> 00:35:15,647
I don't know what.
I ain't even in court no more.

946
00:35:15,647 --> 00:35:16,982
I'm in school.

947
00:35:16,982 --> 00:35:18,249
[ Laughter ]

948
00:35:18,249 --> 00:35:21,353
Your Honor,
we have a couch.

949
00:35:21,353 --> 00:35:24,255
No. No.
And we have a footstool.

950
00:35:24,255 --> 00:35:27,058
No. Mnh-mnh.
And we have a chair.

951
00:35:27,058 --> 00:35:28,793
Delmar.

952
00:35:28,793 --> 00:35:30,161
Listen
to what you're saying.

953
00:35:30,161 --> 00:35:32,097
-You got a whole house.
-Yes.

954
00:35:32,097 --> 00:35:34,199
"We got a couch..."
Right.

955
00:35:34,199 --> 00:35:35,800
"...a chair...

956
00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:37,002
and a footstool."

957
00:35:37,002 --> 00:35:38,503
Right.

958
00:35:38,503 --> 00:35:41,072
And I --
"And if company come over,

959
00:35:41,072 --> 00:35:42,440
I'm willing to give up
the footstool."

960
00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:43,842
[ Laughter ]

961
00:35:43,842 --> 00:35:46,177
"And if the pastor come by,
he can have the chair."

962
00:35:46,177 --> 00:35:48,046
[ Laughter ]

963
00:35:50,582 --> 00:35:51,983
"We got a couch..."
Delmar: Right.

964
00:35:51,983 --> 00:35:53,151
"...a chair...

965
00:35:53,151 --> 00:35:54,452
and a footstool."

966
00:35:54,452 --> 00:35:55,954
Right.

967
00:35:55,954 --> 00:35:58,656
And I --
"And if company come over,

968
00:35:58,656 --> 00:36:00,458
I'm willing to give up
the footstool."

969
00:36:00,458 --> 00:36:01,793
[ Laughter ]

970
00:36:01,793 --> 00:36:04,095
"And if the pastor come by,
he can have the chair."

971
00:36:04,095 --> 00:36:06,131
[ Laughter ]

972
00:36:07,465 --> 00:36:09,401
Show me this video
one more time.

973
00:36:09,401 --> 00:36:10,402
Can I see -- Good.

974
00:36:10,402 --> 00:36:12,137
Okay. Show me video.

975
00:36:12,137 --> 00:36:14,305
Yes, this junk has to go.

976
00:36:14,305 --> 00:36:15,306
Greenhouse.

977
00:36:15,306 --> 00:36:16,641
Steve: Stop.
Now, Delmar,

978
00:36:16,641 --> 00:36:19,310
this is where you're
gonna hang yourself.

979
00:36:19,310 --> 00:36:21,112
Go back to the greenhouse.

980
00:36:21,112 --> 00:36:24,282
Now, you see, it's only about
3 1/2 foot wide --

981
00:36:24,282 --> 00:36:26,317
Yeah, but what is that
next to it?

982
00:36:26,317 --> 00:36:28,887
That is
the dining-room table.

983
00:36:28,887 --> 00:36:30,722
Don't talk to me
like I'm stupid.

984
00:36:30,722 --> 00:36:31,956
[ Laughter ]

985
00:36:31,956 --> 00:36:34,225
The stuff that's on the floor,
Delmar!

986
00:36:34,225 --> 00:36:36,561
That's why Ms. Valerie
is in here.

987
00:36:36,561 --> 00:36:37,629
Mm-hmm. Yeah. Exactly.

988
00:36:37,629 --> 00:36:38,863
Now, what is that
on the floor?!

989
00:36:38,863 --> 00:36:41,166
That is bottles of water.

990
00:36:41,166 --> 00:36:43,968
Why is there bottled water
on the floor, Mr. Delmar?

991
00:36:43,968 --> 00:36:45,270
'Cause she ain't want it
on the table.

992
00:36:45,270 --> 00:36:46,805
No. No. Mnh-mnh.

993
00:36:46,805 --> 00:36:48,139
'Cause there ain't
no room!

994
00:36:48,139 --> 00:36:49,674
No.
Show the next picture.

995
00:36:49,674 --> 00:36:51,342
Yes.

996
00:36:51,342 --> 00:36:54,579
Where on the table can
she put the bottled water?

997
00:36:54,579 --> 00:36:56,281
[ Laughter ]

998
00:36:56,281 --> 00:36:57,449
Roll the rest of the tape.

999
00:36:57,449 --> 00:36:59,951
I got
a couple more questions.

1000
00:36:59,951 --> 00:37:01,319
Stop right there.

1001
00:37:01,319 --> 00:37:04,456
What is that, Delmar?
Valerie: Oh, my gosh.

1002
00:37:04,456 --> 00:37:05,857
Delmar: Okay.
Those buckets right there

1003
00:37:05,857 --> 00:37:09,761
is where I cut all my greens off
from last season.

1004
00:37:09,761 --> 00:37:12,030
And that's the dead
debris from it?
Right.

1005
00:37:12,030 --> 00:37:13,398
That I hadn't
cleaned up yet.

1006
00:37:13,398 --> 00:37:15,233
Okay, let's move on
with the thing.

1007
00:37:15,233 --> 00:37:17,402
Now, over --
oh, right there.
Let's go over
to this fence I seen.

1008
00:37:17,402 --> 00:37:18,503
Stop right there.
Stop right there.

1009
00:37:18,503 --> 00:37:19,871
There we go.

1010
00:37:19,871 --> 00:37:22,974
Delmar: Now, you see that dirt
spot there where nothing is?

1011
00:37:22,974 --> 00:37:24,275
Yeah.

1012
00:37:24,275 --> 00:37:28,146
That's where I had something
else at, and I tore it down.

1013
00:37:28,146 --> 00:37:29,147
Sir...

1014
00:37:29,147 --> 00:37:31,216
[ Laughter ]

1015
00:37:31,216 --> 00:37:34,486
That's a paragraph filled
with no information.

1016
00:37:34,486 --> 00:37:36,221
[ Laughter ]

1017
00:37:36,221 --> 00:37:38,957
What you want me
to do with that, Mr. Delmar?

1018
00:37:38,957 --> 00:37:42,060
Now, you see that
black container right there?

1019
00:37:42,060 --> 00:37:45,463
That's where the top
from the garage supposed to go.

1020
00:37:45,463 --> 00:37:46,764
Yeah, mm-hmm.

1021
00:37:46,764 --> 00:37:48,733
Okay, roll this video
a little bit more.

1022
00:37:48,733 --> 00:37:50,768
-Okay.
-Right there. Stop right there.

1023
00:37:50,768 --> 00:37:52,170
Come on, man, talk to me.

1024
00:37:52,170 --> 00:37:54,272
What is all that piled up
in the corner?

1025
00:37:54,272 --> 00:37:58,276
Those are all empty buckets that
I use to grow vegetables in.

1026
00:37:58,276 --> 00:38:02,814
They're just for backup in case
I needed them for something.

1027
00:38:02,814 --> 00:38:04,849
[ Laughter ]

1028
00:38:07,252 --> 00:38:09,387
[ Laughter continues ]

1029
00:38:11,656 --> 00:38:13,291
I wish y'all could see
his face.

1030
00:38:13,291 --> 00:38:15,326
'Cause when I ask him
a question,

1031
00:38:15,326 --> 00:38:17,395
I see him creating
the answer!

1032
00:38:17,395 --> 00:38:18,796
[ Laughter ]

1033
00:38:18,796 --> 00:38:20,899
I said, "Mr. Delmar,
what is that in the corner?"

1034
00:38:20,899 --> 00:38:22,800
"Okay."
Valerie: Ah!

1035
00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:24,969
[ Laughter and applause ]

1036
00:38:26,404 --> 00:38:29,140
"See, that right there is --

1037
00:38:29,140 --> 00:38:30,842
Them is buckets.

1038
00:38:30,842 --> 00:38:33,344
I keep them right there
for backup."

1039
00:38:33,344 --> 00:38:35,380
Yeah.
Mm-hmm.

1040
00:38:35,380 --> 00:38:37,182
"I can't just let
these buckets go!"

1041
00:38:37,182 --> 00:38:39,083
[ Laughter ]

1042
00:38:39,083 --> 00:38:41,219
"They might have to be
a garden one day!"

1043
00:38:41,219 --> 00:38:42,720
[ Laughter ]

1044
00:38:42,720 --> 00:38:45,023
"'Cause she's fixin' to put
my ass out."

1045
00:38:45,023 --> 00:38:47,058
[ Laughter and applause ]

1046
00:38:51,563 --> 00:38:53,298
Let me --
Okay, now, I got to get serious.

1047
00:38:53,298 --> 00:38:55,066
Come on, Steve.

1048
00:38:55,066 --> 00:38:56,434
Order in the court.

1049
00:38:56,434 --> 00:38:57,735
[ Laughter ]

1050
00:38:57,735 --> 00:38:59,671
Ms. Valerie...

1051
00:38:59,671 --> 00:39:04,142
how has this, uh, clutter
affected you, your relationship?

1052
00:39:04,142 --> 00:39:06,311
I mean, I-I-I love
my husband dearly.

1053
00:39:06,311 --> 00:39:07,946
He's a good man.

1054
00:39:07,946 --> 00:39:11,950
But when it comes to him
and this clutter,

1055
00:39:11,950 --> 00:39:14,953
it put a --
some type of barrier there

1056
00:39:14,953 --> 00:39:18,356
'cause I got really angry
with him at one point.

1057
00:39:18,356 --> 00:39:21,693
Do you think
this is hoarding?

1058
00:39:21,693 --> 00:39:24,495
Yes. That's what it is.

1059
00:39:24,495 --> 00:39:29,267
Have you looked into
uncluttering your place at all?

1060
00:39:29,267 --> 00:39:30,268
Yes.

1061
00:39:30,268 --> 00:39:31,369
How so?

1062
00:39:31,369 --> 00:39:34,038
We've looked at
a decluttering company,

1063
00:39:34,038 --> 00:39:37,775
and he gave an estimate
of $10,000.

1064
00:39:37,775 --> 00:39:39,611
Let me see the estimate.

1065
00:39:39,611 --> 00:39:40,845
Prep for removal

1066
00:39:40,845 --> 00:39:42,380
and organization.

1067
00:39:42,380 --> 00:39:44,115
Team lead. Team assistant.

1068
00:39:44,115 --> 00:39:45,717
A handyman.

1069
00:39:45,717 --> 00:39:48,119
$10,900.

1070
00:39:48,119 --> 00:39:50,989
I think that's in excess.
No, it isn't.

1071
00:39:50,989 --> 00:39:53,491
I do not owe you $10,000.
Yes, you do.

1072
00:39:53,491 --> 00:39:55,026
And -- And then some.

1073
00:39:55,026 --> 00:39:57,028
I've reached a verdict.

1074
00:39:57,028 --> 00:39:59,063
[ Cheers and applause ]

1075
00:40:02,734 --> 00:40:05,169
I think you're a nice guy.

1076
00:40:05,169 --> 00:40:07,605
But I think you're missing
something here.

1077
00:40:07,605 --> 00:40:10,108
You think that's your house.

1078
00:40:10,108 --> 00:40:12,510
[ Laughter ]

1079
00:40:12,510 --> 00:40:16,080
My father told me, "It is
your job to buy a house --

1080
00:40:16,080 --> 00:40:17,916
it's her job
to make it a home."

1081
00:40:17,916 --> 00:40:19,918
Woman: Amen.
Yep. Yes, sir.

1082
00:40:19,918 --> 00:40:21,619
[ Applause ]

1083
00:40:21,619 --> 00:40:24,989
You, sir,
you're preventing that.

1084
00:40:24,989 --> 00:40:26,324
[ Spectators murmur ]

1085
00:40:26,324 --> 00:40:28,126
And she looks sad about it.

1086
00:40:28,126 --> 00:40:29,360
Mm-hmm.

1087
00:40:29,360 --> 00:40:31,195
Now, did you marry her
to make her sad,

1088
00:40:31,195 --> 00:40:33,431
or did you marry her
to make her happy?

1089
00:40:33,431 --> 00:40:35,300
I married her
to make her happy.

1090
00:40:35,300 --> 00:40:36,968
You got to get
all this mess up, man.

1091
00:40:36,968 --> 00:40:38,102
Women don't like clutter.

1092
00:40:38,102 --> 00:40:39,203
Yeah.
Mnh-mnh.

1093
00:40:39,203 --> 00:40:40,872
Man, when you let
a woman do her thing,

1094
00:40:40,872 --> 00:40:43,207
she'll show you something.

1095
00:40:43,207 --> 00:40:44,342
I'm telling you right now,

1096
00:40:44,342 --> 00:40:48,513
you can be a successful man
without a woman,

1097
00:40:48,513 --> 00:40:50,782
but you will never be
a great man without a woman.

1098
00:40:50,782 --> 00:40:51,950
-Amen.
-Mm-hmm.

1099
00:40:51,950 --> 00:40:54,719
Barack Obama is not Barack Obama
without Michelle.

1100
00:40:54,719 --> 00:40:56,120
Woman: Without Michelle.
Yeah.

1101
00:40:56,120 --> 00:40:58,923
Ronald Reagan
wasn't nothing without Nancy.

1102
00:40:58,923 --> 00:40:59,924
Donald Trump --

1103
00:40:59,924 --> 00:41:01,225
he still ain't nothing.

1104
00:41:01,225 --> 00:41:03,895
[ Laughter and applause ]

1105
00:41:06,597 --> 00:41:07,665
Order in the court!

1106
00:41:07,665 --> 00:41:09,000
[ Laughter and applause
continue ]

1107
00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:10,134
Order!

1108
00:41:10,134 --> 00:41:11,736
Say such a thing like that!

1109
00:41:11,736 --> 00:41:13,204
This is court, damn it!

1110
00:41:13,204 --> 00:41:14,372
[ Laughter ]

1111
00:41:14,372 --> 00:41:16,674
Say nothing stupid like that
in this court.

1112
00:41:16,674 --> 00:41:19,177
[ Laughter ]

1113
00:41:19,177 --> 00:41:21,980
My verdict is simple.
Oh.

1114
00:41:21,980 --> 00:41:24,615
I'm gonna grant you
your lawsuit

1115
00:41:24,615 --> 00:41:26,784
for the entire amount
of your estimate

1116
00:41:26,784 --> 00:41:28,586
from the cleaning company.

1117
00:41:28,586 --> 00:41:32,857
This court
is going to give you $10,900.

1118
00:41:32,857 --> 00:41:36,060
Oh, yes. Thank you.
[ Cheers and applause ]

1119
00:41:36,060 --> 00:41:40,231
Mr. Delmar, I'm gonna do
something nice for you, sir.

1120
00:41:40,231 --> 00:41:42,734
I'm gonna give you $5,000

1121
00:41:42,734 --> 00:41:45,570
to put up a greenhouse
in your backyard.

1122
00:41:45,570 --> 00:41:47,638
[ Cheers and applause ]

1123
00:41:47,638 --> 00:41:49,173
That's my verdict.

1124
00:41:49,173 --> 00:41:51,008
And that's the way I see it.

1125
00:41:51,008 --> 00:41:53,010
[ Cheers and applause ]

1126
00:41:53,010 --> 00:42:02,286
♪♪

1127
00:42:02,286 --> 00:42:11,496
♪♪

1128
00:42:11,496 --> 00:42:21,172
♪♪