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Why did you lie
about your age?

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Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

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I'll be 65
in a couple months.

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Girl, you fine!

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They insisted on me
driving their car.

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Because it's a better look

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when she's going
to pick up the kids.

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Pull up in the Benz.

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Pull up, get the kids in that.

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Don't make her pay it.

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No, no, don't --
don't get gracious now.

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No, I'm not
being gracious.

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No, no, no, no! I just said
if you say something now,

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you wasn't gonna get nothing.

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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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Okay. Uh, let's get started.

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This is the case of Deana
Wright vs. Jordan Teklay.

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Deana is suing
her ex-boyfriend, Jordan,

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for $10,000 in an unpaid loan
and stolen items.

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Jordan says his ex Deana

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only wants payback
because of their breakup

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and is countersuing
for cash and jewelry

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in the amount of $3,700.

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Steve: Let's start
with you, Deana.

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You have 30 seconds
to state your case.

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Judge Harvey,
I am here today

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suing my ex-boyfriend,
Jordan, for $10,000.

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It's money
that I loaned to him

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and money that
he stole from me.

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I didn't steal anything.
I didn't steal anything.

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He's a liar.
He's a thief.

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He's conniving,
he's manipulative,

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and he preys
on older women.

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Listen, I don't --
I don't want

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an apology at this point.

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I just want
every single penny

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of the money
that he owes me.

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[ Laughter ]

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Jordan, your turn.
You got 30 seconds.

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The only reason
why I'm here today

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is because she's bitter

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that I broke up with her
and ghosted her.

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What?
That's the only reason.

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Oh, okay. Right.
And when you're
in a relationship,

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you don't count the gifts.
If we're counting gifts,

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that's why I'm countersuing her
for $3,700.

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Because
I lent her $3,000.

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You --
As cheap as you are,

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you haven't loaned me
a penny, Jordan.

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You are in court.
How are you lying?
I lent you $3--

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Hold on.
I'm not lying.
I'm telling the truth.

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Listen to me. Okay,
but listen to this, though.

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I'm gonna allow you to talk...
Okay.

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...tell your story.

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I'm gonna allow you to talk,
tell your story.

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This is Nancy, our bailiff.

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She doesn't have a gun,

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but we will threaten
to shoot you.

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[ Laughter ]

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Okay. Let's start with you,
Deana. How did you all meet?

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We met on a dating app.
We were vibing.

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Everything was cool.
We exchanged phone numbers.

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We had a nice first date.

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What dating site
did you all meet on?

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[ Sighs ]
BlackPeopleMeet.

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You know...

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If you want to, you know,

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stay in a certain lane,
you know...

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You're white and you want
to go on there,

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I'm just telling you...

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[ Laughter ]

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Okay, So go ahead.

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So we went
on a first date,

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which was
absolutely fantastic.

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We connected
on so many levels.

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You know,
we like the same music.

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We like watching sports,
specifically basketball.

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And everything was well

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until I caught him
in a zillion lies.

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Okay, hold tight.
Hold -- Hold.

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Now, Jordan,
what was it about her

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on the dating site
that attracted you?

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It seemed like
she was very extroverted,

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that I could take her
to a basketball game,

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concerts.

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She doesn't like
to sweat,

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so we don't work out
together, but...

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Well, I wanted to sweat
doing something else,

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but he didn't want...

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He wasn't into that.
That's not -- Ha.

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That's not --

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He said -- He said
I was too loud.

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No, no, no, no, see --

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She's very loud in bed.
She's very loud.

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[ Spectators murmur ]

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Most people loud.

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Yeah, exactly.

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How long before this turned
into a relationship, Deana?

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So, listen,
I read your book --

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"Act Like a Lady,
Think Like a Man."

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And I waited
those 90 days.

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Okay.

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We were together
for just shy of two years.

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Oh, you've been together
for a while.

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So, for a while, yeah.
Oh, okay.

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But the whole time,

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I was being manipulated
and bamboozled.

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Okay.
Why did you lie
about your age?

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Listen, I have
a 43-year-old son.

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I have a granddaughter
who's 11.

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How old did you think
I was?
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

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You never told me
how old Jared was.

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Wait a minute. Wait.
Hold, hold, hold.

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You have a 43-year-old son?
I have a 43-year-old son.

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Can I ask you
how old you are, ma'am?

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I'll be 65
in a couple months.

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Girl, you fine!

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[ Cheers and applause ]

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She looks fantastic.
She looks great.

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How old are you?
32.

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But he told me
he was in his 40s.

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Now, on the dating site,
you have a profile.

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Yes. I thought he was
a firefighter and a teacher.

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[ Chuckling ]

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I was -- I was
a volunteer firefighter.

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Many years prior
to that, though.

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Yeah.
Where?

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Exactly.
No, hold up. Where?

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In Madison, Wisconsin,
where we met.

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In Madison, Wisconsin?
Mm.

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That's a major city.
Exactly.

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Where do they have volunteer
firemen in major cities?

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Oh, you drinking now.

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Yeah.

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Boy, that water right there,
whoo-hoo.

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Let me tell you something.

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Let me tell you something, man.

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That's a dead giveaway.

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[ Laughter ]

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And he told me
that he was

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on a championship basketball
team at his college.

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Okay, stop right there.

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[ Laughing ]

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I never said that.

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Now, I'm pretty sure
this woman

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didn't just dig up
"championship basketball team."

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So what did you tell her
about the basketball?

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I play
on a basketball team.

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You didn't never say
you had won a championship?

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[ Laughter ]

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I said the team
won a championship, yeah.

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Yeah.

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I found out that he was
a teacher's aide

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because I have friends
that work

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for the school district.

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Well, teacher's aides is good.

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Teacher's aide is good,
but it's not a teacher.

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If he would have
just told me

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he was a teacher's aide,
that's cool.

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But that's not what he did.
He lied about everything.

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Go and get a drink.
Go ahead.

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[ Light laughter ]

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What do you -- What do you say
about all this?

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It was never my intention
to hurt her.

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I did embellish
some things.

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But I want a family.
I want kids.

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What am I gonna do
with someone

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when their eggs
are poached...hard?

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Like, I can't...

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Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
What'd you say?

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What am I gonna do
with someone

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when their eggs
are poached...hard?

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Like, I can't...

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Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
What'd you say?

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I want a family.

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You have a family
You lied

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and told me you didn't
have any kids.

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You have a daughter.
My man, listen to me.

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Hold on one second.

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Play back what he said
to me.

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What am I gonna do
with someone

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when their eggs
are poached...hard?

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Oh, that's what you said.

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[ Spectators murmur ]

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[ Chuckling ]
Hey, man.

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You don't see the hole
you digging?

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He has a daughter.
He said he had no children.

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I found out
he has a daughter.

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I never said I didn't
have any children.

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Yes, you said,
"I don't --"

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And when Father's Day came,
I said,

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"Oh, well, too bad
you're not a dad.

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I can't buy you
a Father's Day gift."

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And you're like,
"Oh, I am a dad." "What?"

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Yeah, but I never said
I wasn't a father.

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Oh, you a dad,
but you not a father.

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No.

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Crowd is starting
to turn on you right now.

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"We don't believe it."
Right.

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"He ain't taking care of nobody
but his damn self, Steve."

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Yeah. See?

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Now I'm starting to get
the feeling why we here now.

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See? 'Cause you're suing
for $10,000.

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Now let's talk
about these gifts.

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You know, in a relationship,
you buy each other gifts.

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He's a sneakerhead.

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I bought him
several pairs of sneakers.

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I bought him a watch.
I bought him a wallet.

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I bought him fishing gear.

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I bought him
all kinds of stuff.

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Let me tell you
what he gave me.

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My first birthday --
nothing.

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My first Valentine's Day --
zero.

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He said
he doesn't celebrate.

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So the next year,

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what he gave me
for Valentine's Day...

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I'm honestly embarrassed
to say it.

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What did you give her?

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I gave her
some lottery tickets,

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like, some scratch-offs.

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[ Chuckles ]

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I ought to bust you
in your damn head.

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Before you do that,
I...

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Yeah. Okay, well, let me
take my hand off of it.

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I gave her
a $700 gold bracelet

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and -- that
she absolutely loved.

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First of all, I went with you
to the store, Jordan.

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You're lying again.
It was $200. Here it is.
No, it was --

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No. No, it was --
There, you can have it.

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I don't wear it anymore.
There's no sentimental value.

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Keep it.

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Okay, so now your countersuit
is for what?

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$3,000 that I loaned her

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when I won some money
at a casino, and, uh...

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You gave her this money?
$3,000?
Yes.

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I didn't get a penny.

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Listen, I loaned him $3,700
to get his car fixed --

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He needed an engine
in his beat-up car --

250
00:09:03,910 --> 00:09:05,745
as a loan.

251
00:09:05,745 --> 00:09:07,514
Now, he'd paid me
$300 of it back.

252
00:09:07,514 --> 00:09:09,983
Yes, he did.
And then on top of that,

253
00:09:09,983 --> 00:09:12,519
I don't know whether
he stole my credit card...

254
00:09:12,519 --> 00:09:14,721
That's not true.
That's just...
...or whether he broke
down the numbers.

255
00:09:14,721 --> 00:09:18,324
But $5,000. He was paying
his own bills on my card.

256
00:09:18,324 --> 00:09:20,727
Okay, so hold on.
So you submitted...

257
00:09:20,727 --> 00:09:22,395
Yes, I have.
I have documentation.
...some documents to the court.

258
00:09:22,395 --> 00:09:24,197
Let me take a look at these.
Yes.

259
00:09:24,197 --> 00:09:25,398
This is an auto bill.
Yes.

260
00:09:25,398 --> 00:09:29,335
The auto bill is for $3,761

261
00:09:29,335 --> 00:09:31,838
of money you gave him
to repair his car.

262
00:09:31,838 --> 00:09:34,140
I went there and paid
for it by check.

263
00:09:34,140 --> 00:09:35,809
Okay.
What else are we here for?

264
00:09:35,809 --> 00:09:38,745
And we're here for the $5,000
he paid for --

265
00:09:38,745 --> 00:09:41,981
like, a new phone,
energy bill,

266
00:09:41,981 --> 00:09:44,317
gas and electric bill.

267
00:09:44,317 --> 00:09:49,589
So we got about $8,761.10.

268
00:09:49,589 --> 00:09:52,759
So you used the credit card?

269
00:09:52,759 --> 00:09:55,195
Yeah.
You did?

270
00:09:55,195 --> 00:09:57,497
I mean, I wouldn't use
her card without, like --

271
00:09:57,497 --> 00:09:59,599
I'm not trying to go to jail.
I would never do that.

272
00:09:59,599 --> 00:10:01,668
Nobody tries to go to jail.

273
00:10:01,668 --> 00:10:06,172
Deana, out of this $5,000
that's on this credit card

274
00:10:06,172 --> 00:10:10,110
and this $3,761 you paid
on the car,

275
00:10:10,110 --> 00:10:12,245
how much has he given you back?

276
00:10:12,245 --> 00:10:14,747
He gave me $300 back
on the $3,700 loan

277
00:10:14,747 --> 00:10:16,549
to fix his car.
That's it.

278
00:10:16,549 --> 00:10:19,819
So you did give her $300 back
on the $3,700?

279
00:10:19,819 --> 00:10:21,754
On the engine, yeah, because
I wanted to pay her back.

280
00:10:21,754 --> 00:10:24,591
There was never an agreement
to pay her back.
Yeah.

281
00:10:24,591 --> 00:10:28,561
Now, I got $8,461.

282
00:10:28,561 --> 00:10:30,530
You're in here for $10,000.
Yeah.

283
00:10:30,530 --> 00:10:32,866
Where's the other $1,600?

284
00:10:32,866 --> 00:10:35,535
Okay, so the night before

285
00:10:35,535 --> 00:10:37,170
the one-year anniversary
of my mom's death,

286
00:10:37,170 --> 00:10:40,440
I went in the cabinet where
we kept some of her jewelry,

287
00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:42,075
which he knew
that was in there.

288
00:10:42,075 --> 00:10:44,244
And guess what?
It was gone.

289
00:10:44,244 --> 00:10:45,979
I'd never take...
And a few months
prior to this,

290
00:10:45,979 --> 00:10:48,081
in his wallet
that he left at my house,

291
00:10:48,081 --> 00:10:51,150
there was a receipt
for a pawnshop.

292
00:10:51,150 --> 00:10:52,519
Now, I knew he always
goes to pawnshops.

293
00:10:52,519 --> 00:10:53,987
I never --
That's just not true.

294
00:10:53,987 --> 00:10:56,322
That is true.
You stole my mother's jewelry.
Where's the receipt?

295
00:10:56,322 --> 00:10:58,057
I would never.
That's just so low down.

296
00:10:58,057 --> 00:10:59,626
Yes. Yeah, you did.
I would never do that.

297
00:10:59,626 --> 00:11:01,828
No one was
in that house but you.

298
00:11:01,828 --> 00:11:04,497
I did not take any jewelry
from her. That's just not --

299
00:11:04,497 --> 00:11:06,232
Yeah. So how did jewelry
come up missing?

300
00:11:06,232 --> 00:11:07,500
I don't know.

301
00:11:07,500 --> 00:11:08,801
I can't answer that
because I don't have it.

302
00:11:08,801 --> 00:11:10,003
It's not in my possession.
I didn't take it.

303
00:11:10,003 --> 00:11:12,405
What did you pawn?
Nothing.

304
00:11:12,405 --> 00:11:14,707
[ Laughing ]

305
00:11:14,707 --> 00:11:16,242
Boy...[ chuckling ]

306
00:11:16,242 --> 00:11:18,144
Nothing. Noth--

307
00:11:18,144 --> 00:11:19,212
Listen to me.

308
00:11:19,212 --> 00:11:22,482
The last people
that give you money

309
00:11:22,482 --> 00:11:26,286
for nothing is the pawnshop.

310
00:11:26,286 --> 00:11:30,657
So when I asked you, "What
do you have a receipt for?"

311
00:11:30,657 --> 00:11:33,760
And you say, "Nothing,"
is 'cause you can't think

312
00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:36,696
of nothing you can
tell me right now.

313
00:11:36,696 --> 00:11:38,765
And that stuff
was priceless.

314
00:11:38,765 --> 00:11:40,433
That was my mom's jewelry.

315
00:11:40,433 --> 00:11:42,835
Come on, man.
What did you pawn?

316
00:11:42,835 --> 00:11:45,104
I didn't pawn anything.

317
00:11:45,104 --> 00:11:47,006
That's what you gonna go
with right there?

318
00:11:47,006 --> 00:11:49,375
You would call me from
that pawnshop all the time.

319
00:11:49,375 --> 00:11:51,044
That's not --
That's just not true.

320
00:11:51,044 --> 00:11:52,145
That's not true.
Yeah. Yeah.

321
00:11:52,145 --> 00:11:55,081
Everything you said
is a little shaky.

322
00:11:55,081 --> 00:11:57,951
I ain't saying you lying...

323
00:11:57,951 --> 00:11:59,385
[ Sighs ]

324
00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:04,190
[ Quietly ]
I'm not lying.

325
00:12:04,190 --> 00:12:06,292
I'm ready to deliver my verdict.

326
00:12:10,363 --> 00:12:13,066
Regarding your countersuit,

327
00:12:13,066 --> 00:12:17,704
you're saying you gave
her $3,000.

328
00:12:17,704 --> 00:12:20,440
It's just kind of hard, man,

329
00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:24,644
when you ran down the list
of so many untruths

330
00:12:24,644 --> 00:12:26,679
to get to this
one glaring piece of truth

331
00:12:26,679 --> 00:12:29,816
that everybody supposed to
all of a sudden believe.

332
00:12:29,816 --> 00:12:32,485
I think you misled this woman.
Yeah.

333
00:12:32,485 --> 00:12:36,356
Now, the bracelet for $700,
she gave that back.

334
00:12:36,356 --> 00:12:38,891
But you forgot that she went
to the store with you.

335
00:12:38,891 --> 00:12:40,493
Yes.

336
00:12:40,493 --> 00:12:45,465
So you're countersuit
for $3,700 is out.

337
00:12:45,465 --> 00:12:47,000
Dismissed.

338
00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:48,835
Now, Deana,

339
00:12:48,835 --> 00:12:53,272
you've done a wonderful job
of maintaining your age, lady.

340
00:12:54,507 --> 00:12:57,310
Even Jordan
is clapping right now.

341
00:12:57,310 --> 00:12:59,612
He know he struck gold.

342
00:12:59,612 --> 00:13:02,715
This boy ain't got
no business with you.

343
00:13:02,715 --> 00:13:05,418
And if you really had have
read my book,

344
00:13:05,418 --> 00:13:07,320
"Act Like a Lady,
Think Like a Man,"

345
00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:10,390
I have a section in the book
that said

346
00:13:10,390 --> 00:13:13,660
women should stop having
2-foot-high fences

347
00:13:13,660 --> 00:13:15,061
around their yard

348
00:13:15,061 --> 00:13:17,730
because everybody can hop
over that fence,

349
00:13:17,730 --> 00:13:20,833
dig up the dirt
and go on about their business.

350
00:13:20,833 --> 00:13:27,106
I know for a fact that you gave
this man $3,761 as a loan

351
00:13:27,106 --> 00:13:29,475
because he paid back $300.

352
00:13:29,475 --> 00:13:35,982
I also know that he charged
$5,000 on your card.

353
00:13:35,982 --> 00:13:40,953
98% of everything he said --

354
00:13:40,953 --> 00:13:43,156
There's been a lot.
Go ahead. What?

355
00:13:43,156 --> 00:13:45,758
70%.

356
00:13:45,758 --> 00:13:48,594
You think that's good?

357
00:13:48,594 --> 00:13:51,764
You standing here
saying 70%

358
00:13:51,764 --> 00:13:55,168
of everything you said
is a lie.

359
00:13:55,168 --> 00:13:56,936
What good is the 30%?

360
00:13:56,936 --> 00:13:59,706
You can't be this dumb.

361
00:13:59,706 --> 00:14:01,240
[ Laughter ]

362
00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:02,675
You 32 years old, boy.

363
00:14:02,675 --> 00:14:05,378
See, if you was really 40,
you wouldn't have said that.

364
00:14:08,247 --> 00:14:10,149
Do you have any savings, son?

365
00:14:10,149 --> 00:14:11,350
No.

366
00:14:11,350 --> 00:14:13,953
You have no way of paying
this woman back, do you?

367
00:14:13,953 --> 00:14:15,488
No.

368
00:14:15,488 --> 00:14:19,992
I am going to pay this woman
out of the court's pocket,

369
00:14:19,992 --> 00:14:23,229
but I'm going to say
something to you, young man.

370
00:14:23,229 --> 00:14:25,998
If this was my sister,
I'd kick your ass.

371
00:14:25,998 --> 00:14:27,133
I really would.

372
00:14:29,602 --> 00:14:32,772
I rule for the plaintiff
for $10,000.

373
00:14:32,772 --> 00:14:34,340
That's my verdict.

374
00:14:34,340 --> 00:14:35,975
And that's the way I see it.

375
00:14:35,975 --> 00:14:44,083
♪♪

376
00:14:44,083 --> 00:14:45,818
I did not leave
my stuff like this.

377
00:14:45,818 --> 00:14:47,787
Frank, how did her stuff
get damaged?

378
00:14:47,787 --> 00:14:50,356
Um, I have no clue.

379
00:14:50,356 --> 00:14:52,859
If my mama asked me, "Steve,
how did that get broke?"

380
00:14:52,859 --> 00:14:56,129
and I go, "I don't know, Mama,"

381
00:14:56,129 --> 00:14:59,098
I get back hand immediately.

382
00:15:05,104 --> 00:15:07,840
Steve: Alright. Thank you all.

383
00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:09,108
Let's get started.

384
00:15:09,108 --> 00:15:10,443
This is the case
of Lillie Jones

385
00:15:10,443 --> 00:15:12,678
vs. Frank Mosley
and Stephanie Mosley.

386
00:15:12,678 --> 00:15:15,481
Lillie is suing her former
employers, Frank and Stephanie,

387
00:15:15,481 --> 00:15:17,717
for $4,850 for unpaid wages

388
00:15:17,717 --> 00:15:21,120
and damage
to her personal electronics.

389
00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:23,122
The Mosleys say
they don't owe Lillie

390
00:15:23,122 --> 00:15:27,426
and are countersuing her
for $5,662.58

391
00:15:27,426 --> 00:15:29,462
for destroying
their family car.

392
00:15:29,462 --> 00:15:31,264
Steve: Ah, let's start
with you, Lillie.

393
00:15:31,264 --> 00:15:32,999
You have 30 seconds
to state your case.

394
00:15:32,999 --> 00:15:34,133
I'm here today,
Your Honor,

395
00:15:34,133 --> 00:15:36,736
because I am suing
for the amount of $4,850.

396
00:15:36,736 --> 00:15:39,071
I was a live-in nanny
for the Mosleys.

397
00:15:39,071 --> 00:15:41,674
We had an agreement.
$2,400 per month.

398
00:15:41,674 --> 00:15:43,509
I was supposed to be there
for six months.

399
00:15:43,509 --> 00:15:46,312
But my money started
getting funny,

400
00:15:46,312 --> 00:15:48,781
so they owe me
for $3,600 in lost wages

401
00:15:48,781 --> 00:15:52,485
and $1,250 for a broken laptop
and monitor.

402
00:15:52,485 --> 00:15:54,887
Okay, Frank and Stephanie,
it's your turn.

403
00:15:54,887 --> 00:15:57,223
You have 30 seconds
to state your case.

404
00:15:57,223 --> 00:15:58,724
We did hire Lillie

405
00:15:58,724 --> 00:16:00,927
to be a live-in nanny
for six months.

406
00:16:00,927 --> 00:16:03,496
She only did four months
of the job.

407
00:16:03,496 --> 00:16:06,499
And before she left,
she damaged Stephanie's car.

408
00:16:06,499 --> 00:16:10,703
The damages came
to $5,662.58,

409
00:16:10,703 --> 00:16:12,538
which we are
countersuing for.

410
00:16:12,538 --> 00:16:15,708
Alright. Well,
let's start with you, Lillie.

411
00:16:15,708 --> 00:16:17,677
Tell me, how did you
become their nanny?

412
00:16:17,677 --> 00:16:18,678
Lillie:
Through a mutual friend.

413
00:16:18,678 --> 00:16:20,513
He said, "I have a friend
that does

414
00:16:20,513 --> 00:16:22,949
strategic planning
for nonprofits and companies."

415
00:16:22,949 --> 00:16:26,352
So let me introduce you.
And so he introduced me to them.

416
00:16:26,352 --> 00:16:28,554
And as we were working,
we started to,

417
00:16:28,554 --> 00:16:30,857
you know, FaceTime and talk
and get to know each other.

418
00:16:30,857 --> 00:16:33,025
And then they stated
they needed some support

419
00:16:33,025 --> 00:16:34,427
with the kids
and things.

420
00:16:34,427 --> 00:16:37,463
And I was like, "Hmm,
okay, y'all in Georgia?"

421
00:16:37,463 --> 00:16:39,432
Well, I thought about
moving to Georgia anyway.

422
00:16:39,432 --> 00:16:42,335
So I said, "Hmm.
This might be okay."

423
00:16:42,335 --> 00:16:44,237
Where were you living before?
I was living in Virginia.

424
00:16:44,237 --> 00:16:45,872
Okay.
Mm-hmm.

425
00:16:45,872 --> 00:16:48,674
So I came down,
and it was really nice.

426
00:16:48,674 --> 00:16:51,210
You know, they were cool,
but the agreement was

427
00:16:51,210 --> 00:16:54,714
$2,400 a month
and $1,000 relocation.

428
00:16:54,714 --> 00:16:57,650
Now, for this $2,400, what was
gonna be your duties?

429
00:16:57,650 --> 00:17:00,219
I was to, like, make sure
snacks, breakfast and dinner

430
00:17:00,219 --> 00:17:02,855
was good for the kids.
The little one, lunch.

431
00:17:02,855 --> 00:17:04,190
How many children?
Two.

432
00:17:04,190 --> 00:17:05,091
Okay.
Mm-hmm.

433
00:17:05,091 --> 00:17:06,893
Boys, girls?
Boys, mm-hmm.

434
00:17:06,893 --> 00:17:07,994
Two -- Oh.
How old are they?

435
00:17:07,994 --> 00:17:09,328
7 and 15, I believe.

436
00:17:09,328 --> 00:17:11,030
Whoo.
I know.

437
00:17:11,030 --> 00:17:13,633
So now let me go to you,
Frank and Stephanie.

438
00:17:13,633 --> 00:17:15,401
Is this what the agreement was?

439
00:17:15,401 --> 00:17:18,504
Yes, it was. Yes.
It was really me.

440
00:17:18,504 --> 00:17:20,806
I talked to Lillie
every day, FaceTime,

441
00:17:20,806 --> 00:17:24,076
while she was in Richmond.
I was in Atlanta here.

442
00:17:24,076 --> 00:17:26,379
She stated she wanted
to get to Atlanta.

443
00:17:26,379 --> 00:17:28,381
So what I was doing
was giving her

444
00:17:28,381 --> 00:17:30,716
an opportunity to get here
and giving her

445
00:17:30,716 --> 00:17:32,485
a soft landing
so she can move.

446
00:17:32,485 --> 00:17:36,122
Was there an actual agreement
for her to be a nanny?

447
00:17:36,122 --> 00:17:38,090
Yes, sir.
It's been submitted
to the court.

448
00:17:38,090 --> 00:17:39,525
Steve: Alright.
Let me see that agreement.

449
00:17:39,525 --> 00:17:40,993
Lillie: I submitted it.
Mm-hmm.

450
00:17:40,993 --> 00:17:43,663
This letter, 2021,
$2,400 a month.

451
00:17:43,663 --> 00:17:44,630
I see that.

452
00:17:44,630 --> 00:17:47,366
$1,000 in relocation assistance.

453
00:17:47,366 --> 00:17:49,802
Then the following
responsibilities --

454
00:17:49,802 --> 00:17:52,605
household chores,
transporting kids,

455
00:17:52,605 --> 00:17:56,676
preparing meals,
assist with homework projects.

456
00:17:56,676 --> 00:17:58,711
Oh, yeah. See, I was
tutoring as well.

457
00:17:58,711 --> 00:17:59,912
Because, see,
I taught high school

458
00:17:59,912 --> 00:18:00,980
before I came out here,
honey.

459
00:18:00,980 --> 00:18:03,316
So I could provide
a lot of assistance.

460
00:18:03,316 --> 00:18:04,383
Oh. Okay.
Yes, sir.

461
00:18:04,383 --> 00:18:06,485
So now, how did
the first month go?

462
00:18:06,485 --> 00:18:07,853
So the first month
was real good.

463
00:18:07,853 --> 00:18:09,155
I brought my car down.

464
00:18:09,155 --> 00:18:12,191
Now, I was willing
to drive my car.

465
00:18:12,191 --> 00:18:14,393
They insisted on me
driving their car

466
00:18:14,393 --> 00:18:16,295
that's 20 years old.

467
00:18:16,295 --> 00:18:18,130
What kind of car
was it, Frank?

468
00:18:18,130 --> 00:18:20,900
It was a 2001
Mercedes ML 320.

469
00:18:20,900 --> 00:18:24,804
Okay. Oh, that's that, like,
kind of like a minivan, like.

470
00:18:24,804 --> 00:18:27,139
Yes.
What kind of car did you have?

471
00:18:27,139 --> 00:18:29,542
I have a 2015
Jeep Patriot.

472
00:18:29,542 --> 00:18:31,544
But you wanted her
to drive your car.

473
00:18:31,544 --> 00:18:33,346
Stephanie:
Well, we didn't insist.

474
00:18:33,346 --> 00:18:34,914
We don't want her
to worry about...

475
00:18:34,914 --> 00:18:37,149
So you provided her
a work vehicle.
Right.

476
00:18:37,149 --> 00:18:39,685
Because it's a better look when
she's going to pick up the kids.

477
00:18:39,685 --> 00:18:41,454
Pull up in the Benz.

478
00:18:41,454 --> 00:18:42,888
Maybe.
Not necessarily.

479
00:18:42,888 --> 00:18:45,758
I mean, he said, "Maybe."
You said, "Not necessarily."

480
00:18:45,758 --> 00:18:48,294
I know how men think.
I'm sorry, ma'am.

481
00:18:48,294 --> 00:18:51,130
I'm just -- For men,
it's a better look

482
00:18:51,130 --> 00:18:53,132
when you go pick up the kids,

483
00:18:53,132 --> 00:18:55,434
have a Mercedes emblem
on the front.

484
00:18:55,434 --> 00:18:58,704
For you, that didn't mean
nothing, but me and Frank...

485
00:18:58,704 --> 00:19:00,573
Okay. Okay.

486
00:19:00,573 --> 00:19:04,076
You know, you need that circle
with that thing in the...

487
00:19:04,076 --> 00:19:08,381
Pull up,
get the kids in that.
Right.

488
00:19:08,381 --> 00:19:10,116
So now, Lillie...
Mm-hmm.

489
00:19:10,116 --> 00:19:12,018
...first month goes well.

490
00:19:12,018 --> 00:19:13,619
So what happened in March?

491
00:19:13,619 --> 00:19:15,287
Of course, I got paid
on the 1st and the 15th.

492
00:19:15,287 --> 00:19:16,389
Right?
Uh-huh.

493
00:19:16,389 --> 00:19:19,025
So the middle of March,
I'm like,

494
00:19:19,025 --> 00:19:20,259
"Okay,
I ain't got paid yet,"

495
00:19:20,259 --> 00:19:23,662
but I also knew that
there were visitors coming

496
00:19:23,662 --> 00:19:25,464
and they were
preparing the house

497
00:19:25,464 --> 00:19:26,599
for visitors to come.

498
00:19:26,599 --> 00:19:27,900
Frank:
My parents was coming down.

499
00:19:27,900 --> 00:19:30,336
Now, my parents come down
every football season,

500
00:19:30,336 --> 00:19:32,071
so they
normally come August

501
00:19:32,071 --> 00:19:33,506
and they leave
around Christmas.

502
00:19:33,506 --> 00:19:36,275
That's every year they come
watch my son play football.

503
00:19:36,275 --> 00:19:37,676
And they showed up
a little early.

504
00:19:37,676 --> 00:19:39,912
They came through
in April,

505
00:19:39,912 --> 00:19:42,548
and actually,
they're still here.

506
00:19:42,548 --> 00:19:44,016
Your parents are still here?

507
00:19:44,016 --> 00:19:45,751
-Yes.
-Mm-hmm.

508
00:19:45,751 --> 00:19:47,620
My wife said, "Yes."

509
00:19:47,620 --> 00:19:49,789
No, we love it.
We love them.

510
00:19:50,856 --> 00:19:54,126
You want -- You want to say
you love them one more time?

511
00:19:54,126 --> 00:19:55,661
I love them.

512
00:19:55,661 --> 00:19:56,896
Yes.
Really.

513
00:19:56,896 --> 00:19:58,764
Yeah.

514
00:19:58,764 --> 00:20:00,132
Frank: After my parents
got here...

515
00:20:00,132 --> 00:20:01,100
They still here.

516
00:20:01,100 --> 00:20:02,401
They still here.
Mm-hmm.

517
00:20:02,401 --> 00:20:06,105
But that's when things
changed with us and Lillie.

518
00:20:06,105 --> 00:20:07,606
How so?

519
00:20:07,606 --> 00:20:09,208
Well, Lillie's living

520
00:20:09,208 --> 00:20:12,144
in 1,500 square foot
of the basement.

521
00:20:12,144 --> 00:20:13,512
She has an apartment
down there.

522
00:20:13,512 --> 00:20:15,147
But hold on.
Mm-hmm.

523
00:20:15,147 --> 00:20:17,016
You gave her the basement.
Indeed.

524
00:20:17,016 --> 00:20:17,950
Stephanie: Yes.
Okay.

525
00:20:17,950 --> 00:20:19,118
Nobody's complaining
about this.

526
00:20:19,118 --> 00:20:20,619
No one said,
"Oh, Lillie,

527
00:20:20,619 --> 00:20:22,822
my parents are coming.
You got to leave."

528
00:20:22,822 --> 00:20:24,056
Okay.
My parents --

529
00:20:24,056 --> 00:20:25,758
They stayed in the family room
on the first level.

530
00:20:25,758 --> 00:20:30,196
But you said the problem
started when my parents came.

531
00:20:30,196 --> 00:20:31,263
Explain.

532
00:20:31,263 --> 00:20:32,765
Well, we're
on the second level.

533
00:20:32,765 --> 00:20:35,734
Lillie's in the basement.
Everyone has their space.

534
00:20:35,734 --> 00:20:39,105
When you put my parents
in the middle area,

535
00:20:39,105 --> 00:20:40,539
the space shrinks
in the house.
Yes.

536
00:20:40,539 --> 00:20:42,708
It won't -- Let me tell you --
Mnh-mnh, judge, you know.

537
00:20:42,708 --> 00:20:44,610
It was a little tight,
but when the parents came,

538
00:20:44,610 --> 00:20:46,178
I had to run
a little bit more errands

539
00:20:46,178 --> 00:20:48,814
because everybody wanted
to eat something different.

540
00:20:48,814 --> 00:20:52,284
You're working for instead
of four people, six people.

541
00:20:52,284 --> 00:20:53,652
The entire house.

542
00:20:53,652 --> 00:20:55,988
That is not true,
Your Honor.

543
00:20:55,988 --> 00:20:57,189
So now you're saying

544
00:20:57,189 --> 00:20:59,191
she didn't do nothing
for your parents.

545
00:20:59,191 --> 00:21:00,426
Frank: No.
No.

546
00:21:00,426 --> 00:21:01,794
How old are your parents?

547
00:21:01,794 --> 00:21:05,865
My dad is 72.
My mom is 69.

548
00:21:05,865 --> 00:21:08,033
72-year-old people
want something.

549
00:21:08,033 --> 00:21:09,935
What they want
is good fried chicken.

550
00:21:09,935 --> 00:21:11,837
And that's why
when my mom cook,

551
00:21:11,837 --> 00:21:13,372
Lillie was the first one
at the table.

552
00:21:13,372 --> 00:21:14,974
That's right.
Every day.

553
00:21:14,974 --> 00:21:17,576
That's the only thing
I agree with

554
00:21:17,576 --> 00:21:18,911
'cause it's good.

555
00:21:18,911 --> 00:21:21,747
I like that good fried chicken,
honey.

556
00:21:21,747 --> 00:21:23,215
[ Laughter ]

557
00:21:26,786 --> 00:21:28,721
72-year-old people
want something.

558
00:21:28,721 --> 00:21:29,955
Frank: What they want
is good fried chicken.

559
00:21:29,955 --> 00:21:31,657
And that's why
when my mom cook,

560
00:21:31,657 --> 00:21:33,726
Lillie was the first one
at the table.

561
00:21:33,726 --> 00:21:35,361
That's right.
Every day.

562
00:21:35,361 --> 00:21:37,930
That's the only thing
I agree with

563
00:21:37,930 --> 00:21:39,231
'cause it's good.

564
00:21:39,231 --> 00:21:41,267
I like that good fried chicken,
honey.

565
00:21:41,267 --> 00:21:42,334
[ Laughter ]

566
00:21:42,334 --> 00:21:43,903
You know...
Steve: Your mama can cook.

567
00:21:43,903 --> 00:21:46,172
We all agree on that
right there.

568
00:21:46,172 --> 00:21:50,309
But now you got to admit,
she worked for y'all.

569
00:21:50,309 --> 00:21:53,445
I cannot imagine they ain't
asking her to do nothing.

570
00:21:53,445 --> 00:21:55,681
See, it's called
implied, okay?

571
00:21:55,681 --> 00:21:57,550
So implied duties.

572
00:21:57,550 --> 00:21:58,951
When you go
in the laundry room,

573
00:21:58,951 --> 00:22:01,687
if all of y'all stuff
is in there, do you think

574
00:22:01,687 --> 00:22:04,023
I'm gonna put it
somewhere else...
Come on.

575
00:22:04,023 --> 00:22:05,424
...put the kids' laundry
in there,

576
00:22:05,424 --> 00:22:06,492
then put it back?
No.

577
00:22:06,492 --> 00:22:08,160
So I'm gonna go on
and switch it over

578
00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:09,562
from the washer
to the dryer.

579
00:22:09,562 --> 00:22:12,431
I like the way
you said it was implied.

580
00:22:12,431 --> 00:22:13,599
Frank: That's true.

581
00:22:13,599 --> 00:22:15,434
But that ain't what
you're complaining about.

582
00:22:15,434 --> 00:22:16,435
Let's talk about what

583
00:22:16,435 --> 00:22:17,736
you should have gotten paid.

584
00:22:17,736 --> 00:22:19,638
February, $2,400,

585
00:22:19,638 --> 00:22:20,673
$2,400, $2,400,

586
00:22:20,673 --> 00:22:23,375
and half of May was only $1,200

587
00:22:23,375 --> 00:22:25,211
because you left early.
Mm-hmm.

588
00:22:25,211 --> 00:22:27,179
Everybody agreed to that.
Yes.

589
00:22:27,179 --> 00:22:30,049
I want to see the wages
that was received.

590
00:22:30,049 --> 00:22:32,451
Let's put this chart up.

591
00:22:32,451 --> 00:22:34,854
We got $2,400 in February.

592
00:22:34,854 --> 00:22:35,888
Yes.

593
00:22:35,888 --> 00:22:38,157
In March, you got $1,200.

594
00:22:38,157 --> 00:22:39,225
Yes, sir.

595
00:22:39,225 --> 00:22:41,060
April, you say you got $1,200.

596
00:22:41,060 --> 00:22:42,394
Mm-hmm.

597
00:22:42,394 --> 00:22:45,331
April, we had a conversation
with Lillie.
Mm-hmm.

598
00:22:45,331 --> 00:22:48,400
Said, "Listen, we're gonna
pay you $1,200 this month.

599
00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:50,336
We will make it up
on the 15th..."

600
00:22:50,336 --> 00:22:51,770
Of May.
"...of May."

601
00:22:51,770 --> 00:22:54,106
Lillie wasn't there
the 15th of May.

602
00:22:54,106 --> 00:22:55,140
No, she was gone.

603
00:22:55,140 --> 00:22:57,676
She was gone about
the 7th of May.

604
00:22:57,676 --> 00:23:00,112
Right.
Now, in May,

605
00:23:00,112 --> 00:23:02,181
you should have gotten
another $1,200.

606
00:23:02,181 --> 00:23:03,382
You said you got zero.

607
00:23:03,382 --> 00:23:05,351
Well, let me tell you,
I got zero,

608
00:23:05,351 --> 00:23:07,586
but Miss Stephy,
she felt bad

609
00:23:07,586 --> 00:23:08,721
'cause she knew
he didn't --

610
00:23:08,721 --> 00:23:10,122
He was supposed to
pay me that money.

611
00:23:10,122 --> 00:23:11,724
She did give me
a little bit of money,

612
00:23:11,724 --> 00:23:13,225
but that was just
from her.

613
00:23:13,225 --> 00:23:14,793
He had nothing
to do with it.

614
00:23:14,793 --> 00:23:17,296
How much?
I think about $700.

615
00:23:17,296 --> 00:23:19,231
And that $700 --
Which now

616
00:23:19,231 --> 00:23:22,201
we're gonna have to go
to divorce court about.

617
00:23:22,201 --> 00:23:23,802
Now, we good, we good.

618
00:23:23,802 --> 00:23:26,105
She didn't tell me
anything about the $700.

619
00:23:26,105 --> 00:23:27,506
Oh, she didn't tell the $700.

620
00:23:27,506 --> 00:23:28,941
Because she was,
you know...

621
00:23:28,941 --> 00:23:29,908
She knew.

622
00:23:29,908 --> 00:23:31,477
Well, but, see, here's the deal.

623
00:23:31,477 --> 00:23:35,581
I've been married 34 years now
to 3 different people.

624
00:23:35,581 --> 00:23:37,549
Oh.

625
00:23:37,549 --> 00:23:40,152
Well, I have a lot
of experience with the wife

626
00:23:40,152 --> 00:23:42,855
doing something that
the husband don't know about.

627
00:23:42,855 --> 00:23:44,790
Sometimes women see something
getting a little bit

628
00:23:44,790 --> 00:23:47,493
out of hand, and we
a little stubborn sometimes.

629
00:23:47,493 --> 00:23:49,161
And our woman will step in
and go

630
00:23:49,161 --> 00:23:52,932
before you put your foot all
the way in your whole mouth.

631
00:23:52,932 --> 00:23:56,135
"Let me come in here and save
a little bit of something."

632
00:23:56,135 --> 00:23:58,404
Yeah.
'Cause I think
there is an agreement

633
00:23:58,404 --> 00:24:00,639
that was only $1,200
paid in April.

634
00:24:00,639 --> 00:24:02,942
We are in total agreement
of that.
Frank: Yes.

635
00:24:02,942 --> 00:24:05,844
So that's a whole nother month.

636
00:24:05,844 --> 00:24:08,547
So we are short somewhere.
Right.

637
00:24:08,547 --> 00:24:10,916
Now, there's one other thing --
damaged items.

638
00:24:10,916 --> 00:24:12,051
What about this computer?

639
00:24:12,051 --> 00:24:13,852
Lillie: When I left on the 15th,
I told them,

640
00:24:13,852 --> 00:24:15,354
I'm gonna leave
my electronics there

641
00:24:15,354 --> 00:24:17,089
until I get my apartment
squared away,

642
00:24:17,089 --> 00:24:18,891
and I'll come back
for my big electronics

643
00:24:18,891 --> 00:24:20,492
because I wanted
to get everything in place.

644
00:24:20,492 --> 00:24:22,261
Okay.
When I got back, my stuff

645
00:24:22,261 --> 00:24:24,596
was in my laundry basket
by the first floor.

646
00:24:24,596 --> 00:24:26,799
That looked like that
with all that tape.

647
00:24:26,799 --> 00:24:28,600
So I think he broke in
and trashed it,

648
00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:30,235
then used that
black electric tape

649
00:24:30,235 --> 00:24:32,004
to try to,
you know, fix it up.

650
00:24:32,004 --> 00:24:37,142
But then my laptop
had been dropped.

651
00:24:37,142 --> 00:24:40,212
And if you look,
you put the cord in,

652
00:24:40,212 --> 00:24:41,647
it won't stay in.

653
00:24:41,647 --> 00:24:44,416
So I can't connect
to the Internet. You see it?

654
00:24:44,416 --> 00:24:45,517
Uh-huh. I got you.
It won't stay in.

655
00:24:45,517 --> 00:24:47,553
I did not leave
my stuff like this.

656
00:24:47,553 --> 00:24:49,822
Frank, how did her stuff
get damaged?

657
00:24:49,822 --> 00:24:52,891
Um...I have no clue.

658
00:24:52,891 --> 00:24:54,393
Now, see, Frank, listen to me.

659
00:24:54,393 --> 00:24:57,563
See, I've been --
I've been a guy a long time.

660
00:24:57,563 --> 00:25:01,166
If my mama asked me, "Steve,
how did that get broke?"

661
00:25:01,166 --> 00:25:05,504
and I go, "Um,
I don't know, Mama"...

662
00:25:05,504 --> 00:25:06,872
Mm-hmm.

663
00:25:06,872 --> 00:25:09,608
...I get back hand immediately.

664
00:25:09,608 --> 00:25:10,642
Right.

665
00:25:10,642 --> 00:25:12,044
Because that hesitation,
Frank,

666
00:25:12,044 --> 00:25:13,445
you and I both know...

667
00:25:13,445 --> 00:25:16,515
Um...I have no idea.
Okay.

668
00:25:16,515 --> 00:25:18,016
Now, come on, Frank.

669
00:25:18,016 --> 00:25:21,153
Somebody broke her computer.

670
00:25:21,153 --> 00:25:23,088
A recording studio
is in the basement,

671
00:25:23,088 --> 00:25:25,324
and I do have people
come in and record.

672
00:25:25,324 --> 00:25:28,026
Oh.
So it is people
in the basement.

673
00:25:28,026 --> 00:25:29,461
It could have got
broke by them.

674
00:25:29,461 --> 00:25:31,497
I'm not gonna say
it didn't.

675
00:25:31,497 --> 00:25:33,599
I'm saying
I didn't do it,

676
00:25:33,599 --> 00:25:35,734
nor did I do
that tape job.

677
00:25:35,734 --> 00:25:36,802
Somebody did.

678
00:25:36,802 --> 00:25:38,070
I believe you.

679
00:25:38,070 --> 00:25:40,806
Now let's go to the countersuit
for car damage.

680
00:25:40,806 --> 00:25:42,040
Tell me about that.

681
00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:44,176
If you look, it just
looks like a flat tire.

682
00:25:44,176 --> 00:25:45,577
The estimate
I'm gonna show you

683
00:25:45,577 --> 00:25:47,179
is damage
way beyond that.

684
00:25:47,179 --> 00:25:49,615
How much did you say
these repairs were?

685
00:25:49,615 --> 00:25:51,283
$5,662.

686
00:25:51,283 --> 00:25:52,718
And we have
an estimate of that?

687
00:25:52,718 --> 00:25:54,720
We do.
Let's see the estimate
that you submitted.

688
00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:58,557
The date on this is 3-30-2022.

689
00:25:58,557 --> 00:26:00,125
Mm-hmm.

690
00:26:00,125 --> 00:26:03,796
Y'all got hired
in January of 2021,

691
00:26:03,796 --> 00:26:07,132
left in May.
Right.

692
00:26:07,132 --> 00:26:09,568
This car was damaged a year ago.

693
00:26:09,568 --> 00:26:12,204
Mm-hmm.
Show me the value of the car.

694
00:26:12,204 --> 00:26:15,774
Mm. Value of the car
is $1,200.

695
00:26:15,774 --> 00:26:17,976
This is a 20-year-old car.
Right.

696
00:26:17,976 --> 00:26:20,379
If you got an estimate
for $5,663...

697
00:26:20,379 --> 00:26:23,282
Lillie: It would be
a total loss, wouldn't it?

698
00:26:23,282 --> 00:26:25,851
...a flat tire totaled the car.

699
00:26:25,851 --> 00:26:27,519
[ Laughter ]

700
00:26:27,519 --> 00:26:28,587
I ain't never heard that before.

701
00:26:28,587 --> 00:26:30,656
Child...

702
00:26:30,656 --> 00:26:32,291
I have reached a verdict.

703
00:26:35,961 --> 00:26:37,729
Y'all know good and well

704
00:26:37,729 --> 00:26:39,898
this woman ain't responsible
for that car.

705
00:26:39,898 --> 00:26:42,334
I'm dismissing your countersuit.

706
00:26:42,334 --> 00:26:45,471
Let's just do that.

707
00:26:45,471 --> 00:26:50,542
Now, we're looking
at $5,500 received

708
00:26:50,542 --> 00:26:53,512
with a total expectation
of $8,400,

709
00:26:53,512 --> 00:26:57,049
which leaves
a balance of $2,900.

710
00:26:57,049 --> 00:26:59,885
And then I got the damage
to the monitor

711
00:26:59,885 --> 00:27:03,555
and the computer at $1,250

712
00:27:03,555 --> 00:27:08,660
for a total of $4,150.

713
00:27:08,660 --> 00:27:13,732
My ruling is for the plaintiff
in the total of $4,150.

714
00:27:13,732 --> 00:27:15,767
Hallelujah!

715
00:27:15,767 --> 00:27:16,869
That's my verdict.

716
00:27:16,869 --> 00:27:18,904
And that's the way I see it.

717
00:27:18,904 --> 00:27:21,006
[ Cheers and applause ]

718
00:27:21,006 --> 00:27:26,845
♪♪

719
00:27:26,845 --> 00:27:29,648
The kids do have something
to do with it

720
00:27:29,648 --> 00:27:32,217
because the kids are
an extension of the parents.

721
00:27:32,217 --> 00:27:33,719
No, listen to me.

722
00:27:33,719 --> 00:27:35,420
The next one of y'all say
something,

723
00:27:35,420 --> 00:27:37,389
you're gonna leave
out of here without a quarter.

724
00:27:45,464 --> 00:27:47,799
Steve:
Okay, so let's get started.

725
00:27:47,799 --> 00:27:49,968
This is the case of Bill
Carter and Lauren Carter

726
00:27:49,968 --> 00:27:51,703
vs. Jennifer Thompson.

727
00:27:51,703 --> 00:27:53,372
The Carters are suing
their neighbor Jennifer

728
00:27:53,372 --> 00:27:57,676
for $5,000 to replace the
mailbox they say she destroyed.

729
00:27:57,676 --> 00:28:00,312
Jennifer claims the couple
was impossible to deal with

730
00:28:00,312 --> 00:28:03,982
and is countersuing
for $3,007.94.

731
00:28:03,982 --> 00:28:05,484
Alright.
Let's start with you,

732
00:28:05,484 --> 00:28:07,386
William and Lauren Carter.

733
00:28:07,386 --> 00:28:10,222
You have 30 seconds
to state your case.

734
00:28:10,222 --> 00:28:11,990
Hi, Mr. Harvey.
Well, my husband and I

735
00:28:11,990 --> 00:28:13,759
are here today
because our neighbor

736
00:28:13,759 --> 00:28:16,194
Jennifer Thompson
destroyed our mailbox.

737
00:28:16,194 --> 00:28:17,563
We're suing
for a total

738
00:28:17,563 --> 00:28:22,367
of $5,519.50
for the mailbox,

739
00:28:22,367 --> 00:28:27,906
$1,170 for time
and expenses of us

740
00:28:27,906 --> 00:28:29,541
having to spend 18 days
to go back and forth

741
00:28:29,541 --> 00:28:31,043
to the post office
to pick up our mail,

742
00:28:31,043 --> 00:28:33,145
because the mail will
not get delivered

743
00:28:33,145 --> 00:28:34,880
without a mailbox.
Bill: Right.

744
00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:36,281
And then the rest of it
is for slander.

745
00:28:38,717 --> 00:28:41,320
Okay. Jennifer, your turn.

746
00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:43,155
You have 30 seconds to respond.

747
00:28:43,155 --> 00:28:45,224
Well, I'm here because
I'm not responsible

748
00:28:45,224 --> 00:28:46,658
for that mailbox.
Ah--

749
00:28:46,658 --> 00:28:50,929
After I bought, paid for it
to be repaired and installed,

750
00:28:50,929 --> 00:28:52,664
and then
they refused it.

751
00:28:52,664 --> 00:28:56,835
I'm countersuing
for $3,007.94.

752
00:28:56,835 --> 00:28:58,470
$300
for an overdraft fee,

753
00:28:58,470 --> 00:29:03,942
$104.94 for security cameras
I had to place,

754
00:29:03,942 --> 00:29:07,713
$420 for my brake light
that they broke

755
00:29:07,713 --> 00:29:09,448
out of my car.
What proof you have?

756
00:29:09,448 --> 00:29:13,652
And the rest is for
$2,180 for harassment.

757
00:29:13,652 --> 00:29:17,489
Ooh, yeah. You just making
stuff up nowadays.

758
00:29:17,489 --> 00:29:18,957
Ohh.

759
00:29:18,957 --> 00:29:20,525
A lot of money
for mailbox.

760
00:29:21,693 --> 00:29:23,795
First, it's not
just any mailbox.

761
00:29:23,795 --> 00:29:25,597
I call the homeowner's
association.

762
00:29:25,597 --> 00:29:27,132
Homeowner's association

763
00:29:27,132 --> 00:29:28,634
gives me
the telephone number

764
00:29:28,634 --> 00:29:30,402
of the people
that they contract

765
00:29:30,402 --> 00:29:31,770
to install the mailboxes.

766
00:29:31,770 --> 00:29:33,305
They say to me

767
00:29:33,305 --> 00:29:36,308
that the mailbox
costs $519.50.

768
00:29:36,308 --> 00:29:37,342
Okay.

769
00:29:37,342 --> 00:29:39,378
I know. It's a lot
for a mailbox,

770
00:29:39,378 --> 00:29:40,479
but that's what happens
when you live

771
00:29:40,479 --> 00:29:41,780
in a homeowner's
association.

772
00:29:41,780 --> 00:29:43,415
Alright.
Explain this to me.

773
00:29:43,415 --> 00:29:45,083
At my house,
I have security cameras.

774
00:29:45,083 --> 00:29:46,451
And that's how
I caught her.

775
00:29:46,451 --> 00:29:49,021
She drives like a maniac
down the street.

776
00:29:49,021 --> 00:29:51,256
Okay. Do we have the video?

777
00:29:53,592 --> 00:29:54,626
You can see my mailbox

778
00:29:54,626 --> 00:29:55,761
laying in the middle
of my driveway.

779
00:29:55,761 --> 00:29:57,629
Right behind --
Hold on, hold on.

780
00:29:57,629 --> 00:29:59,331
Let me see this in slow-mo.

781
00:29:59,331 --> 00:30:01,466
Bang!

782
00:30:01,466 --> 00:30:04,469
There's her -- There's her
rearview mirror right there

783
00:30:04,469 --> 00:30:06,438
that she came back
and picked up.

784
00:30:06,438 --> 00:30:08,373
Miss Jennifer,
is that you in the car?

785
00:30:08,373 --> 00:30:11,109
Yes, it is.
And I admitted that.

786
00:30:11,109 --> 00:30:13,612
I have no problem
taking accountability
for hitting it.

787
00:30:13,612 --> 00:30:15,547
Oh, you hit the mailbox.
I did.

788
00:30:15,547 --> 00:30:18,784
Oh.
I even came back
and told Bill I hit it.

789
00:30:18,784 --> 00:30:20,285
That was after...
You were not coming back.

790
00:30:20,285 --> 00:30:22,187
Oh, hold on, hold on, hold on.

791
00:30:22,187 --> 00:30:23,555
Sorry.
Hold on.

792
00:30:23,555 --> 00:30:26,124
Right after you hit the mailbox,
tell me what happened.

793
00:30:26,124 --> 00:30:28,126
I was running late
for an appointment.

794
00:30:28,126 --> 00:30:31,296
I've been unemployed,
just secured employment.

795
00:30:31,296 --> 00:30:33,131
My employment
was contingent upon me

796
00:30:33,131 --> 00:30:35,967
getting to this appointment.
I was in a rush.

797
00:30:35,967 --> 00:30:38,437
I went to the appointment
because if I missed it,

798
00:30:38,437 --> 00:30:39,838
I'd lose my job.

799
00:30:39,838 --> 00:30:41,406
Single mother.
I take care of four kids

800
00:30:41,406 --> 00:30:42,674
and I'm my mother's
caregiver.

801
00:30:42,674 --> 00:30:45,510
I couldn't miss it.
So you gonna hit my mailbox...

802
00:30:45,510 --> 00:30:46,945
and go to your house
and come back?

803
00:30:46,945 --> 00:30:48,313
I said, "Alright.
On my way home,

804
00:30:48,313 --> 00:30:50,082
I will go ahead and let
them know it was me."

805
00:30:50,082 --> 00:30:51,416
Nobody was out there.

806
00:30:51,416 --> 00:30:55,053
Not Bill, not his wife.
Nobody was there.

807
00:30:55,053 --> 00:30:56,621
If that was the case,
we would have spoke

808
00:30:56,621 --> 00:30:58,457
when I picked up
my rearview.

809
00:30:58,457 --> 00:31:01,426
Can I be the voice
of reason?

810
00:31:01,426 --> 00:31:03,395
Uh...

811
00:31:03,395 --> 00:31:04,830
Can I be the voice
of reason?

812
00:31:04,830 --> 00:31:08,600
Plaintiffs ain't usually
the voice of reason

813
00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:12,104
'cause you the reason we here.

814
00:31:12,104 --> 00:31:14,106
Exactly right,
we're here. Right.

815
00:31:14,106 --> 00:31:16,208
So -- so -- it's gonna be hard
for you,

816
00:31:16,208 --> 00:31:17,676
but just hold on.
Let me get to it.
Okay.

817
00:31:17,676 --> 00:31:20,045
About how long is it
before you come back?

818
00:31:20,045 --> 00:31:21,113
Jennifer: About an hour
and a half.

819
00:31:21,113 --> 00:31:22,848
I pull up on the side
of the house.

820
00:31:22,848 --> 00:31:25,851
I see him standing
on the driveway with the phone.

821
00:31:25,851 --> 00:31:27,786
I say, "My name
is Jennifer Thompson.

822
00:31:27,786 --> 00:31:29,454
I am responsible

823
00:31:29,454 --> 00:31:30,722
for the damage
to the mailbox."

824
00:31:30,722 --> 00:31:32,657
Stop right here.
Do you remember that?

825
00:31:32,657 --> 00:31:35,160
Yeah.
That happened just like that?

826
00:31:35,160 --> 00:31:36,695
Yeah, just like that.
Now, go ahead.

827
00:31:36,695 --> 00:31:39,965
I said, "Let me know what
the cost is for the damages.

828
00:31:39,965 --> 00:31:41,733
I don't mind
covering it."

829
00:31:41,733 --> 00:31:44,169
I gave him my name,
my number.

830
00:31:44,169 --> 00:31:45,904
He already told me
he knew where I lived.

831
00:31:45,904 --> 00:31:47,773
"I got you on camera."
Thank you.

832
00:31:47,773 --> 00:31:49,107
"Good thing you stopped,
young lady,

833
00:31:49,107 --> 00:31:51,877
because I sure was about to send
the cops to your house."

834
00:31:51,877 --> 00:31:53,345
I said, "There's
no need to do that.

835
00:31:53,345 --> 00:31:55,347
I'm taking accountability.
It was me."

836
00:31:55,347 --> 00:31:57,182
Hold.

837
00:31:57,182 --> 00:31:58,316
Voice of reason.

838
00:31:58,316 --> 00:32:00,018
Lauren: I say,
"We need a police report."

839
00:32:00,018 --> 00:32:03,455
So the police come down
and officer says to us,

840
00:32:03,455 --> 00:32:06,191
"Would you like me
to cite her

841
00:32:06,191 --> 00:32:09,594
for hitting and run,
failure to notify,

842
00:32:09,594 --> 00:32:11,496
and leaving the scene
of an accident?"

843
00:32:11,496 --> 00:32:13,565
And I said, "No.
She said she'd pay."

844
00:32:13,565 --> 00:32:15,333
Bill already spoke to her.
Right.

845
00:32:15,333 --> 00:32:17,969
So what we just want
is the police report,

846
00:32:17,969 --> 00:32:20,238
you know, so that
we are covered.
So we have a backup.

847
00:32:20,238 --> 00:32:22,040
Okay, I got it.

848
00:32:22,040 --> 00:32:23,141
Where are we at now?

849
00:32:23,141 --> 00:32:25,510
Next day,
Global Home Construction --

850
00:32:25,510 --> 00:32:26,812
who are the people
that they contract

851
00:32:26,812 --> 00:32:28,313
to install
the mailboxes --

852
00:32:28,313 --> 00:32:30,382
made it clear to me
that because of COVID

853
00:32:30,382 --> 00:32:33,084
that they were having
a manpower shortage

854
00:32:33,084 --> 00:32:36,154
and it would take them
anywhere from 4 to 6 weeks...

855
00:32:36,154 --> 00:32:39,524
That's a lie.
...probably six weeks
to get it installed.

856
00:32:39,524 --> 00:32:42,427
What did you do
with that information?

857
00:32:42,427 --> 00:32:45,330
At about 6:30,
I sent Jennifer a text message

858
00:32:45,330 --> 00:32:47,365
and let her know what
the cost of the mailbox was.

859
00:32:47,365 --> 00:32:49,434
You had -- You sent her
a text message 'cause...
Absolutely.

860
00:32:49,434 --> 00:32:51,236
...she has given you
all her contact information.

861
00:32:51,236 --> 00:32:53,905
She gave it to Bill.
I communicated with her

862
00:32:53,905 --> 00:32:56,107
because Bill said, "Lauren,
you communicate with her

863
00:32:56,107 --> 00:32:57,576
woman to woman."
They females...

864
00:32:57,576 --> 00:32:58,543
"It'll be easier..."
Keep you out of it.

865
00:32:58,543 --> 00:33:00,679
Keep him out of it.
Right. Right.

866
00:33:00,679 --> 00:33:02,047
He don't want to be
in it.

867
00:33:02,047 --> 00:33:04,015
He don't want to be
in it.

868
00:33:04,015 --> 00:33:06,284
I'm the voice
of reason.

869
00:33:06,284 --> 00:33:07,486
You're the voice of reason.

870
00:33:07,486 --> 00:33:08,587
I am the voice
of reason.

871
00:33:08,587 --> 00:33:11,756
Mm. Mm.
We have the texts?

872
00:33:11,756 --> 00:33:14,359
Yes, sir.
Let's take a look at the texts.

873
00:33:14,359 --> 00:33:15,660
"My name is Lauren Carter.

874
00:33:15,660 --> 00:33:20,298
The total cost of replacement
is $519.50.

875
00:33:20,298 --> 00:33:23,134
Are you aware that
you do not need a police report

876
00:33:23,134 --> 00:33:25,403
to have your insurance
cover the cost.

877
00:33:25,403 --> 00:33:28,907
Please advise
how you plan to proceed."

878
00:33:28,907 --> 00:33:30,375
She replies by saying,

879
00:33:30,375 --> 00:33:32,844
"No, I wasn't aware
I didn't need a police report.

880
00:33:32,844 --> 00:33:35,347
I should be able
to give you the funds

881
00:33:35,347 --> 00:33:37,415
in the next 2 weeks."
Correct.

882
00:33:37,415 --> 00:33:40,151
And then you said,
"2 weeks from now

883
00:33:40,151 --> 00:33:42,520
is Friday, December 3rd."

884
00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:43,588
Correct.

885
00:33:43,588 --> 00:33:45,924
So you're just assuring

886
00:33:45,924 --> 00:33:48,393
that she understands
what the two weeks is?

887
00:33:48,393 --> 00:33:49,594
Correct.

888
00:33:49,594 --> 00:33:52,731
So we have, right now,
an agreement.

889
00:33:52,731 --> 00:33:54,866
You agree the mailbox
is $519?

890
00:33:54,866 --> 00:33:56,568
$519.50.

891
00:33:56,568 --> 00:33:58,803
Do you agree that the mailbox
is $519.50?

892
00:33:58,803 --> 00:34:01,573
I agree. They chose
the most expensive mailbox.

893
00:34:01,573 --> 00:34:03,775
That's exactly
the same one we got!

894
00:34:03,775 --> 00:34:04,976
That you destroyed!

895
00:34:04,976 --> 00:34:07,112
My mailbox didn't jump
in the street.

896
00:34:07,112 --> 00:34:09,447
Nancy: No, no, no. Hey.
We're not gonna have this. No.

897
00:34:09,447 --> 00:34:12,384
Do we have a photo
of the mailbox?

898
00:34:12,384 --> 00:34:13,385
That's the mailbox.

899
00:34:13,385 --> 00:34:15,220
Lauren:
That's a $519 mailbox.

900
00:34:15,220 --> 00:34:16,988
That's a nice mailbox.

901
00:34:16,988 --> 00:34:18,957
Thank you. And it had
an elf hat on it.

902
00:34:18,957 --> 00:34:21,126
Does that look like
the mailbox you hit?

903
00:34:21,126 --> 00:34:22,394
It does.
It does.

904
00:34:22,394 --> 00:34:25,564
Okay, so now December 3rd
gets here.

905
00:34:25,564 --> 00:34:26,631
What happens?

906
00:34:26,631 --> 00:34:28,466
I reach out
on December 2nd

907
00:34:28,466 --> 00:34:31,102
when I see my check pending
in my bank account.

908
00:34:31,102 --> 00:34:32,270
Okay.

909
00:34:32,270 --> 00:34:34,539
I see that I do not
have the full amount.

910
00:34:34,539 --> 00:34:36,241
So I reach out
and I say, "I'm sorry.

911
00:34:36,241 --> 00:34:38,009
I'm aware
that I've agreed

912
00:34:38,009 --> 00:34:40,245
to pay this amount
on December 3rd.

913
00:34:40,245 --> 00:34:42,514
Would it be okay if I give you
$250 out of this check..."

914
00:34:42,514 --> 00:34:43,949
That is not at all
what she said.

915
00:34:43,949 --> 00:34:47,319
"...and settle the remainder
in the next two weeks?

916
00:34:47,319 --> 00:34:49,721
Can we work out
an arrangement?"

917
00:34:49,721 --> 00:34:50,789
is what I asked.

918
00:34:50,789 --> 00:34:52,490
And then
she got belligerent.

919
00:34:52,490 --> 00:34:53,358
No, I didn't.
Really?

920
00:34:53,358 --> 00:34:55,093
Okay, so did she -- Did you get

921
00:34:55,093 --> 00:34:57,295
a phone call from her
the day before?

922
00:34:57,295 --> 00:34:58,697
Lauren: No, she sent me
the text message

923
00:34:58,697 --> 00:35:00,065
and it said,
"I'm not paying."

924
00:35:00,065 --> 00:35:01,232
Jennifer: No, it didn't.

925
00:35:01,232 --> 00:35:03,335
"You gonna get it
when I give it to you."

926
00:35:03,335 --> 00:35:05,604
Oh, that is a bold lie.

927
00:35:05,604 --> 00:35:07,172
No, wait a minute.
Hold, hold.

928
00:35:11,042 --> 00:35:13,445
Did she -- Did you get a phone
call from her the day before?

929
00:35:13,445 --> 00:35:14,679
Lauren: No, she sent me
the text message

930
00:35:14,679 --> 00:35:16,681
and it said,
"I'm not paying."

931
00:35:16,681 --> 00:35:18,016
Jennifer: No, it didn't.

932
00:35:18,016 --> 00:35:19,184
"You gonna get it
when I give it to you."

933
00:35:19,184 --> 00:35:21,386
Oh, that is a bold lie.

934
00:35:21,386 --> 00:35:23,221
No, wait a minute.
Hold, hold.

935
00:35:23,221 --> 00:35:24,990
Okay, we have the text.
December 3rd...

936
00:35:24,990 --> 00:35:26,658
Then put --
Please show it.

937
00:35:26,658 --> 00:35:27,959
Steve: This is what it says.

938
00:35:38,370 --> 00:35:40,839
You do recall this text, though?

939
00:35:40,839 --> 00:35:42,307
Absolutely.
You can't tell me --

940
00:35:42,307 --> 00:35:43,875
Why you gonna wait
till the last day?

941
00:35:43,875 --> 00:35:45,110
No.
Okay.

942
00:35:45,110 --> 00:35:46,211
You hit my mailbox.

943
00:35:46,211 --> 00:35:47,245
I've been waiting
for two weeks.

944
00:35:47,245 --> 00:35:48,313
Okay, I understand.
It's no problem.

945
00:35:48,313 --> 00:35:49,748
So your response was...

946
00:35:49,748 --> 00:35:51,683
That's right.

947
00:35:51,683 --> 00:35:54,753
That's right.

948
00:35:54,753 --> 00:35:57,122
After you got this text,
what did you do?

949
00:35:57,122 --> 00:35:59,758
I reached out to
Global Home Construction,

950
00:35:59,758 --> 00:36:03,261
purchased the mailbox,
set up the replacement,

951
00:36:03,261 --> 00:36:06,331
set up the discarding
of the one that was broken

952
00:36:06,331 --> 00:36:08,700
so they didn't have to worry
about any of that.

953
00:36:08,700 --> 00:36:10,335
Let me see that information.

954
00:36:10,335 --> 00:36:11,870
Payment method -- $519.

955
00:36:11,870 --> 00:36:14,039
[ Bill speaking
indistinctly ]

956
00:36:14,039 --> 00:36:15,373
Who is the shipper to?

957
00:36:15,373 --> 00:36:17,342
She paid them
instead of paying us.

958
00:36:17,342 --> 00:36:21,579
So now when did you find out
about her ordering the mailbox?

959
00:36:21,579 --> 00:36:22,914
After we already
got it replaced.

960
00:36:22,914 --> 00:36:24,716
He said to me, "I'm gonna
call up Lorenzo."

961
00:36:24,716 --> 00:36:26,351
I got a friend
that has his own company.

962
00:36:26,351 --> 00:36:27,819
Who can put the mailbox in

963
00:36:27,819 --> 00:36:30,488
because he puts mailboxes in
all over the place.

964
00:36:30,488 --> 00:36:32,457
Okay.
He's a legit contractor.

965
00:36:32,457 --> 00:36:34,592
I told him, "This is what
they told us it's gonna cost us.

966
00:36:34,592 --> 00:36:37,195
You get it done,
I'll pay you the exact $519.50."

967
00:36:37,195 --> 00:36:38,430
Show me this receipt.

968
00:36:38,430 --> 00:36:41,332
Now, where did Lorenzo
get the mailbox from?

969
00:36:41,332 --> 00:36:44,269
I looked it up
on Home Depot.

970
00:36:44,269 --> 00:36:46,104
They thought
they had a mark.

971
00:36:46,104 --> 00:36:48,273
Jennifer, when you ordered
this mailbox,

972
00:36:48,273 --> 00:36:49,708
did it ever arrive?

973
00:36:49,708 --> 00:36:51,009
Yes.
No, it did not.

974
00:36:51,009 --> 00:36:53,578
They came to install it
on December 12th.

975
00:36:53,578 --> 00:36:55,513
A young lady
from the manufacturer

976
00:36:55,513 --> 00:36:56,648
reached out to me.

977
00:36:56,648 --> 00:36:59,684
She said, "I have
the contractors there,

978
00:36:59,684 --> 00:37:01,419
but Miss Carter
has told them

979
00:37:01,419 --> 00:37:03,521
to get the [bleep]
off her property."

980
00:37:03,521 --> 00:37:05,757
That is so...
Yes, she did.

981
00:37:05,757 --> 00:37:07,459
If they came out there
on the 12th,

982
00:37:07,459 --> 00:37:08,526
they would have seen

983
00:37:08,526 --> 00:37:09,694
there was a mailbox
standing there.

984
00:37:09,694 --> 00:37:11,796
There wasn't one there yet.
Yes, it was.

985
00:37:11,796 --> 00:37:13,431
The mailbox was installed
on the 4th.

986
00:37:13,431 --> 00:37:14,933
Okay, guys, stop.
Steve: Wait a minute.

987
00:37:14,933 --> 00:37:16,167
Wait a minute, wait a minute.
One at a time.

988
00:37:16,167 --> 00:37:20,538
There's a $1,170 part
to this lawsuit

989
00:37:20,538 --> 00:37:21,906
for time and gas.

990
00:37:21,906 --> 00:37:24,943
In relation to your house,
where is the post office?

991
00:37:24,943 --> 00:37:26,244
The post office
is really close.

992
00:37:26,244 --> 00:37:27,512
It's about maybe
5 or 10 minutes

993
00:37:27,512 --> 00:37:28,446
away from the house.

994
00:37:28,446 --> 00:37:31,116
Okay.
But I work in Gainesville,

995
00:37:31,116 --> 00:37:33,985
so that's an hour drive
for me to get to work.

996
00:37:33,985 --> 00:37:36,754
I had to leave early
to go get to the post office

997
00:37:36,754 --> 00:37:37,856
before they close.

998
00:37:37,856 --> 00:37:41,459
Did you ever think
to just drive

999
00:37:41,459 --> 00:37:43,628
from your house
to the mailbox?

1000
00:37:43,628 --> 00:37:44,863
It still don't
make a difference.

1001
00:37:44,863 --> 00:37:46,698
It's still taking
my time regardless.

1002
00:37:46,698 --> 00:37:48,800
Still taking your time?
Yes, sir.

1003
00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:51,369
10 minutes versus an hour.
It don't make no difference.

1004
00:37:51,369 --> 00:37:52,337
Gotcha. Okay.

1005
00:37:52,337 --> 00:37:55,073
Now let me go back over to you.

1006
00:37:55,073 --> 00:37:58,042
You're counting for $3,007.

1007
00:37:58,042 --> 00:37:59,577
This is hilarious.

1008
00:37:59,577 --> 00:38:01,713
$3,007.94.

1009
00:38:01,713 --> 00:38:04,082
$300 for overdraft fees.

1010
00:38:04,082 --> 00:38:05,884
I had to overdraft
to buy that.

1011
00:38:05,884 --> 00:38:07,318
That's why I was asking,

1012
00:38:07,318 --> 00:38:09,821
"Could we set up
an arrangement?"
Wow.

1013
00:38:09,821 --> 00:38:12,557
You got $107
for security cameras.

1014
00:38:12,557 --> 00:38:14,659
I go out to check my car.

1015
00:38:14,659 --> 00:38:18,129
All the way across
the back window is dog feces.

1016
00:38:18,129 --> 00:38:21,199
Your Honor...
Mm.

1017
00:38:21,199 --> 00:38:24,135
So -- But now, are you saying
that the plaintiff did this?

1018
00:38:24,135 --> 00:38:27,138
I'm saying she is the one
that has a large canine

1019
00:38:27,138 --> 00:38:29,841
that she makes sure
she walks by my house

1020
00:38:29,841 --> 00:38:31,843
every chance she gets.

1021
00:38:31,843 --> 00:38:34,345
I just think that that is
the most ridiculous thing.

1022
00:38:34,345 --> 00:38:35,613
I do, too.
Who would do that?

1023
00:38:35,613 --> 00:38:36,915
She's pulling stuff out of
the air at this point in time.

1024
00:38:36,915 --> 00:38:39,050
I don't have any issues
with any other neighbors.

1025
00:38:39,050 --> 00:38:40,318
I can't even respond
to that.

1026
00:38:40,318 --> 00:38:42,086
Who would walk over...
I got you, I got you.

1027
00:38:42,086 --> 00:38:43,655
[ All talking over each other ]

1028
00:38:43,655 --> 00:38:45,356
Listen, listen.
...type of person

1029
00:38:45,356 --> 00:38:46,524
that's gonna go down
there and do that.

1030
00:38:46,524 --> 00:38:48,693
Bill, listen.
Yes, sir.

1031
00:38:48,693 --> 00:38:50,361
Let's talk about
the car taillight.

1032
00:38:50,361 --> 00:38:52,630
My right taillight
is knocked,

1033
00:38:52,630 --> 00:38:54,399
like somebody cracked it.

1034
00:38:54,399 --> 00:38:55,767
I put on the camera.

1035
00:38:55,767 --> 00:38:57,836
You have a photo of that?
Okay.

1036
00:38:57,836 --> 00:38:59,671
That was the day
that I bought the camera

1037
00:38:59,671 --> 00:39:00,939
that sits
in front of my house.

1038
00:39:00,939 --> 00:39:05,043
And this last one
is $2,180 for harassment.

1039
00:39:05,043 --> 00:39:06,844
Harassment.
Okay, got it.

1040
00:39:06,844 --> 00:39:11,749
Now explain the $3,310.50
for slander.

1041
00:39:11,749 --> 00:39:12,917
That's what you
just heard.

1042
00:39:12,917 --> 00:39:14,385
All the gobbledygook
you just heard.

1043
00:39:14,385 --> 00:39:15,820
I'm not gonna come down there
and break your taillight.

1044
00:39:15,820 --> 00:39:17,288
I drive
a $100,000 Audi.

1045
00:39:17,288 --> 00:39:18,923
You think I'm worried
about your car?

1046
00:39:18,923 --> 00:39:21,326
Obviously you were.

1047
00:39:21,326 --> 00:39:23,795
You were completely concerned
about a little bit of $500.

1048
00:39:23,795 --> 00:39:26,097
[ All talking over each other ]

1049
00:39:26,097 --> 00:39:27,899
You know what? I've done
heard enough of this now.

1050
00:39:27,899 --> 00:39:29,033
I'm not gonna do that.

1051
00:39:29,033 --> 00:39:31,202
I've heard it.
I've reached a verdict.

1052
00:39:36,374 --> 00:39:38,876
This is what I'm gonna do.
Okay.

1053
00:39:38,876 --> 00:39:41,613
And I'm telling you,
I'm doing this begrudgingly.

1054
00:39:41,613 --> 00:39:42,914
How old are your children?

1055
00:39:42,914 --> 00:39:45,516
14, 12, 9, and 8.

1056
00:39:45,516 --> 00:39:46,818
How old are your children?

1057
00:39:46,818 --> 00:39:50,822
19. And I have twin boys
who are 17.

1058
00:39:50,822 --> 00:39:53,391
Are any of your sons
aware of what's going on?

1059
00:39:53,391 --> 00:39:54,759
Yeah. They still
play with her son.

1060
00:39:54,759 --> 00:39:57,061
Yeah.
They play
basketball together.

1061
00:39:57,061 --> 00:39:59,197
They come in my home
and play basketball.

1062
00:39:59,197 --> 00:40:01,833
I still allowed them kids.
Why would I do that?

1063
00:40:01,833 --> 00:40:03,234
The kids ain't got
nothing to do with this.

1064
00:40:03,234 --> 00:40:06,471
The kids do have something
to do with this.

1065
00:40:06,471 --> 00:40:08,840
I don't turn
that child away.

1066
00:40:08,840 --> 00:40:11,576
No, listen to me.
Don't nobody else say nothing.

1067
00:40:11,576 --> 00:40:14,045
The next one of y'all say
something, you're gonna leave

1068
00:40:14,045 --> 00:40:15,446
out of here without a quarter.

1069
00:40:15,446 --> 00:40:16,481
I promise you. You will.

1070
00:40:16,481 --> 00:40:18,016
So you need to listen to me.

1071
00:40:18,016 --> 00:40:20,385
The kids do have something
to do with this

1072
00:40:20,385 --> 00:40:22,720
because the kids are
an extension of a parent.

1073
00:40:22,720 --> 00:40:25,757
But they somehow,
in y'all's ignorance,

1074
00:40:25,757 --> 00:40:28,726
then found a way to see
they way to still be friends.

1075
00:40:28,726 --> 00:40:30,628
Lauren: Oh, yeah.

1076
00:40:30,628 --> 00:40:32,030
But you know what?

1077
00:40:32,030 --> 00:40:35,166
They mama and they daddy and
they mama can't work it out

1078
00:40:35,166 --> 00:40:37,702
over $519.

1079
00:40:37,702 --> 00:40:39,270
And both y'all work.

1080
00:40:39,270 --> 00:40:43,174
Look, man, I can't award you
none of your suit,

1081
00:40:43,174 --> 00:40:45,009
because legally, I can't do it.

1082
00:40:45,009 --> 00:40:46,210
Alright.

1083
00:40:46,210 --> 00:40:49,948
I'm gonna award you
the plaintiff $519

1084
00:40:49,948 --> 00:40:52,850
for your mailbox, but
I'm not gonna let her pay it.

1085
00:40:52,850 --> 00:40:54,185
Don't make her pay it.

1086
00:40:54,185 --> 00:40:56,587
No, no, don't --
don't get gracious now.

1087
00:40:56,587 --> 00:40:59,123
No, I'm not being gracious.
Let me tell you why.

1088
00:40:59,123 --> 00:41:00,224
No, no, no, no.
Because...

1089
00:41:00,224 --> 00:41:02,026
No, no, no.
...she never...

1090
00:41:02,026 --> 00:41:04,228
I just said
if you say something else,

1091
00:41:04,228 --> 00:41:06,331
you wasn't gonna get nothing.

1092
00:41:06,331 --> 00:41:08,099
So now you fixed that.

1093
00:41:08,099 --> 00:41:10,468
'Cause I asked you that.

1094
00:41:10,468 --> 00:41:12,437
See, y'all...

1095
00:41:12,437 --> 00:41:14,639
You know,
this is the first time

1096
00:41:14,639 --> 00:41:16,941
I actually got mad in here,

1097
00:41:16,941 --> 00:41:18,409
because what we're
talking about,

1098
00:41:18,409 --> 00:41:19,744
we shouldn't even be
talking about.

1099
00:41:19,744 --> 00:41:21,245
Doggone it.

1100
00:41:26,451 --> 00:41:29,087
I know you didn't mean
to say it.

1101
00:41:29,087 --> 00:41:31,556
I'm going give you
the $519 anyway.

1102
00:41:31,556 --> 00:41:34,325
But you know what I'm gonna do
for you, little sister?

1103
00:41:34,325 --> 00:41:36,994
Because you down the street
and you're struggling.

1104
00:41:36,994 --> 00:41:40,164
I really believe you tried
to do the right thing.

1105
00:41:40,164 --> 00:41:45,269
I'm gonna award you
harassment $2,180.

1106
00:41:45,269 --> 00:41:47,271
[ Cheers and applause ]

1107
00:41:47,271 --> 00:41:48,539
That's my verdict.

1108
00:41:48,539 --> 00:41:52,844
And that's the way I see it.

1109
00:41:52,844 --> 00:41:55,813
I got my $519.
I'm good.

1110
00:41:55,813 --> 00:41:57,115
That's all I wanted
in the beginning.
Mm-hmm.

1111
00:41:57,115 --> 00:42:05,723
♪♪

1112
00:42:05,723 --> 00:42:14,665
♪♪

1113
00:42:14,665 --> 00:42:21,172
♪♪