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After over a year,
you still didn't have your car back.

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That is correct.

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I wanted to finish it and work on it.

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I was suckered.

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So you put $20,000 into a vehicle

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that's only worth $7,000.

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-Correct.
-Do you have a wife?

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Does she want to kill you?

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[announcer]
Today on Tribunal Justice.

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[theme music playing]

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[announcer] This case was filed
in Riverside, California.

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Judge, this is case number 1089
on the calendar

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in the matter of
Calvillo versus Naranjo.

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Parties have been sworn in.
You may be seated.

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[Tanya]
Thank you, Byrd.

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Mr. Calvillo, you hired the defendant
to repair your 1996 Bronco.

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It's a vehicle you used
to do some off-roading.

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Here's a picture of the car.

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[Jose]
That is correct.

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In order for him to do the work,
you bought, from your own pocket,

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$10,000 worth of parts,
gave him the parts,

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paid him $2,500 to do the work,

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gave him the money,

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and then after over a year,

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you still didn't have your car back.

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And you said to him,
"Can you at least send me some pictures

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so I know that you're working on the car?"

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No pictures, no car.

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You had to pay another $7,500

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for them to release the car to you.

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And now you're suing Mr. Naranjo
for $2,500.

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Which is the amount that you paid him

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for work you say he never did.

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Mr. Naranjo, you say,
but the work did get done.

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He knew when he reached out to you in
the first place that you were very busy.

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And on top of that, you did the work.

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You and your shop,
according to your answer,

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made his car better than it was
when he brought it into you.

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In fact, what you said in your answer,

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I thought this was funny,

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"I understand holding onto a vehicle
for sentimental reasons,

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but a '96 Ford Bronco
is not a classic.

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It's not a monster truck.

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It shouldn't be treated as such.

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We made it almost brand new.

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We owe him nothing."

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Yeah.

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What was wrong with it
when you took it in to the defendant?

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I hit a boulder going out to the desert
when I took it out.

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Which gave me a reason
to upgrade my suspension.

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And therefore I reached out.

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So you had some damage
and then you wanted some upgrades?

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-Yes.
-When was he supposed to start the work?

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By the first of January,
or have it completed.

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I apologize.

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[Tanya] So you dropped the car off
sometime in November, right?

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Correct.

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And in November, though,
you knew he was quite busy.

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I mean, in fact, he said,

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"I'm really busy."
I'll get to it when I can." Right?

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-Yes, Your Honor.
-[Tanya] You know he's pressed for time.

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Correct.

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He gave you a deposit,
which was how much money?

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-2,500. Yes, ma'am.
-[Tanya] He gave you $2,500.

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So you certainly thought
that he had some expectation

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that you were going
to do some work, right?

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Yeah.

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So in November, how long did you
anticipate this project was going to take?

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Not as long
because it's a side project, too.

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And he was well aware of that.

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Because this is--
It wasn't going through the shop.

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[Tanya]
Yeah, so not as long.

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How long? November, you get the car,
you know you're busy. How long?

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-I figured six weeks
-[Tanya] About six weeks.

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Because then we fast forward
to December 6th

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and the plaintiff says to you,

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"Hey, Gabe, Do you think the Bronco
will be done by the 18th?"

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-You're equivocal.
-Yeah.

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[Tanya] You say, "I'll try.
I don't know. I'll try."

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When the defendant
is saying, "I'm going to try,

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I don't know if I'm going
to make it by the 18th,"

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what's going on
in your head at this point?

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Are you thinking,
"It's not going to be done in January"?

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[Jose]
More likely not. So...

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But you still had faith in the project?

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Yeah, of course.
I have faith in the person I hired.

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Then, Mr. Naranjo,

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you say, "I'll have it done
probably the 29th or the 30th.

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Some pictures later on this week."

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But you didn't send him pictures.

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And you didn't have the car done.

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Why not at least send some photographs?

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'Cause I haven't started
pulling everything apart yet.

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So was that not true when you said,

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"I'll have it done
probably the 29th or the 30th"?

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I planned on it.

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But just everything that goes--

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[Tanya]
You hadn't even started by this time.

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I haven't pulled it apart yet.

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So let's say between December 19th

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and December 29th,
you thought you'd get the car done.

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-Honestly...
-[Tanya] Please.

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I realized I wouldn't have it done.

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But why didn't you tell him that?

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[Gabriel] It's hard to sometimes be
100 percent honest.

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I mean, I don't know.
I had good intentions.

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[Tanya] You know why you fell
on your sword?

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Because this plaintiff collected months

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and months and months
of text messages from you,

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where you said,
"No, I got it. I got you."

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In fact, let's move on to January 9th.

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"How we looking, bro?"

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January 30th.

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"What time tomorrow will it be ready
so I can make arrangements?"

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And I know there's no response from you
in any of these messages.

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-This is you to him.
-Mm-hmm.

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"Last night, the passenger-side shocks
are on and everything is set up."

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Was that true?
Or were you just making that up, too?

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I had parts on the truck.

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But there was some serious frame damage
that I didn't realize that it had.

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So why did you not say
there's serious damage?

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And then, in fact, you say to him,

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"Let me know
when you'll be dropping it off."

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So in February,
were you under the impression

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that the car was almost done,
except for this tidying up he had to do?

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Correct.

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Why are you being so patient
at this point?

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So basically, I get a phone call from him.

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He apologized for the lack of
communication and the job not being done.

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And he tells me, "I took this job.

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I want to finish this job.

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Allow me that."

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So, over the phone, verbally,
I accepted that offer,

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like, he's going to complete it.

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Let's fast forward this story
to March.

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March 29th. "Send me a photo."

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Your response,
"I'm going to be unloading

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some of my mom's stuff
into the storage unit."

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Yada, yada, yada.

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"Get on your truck again
tomorrow night before I go home.

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I'll get you pictures."

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Sir, come on now.
I mean, I'm having a little bit of fun,

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but doesn't it strike you
that this is just rude and disrespectful

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and a way to get somebody excited
about filing a lawsuit against you?

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I mean, you're yanking his chain now.

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We're at the end of March.

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Why doesn't it occur to you
simply to say, "I'm too busy,

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here's your money back,
I haven't been able to finish the work"?

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Or, as you suggested now,
more recently,

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"The car has more damage"?

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I understand 100 percent
and I would be irritated as well.

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A lot of stuff has happened
during that period of time.

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I wanted to finish it and work on it.

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I should have actually looked at the thing

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and what I had to do
before I took the job on

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because it should've been
three times the price.

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Well, what was interesting to me
is that in these text messages,

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at no point do you say,
"It's more work than I anticipated."

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Sir, how do you end up
getting your car back?

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Yeah, I mean, at that point,
I felt I was suckered.

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So I basically ended up
just calling the shop owner.

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[Tanya] And you called the shop owner
and the shop owner tells you what?

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"Oh, that's your car?
I thought it was his."

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[chuckles] And you had
to pay the shop owner

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some additional money
on top of the $2,500

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that you paid the defendant
to get your car back.

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Correct.

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[announcer]
Coming up on Tribunal Justice.

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If the plaintiff here decided to go online
and blast your shop

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and say, "They lied to me
time and time again,"

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you don't think that's going
to adversely affect the people

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who might be spending $200,000?

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You're being honest so far.

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Don't stop now.

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[theme music playing]

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[announcer] Jose Calvillo is suing
his auto mechanic, Gabriel Naranjo,

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for the cost of repairs
on his 1996 Ford Bronco.

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Gabriel says Jose wanted
more work done on the truck,

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and he completed all the repairs.

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Now, that $7,500 that you paid
the shop owner,

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what was that for?
Was it for storage?

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Or was it to actually
do the work on the car?

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That's to do the proper work
to the car.

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[Tanya] Here's his defense.

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That I'm going to put a little better
than you put in your answer.

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"Took longer than it should have.

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But the car is done.

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We did the work.

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As shady as it may have been,

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I have to question whether or not
you're really damaged.

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Because this car that you love
took a year, but it's done."

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Judge DiMango.

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The way I hear this story from you, sir,

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it's like it was a toy for you, basically.

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Would that be correct?

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It was just a little side project
to make a little extra money

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and have some fun with what I used to do
20-plus years ago.

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So his recreational truck
was your recreational project.

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Can we see a picture
of the truck on the screen, please?

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That's it.
And that's it before it's fixed?

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[Jose]
That's it after.

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After. When you brought this in,

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because obviously you work in the shop,

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and I'm sure the owner of the shop
works there as well.

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-Is that correct?
-Yes, ma'am.

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Did you say, "Hey, this is my truck,
I'm working on it"?

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No. Every once in a while,
like very rarely,

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I would do a little side stuff.

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If you're in there
working on something else,

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he's not going to pay you,

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and he can't always be
keeping track of what you're doing.

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So I can't believe that you're that
indispensable and wonderful

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that this owner was going to let you
just bring in all these vehicles

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and work on them on his time in his place.

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I do it on my time after hours.

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So when he closes down, you say,

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"I'm going to stay here
and work on this"?

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I run the whole shop.
Yes, ma'am.

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So how come you did nothing on his truck?

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'Cause we were trying
to get ready for, like,

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the Baja 1000
and other races.

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You got the $2,500 right away, correct?

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-[Gabriel] Yes, ma'am.
-Did you use it right away?

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No. Till, like, around the end of January.

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So not to pay the Christmas bills?

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No, it was after the Christmas bills.
It was birthday stuff for the kids.

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Because, you know, at some point,
you couldn't tell him the truth

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'cause you couldn't
give him the money back.

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-[Gabriel] Exactly.
-So you're kind of protecting yourself

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and you're stringing him along.

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Now, you know,
we always kind of pick on the person

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who seems to be the one
doing the bad thing.

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But the reality is,
we are responsible for our own lives.

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We're adults.
How far is the shop from where you live?

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It's about 30 minutes away.

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Why wouldn't you go there and look?

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What's with this,
"Send me a picture, send me a picture"?

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Why wouldn't you go?

239
00:10:05,867 --> 00:10:07,967
[Jose]
So I went twice, but it's gated.

240
00:10:08,033 --> 00:10:10,800
And I want the work done,
and I want the work done right.

241
00:10:10,867 --> 00:10:14,400
Obviously, it's a vehicle,
and safety is safety.

242
00:10:14,467 --> 00:10:15,533
So you didn't want to rush him.

243
00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:18,400
Basically, you didn't want to rush him
and you weren't rushing him.

244
00:10:18,467 --> 00:10:21,000
And your position is,
you don't have to pay him anything

245
00:10:21,066 --> 00:10:24,033
because, in truth,
that $2,500

246
00:10:24,100 --> 00:10:27,533
went to the work
that was done on his truck.

247
00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:28,967
It got taken off the final bill.

248
00:10:29,033 --> 00:10:32,100
Right. So the bill,
for argument's sake, was 7,500,

249
00:10:32,165 --> 00:10:34,000
but it would have been $10,000?

250
00:10:34,066 --> 00:10:35,066
Yes, ma'am.

251
00:10:35,133 --> 00:10:36,500
[Patricia]
Did you hear anything about that?

252
00:10:36,567 --> 00:10:37,934
-[Jose] No.
-Did anybody ever tell you that?

253
00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:41,967
"Listen, we gave you a 25-percent
rip-off discount."

254
00:10:42,033 --> 00:10:43,467
This is the first time
I'm hearing about it.

255
00:10:43,533 --> 00:10:45,300
Yeah, so how would he know?

256
00:10:45,367 --> 00:10:47,333
And maybe this is only coming from you.

257
00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:49,100
Did you get a bill from them?

258
00:10:49,165 --> 00:10:50,867
For the 7,500 bucks.

259
00:10:50,934 --> 00:10:55,500
And did the bill enumerate
the things that were done for $7,500?

260
00:10:55,567 --> 00:10:56,900
It didn't itemize anything.

261
00:10:56,967 --> 00:11:00,600
It just said that and 7,500.
It was just labor, correct?

262
00:11:00,667 --> 00:11:04,066
It was not parts
because you provided all the parts.

263
00:11:04,133 --> 00:11:06,800
But this vehicle,
the Kelley Blue Book value

264
00:11:06,867 --> 00:11:09,667
is somewhere between 2,300 and 8,200.

265
00:11:09,734 --> 00:11:13,900
So you put 10,000 plus 10,000.

266
00:11:13,967 --> 00:11:18,834
So it's $20,000 into a vehicle
that's only worth about $7,000.

267
00:11:18,900 --> 00:11:20,467
-Is that what you did?
-Correct.

268
00:11:20,533 --> 00:11:21,533
-Do you have a wife?
-[Jose] Yes.

269
00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:22,700
Does she want to kill you?

270
00:11:22,767 --> 00:11:23,667
[laughter]

271
00:11:23,734 --> 00:11:26,567
That's a lot of money for something
that is not a classic truck.

272
00:11:26,633 --> 00:11:28,567
-[Jose] Yes, Your Honor.
-So you must really love that.

273
00:11:28,633 --> 00:11:30,834
Does it have some kind
of sentimental value to you?

274
00:11:30,900 --> 00:11:33,800
I'm very fortunate
to have a good job.

275
00:11:33,867 --> 00:11:34,767
[Patricia] Okay.

276
00:11:34,834 --> 00:11:38,700
That I'm able to spend money on a toy.
Obviously, of my choice, but...

277
00:11:38,767 --> 00:11:40,033
Okay, but that's honest and fair.

278
00:11:40,100 --> 00:11:41,533
You know,
I always pick something

279
00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:44,467
if I somehow I get money
from a tax return or something.

280
00:11:44,533 --> 00:11:47,467
I always pick something frivolous
that I want to spend a little bit on

281
00:11:47,533 --> 00:11:49,433
because I say,
"Look, I didn't have this before."

282
00:11:49,500 --> 00:11:53,100
So I get what you're saying about wanting
to spend the money on what you wanted.

283
00:11:53,165 --> 00:11:56,000
So if that's the case,
if you feel that way,

284
00:11:56,066 --> 00:12:00,500
and if you got it back and it's everything
that you thought it was going to be,

285
00:12:00,567 --> 00:12:03,233
then really, I think
Judge Acker is correct

286
00:12:03,300 --> 00:12:07,066
to say you're suing him $2,500

287
00:12:07,133 --> 00:12:09,533
because it took you too long
to get it perfect.

288
00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:11,367
But meanwhile,
what you're saying here is,

289
00:12:11,433 --> 00:12:14,934
you left it to be perfect
because you wanted it to be perfect.

290
00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:18,166
And they incorporated that 2,500
into the bill.

291
00:12:18,233 --> 00:12:21,400
Although, I'm not sure
how comfortable I feel about that

292
00:12:21,467 --> 00:12:24,600
because all he has is
labor 7,500.

293
00:12:24,667 --> 00:12:27,867
And we don't really know whether or not
it would have been 10,000

294
00:12:27,934 --> 00:12:30,333
if you didn't pocket the 2,500.

295
00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:33,834
There is, like, paperwork on what it would
cost to have it done at another shop.

296
00:12:33,900 --> 00:12:36,500
So you have submitted
on behalf of your defense

297
00:12:36,567 --> 00:12:41,000
that other shops, who you're buddies with,
would have charged more money.

298
00:12:41,066 --> 00:12:43,233
You're justifying your bill to him

299
00:12:43,300 --> 00:12:46,133
by showing us these other estimates
from other dealers.

300
00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:50,165
I have to say the two of you have been
very professional in this presentation.

301
00:12:50,233 --> 00:12:51,867
And I rarely say that, so...

302
00:12:51,934 --> 00:12:55,567
At this point, I think I've gotten
all the answers I need to make a decision.

303
00:12:55,633 --> 00:12:56,500
Judge Levy.

304
00:12:56,567 --> 00:12:59,867
Thank you. Notwithstanding
the Kelley Blue Book value

305
00:12:59,934 --> 00:13:01,900
that was just discussed
by Judge DiMango,

306
00:13:01,967 --> 00:13:04,767
these Ford Broncos,
which I'm somewhat familiar with,

307
00:13:04,834 --> 00:13:05,867
they come in all different ranges.

308
00:13:05,934 --> 00:13:08,333
The souped-up ones
could be $27,000, right?

309
00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:11,333
-[Jose] Correct
-Depending upon what is actually included.

310
00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:12,433
And you're the expert in this, right?

311
00:13:12,500 --> 00:13:15,967
So we're not talking about
a jalopy Ford Bronco.

312
00:13:16,033 --> 00:13:17,767
We're talking about one
with specialty parts,

313
00:13:17,834 --> 00:13:20,233
especially designed to do off-roading.

314
00:13:20,300 --> 00:13:21,800
And the Kelley Blue Book value

315
00:13:21,867 --> 00:13:25,567
that you ordinarily get
for just a jalopy or a Zorchmobile

316
00:13:25,633 --> 00:13:28,734
doesn't really represent what the value
of these vehicles really are.

317
00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:31,734
No, sir, actually, we have one
that just came into the shop

318
00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:33,734
that's worth over 150,000.

319
00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:35,867
That's what I mean.
So it's tough to take a Kelley Blue Book

320
00:13:35,934 --> 00:13:37,734
on something like this, right?

321
00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:38,767
-Yes, Your Honor.
-[Adam] All right.

322
00:13:38,834 --> 00:13:41,300
You know,
I was a little concerned, Mr. Naranjo?

323
00:13:41,367 --> 00:13:42,233
[Gabriel] Mm-hmm.

324
00:13:42,300 --> 00:13:44,300
[Adam] About the representation
that you made a minute ago

325
00:13:44,367 --> 00:13:47,066
regarding this other shop
that did the quote.

326
00:13:47,133 --> 00:13:49,867
You wanted to give us an idea as to
what this other shop was going to cost

327
00:13:49,934 --> 00:13:52,266
with the price up here,
and you work with these shops.

328
00:13:52,333 --> 00:13:53,633
You guys are all in the same industry,

329
00:13:53,700 --> 00:13:56,467
and you can tell them to put
anything you wanted on there, right?

330
00:13:56,533 --> 00:13:58,500
-Well...
-Let me break that down.

331
00:13:58,567 --> 00:14:00,166
It's a compound question.

332
00:14:00,233 --> 00:14:01,834
You work with this other company, right?

333
00:14:01,900 --> 00:14:02,900
No, I do not.

334
00:14:02,967 --> 00:14:04,000
So you have no relationship
with them whatsoever?

335
00:14:04,066 --> 00:14:05,200
[Gabriel]
No, I have no relationship.

336
00:14:05,266 --> 00:14:07,233
And what about your boss?
Are you aware of whether he does?

337
00:14:07,300 --> 00:14:09,734
We build off-road racecars.

338
00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:14,633
This is just a, like, a four-wheel parts
type store where they sell kits

339
00:14:14,700 --> 00:14:16,467
-and they install kits only.
-[Adam] Okay.

340
00:14:16,533 --> 00:14:18,700
We don't build or install
anything like that, usually.

341
00:14:18,767 --> 00:14:21,467
Okay, but this bill
that you submitted to us just today,

342
00:14:21,533 --> 00:14:25,734
it's $11,430, right?
-Yes, sir.

343
00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:26,700
So that's what you're saying

344
00:14:26,767 --> 00:14:29,200
that it really should have cost
to get the plaintiff's vehicle

345
00:14:29,266 --> 00:14:30,934
up to where it needed to be.

346
00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:34,633
And since he only spent 2,500,
he got a really good deal.

347
00:14:34,700 --> 00:14:40,300
The problem is that this shop
was billing 55 hours at $200 an hour.

348
00:14:40,367 --> 00:14:43,033
-[Gabriel] Yes, sir.
-But your shop doesn't bill $200 an hour.

349
00:14:43,100 --> 00:14:45,533
Our shop rate
would have been 135 an hour.

350
00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:47,867
My boss gave a discount
for an hourly wage.

351
00:14:47,934 --> 00:14:49,533
[Adam] You know, I want to talk
about that discount.

352
00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:50,967
This is the document
that you're talking about, right?

353
00:14:51,033 --> 00:14:51,900
[Gabriel] Yes, sir.

354
00:14:51,967 --> 00:14:54,600
This document that you presented today
that came from your boss,

355
00:14:54,667 --> 00:14:57,633
knowing that you were coming in here today
to defend against a lawsuit

356
00:14:57,700 --> 00:14:59,834
that was brought about
by this plaintiff, right?

357
00:14:59,900 --> 00:15:00,834
Yes, sir.

358
00:15:00,900 --> 00:15:02,734
And your boss understands
what the significance of this is.

359
00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:05,700
This is his reputation,
his shop's reputation.

360
00:15:05,767 --> 00:15:06,667
Yes, sir.

361
00:15:06,734 --> 00:15:10,734
And he knows that you are
completely 100 percent at fault

362
00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:13,700
for not getting this man his car back
when you promised to,

363
00:15:13,767 --> 00:15:16,700
as you told Judge Acker
no less than two dozen times.

364
00:15:16,767 --> 00:15:17,734
-Right?
-Yes.

365
00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:19,900
And you were honest with your boss
when he asked you,

366
00:15:19,967 --> 00:15:21,767
"What happened?
Why did it take so long?"

367
00:15:21,834 --> 00:15:24,333
What were you telling him?
You were honest with him, right?

368
00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:26,266
-Well, yeah.
-And you told him that "I gave him

369
00:15:26,333 --> 00:15:27,600
a whole bunch of excuses."

370
00:15:27,667 --> 00:15:30,033
Like, "My arm hurts, it's killing me."

371
00:15:30,100 --> 00:15:33,100
Like, "I went on a vacation
on Valentine's Day.

372
00:15:33,165 --> 00:15:35,667
I ran into a little snag
with some brake lines."

373
00:15:35,734 --> 00:15:37,400
Even though at the time,
you already told Judge Acker

374
00:15:37,467 --> 00:15:39,266
you hadn't done any work yet.

375
00:15:39,333 --> 00:15:43,500
That "I told him that you had to get
your mom's stuff into a storage unit

376
00:15:43,567 --> 00:15:46,900
and you promised to get it on tomorrow,
that it's been hectic at the shop."

377
00:15:46,967 --> 00:15:48,734
The daughter's accident,
I'm really sorry about that

378
00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:50,467
because I believe that
that actually happened.

379
00:15:50,533 --> 00:15:52,300
-Yeah.
-[Adam] But that was another excuse.

380
00:15:52,367 --> 00:15:54,934
So you told your boss
that you gave this guy all these excuses.

381
00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:56,467
Your boss knows that you lied to him.

382
00:15:56,533 --> 00:15:58,834
And that was going
to adversely affect the reputation,

383
00:15:58,900 --> 00:16:00,633
not of your shop,
because you don't own it,

384
00:16:00,700 --> 00:16:02,033
but your boss's shop, right?

385
00:16:02,100 --> 00:16:04,233
Well, not really,
because we don't do this type of work.

386
00:16:04,300 --> 00:16:07,633
Are you telling me that if the
plaintiff here decided to go online,

387
00:16:07,700 --> 00:16:11,367
which would be well within his right,
and blast your shop,

388
00:16:11,433 --> 00:16:14,867
the shop that you work at,
and say that "I was lied to,

389
00:16:14,934 --> 00:16:17,867
the work that they promised to do,
they took over a year,

390
00:16:17,934 --> 00:16:19,867
they lied to me time and time again,"

391
00:16:19,934 --> 00:16:22,000
you don't think that's going
to adversely affect the people

392
00:16:22,066 --> 00:16:26,867
who might be spending $200,000
to do a Bronco at your place?

393
00:16:26,934 --> 00:16:28,000
-Yes, sir.
-[Adam] Of course.

394
00:16:28,066 --> 00:16:30,633
You're being honest so far.
Don't stop now.

395
00:16:31,400 --> 00:16:33,734
[announcer]
Coming up on Tribunal Justice.

396
00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:38,400
On the form that your boss gave,
that the IRS uses in order to determine

397
00:16:38,467 --> 00:16:41,200
how much taxes your boss should pay,

398
00:16:41,266 --> 00:16:43,400
because, right, 'cause you're not
taking cash and pocketing it.

399
00:16:43,467 --> 00:16:44,633
-Your boss doesn't do that, right?
-No.

400
00:16:44,700 --> 00:16:45,734
[Adam]
And commit tax fraud, does he?

401
00:16:45,800 --> 00:16:46,867
-No.
-[Adam] Good.

402
00:16:46,934 --> 00:16:49,033
Show me on that form where it says
that this gentleman right here

403
00:16:49,100 --> 00:16:50,633
paid $6,000 cash.

404
00:16:50,700 --> 00:16:52,165
-It doesn't
-It doesn't.

405
00:16:57,100 --> 00:17:01,000
[theme music playing]

406
00:17:01,066 --> 00:17:03,734
So, in the text messages
that the plaintiff was sending you

407
00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:07,900
and you were responding to,
he asks on June 20th, plaintiff,

408
00:17:07,967 --> 00:17:12,099
"Can you give your boss
the 2,500 I gave you for the Bronco

409
00:17:12,165 --> 00:17:13,433
or give it back to me?"

410
00:17:13,500 --> 00:17:16,099
June 28th,
because you don't respond to that text,

411
00:17:16,165 --> 00:17:18,367
"Come on, man. I need my money.

412
00:17:18,433 --> 00:17:20,800
Please don't make me pursue legal action."

413
00:17:20,867 --> 00:17:22,133
And you don't respond to that.

414
00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:25,266
-Yes, sir.
-Because on August 3rd, 2022,

415
00:17:25,333 --> 00:17:27,800
he says, "I'm going to need some money."

416
00:17:27,867 --> 00:17:31,500
So if that's true, August 3rd,
that nothing has been done yet,

417
00:17:31,567 --> 00:17:34,233
nothing with his vehicle,
nothing with the $2,500,

418
00:17:34,300 --> 00:17:35,867
explain to me on this document,

419
00:17:35,934 --> 00:17:39,867
it says the job was completed
on June 23, 2022.

420
00:17:39,934 --> 00:17:42,166
[Gabriel]
He wanted me to give him 2,500

421
00:17:42,233 --> 00:17:44,400
to pay the last 5,000 off
that he owed my boss.

422
00:17:44,467 --> 00:17:46,400
Your boss prepared this invoice.

423
00:17:46,467 --> 00:17:49,000
He prepared the invoice
saying that the job was completed

424
00:17:49,066 --> 00:17:50,333
on a date that it wasn't completed.

425
00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:51,700
I'm not making it up.

426
00:17:51,767 --> 00:17:54,967
Why would he falsify his own document?
Why would he do that?

427
00:17:55,033 --> 00:17:56,467
So now he's been lied to by you,

428
00:17:56,533 --> 00:18:00,400
he's been lied to by your boss,
and he was willing to pay for the work.

429
00:18:00,467 --> 00:18:03,033
I honestly don't know when he picked up
the truck. So it could have been--

430
00:18:03,100 --> 00:18:05,133
It was most certainly
after August 3rd, right?

431
00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:08,033
Because on August 3rd,
when he sends you the text that says,

432
00:18:08,100 --> 00:18:11,066
"I'm going to need some money
or give me something that's worth $2,500,"

433
00:18:11,133 --> 00:18:14,066
-if the car was done by then--
-He already had it at that point.

434
00:18:14,133 --> 00:18:15,467
-[Adam] Is that true?
-No, sir.

435
00:18:15,533 --> 00:18:16,667
[Adam]
That's what I mean.

436
00:18:16,734 --> 00:18:20,400
What I need to see from you,
if you have it, is this bill for $7,500,

437
00:18:20,467 --> 00:18:23,100
this non-itemized bill from his boss.

438
00:18:23,166 --> 00:18:24,834
Well, I left that in the truck.

439
00:18:24,900 --> 00:18:27,834
And for some reason, when I
cleaned it out, it went out with it.

440
00:18:27,900 --> 00:18:31,900
I did print out a bank statement
with the withdrawal of 6,000.

441
00:18:31,967 --> 00:18:33,200
I saw that. What was that for?

442
00:18:33,266 --> 00:18:35,767
That was to give his boss the 75.

443
00:18:35,834 --> 00:18:38,300
Plus, I had $1,500 cash in my wallet.

444
00:18:38,367 --> 00:18:40,433
Oh.

445
00:18:40,500 --> 00:18:42,066
[Gabriel]
And that shows the date as well.

446
00:18:42,133 --> 00:18:46,166
[laughing]

447
00:18:46,233 --> 00:18:47,734
I know why your boss isn't here.

448
00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:49,667
Exhibit three, bank statement.

449
00:18:49,734 --> 00:18:54,533
6/21/2022,
you took out $6,000 cash.

450
00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:56,200
-Is that what you're referring to?
-[Gabriel] Yes.

451
00:18:56,266 --> 00:18:59,066
And Your Honor,
that was for to put it aside.

452
00:18:59,133 --> 00:19:02,000
So when the work is done,
I could quickly run to the shop

453
00:19:02,066 --> 00:19:05,633
and pay the man what he was
charging me to get my vehicle.

454
00:19:05,700 --> 00:19:09,533
So, in this invoice, number 1752...
Take yours out. Do you have it?

455
00:19:10,300 --> 00:19:11,400
Yes, sir.

456
00:19:11,467 --> 00:19:13,900
[Adam]
June 23, 2022, completion.

457
00:19:13,967 --> 00:19:15,800
We know that the job
wasn't completed then.

458
00:19:15,867 --> 00:19:17,600
That's when the plaintiff, we now know,

459
00:19:17,667 --> 00:19:20,333
gave your boss an extra $6,000 in cash.

460
00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:25,500
On the form that your boss gave,
that the IRS uses in order to determine

461
00:19:25,567 --> 00:19:28,200
how much taxes your boss should pay,

462
00:19:28,266 --> 00:19:30,367
because, right, 'cause you're not
taking cash and pocketing it.

463
00:19:30,433 --> 00:19:32,033
-Your boss doesn't do that, right?
-No.

464
00:19:32,100 --> 00:19:33,033
[Adam]
And commit tax fraud, does he?

465
00:19:33,100 --> 00:19:34,000
-No.
-[Adam] Good.

466
00:19:34,066 --> 00:19:36,066
Show me on that form where it says
that this gentleman right here

467
00:19:36,133 --> 00:19:37,600
paid $6,000 cash.

468
00:19:37,667 --> 00:19:39,200
-It doesn't.
-[Adam] It doesn't.

469
00:19:39,266 --> 00:19:42,333
Show me on this form where it says
that he was being charged $7,500.

470
00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:43,967
-It doesn't.
-[Adam] It doesn't.

471
00:19:44,033 --> 00:19:48,333
What it does say is discount,
customer deal, employee issue,

472
00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:52,700
and a credit of $4,585, right?

473
00:19:52,767 --> 00:19:53,734
Yes, sir.

474
00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:57,567
And therefore the remaining
balance was $5,000.

475
00:19:57,633 --> 00:19:59,166
-That's what it says.
-Yes, sir.

476
00:19:59,233 --> 00:20:00,367
[Adam]
Your boss then lied.

477
00:20:00,433 --> 00:20:02,700
And he falsified this
business document, didn't he?

478
00:20:02,767 --> 00:20:05,333
-I guess. I had nothing--
-[Adam] I guess he did.

479
00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:06,367
I guess he did.

480
00:20:06,433 --> 00:20:07,767
[Gabriel]
All I did was ask for a receipt.

481
00:20:07,834 --> 00:20:09,367
Listen, I know it's not you, sir.

482
00:20:09,433 --> 00:20:10,333
I understand exactly.

483
00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:12,400
You were very honest
and don't, like I said, don't stop now.

484
00:20:12,467 --> 00:20:16,467
Your boss had the opportunity
to do something solid for this guy.

485
00:20:16,533 --> 00:20:18,667
Your boss had the opportunity
to say to him

486
00:20:18,734 --> 00:20:22,967
that "You've been mistreated
by my employees, by my business,

487
00:20:23,033 --> 00:20:25,834
and I've been in business,
and my reputation means everything,

488
00:20:25,900 --> 00:20:27,300
and I'm going to fix your truck

489
00:20:27,367 --> 00:20:30,500
because we've had it for a year,
no fault of your own,

490
00:20:30,567 --> 00:20:32,767
And I'm not going to
charge you a penny, right?

491
00:20:32,834 --> 00:20:34,166
I'm not going to charge you a penny

492
00:20:34,233 --> 00:20:37,266
more than the $2,500
that you already gave my employee."

493
00:20:37,333 --> 00:20:39,500
Your boss could have done that, right?
He chose not to.

494
00:20:39,567 --> 00:20:43,333
Instead, he chose to take $6,000 cash
from the plaintiff,

495
00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:45,100
falsify a business document

496
00:20:45,166 --> 00:20:46,867
so he doesn't have to pay
any money on that.

497
00:20:46,934 --> 00:20:47,800
Yeah.

498
00:20:47,867 --> 00:20:49,433
[Adam] So he took that $6,000,
put it in his pocket,

499
00:20:49,500 --> 00:20:50,700
Uncle Sam sees nothing.

500
00:20:50,767 --> 00:20:54,200
Right? And thankfully you get a car,
right, sir, that you're happy with?

501
00:20:54,266 --> 00:20:55,133
Yes, Your Honor.

502
00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:56,867
[chuckles] What a great system.

503
00:20:56,934 --> 00:20:59,166
Great system for everyone
but the taxpayers.

504
00:20:59,233 --> 00:21:00,900
Great system for everyone but him.

505
00:21:00,967 --> 00:21:02,934
Great system for everyone else.

506
00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:05,667
And then for your boss
to send you in with this is disgusting.

507
00:21:05,734 --> 00:21:07,166
Absolutely disgusting.

508
00:21:07,233 --> 00:21:10,333
You should go online and bash,
not him, his boss

509
00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:14,333
as being the fraudster
that everyone here now knows he is.

510
00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:15,734
He didn't have to send you with that form.

511
00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:17,467
What? He didn't think
we were going to read it?

512
00:21:17,533 --> 00:21:18,767
Moron!

513
00:21:18,834 --> 00:21:20,900
Not you, your boss.

514
00:21:20,967 --> 00:21:22,367
Tell him I said it.

515
00:21:22,433 --> 00:21:25,266
You know, I want to talk very briefly
about unjust enrichment.

516
00:21:25,333 --> 00:21:30,567
Unjust enrichment means
that you took $2,500 from the plaintiff,

517
00:21:30,633 --> 00:21:33,867
put it in your pocket, spent it
on your Christmas gifts or whatever,

518
00:21:33,934 --> 00:21:35,667
and didn't do any work on that car.

519
00:21:35,734 --> 00:21:37,166
Yes, he got it back. He got the Ford back.

520
00:21:37,233 --> 00:21:38,166
He's very happy with it, right?

521
00:21:38,233 --> 00:21:39,233
I'm very happy.

522
00:21:39,300 --> 00:21:43,066
Why should you keep $2,500
that you did no work for? I'm done.

523
00:21:43,133 --> 00:21:44,900
We're going to retire
to deliberate. Thank you both.

524
00:21:44,967 --> 00:21:48,100
Court now stands in recess.
Parties are excused.

525
00:21:48,166 --> 00:21:49,367
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526
00:21:49,433 --> 00:21:52,867
A year. [laughs]
A year to get the car back.

527
00:21:52,934 --> 00:21:55,066
Here is where I am on this case.

528
00:21:55,133 --> 00:21:56,900
On the one hand, right?

529
00:21:56,967 --> 00:21:59,767
If there was evidence that the value

530
00:21:59,834 --> 00:22:02,700
of the work that was done
to the plaintiff's car

531
00:22:02,767 --> 00:22:06,300
to get it up to snuff was $10,000,

532
00:22:06,367 --> 00:22:10,266
then he's not owed any money
because we would have conclusive evidence

533
00:22:10,333 --> 00:22:15,900
that the $2,500 that he paid the defendant
went toward the work on the car.

534
00:22:15,967 --> 00:22:17,934
But the defendant told us, one,

535
00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:22,033
that the $2,500 that he collected
from the plaintiff, he kept,

536
00:22:22,100 --> 00:22:24,533
because I asked him, I said,
"Did you give that money to your boss?"

537
00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:25,533
He said no.

538
00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:29,567
We also know that the defendant
did not do any work on the car.

539
00:22:29,633 --> 00:22:32,166
Which is why I like
your unjust enrichment point.

540
00:22:32,233 --> 00:22:34,533
I would give the plaintiff
that money back.

541
00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:36,500
[Patricia]
I would give him back the 2,500 as well.

542
00:22:36,567 --> 00:22:39,367
I kind of think that
because of what happened here,

543
00:22:39,433 --> 00:22:42,166
I'm not trusting
all of the surrounding evidence.

544
00:22:42,233 --> 00:22:46,767
I don't think anybody has done anything
to rip off the plaintiff, technically.

545
00:22:46,834 --> 00:22:49,734
Because I think that
he got the Bronco the way he wants it,

546
00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:51,100
he's very satisfied with it.

547
00:22:51,166 --> 00:22:56,367
But all the surrounding circumstances
are just too flimsy a case for me

548
00:22:56,433 --> 00:22:57,734
on the defendant's end.

549
00:22:57,800 --> 00:23:01,233
I don't really think that we should
in any way reward him for that.

550
00:23:01,300 --> 00:23:03,233
We don't know if the plaintiff
would have brought the car to him

551
00:23:03,300 --> 00:23:06,133
if he knew it was going
to be 7,500 or $10,000.

552
00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:07,500
He might have gone elsewhere.

553
00:23:07,567 --> 00:23:09,967
So I would like to give him back
the $2,500.

554
00:23:10,033 --> 00:23:11,000
I agree.

555
00:23:11,066 --> 00:23:13,867
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556
00:23:13,934 --> 00:23:15,066
Court is back in session.

557
00:23:15,133 --> 00:23:16,934
Parties are reminded
you're still under oath.

558
00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:17,967
[Tanya]
Thank you, Byrd.

559
00:23:18,033 --> 00:23:20,900
We've deliberated,
and we've reached a unanimous verdict.

560
00:23:20,967 --> 00:23:24,467
Let me first say that
I certainly appreciate,

561
00:23:24,533 --> 00:23:27,200
I think that my colleagues
would join me in this,

562
00:23:27,266 --> 00:23:29,533
I think the two of you
presented a fine case.

563
00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:31,800
Love the way
you conducted yourselves here.

564
00:23:31,867 --> 00:23:34,166
I think this was tough for you
because you know what I think?

565
00:23:34,233 --> 00:23:35,266
I don't think you're super shady.

566
00:23:35,333 --> 00:23:36,800
I think you're a busy person.

567
00:23:36,867 --> 00:23:41,867
I think you thought you could do this job
in a shorter period of time than it took.

568
00:23:41,934 --> 00:23:44,300
And I think all of these times
when you're like,

569
00:23:44,367 --> 00:23:46,100
"Okay, I'm going to get to it,
I'm going to get to it,"

570
00:23:46,166 --> 00:23:50,100
I think you really wanted to
because this is your reputation.

571
00:23:50,166 --> 00:23:52,033
You do work on these off-roading cars,

572
00:23:52,100 --> 00:23:54,200
and I think you're probably
really good at it.

573
00:23:54,266 --> 00:23:56,467
So every time you were
stringing him along,

574
00:23:56,533 --> 00:23:58,867
maybe there was some little part of you
that was thinking,

575
00:23:58,934 --> 00:24:01,033
"You know what,
I really will get to it next week,

576
00:24:01,100 --> 00:24:02,600
and then it's all going to be good."

577
00:24:02,667 --> 00:24:04,133
It just didn't work out like that.

578
00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:06,166
You know, you bit off
more than you could chew.

579
00:24:06,233 --> 00:24:07,300
You took his money.

580
00:24:07,367 --> 00:24:09,233
And the only evidence we have in this case

581
00:24:09,300 --> 00:24:11,867
is that you took his money
and you did not do the work.

582
00:24:11,934 --> 00:24:15,467
So, sir, we are going to give you
that $2,500 back.

583
00:24:15,533 --> 00:24:18,000
We're going to order the defendant
to return that.

584
00:24:18,066 --> 00:24:21,700
It's out unanimous verdict
that you be awarded $2,500.

585
00:24:21,767 --> 00:24:24,100
You go enjoy your off-roading
and good luck to you both.

586
00:24:24,166 --> 00:24:25,567
-Thank you.
-Thank you, Your Honor.

587
00:24:25,633 --> 00:24:28,867
This case is concluded.
Parties are excused. You may step out.

588
00:24:30,967 --> 00:24:33,233
Oh, the decision was fair.
I didn't do the work.

589
00:24:33,300 --> 00:24:34,800
I'm just happy my story was heard.

590
00:24:34,867 --> 00:24:38,433
Hopefully no one else has to wait a year
to get their vehicle back.

591
00:24:38,500 --> 00:24:41,934
Oh, it just needed a bunch of work on it
and all of the new suspension put back on.

592
00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:43,333
I'm just thinking
he was a little too busy.

593
00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:45,433
I understand the holidays
and he has a family.

594
00:24:45,500 --> 00:24:48,166
I'm happy it's done.
Finally. A lot less stress.

595
00:24:48,233 --> 00:24:50,333
I tell you this, I will never
do business with them again.

596
00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:52,767
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