1 00:00:06,233 --> 00:00:08,066 You are a menace in that parking lot. 2 00:00:08,132 --> 00:00:11,000 [announcer] Now on Tribunal Justice. 3 00:00:11,066 --> 00:00:13,667 [Erika] She said I was in her parking space, 4 00:00:13,734 --> 00:00:15,967 started swinging her crutch at me. 5 00:00:16,033 --> 00:00:19,100 She told me to go commit suicide by hanging myself. 6 00:00:19,166 --> 00:00:21,100 No, no, no. 7 00:00:21,166 --> 00:00:23,233 I get along with everybody in that building. 8 00:00:23,300 --> 00:00:25,667 I can detect a BS story from a mile away. 9 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:31,900 Sometimes you just gotta let stuff go. Was this worth it? 10 00:00:31,967 --> 00:00:35,500 ["Ride of the Valkyries" plays] 11 00:00:53,033 --> 00:00:56,233 [announcer] Today's case was filed in Akron, Ohio. 12 00:00:56,300 --> 00:00:57,367 [Cassandra] All right. Your Honor, 13 00:00:57,433 --> 00:00:59,800 this is case number 2066 14 00:00:59,867 --> 00:01:01,600 Calhoun versus Hazzard. 15 00:01:01,667 --> 00:01:03,300 All parties have been sworn in. 16 00:01:03,367 --> 00:01:04,467 You may be seated. 17 00:01:04,533 --> 00:01:06,467 - [Judge Levy] Thank you, Cassandra. - [Cassandra] You're welcome. 18 00:01:06,533 --> 00:01:08,266 [Judge Levy] All right. Ms. Calhoun, 19 00:01:08,333 --> 00:01:09,934 you and the defendant are neighbors. 20 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:12,734 You live in the same apartment complex in Ohio. 21 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:14,100 And according to your complaint, 22 00:01:14,166 --> 00:01:15,800 you've known each other about 10 years. 23 00:01:15,867 --> 00:01:17,166 - Is that right? - Yes. 24 00:01:17,233 --> 00:01:18,367 [Judge Levy] All right. There was an incident 25 00:01:18,433 --> 00:01:20,233 that occurred in October of this year 26 00:01:20,300 --> 00:01:22,367 where the defendant came to your home 27 00:01:22,433 --> 00:01:23,934 and damaged your front door. 28 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:25,734 You guys were having a discussion 29 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:27,867 or an argument over a parking spot 30 00:01:27,934 --> 00:01:29,433 and you're suing her for the damage 31 00:01:29,500 --> 00:01:30,767 she caused to your door, 32 00:01:30,834 --> 00:01:33,400 which was $205.23. 33 00:01:33,467 --> 00:01:35,400 - Yes. - [Judge Levy] And, Ms. Hazzard, 34 00:01:35,467 --> 00:01:36,866 you say, "I don't know what she's talking about." 35 00:01:36,934 --> 00:01:38,800 We had a discussion, but I never damaged a door 36 00:01:38,866 --> 00:01:40,467 - and you owe her nothing. - Right. 37 00:01:40,533 --> 00:01:42,500 All right, so let's start with you, Ms. Calhoun. 38 00:01:42,567 --> 00:01:45,900 Tell me about October 10th, 2023. 39 00:01:45,967 --> 00:01:49,567 Well, I called, uh, a family member 40 00:01:49,633 --> 00:01:52,533 and somewhere during the conversation, 41 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:54,567 I mentioned about the parking lot. 42 00:01:54,633 --> 00:01:58,133 I've been there for 17 years this year. 43 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:00,900 - In the apartment complex? - [Vivian] In the apartment complex. 44 00:02:00,967 --> 00:02:03,100 I usually park in the same spot, 45 00:02:03,166 --> 00:02:07,500 which I know we don't have assigned parking space. 46 00:02:07,567 --> 00:02:08,633 [Judge Levy] You do not. 47 00:02:08,699 --> 00:02:10,433 But this was the spot that you usually park in? 48 00:02:10,500 --> 00:02:13,100 - [Vivian] Usually. And everybody… - [Judge Levy] Everyone knew it. 49 00:02:13,166 --> 00:02:15,500 - I could tell you, everybody… - [Judge Levy] I got it. Keep going. 50 00:02:15,567 --> 00:02:18,734 Okay. Well, the family member said, 51 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:20,266 "Do you want me to speak to them?" 52 00:02:20,333 --> 00:02:21,934 I said, "No," 53 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:24,734 'cause it wasn't really, you know, that bad, 54 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:26,066 you know, I didn't care. 55 00:02:26,133 --> 00:02:28,033 I knew I couldn't, you know? 56 00:02:28,100 --> 00:02:30,433 Timeout. Really? It didn't bother you. 57 00:02:30,500 --> 00:02:32,333 - You park in the same spot for 17 years? - [Vivian] Well, yes, it did. 58 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:34,367 Yes, it did. Yes, it did. 59 00:02:34,433 --> 00:02:36,767 [Judge Levy] I can detect a BS story from a mile away. 60 00:02:36,834 --> 00:02:38,700 - [laughter] - Yes, it did. 61 00:02:38,767 --> 00:02:40,333 - Yes, it did. - Go ahead. 62 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:43,667 So me and the family member, we finally ended the conversation 63 00:02:43,734 --> 00:02:45,600 and I went on about doing what I was doing. 64 00:02:45,667 --> 00:02:49,033 But the defendant knocked on my door and I opened it. 65 00:02:49,100 --> 00:02:50,667 She said, "I wanna talk to you." 66 00:02:50,734 --> 00:02:52,767 I told her I didn't wanna argue. 67 00:02:52,834 --> 00:02:55,867 That's when she came in my apartment all up 68 00:02:55,934 --> 00:02:57,333 and we were arguing. 69 00:02:57,400 --> 00:03:00,500 I said, "Erika, get out now." 70 00:03:00,567 --> 00:03:02,133 "What you gon' do? 71 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:03,800 You got a boot on your foot. 72 00:03:03,867 --> 00:03:05,834 I will mop the floor up with you." 73 00:03:05,900 --> 00:03:07,900 - [Judge Levy] Who said that? - The defendant. 74 00:03:07,967 --> 00:03:09,000 - [Judge Levy] Said that to you? - [Vivian] Yes, she did. 75 00:03:09,066 --> 00:03:10,567 [Judge Levy] Because you had something wrong with your foot? 76 00:03:10,633 --> 00:03:13,333 Yeah, I had surgery. I was under a doctor's care at the time. 77 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:15,100 - I had my medical. - [Judge Levy] Okay. 78 00:03:15,166 --> 00:03:18,400 Did she say anything about what you spoke to this family member about? 79 00:03:18,466 --> 00:03:20,700 [Vivian] No, 'cause I told her I didn't wanna talk. 80 00:03:20,767 --> 00:03:22,567 [Judge Levy] Okay. And you go to close the door? 81 00:03:22,633 --> 00:03:24,200 And she pushed it in. 82 00:03:24,266 --> 00:03:26,667 Pushes the door and when she pushes the door, what happens? 83 00:03:26,734 --> 00:03:28,600 It goes back. 84 00:03:28,667 --> 00:03:30,700 [Judge Levy] Is it then that it hits the closet door? 85 00:03:30,767 --> 00:03:33,333 - Yes. - So, this is the damage that was caused. 86 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:36,333 Can you see that damage up there on that screen, ma'am? 87 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:38,700 Yes. There was a coat rack up. 88 00:03:38,767 --> 00:03:39,767 [Judge Levy] Oh, okay. 89 00:03:39,834 --> 00:03:43,433 So, she flings the door open, the coat rack… 90 00:03:43,500 --> 00:03:44,800 - [Vivian] Does that. - [Judge Levy] … does the damage, 91 00:03:44,867 --> 00:03:46,133 and then she came inside? 92 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:47,466 [Vivian] She's all the way in. 93 00:03:47,533 --> 00:03:49,300 [Judge Levy] Okay. Now, she's all the way in. 94 00:03:49,367 --> 00:03:52,433 Was there any additional damage caused by her 95 00:03:52,500 --> 00:03:54,233 when she's now inside the apartment? 96 00:03:54,300 --> 00:03:56,100 - [Vivian] No. - [Judge Levy] Okay. Thank you. 97 00:03:56,166 --> 00:03:59,000 Ms. Hazzard, what part of that did she get wrong? 98 00:03:59,066 --> 00:04:01,333 - All of it. - [Judge Levy] Let's hear it. 99 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:05,400 So, that hole and that track thing, 100 00:04:05,467 --> 00:04:07,000 all of that's one piece. 101 00:04:07,066 --> 00:04:11,867 The coat rack that she's talking about is attached to her front door. 102 00:04:11,934 --> 00:04:14,233 That door is brand new. 103 00:04:14,300 --> 00:04:19,166 They had just replaced it for the same exact damages from that coat rack. 104 00:04:19,233 --> 00:04:21,367 And she acknowledged to the owner 105 00:04:21,433 --> 00:04:23,867 I didn't cause those damages either. 106 00:04:23,934 --> 00:04:27,767 She also acknowledged to the owner that I didn't cause this. 107 00:04:27,834 --> 00:04:30,800 But originally, the night that this all happened… 108 00:04:30,867 --> 00:04:32,800 - October 10th. - [Erika] … she was correct 109 00:04:32,867 --> 00:04:36,266 in saying that I did speak to another family member. 110 00:04:36,332 --> 00:04:38,100 She called, she was mad about the parking space. 111 00:04:38,166 --> 00:04:40,633 - [Judge Levy] Of course she was. - The family member was unaware 112 00:04:40,700 --> 00:04:43,200 that we didn't have assigned parking spaces. 113 00:04:43,266 --> 00:04:45,967 So she called me and she asked, "Can you get out of her parking space?" 114 00:04:46,033 --> 00:04:49,133 I said, "Whose parking space? 'Cause I ain't in nobody's parking space." 115 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:53,533 So she said that Ms. Calhoun called her, angry, 116 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:56,433 and said I was in her parking space. 117 00:04:56,500 --> 00:05:00,500 And ever since I've moved there, I've been nothing but problems 118 00:05:00,567 --> 00:05:03,300 and she wishes I would go back to the West Side. 119 00:05:03,367 --> 00:05:04,600 And she carried on to the point 120 00:05:04,667 --> 00:05:08,233 where the family member asked me to talk to her 121 00:05:08,300 --> 00:05:11,934 so that it could be solved and it'd be no more misunderstanding. 122 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:13,200 - Okay. - I knocked on her door, 123 00:05:13,266 --> 00:05:16,066 because I didn't think it was a problem knocking on her door. 124 00:05:16,133 --> 00:05:19,433 Because like she did state, she had a foot procedure. 125 00:05:20,367 --> 00:05:21,734 While she was recovering, 126 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:25,633 I was the person that was bringing her food and checking on her. 127 00:05:25,700 --> 00:05:26,900 - [Judge Levy] Is that true? - That's true. 128 00:05:26,967 --> 00:05:28,567 - [Judge Levy] Okay. - [Erika] I didn't see 129 00:05:28,633 --> 00:05:30,667 me talking to her as being a problem. 130 00:05:30,734 --> 00:05:32,933 She comes to my house on a regular basis, 131 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:37,066 her grandchildren, she brings them to my house on a regular basis. 132 00:05:37,133 --> 00:05:39,233 Like, I have relationships with them. 133 00:05:39,300 --> 00:05:42,100 So I didn't think asking her, 134 00:05:42,166 --> 00:05:44,033 "Where do you want me to park," would be a issue. 135 00:05:44,100 --> 00:05:47,500 I knocked on her door, she opened it, and instantly started cussing, 136 00:05:47,567 --> 00:05:51,266 'cause she was mad 'cause she knew I was--why I was there. 137 00:05:51,332 --> 00:05:53,066 And I asked her, "Baby, where do you want me to park 138 00:05:53,133 --> 00:05:54,800 so we ain't never gotta go through this again?" 139 00:05:54,867 --> 00:05:58,000 She proceeded to--side note, 140 00:05:58,066 --> 00:06:02,166 I apologize for the thing that I said about that individual in your life. 141 00:06:02,233 --> 00:06:03,934 - I was wrong for that. - [Judge Levy] Okay. Thank you for that. 142 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:08,233 Um, she proceeded to talk about my deceased parents, 143 00:06:08,300 --> 00:06:09,867 which is what prompted me to make that statement 144 00:06:09,934 --> 00:06:11,600 that I apologized about. 145 00:06:11,667 --> 00:06:14,033 She proceeded to talk about my weight. 146 00:06:14,100 --> 00:06:17,500 She told me to go commit suicide by hanging myself. 147 00:06:17,567 --> 00:06:21,367 She then reached on the side of her door 'cause I never made it in her apartment. 148 00:06:21,433 --> 00:06:25,133 She reached on the side of her door and started swinging her crutch at me 149 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:26,367 trying to hit me with it, 150 00:06:26,433 --> 00:06:29,867 which is why I was just standing there looking stupid, like, "Really? 151 00:06:29,934 --> 00:06:32,967 This what we doing?" And then she kept on going on. 152 00:06:33,033 --> 00:06:34,633 She proceeded to call the police. 153 00:06:34,700 --> 00:06:37,400 I did yell over her my address, 154 00:06:37,467 --> 00:06:39,332 because she was telling the police the wrong information. 155 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:41,332 Yeah. Whoever gets there first becomes the complainant. 156 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:42,467 - I got it. - [Erika] Right. Uh-hmm. 157 00:06:42,533 --> 00:06:46,367 [Erika] So when the police came, I was standing at the top of the steps. 158 00:06:46,433 --> 00:06:49,000 I explained to the police everything I just explained to you, 159 00:06:49,066 --> 00:06:51,467 only to find out after talking to her, 160 00:06:51,533 --> 00:06:55,400 she called this family member in another state about a parking spot. 161 00:06:55,467 --> 00:06:57,700 She didn't even have a vehicle at the time. 162 00:06:57,767 --> 00:06:59,166 - [Judge Levy] I got it. - Her vehicle was in the shop. 163 00:06:59,233 --> 00:07:00,834 - That's not true. - [Judge Levy] So on October 10th, 164 00:07:00,900 --> 00:07:02,734 your vehicle was at the location? 165 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:05,033 [Vivian] No. I had just bought me a vehicle. 166 00:07:05,100 --> 00:07:08,700 My car had got stolen, so I ended up getting a new one. 167 00:07:08,767 --> 00:07:10,633 That stuff she said is not true. 168 00:07:10,700 --> 00:07:12,266 [Judge Levy] Hold on one second. My point is, 169 00:07:12,333 --> 00:07:15,867 on that day, did you have a car that you had to park someplace else 170 00:07:15,934 --> 00:07:17,567 because you couldn't use that spot? 171 00:07:17,633 --> 00:07:18,734 No, I didn't have one then. 172 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:20,467 [Judge Levy] So you were just really complaining 173 00:07:20,533 --> 00:07:22,266 that someone was in your spot 174 00:07:22,332 --> 00:07:25,633 and that you wanted to make it known that when I do get my car, 175 00:07:25,700 --> 00:07:27,600 this person, the defendant, ought to know 176 00:07:27,667 --> 00:07:29,667 that's my spot and they can't park there. 177 00:07:29,734 --> 00:07:31,467 No. That's not how that happened. 178 00:07:31,533 --> 00:07:33,233 [Judge Levy] Because that sounded to me like that's what happened. 179 00:07:33,300 --> 00:07:35,767 It might sound like that, but I didn't mean it like that… 180 00:07:35,834 --> 00:07:36,867 - [Judge Levy] Okay. What's more… - … Your Honor. 181 00:07:36,933 --> 00:07:38,332 [Judge Levy] … important to me, what the defendant said 182 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:41,500 is that that damage to your closet door 183 00:07:41,567 --> 00:07:45,233 - had happened before--is that true? - [Vivian] It did--no, 184 00:07:45,300 --> 00:07:49,367 when I--when I lived there, there was a hole in the door like that. 185 00:07:49,433 --> 00:07:51,100 - [Judge Levy] Same place? - [Vivian] But it was way bigger 186 00:07:51,166 --> 00:07:52,166 when I moved there. 187 00:07:52,233 --> 00:07:56,166 So when we had inspection, they came in and seen that 188 00:07:56,567 --> 00:07:58,867 - and they replaced the door. - When? 189 00:07:59,467 --> 00:08:01,133 About two months ago. 190 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:02,533 And you're saying that they replaced it 191 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:04,734 - and then that's the second door? - [Vivian] That's the second door. 192 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:06,100 [Judge Levy] Do you have any proof of that? 193 00:08:06,166 --> 00:08:07,934 - That, I don't have. - [Judge Levy] You don't have that? 194 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:09,567 Now, that, I don't have. 195 00:08:09,633 --> 00:08:11,033 [Judge Levy] Okay, how would she know 196 00:08:11,100 --> 00:08:14,333 that the door was previously damaged in the same place? 197 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:16,967 - [Vivian] I don't know how she knows. - Okay. Judge Acker. 198 00:08:17,734 --> 00:08:21,600 Ms. Calhoun, I must say, I think it's been a long time 199 00:08:21,667 --> 00:08:26,266 since I've engaged with somebody who had this much free time on their hands. 200 00:08:26,332 --> 00:08:30,233 Because for you to be causing 201 00:08:30,300 --> 00:08:34,933 this kind of ruckus over a gosh darn parking space 202 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:36,700 that is not yours… 203 00:08:36,767 --> 00:08:38,500 - [Vivian] But Your Honor, she… - [Judge Acker] … just baffles me. 204 00:08:38,567 --> 00:08:41,200 But if she had not come down to my apartment, 205 00:08:41,265 --> 00:08:42,734 this would not have happened. 206 00:08:42,799 --> 00:08:43,900 - [Judge Acker] Hold on, hold on. - [Vivian] And she… 207 00:08:43,967 --> 00:08:45,100 [Judge Acker] I know why she came down there. 208 00:08:45,165 --> 00:08:47,667 When you testified, and I don't often say this, 209 00:08:47,734 --> 00:08:50,300 I believe every word that came out of your mouth. 210 00:08:50,367 --> 00:08:53,233 Her fiance is a family friend of yours. 211 00:08:53,300 --> 00:08:57,100 She wrote in her answer that there is a relationship between the two of you. 212 00:08:57,165 --> 00:09:00,734 Didn't you say that you and your fiance sometimes gave her rides? 213 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:03,867 Yeah. He was raised to look at her as an aunt. 214 00:09:03,934 --> 00:09:05,967 - And so when he… - [Judge Acker] She was an auntie. 215 00:09:06,033 --> 00:09:07,533 - [Erika] … when he met me… - [Judge Acker] You're the fiancee. 216 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:09,700 This is so obvious. 217 00:09:09,767 --> 00:09:12,000 Her fiance says, "Auntie's a little annoyed 218 00:09:12,066 --> 00:09:13,533 about the parking situation." 219 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:16,533 You went up and you were like, "What's up? I don't wanna annoy you." 220 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:18,367 - [Erika] And I [indistinct]. - You got rattled. 221 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:22,133 [announcer] Coming up on Tribunal Justice. 222 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:24,100 You are a menace in that parking lot. 223 00:09:24,166 --> 00:09:25,400 You're an absolute menace. 224 00:09:25,467 --> 00:09:27,200 Now, you said before you're bipolar. 225 00:09:27,266 --> 00:09:28,367 Take your medication. 226 00:09:28,433 --> 00:09:30,133 [dramatic musical sting] 227 00:09:32,066 --> 00:09:33,900 [theme music plays] 228 00:09:33,967 --> 00:09:38,567 [announcer] Vivian Calhoun is suing neighbor Erika Hazzard for $250, 229 00:09:38,633 --> 00:09:41,667 the cost she claims to replace a closet door. 230 00:09:41,734 --> 00:09:45,133 She says Erika stormed into her apartment in a rage, 231 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:48,900 sending her front door crashing into the closet door. 232 00:09:48,967 --> 00:09:54,367 Erika says Vivian is fixated on creating drama over a parking space. 233 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:58,233 What happened when she parked her car next to yours? 234 00:09:58,300 --> 00:10:01,100 - Tell me about that situation. - Um, so I don't drive. 235 00:10:01,166 --> 00:10:02,800 The car that she's talking about, 236 00:10:02,867 --> 00:10:05,867 my fiance bought the car for me so that he could teach me how to drive, 237 00:10:05,934 --> 00:10:09,867 so that when I learned I would have a car, because he also owns a truck. 238 00:10:09,934 --> 00:10:12,000 So the car was purchased for me, which is why it was parked 239 00:10:12,066 --> 00:10:14,667 in the parking lot there originally in the first place. 240 00:10:15,367 --> 00:10:16,667 That is his truck. 241 00:10:16,734 --> 00:10:18,367 Um, her car, 242 00:10:18,433 --> 00:10:21,100 the parking space that she's upset about 243 00:10:21,166 --> 00:10:23,266 is on the opposite side of the parking lot. 244 00:10:23,333 --> 00:10:25,333 Instead of her parking in the other spot, 245 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:28,100 she did that on purpose 'cause I had just got a restraining order 246 00:10:28,166 --> 00:10:30,567 and they told her that we couldn't be around each other. 247 00:10:30,633 --> 00:10:33,266 - So she parked so close to you… - [Erika] That the doors wouldn't open. 248 00:10:33,333 --> 00:10:34,667 … that you couldn't get out of the car. 249 00:10:34,734 --> 00:10:36,734 The door--I literally, I'm a big girl. 250 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:39,233 - I had to squeeze out of there. And so… - [Vivian] No, she didn't. 251 00:10:39,300 --> 00:10:42,200 Your Honor, no, no, no. 252 00:10:42,266 --> 00:10:45,066 That was her reaction to me getting a restraining order, 253 00:10:45,133 --> 00:10:48,433 because she originally told that judge that she was terrified 254 00:10:48,500 --> 00:10:52,066 - because I was so big and I scared her. - Come on now, ma'am. 255 00:10:52,133 --> 00:10:53,834 - Did you say that? - No. I didn't tell nobody that. 256 00:10:53,900 --> 00:10:54,900 - And then… - [Judge Acker] Come on. Wait, wait, wait, 257 00:10:54,967 --> 00:10:56,165 wait, wait. Stop, stop, stop. 258 00:10:56,233 --> 00:10:59,333 I think you've got some impulse control issues. 259 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:01,200 I think you've got anger problems. 260 00:11:01,266 --> 00:11:03,266 We--can we look at Exhibit 3? 261 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:05,367 I mean, look at this. 262 00:11:05,767 --> 00:11:06,900 Here's what you wrote. 263 00:11:06,967 --> 00:11:08,533 "Do not speak to me. 264 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:10,133 Do not ring my doorbell. 265 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:12,367 Do not knock on my door. Nothing. 266 00:11:12,433 --> 00:11:17,700 I will deal only with residents 101, 104, 201, 304. 267 00:11:17,767 --> 00:11:19,734 The rest of you, leave me alone." 268 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:21,734 - [Vivian] And I did do that. - I mean, come on now. 269 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:23,400 - That's so petty. - [Vivian] But, Your Honor, that day… 270 00:11:23,467 --> 00:11:24,500 - That's so petty. - [Vivian] … when I parked 271 00:11:24,567 --> 00:11:27,767 next to her car, I didn't block them in, they would--I just pulled in. 272 00:11:27,834 --> 00:11:29,300 - They was coming out to… - [Judge Acker] It was just 273 00:11:29,367 --> 00:11:31,133 a total coincidence that you parked so close… 274 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:32,300 [Vivian] I'm sorry you don't believe me, 275 00:11:32,367 --> 00:11:33,800 but, you know, I'm telling you the truth. 276 00:11:33,867 --> 00:11:35,100 [Judge Acker] I'm just--hear me out. 277 00:11:35,165 --> 00:11:36,600 I can't help that you don't believe me, ma'am. 278 00:11:36,667 --> 00:11:38,700 Hear me out. Why are you so mad at her? 279 00:11:38,767 --> 00:11:40,165 I'm not--that's the thing. 280 00:11:40,233 --> 00:11:42,367 I wasn't mad, period, before she came. 281 00:11:42,433 --> 00:11:43,633 I wasn't mad at them. 282 00:11:43,700 --> 00:11:45,333 [Judge Acker] Can you accept the fact, Ms. Hazzard, 283 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:47,233 that sometimes there are situations, 284 00:11:47,300 --> 00:11:50,165 you know, you hear about somebody grousing about something 285 00:11:50,233 --> 00:11:52,300 and you're, like, "I just gotta leave this alone." 286 00:11:52,367 --> 00:11:54,100 Why didn't you do that in this case? 287 00:11:54,165 --> 00:11:57,300 [Erika] Um, because I didn't think it would be a problem. 288 00:11:57,367 --> 00:12:01,767 And like she said, and she kind of lied, nobody stole her car. 289 00:12:01,834 --> 00:12:03,500 They broke into her car and damaged it. 290 00:12:03,567 --> 00:12:05,266 So she had to total it out. 291 00:12:05,333 --> 00:12:08,367 When that happened, we had gave her ride 292 00:12:08,433 --> 00:12:11,033 from that point until she got her vehicle. 293 00:12:11,100 --> 00:12:13,133 And when you say we, you mean you and your fiance? 294 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:15,433 [Erika] Yeah. We had gave her rides everywhere. 295 00:12:15,500 --> 00:12:17,133 He was like taking her to get food and stuff. 296 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:19,300 I was cooking food and bringing it to her. 297 00:12:19,367 --> 00:12:22,667 I've made her a birthday cake every year on her birthday for the last… 298 00:12:22,734 --> 00:12:24,066 - Did she make you a birthday cake? - … eight years. 299 00:12:24,133 --> 00:12:25,467 - [Vivian] Yes, she did. - [Erika] I don't know… 300 00:12:25,533 --> 00:12:27,400 - Ma'am, I--come on now, Ms. Calhoun. - [Erika] … where this came from. 301 00:12:27,467 --> 00:12:28,633 I'm--that's what I'm saying. 302 00:12:28,700 --> 00:12:30,066 [Judge Acker] You got to find some other stuff to do. 303 00:12:30,133 --> 00:12:31,900 [Vivian] When that-- when all about this parking lot, 304 00:12:31,967 --> 00:12:34,700 she shouldn't have came down my house regardless, 305 00:12:34,767 --> 00:12:37,934 regardless of what it was that she needed to address to me. 306 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:40,165 [Judge Acker] You know what? Sometimes you just got to let stuff go. 307 00:12:40,233 --> 00:12:41,266 Judge DiMango? 308 00:12:41,333 --> 00:12:42,900 [Judge DiMango] It's like you're bipolar. 309 00:12:42,967 --> 00:12:45,000 - Really. It's like you're bipolar. - [Vivian] I am. I am. 310 00:12:45,066 --> 00:12:46,600 - [Judge DiMango] You are? - Yes. 311 00:12:46,667 --> 00:12:50,767 You are swinging all over the place with your up attitude, your down attitude. 312 00:12:50,834 --> 00:12:54,767 First, you're taking birthday cakes, having birthday parties, inviting her in. 313 00:12:54,834 --> 00:12:55,834 Next thing you know, 314 00:12:55,900 --> 00:12:57,867 - you're pushing her out. - [Vivian] No, I don't… 315 00:12:57,934 --> 00:12:58,934 [Judge DiMango] Parking your car on top of hers. 316 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:00,166 - [Vivian] It's not like that. - [Judge DiMango] Yeah, yeah, yeah. 317 00:13:00,233 --> 00:13:02,166 What you've done in here the whole time 318 00:13:02,233 --> 00:13:05,633 is try to minimize everything that you've done. 319 00:13:05,700 --> 00:13:09,600 What's blatantly clear, when she came down to you, 320 00:13:09,667 --> 00:13:11,100 you were like, I knew it. 321 00:13:11,166 --> 00:13:13,266 In your head, you're like, "I knew she was gonna come down here. 322 00:13:13,333 --> 00:13:15,834 - I knew she was gonna tell. I knew it." - No, I didn't know she was coming down. 323 00:13:15,900 --> 00:13:17,367 - That I didn't know. - [Judge DiMango] You knew… 324 00:13:17,433 --> 00:13:18,834 - No. - [Judge DiMango] … that her aunt-in-law 325 00:13:18,900 --> 00:13:20,800 was going to tell her about it. 326 00:13:20,867 --> 00:13:21,934 You knew it. 327 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:24,767 The fact that you could sit there and say no tells me nothing. 328 00:13:24,834 --> 00:13:26,734 And the other issue about the door, 329 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:28,567 - question to you, Ms. Hazzard. - [Erika] Uh-hmm. 330 00:13:28,633 --> 00:13:30,567 [Judge DiMango] When was the last time before this incident 331 00:13:30,633 --> 00:13:32,233 you were in the apartment? 332 00:13:32,300 --> 00:13:35,133 I wanna say like, probably like two weeks prior. 333 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:37,400 When you're leaving, you must see the rack 334 00:13:37,467 --> 00:13:38,834 - on the back of that door… - [Erika] Right. 335 00:13:38,900 --> 00:13:40,066 - … would that be correct? - Right. 336 00:13:40,133 --> 00:13:41,266 [Judge DiMango] When you were leaving 337 00:13:41,333 --> 00:13:43,800 approximately two weeks before this incident, 338 00:13:43,867 --> 00:13:45,400 were you able to see if behind 339 00:13:45,467 --> 00:13:47,834 that rack there was any hole or damage or anything? 340 00:13:47,900 --> 00:13:51,400 No. The--that is her closet. That's not… that's the closet. 341 00:13:51,467 --> 00:13:52,934 [Judge DiMango] That--what we're looking at there is the closet. 342 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:54,533 - Is that a bi-fold closet? - That's the--yes. 343 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:56,133 - It's a bi-fold closet. - [Judge DiMango] Okay. 344 00:13:56,200 --> 00:13:59,100 So when you open the front door to the apartment, 345 00:13:59,165 --> 00:14:01,200 the coat rack is instantly 346 00:14:01,266 --> 00:14:02,567 - gonna knock it off the track or put… - [Judge DiMango] Got you. 347 00:14:02,633 --> 00:14:03,633 [Erika] … a hole in it. 348 00:14:03,700 --> 00:14:06,633 So when I seen the door, it was the old door. 349 00:14:06,700 --> 00:14:08,100 I have never seen that door. 350 00:14:08,166 --> 00:14:10,500 And today is the first day I actually seen the damage. 351 00:14:10,567 --> 00:14:13,734 So my question to you was, when you went there on the last visit, 352 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:15,367 did she have a nice new 353 00:14:15,433 --> 00:14:17,500 - bi-fold door there? - No. No. 354 00:14:17,567 --> 00:14:19,633 - [Judge DiMango] What did she have there? - [Erika] She had the same raggedy one 355 00:14:19,700 --> 00:14:21,033 that already had prior damage. 356 00:14:21,100 --> 00:14:22,867 It had multiple holes in it. 357 00:14:22,934 --> 00:14:26,800 So we have that you did get a new door and that it was damaged. 358 00:14:26,867 --> 00:14:30,700 To replace a bi-fold door costs how much money, Ms. Calhoun? 359 00:14:30,767 --> 00:14:31,834 [Vivian] Two hundred and four. 360 00:14:31,900 --> 00:14:33,133 [Judge DiMango] Well, it costs you $204. 361 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:35,066 But according to the documents we have, 362 00:14:35,133 --> 00:14:39,133 a bi-fold interior door should only cost $45. 363 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:42,133 - Did you have your door fixed? - [Vivian] No, they didn't… 364 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:43,600 So you've never had it fixed since? 365 00:14:43,667 --> 00:14:46,233 [Vivian] This has not been fixed since it was like that. 366 00:14:46,300 --> 00:14:49,734 Okay. So we would have to look at that because that's an estimate there. 367 00:14:49,800 --> 00:14:55,200 Now, tell me why she couldn't park in that space 368 00:14:55,266 --> 00:14:57,633 or why you couldn't say to her, "Hey?" 369 00:14:57,700 --> 00:15:00,400 I never said she couldn't park in that space. 370 00:15:00,467 --> 00:15:02,367 I never said that. 371 00:15:02,433 --> 00:15:04,600 [Judge DiMango] But you wanted someone else to tell her don't park in that space. 372 00:15:04,667 --> 00:15:06,100 I told nobody to tell her that. 373 00:15:06,166 --> 00:15:07,166 - I… - [Judge DiMango] Yes, you did. 374 00:15:07,233 --> 00:15:09,200 By making that phone call, you did. 375 00:15:09,266 --> 00:15:11,166 And this incident occurs. 376 00:15:11,233 --> 00:15:13,533 You know, we have an aerial view. 377 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:15,700 Why don't you, if you can, Ms. Calhoun, 378 00:15:15,767 --> 00:15:18,266 please step up, show us where you park 379 00:15:18,333 --> 00:15:19,734 because I see a parking lot 380 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:22,900 with what looks like more empty spaces than cars. 381 00:15:22,967 --> 00:15:24,633 [Vivian] See, this is my complex right here. 382 00:15:24,700 --> 00:15:25,700 [Judge DiMango] You're there. 383 00:15:25,767 --> 00:15:27,100 And where do you wanna park your car? 384 00:15:27,166 --> 00:15:30,467 - [Vivian] See, that's--I mean I… - Where's your unassigned assigned space? 385 00:15:30,533 --> 00:15:31,533 Right there. 386 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:33,333 Now--okay. You can go back. 387 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:35,533 So when you leave here today, 388 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:37,700 and if she's parked in your space, 389 00:15:37,767 --> 00:15:39,700 you are perfectly fine with that. 390 00:15:39,767 --> 00:15:42,333 I'll park way on the other side of the parking lot. 391 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:44,867 I--now, the--I've parked-- 392 00:15:44,934 --> 00:15:46,700 as you--when you first come in, 393 00:15:46,767 --> 00:15:49,000 there's a parking lot right there. I parked over there. 394 00:15:49,066 --> 00:15:52,033 So wait, so you're telling me if that space is not available, 395 00:15:52,100 --> 00:15:53,867 you go way out of your way to park 396 00:15:53,934 --> 00:15:56,333 in a whole another area of the parking lot? 397 00:15:56,400 --> 00:15:57,533 - I just park on the other… - That's, like, baloney. 398 00:15:57,600 --> 00:16:00,734 [Vivian] Cars is right there, that's way on the other side. 399 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:02,734 [Judge DiMango] Is that where you're not supposed to be parked, that white… 400 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:04,000 - [Erika] That's not even a parking space. - [Judge DiMango] That's illegal. 401 00:16:04,066 --> 00:16:05,367 - [Vivian] You could--I could park… - [Judge DiMango] It's an illegal space. 402 00:16:05,433 --> 00:16:06,700 - [Erika] She's not allowed to park there. - [Judge DiMango] Just go up there. 403 00:16:06,767 --> 00:16:07,767 No, you could walk to it. 404 00:16:07,834 --> 00:16:09,533 Go on. I wanna see what you were gonna show us. 405 00:16:10,834 --> 00:16:12,000 [Vivian] Okay. That's my car right here. 406 00:16:12,066 --> 00:16:13,266 [Judge DiMango] It's in the middle of nowhere. 407 00:16:13,333 --> 00:16:15,300 You're not supposed to be parked like that in that space. 408 00:16:15,367 --> 00:16:16,367 I could be parked right there. 409 00:16:16,433 --> 00:16:19,033 I've never--nobody never said nothing. 410 00:16:19,100 --> 00:16:20,533 The police never said nothing. 411 00:16:20,600 --> 00:16:22,834 - The lines say something on the ground. - No. The line is right there. 412 00:16:22,900 --> 00:16:25,233 This is the--that's the last parking spot. 413 00:16:25,300 --> 00:16:27,500 I just decided to put it over there. 414 00:16:27,567 --> 00:16:30,266 It wasn't bothering nobody, but that's the way I do. 415 00:16:30,333 --> 00:16:32,200 [Judge DiMango] It's--get--go back there. 416 00:16:32,266 --> 00:16:33,266 I am. 417 00:16:33,333 --> 00:16:35,165 [Judge DiMango] You need parking space school. 418 00:16:35,233 --> 00:16:37,700 - About her only parking there. - [Judge DiMango] Yeah. 419 00:16:37,767 --> 00:16:39,165 This is the 9th. 420 00:16:39,233 --> 00:16:41,333 She is parked directly next to me 421 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:43,834 with her illegal handicapped parking sticker 422 00:16:43,900 --> 00:16:45,133 - because the spot next to me… - Byrd, may I see that please? 423 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:46,734 [Vivian] That's not illegal. If you [indistinct] 424 00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:48,700 - Yes, it is. It expired in November. - [Vivian] So what? 425 00:16:48,767 --> 00:16:49,867 - I'm a good person. - [Byrd] This is… 426 00:16:49,934 --> 00:16:52,934 Nobody's saying you're bad, but you are a bad parker. 427 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:55,600 - Well, I'm gonna be [indistinct]. - What am I looking at here? 428 00:16:55,667 --> 00:16:58,165 - [Byrd] So… - [Erika] That--okay, so that's the 9th. 429 00:16:58,233 --> 00:17:01,433 She said she only parks way down there in that illegal parking spot. 430 00:17:01,500 --> 00:17:03,500 That's her parked right next to me in a handicap parking spot. 431 00:17:03,567 --> 00:17:05,467 - Good deal. It's… - [Erika] If you swipe, 432 00:17:05,532 --> 00:17:07,266 you'll see the expired placard. 433 00:17:07,333 --> 00:17:10,200 Ma'am, you can't park in a handicap space. 434 00:17:10,266 --> 00:17:13,200 You can't use expired handicap parking permit. 435 00:17:13,266 --> 00:17:16,367 I'm telling you, you are a menace in that parking lot. 436 00:17:16,433 --> 00:17:19,599 You are an absolute menace and you are causing problems 437 00:17:19,666 --> 00:17:22,200 that are going to escalate not just with her 438 00:17:22,266 --> 00:17:23,400 but with everybody else. 439 00:17:23,467 --> 00:17:25,233 Now, you said before you're bipolar. 440 00:17:25,300 --> 00:17:26,433 Take your medication. 441 00:17:26,500 --> 00:17:27,500 - [Vivian] I always do. - Good. 442 00:17:27,567 --> 00:17:28,700 - I get along with everybody. - [Judge DiMango] I'm done. 443 00:17:28,767 --> 00:17:29,767 I don't have any more questions. 444 00:17:29,834 --> 00:17:31,734 I get along with everybody in that building. 445 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:33,467 But not people with cause. 446 00:17:33,533 --> 00:17:35,567 Or on that--or on that list. 447 00:17:36,734 --> 00:17:37,967 All right. I have nothing further. 448 00:17:38,033 --> 00:17:40,967 - We're gonna retire to deliberate. - Can I--Judge? Just… 449 00:17:41,033 --> 00:17:42,633 - [Judge DiMango] Oh, sure. - [Judge Acker] I have one--ma'am. 450 00:17:42,700 --> 00:17:44,967 Ms. Calhoun, let me ask you this. 451 00:17:45,033 --> 00:17:47,767 All of this, you have filed your lawsuit. 452 00:17:47,834 --> 00:17:50,133 - You are now here in court… - Uh-hmm. 453 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:52,767 [Judge Acker] … opposing somebody who used to make your birthday cake. 454 00:17:52,834 --> 00:17:54,367 I bet you're not making her any more cakes. 455 00:17:54,433 --> 00:17:56,000 I have no desire to be anywhere near her. 456 00:17:56,066 --> 00:17:57,700 - And I don't wanna be near her. - [Judge Acker] But listen to me. 457 00:17:57,767 --> 00:18:01,100 Listen to me. For $205, 458 00:18:01,166 --> 00:18:02,166 was this worth it? 459 00:18:03,300 --> 00:18:05,266 - Probably not. - [Judge Acker] Thank you, ma'am. 460 00:18:05,333 --> 00:18:07,066 - I don't have anything further. - Probably not. 461 00:18:07,133 --> 00:18:09,700 We're going to retire to deliberate at this time. 462 00:18:09,767 --> 00:18:10,867 Thank you both. 463 00:18:10,934 --> 00:18:12,066 [Cassandra] Court is now in recess. 464 00:18:12,133 --> 00:18:14,734 Parties will be recalled. 465 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:17,333 [announcer] Coming up on Tribunal Justice. 466 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:19,700 Ms. Hazzard, I just noticed that you were getting a little upset. 467 00:18:19,767 --> 00:18:20,867 Why are you so upset? 468 00:18:20,934 --> 00:18:24,100 If this is what you did one time because you were angry, 469 00:18:24,166 --> 00:18:25,767 what will you do to me next? 470 00:18:25,834 --> 00:18:27,266 [dramatic musical sting] 471 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:31,433 [dramatic musical sting] 472 00:18:31,500 --> 00:18:32,767 You're in my seat. 473 00:18:32,834 --> 00:18:34,667 - Do not speak to me. - You're in my seat. 474 00:18:34,734 --> 00:18:37,233 I will only be speaking to the resident 475 00:18:37,300 --> 00:18:39,066 of the seat to my right 476 00:18:39,133 --> 00:18:42,533 between the hours of 3:45 and 3:49. That's it. 477 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:44,333 But don't come knocking on my trailer door. 478 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:46,533 That's all I'm gonna tell you, because I'm not letting you in. 479 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:47,600 Can I have my seat back? 480 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:50,600 Yes, you can. 481 00:18:50,667 --> 00:18:52,967 It's--let's do it? It does. 482 00:18:53,033 --> 00:18:55,166 It does because I don't know where to look in that seat. 483 00:18:55,233 --> 00:18:57,567 Like I know here, I'm looking straight ahead. 484 00:18:58,567 --> 00:19:02,000 - Oh, I feel so much better now. - At home. 485 00:19:02,066 --> 00:19:03,934 [Judge Levy] I think the plaintiff was onto something. 486 00:19:05,333 --> 00:19:07,400 - Hope that doesn't change your verdict. - [Judge Levy] It will not. 487 00:19:07,467 --> 00:19:09,333 All right, listen, at the end of the day, 488 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:11,533 it's a $205 claim. 489 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:14,600 Clearly though it upset both the plaintiff and the defendant 490 00:19:14,667 --> 00:19:16,567 to the point where they went to go get orders 491 00:19:16,633 --> 00:19:19,200 because they didn't feel safe and secure in their own homes. 492 00:19:19,266 --> 00:19:22,600 The defendant, by the way, her order, which we did not discuss, 493 00:19:22,667 --> 00:19:24,000 but we have copies of it. 494 00:19:24,066 --> 00:19:27,000 She said that the reason that she wanted an order from the court 495 00:19:27,066 --> 00:19:29,367 was because she was afraid that the plaintiff 496 00:19:29,433 --> 00:19:32,767 was gonna continue making false claims about her. 497 00:19:32,834 --> 00:19:37,500 Continue, a la continue making false claims about the damage to the door. 498 00:19:38,033 --> 00:19:41,600 So I think our role here is one of credibility. 499 00:19:41,667 --> 00:19:43,133 Who are we to believe? 500 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:46,800 Was that door damaged before the defendant came up 501 00:19:46,867 --> 00:19:49,567 and they had their little kerfuffle at the doorway? 502 00:19:49,633 --> 00:19:52,100 Or was that damage caused by the defendant? 503 00:19:52,166 --> 00:19:55,000 That seems to me to be the main issue. 504 00:19:55,066 --> 00:19:56,467 We would not have known 505 00:19:56,533 --> 00:19:58,867 about the prior damage to the door, 506 00:19:58,934 --> 00:20:01,033 but for the defendant bringing it to our attention. 507 00:20:01,100 --> 00:20:04,800 The plaintiff did not include anywhere either in our papers 508 00:20:04,867 --> 00:20:07,266 or to the police department when they showed up 509 00:20:07,333 --> 00:20:09,200 or into small claims court. 510 00:20:09,266 --> 00:20:11,033 So it's a credibility determination. 511 00:20:11,100 --> 00:20:13,300 The fact that in the opening salvo, 512 00:20:13,367 --> 00:20:14,934 I asked her, you know, what happened 513 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:17,100 and she's telling me how she wasn't upset 514 00:20:17,166 --> 00:20:19,467 and how she was just doing this just to say it-- 515 00:20:19,533 --> 00:20:21,700 that could not have been farther from the truth. 516 00:20:21,767 --> 00:20:24,767 I'm from New York, I know how people fight over a parking spot. 517 00:20:24,834 --> 00:20:28,066 One of my first cases as DA was an attempted murder case 518 00:20:28,133 --> 00:20:29,767 over a parking spot. 519 00:20:29,834 --> 00:20:31,934 Having said that, I just don't believe that the plaintiff 520 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:35,133 has made out her case and that's based upon a determination on credibility. 521 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:36,700 - And I would move to dismiss. - [Judge Acker] I'm with you. 522 00:20:36,767 --> 00:20:38,834 I found the defendant completely credible. 523 00:20:38,900 --> 00:20:41,900 I mean the picture that she paints 524 00:20:41,967 --> 00:20:44,967 of the incident to me just rings true. 525 00:20:45,033 --> 00:20:46,600 The plaintiff is really upset. 526 00:20:46,667 --> 00:20:49,800 She's waving the cane around, calling her names, 527 00:20:49,867 --> 00:20:51,867 like telling her to off herself, 528 00:20:51,934 --> 00:20:53,467 I mean saying really horrible things. 529 00:20:53,533 --> 00:20:55,433 And then the defendant is probably like, 530 00:20:55,500 --> 00:20:59,567 "Look, I'm trying to address the parking issue before it escalates." 531 00:20:59,633 --> 00:21:01,100 And then sadly it did. 532 00:21:01,166 --> 00:21:02,166 I would vote to dismiss. 533 00:21:02,233 --> 00:21:04,567 I think that this plaintiff's personality 534 00:21:04,633 --> 00:21:06,200 is kind of well-known in the complex 535 00:21:06,266 --> 00:21:09,066 and that she really was a threat to the defendant 536 00:21:09,133 --> 00:21:10,967 and she should not recover on this at all. 537 00:21:11,033 --> 00:21:13,467 - All right, unanimous. - Great. 538 00:21:13,533 --> 00:21:16,734 [dramatic musical sting] 539 00:21:16,800 --> 00:21:18,066 [Cassandra] Court is back in session. 540 00:21:18,133 --> 00:21:19,934 Parties are reminded that you're still under oath. 541 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:21,633 - [Judge Levy] Thank you, Cassandra. - [Cassandra] Uh-hmm. 542 00:21:21,700 --> 00:21:25,500 You know, there are some people that may minimize what happened here. 543 00:21:25,567 --> 00:21:26,900 We most certainly did not. 544 00:21:26,967 --> 00:21:28,233 Having said that, 545 00:21:28,300 --> 00:21:30,900 Ms. Hazzard, I just noticed that you were getting a little upset. 546 00:21:30,967 --> 00:21:32,834 Are you upset just because you're here? 547 00:21:32,900 --> 00:21:34,667 Are you upset because you think the relationship 548 00:21:34,734 --> 00:21:38,000 between you and the plaintiff has been irreparably damaged? 549 00:21:38,066 --> 00:21:39,066 Why are you so upset? 550 00:21:40,233 --> 00:21:41,633 A little bit of all of it. 551 00:21:41,700 --> 00:21:44,900 Unbeknownst to me, she just acknowledged today that she got mental health issues. 552 00:21:45,567 --> 00:21:47,033 I'm not judging her. I'm not… 553 00:21:47,100 --> 00:21:48,433 - [Judge Levy] Well, you shouldn't. - [Erika] … making light of that. 554 00:21:48,500 --> 00:21:49,734 - [Judge Levy] You shouldn't. - But what I am saying 555 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:53,100 is if this is what you did one time because you were angry, 556 00:21:53,166 --> 00:21:54,800 what will you do to me next? 557 00:21:54,867 --> 00:21:57,100 So I have no desire to find out. 558 00:21:57,166 --> 00:22:00,533 I wish her nothing but the best, but I have nothing left. 559 00:22:00,600 --> 00:22:02,500 [Judge Levy] Okay. Just go on your own ways. 560 00:22:02,567 --> 00:22:03,800 - Yup. - [Judge Levy] That's it. 561 00:22:03,867 --> 00:22:05,533 You know, Ms. Calhoun, 562 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:08,100 the case for us, it wasn't overly complicated. 563 00:22:08,166 --> 00:22:10,600 The issue for you is whether or not you can prove 564 00:22:10,667 --> 00:22:12,367 that the defendant damaged your door 565 00:22:12,433 --> 00:22:16,400 and whether or not you were damaged to the tune of $205. 566 00:22:16,467 --> 00:22:18,200 You submitted an invoice, 567 00:22:18,266 --> 00:22:21,333 but without any receipt showing payment as you say that you did. 568 00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:23,567 And it doesn't bode well for you either. 569 00:22:23,633 --> 00:22:26,266 We would not have known about the other damage to your door, 570 00:22:26,333 --> 00:22:27,467 but for the defendant. 571 00:22:27,533 --> 00:22:31,367 And it seems to me that if the police come to your house as they did, 572 00:22:31,433 --> 00:22:33,834 and you have their ear, which you did, 573 00:22:33,900 --> 00:22:35,900 and if she happened to have caused that damage, 574 00:22:35,967 --> 00:22:37,834 which we don't believe she did, 575 00:22:37,900 --> 00:22:39,667 the first thing you would've said to the police is, 576 00:22:39,734 --> 00:22:41,300 "I just got this door fixed. 577 00:22:41,367 --> 00:22:44,967 I just paid to have this fixed. And she busted it again." 578 00:22:45,033 --> 00:22:48,367 And the paperwork is completely void of any mention of any of that. 579 00:22:48,433 --> 00:22:49,834 - [Vivian] Your Honor… - [Judge Levy] Again, it doesn't--hold on. 580 00:22:49,900 --> 00:22:50,900 It doesn't mean you're lying. 581 00:22:50,967 --> 00:22:55,000 What I'm saying is that our role as judges is to weigh the credibility of litigants. 582 00:22:55,500 --> 00:22:57,200 And on that one, you lost. 583 00:22:57,266 --> 00:22:59,600 So it's the unanimous decision of the bench 584 00:22:59,667 --> 00:23:03,300 that your complaint against the defendant is dismissed in its entirety. 585 00:23:03,367 --> 00:23:05,033 And we wish you both the best. 586 00:23:05,100 --> 00:23:06,100 Thank you. 587 00:23:07,033 --> 00:23:09,633 [Cassandra] This case has concluded. All parties are excused. 588 00:23:09,700 --> 00:23:13,533 [theme music plays] 589 00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:15,967 Well, I lost the case. 590 00:23:16,033 --> 00:23:17,834 I knew I told the truth. 591 00:23:17,900 --> 00:23:20,433 Maybe I think she just wanted her way, 592 00:23:20,500 --> 00:23:24,567 and this was a really exhausting way to try to get it. 593 00:23:24,633 --> 00:23:27,200 I was upset, but it's okay. 594 00:23:27,266 --> 00:23:30,000 No, she's just known as the person who's really loud 595 00:23:30,066 --> 00:23:31,533 and that they always want their way. 596 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:33,367 She wasn't honest at all 597 00:23:33,433 --> 00:23:35,734 and I just didn't have enough evidence. 598 00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:38,734 - She knows how to work the system. - Oh, that's a lie. 599 00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:41,266 She did what she did. It's all good. 600 00:23:41,333 --> 00:23:43,467 Because if I see her again, it'll be too soon. 601 00:23:43,533 --> 00:23:45,066 [announcer] Got family drama? 602 00:23:45,133 --> 00:23:48,200 Let Tribunal Justice decide your case. 603 00:23:48,266 --> 00:23:52,500 Find us on social media at Tribunal Justice. 604 00:23:52,567 --> 00:23:55,667 ["Ride of the Valkyries" plays]