[Judge Acker] You rented a home to the defendants.
Things got really dramatic.
She comes up rushing at me
and basically body slams me
and, like, spitting from yelling in my face.
I never touched this lady.
You better say sorry. You not gonna say...
[Judge Acker] Cleary out of control
and entering her space.
This courtroom has rules
and we don't do what we saw in that video.
[announcer] Now on Tribunal Justice.
["Ride of the Valkyries" plays]
[announcer] Today's case was filed in Washington D.C.
[Byrd] Your Honor, this is case number 2088A
in the matter of Dosik and Dosik versus Reddick and Yeboah.
- Thank you. - And case number 2088B
in the matter of Angelini versus Reddick.
- Thank you, Byrd. - You're welcome, Judge.
Parties have been sworn in.
You may be seated.
Sir, have a seat, please.
So I'll state at the outset
that this matter involves the Dosiks
versus Ms. Reddick and Mr. Yeboah.
2088B is a matter involving Mr. Angelini and Ms. Reddick.
Judge DiMango will be leading that case.
We're gonna start with the Dosiks' case
against Ms. Reddick and Mr. Yeboah.
Mr. and Ms. Dosik, you rented a home to the defendants.
They were married. You're now suing them for unpaid rent,
property damage, and travel expenses
that you incurred traveling back to Washington
where the property is located.
Where did the two of you live?
- California. - [Judge Acker] California.
You are here now suing for $10,000.
Ms. Reddick, I note that Mr. Yeboah is present with us via Chime.
You're also a defendant in this lawsuit, sir,
so I would be attentive.
Ms. Reddick and Mr. Yeboah, you deny owing them any money.
You say that they owe you money,
so you have a countersuit against these plaintiffs for $7,500
for harassment and for emotional distress.
Mr. and Ms. Dosik, you rented to the defendants
- in February of 2023, correct? - Correct.
How much was the rent every month?
1,700.
And it seems that for the first few months
at least, things were fine,
until around August when they began falling behind.
- [Lawrence] Correct. - And you don't deny falling behind?
I think you said that you had some personal and financial difficulties.
- Your mother was ill. - [Princess] Yes.
[Judge Acker] And you were looking after her.
- Yes. - Now, you also said,
Ms. Reddick, in your answer,
that the plaintiffs had arranged a payment plan.
And what were the terms of the payment plan
that you offered the defendants?
- Do you recall? - [Lawrence] Never offered a payment plan.
The only thing Mr. Yeboah would do
after they fell many months behind
was he would send us $500
- or $800, something like that. - [Judge Acker] So it was sort of...
- There was no arrangement... - [Judge Acker] ... a payment plan
- that they came up with. - [Lawrence] Correct.
He didn't even know that they were even behind.
He was surprised and came to my husband.
[Judge Acker] Yeah, because he was blaming her.
- Right. - Right.
We can talk about that later, Mr. Yeboah.
But you're both on the lease,
- so frankly, that's anybody... - Oh.
Can I say something over here?
What is it that you wanted to say?
One thing I just wanna say is that I wasn't on the lease
and I never signed a lease with them.
But when I see that Larry come to--
I saw Larry coming over there back and forth and...
[Judge Acker] Were you living there
with your wife,
- Mrs. Reddick... - [Samuel] Yes.
- ... who signed the lease? - Yes.
[Judge Acker] So you're jointly liable for your community debts.
I'm now moving on.
After August, they fall behind.
And then, I'm gonna fast forward a couple of months later
because things got really dramatic.
November 7th, according to your complaint,
you were back in Washington to check on your properties.
- How many properties do you have? - Two.
- [Judge Acker] You have two? - Yes.
So you came back to check on those properties
and you describe in your complaint a physical altercation
between you, Ms. Dosik,
and the defendant Ms. Reddick.
What happened on November 7th?
Well, in the morning of November 7th,
I made an anonymous call to the police
and that was in reference to yelling and screaming in the basement.
I was upstairs in the property
- doing some painting. - [Judge Acker] Just so we're clear,
- you rented them the basement apartment? - [Donna] Yes.
And you happened to be in the upstairs unit
- for what reason? - Doing renovations.
Doing renovations.
And then you hear a disturbance
- in the basement apartment. - Right.
I was overly concerned because two weeks prior to that,
I had conversations with Samuel
in which there was an incident of domestic violence
between him and his wife.
So I had a concern.
I did an anonymous call.
And then later that evening,
I'm outside talking with Sam on my porch
and then all of a sudden,
his wife is yelling and screaming from the basement
and then she comes up rushing at me
and basically body slams me, yelling and screaming
and, like, spitting from yelling in my face.
And then, I got pushed into my house
in which she slapped me.
And anyhow, I called the police.
You actually made an application
for a temporary restraining order
against the defendant, did you not?
We did, but that was after my husband got assaulted
and Paolo got assaulted.
I never touched this lady.
- [Judge Acker] You never touched her? - I never touched her.
[Judge Acker] Did you ever touch him?
I never touched him.
I never touched nobody.
[Judge Acker] Now, you did submit a video
that I would like to give us a proper sense of the context
of the things that were taking place.
So let's see the video.
[Princess] I even said we was gonna pay you back the money.
And I told you I was a woman of my word.
And that's what I'm [bleep] gonna do.
Four months, you have not paid.
[Princess] It don't matter. It don't matter.
[Donna] This is ridiculous.
I'm not being treated like this. Talk about...
You better pop up and find somebody else.
You better come say sorry to me.
You better say sorry. You not gonna say sorry?
[overlapping chatter]
You gotta get over here.
[Princess] I've got the money deposit right now and I'm about to send it to you.
- [Donna] Oh, my God, she touched me. - And then your husband disrespected me.
[Donna] She touched me.
Oh, my God, she touched me.
You've seen the lie, right?
I slapped her. Sure.
[Judge Acker] I heard her say, "She touched me."
I saw you clearly out of control
and entering her space.
Now, you did ultimately get a restraining order
and there was a judge who made findings in that case
about some of the facts that happened.
Do I credit this judge's findings
about the violence that took place
and the fact that he felt that there was such violence
that he thought it was necessary and appropriate
to award them a TRO against you?
That video is entirely consistent with that.
Let me ask you something and I'm not trying to embarrass you.
I'm really trying to understand.
Do you take any medication?
- Mental illness? - Do you?
No, but you know what, I'm not being sued.
[Princess] Okay.
Well, why would you think I take medicine?
[Judge Acker] Because you present
as somebody who's out of control
- and has impulse control issues. - [Princess] I was out of control
- because... - [Judge Acker] And by the way,
that little exchange didn't help you.
- I see you. - [Princess] Okay. That's fine.
- I see you. Just relax. - That's fine.
So when did she finally move out?
- I'm about to leave. - She was supposed to move out
on February 5th
- because that's when... - [Judge Acker] Please calm down.
We have the eviction hearing.
She moved out a few days before that
- but they gave notice... - Hold on, hold on, hold on. Hold on.
This courtroom has rules and we have order
and we don't do what we saw on that video.
- So I'm gonna suggest again... - [Princess] Am I doing it now?
- I'm gonna suggest again... - [Princess] Am I doing it now?
... respectfully that you calm yourself.
When did she finally leave?
The beginning of February.
And that was before the eviction hearing.
- You had an eviction hearing scheduled? - Immediately before the eviction hearing
- is when she vacated. - [Lawrence] I think it was two days
before the eviction hearing.
Can we put up plaintiff's exhibit 6,
the paint and the fridge, and the paint and the oven?
Because Ms. Reddick, it was your position
that you didn't engage in these damages.
You said that it was actually their handyman.
What is your explanation of how the paint ended up
in your old refrigerator
and the paint ended up in the oven?
- I did not do that. - [Judge Acker] Nothing to do with it?
- No, I did not. - [Judge Acker] You have no idea
- how these damages took place? - [Princess] No, I do not.
[Judge Acker] What am I looking at, Mr. and Ms. Dosik?
[Lawrence] You're looking at our shower
that's full of paint at the bottom
and then urine on top of it.
When was this picture taken?
The day that we entered the unit after she had left.
- [Judge Acker] She's gone. - [Lawrence] After--correct.
[Judge Acker] And then you find this?
Now I wanna talk to Ms. Reddick about her countersuit
because she has a $7,500 countersuit against the two of you
because she made some very serious allegations.
One of them that I found particularly troubling
was that there was an incident
where you say Mr. Dosik entered the apartment.
You were topless.
You told him to leave but he would not.
What happened then?
So I was in my home.
I was doing a girlfriend's hair
and he knocked on the door.
I asked him to come back because I wasn't properly dressed.
He proceeded to open the door
while I was not dressed.
[Judge Acker] What were you wearing?
I was wearing a pair of pants
and I had like a bra that is...
- [Judge Acker] Scantily clad. - Yeah.
You weren't totally naked,
- you were doing someone's hair... - [Princess] I wasn't totally naked.
- ... but you were scantily clad. - [Princess] Yeah.
Yeah, he just forced his way into the home.
[Judge Acker] And this was when, on or around when?
Maybe December.
[Judge Acker] There's another incident that you allege in January.
Tell me what happened.
So I left for my birthday for the weekend
and arriving to the home,
I saw Mrs. Donna and the guy in the burgundy
standing in the home.
And I asked them what they was doing in there
and they both run out the house to the front door.
I'm going to give the Dosiks a chance to respond
and I'll start with you, sir.
Was there an incident where you came in
and she was doing hair and she was half-dressed?
[announcer] Coming up on Tribunal Justice.
[Judge DiMango] What is this wispy speaking from you?
"Okay." You're trying to act,
I don't know, you think you're Marilyn Monroe?
I gotta go.
[dramatic musical sting]
[theme music plays]
[announcer] Landlords Donna and Lawrence Dosik
are suing Princess Reddick and husband Sam Yeboah
for $10,000 in rent,
damages, and travel expenses.
But Princess and Sam claim they left the home undamaged
and were harassed into leaving.
Handyman Paolo Angelini is also suing Princess for $3,400.
Paolo claims Princess attacked him,
breaking his phone and glasses.
But Princess claims that never happened.
Was there an incident where you came in
and she was doing hair and she was half-dressed?
No. There was an incident where I knocked on the door,
announced myself,
said I was coming in per the 48-hour notice.
I tried to enter the door.
She blocked the door from the inside.
The door never even cracked open.
I never entered the property.
Never. And then shortly after that, my wife called me.
I was in D.C. by myself.
She was not there at that point
and she called me and she said,
"Princess is filing some kind of police report against you
for seeing her naked."
I said if I had seen her naked,
I'd be traumatized the rest of my life.
- [Princess] See what I'm saying? - It never happened.
See what I'm saying?
- It never happened. - We not gonna do that here.
- [Judge Acker] I can handle it. - [Lawrence] I'm sorry. I apologize.
[Judge Acker] She doesn't get to act out, nor do you.
Ms. Dosik, I know there was an allegation that was made against you.
You should respond.
Did you come in, rifle through her things
and abscond with her property?
I did go into the property
and I know when she's talking about the incident,
it was the week of January 15th
and that was the day that they were supposed to vacate.
All the notice had been served.
I have copies on the door.
Everything's posted and...
[Judge Acker] Did you take her property?
Absolutely not. No.
[Judge Acker] Judge DiMango.
So let's start with you're suing here for two months of unpaid rent.
What two months are you suing for?
I'm suing for December to January,
January to February.
[Judge DiMango] Now as I can recall from the papers in front of me,
when you had a conversation with Mr. Yeboah,
he said, "Don't worry about it.
- We'll be out on the 15th." - [Donna] Right.
And the reason why he picked the 15th
was because pursuant to the lease
that there was a nonpayment of rent,
you agreed to be out on the 15th.
Did you in fact move out on December 15th, ma'am?
No, I did not.
[Judge DiMango] Okay. But they don't pay you rent
- for that month? - [Donna] Nope.
[Judge DiMango] So now January 15th comes along
that Mr. Yeboah again tells you that they're both gonna leave.
Do they leave?
- Sam left. - Sam left.
- [Judge DiMango] Did Sam leave? - Yes, he did.
- [Judge DiMango] And you stayed? - Yes, I did.
Is there a reason why you didn't leave with him?
Um...
The reason why she was--
they didn't leave was
they take us to a court of tenant and landlord court.
[Judge DiMango] So they took you to landlord/tenant court and they won.
But you left.
- Why did you leave and she didn't? - [Samuel] Hold on, hold on, hold on.
No, no, you hold on.
- You hold on. - So they said,
um, according to the letter that I read,
I think [indistinct] somewhere before
to hear from the um, the court
- before we move out. - Sir, that's not the question
I'm asking you but I appreciate your story.
So now you have two months you're not being paid rent.
The lease was up anyway in February
and it's in February that she leaves, correct?
[Donna] She left just a few days,
- just before the eviction hearing. - [Judge DiMango] Before?
- Okay. - Yeah.
So now she's out. Those are the two months' rent.
Do you have any proof that you paid rent for those two months?
- Um, I... - [Judge DiMango] No, you don't? Okay.
Let's go on.
The next thing is you're asking for damages.
So these are the photographs
of what the apartment looked like before she moved in.
Would that be correct?
- [Lawrence] Yes, ma'am. - [Donna] That's absolutely correct.
Now, I have these photographs here
and I'm trying to understand what this is about.
What is--what's up with the floor here?
[Donna] Well, that's where the excessive water bills came in
and all the notices that we were getting from the water company
of why we needed to get into the property
because of the running water and the leakages.
So did you take the wooden floor up?
- Who took up the floor? - [Donna] I didn't do that.
Paolo did that after she moved out.
- [Princess] Can I see that? - [Judge DiMango] I was gonna ask you
were you still living there when they did this?
The house was just like the first picture you showed when I left.
You know, and nobody's saying that you did the water damage.
Maybe there was something leaking inside
but the bottom line was
what you're actually claiming is like a constructive eviction?
But you never left. Judge Levy.
[Judge Levy] Here's the problem that we often face
is that there is insufficient proof by the landlords
as to what the property looked like
before the tenant took over.
[Judge Levy] And then when they got it back,
we get the after photos,
the photos of the fire extinguishers
and the paint in the shower.
And we get the disgusting refrigerator
and paint in the dishwasher
and paint in the oven.
Paint in the washing machine.
Microwave, the rack was missing,
it was smashed actually where?
- [Donna] It's in the shower. - [Lawrence] In the shower.
- [Judge Levy] In the shower. - Yes.
- [Judge Levy] Right. - It clogged the drain.
[Judge Levy] Disgusting.
And we often say to the landlords who are sitting in your position,
"Hey, come on."
Was it pristine when you rented it?
- [Lawrence] Yes. - Yes, Your Honor.
I want you to show these photographs to the defendant.
So Ms. Reddick, what I'm showing you there are photographs
of what the plaintiffs purport the apartment looked like
before you moved in, pristine condition.
Do you accept or reject
- those photographs as being accurate? - I reject.
- [Judge Levy] Great.
Show me ones that you claim are more accurate
as to what the place looked like when you moved in.
I don't have.
- When I moved in, I didn't, um... - [Judge Levy] I got it.
[Princess] I never really had any problems.
The only problem I had was when the floor popped up.
And I told them that the floor popped up
and it's--it sat like that for three months.
- And, uh... - 'Cause you wouldn't let them
inside the apartment.
Because they was being aggressive
and I didn't wanna disrespect...
[Judge Levy] Okay. They were being aggressive.
Let's do this. You provided us with some videos,
- did you not, as part of your case? - [Princess] Yes. Yeah.
[Judge Levy] And that's part of your request
for $7,500 by way of counterclaim
for harassment and emotional distress.
- Yes. - [Judge Levy] Good.
Let's play clip number one that you provided us with.
Clip number one.
[Princess] You're not hurtin' me. You're not hurtin' me at all.
Look what she doin'.
And I'm going to put the tape right back on there.
Uh-hmm.
Keep doin' what you're doin', Donna,
'cause I'ma still go in the house and lay down and go to sleep.
I'm still sucking my man's [bleep].
I'ma still do [bleep] what I wanna do.
[Judge Levy] That was you. That's part of your $7,500 request
for harassment and emotional distress.
Let's take a look at plaintiff's clip number four.
[Princess] See my [bleep]?
Wanna see my [bleep]?
Or you wanna see my [bleep]?
[Judge Levy] Who is that? Who said that to you?
That's Princess.
[Judge Levy] Is that your-- is that your voice, Ms. Reddick?
Is that your voice?
"You wanna see my [bleep]? Or you wanna see my [bleep]?"
I'm just asking you.
- Is--was that your voice? - I plead the Fifth.
[Judge Levy] Okay.
- How about clip number five? - [Donna] [indistinct]
Hold on one second.
November 27th.
[Princess] I said no.
I said no.
[Paolo] We'll reschedule. We'll have the cops come.
[Judge Levy] Okay. Explain to me that video.
[Donna] Okay. So that was Paolo
bringing construction workers in to get estimates.
And we had her on notice for the whole month of October
for one day a month on Sam's day off on Tuesday
that we needed to bring people through.
And I focused on her moving out on the 15th of December,
her moving out on the 15th of January-- neither one had.
I am wasting all of my money flying back and forth
- and she's on notice, and then... - [Princess] But she flies with Delta.
... this is what she does every time somebody comes.
Thank you. I have nothing further.
Can I tell my side of the story now?
- What did you wanna say? - [Princess] All right.
Well, the videos that y'all seen me
being obnoxious is because it...
No, no, no, no, I'm gonna stop you.
You don't get to take the Fifth
and refuse to answer questions.
[Judge Acker] What--that is exactly...
And then decide that you wanna...
- A hundred percent. - ... give a full narrative with you.
- A hundred percent. - I did not force
the issue when you decided not to testify,
- not to answer my questions... - What question did you ask?
... because you said, "I'm gonna take the Fifth."
- I didn't challenge you. - [Judge Acker] What that...
- [Princess] Oh. - But don't think for a second...
- [Princess] The question, all right. - Right. Don't think for a second
that you take the Fifth with a--one part of the testimony
and then at the very next moment
think that you're gonna get an opportunity to give your whole story.
That's not how court works.
So don't do that.
Okay.
Um...
Yeah, I think we're done.
What is this wispy speaking from you?
"Okay." You're trying to act,
I don't know, you think you're Marilyn Monroe?
- [Princess] I am. - Because the bottom line is,
that's not what you sound like on Ring camera.
- I gotta go. - [Judge DiMango] Okay.
We're moving on to the next case.
I gotta go.
[dramatic musical sting]
[announcer] Coming up on Tribunal Justice.
She open hand slaps the phone at your face,
at what point you say she hits you in the face at the same time?
[dramatic musical sting]
[theme music plays]
[announcer] Handyman Paolo Angelini
is suing Princess Reddick for $3,400.
Paolo claims Princess slapped his phone out of his hand, breaking it,
then punched him in the face, breaking his glasses.
But Princess says she's never seen him before
and nothing ever happened.
Mr. Angelini, just for a little background here,
this is your lawsuit against the defendant,
Ms. Reddick only, not Mr. Yeboah.
She has decided to walk out of the courtroom.
You would still have the burden of proof
by a preponderance of evidence
to establish what in fact happened in this case.
So as I understand it just briefly,
you, sir, are the handyman
- for the Dosiks. - Correct.
[Judge DiMango] And on two occasions,
you were at the premises and on both occasions,
you were assaulted by Ms. Reddick.
On one occasion, your face was your bruised,
your eyeglasses were broken.
On another occasion, your phone was smashed.
You're here suing for those damages of $3,400.
So I am going to just begin by asking you to tell us,
at the time that you went there,
was she the only one living at that location.
- I mean, she and her husband. - Yeah.
Was there anybody living in the apartment upstairs?
- [Paolo] Not yet. - Not yet.
Okay. So now, you go to the home.
You were serving Ms. Reddick with papers for what?
What are you serving?
For that previous case that they mentioned
about the floor and the other rent.
So now, you go to the home.
What do you do when you get to the home?
When I got to the home, I called Ms. Dosik
to let her know what I was doing
and so she could watch the Ring camera
for proof of service.
[Judge DiMango] Would you step up please?
You pay him to serve her because he's now...
- [Donna] Yes. - ... an official process server for you.
- [Donna] Yes. - You give him the documents.
What happens then?
So I actually walked down that entrance stairs to the basement
and she was opening her door at the same time.
I handed them to her
and there's a video in there also where I'm upstairs
and the Ring camera sees them fly up from the bottom.
[Judge DiMango] Do we have that video?
Could we see that please?
So this is coming from this apartment,
- this Ring camera, correct, from up here? - [Paolo] Yes, ma'am.
[Judge DiMango] Is that you, Mr. Angelini?
[Paolo] Yes, it is.
You saw the papers flying.
[Judge DiMango] I saw the papers flying.
[Paolo] So I'm leaving.
I'm leaving, that's why I go back downstairs.
She's there and she's mouthing off to me,
and I turn around, I'm on the phone with Ms. Dosik
and take a picture of her and the papers on the floor. So...
What--is that this photograph that we see here?
- [Paolo] Yes, it is. And... - Okay. So this is with your phone,
- you take this photograph? - [Paolo] Correct.
- [Judge DiMango] Okay. - [Paolo] Uh-hmm.
And then after that, she comes charging up at me,
telling me that I'm not allowed to take photos of her.
And that's that second part of the video
- where I say, "Call the cops"... - [Judge DiMango] Yes.
... the phone had flown up of my hand.
[Judge DiMango] Let's take a look at that.
[Paolo] Call the cops. Call the cops.
I was holding my phone up like this,
she open hand slapped the phone out of my hand, hit my face.
When is the--is this the injury from that?
[Paolo] Yes, that's later in the evening
after I had been wiping the drips of blood.
[Judge DiMango] Okay. I saw the police report and the papers.
They put it down as a simple assault.
They note that your phone was broken.
And you also submitted to us the cost of that phone.
The next thing we have here
is a second encounter that you're suing for
and that's where you say that you were hit in the face by Ms. Reddick
and your eyeglasses were broken.
Why don't you tell us about that incident, please?
So that was the incident that Ms. Reddick was saying
that Ms. Dosik was in the house and went out the front door.
And I was going down the alley
to leave to the main street.
Princess is coming around the corner
right as I'm coming around the corner of the alley.
She charges at me and she, at this time,
closed fist hit me in the temple
and it knocked my glasses off.
Are these your glasses that were broken
and you submitted the proof of the cost of these.
They were Dior glasses
- that you had to repurchase? - [Paolo] Yes, ma'am.
[Judge DiMango] And I did see a police report in the file
pertaining to that incident.
The police noted that your glasses were broken
and that you were hit closed fist at that time.
Okay. Thanks for your testimony. Judge Levy.
I have no questions. Thank you.
[Judge Acker] I don't have anything else.
[Judge DiMango] That's it. Thank you very much.
We're gonna retire to deliberate. Thank you.
[Byrd] Court now stands in recess.
Parties are excused.
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So I'm going to start with what I think
is the easiest part of this case,
which is the defendant's countersuit, harassment.
There's no evidence that they improperly broke into her apartment
and I think that any claim of emotional distress by her
is belied by what we saw in the video,
so that's an easy dismissal.
And as to the plaintiff's case in chief,
I credit their testimony.
I think that they had to make numerous trips
to try to check on this property.
She wouldn't let them in to show tenants.
I think they're entitled to everything that they asked for.
- [Judge DiMango] I agree. - This was chaos.
And I mean, it was pretty clear that with regard
to the main issues with the damages
and the back rent that she owes it.
She owed the rent. It was pretty clear.
She even admits she didn't pay it.
The damages were overwhelming.
I mean, to try to convince us
that the woman did it to herself is absurd.
So I'm completely onboard with giving the plaintiffs
everything they've asked for, the $10,000,
and I'm way onboard with dismissing that countersuit.
Everything she said was belied by the evidence.
And when she took the Fifth,
I mean, on the vulgarities and the--and...
A guilty mind needs no accuser.
- Yeah. - Right. Well said.
- [Judge DiMango] I mean... - [Judge Levy] Yeah.
I agree with everything that you've said.
So now, as to the B case,
I think that he met his burden of proof
with regard to all of his issues,
with regard to the damages, the glasses.
He had proof of the cost to replace them,
the broken phone, he had proof to replace that.
I think that the plaintiff deserves the full amount.
I agree with everything.
- Well said. - I do too.
- Oh, thank you all. - [laughs]
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- [Byrd] Court is back in session. - I don't wanna--I don't wanna do it.
- I'm sorry. - Okay.
- Oh, my goodness. - Maybe not.
[Judge Acker] Let's go. Let's go. Come on.
[Byrd] All right. Court is back in session.
I remind parties you're still under oath.
Thank you, Byrd.
We have deliberated
and we've reached a unanimous verdict in both cases.
So with respect to the Dosiks' case
against our now absent defendant,
as will probably come as no surprise,
we are unanimous in dismissing her counterclaim.
We do not believe that you have any liability
toward Ms. Reddick for any of her alleged claims.
You know, I have to say that sometimes
the evidence just speaks for itself,
and that certainly was the case with respect to the videos
that both parties submitted.
They told a very consistent story about the chaos...
- Yeah. - [Judge Acker] ... that took place.
We think that you are entitled to every dollar of the $10,000
- for which you're suing the defendant... - [Donna] Thank you.
[Judge Acker] ... which certainly is not gonna make you whole
- for some of those damages. - Not at all.
So we are unanimous in awarding you that $10,000.
That is our verdict.
- Thank you, Your Honor. - Thank you, everybody.
Okay. So Mr. Angelini,
in your case against Ms. Reddick,
you, too, have prevailed unopposed.
Your glasses were broken.
You've submitted proof that you've purchased new glasses.
Your phone was broken. You've submitted proof as to that.
We have photographs of injuries to your face
when all you were trying to do was accomplish a legal task
for which you were hired, serving papers.
And all Ms. Reddick did was come into this courtroom
attempting to create an air of soft-spoken, calm, sophistication
when indeed the person she truly is
was the person we saw and heard on those videos
that were presented in this courtroom.
And you having to deal with that,
you have our apologies and our sympathies,
and you have a unanimous verdict in your favor
for the $3,400 for which you've asked.
And that is the unanimous verdict of this court.
- Thank you, Your Honor. - [Judge Levy] Thank you.
[Byrd] Court has now concluded.
Parties are excused. You may step out.
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I feel that today was unfair.
I'm overwhelmed and ecstatic that I finally found justice.
We was paying rent
but we just didn't get a chance to pay fully
because of the harassment from the landlords.
If you wanna consider that harassment,
it's following the law and being a landlord.
I wasn't able to defend myself.
I just thought it's just another crazy D.C. Washingtonian.
I don't even know that man.
No one should be assaulted.
I never touched this man.
- Thank you, Tribunal Justice. - Thank you, Tribunal Justice.
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