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[narrator]
Previously on Tribunal Justice…

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The truck had major problems
that made it unsafe to drive.

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The motor could blow up, potentially.

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I'm 100% sure he's lying.

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I'm thinking about
all the things that you did

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that would be textbook
how not to buy a car.

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I probably should've had it checked out
by a mechanic first.

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He's selling the truck.

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"Truck sounds like a jet
and has plenty of power."

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So, who is being dishonest here?

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[main theme playing]

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[narrator] Today's case
was filed in McMinnville, Oregon.

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All right. I just want to clean
a couple of things up, if I could.

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-You sold the vehicle.
-Yes, Your Honor.

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This document was provided
by the defendant, right? That was the ad?

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-Correct.
-[Levy] And you gave this to me,

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Ms. Busser, because you wanted
to show us that he was being dishonest

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when he failed to list the engine problems
that he's complaining about right now.

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-Right?
-Yes.

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[Levy]
That ad is dated October 24th, 2024.

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So, he bought the truck
on September 22nd?

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-[Aubrey] Mm-hmm.
-And he's selling it on October 24th.

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On the listing, if you look at the photo,
it says about a month ago.

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So, he listed it about a month
before October,

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which was two days
after I sold him the truck.

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So, that's consistent
with what he's saying.

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By two days after the truck,
he knows

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that despite what you specifically
told him, and I'm not talkin' puffery,

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the truck runs great
when it might just run good.

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That's puffery,
and Judge Acker's 100% right.

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But you specifically told him
that there were no engine problems, right?

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-Yeah. There were not any.
-[Levy] There weren't any problems.

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You already testified that the mechanic
told you there were no engine problems.

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[Aubrey]
Yeah, correct.

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[Levy]
But to be quite fair, Mr. Robinson,

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you also provided us with a text

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that was the text you sent out to people
when they responded to this partial ad.

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Now mind you, the defendants provided us
with this information, right, this ad.

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What you said is
that this ad is not complete.

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-Yes, Your Honor.
-[Levy] There were additional documents

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that they could've printed out
and provided us with

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that had your explanation
about the head gaskets,

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they just didn't print it out.

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Yes, Your Honor.

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[Levy] On your text message
that you provided us with,

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this is you responding
to one of those people who contacted you.

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"I mean, yeah, it runs and drives,
but needs some pretty big repairs.

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It has low mileage,
but I just got it out of the diesel shop,

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and it needs two injectors
and has leaky head gaskets."

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You didn't know that
they were gonna come in here,

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provide us with a half document
to make you look bad.

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So, you gave us that text message
to prove the falsity

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of what they were trying to pull the wool
over our eyes. Did I get that right?

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Yes, Your Honor. That's correct.

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[Levy] On that receipt
that we got from your mechanic,

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-it was dated June 10th, 2024, right?
-[Aubrey] Yeah, correct.

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June 10th, 2024, you got this work done.
And you sold it September 22nd, right?

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Yeah, correct.

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And you say that you were driving it
every day between June 10th

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-until you sold it June 22nd, right?
-Yes.

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And that mechanic,
his name was Zachary Hefflin, right?

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Correct.

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-[Levy] Did you know him?
-No.

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[Levy]
You, ma'am?

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Uh, no, we were recommended
by a friend of ours

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that takes their vehicle there.

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And that friend of yours said
this was a good mechanic, honest guy?

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-Yeah.
-[Levy] He's not gonna rip you off?

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-No.
-[Levy] You have no reason to believe

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why Zachary Hefflin
would be biased against you, do you?

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No.

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Great. I think we have a witness
that we'd like to bring in.

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Zachary Hefflin.

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[narrator]
Coming up on Tribunal Justice…

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You said that the truck had 152,000 miles.

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Yes, correct.

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The Carfax shows 362,000 miles.

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So, how do you explain
that discrepancy?

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[main theme playing]

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[narrator] Justin Robinson
is suing Aubrey Bogosian

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and her mom, Alyssa Busser,
for $10,000.

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Justin claims that they sold him a truck
that was too dangerous to drive,

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but Aubrey and Alyssa say
it was an as-is sale

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and they never misrepresented anything.

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-What's your name?
-Zack Hefflin.

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[Levy] Take a look
at these two ladies over here.

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-You recognize him?
-Yeah.

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-[Levy] Who is he?
-The mechanic.

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I'm gonna make this real clear
and simple for you.

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Yeah.

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Now that you see him standing right there,

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is there anything about your testimony
you want to change?

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-[Aubrey] No.
-About what he told you

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about problems and engine problems
with that vehicle?

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-No.
-[Levy] Good.

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Diggin' in, doubling down.

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-How long you been a mechanic?
-Ten years.

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[Levy]
Did you work on this 2005 Ford F350?

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-Yes.
-[Levy] Is that the truck

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that's on the screen
that they brought in?

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-[Zack] Correct.
-[Levy] When they brought it in,

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-it was not running, correct?
-Correct.

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-[Levy] They had to tow it in.
-Correct.

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[Levy] Tell us about the inspection,
what you did,

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and most importantly,
what you told them, if anything,

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about substantial engine problems
specifically with the head gaskets.

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So, we took the truck in,
pulled codes off of the truck.

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It had immediate injector codes,
low oil pressure codes,

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and a ton of other random
glow plug codes and similar stuff.

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Truck needed a wiring harness.

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I recommended we put
an OEM Ford harness in it.

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Too expensive. They wanted
to go with one they provided.

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Okay, no problem.
We installed the harness.

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Found more issues.
Now the truck would crank,

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still no start.
Found bad injectors.

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Found a bad fuel injection control module.

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Tore the truck back apart.

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Talked to them about it.
Told them what we recommended,

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which is removing the cab
and doing the head gasket job.

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When you do that,
all these little problems

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will not nickel and dime you
if you do it once.

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When you do it once, it's done right.
Warranty, no problem.

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That head gasket that you told them
you wanted to take the cab off to get to,

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it was your professional opinion
that that needed to be replaced.

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-Absolutely.
-[Levy] You told that to them?

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-Correct.
-[Levy] Hm.

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I don't want to hear you.
I got nothin' to say to you.

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I want to hear from him. Go on.

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[Zack] Once we installed
the new set of injectors,

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a used fuel injection control module,
trying to save some money.

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We did a high-pressure oil pump,
which was also not working properly.

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Then we did a fuel lift pump.
These parts,

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one of them was not noted on the invoice
because we were trying to help.

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They had $4,000 to work with.
My repair would've been $12,000,

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but I knew they were in a tight spot.

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I wanted to fix the truck so they could
at least use it or sell it.

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So, we did everything in our power
to make it run.

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But it was not correct.
The truck needed a lot of work.

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If I understand your testimony,
you provided the defendants

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with a list of items
that needed to be fixed,

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including new head gaskets.
They ignored your recommendation.

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It was declined.

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-It was gonna cost an extra $8,000.
-Correct.

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And they fixed none of
the engine problems, and instead

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only authorized repairs to the truck
so that it could get running and sold.

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-Correct.
-[Levy] Did you tell them

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that the truck should not be driven
with a blown head gasket?

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Yes.

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[Levy] And did you tell them
the truck was not safe to drive?

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-Yes.
-Why would he lie?

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I don't know, Your Honor.

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Um, this is for Mr. Hefflin.

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I never received a list of the repairs
that needed to be done.

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He called me and talked to me…

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He's not telling you
he gave you a written list.

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He says that he told you verbally.

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He told you verbally,
the truck should not be driven

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with a blown head gasket.
It's not safe to drive.

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You simply want to get it running
so that you could sell it.

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-Right?
-[Zack] Correct.

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In addition to that…
Sorry, if I may go ahead…

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And there's more?

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-Yes.
-[chuckles]

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When the truck was driven under light
circumstances, there presented no issues.

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When the truck was driven on the highway
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three-quarter throttle, for example,
the turbo would surge.

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That was made known.
But that's only known out on the highway

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and under hard load and acceleration.
Once you get back stopped,

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the coolant bottle has so much pressure

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that coolant will puke out
onto the ground.

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And did you tell them
that turbo was bad?

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-[Zack] Yes.
-Yes! Engine problem, bad.

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Turbo, bad. Head gaskets, bad.

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Now, Judge Acker made it very clear,
used car, buyer beware.

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You're stuck unless you can prove fraud.

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Such as, there were no engine problems
that existed prior to the sale.

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That the sellers were aware
of those problems.

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The sellers intentionally hid
those problems.

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And the sellers made false statements

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regarding those problems
that persuaded you, sir,

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to buy that vehicle.
That is fraud.

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Were you persuaded to buy the vehicle

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based upon their
now known misrepresentations

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regarding the major engine problems?

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Yes, Your Honor.

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-I'm done.
-[pen clatters]

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You should be ashamed of yourselves.

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Remember, Aubrey, I said
that you would do better saying less.

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-Yeah.
-[Acker] And that includes

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-the initial transaction.
-Yeah, correct.

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Because I have something
that I'm a little concerned about too.

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And that is, in your ad,
you said that the truck had 152,000 miles.

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[Aubrey]
Yes, correct.

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But what the two of you may not know is

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that our team does
some independent research.

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And they pulled up a Carfax,
and the Carfax shows

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that the last reported odometer reading

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was 362,000 miles.

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So, how do you explain that discrepancy?

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If these things were wrong with the truck,
we were misled as well,

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because I would've never
put my children

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in an unsafe vehicle.

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[theme music playing]

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[narrator] Defendants Aubrey Bogosian
and her mom, Alyssa Busser,

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are being sued by Justin Robinson
for $10,000.

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Justin claims the defendants lied
about the condition of a truck

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he bought from them,
but Aubrey says

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Justin came, saw, and bought the truck
as-is, so they owe nothing.

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What the two of you may not know is

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that our team does
some independent research.

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And they pulled up a Carfax,
and the Carfax shows

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that the last reported odometer reading

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was 362,000 miles.

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So, how do you explain that discrepancy?

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When I got the vehicle,
it had about 150,000.

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[Acker] Where'd you get it from?
You said it was gifted…

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I got it from my father.
He got it from an auction

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probably two years before I had it.

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[Acker]
But you understand what's going on here?

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Like, it all looks really bad.

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And, Mom, did you have some way
of refuting that?

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-Because it's pretty compelling testimony.
-[Alyssa] Mm-hmm.

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[Acker]
It's hard for me to get my head around

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why he would just show up and lie.

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So, how do you explain that?
It's troubling.

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Uh, for one,
Aubrey really never spoke to Mr. Hefflin.

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I spoke to Mr. Hefflin.
The only time…

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So much the worse. You're Mom.

232
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…she spoke to him is
when we picked up the truck.

233
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And, um, he told her, in front of me,
to her face,

234
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"You do not have to sell this truck
if you do not want to.

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This is a good truck.
It has a lot of good parts on it."

236
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He said that to my daughter,
to the point

237
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where she felt like she didn't need
to sell the truck anymore,

238
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and she was conflicted.
And that's why she cried

239
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the day that Mr. Robinson was
coming to get the truck,

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because she genuinely loved the truck.

241
00:11:29,367 --> 00:11:32,200
Now, if these things were wrong
with the truck,

242
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we were misled as well.
Um, 100% misled.

243
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Because Mr. Hefflin,
what he projected to us

244
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was that the truck could be bulletproof

245
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and there would never be
a head gasket issue.

246
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He never specifically said,
the head gasket is blown,

247
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the head gasket has a problem.
If that was the issue,

248
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then why did he go
through all these other efforts

249
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of trying to figure out
what was wrong with the truck,

250
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you know, in between there?

251
00:12:02,166 --> 00:12:04,600
Okay, I'm gonna stop you there,
and I'm gonna let you,

252
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or rather your witness,
have the last word.

253
00:12:06,867 --> 00:12:08,367
'Cause it's still your burden of proof.

254
00:12:08,433 --> 00:12:11,633
I did. I said that
this would be a good truck

255
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if it had the head gaskets done.

256
00:12:13,700 --> 00:12:15,433
And to speak to the bulletproofing,

257
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that is a slang term used
for doing head gaskets.

258
00:12:18,367 --> 00:12:20,166
They're not two separate repairs.

259
00:12:20,233 --> 00:12:23,200
I'm not aware of that.

260
00:12:23,266 --> 00:12:27,433
He was not very clear on
that the truck needed a head gasket.

261
00:12:27,500 --> 00:12:30,834
He stated that a friend of his
had a truck like that

262
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for many, many years
with lots of high mileage

263
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that has never had a issue,
so it would be fine if we didn't do it.

264
00:12:38,165 --> 00:12:40,834
-Okay.
-Mr. Hefflin knew my teenage daughter

265
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was driving that vehicle every day
with not only her

266
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but my other three children
in the vehicle every day.

267
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Okay, okay.

268
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If he knew it was unsafe,
being a father himself,

269
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I sure hope he would've pointed out,
"Hey, Ms. Busser,

270
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this vehicle is unsafe."
Because I would've never

271
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put my children in an unsafe vehicle.

272
00:13:00,900 --> 00:13:02,767
-Okay.
-[Alyssa] And that's the fact of it.

273
00:13:02,834 --> 00:13:04,033
All right. Judge.

274
00:13:04,100 --> 00:13:07,734
Thank you. I'm just curious,
you know he has a family and all.

275
00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:10,667
So, why when you were first asked,
do you know him,

276
00:13:10,734 --> 00:13:12,467
why did you both say no?

277
00:13:12,533 --> 00:13:14,066
We didn't know him before.

278
00:13:14,133 --> 00:13:16,700
We don't know him.
We live in a very small town.

279
00:13:16,767 --> 00:13:19,633
I think Judge Levy said,
have you ever heard of him?

280
00:13:19,700 --> 00:13:20,700
Do you know him?

281
00:13:20,767 --> 00:13:22,900
-We said yes, ma'am. We did say yes.
-[DiMango] No.

282
00:13:22,967 --> 00:13:25,467
Did I see anybody say yes?
I never saw a yes.

283
00:13:25,533 --> 00:13:27,800
You know they're lying
when their mouths are moving.

284
00:13:27,867 --> 00:13:29,400
Ma'am, you both said no.

285
00:13:29,467 --> 00:13:31,567
-Not on a personal level.
-That's enough.

286
00:13:31,633 --> 00:13:33,734
So, I'm gonna go back to you, Aubrey.

287
00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:37,066
How long did you have that vehicle
not working?

288
00:13:37,133 --> 00:13:39,000
Like, before I took it to the shop?

289
00:13:39,066 --> 00:13:41,066
-Yeah.
-[Aubrey] Like…

290
00:13:41,133 --> 00:13:42,200
a few months.

291
00:13:42,266 --> 00:13:44,000
[DiMango] A few months.
'Cause you had the car

292
00:13:44,066 --> 00:13:47,165
according to what you told us,
your father bought it at auction

293
00:13:47,233 --> 00:13:49,834
-two years before that.
-Yeah, I'm pretty sure.

294
00:13:49,900 --> 00:13:53,734
And in those two years,
you only put on 2,000 miles?

295
00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:55,900
We didn't ever drive it that often.

296
00:13:55,967 --> 00:13:58,533
-When I got it…
-[DiMango] It wasn't working.

297
00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:00,200
We live a mile from our school.

298
00:14:00,266 --> 00:14:02,867
-[DiMango] Aubrey?
-My school is right around the corner

299
00:14:02,934 --> 00:14:03,934
and that's where I drove it.

300
00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:06,367
Okay. So, that brings me to you.

301
00:14:06,433 --> 00:14:09,266
Because I'm guessing
that if you said to her,

302
00:14:09,333 --> 00:14:11,133
'cause most mechanics ask those questions,

303
00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:12,734
what do you use the car for?

304
00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:16,333
And if she said to you, I use it
to go back and forth from school,

305
00:14:16,400 --> 00:14:19,934
then you would've been correct
if you said to her,

306
00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:22,400
then you can keep this car
as long as you want,

307
00:14:22,467 --> 00:14:24,166
if that's all you're using it for.

308
00:14:24,233 --> 00:14:26,433
Would that be
an accurate statement by me?

309
00:14:26,500 --> 00:14:29,600
Hm, no.
The reason I say that is

310
00:14:29,667 --> 00:14:33,967
it is hurting the heads to drive it
like that. It will crack them further.

311
00:14:34,033 --> 00:14:37,133
So, it is okay to drive,

312
00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:40,367
but it will have more issues
when driven like that.

313
00:14:40,433 --> 00:14:44,567
I still think it's a solid truck
if it had the head gasket job done.

314
00:14:44,633 --> 00:14:48,033
I do, I mean, three of these a month.

315
00:14:48,100 --> 00:14:52,867
It's a routine job for this pickup.
It's just $12,000.

316
00:14:52,934 --> 00:14:55,033
However you cut it, it's $12,000.

317
00:14:55,100 --> 00:14:58,500
But that truck will run for 100,000 miles
after that repair.

318
00:14:58,567 --> 00:15:01,333
Did you ever tell her
that she couldn't use it on the highway,

319
00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:02,667
the way it was repaired?

320
00:15:02,734 --> 00:15:03,767
No.

321
00:15:03,834 --> 00:15:09,333
I told them specifically, that the truck
was not ready to go down the road, period.

322
00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:12,500
So, they could drive it on the highway
if they wanted to.

323
00:15:12,567 --> 00:15:16,133
That's not my…
That's not my spot to make an assessment.

324
00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:19,600
[DiMango] That's it. We're gonna
retire to deliberate. Thank you.

325
00:15:19,667 --> 00:15:22,800
Court is now in recess.
Parties will be recalled.

326
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327
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328
00:15:31,467 --> 00:15:34,033
Bald-face liars.

329
00:15:34,100 --> 00:15:38,400
I mean, the mom was a co-conspirator
in committing that fraud.

330
00:15:38,467 --> 00:15:41,934
What is she teaching her daughter?
I mean, her dad's in prison.

331
00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:46,200
Her mother is telling her it's okay
to lie and commit outright fraud.

332
00:15:46,266 --> 00:15:50,500
Grand larceny.
What she did was grand larceny.

333
00:15:50,567 --> 00:15:52,934
I mean, it is absolutely insane.

334
00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:56,633
But for the fact that we were able
to secure the testimony

335
00:15:56,700 --> 00:15:59,500
of that mechanic, Mr. Hefflin,

336
00:15:59,567 --> 00:16:02,800
who I believe was super impressive…

337
00:16:02,867 --> 00:16:05,000
-He was good.
-Super impressive!

338
00:16:05,066 --> 00:16:06,200
He was good.

339
00:16:06,266 --> 00:16:10,000
We would've been in a position
to say "as-is" sale.

340
00:16:10,066 --> 00:16:11,233
Insane.

341
00:16:11,300 --> 00:16:15,000
Now, he bought the truck
from them for $15,000.

342
00:16:15,066 --> 00:16:17,567
He sold it for $6,000.

343
00:16:17,633 --> 00:16:21,867
My math… erhh… $9,000
is what is damage.

344
00:16:21,934 --> 00:16:26,633
I would award him ten,
and give him $1,000 for punitive damages

345
00:16:26,700 --> 00:16:29,734
based upon the outright lies and the fraud

346
00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:32,867
that not only
that the two of those people committed

347
00:16:32,934 --> 00:16:36,367
when they sold the truck to him,
but the fraud on the court.

348
00:16:36,433 --> 00:16:39,165
[Acker] I'm troubled by the evidence
that came out.

349
00:16:39,233 --> 00:16:42,266
And good on the plaintiff
for having his case together,

350
00:16:42,333 --> 00:16:45,333
because he had
an almost insurmountable burden.

351
00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:50,100
I mean, it is very rare that we unwind
a used car sale.

352
00:16:50,165 --> 00:16:52,133
But I think based on these facts,

353
00:16:52,200 --> 00:16:55,734
and the facts that our own team uncovered
about that Carfax,

354
00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:58,533
which showed that
the last reported odometer reading

355
00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:02,000
was almost twice as many miles
as the defendants represented.

356
00:17:02,066 --> 00:17:04,433
So, I have no problem
with the $10,000 verdict.

357
00:17:04,500 --> 00:17:06,300
Oh, I have no problem with it either.

358
00:17:06,367 --> 00:17:09,367
I think that there were misrepresentations
by the defendant

359
00:17:09,433 --> 00:17:11,934
to the plaintiff when
he was making the purchase.

360
00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:15,066
I think that a lot of this was done way
under the cover,

361
00:17:15,133 --> 00:17:19,666
based on the timing of the whole situation
by the crying, the whole theatrics.

362
00:17:19,733 --> 00:17:22,165
But on the other hand,
I think that what we were doing

363
00:17:22,233 --> 00:17:24,165
with the plaintiff is a lesson learned.

364
00:17:24,233 --> 00:17:25,233
-Mm-hmm.
-Mm-hmm.

365
00:17:25,300 --> 00:17:28,266
You can't buy a used car
at 9:30 at night,

366
00:17:28,333 --> 00:17:31,467
negotiating prices
before you even see it,

367
00:17:31,533 --> 00:17:34,033
come across desperate because you want it,

368
00:17:34,100 --> 00:17:37,033
not verify the information
that you're being given,

369
00:17:37,100 --> 00:17:40,900
that there was a mechanic that was
warranting the work that was done.

370
00:17:40,967 --> 00:17:44,667
So, I think that our Plaintiff,
who might've been shooting from the hip

371
00:17:44,734 --> 00:17:47,700
on a lot of prior car sales,
learned here the hard way

372
00:17:47,767 --> 00:17:50,867
that this was not the way
to make a used car purchase.

373
00:17:50,934 --> 00:17:55,734
I don't care how cute, little and young
the seller appears to be.

374
00:17:55,800 --> 00:17:59,266
Sometimes, looks are deceiving.
And in this case, the truck looked good,

375
00:17:59,333 --> 00:18:03,233
she looked credible, but they were
both being deceitful and lying.

376
00:18:03,300 --> 00:18:06,633
This is fraud at the inception.
And when there's fraud at the inception,

377
00:18:06,700 --> 00:18:09,967
it's our job to unwind the deal.
Ten thousand seems fine.

378
00:18:10,033 --> 00:18:11,367
[Levy]
Thank you.

379
00:18:15,233 --> 00:18:16,433
Court is back in session.

380
00:18:16,500 --> 00:18:18,667
Parties are reminded
that you're still under oath.

381
00:18:18,734 --> 00:18:20,066
[Levy]
Thank you, Cassandra.

382
00:18:20,133 --> 00:18:24,467
We have deliberated,
and we have reached a unanimous verdict.

383
00:18:24,533 --> 00:18:27,700
First, thank you, sir,
Mr. Hefflin, for coming in

384
00:18:27,767 --> 00:18:31,166
and testifying,
and informing and enlightening the court

385
00:18:31,233 --> 00:18:34,834
as to the truth and the facts
behind this case.

386
00:18:34,900 --> 00:18:38,834
But for your testimony, this case,
and I think that you know this, sir,

387
00:18:38,900 --> 00:18:41,100
would've turned out much differently.
You understand that.

388
00:18:41,166 --> 00:18:42,700
Yes, sir. Yes, Your Honor.

389
00:18:42,767 --> 00:18:45,233
[Levy]
Now, Ms. Bogosian and Ms. Busser,

390
00:18:45,300 --> 00:18:47,633
I'm gonna give you a little bit
of free legal advice

391
00:18:47,700 --> 00:18:49,467
from a former district attorney.

392
00:18:49,533 --> 00:18:52,033
And I know that this is probably
gonna hit home to you

393
00:18:52,100 --> 00:18:54,467
because of where your dad is right now.

394
00:18:54,533 --> 00:18:55,567
Mm-hmm.

395
00:18:55,633 --> 00:19:00,266
What the two of you did was grand larceny
by trick

396
00:19:00,333 --> 00:19:02,533
based upon the fraud that you committed

397
00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:06,867
by selling that truck and
making material misrepresentations

398
00:19:06,934 --> 00:19:09,600
to fool an innocent purchaser.

399
00:19:09,667 --> 00:19:14,400
And you did it for money.
And you, ma'am, as the mother,

400
00:19:14,467 --> 00:19:18,033
to act as a co-conspirator
with your teenage child.

401
00:19:18,100 --> 00:19:20,633
If this case happened
when she was 17,

402
00:19:20,700 --> 00:19:22,433
and the authorities found out about it,

403
00:19:22,500 --> 00:19:24,600
Child Protective Services
would be involved.

404
00:19:24,667 --> 00:19:26,166
You'd be dealing with them.

405
00:19:26,233 --> 00:19:30,533
Now, you were suing
for the jurisdictional maximum of $10,000.

406
00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:34,266
Here's the problem with that.
You bought it for $15,000.

407
00:19:34,333 --> 00:19:38,333
You sold it for $6,000.
That leaves $9,000.

408
00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:39,867
-Right?
-Yes, Your Honor.

409
00:19:39,934 --> 00:19:44,700
But the court has decided
that based upon your egregious conduct,

410
00:19:44,767 --> 00:19:47,567
not just by committing fraud against him,

411
00:19:47,633 --> 00:19:51,867
but coming into this court
and committing fraud on the court

412
00:19:51,934 --> 00:19:54,900
that punitive damages are appropriate.

413
00:19:54,967 --> 00:19:59,367
A thousand dollars. So,
it is the unanimous verdict of this court,

414
00:19:59,433 --> 00:20:02,567
judgment in favor of the plaintiff
for $10,000.

415
00:20:02,633 --> 00:20:04,967
Good luck to you, sir.
Do better.

416
00:20:05,033 --> 00:20:07,433
-[gavel bangs]
-[Justin] Thank you, Your Honors.

417
00:20:07,500 --> 00:20:09,934
[Britt] This case has concluded.
All parties are excused.

418
00:20:13,700 --> 00:20:17,100
The image of my daughter right now
is very incorrect.

419
00:20:17,166 --> 00:20:19,467
She's a very honest human.

420
00:20:19,533 --> 00:20:23,333
Once I realized on messenger, she just
blocked me, it wasn't gonna go that way.

421
00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:25,567
There was a lot of lies told
in the courtroom today,

422
00:20:25,633 --> 00:20:26,867
and they were not by us.

423
00:20:26,934 --> 00:20:29,433
Verbal agreements
should always be written down.

424
00:20:29,500 --> 00:20:32,500
We would've never ripped somebody off
in that manner.

425
00:20:32,567 --> 00:20:34,333
Oh, I feel like I got stabbed
in the stomach.

426
00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:38,533
Mr. Hefflin, um, was not very clear
on the facts.

427
00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:40,633
I was trying to help.
I gave them a discount.

428
00:20:40,700 --> 00:20:42,533
And it bit me in the ass.

429
00:20:42,600 --> 00:20:44,300
-No.
-I'm glad it's over.

430
00:20:44,367 --> 00:20:46,834
She might sell used cars,
but I will not.

431
00:20:46,900 --> 00:20:48,066
I will.

432
00:20:48,133 --> 00:20:49,967
Apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

433
00:20:50,033 --> 00:20:51,734
[narrator]
Have you been scammed?

434
00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:55,967
Let the majority rule in your favor
on Tribunal Justice.

435
00:20:56,033 --> 00:20:58,066
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436
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