- Hey, y'all. I'm Ms. Pat.
- All rise.
- And I know the inside of a courtroom.
I'm a convicted felon with a GED.
Now I'm sitting on this side of the bench.
Y'all are killing me.
These are real cases with real money on the line.
And I'm bringing my own friends to court as my jury.
- What is this, "Looney Tunes"?
- Y'all may have started this mess,
but I'm gonna settle it.
- I love this courtroom!
- All rise 'cause court is back in session.
[dramatic music]
- In this courtroom, the law looks like
a 5'3" Georgia Peach
with a mouth as dirty as the bottom of your shoe.
All rise for the Honorable Ms. Pat.
♪ ♪
- Y'all can have a seat.
All right, jury. - Hey.
- Hey, hey, hey. - Uh-huh.
Y'all about as bright as a light bulb, ain't you?
- I'm ready to testify! - Can you follow along?
- No objections.
[laughter]
- All right, Bailiff, get to bailiffing.
- This is the case of Mitchell versus Brown.
You may now enter.
- Plaintiff Towana Mitchell is suing
her daughter, rapper Ceeluxx, for $750
to record a rap duo together.
But Ceeluxx used the money to record her own song,
leaving mom in the dust.
Defendant Ceeluxx Brown claims they never agreed
to a specific track for a duet.
Her mom needs to check her ego and chill out.
- Before we get started, I would just like to say,
this is a jury of my peers.
I get to use them however I want.
And if one of you ladies want to take Karlous home,
he's available.
[laughter]
- Oh.
Just wanted to see the whole merchandise.
- OK, Towana, tell me why we're here today.
- Ms. Pat, I'm here because my daughter
has broken a commandment and sinned against her mama.
- How?
- I gave her money to go to the studio
so we can do a project. I gave her $750.
She go into the studio, did the song without me.
- Ooh. - I wanted to rap.
I agreed to pay for studio session,
pay for the beats that I didn't get a chance to use.
So I want my $750 back.
She shouldn't do that to her mama.
That's just wrong.
- OK, well, Ceeluxx, tell me your side of the story.
- Your honor, this whole thing is petty to me.
Yes, I told her we would do a song together,
and when I went to the studio,
I didn't say that that was gonna be the exact time
that we was gonna do it.
- So did you make the song without your mama?
- I sure did.
- And what did you do, Mama, when you found out
she made the song without you?
- So when she went and did it and then came home
talking about, "Ooh, look at the new song I made,
I heard the beat and was like, "That's my beat."
- Ugh, rapped on your beat.
- She done rapped on my beat.
- Now you got to drop a diss record, though.
"I had you. What you gon' do?"
- You know what I'm thinking.
[laughter]
- Why you go make it without her?
- We talked about a family project.
That doesn't mean that this was the exact beat
we were gonna use for our project.
- Yes, it was.
- Can you tell me, what was you gonna put on the album?
- What was I gonna rap on? - Yeah.
- They got me up here in front of DeRay.
OK, here I go. - What I got to do with it?
- OK, come on. I need some.
♪ Ain't no shame to my game when I call his name ♪
♪ Alpha to omega since the day he came ♪
♪ God is still the same, don't be tripping ♪
♪ Just listen while I'm ripping this verse ♪
♪ Y'all been told ♪
♪ Praise is for the young and the old ♪
♪ The strong, the weak, the mild, the meek ♪
♪ I'm not looking to man ♪
♪ It's God who I seek ♪
- All right, Mama.
[cheers and applause]
- I love the God angle, cannot lie.
And I can't help but ask--
I need to hear what your verse sounds like.
- Me and her is like oil and water.
We don't mix. - I want to hear the oil.
I just heard the holy water. - I'm trying to make 'em twerk.
She's trying to worship. - Yes. Thank you.
- Let me hear what you got, then.
- So my song sound like...
♪ Money calls ♪
♪ I pick up like a telephone ♪
♪ If you want to go round, then you better moan ♪
♪ Look, I pay my own bills, boy, I'm hella grown ♪
♪ Fellas know I'm a real catch ♪
♪ Like, I threw a bone ♪ So I'm like--
- Your mama rap better than you do.
[laughter]
- ♪ She get it from her mama ♪ Hey.
- They shouldn't be on the same record.
- Thank you. And you should know.
- Your mother's not finna get on the record
with you talking about popping and busting it open.
How is that going to work?
- Did you record at the studio on your mama's dime?
- I did go to the studio. - Spoiled.
- That's like a bird turning down bread.
Who's going to say no to money. - A bird turning down bread.
[laughter]
- All right, I'ma give this to my jury.
DeRay.
- You should have known when you gave her the money,
the minute she was like, "I'ma dress like Wolverine,"
that you didn't have a chance.
- I'll be a superhero.
- I think, mom, you might be just a little bit in denial.
At the end of the day, you 54 with baby hair.
[laughter]
- Can you just let your daughter
just have the shine for now?
- I want her to have it. I always--
- No, you don't, Mama. Don't say that.
That's not true. - This is just 1 out of 50.
- Mama, that's not true.
You want to get on a rap record with your daughter,
and she's not saying anything about the Holy Ghost.
Like, you want to change her whole steelo.
That's not even her thing.
- Your daughter is City Girls, and you are the Sugarhill Gang.
[laughter]
Any last words you want to tell me
before I make my decision?
- I love my daughter. I want her to shine.
I'm not trying to be a star. I want her to be the star.
But I gave you money for one thing,
and you do something else, then the money
got to stop until we resolve that.
- Anything you want to say before
I make my final decision? - I hear what all y'all saying.
And, yeah, we still going to do a song.
But I don't know when. - What?
Are you serious?
- I don't want to do no song now.
- All right, I've come to my final decision.
And I'm gonna settle this once and for all.
[gavel pounds]
♪ ♪
I'm ruling in favor of...
the plaintiff, Towana Mitchell. - Whoa.
- Ceeluxx, you're ordered to pay your mother
$750 for that studio time.
It's not right that you take your mama money
and then don't put on the song.
I mean, you could have just invite her to a fake studio
and say, "Rap, Mama,"
and threw that shit in the trash can.
[laughter]
I settled it. Good night.
Keep rapping, Mama!
- I thank you. But I still love you.
Come on. - Aw.
- Rap is good when it comes with a struggle.
Tupac was a struggle.
I don't know what all this new shit is.
Everybody bragging about, your kid is pretty
and all this other stuff.
- I want to hear that. - Me too.
[laughter]
- Your broke ass didn't contribute
to my birthday dinner.
- I don't see how y'all order $4,600 worth of food.
That's a small house in Detroit.
[laughter]
I feel like a ho.
- You look like one. - Thank you.
[laughter]
- Come on, Bailiff, start bailiffing.
- This is the case of Reid versus Christian.
You may now enter.
- Plaintiff Coco Reed claims her friend
Victor ran out on her birthday tab,
and now she's suing for $456, the amount her
supposed ride or die left her to cover.
But defendant Victor Christian says he paid
for what he ordered, and Coco is cray-cray
if she thinks he's going to bankroll her bougie birthday.
[dramatic music]
- So, Coco, tell me, why are you here.
- Your honor, I'm suing Vic Christian today,
who I thought was my best friend, for $456.
His broke ass didn't contribute to my birthday dinner.
I invited ten people.
We were all just having a good time,
you know, just ordering drinks and food.
And then the bill came. The bill was $4,600.
- Oh, what?
- But he literally pitched in $18.
- [laugh] - Ooh, damn.
- Well, hell, Victor. I need to hear this.
Tell me your part. - OK.
Well, let me tell you the truth.
So, basically, she went to a restaurant
that she can't afford, and other people there
was ordering steaks, lobster tails, all that.
And I looked at the menu. I knew I wasn't about it.
So I bought calamari and a sprite for $18,
and that's what I gave her, and she looked at me crazy,
and I looked at her crazy right back 'cause
I'm the only one with sense, baby.
- OK, yeah, literally cents. Literally cents.
- This hair just like you.
Your lies are faker than your hair right now, Coco.
- [laughs] - Hmm.
You excited. Your glasses are fogged up.
Clean your glasses.
[laughter]
- Y'all see the way she talk to me?
- Just tell me about the birthday party.
- Vic definitely ordered more than just calamari.
I don't know why he said that shit.
- Can you tell me what he ate? - Can I look at the receipt?
- Yeah, it's in your hand. Look at it.
- So he definitely got surf and turf.
He had a couple of towels.
- They charge you for the towels?
- Yeah, and he had, like, three waters.
- Oh, my God. That's 100 bucks right there.
- [laughs] - So wait a minute.
Did he order surf and turf, or he ate off somebody's plate
who ordered surf and turf? - Exactly. Tell the truth.
I asked you, "Could I have some."
And you said, "Yeah." - That's a lie.
- Let me ask you something, Coco.
Did you think all ten of those people
was gonna split the bill evenly because it was your birthday?
- Yes.
- You didn't expect to pay anything?
- Not really.
I told them before we even got there,
I expected for all of us to go out, eat good,
and once the bill come, everybody pull out
their wallets and contribute to it.
- What happened when the bill came?
- I showed Vic, and he pulls out his camera.
- I sure did. - He started recording.
And then everybody started getting riled up.
He's embarrassing me in front of all my friends,
all my clients, the whole entire restaurant.
Everybody's looking at us crazy.
- Why would you take a video?
- Because I wanted to embarrass them,
just like they tried to embarrass me.
- Oh.
- They were creating a certain narrative about me
that I was broke.
I live within my means. - Calm down.
[laughter]
- OK, I live within my means, Your Honor.
- Do we have a recording of this video?
- Yes. - Oh, here it goes.
- I'm not splitting the bill, shorty.
That's crazy. - Ooh!
- We come together. We split the bill, period!
- We didn't order all that.
Exactly. I said it on the video.
I didn't order all that.
Trying to make me pay for stuff I didn't order.
- Did you put this on social media?
- I sure did. And it went viral, too.
- Victor, how many people saw this video?
- 18.1 million.
- What? - Ooh!
- When this video came out,
what was people saying about you?
- People were saying they wouldn't pay for nothing
they didn't order, for one. - I know that's right.
- Yeah, then they also said that she's not my real friend.
- How did you feel, Coco, after he posted?
- I was very upset. I felt betrayed.
Like, as my friend, why would you even do that?
The whole world was against me the next day.
- You could have just threw a barbecue at the house
and told everybody to bring some.
No, but you think you're something that you're not.
- Exactly. - I am, though.
- That's what I been telling her.
- I can afford my lifestyle.
- So if you making money like that,
why don't you just pull out your American Express
and pay for your own birthday? - Period.
- Why are we in court trying to get $456
from your friend who can't even afford
to get his prescription updated?
[laughter]
- He's the one who made this shit go viral.
- Her feelings is hurt, not her pocket.
- Exactly.
- Shouldn't embarrass her on her birthday.
- Telling me you suing him because you was embarrassed
because it went viral? - Yeah.
- Wow. This is ridiculous.
TS Madison, help me with this one.
- Personally, I am so disappointed in you,
Miss Coco.
It was not his responsibility to just take up the slack
for your friends, and then y'all embarrass him
because he only had calamari. That was tired.
- I don't know why you go out to invite everybody
and make everybody pay for the meals
instead of doing what he did,
which is you pay for what you order.
You make a choice. - Coco, you are beautiful.
You cute. - Thank you.
You got it going on. You got your little hair.
You got your little pink shirt, little Barbie doll, all that.
But your attitude just is nasty.
You're wrong. - Thank you.
- I don't see how y'all order $4,600 worth of food.
That's a small house in Detroit.
[laughter]
- OK, before I make my decision, let me ask you,
what have this done to your relationship?
- I want my money,
and if we're friends, we're friends,
but, honestly, I don't care for the friendship.
- Wow.
- OK. - Victor?
- When it comes to my friends, the people
who I really care about, I don't make excuses.
She invited me to her birthday party.
I'm going to come no matter what.
She's been my best friend since elementary school.
This is a whole different girl. - Coco, look at your friend.
He knew you before you got them teeth in your mouth.
- Period.
- He know all of your secrets, Coco.
He know what you look like with that wig off.
We all know you look like Kourtlyn.
[laughter]
'Cause I do too. All right.
I've come to the final decision,
and I'm gonna settle this once and for all.
[gavel pounds]
♪ ♪
I'm ruling in favor of...
the defendant, Victor.
- Way, nah, girl! We's good with it.
We's good with it, baby. Baby, you can kiss it.
You want to kiss it now?
- You should reverse your decision.
[laughter]
- Ain't no happy endings to this, OK?
- You are dismissed.
- Coco, Coco.
- What, you wanted to pay the bill, Ray J?
- I would have paid the bill. - Yeah, we know.
- I mean, I will pay the bill if I said
I was gonna pay the bill.
- And, Ms. Pat, you a very rich bitch.
[laughter]
- I am here today suing Eddy.
He took all of my salon tools, and he's holding it hostage.
- Eddie, are those her extensions
in your hair right now?
[laughter]
- Jury, I need your help. - OK.
- I'm relying on y'all to keep my wig straight.
- OK. It's crooked.
- No, it's straight. And I'm under oath.
- How you under oath? - We in here.
Ain't we all under oath? - I've been lying all day.
I hope not.
[laughter]
- All right, Bailiff, start bailiffing.
- This is the case of Harris versus Corley.
You may now enter.
- Plaintiff and hairstylist Catherine Harris
is suing the owner of the beauty shop
where she worked in the amount of $2,500
for stolen beauty supplies.
She claims he shut down the shop without telling her,
then grabbed her glow-up tools for himself.
Defendant Eddy Corley says that it's her fault
the shop closed.
He's no thief, and she needs to put
a wrap on her blown-out ego.
[dramatic music]
- Catherine, can you tell me why we're here today.
- I am here today suing Eddy for $2,500
because I'm a hairstylist. He's a hairstylist.
And he told me that he had a salon space,
that he was looking for more girls.
We had an agreement that I would rent a space
for $150 a week.
He owes me for basically leaving the salon space
without even letting me know. - Wow.
- And he took all of my stuff, and he's holding it hostage.
- What?
- My salon tools, my décor, and a bunch of my other tools
that I use to service my clients.
- Eddy, what is your side?
- She started out as my assistant.
We were great friends.
She just moved to Atlanta from Texas,
and I was just like, "Hey, you know,
I'ma support you."
She ended up building up her clientele,
and she got the extreme big head.
The only reason why the salon closed
was because of her being loud.
All her clients were being belligerent.
We got so many complaints, my lease would not get renewed.
- Oh.
How long was you there total, at his salon?
- I would say almost close to a year.
- Did he ever tell you he was getting complaints?
- No, this is the first time I'm ever hearing about
me and my clients being belligerent,
when I had celebrity clients.
- Do you think he's jealous of your clients?
- I do feel that way.
- Your Honor, what am I gonna be jealous of her for?
- Oh!
- Baby, because you want all of this.
- Oh, my God.
- Wait, is this crimes of passion?
- I was coming to her for a job,
and she thought I was trying to holler at her.
- I didn't know he was gay.
- Wait a minute, you didn't know he was gay?
- You didn't know he was gay? - Wait a minute!
You didn't know he was gay? - No.
[laughter]
- Pat, I seen that turtleneck, I knew then.
[laughter]
- Do you have any proof of these missing items?
- Yes, ma'am. I had a video.
- Oh. - Is that your items?
- That was my salon space. - Oh, that looks nice.
- Thank you. - That looks real nice.
- How do we get to the $2,500?
- My signage was very expensive,
along with the decor.
Mind you, everything that was in that suite
was there when I left.
- So you just left her stuff in the salon, Eddy?
- As I should have. I got my stuff out.
The other stylist got her things out of the salon suite,
and we were done. - Oh.
- Let me hear from your witness.
- Hi, your honor. - Why is the shampoo girl here?
- This is the other stylist that worked in my salon suite.
Her name is Brittney Rolax. - Bowleg?
- Rolax.
- So when did you find out that the salon was closing?
- Eddy notified us a couple of weeks in advance,
but I already kind of knew because we were getting
complaints about the noise.
- You going to tell me this one lady got a whole-ass
beauty salon shut down?
[laughter]
Y'all didn't do nothing?
Because you look like you know how to shake it.
And you look like you like to drink.
[laughter]
- She just started acting like she was
the Beyoncé of the salon.
- Please step down, baby.
So what did you do with her items?
- I didn't do anything with her items, Your Honor.
I literally text her and say, "Please come get your items.
The salon has closed."
And I have proof of that, Your Honor.
- OK, well, let me see these text messages.
- I text her, letting her know to come get her things.
And she absolutely ignored it.
- Let me read the text message.
He said, "Hey, boo, call me when you can.
"The salon is going to be closing in a few weeks.
"Please call me.
You need to come get your stuff."
- I never received that message.
- Well...
- There's no date and time on this.
- Why is there not a date and time?
- That was sent to someone else, clearly.
- Oh, my God. Really?
- Let me ask you this.
Have you been using her stuff?
- Why would I use her stuff when I have my own?
- That's not the question. - You didn't answer her.
- Did you use her stuff, yes or no?
- Plaintiff Catherine Harris is suing beauty shop owner
and former friend Eddy Corley for $2,500
for beauty supplies he stole.
Eddy says he's no thief, and Ms. Pat needs
to put a wrap on this case.
- Have you been using her stuff?
- Why would I use her stuff when I have my own?
- That's not the question. - You didn't answer her.
- Did you use her stuff, yes or no?
- No.
- I don't believe you. - I don't have it.
- Where is it, then? Where is her stuff, Eddy?
- She's going to have to take that up
with somebody else, Your Honor,
'cause I have no idea what her stuff is.
- Eddy, are those her extensions
in your hair right now?
[laughter]
- No, they're not. This is my real hair.
- TS Madison, tell me what you think, baby.
- Well, you should have took that girl's stuff,
you know, if that was your friend at one point,
and had kept it safe. - That's right.
You was supposed to be her friend.
- That all changed when she just
completely went ghost on me.
She literally just switched.
She switched on all of us. - The hate. The hate.
- All right,
any final words before I go make my decision?
- I'm very irritated because, like, that was my friend.
And you know how it is to move to Atlanta
and start fresh, like, and to put somebody in a position
where they don't have anything.
That's frustrating.
I wish that you would have really thrived
in that friendship part and just talked to me.
- Eddy, any last words before I make my decision?
- At the end of the day,
she needed to come get her stuff.
Your stuff is gone, and I don't have it.
- You ain't no friend. - I've heard enough.
And I'm going to settle this once and for all.
[gavel pounds]
I'm ruling in favor of...
♪ ♪
The plaintiff, Catherine, for $2,500.
- That's crazy. - Come on, Eddy.
You know, you wasn't right, because when
it was time to move out of your shop,
you only thought about yourself.
And stop opening yourself up to these clowns in this city.
And I wish you luck while you're here.
- Thank you.
- You're going to get robbed a few times,
but this is your first robbery.
You probably got three more to go.
And I hope you grow. - Yes, ma'am.
- But that said, I just settled it.
- You are dismissed.
- You see somebody trying, reach out and help them.
Don't compete. Because I don't want to be you.
And you shouldn't want to be me,
'cause I got cholesterol problems.
[laughter]
- Next time on "Ms. Pat Settles It."
- We agreed to go to Jamaica for my 35th birthday.
She reneged on the trip, so I want my money back.
- Her fake innocence is crazy.
This, right here--
[laughter]
- I created cheesecake cheesecake,
not wheeze cake cheesecake.
- Can you even cook?
- I make noodles.
- Noodles?
[laughter]
- He wrecked my vehicle, and I deserve my $5,000.
- What kind of car did you have?
- Brand-new, off the lot, white 2017 Chevy Trax.
- Why are y'all calling a 2017 brand new?
That car at least in junior high.
[laughter]