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00:00John Harkness wants his former best friend, Stephen Cutler,

00:03to give him back the $3,000 he loaned him.

00:06Stephen claims the money was a gift.

00:09So tell me about the $3,000.

00:11So as time went on, we were in the basement together.

00:14And he said, Steve, he said, remember when I told you

00:16I was going to give you $5,000?

00:17I said, yes.

00:18He said, well, I can't afford to give you $5,000.

00:20He said, I spent a lot of money.

00:21He said, but I could afford to give you $3,000.

00:23You mean that just came out of the blue?

00:25Yeah.

00:25Just hanging out in the basement?

00:27Yeah, we were, yes.

00:28Did you say to him, what happened

00:29to the backpacking that we were going to do,

00:31the traveling we were going to do?

00:32No, I never brought up Europe.

00:33I wasn't going to be greedy.

00:35I figured whatever he was going to give me,

00:36he was going to give me.

00:37So it just came out of the blue?

00:39To be honest with you, it's been a few years.

00:40I don't remember the exact conversation,

00:42how it was brought up, to be honest with you.

00:44Go ahead.

00:45It never took place in my basement.

00:47Yes, it did.

00:48When he was living in the house and he was getting kicked out,

00:51that's when the money transpired, actually.

00:54Mr. Alt was present.

00:55He was present?

00:56Step up here, sir.

00:57Your Honor, he's lying, Your Honor.

00:59Just a second.

01:00That's my strong suit, sir, to tell who's lying.

01:03What makes sense?

01:05Common sense.

01:07Yes.

01:08How are you doing?

01:09Your name is, I'm doing fine.

01:10How are you doing?

01:11Good.

01:12Pleased to hear that.

01:12Your name is?

01:13George Waltz.

01:16Basically, me and Steve talked about getting a loan

01:18from John.

01:20Actually, it wasn't a loan.

01:21We wanted to receive $5,000.

01:24Steven ended up asking him.

01:25I just kind of stayed off to the side.

01:27A short time after, Steve came back and said,

01:30he's not going to loan this $5,000.

01:32He'll let us borrow $3,000.

01:35Why were you looking to borrow money?

01:37Because I was in debt at the time and I had a lot of bills.

01:41So did Steven.

01:42Steven said, you know, I asked him, he would loan me $3,000.

01:47I said, I don't want a loan.

01:48If he's going to give me $3,000, I'll take the $3,000.

01:51I don't want another loan to get out of debt,

01:52to get back in debt with a friend.

01:55So I said, it's not even worth it.

01:56Why would you think that your friend, Mr. Harkness,

01:59would give you money?

02:01Like, we grew up together.

02:03I would.

02:04You've got to understand our circumstances.

02:06You know, we've been through a lot since little kids.

02:10I thought maybe we can get some money from him as a friend.

02:13Sure, step up here.

02:14Who are you?

02:14My name's Joseph Smeltzer.

02:16I know all three of these men here for well over 15 years.

02:20When John received his lawsuit for years,

02:23well before he received it,

02:24Steve and George had been his best friend,

02:26lifelong best friends.

02:28John had bragged countless times and specifically

02:31that he was going to take care of them financially

02:34and give them a gift.

02:35That's a lie, Your Honor.

02:36Just a second.

02:37Were you present, sir,

02:39when you heard any discussion about $5,000 and a trip to Europe?

02:44Yes, I was, many times.

02:46He made a lot of promises to a lot of people,

02:47not just Steve and George.

02:49I mean, he bragged that he was going to take care of a lot of people.

02:51A lot of people.

02:52Shh, shh, shh.

02:53Just a minute.

02:54A lot of people do that.

02:55Yes, they do.

02:56Absolutely, they do.

02:57A lot of people do that.

02:58But you've got to consider the fact when best friends of this nature,

03:01they're considered like family.

03:02They grew up all their lives.

03:03It's more like family.

03:04It's like if I came into a million dollars tomorrow,

03:07I'd have no problem giving Steve $5,000.

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