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00:00And now, the next case.
00:02All parties in the matter of Henry versus Parsons, Spurlock, Smith.
00:07Step four.
00:08Registered nurse, Marianne Henry, is suing her son's former friends,
00:1218-year-olds Annie Parsons, Amy Spurlock, and Taylor Smith,
00:17for scratching his Honda Civic.
00:19Mrs. Henry, which one of these two young men is your son?
00:22Right here in the sport coat.
00:24Joshua.
00:26Joshua, you know these three young beauties?
00:30Yes, Your Honor.
00:31How do you know them?
00:32I went to school with them.
00:33You were on a camping trip with them?
00:35Yes, Your Honor.
00:35Had you ever dated these girls?
00:37No, Your Honor.
00:38Did you ever want to date these girls?
00:40No, Your Honor.
00:43Were you friends?
00:44Yes, Your Honor.
00:46According to your mother's complaint, because you were driving her truck.
00:49Is it a truck or a car?
00:50It was a car.
00:51It was a car.
00:51Car.
00:52These three lovelies decided to pull a little bit of a practical joke.
00:57Right?
00:58Yes.
01:01Tell me what you did to Miss Henry's car that was parked at the campgrounds on the 26th
01:08of June.
01:08Well, I guess I can tell this part.
01:13This whole thing started.
01:15What's your name?
01:16I'm Amy Spurlock.
01:17Good.
01:18Well, it all started because we took Josh's keys because he was really drunk and we didn't
01:24know if he was going to drive or any, we didn't know.
01:27So we took him and he was really.
01:29Where did you take his keys from?
01:31My boyfriend took his keys and then I had his keys.
01:34I took the keys from my boyfriend.
01:36Why?
01:37Because Josh was saying that he wanted to leave.
01:39Just a second.
01:40That doesn't tell me how his tent got on top of his car.
01:44Well, he became upset with us because we wouldn't give him his keys back.
01:48We went up to his tent because he went up there.
01:50He was mad at us.
01:51He went up and went to bed.
01:52What did you do when you went up to his tent?
01:54We went up to his tent and just as a joke, because, you know, he always messes with us.
01:59You know, when you go to parties, everybody just messes with people.
02:02And we were taking like the poles out of the tent to make it collapse or whatever as a joke.
02:07And then we did that a few times.
02:09So you took the poles out of his tent and it collapsed on him.
02:13How many times did you do that?
02:15I would say maybe three.
02:21Then what happened?
02:21And then he got really upset and he came up because his tent was...
02:26Just a second.
02:27What happened when he got upset?
02:29And then he came back to our campsite and was like screaming and punching tents and just going crazy.
02:35So he was angry?
02:37Yes.
02:37And then what happened, Amy?
02:39And then we all went back down there.
02:41Who's we all?
02:42Myself, Annie, Taylor.
02:45There was...
02:45You're Taylor?
02:46Yes, ma'am.
02:47There was like maybe three other people.
02:49Okay.
02:50And we all went down there.
02:51And he wasn't there and we were looking for him.
02:55And I took the poles out of his tent, like all the way out of his tent.
02:59And then I was dragging it over to his car.
03:01And another young man put the tent on top of his car.
03:04Why did you go up looking for him?
03:06Because the place where we were is in the middle of nowhere.
03:09The only thing there is a Texaco at a prison.
03:11And everyone was joking around that night saying that two people had escaped from the prison, which I don't know if that's a true story or not.
03:19Why did you go up looking for him?
03:21Because we were concerned for him.
03:22We didn't know where he went because he was mad at us.
03:24And we went honestly, we went looking for him because we were going to be like, you know, Josh, we're sorry.
03:28All right.
03:29So now you don't find him.
03:31You're looking for him.
03:32And you're so concerned because these two mass murderers have escaped from prison that you pull the poles out of his tent.
03:40How did you think that that was going to help find him?
03:44That's not what I was thinking.
03:46It was a joke.
03:47No, just a second.
03:47But how could you be joking at this point if you're concerned for his safety?
03:52I was angry with him because he had called me names.
03:54Just a second.
03:55But then you didn't go up looking for him because you were concerned for his safety.
03:59You went up there looking for him because you were angry.
04:02Which one is it?
04:03It was pretty much both.
04:05I mean.
04:05Ah, get out.
04:06Can I see the.
04:07Listen, they wouldn't know the truth if it came up and slapped them in the face.
04:10Can I see the pictures of your car, please?
04:12Yes, ma'am.
04:12Here are the pictures of the photos.
04:14And I also.
04:14And the estimates to have it fixed.
04:16I mean, the estimate came from her body shop that she owns.
04:18I don't give a rat's behind whether it came from her body shop or it came from her nephew's body shop or a husband's body shop.
04:26When you do the wrong thing, what happens is you cannot expect to be treated fairly by everybody.
04:34You did the wrong thing.
04:36Don't stand there and make excuses.
04:38You know, you can't get by on good looks.
04:39Beauty fades.
04:40We're not.
04:40Ladies, beauty fades.
04:42Dumb is forever.
04:43But we're not trying to make excuses.
04:45We're just saying that.
04:46You did make an excuse.
04:47Put your hands.
04:48I'm speaking.
04:50You did make an excuse.
04:51You said we were concerned.
04:53We went up there looking for him because two prisoners escaped.
04:57Your girlfriend then, because she was so concerned, took the poles out of his tent so that somebody else could drag it over and throw it on his car.
05:05Get a life.
05:06But we weren't the only ones there.
05:07There were other people there that she's not.
05:09And this is what you have to do.
05:11You have to pay a thousand dollars to have this car repainted.
05:15And if you think somebody else was responsible too, then you can sue them and say, I want to be indemnified for part of the money.
05:22But right now, it's your bag.
05:25Do you get it?
05:26Yes, ma'am.
05:27Good.
05:28Judgment for the plates and for the amount of a thousand dollars.
05:30Why is our excuse?
05:32You may step out.
05:32I actually was sitting in a tractor when they drove by and watched them do it in the headlights.
05:37There's no way a nylon tent with no poles in it can cause a thousand dollars worth of damage to a car.
05:41It's just common sense.
05:42We guess our friendships are over.
05:43It was all just a check.
05:44A night on the town.
05:52A little drunk?
05:52A little bit.
05:53Winds up in pieces.
05:55Tell me how your jacket broke the window.
05:56I ripped it off and flung it to the side.
05:58And as I did, broke their window.
06:00Show me how you do that, sir.
06:01Hit the window.
06:02That's a pretty heavy jacket.
06:04Judge Judy.
06:05So it was the jacket that broke the window.
06:07So it's not your fault.
06:08And who has to pay for his window?
06:09I don't think I should.
06:10Well, who should be?
06:11Bird should pay for his window?
06:12Sounds fair to me.
06:13I'm asking you to pay for the window.
06:15...year-old health aid worker Tiffany Johnson for vandalism to her 2000 Dodge Neon.
06:21Tiffany is countersuing, claiming April vandalized her Kia Optima.
06:25Come to order.
06:26All rise.
06:27Quiet in the courtroom.
06:28All rise.
06:30Hi.
06:30Hi.
06:33Giannis is case number 255 on the count of the man of Thomas v. Johnson.
06:37Pleasure to be sworn in, Gianni.
06:38You may be seated.
06:39Folks, have a seat, please.
06:40Anybody who's been to court before, raise your hand.
06:45Were you a litigant?
06:47No.
06:47Traffic court.
06:48And you?
06:50Criminal court.
06:51Criminal court.
06:51Mm-hmm.
06:52I assume you weren't a prosecutor.
06:54No.
06:55Right?
06:56No.
06:57Good.
06:58So we all know what court's about.
07:00Court's about telling the...
07:02Truth.
07:04Truth.
07:05Truth.
07:05So that's what we're going to do today, right, ladies?
07:08Yes.
07:09I have cross complaints.
07:10Each of you claim that the other damaged their car purposely by breaking windows.
07:16I need to say, I didn't do her window, and I didn't do her window.
07:20I didn't do her window.
07:22I didn't do her window.
07:25She has a child with him.
07:29No.
07:30With who?
07:31With my cousin.
07:32He's not here.
07:32Where is he?
07:33He's in jail.
07:34He's in jail.
07:38A testament to your good judgment.
07:40Yes.
07:41And according to your complaint, there was some sort of altercation involving the two
07:46of them, your cousin and his then ex-girlfriend and the mother of his child.
07:51And since then, there's been some bad blood between the two of you.
07:54So I want you to tell me when you claim she damaged your car, where the car was, and who
08:00witnessed it.
08:02Okay.
08:02My car was at my house in my driveway.
08:05It was about 5.30 a.m.
08:07I don't have the specific date.
08:09I know it was in July.
08:11I wasn't there.
08:12I have a witness that says I was, that shows everywhere where I was at.
08:15That says-
08:16Which one is the witness?
08:18She's the witness to who I was with, and he's the witness that's seen her damage my car.
08:22Well, I don't care who you were with.
08:24I'm not your social secretary.
08:25I just want to know who saw her damage your car.
08:28Okay.
08:28He saw her damage my car.
08:29Yes, ma'am.
08:30Rick.
08:30Okay.
08:31Step up.
08:31Tell me your name.
08:32My name is Rick Howard.
08:34How do you know her, Rick?
08:35I used to work with her a couple years ago.
08:38And what were you doing up at 5.30 in the morning on this date in July that we don't remember?
08:42Smoking a cigarette.
08:43Where?
08:44On her balcony.
08:45What were you doing in her house?
08:46She went out of town, so I was staying there.
08:48I'll sit because she had problems with-
08:51Shh, shh, shh, shh.
08:54She has problems with her neighbors, so I was staying there.
08:57So you got up very early.
08:59You went out on the balcony to smoke a cigarette.
09:01Yes, ma'am.
09:02And what did you see?
09:04I heard an alarm go off, so I went downstairs because I thought it was my car because my
09:08car has been stolen before.
09:09When I ran downstairs and I turned the corner, I seen Tiffany standing behind the car with
09:17a blunt object in her hand.
09:18With a what?
09:19Blunt object.
09:20And did you know Tiffany before?
09:22I don't know her, know her, but I know of her.
09:25When you say you know of her, had you seen her before?
09:27Yes.
09:28No.
09:31Where had you seen her before?
09:33At high school.
09:34How many years ago?
09:36About four years ago.
09:37And you hadn't seen her in four years?
09:39No.
09:44Get to you in a minute.
09:45What did you say to her?
09:47I was like, A. I just yelled out A.
09:49And when you yelled out A, what did she do?
09:52She left.
09:53How did she leave?
09:54She got in her car.
09:55What kind of car?
09:56A white car.
09:57So what did you do?
09:58I went back upstairs.
09:59Well, didn't you go and look to see what happened to her car?
10:01Nah, I figured that the window was broken because I heard the window break.
10:04So I went back upstairs.
10:05What do you mean you figured that the window was broken?
10:07You mean you didn't go over to look at the car?
10:09No.
10:10You figured it wasn't your car, you didn't have any...
10:12Nah, it wasn't that it wasn't my car.
10:13It was just that I heard the window break.
10:16So she had an object in her hand.
10:18So I figured that the window was broken.
10:20So I went back upstairs to get my phone.
10:22And then I came back downstairs.
10:24When you got your phone, who did you call?
10:25I called April.
10:26Where was she?
10:28Somewhere in the Bay Area.
10:29And you told her what happened?
10:30Mm-hmm.
10:31Did you call the police?
10:33Another lady who was standing across the street had called the police.
10:35Did the police arrive that day?
10:37Yes, I did.
10:38Did you speak to the police?
10:39Yes, I did.
10:40Did you give them a description of the person that you saw?
10:42Yes.
10:43Did you tell them who it was?
10:45Yes.
10:46You told them by name?
10:47Yes.
10:47Did you get the name from Miss Thomas?
10:50Or did you get the name from knowing her yourself from high school?
10:55Thomas told me her name from a picture.
10:57Because she has a picture of her in her house.
10:59So when you told her somebody just came and busted the window out of your car,
11:03and they had a white car, and she said to you, it must have been Miss Johnson.
11:08Is that right?
11:09She didn't say it must have been Miss Johnson.
11:11Like, she looked familiar from the pictures that she has in her house.
11:14And that's how I recognized her, other than I knew her from high school.
11:18What are you doing with the picture of her in your house?
11:20I have a picture of her and her son at my house.
11:23We have, like, a lot of family gatherings, and she comes because her son is included in our family.
11:28And when we were tight, we used to take pictures, and I'd keep them in my house.
11:32And even though they're not together, that's still his mother, so I would have the pictures.
11:36Okay.
11:37Now, Miss Johnson, let's get to you.
11:39Okay.
11:40No, I didn't ask you a question yet.
11:42Don't start.
11:43You may be seated.
11:46Now, it is your claim that Miss Thomas busted a window in your car.
11:50Yes.
11:51When do you claim she did that?
11:53And this was in June.
11:54I've never seen him a date in my life.
11:55I didn't ask you anything about that.
11:58I asked you about your car.
12:00Okay, this is the real story.
12:01We was at a club.
12:02We went to a club.
12:03Listen to me.
12:03In June.
12:05I'm in charge here.
12:07Okay.
12:08Judge Judy continues in a moment.
12:11You didn't call the police.
12:12No.
12:13You didn't speak to her afterwards and say, you better fix my car.
12:16No.
12:16You mean you just got even.
12:18No, but she's trying to say.
12:19No, no, no, no.
12:20I asked you a question.
12:21No.
12:22I think you did.
12:23And later today.
12:24Who should pay for his window?
12:25They weren't antagonizing the situation.
12:27I'm asking you who should pay for the window.
12:29They should pay for it.
12:30Who's they?
12:34Real cases.
12:36Real people.
12:37Judge Judy.
12:38April Thomas says her cousin's ex-girlfriend, Tiffany Johnson, vandalized her Dodge Neon by breaking her window.
12:45Tiffany says April did the same thing to her car.
12:49In what month do you claim she damaged your car?
12:52June 25th.
12:53What time on the 25th of June?
12:55Like 12.30 to 1 o'clock.
12:56In the morning?
12:57No.
12:58At night time.
13:03Yeah.
13:03Morning.
13:03Yeah.
13:04It is morning.
13:06Where was your car?
13:07At a club.
13:08So tell me what happened.
13:10I was parking.
13:11My cousin pulled in first.
13:12I was parking my car.
13:14And as I was parking my car, Ms. Thomas jumped in front of my car and told me I cannot park here.
13:19She is saving this park for my friend.
13:21And she's on the freeway to get there.
13:23So you're moving into a spot.
13:25She blocks the spot.
13:26And she says, I'm saving it.
13:27Yes.
13:28And you said.
13:29You can't save a park.
13:30You can't stand and save a park.
13:31It's free parking.
13:32My car was.
13:33I was so close to hitting her for her to stand in front of my car.
13:36So I just parked my car and got out.
13:38And she's third.
13:38So she's standing in the parking space and you said, well, you're going to get run over,
13:44but I'm parking here.
13:45So you parked there in the spot.
13:47Yes.
13:47Okay.
13:47And she ultimately moved out of the way.
13:49Yes.
13:50Okay.
13:50Got it.
13:51It was my friend's birthday.
13:52That's how I remember the date because we were all going out.
13:55And as I got out of my car, she's talking about, you don't want it like this.
13:59Or you already know about these hands.
14:01You don't want to see nobody in my family.
14:03Just start talking a lot.
14:04Just start talking.
14:05I don't want this.
14:06And I just walked away.
14:08So we walked down the street by the clubs.
14:10Then we walked to Sacramento and I just had a funny.
14:14Holy.
14:15You went to the club.
14:17What happened when you got to the club?
14:18We didn't go in because it was about to close anyways.
14:21And from there you went back to your car?
14:23I went to Sacramento, walked to OSAC.
14:24I don't know where that is.
14:26Do I really care?
14:27When did you go back to your car?
14:29In like 20 minutes.
14:3020 minutes after you parked your car and had this altercation with the plaintiff,
14:35you went back to your car.
14:36And what did you find when you went back to your car?
14:38A thousand pieces of glass broke all over my driver's window.
14:41And it was so many people out there telling me, the girl that you...
14:45Don't tell me what anybody else said.
14:49Driver's window.
14:50Yes.
14:51What window of your car was broken?
14:53My back windshield.
14:54Okay, so you found your window broken.
14:57Yes.
14:58Now, other than the fact that you would have this altercation with her about the parking space...
15:03Yes.
15:04Did anyone else who was here today witness her damaging the car?
15:08Crystal.
15:09Crystal.
15:09I'm going to take your testimony, Crystal.
15:12Step up.
15:14Crystal, how do you know Ms. Johnson?
15:16I don't know her.
15:18Where do you work?
15:19I stay at home with my son.
15:21And what were you doing at it one o'clock in the morning on June 25th?
15:25I was going to the club, too.
15:26Who were you going with?
15:28Some friends.
15:29Tell me what you saw.
15:30Okay.
15:31Tiffany had pulled up.
15:32April jumped in front of her, told her she couldn't park.
15:34And then Tiffany parked anyways, got out of the car, started walking off.
15:38April started yelling at her.
15:40Tiffany walked off.
15:41One of April's friends had pulled up a couple minutes later, and they had got in the car,
15:46drove off, came back.
15:48A few minutes later, April had got out of the passenger side, threw something at Tiffany's
15:51car, and jumped in the car and took off.
15:53And how come you stayed around the parking area that long?
15:56Because I was sitting in the car across the street, talking to some friends.
16:00How did it come about that you met Ms. Johnson and told her what happened to her car?
16:05Well, we were still there when she had come walking back.
16:08So you told her what you saw?
16:10Yeah.
16:11Did you call the police, Ms. Johnson?
16:12No.
16:13How come?
16:15It was late at night.
16:16I just knew it was her.
16:17That's why I didn't even call the police, because I didn't even think it would go this
16:20far with me and her.
16:21I know April for a long time.
16:23Well, did you call her the next day?
16:25No.
16:25I asked her cousin.
16:27My son's dad told me that she was going around the family or acting like she done
16:30something very well.
16:32And he was mad because all the glass that was in my car, my son cut his hand.
16:36So you mean you didn't call the police?
16:38No.
16:38And you didn't speak to her afterwards and say, you better fix my car.
16:42No.
16:43I don't understand that.
16:46You mean you just got even?
16:49No, but she's trying to say that.
16:51No, no, no, no, no.
16:53I asked you a question.
16:56No.
16:59I think you did.
17:00Okay, I did.
17:02That's my girl.
17:04That's it.
17:05Yeah.
17:05You didn't get mad.
17:07No.
17:08You got even?
17:08Yeah.
17:10Love it.
17:11Like when it works.
17:12Like it when it works.
17:13Right?
17:14Yep.
17:14Very good.
17:15So how much did it cost you to fix your window?
17:18Um, can I add that awesome, uh, she must have stuck something in my door lock because
17:23it doesn't turn anymore.
17:25How much did it cost?
17:26Listen.
17:27I'm listening.
17:28How much did it cost to fix your window?
17:30It was $344 for the window and it came to $253 for the tent.
17:36For the what?
17:37The tent on the window is tinted black.
17:39Why?
17:40Because all my windows are tinted black to keep the sun out.
17:44$344.
17:45Is that right?
17:46It cost you to fix the window?
17:47Yes.
17:48How much did it cost you to fix your window?
17:50$300.
17:50And I had to get a rental car because I have to wait till my window to come in.
17:54It cost you just about the same amount of money.
17:56Yes.
17:56Right?
17:57Yes.
17:57Did you both feel good afterwards?
17:59Mama?
18:00Did you feel good?
18:01I didn't do anything.
18:02Oh my gosh.
18:03Yes, you did.
18:04Of course you did.
18:04She is a devil in disguise.
18:05Of course you did.
18:06Now, my only problem with both of you is, I mean, you're acting like children.
18:10Yeah.
18:11Which is, shh.
18:13You're acting like children.
18:14The only problem that I have with both of you is, why do you visit your childish behavior
18:19on the court system?
18:21Why do we have to become involved in your childish behavior?
18:24You both did something wrong.
18:25It ends up costing you both money.
18:27Right?
18:27Yeah.
18:28Goodbye.
18:30Case is just a mess.
18:30I didn't think it would come this far with her breaking my window.
18:35I admitted that I went back and broke hers.
18:37She thinks that I broke into her car when I didn't, so it's just plain out ignorance.
18:41I guess she want to be like me, but she can't.
18:42You can see that she's ignorant.
18:44She doesn't know the day from night, from 12 a.m. to 12 noon.
18:47I'm cuter than her.
18:48She is just really anal and acts like a true baby mama.
18:52We would call it ghetto.
18:53Her attitude is ugly, just like her face.
18:55She's a sloppy P.H.
18:57And now, the next case.
18:59All parties in the matter of Terry versus Barnes.
19:03Step forward, please.
19:04General contractor Stephen Terry is suing his neighbor, 24-year-old restaurant manager Roger
19:09Barnes, for throwing a rock through the front window of his house.
19:13Roger says Stephen's brother was antagonizing him.
19:17Mr. Terry, Mr. Barnes is your neighbor.
19:19It's your claim that on a particular date, which you'll tell me in a moment, he came to
19:23your house.
19:23He was drunk.
19:24He took a rock.
19:25He threw it through your window.
19:26You want him to pay for the window.
19:27Mr. Barnes says it wasn't a rock that broke your window.
19:30It was his jacket that broke your window, and it's heavy buttons, so he's not paying for
19:34your window.
19:35Right?
19:36Right.
19:37Uh-huh.
19:38What date did he break your window?
19:39It was St. Patrick's Day this year.
19:41Is that right?
19:42Yeah.
19:42Are you Irish?
19:43Nope.
19:44But do you celebrate with the Irish?
19:46Yeah.
19:47Were you celebrating on St. Patrick's Day?
19:49Yes.
19:50Were you a little drunk?
19:51A little bit.
19:52Okay.
19:52So, your jacket broke the window?
19:54Uh, yeah.
19:55No, not yet.
19:56Yes was good.
19:56Yes was good before.
19:57Yes, so you should stick to yes.
19:59Yes.
19:59Tell me how it came about that your jacket broke the window.
20:02Well, actually, I was at my house with my brother here.
20:05He's a witness.
20:06Just get to the window, will you please?
20:08All right.
20:08Well, we got an argument.
20:09I'm interested in the jacket.
20:10How the jacket, which was on your body initially, left your body, according to you,
20:16caused the breaking of Mr. Terry's window?
20:20Well, I was outside and we were in a big argument.
20:25Who was in an argument?
20:26His brother and this guy named Eric.
20:29And basically, I thought I was going to have to defend myself against these two guys.
20:33And I ripped it off and flung it to the side.
20:36And as I did, it broke their window.
20:38Well, show me how high the window was, sir.
20:40About, yeah, the bottom of the window.
20:43Well, when you say you flung your jacket, you indicated you flung the jacket to the ground.
20:46Like this.
20:47Over that way.
20:48Now, show me how you do that, sir.
20:49Show me how you do it up high enough to hit the window.
20:51Yeah.
20:52Don't hit Mr. Terry again.
20:53I don't know.
20:56Sorry.
20:57You could feel it.
20:58It's a pretty heavy jacket.
21:00So it was the jacket that broke the window.
21:02So it's not your fault.
21:03Well, if they wouldn't have been antagonizing me outside, it would have never happened.
21:07I was trying to leave and go back to my house.
21:10You know, I'd be wearing a big argument.
21:11Let me ask you this question.
21:12Was Mr. Terry there?
21:14Mr. Terry was there.
21:15Was he antagonizing you?
21:16No, Stephen wasn't.
21:18And who has to pay for his window?
21:20Well, I don't think I should.
21:22Well, who should be?
21:23Bird should pay for his window?
21:24No.
21:25Maybe I should pay for his window.
21:26No.
21:27Maybe this camera person should pay for his window.
21:29No.
21:29What do you think?
21:31No?
21:31Who should pay for his window?
21:33If they weren't antagonizing the situation.
21:35I'm asking you who should pay for the window.
21:37I think they should pay for it.
21:39Who's they?
21:40Stephen and Ryan.
21:41But he wasn't responsible in any way, sir.
21:44I know.
21:45It's not his jacket.
21:46Did you get beat up that day?
21:48Nope.
21:49So maybe you were wrong about them trying to antagonize you.
21:52Do you think it's possible that the libation that you consumed on St. Patrick's Day impaired your judgment?
21:58Is that a possibility, Mr. Barnes?
22:00They just set me off.
22:01Is that a possibility that the libation that you consumed on St. Patrick's Day impaired your judgment, sir?
22:09I had a little bit to do with it, but not much.
22:12All right.
22:13I'm not going to torture you much more, sir.
22:14This is my daily exercise.
22:17It's my breathing exercise for the day.
22:18Do you understand that?
22:19Do you think that the fact that you were drinking had more to do with the fact that the window got broken than Mr. Terry?
22:26Well, I mean, if his brother wasn't outside.
22:29Not his brother.
22:29Okay.
22:30He's not.
22:30I am not my brother's keeper.
22:32I'm talking about Mr. Terry.
22:33Okay, no.
22:34So that your drinking had more to do with the window than Mr. Terry's.
22:39Than Stephen did, yeah.
22:39So this is what I suggest you do, sir.
22:42How much was the window?
22:44I have a bill for $50.
22:45I'm a contractor.
22:46I fixed it myself.
22:47Good.
22:47How much was it?
22:47$500.
22:48What?
22:49It's an old window.
22:49It broke both the panes.
22:51And they're old, old windows.
22:52You're only suing for $325, sir.
22:54So don't tell me that you paid $500 to have the window fixed.
22:57I didn't pay for it.
22:58That's how much I would charge to do it myself.
23:00But that's okay.
23:00How much did you pay for it?
23:02It's for the glass and the materials.
23:03Yeah.
23:04$100.
23:05$100.
23:05And you are a contractor, so you bill for your time.
23:08Is that right?
23:08And how much did you get paid for an hour?
23:10$55.
23:11$55 an hour.
23:11How many hours did it take you?
23:13$7.
23:14Suing for $325, that's very reasonable for a window.
23:18Now, this is what I'm going to tell you, Mr. Barnes.
23:21Why don't you listen to me very carefully?
23:22Because you're not clouded by libation now, are you?
23:26If you believe that it's somebody else's fault that your jacket that was on your back
23:34broke Mr. Terry's window, I suggest that after you pay Mr. Terry $325, you sue those people
23:43that you think are responsible.
23:45Is that fair?
23:47Sounds fair to me.
23:49Judgment for the plaintiff in the amount of $325.
23:53Body's ice cream.
23:54You may step out.
23:55I thought it was short and sweet.
23:56It's totally unfair.
23:57They didn't hear my side of the story at all.
23:59I gave him plenty of opportunity to take care of himself, and he failed to do so.
24:03I screamed at him, get out of my house.
24:05Basically, I was trying to leave the house.
24:06Things started getting out of control.
24:08I ripped my jacket off, slung it to the side, broke their window.
24:11It was cheap, old.
24:12I was out on the porch, and he was drinking several beers.
24:14I just lost it.
24:15Words being slurred in such a manner and stumbling and inexplicable violence.
24:19They made some smart remarks about my dead father, which set me off in the first place.
24:23He has a tendency to get a little bit violent when he drinks.
24:25I just think he was pretty much didn't know what he was doing.
24:27Had, you know, that to the point of blacking out.
24:31Booze and that stuff, it really doesn't mix.
24:39Now, how was your car damaged?
24:41He kicked the bumper, keyed the driver's side door.
24:44Did he cause trouble with his neighbors?
24:46He was having difficulty controlling his emotions.
24:49He was having difficulty controlling his temper.
24:52Just like he is now.
24:53Uncross your hands, Mr. Duncan.
24:54Or is he trouble?
24:56Has your son been under psychiatric care at any time?
24:58God.
24:58No.
25:00Judge Judy.
25:01I believe that your son.
25:03Sir BMW was vandalized by Gregory Duncan.
25:06Gregory denies the charge and claims Kimberly has been harassing him and his girlfriend.
25:13Could you show these to Mr. Duncan, please?
25:18All right, Mr. Duncan.
25:19I'll hear you.
25:20Well, now I guess we both get an opportunity to see what these pictures are about, because
25:26this is the first we have heard even what the specifics are.
25:30I didn't ask you that.
25:31I didn't ask you that.
25:33Were you present when your son came out of the courthouse that day?
25:35Yes, I was.
25:36I exited the court with him.
25:37He did not kick the door open.
25:39I went out with him.
25:40We did discuss the situation that occurred inside the courtroom with the bailiffs on the
25:44outside.
25:45He did walk away at that point.
25:47I watched him walk away.
25:49His friend had called him on his cell phone and was picked up and taken home.
25:54And the bailiff situation that they're referring to, they asked for the bailiff to escort them
25:58to their vehicle because they were afraid.
26:01What were they afraid of, Mrs. Duncan?
26:02Because as they want to say, he was screaming and yelling.
26:05He was not screaming and yelling.
26:08But they...
26:08Ms. Duncan.
26:09This was a restraining order issue.
26:11Ms. Duncan, I'm speaking.
26:11So...
26:11I'm speaking.
26:13Has your son been under psychiatric care at any time in his 19 years?
26:16No.
26:17Is he currently taking any medication?
26:18No.
26:19You were in a courthouse with him.
26:21And clearly, when he was in that courthouse, he behaved inappropriately.
26:25Would you say that that is correct?
26:27Yes.
26:27That he could not control his temper in a courtroom.
26:31Would you say that's correct?
26:33I would say that he was having difficulty controlling his emotions because...
26:37He was having difficulty controlling his temper.
26:39Ah, he was being falsely accused.
26:42He was having difficulty controlling his temper, just like he is now.
26:46Uncross your hands, Mr. Duncan.
26:52Civilized people behave a certain way, Mrs. Duncan.
26:55And what you're not supposed to do is you're not supposed to make excuses for an adult child
26:59who has behaved badly.
27:01That's not to say that your son is a bad person.
27:03I don't think he's a bad person, necessarily.
27:05I think that his girlfriend and he have had some difficulties with the plaintiff,
27:10and it was trying to be resolved in an orderly fashion in a court setting.
27:14And your son could not control himself, which should leave a parent with some pause.
27:21I've had five children who were 19 years old.
27:24If any of my children couldn't control themselves in a courtroom, believe me,
27:28I would say, I got to get this child some help.
27:31He can't control himself now.
27:33Don't you see that?
27:33I wanted to say something, and I have a feeling I'll forget before I say it.
27:37Go ahead.
27:37Do you have any daughters or just sons?
27:39Both.
27:40You have both.
27:40Have you ever had anyone say to your daughter,
27:42I'm going to rape you outside of your class because you get out of school at night?
27:45Have you ever had your daughter go out to her car at night after her night classes
27:49and see her tires slit?
27:51Because that's what happened to my girlfriend.
27:52Her son has said those things many times.
27:54Mr. Duncan.
27:55It's very...
27:56Mr. Duncan, has the plaintiff ever said anything to you or your girlfriend that would have
28:04required or given you license to behave the way you did in a courtroom?
28:09I'm not talking about her son.
28:11I'm talking about the plaintiff.
28:13Yeah.
28:13She called and left a message that we're going to get him.
28:16We're going to get him after this court thing happened.
28:19I'm not talking about after, sir.
28:21I'm talking about before.
28:23Oh, God.
28:25Miss Duncan, listen to me, madam.
28:28I think that you're not seeing the entire picture here.
28:31I think that you're being very short-sighted with your son's needs.
28:34I believe that your son needs some help.
28:37I've been in this business for over 30 years.
28:41I'm telling you, he needs assistance.
28:44And if he were my 19-year-old son, I would see to it that he gets that assistance.
28:49Even if it's just anger management assistance.
28:52But I think he needs it.
28:54Clearly, he has a problem with his memory, as he's indicated.
28:58I said that to you.
28:59Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh.
29:00Mr. Duncan.
29:01Shh.
29:01God.
29:02As he's indicated.
29:03Do you see?
29:04He has a problem, Mr. Duncan.
29:05I don't think he's a bad young man, but I think that you're being short-sighted if you
29:09don't help him.
29:09What's the damage to the car?
29:11They came back between $2,600 and $2,900, but I only sued for $1,800.
29:16Judgment for the plaintiff for the amount of $1,800.
29:18That's all.
29:19Can I do no paper?
29:23I think it's self-explanatory, and I think she did the right thing.
29:29It's actually fairly ridiculous that somebody would have to do this to somebody.
29:33That was mild today.
29:34He was on good behavior.
29:36It's just amazing to me.
29:38I hope it's the end of it.
29:39I sure hope so.
29:40I really do sure hope.
29:41And now, the next case.
29:43All parties in the matter of Frazier versus Sykes, step forward.
29:4620-year-old student Donald Frazier is suing fellow student 20-year-old Eric Sykes for
29:52ruining his Dell laptop.
29:54Donald claims during a night of heavy drinking, Eric urinated on the computer.
29:59You gentlemen go to college?
30:01Yes, ma'am.
30:02What school are you going to at the time of this incident?
30:04College of Charleston, South Carolina.
30:06And you?
30:07College of Charleston.
30:08And you?
30:08This is the same, ma'am.
30:10You belong to a fraternity, Mr. Frazier.
30:12No, ma'am.
30:13No, ma'am.
30:13You?
30:14No, ma'am.
30:14So, you get drunk, dumb, and stupid all on your own.
30:18Is that what we're talking about?
30:21College student Donald Frazier says while in a drunken stupor, fellow student Eric Sykes
30:26urinated on his laptop computer.
30:29Hi, Mr. Frazier.
30:30It is your claim that while he was drunken in a stupor, Mr. Sykes, after an evening of
30:34partying, was at your house and ruined your computer.
30:38And Mr. Sykes says, A, I don't remember ruining your computer.
30:44B, you have no proof it was me.
30:46It could have been other people there, and I don't know why you picked me.
30:49And for that, I say, amen, because I don't know why you picked me.
30:54So, you want to tell me in 30 seconds or less, Mr. Frazier, how Mr. Sykes damaged your
30:59computer and how you know it was Mr. Sykes that damaged your computer rather than one
31:04of your other drunken friends.
31:05Okay.
31:06I went to sleep.
31:07Eric was sitting back in a chair, seemingly passed out.
31:15And what I found when I woke up was Eric sleeping on a couch 10 feet from my computer.
31:20My computer was on a white mini fridge like this.
31:23I went to my computer to turn on some music, and I found something wet on it.
31:27And I thought it maybe was water or a drink.
31:30Got closer, started to clean it up, smelled it, and realized that it was neither water or
31:34a drink.
31:35It was urine.
31:36And this was very disturbing to me.
31:39I woke everybody up.
31:40How many people did you wake up?
31:41My roommate.
31:43And where was your roommate?
31:44I shared a room with one of my roommates.
31:46He was in his bed.
31:48And my other roommate had his own room.
31:49He was in his bed.
31:50And how long had you been drinking the night before?
31:52I hadn't been drinking extensively because I had to be at work.
31:56I had to get up before everybody else.
31:57What's extensively?
31:58I probably had three beers.
32:00And what about your two roommates?
32:01Were they drinking with you?
32:03Mm-hmm.
32:04Were they still sleeping when you got up?
32:05Yes, ma'am.
32:06Okay.
32:07Is this one of your roommates?
32:08No, this is my witness, Daniel, who...
32:10Oh, good.
32:11So we have a witness to him urinating into your computer.
32:14Well, uh, four days...
32:16Well is not an answer.
32:17Four days after this incident, uh, Daniel woke up to the sound of Eric peeing on his
32:23coffee table.
32:24Huh?
32:24Under the same circumstance.
32:26Very intoxicated.
32:27Three things...
32:28So what you're suggesting is that Mr. Sykes needs a road map to the potty.
32:32Yes, ma'am.
32:33If you, uh, my picture here...
32:34No, no, I don't want to see the picture.
32:35It's on top of that.
32:36What you're suggesting is because it was a white refrigerator, he got confused.
32:40Yes, ma'am.
32:41It's possible.
32:42Um, okay.
32:43It's possible.
32:44Go ahead.
32:44When we woke up, Eric, Eric said, uh, three things that were most important.
32:48He said he did not remember being there, that he did not know where he was when he woke
32:52up.
32:53And after discussing it, after waking everybody up, he said that he thought that he probably did
32:57it.
32:58And at this point, I was going to do everything I could to make sure that the computer maybe
33:01could work.
33:02I dried it out to make sure, because I wanted to fix it, you know, even if it had urine
33:05on it.
33:06All right, I hear you.
33:08Did you have an accident on his computer?
33:11Not to my knowledge, ma'am.
33:12So you don't know.
33:13You were too drunk to know what you were doing the night before.
33:16Is that what you're telling me?
33:17I, like he said, I didn't recall coming to his house.
33:20Well, let me ask you this question.
33:21When you got up in the morning, Eric, you were wearing your clothes?
33:25Yes, ma'am.
33:26What kind of clothes were you wearing?
33:28I do not recall at the time.
33:29Well, were you wearing jeans?
33:31Were you wearing a tuxedo?
33:32Were you wearing a SpongeBob costume?
33:34What were you wearing?
33:37You woke up in the morning.
33:39Were your pants wet?
33:40No, ma'am.
33:41Was your fly zipped?
33:43To my knowledge, yes.
33:45Well, when you got up, did your pants fall down?
33:47No.
33:47Anything else you want to tell me, Mr. Frazier?
33:50There's a lot of things on the computer beyond the cost of the claim, such as pictures and
33:55things that will be gone unless...
33:56So your first problem is you haven't established that old Eric here peed on your computer.
34:01Eric knows he did it.
34:02All his friends know that he did it.
34:04He admitted it to me that morning, but he didn't want to...
34:06Mr. Frazier, listen to me.
34:08In court, you need proof.
34:10And the fact that he was drunk and in the room doesn't mean that that's sufficient proof for a
34:16court that he damaged your computer.
34:18Do you understand?
34:20Yes, ma'am.
34:20Now, it's not the kind of case where we're going to take DNA evidence to establish the
34:26case.
34:27You could, perhaps, if you wanted to, but you didn't do that.
34:31I figured it was maybe more expensive than the computer itself.
34:34It may have been, but certainly on the facts that you've presented to me today, it is very
34:40possible that old Eric here is the culprit.
34:43Right, Eric?
34:44It's possible.
34:45But this is a court.
34:46We don't deal in possibilities.
34:48We deal in proof.
34:49And you don't have any proof.
34:50And the fact that four days later he was peeing on somebody else's coffee table is not proof.
34:55Under the same conditions, highly intoxicated.
35:00What can I tell you?
35:01You should have closed your computer and put it away.
35:04Now, if Eric knows that he damaged your computer and he looks like a nice young man, maybe he
35:08would want to contribute to a new one for you.
35:11But I certainly, from a judicial standpoint, can't find him guilty because you don't have
35:15any proof that he is guilty other than the fact that he was drunk and sleeping in the
35:19living room.
35:19Got it?
35:20Case is dismissed.
35:21That's all.
35:22Why did you go excuse me?
35:23Let me step up.
35:24I know he did it.
35:25All of our friends know he did it.
35:26We had been partying.
35:27Sure, I got wasted.
35:28He said that he probably did it.
35:30Wouldn't be the first time.
35:31I did my best.
35:31I brought a witness that had seen him pee on his coffee table.
35:34It's just two wasted nights.
35:36It's just unfortunate that I'm going to have to pay for this myself.
35:38I feel horrible about the computer.
35:40I was obviously pretty angry.
35:41I wish it wouldn't have gone down the way it went down.
35:43This is not an attack on Eric's character.
35:45I feel no shame or embarrassment.
35:47I'm not too worried about what folks think about me.
35:50I'm me and I like it.
35:51He's a nice guy.
35:52He messed up.
35:52I hate the relationship between me and Donald now.
35:55Does it bother me?
35:56Of course.
35:56We were better friends and now it's just, it's, you know, it's impossible to be friends.
36:02What are you going to do?
36:03I think it'll be a funny story years down the way.
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