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00:01I heard the dog's woof, woof, woof, woof.
00:04You did not see the dog bite her.
00:06That's negative.
00:07You were there when the dog bit her?
00:09She was yelling and she was screaming.
00:11I just want you to answer my question.
00:14Are you deaf?
00:18No.
00:19You're so annoying.
00:21This is Judy Justice.
00:41Previously on Judy Justice.
00:44What kind of dogs do you have?
00:45It's a German Shepherd mix and a Yorkie mix.
00:48So one big one small.
00:50Yes.
00:50They're service animals.
00:52No they not.
00:53She growled at me and then I yelled out to him.
00:55I was like, Lovelace, come get your dog.
00:57I yelled it again.
00:58And she came towards me and then she bit me.
01:01She got mad at me and she said, well, since you feel like that, you're going to pay the
01:06medical bill.
01:06I told her, no, I'm not.
01:08Yes, you are.
01:10Yes, you are.
01:12Maybe they accept this nonsense in Washington, D.C., not where I come from in Brooklyn.
01:16And now, the conclusion.
01:18Wendy Braxton is suing her neighbor, Ira Lovelace, for damages and injuries received when Ira's
01:25dog bit Wendy during his party.
01:28So now you're going to tell me about what you saw on June 4th.
01:33So on June 4th, I was in back.
01:35Six o'clock.
01:36Six o'clock.
01:37At six o'clock.
01:38I was in back of my deck.
01:41I was cooking on my grill and I was with the guests.
01:45I heard the dogs woof, woof, woof, woof.
01:49I'm thinking.
01:50I don't care what you were thinking.
01:52I heard the dog barking.
01:53You heard the dog barking.
01:53You heard the dog.
01:54I assume.
01:55I don't care what you assume.
01:57I want to know what you saw.
02:00I saw Ms. Braxton.
02:02She came in.
02:03No, you didn't see her come in.
02:05No.
02:05Listen to me.
02:06You were at the point of, I heard woof, woof, woof, woof.
02:09Yeah, I heard the dog barking.
02:11And so you left the deck.
02:13So I left because it was an abnormal bark.
02:16No, no, no.
02:17It was an abnormal bark.
02:18I don't need any adverbs or adjectives or explanations.
02:22You were in the back cooking.
02:25Yes.
02:25You heard the dog woof, woof, woof.
02:28Yes.
02:28And what did you do?
02:30I immediately went to go see what's going on.
02:34Okay.
02:35Because it wasn't an abnormal bark.
02:36Just a second.
02:37And what?
02:39You were so annoying.
02:41I don't think he knows what an adjective is.
02:44Woof, woof, woof.
02:45You went in the front and you saw Miss Braxton.
02:48I saw Miss Braxton saying, Lovelace, Lovelace, get your dog.
02:54She had a drink in her hand.
02:55She had a marijuana grinder in her hand.
02:59Well, she has two hands.
03:00Both hands were full.
03:02Yes.
03:02Just a second.
03:02Both hands full.
03:03In one hand, she had a drink.
03:05Yes.
03:05And the other hand, she had a marijuana grinder.
03:08Yes.
03:09What is that?
03:10It's a grinder to grind up marijuana.
03:13Describe it to me.
03:14I don't know what it looks like.
03:15I have no idea what you're talking about.
03:17It's a little object that you can put marijuana in to grind up your marijuana so you can smoke it.
03:24Lies.
03:25So her hands were full.
03:27One hand, she had a drink.
03:28One hand, she had a marijuana grinder.
03:30And she's saying to you, Lovelace, Lovelace, get your dog.
03:34She's moving around.
03:36She's like moving around trying to get away from Tokyo, my dog, my German Shepherd.
03:41Before I can get to Tokyo, Tokyo had already had nipped her.
03:45Before you got there.
03:47I was right here on the steps.
03:48I was right there on the steps.
03:50You know, don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining.
03:52So you did not see the dog bite her.
03:54That's negative.
03:55I was there when...
03:57You were there when the dog bit her?
03:58When she got bit, she told me, she said, Lovelace, your dog just bit me.
04:04That's not...
04:06And she was running around the home.
04:09Lovelace, Lovelace, Lovelace, I don't know who you work for.
04:11If it's my government, now I know where my money's going.
04:16Listen to me carefully.
04:17If you want me to believe that you were actually there in your living room
04:24when the dog bit her, I want to tell you that I don't believe that.
04:28I believe that you heard the dog's barking and that's when you went inside
04:32and the dog had already nipped her.
04:34She was yelling and she was screaming.
04:36She was acting outright and...
04:38I just want you to answer my question.
04:40Are you deaf?
04:41I said to you, when you got there, the dog had already bitten her.
04:46I'm going to say no because when I was...
04:49You know, I'm getting so...
04:51I'm actually getting...
04:52When I was in the home, as I was coming through the doors,
04:55that's when Tokyo, she yelled out and she said, Tokyo just bit me.
05:01She said...
05:02So you didn't see the dog bite her.
05:05There's no question that the dog bit her.
05:07Right.
05:08So you didn't see the dog bite her.
05:12No, ma'am.
05:15Right.
05:15That's not even funny no more.
05:17And then you got the dog because the dog was agitated
05:20and she was moving around your apartment.
05:23Yes.
05:24And you got the dog and what did you do with the dog?
05:26I immediately put the dog up in her cage in my room.
05:31Okay.
05:32And then I...
05:32Now I'm just curious before I make a decision about how much this is going to cost you, sir.
05:38So I want to ask you this.
05:40First, I want to see the sign that you say is on your door.
05:47I just want to look at it.
06:03I am in my eighth decade and I know a lot of people who have big dogs.
06:09I even know a couple of people who have big service dogs for a variety of reasons.
06:18And I've lived, I don't know how many score.
06:21I don't know one person, one, who has a sign like this on their door which says,
06:31Attention, service animals, do not enter.
06:39Try not to give anybody else the service dog story about you, Yorkie.
06:43You look ridiculous.
06:44You look as ridiculous as the people who came in here with a service chihuahua yesterday.
06:59Wendy Braxton claims her neighbor, Ira Lovelace, is responsible for medical bills
07:05after his German shepherd bit her leg.
07:07Ira is countersuing Wendy for extortion and pain and suffering.
07:12You see, service animals, sir, trained service animals are trained so that they're protective of their owner.
07:21Correct.
07:21But they have to walk around people and be around people, sometimes a lot of people,
07:26so they're not usually dangerous.
07:31No.
07:31So that people don't put up on their signs,
07:35Attention, yellow, red, don't enter these premises.
07:39By the way, was this on the door when you got there?
07:42No.
07:42Of course not.
07:42And they're not service dogs.
07:43Just a second.
07:44Of course not.
07:46Okay.
07:46Mr. Lovelace, you still have this service dog?
07:50Yes.
07:50Try not to give anybody else the service dog story about you, Yorkie.
07:54You look ridiculous.
07:55You look as ridiculous as the people who came in here with a service chihuahua yesterday.
08:00I want to tell you.
08:00It makes you look foolish.
08:02You don't want to look foolish to you.
08:03I assume you're a professional guy.
08:04You go into work.
08:05You want people to respect you.
08:07If you tell him that you have emotional support dogs.
08:13Okay.
08:14So you had $2,000 bill that you wanted to pay, and he's certainly going to pay that.
08:18Yes, ma'am.
08:19There are other parts to your lawsuit.
08:21Yes, ma'am.
08:21That's moving costs, pain and suffering, destroyed clothing, whatever it is.
08:26I've covered the clothing in the $2,000.
08:30Now, I want you to show me an example of the worst harassment that he did to you since this
08:37happened.
08:37Show me.
08:38Show me the worst harassment.
08:40I can show you a video.
08:42I was...
08:42Sorry.
08:44I was trying to leave out to go to work.
08:47When?
08:48This was on the...
08:50I believe it was the 16th.
08:53Of what?
08:54Of October.
08:55Oh, I don't care what happened the 16th of October.
08:57No, I'm just saying, period.
08:58He's been harassing me.
08:59Every time I try to leave out, he has the dogs.
09:01He'll...
09:02I'll try to leave out.
09:03He'll be...
09:03He'll stand in the walkway with both of the dogs.
09:05And the dog has tried to attack me again since this incident.
09:09Live.
09:09I was leaving out on the 2nd of September to go to my son's birthday party.
09:14He's coming in.
09:15The dog lunged at me.
09:16Can I ask you a question?
09:18You live...
09:19Your Honor.
09:21You live in an apartment complex.
09:24Yes.
09:24And you did report this...
09:25I reported it.
09:26Shh.
09:26Let me finish the question.
09:27Sorry, ma'am.
09:28After this incident, you reported the animal to Animal Control.
09:32Yes.
09:32Okay.
09:33Animal Control visit you?
09:34Yes.
09:35Yes.
09:35Did Animal Control tell you to quarantine your dog?
09:38Yes.
09:39For 10 days?
09:40For 15.
09:42Hmm?
09:4215, Your Honor.
09:43Did you follow the directions?
09:45I did.
09:45Absolutely.
09:46How did you quarantine the dog?
09:48I left the dog in his cage after I, you know, daily walked my dogs to let them use
09:57the bathroom.
09:58I put my dog back in her cage.
10:01And that's how I quarantined the dogs.
10:03Did they tell you how to quarantine your dog?
10:06No.
10:06Did Animal Control tell you how to quarantine your dog?
10:09What they told me was to keep my dogs away from people.
10:12So you took the dog out.
10:14The dog was around people.
10:15I took my dog to the park.
10:19Okay.
10:20This, this, this around my neighborhood.
10:23That's not a quarantine.
10:24That's not a quarantine.
10:24Just to say, Mr. Lovelace, that's not quarantine.
10:27I just want to explain the thing.
10:28Taking your dog to the park is not quarantine.
10:30Okay.
10:31Do you have, currently, this happened back in June.
10:36June the 4th.
10:37June.
10:37Now we're in October, right?
10:40Yes.
10:40Show me the dog's up-to-date vaccinations.
10:44I don't have the vaccinations because I accidentally left it at home.
10:49You live in a community.
10:51Have you reported the behavior of this dog to whatever resident manager lives in the community?
10:57Yes, I have.
10:58Just a second.
10:59Do you have copies of whatever you sent to the resident manager?
11:03Yes, ma'am.
11:03I'd like to see it.
11:07So this is a letter to him.
11:08Just, just don't tell me what it is.
11:10I'm a reader.
11:11I can read.
11:17Your Honor also had the bill that she wrote to give me as an invoice.
11:24Oh, good.
11:25I'm going to see that.
11:34She gave me that bill and I did not see no copies of.
11:40Okay, here you go.
11:41This is all the text messages he sent to me the, the day after it happened.
11:47He asked me not to tell the owner because we're not supposed to have text.
11:50Shh.
11:56So you say, I'm so sorry this happened to you.
11:59I wish I knew someone was coming in because I wanted to put her up.
12:02Please don't tell.
12:04I'm already going through something with him and I don't want no more drama.
12:08And she asks you, do you have the shot record?
12:11And you said, I would have to get them from the doctor.
12:14They're not open today.
12:17That's the second text message.
12:20She actually called me at 3 o'clock.
12:22Shh.
12:23I asked for the shot records.
12:25Are you allowed to have dogs where you live?
12:28I'm asking you a question.
12:30Are you allowed to have dogs where you live?
12:31No, ma'am.
12:32The answer is no.
12:33How long have you been living there?
12:34For six years.
12:36So you're not allowed to get dogs and in the space of a year or so you got two?
12:41Yes.
12:42And is that what you were having difficulty about with the landlord?
12:45No.
12:46What were you having difficulty with the landlord about?
12:50Um...
12:50Almost not an answer.
12:52Other things like such as a late rent payment.
12:56So you were late with your rent.
12:59Late more than a month?
13:01Just a month.
13:02One month.
13:03Yes.
13:04Has the landlord told you that they want you out with the two dogs?
13:08No.
13:08Do you know why?
13:10If you're not allowed to have dogs.
13:12He never said that I got to get rid of my dog.
13:15Just a second.
13:16But you know your lease provides no dogs.
13:18The lease?
13:19Yes.
13:19The lease provides no dogs.
13:21Yes, ma'am.
13:22But in D.C. you can have service animals in D.C.
13:26Oh, that's why you had the maid service animals, sir.
13:28That makes perfect sense now.
13:30That makes perfect sense now.
13:32Now I got it.
13:33I just couldn't put my finger on the why.
13:36But now I have my finger on the why.
13:38The why is you use the internet to have the dogs declared service dogs
13:43so that you can have them in violation of your lease.
13:48Do you see a psychiatrist regularly?
13:51I do.
13:52Why didn't your psychiatrist ask the government
13:55to declare you in need of a service dog?
13:58Why did you go on the internet in order to get these fake service dog certificates?
14:13Wendy Braxton is accusing her neighbor, Ira Lovelace,
14:17of owing for injuries caused by his German Shepherd.
14:20Ira claims Wendy knowingly ignored the warning sign on his door.
14:25Now I got it.
14:26I just couldn't put my finger on the why.
14:29But now I have my finger on the why.
14:32The why is you use the internet to have the dogs declared service dogs
14:37so that you can have them in violation of your lease.
14:40That's what happened.
14:41No, ma'am.
14:42No?
14:42I used the internet and talked to...
14:45That's exactly what you did.
14:46Sir, sir, sir, sir.
14:47Let me tell you something.
14:48Do you see a psychiatrist regularly?
14:50I do.
14:51Why didn't your psychiatrist ask the government
14:54to declare you in need of a service dog?
14:58Why did you go on the internet and use this tool that everybody and his uncle uses on the internet
15:06in order to get these fake service dog certificates?
15:10Why didn't you...
15:11I didn't.
15:11Ma'am, I didn't know.
15:13Your Honor, I didn't know whether or not it was fake or real.
15:15Well, you...
15:16What do you mean it was fake or real?
15:18You went on the internet.
15:19I talked to a live...
15:20The person who you spoke to there was not your psychiatrist,
15:23who knew absolutely nothing about you.
15:25Instead of having a legitimate reason that could be documented by someone who you allegedly see regularly...
15:34I have the documents.
15:35What?
15:35I have the documents.
15:37What document?
15:38The documents coming from the...
15:41The internet?
15:42The doctor and...
15:43From your doctor?
15:45No, from...
15:46The internet doctor?
15:47Yes.
15:48I don't care about the internet doctor.
15:49Okay, now I know who I'm dealing with, Mr. Lovelace.
15:52Anybody else in the complex have dogs?
15:55No, ma'am.
15:56No, how many apartments are in the complex?
15:58It's a cat.
15:59You're not supposed to have no animals.
16:01It's a...
16:02How many people in the complex have dogs other than you?
16:06None.
16:07Okay, how many apartments are in the complex?
16:10Four.
16:11Four.
16:11Four units.
16:12Four units?
16:13Yes.
16:14It's different buildings.
16:15Like, it's buildings next to us, but the one that they own, that we're in, is four units in our
16:22apartment.
16:23And then somebody else owns the next unit, and they may have four buildings, and then somebody owned them.
16:29Okay.
16:29Are there other dogs in the two buildings, just curious, on opposite sides of you?
16:35Yes.
16:35Yes?
16:36Yes.
16:37Okay.
16:37But not in the four units that are owned by the owner of your building?
16:43Correct.
16:43Okay.
16:44Your bills are $2,000, and your clothes are $2,000.
16:48I'm entering a judgment for $5,000, because I think you're entitled to it.
16:52You were bitten by his dog.
16:54It's a relatively nasty bite.
16:55It was black and blue.
16:57He refuses to accept responsibility for his dog biting you, which is even more irritating.
17:02Which is more...
17:03He came in, Your Honor, uninvited, unwillingly.
17:07I didn't...
17:07This is what I deal with.
17:08Just a second.
17:09When you...
17:10I've just told you what I'm awarding you.
17:11Right.
17:11He has a counterclaim.
17:13And your counterclaim is for extortion.
17:16Whatever.
17:17What else do you say here?
17:18What other nonsense do you say here?
17:20Extortion using the courts for financial gain.
17:23Yes.
17:23$5,000.
17:25Judgment for the plaintiff.
17:25Thank you, Your Honor.
17:26We're done.
17:27This court is adjourned.
17:34She was tough.
17:35I'm pleased with our decision.
17:37She rendered her verdict.
17:38I have to go with what she rendered.
17:41She was fair.
17:42The plaintiff had knocked at the door.
17:46She heard the dogs bark.
17:48She knows she's scared of the dogs.
17:50Something's wrong with him.
17:52She was in fear of the dogs.
17:53She showed fear before.
17:56That's a lie.
17:57And she started moving around and calling my name.
18:02And she agitated the dog by just being loud and being erratic.
18:10He tried to use that a month and a half later after I gave him the doctor bill.
18:13I feel like the dog was doing what dogs do.
18:18Your dog still bit me.
18:19When they don't know a person and a person enters your home and start acting erratic and having a negative
18:30behavior, that's what all dogs would do.
18:33It was bad.
18:34Like, now I'm just very afraid of dogs.
18:36And I love animals.
18:37I love dogs.
18:38But I just don't want to go through this again.
18:42She's not allowed.
18:43I don't want to be bothered with her.
18:45I'm ready for a better place.
18:46Hopefully, everything is over.
18:50I think the number one prerequisite, main component of having a service animal or, you know, an emotional support animal
18:57is that it can't be violent.
18:59How can it be helping you in any way, service, emotional, whatever, if it's a violent animal?
19:05And if you feel the need to post a sign, attention, dogs, don't enter my home unless I am the
19:11person that lets you in.
19:12Big red flag.
19:14Big red flag.
19:15I mean, that would be a problem if it was any animal.
19:16But then to claim that it's some sort of emotional support or service type of animal is just ludicrous.
19:23You know, it's sort of interesting to me.
19:25It's not interesting, disheartening, that a perfectly good and valid exception to having dogs in certain places is if you
19:37have the need for a support animal.
19:42And because some people just like to take their dogs to restaurants, into the bagel shop, on a plane, and
19:54not put it in a cage, on a train, wherever.
19:57Because people choose to abuse that, and there are always vehicles that will find a way to make money from
20:09those people who want to abuse the rules.
20:13I think it goes back to your theme of the week, which is about citizenship and being a good citizen.
20:18I mean, you moved, I know, you moved from an apartment because there was a rule that you couldn't have
20:24more than two dogs.
20:25And you got a third dog, and you said, okay, well, that means I have to leave.
20:29That's on me.
20:29That means it's my choice to get a third animal.
20:31I know the rules.
20:32These are the rules.
20:33So I need to leave.
20:34Could you have just easily gone online and said, oh, but I love her, and she's my emotional support, and
20:41I need her at night time, and she really calms me down.
20:43Could you have done that and gotten a piece of paper and stayed very happily where you were living?
20:48Absolutely.
20:48But it goes back to being a good citizen and following the rules.
20:50Well, following the rules, because that's what you're supposed to do.
20:52The bottom line is a good intentioned law or a good intentioned rule that's made to benefit a certain class
21:03of people is abused by people who choose to abuse the rules, and therefore you get skeptics like me.
21:13Mm-hmm.
21:13Because we've seen the abuse of those rules, and they tend to impact the people who really need it.
21:21Of course.
21:21Anyway, I am going to have, at some point in my life, an Andy Rooney minute.
21:26I'm sure you will.
21:27Which means I'm going to be able to complain about all kinds of bad adult behavior.
21:31I cannot wait.
21:32I cannot wait.
21:33Can't wait.
21:35Are you having a family dispute?
21:37Go to judyjustice.tv.
22:00I cannot quit.
22:01I can't wait.
22:05I cannot wait.
22:05What am I doing?
22:06It's going to beFor Highthropy.
22:06I gotta wait.
22:12beFor I am.
22:17I have to meet you on my side.
22:21You
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