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00:00You left the dog and you asked for the dog back.
00:03Correct.
00:05You abandoned the dog.
00:06No, ma'am, I didn't.
00:08If the dog came into this area now,
00:11who do you think the dog would go to?
00:13However, would you go get the dog, please?
00:17Now let the dog out.
00:20This is Judy Justice.
00:41Ronda Jennings and Margarita Taylor
00:44are suing their former friend,
00:46Akilah Alasadi,
00:48for a chihuahua, property damage,
00:51and animal abuse.
00:52Court come to order.
00:53All rise.
00:55Have a seat, please.
00:58Judge, case 4068.
01:00Taylor Jennings v. Alasadi.
01:02You're welcome.
01:03This case has to do with the dog
01:05and who should have the dog.
01:08I have the dog.
01:09No, and who should have the dog.
01:12I didn't ask you a question yet.
01:13So I'm going to start with you
01:14because right now you have the dog
01:17that we're talking about,
01:18which is a small chihuahua,
01:19and the dog is in your custody,
01:21and it has been in your custody
01:23since September 5th, 2024.
01:26Correct?
01:27Correct.
01:27Prior to September 5th, 2024,
01:30it appears that the dog
01:32had been in the plaintiff's custody.
01:34That would be your custody.
01:35That would be me.
01:35This is your mother,
01:36and your mother has a small part
01:39of this claim.
01:39It has to do with her dog.
01:40Why don't you sit down for a moment?
01:41The main part of this case
01:42is about the dog.
01:45You two met several years ago.
01:48Do you want to tell me where?
01:49We met online.
01:50And there came a time,
01:52according to you,
01:53that the defendant came to live
01:55in your house for a while.
01:57That's correct.
01:58In what month and year
01:59did that happen?
02:00I want to say around
02:01the first week of June?
02:04July?
02:04Of what year?
02:05Of 2021.
02:06That be about right?
02:07No.
02:08When did you come to live with her?
02:09I went to Arizona in September.
02:11When were you living with her?
02:13In September.
02:14In September.
02:14In September?
02:15In September.
02:16Of 2021?
02:172021, yes.
02:18And how long did you stay
02:19with her in her house?
02:21It was off and on
02:22between September and December.
02:24It went September
02:24to February.
02:25February.
02:27You're talking much too fast,
02:29madam,
02:29and you're not thinking
02:30about your answer.
02:31September 2021,
02:32and you stayed with her
02:34until when?
02:34February of 22.
02:37And while you were with her,
02:38you bought a dog?
02:39Before, yeah, beforehand.
02:41What do you mean before?
02:42I got the dog.
02:43Well, after a while,
02:44I was with her.
02:44I got the dog,
02:44but I had our own.
02:45Careful what you're saying to me.
02:47You don't know where I'm going.
02:48Okay.
02:48So don't answer fast,
02:50and then you have to backtrack.
02:51You got the dog
02:53while you were with her.
02:55Correct.
02:55So, I read the papers,
02:57unless you want to change
02:58your answer.
03:00Right?
03:01I had spoken to someone
03:02about the dog
03:03before I got with her.
03:03I, what does that matter
03:05to this case?
03:06I got the dog.
03:06You're just trying to figure out
03:08where I'm going.
03:09I got the dog in November.
03:10While you were living with her.
03:12Correct.
03:12And then you left her home.
03:14In what month and year
03:16did you leave her home?
03:17February, 2022.
03:19February, the 8th.
03:20Shh.
03:21So you got the dog in November.
03:23The dog you had for two months,
03:25December and January.
03:26You left February 8th.
03:28And when you left February 8th of 2022,
03:31you left the dog with her.
03:34Correct.
03:35So that's where we're at so far.
03:36That you agree with?
03:37I agree.
03:38When you got the dog in November of 2021,
03:41how old was the dog?
03:42He was six weeks.
03:43Six to eight weeks.
03:44So when you left,
03:46she was eight to ten weeks?
03:48Possibly, yes.
03:49More than likely.
03:51Between February 8th, 2022,
03:54and September 5th, 2024,
03:58how many times did you see the dog?
04:01I had...
04:01Stop.
04:01Okay.
04:02How many times did you see the dog?
04:04It was various times.
04:05No, no.
04:06I want you to think.
04:08Now we're in a court.
04:09How many times did you see the dog
04:12between February 8th
04:14when you left the dog in her care
04:17and September 5th?
04:19Think.
04:19More than likely ten times or more.
04:21Ten times?
04:22Yes.
04:23Or more.
04:24And when you saw the dog those ten times,
04:27was it for extended period of time
04:29or short periods of time?
04:30There were long periods of time.
04:31And when you saw the dog for long periods of time,
04:34in whose home was that?
04:35Hers and my house.
04:36How did it happen that she came to your house
04:39in the times that you saw the dog at your house?
04:41He would spend time with me,
04:43and she would come over.
04:44Well, you mean without her?
04:45With both.
04:46No, no, no.
04:46She would drop them off.
04:48Pay attention to me.
04:50When she came over to your house with the dog,
04:54was the dog with the three of you?
04:56Correct.
04:57Okay.
04:57So she didn't come over and drop the dog at your house.
05:00She came over with the dog
05:02and the three of you were at your house.
05:03Correct.
05:04Okay.
05:05Between February 8th, 2022,
05:09and September 5th, 2024,
05:12how much money did you give her
05:15for the food for your dog?
05:18Over thousands of dollars.
05:19Okay.
05:19How much money did she give you
05:21for food for the dog?
05:23I don't think it was over thousands of some dollars.
05:26I want to say maybe about $500.
05:29But she gave you money?
05:30But she gave, yes.
05:30Was the dog taken to the vet?
05:33Yes.
05:33And did she pay those bills as well?
05:35No.
05:36Most of the time it was zero, zero balance.
05:39So it was nothing to pay
05:40because she had insurance on the dog.
05:42But I do have where I have paid for the vet bill.
05:46Okay.
05:46So she gave you some money for the dog?
05:48Yes.
05:49Now, what happened in September of 2024,
05:54September 5th, when she came to get the dog?
05:56We had been going back and forth on texts.
05:59She was saying that she was going to come
06:01and get the dog.
06:03Now, mind you,
06:05even though I told her
06:06that I was going to give her the dog back,
06:08I really wasn't going to give her the dog back.
06:10Well, now you're explaining something
06:12that I haven't read yet.
06:13Okay.
06:13Who do you live with now?
06:15Self.
06:17Where?
06:17Chandler, Arizona.
06:19What kind of premises?
06:20Apartment.
06:20What kind of work do you do?
06:22I'm a psychic medium.
06:23You work out of your home?
06:24Yes, ma'am.
06:25How long have you been there?
06:27Three years.
06:28How long have you been in that apartment?
06:29Three years.
06:30When was the first time
06:31you asked for the dog back?
06:35If the dog came into this area now,
06:38who do you think the dog would go to?
06:39He goes to me
06:40because I've trained him from the time I had.
06:41I love my dog from the time I have him.
06:43I take care of him from the time I have him.
06:44You may...
06:45Just a second.
06:46Okay.
06:47You may be right.
06:48And what if he didn't?
06:59Rhonda Jennings and Margarita Taylor
07:01claim their former friend,
07:04Akilah Alasadi,
07:05is wrongfully keeping their chihuahua.
07:08Nah, nah.
07:09Akilah is countersuing them for travel costs.
07:12When was the first time you asked for the dog back?
07:15The beginning, when she went to...
07:16Give me.
07:16From June.
07:18From June when she had him,
07:19when she went to Florida.
07:20Shh.
07:20June of what year?
07:2223.
07:22She left of June of...
07:23June of 2023.
07:25Yes, ma'am.
07:25So the first time...
07:26Just a second.
07:27The first time you asked for the dog back
07:29was about four months after you left
07:31and left her with the dog.
07:33Correct.
07:33And you've had your apartment for three years.
07:35Yes, ma'am.
07:36Okay.
07:37So you asked for your dog back in June
07:38when she went to Florida.
07:40Evidently, that didn't happen.
07:41And I'd like to see the text that you sent her
07:44asking for the dog back in June.
07:46That's not true.
07:47It wasn't in June.
07:48I asked for the dog back, but...
07:49Just a second.
07:50You said you asked for the dog back in June.
07:52Let me see when she asked the dog back.
07:56It was January when I asked for the dog back.
07:58January of what?
08:00January of 20...
08:02Well, she's supposed to...
08:02Just!
08:03Okay.
08:03Not supposed to.
08:04I asked you a specific question.
08:07You left the dog in February 2022.
08:11When was the next time that you asked for the dog back?
08:14January the 9th of 2023 of the...
08:172023 is when I called the police for the police report to get the dog back.
08:21Okay.
08:22So that was a year later.
08:23Yes.
08:23Now, between January of 2023...
08:27Mm-hmm.
08:27And you knew where she was all of this time.
08:30What happened between January of 2023 and September 5th, 2024?
08:37She kept giving me the runaround about coming back to Arizona.
08:40She was supposed to come back to Arizona from Florida from June of 2023.
08:44She left in June of 2023, going to Florida.
08:47I had a trip to go to Memphis for myself.
08:49So I told her I would pay for the dog to go to Florida with her doing the work that
08:53I do.
08:53So from there, she told me she would be coming back for...
08:57She was going to a mother's party for something in June and August.
09:00So I asked her to, once she returns from the party, she could bring the dog back.
09:04What I find fascinating, madam, is that at most, this dog was with you full-time for a couple of
09:12months.
09:12The dog is now almost three years old.
09:15Yes.
09:16And you're trying to tell me that you love this dog and you think that the right thing after three
09:21years of living with the plaintiff...
09:24He wasn't living with her for three years.
09:25Who was he living with?
09:26He was living with both of us.
09:27She only had him for her spare time.
09:29No.
09:29She didn't have him the whole three years.
09:30Well, that's not what you told me a moment to go, madam.
09:32Let me tell you what you told me a moment to go.
09:34What you told me a moment to go was you saw the dog at least ten times in a two
09:40-and-a-half-year period.
09:41And you saw the dog either at her house when you went to visit, when you saw her, and the
09:47three of you would be at your house.
09:49Once I moved into my apartment, Your Honor, I would have my dog.
09:52I had my dog.
09:53Just a second.
09:53Tell me during what months you had the dog in your apartment.
09:59I had my dog from February, well, the second week of February, third week of February, all the way to
10:04the...
10:05She left to...
10:05Shh, just a second.
10:06The third week in February, let's say February 20th, what year?
10:10Twenty-three.
10:10Until when?
10:11All the way to maybe like...
10:14Not maybe like.
10:15Think before you talk.
10:17You had the dog from February, let's say the 20th, 2023.
10:22When you left, you left the dog with her, that would be February 8th, 2022.
10:28So that was a year passed, and then you had the dog February 20th, 2023, you say, for a period
10:35of time in your house.
10:36Yes, ma'am.
10:37What period of time in your house?
10:39From February all the way to December of 2023.
10:43To December?
10:45Yeah.
10:45Of 2023?
10:47It was off and off until February 23 to December.
10:49What does that mean, off and on?
10:50I don't understand off and on.
10:51If I would have, like, a trip to go to, I would...
10:53He would go to her house to take that time, because I didn't have time to take him to a
10:57kennel or anything.
10:58So he would go to her house.
10:58How much time did the dog spend in your house?
11:02From February to December of 23.
11:04Sounds to me as if during the dog's whole life so far, he has had one primary caretaker,
11:09although you said he lives with you for almost a year.
11:11Now, I could very well find that you've abandoned the dog,
11:14because, actually, I don't believe that you have the dog for all that time in February 2023.
11:20Now, who do you think, if the dog came into this area now, who do you think the dog would
11:25go to?
11:26He goes to me, because I've trained him from the time I had.
11:28I love my dog from the time I have him.
11:29I take care of him from the time I have him until now.
11:31You may...
11:31Just a second.
11:33Okay.
11:33You may be right.
11:34And what if he didn't?
11:36I'm just curious.
11:37What would be a position if he...
11:38I mean, my dog is friendly.
11:38Shh!
11:40Friendly, friendly.
11:41That doesn't mean much.
11:42Now, did the plaintiff see the dog today?
11:45No.
11:46Okay.
11:46You do understand that there are a couple of things that are going on here.
11:50Right.
11:51She certainly owned the dog.
11:53And the only thing that I could find, to be honest with you,
11:57because I'm unsympathetic with her, as you could probably tell.
12:00Correct.
12:01Because as a puppy, she left the puppy.
12:03It's not as if she didn't have another place to go.
12:05She had an apartment, she says, for the last three years.
12:08So she had a place to leave the dog.
12:10And if she was using you as a sitter, that's one thing.
12:14But if she left for months and months at a time,
12:16that's something completely different.
12:18She did, in fact, give you some money to take care of the dog over the three years?
12:22Correct.
12:23Okay?
12:23So that shows some intention.
12:25But if I don't believe that the dog lived with her for a full year in 2023,
12:31which I have my reservations about, because I've read both her papers and yours,
12:36you think what?
12:37Your Honor, I had my dog from February to December of 2023
12:40because my family met him in December of 2023.
12:44Okay.
12:44I'm going to read you your answer, madam.
12:46Even you say you don't have them all in 2023.
12:48You say a lot of things happened.
12:49My mother died.
12:50My sister died.
12:51I had a lot of turmoil in my house so that I wasn't able to have her.
12:55That's what you say in your answer.
12:57Right.
12:58Correct.
12:58So I can actually go both ways in this case,
13:02because quite frankly, I don't like to treat living pets
13:07as just real property like a pen or a calculator.
13:13They live with people, and unfortunately, sometimes things happen,
13:16and the owners have to give them to somebody else.
13:19But, you know, they form attachments,
13:21and they form attachments to the people that they live with.
13:23Now, certainly, if it's for a vacation, if it's for a week,
13:27it's for two, it's for three, that's one thing.
13:29Before I get to the dog, I'm going to allow to make the decision
13:32as to whether I find that the dog is yours
13:35and you can continue to have it,
13:36or whether you abandon the dog who goes to the plaintiff.
13:39I'm going to do that in a minute.
13:40But would you stand up?
13:42You're part of this because it is your claim
13:45that when she came to your house,
13:46she banged on your door and broke your door.
13:52Just let me see up here, Kevin.
13:56Is it a friendly baby?
13:58He will bite.
13:58He will bite sometimes.
14:01I know.
14:02That's why I'm asking.
14:03He'll bite me plenty of times.
14:13Rhonda Jennings and Margaretta Taylor
14:16are accusing their former friend,
14:19Akilah Al-Asadi,
14:21of wrongfully keeping their chihuahua, Nana,
14:23after Akilah abandoned him.
14:26Okay, that's the only nexus that you have to this case
14:29because you own the house and she broke the door.
14:32That's what you claim.
14:33Anything else?
14:34Yes, I want to tell you how long the dog stayed at my house.
14:37I didn't ask you that.
14:37I didn't ask you that.
14:39I may, but I didn't ask you that.
14:41Can I see pictures of the damage
14:42that you're alleging that she did to the door?
14:51And that took place in September, September 5th?
14:53Yes.
14:59Were the police with you when you got there?
15:01I called them before I got there and pulled up.
15:03They called me before they showed up.
15:05What I'm asking you is, did you go to the door?
15:08Yes, ma'am.
15:08Let me finish the question.
15:10So you did.
15:10You went to the door before the police arrived?
15:12No, ma'am.
15:13Well, then why don't you let me finish the question?
15:16The question is, did you go to the door before the police arrived?
15:21No, ma'am.
15:21Okay.
15:23Is there a police report?
15:24The police report?
15:25I didn't get the police report from Florida.
15:27I only had the police report from Arizona when I reported it.
15:30That's it.
15:30Just want to see the police report on September 5th.
15:33Do you have that, yes or no?
15:35No, ma'am.
15:35Florida would offer me that.
15:37No, because...
15:37Oh, not because.
15:38Nobody has a police report.
15:40Now you can sit down.
15:41Because she was the one that called the police.
15:43I understand.
15:44Right.
15:45She was the one that called the police.
15:46You can both get a copy of the police report.
15:48Right.
15:48Either one of you can get a copy of the police report.
15:51Because it sat in the car the whole time.
15:53The police did.
15:54It sat in the car the whole time.
15:55In what month and year did you go and stay with your mother in Florida?
15:58Can I back up just a little bit?
16:00When she said she had the dog in February of 2023, I was actually staying because I lost
16:05my apartment.
16:06I was actually staying with a friend in February of 2023 with Nana.
16:12When did you go and stay with your mother?
16:15When did I go stay with my mother?
16:16Was in June of 2024.
16:19June of 2020?
16:20I'm sorry, 2023.
16:22Now you can stand up.
16:27Your daughter came to stay with you in June of 2023.
16:31June, to be exact.
16:32Twenty.
16:33Twenty-three.
16:34And when did she stay with you until?
16:35Until present.
16:37She's still there?
16:38Yes.
16:38And when she came in June of 2023, was the puppy with you?
16:43Yes.
16:43And the puppy stayed in your house with your daughter from June of 2023 until September 5th?
16:50Yes.
16:51Until September 5th?
16:52Yes.
16:53Of 2024?
16:54Yes.
16:55During that time, did the defendant ever come to the house other than September 5th?
17:00No.
17:01So between June of 2023 and September of 2024, you never saw her?
17:07Never.
17:08Okay.
17:08Between June 2023 and September 2024, did you ever bring the dog to her house?
17:17No.
17:18So what you're saying is that between June of 2023 and September of 2024, she did not see
17:26the dog?
17:26No.
17:27I haven't seen her in two years.
17:29Well, that's sort of at odds with what you just testified to.
17:32Just a second.
17:33Okay.
17:33That the dog was with you all of 2023.
17:36You do understand that?
17:37Yes, ma'am.
17:38You do understand?
17:38I meant to say 2022.
17:40Just a second.
17:40You do understand that that's what you testified to?
17:43Yes, ma'am.
17:44Okay.
17:44February of 2022.
17:45I got the years missed.
17:46It was February of 2022 when I moved into my apartment.
17:49But he was with me from February.
17:51You're babbling.
17:52Okay.
17:52You're babbling.
17:53Is it true that you did not have the dog in your custody from June of 2023 until September
17:59of 2024?
18:00Correct.
18:01Is it true that you did not see the dog between June 2023 and September 2024?
18:07Correct.
18:08Is that true?
18:09Correct.
18:09You abandoned the dog?
18:10No, ma'am.
18:11Oh, yeah.
18:11She will send me pictures, Your Honor.
18:13Perfect.
18:13Of the dog I will stay in touch with.
18:14Perfect.
18:15Your Honor.
18:15Okay.
18:16Now, I don't know.
18:17You're willing to let the dog make a decision as to where the dog is happy?
18:21Yes.
18:22Great.
18:23Your Honor.
18:23Ever, would you go get the dog, please?
18:25Your Honor.
18:25Can I say something?
18:26No.
18:27As a matter of fact, both of you go sit down.
18:29You two.
18:30Sit down.
18:39Just let me see up here, Kevin.
18:43Is it a friendly baby?
18:45He will bite.
18:46He will bite.
18:47Sometimes.
18:48I know.
18:49That's why I'm asking.
18:50He'll bite me plenty of times.
18:51That's why I'm asking you.
18:52All right.
18:53Kevin, what I want you to do is just put the dog down on the floor.
18:56Mm-hmm.
18:56And unzip the little cage.
19:00And I would like the two of you to stand in front of your desk and stand in front of
19:05your desk.
19:07Front.
19:07Right there.
19:08Perfect.
19:09Now let the dog out.
19:14I've never been to my dog.
19:16Shh.
19:16Don't speak.
19:25Now do me a favor.
19:27Sit down on the floor.
19:28Everybody on the floor.
19:30Keep going.
19:31And don't speak.
19:33Don't speak.
19:38Hey, boo-boo.
19:40Hey.
19:40Just do it.
19:42Get mama.
19:43Get mama.
19:43My, my.
19:44Here you go, mama.
19:45I didn't.
19:46I said don't speak.
19:50The dog's going home with you, Florida.
19:53Okay.
19:53Clearly.
19:54Clearly.
19:55I see who the dog is most attached to.
19:57He's happy with her.
19:58You can go over and sit down with him.
20:00Go over and sit down with him.
20:02Go over and sit down with him.
20:03Perfect.
20:04Makes my life so much easier.
20:05You can go back here.
20:06As a matter of fact, you see who the dog is most attached to.
20:08He's only happy because he hasn't seen them.
20:10Shut up.
20:10I'm not speaking to you.
20:12Okay.
20:12Money owed for airline tickets, hotel bills, and Uber costs is your counterclaim for going to get the dog.
20:18That's dismissed.
20:20Judgment for the plaintiff.
20:21The dog is returned to you.
20:22We're done here.
20:23This court is adjourned.
20:28I know that she made the right decision because I fell in love with him.
20:33I felt like she abandoned him.
20:35You know, she, I want to say, used me to take care of the dog or maybe have some kind
20:41of attachment to me.
20:43But I knew all alone that I was the caretaker of this dog.
20:48We haven't had a decision by dog in quite some time.
20:51That was good.
20:52A few years.
20:53Yeah, that was good.
20:54A few years.
20:54Makes it easy.
20:55Two things.
20:56You know, I've always felt as if dogs have feelings and people have to be cautious and careful and think
21:02about the feelings of their dog as not just inanimate property.
21:06Clearly, that dog was very attached to the plaintiff's mother, but had no interest at all in the defendant.
21:14Yeah.
21:14But what I was thinking was the defendant says that she's a psychic.
21:20Well, if she was a good psychic, she would have known not to come here today.
21:24Oh, man.
21:26All right.
21:26Well.
21:28Have you been cheated?
21:30Go to judyjustice.tv.
21:32Go to judy.
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