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00:00You're suing your ex-girlfriend?
00:02That is correct.
00:03He forgave the loan and told me,
00:05you know what, you're good.
00:07Come on.
00:08No.
00:09Giving money is his love language,
00:10and that's how he controls people and manipulates.
00:13Do you know how many people wish they had a love language like that?
00:16That's the kind of behavior I've been dealing with.
00:18Are you serious?
00:19You gotta get that head. You gotta screw down right.
00:21Now on Tribunal Justice.
00:46Today's case was filed in Lawrenceville, Georgia.
00:49Your Honor, this is case 3006, Blanks v. Teasley.
00:54All parties have been sworn in. You may be seated.
00:57Thank you, Cassandra.
00:58Okay, Mr. Blanks.
01:00You're suing your ex-girlfriend, Ms. Teasley here,
01:03with whom you share a daughter,
01:05and you're suing her for $7,650 for what you claim
01:09are three unpaid loans.
01:12One for $5,450, one for $2,000, and the other for $200.
01:17That is correct.
01:18And Ms. Teasley, your statement, according to your answer,
01:21is that the plaintiff forgave those loans
01:23and you don't owe him anything.
01:25That's correct.
01:25And in fact, you're countersuing the defendant for $10,000
01:29for emotional abuse and defamation of character
01:33for filing a false Child Protective Service charge against you.
01:37That's correct.
01:38Okay.
01:39So, Mr. Blanks, let's start with you.
01:40It's your complaint.
01:41How long have you known the defendant?
01:43We actually started dating about 13 years ago.
01:46It's kind of a quick thing because I was in the process of purchasing a home,
01:50and I had to focus on that and get my priorities straight for that.
01:53And so we fell off, and then we got back into contact, and we started back dating.
01:57Shortly after that, the defendant ended up losing her place that she was written,
02:02and she needed a place to stay.
02:03It was only supposed to be for a couple of months.
02:05And then about, I don't know, five or six years later and a child later, she finally got her place.
02:11And you're saying, and a child later.
02:13Correct.
02:13So when was your child born?
02:15She was born in 2017.
02:17Okay.
02:17And in 2019, according to your complaint, you say you separated and you began to co-parent your child.
02:23That is correct, yes.
02:24Ms. Teasley, is that right?
02:25That's right.
02:26I'm just curious to see what he says happened.
02:28Yeah, I'm not going to ask him that because I know we're going to get spicy as it is.
02:31Okay.
02:32And so for right now, that's not all that important.
02:34Okay.
02:34Suffice it to say that you separated and then you ended up going and finding another gal and you got
02:39married, right?
02:40Correct.
02:40Right, we're not going to talk about that right now.
02:42We're talking about loans and payments and non-payments.
02:45Sounds good to me.
02:45Fair? Good.
02:46So with that in mind, Mr. Blanks, tell me about these loans.
02:49So the first one, Ms. Teasley contacted me.
02:53It was her time to purchase the home and she needed $10,000 because there's a certain amount of money
02:58you need in the account that's sitting there.
03:00And so she contacted me and she gave me two options, basically.
03:04Either loan her the $10,000 or her job was going to move her to another state, Texas, and I
03:11don't know when I was going to see my child.
03:12So, of course.
03:13Okay, okay.
03:14Hold on one second.
03:14So, Ms. Teasley, is that pretty-
03:16That's not correct.
03:16That's not correct.
03:17May I?
03:18Oh, please.
03:19So the position was move to Texas or take this position.
03:24Another one.
03:25And a better position came up, which is why I decided to stay in Atlanta and purchase my home.
03:29So that was not correct.
03:31Would you, just out of curiosity, since you brought it up, had that other position not materialized, would you have
03:37taken your daughter and moved down to Texas?
03:39Yes.
03:40So let me ask you then, because that brings up a different subject that I'll jump into.
03:45Describe the relationship between your daughter and her dad.
03:48My daughter loves her father.
03:50And does he spend time with her?
03:51Yes.
03:52We get a dad.
03:53When we worked together, he was a father.
03:55What makes you think that the court would just allow you to take your daughter down to Texas and remove
03:59her from the love and affection that her father provided?
04:01That's a great point.
04:03I've never been one to try to force upon anything.
04:06And so my thing was, I can't afford it.
04:09He was only giving me $250 a month for child support.
04:12That is a good job.
04:13And I told him, I can't afford it.
04:15I was working two jobs.
04:15I was finishing my bachelor's.
04:17And I said, if you can't help me with more, I've got to do the best thing I can do,
04:21which was take the job that was offering me money coming out of school.
04:24So with respect to the $250 a month that you say that he gave, was that pursuant to a court
04:29order or was that based upon something that you would simply agree to?
04:31It was just an agreement.
04:32So in other words, instead of you saying to him, all right, if you're not going to give me more
04:36money, I'm going to get a court order that's going to take his income and that's going to force him
04:40to pay every single month.
04:42Whether it's 15% or 17% for one child, right, adjusted gross income, you could have done that.
04:47And then you would have stayed.
04:48I said that.
04:50Is that true?
04:50Did she say that?
04:52No.
04:53I get it.
04:54Here's my point, Ms. Teasley.
04:55It's very easy for custodial parents, because you are the custodial parent.
04:58And there's no doubt from what I read that you love your daughter very much.
05:01But the court is going to bend over backwards to ensure that the child who has developed a bond with
05:06the non-custodial parent maintains that bond.
05:08Court's going to say, you get yourself a better job.
05:10Mm-hmm.
05:11And that's what I did.
05:12Okay, well, I'm thrilled to hear that.
05:14Let's talk about this $10,000.
05:16$10,000, you're buying yourself a new home.
05:18Your first home.
05:19Yep.
05:20So you are taking out a mortgage.
05:22Correct.
05:22What happened?
05:23I put down $18,000.
05:25My loan company said, oh, $10,000 that came from the job that we're not accepting any funds from, because
05:31they hadn't been at least a year.
05:32So I said, okay.
05:33They said, ask Trinnell.
05:34We've already verified his funds.
05:36He's got it.
05:37I reached out, I said, Trinnell, do you think you can help me?
05:39I just need $10,000.
05:40It's just got to sit.
05:41And when I sign for the house, I'll get the check and I'll give it back.
05:45There's not a question in your mind that it was a loan, right?
05:48Okay, correct.
05:48Right.
05:49So could we see plaintiff's exhibit number four, which is a loan agreement dated April 28, 2023, with both of
05:55your signatures.
05:55You've seen that document, right?
05:57Right.
05:57So the terms of this agreement were what?
06:00$1,000 a month for 10 consecutive months, and it had an end date in the contract.
06:06Yes, it did.
06:07And you did start paying that back, didn't you?
06:09Yes, sir.
06:09We worked it out.
06:11So at this point, he was giving me $800 a month for child support.
06:14So he would just not pay me.
06:15Well, he would send the $800 at this point.
06:17I would send it right back, and I would send $200 more with it.
06:20Is that correct?
06:21That is correct.
06:21I have separate transactions.
06:23If we ever had to go to court for child support, which we ended up having to do,
06:27I didn't want them to say, well, you didn't pay these months.
06:29And I have to explain that it was credit towards the $10,000 loan.
06:33So we'll do separate transactions.
06:34I get it.
06:35What you do with the money, I'm not giving it to you.
06:36You're borrowing a computer to pay, Paul.
06:38I get it.
06:38Yeah.
06:38But you received $4,550.
06:42That is absolutely correct.
06:42Okay.
06:43So tell us then, Ms. Teasley, when was it that you first paid,
06:46and how many payments did you make before you stopped?
06:49Oh, immediately after.
06:50I started making the payments.
06:52He and I were on the same page.
06:53But September 2023, you stopped paying.
06:56Why?
06:56I want to say, last October, my water pipes burst.
07:01By the way, welcome to home ownership.
07:03I know.
07:03Yeah.
07:03That's what everyone said.
07:04It's going to be $2,000.
07:06At this point, I only owed $5,000.
07:08And I called Trinnell.
07:09I'm bawling out.
07:10I'm like, Trinnell, my water pipes burst.
07:12And he said, I'll give you the $2,000.
07:15I said, thank you for the $2,000.
07:17I now owe $7,000, whatever.
07:19Can we see 01 plaintiff's exhibit number one provided to us?
07:23And what exactly is this, Mr. Blanks?
07:25That is a cash out transaction for $2,000 for the subject loan for plumbing leak major repair that she
07:33needed done.
07:33You have absolutely no idea how great and refreshing it is to see people who know when they make a
07:39loan to someone to include the reason for the loan on their documents as you have.
07:44You saved yourselves a lot of heartache.
07:46Right.
07:46Judge Acker.
07:48Judge Acker.
07:50Judge Acker.
07:57Judge Acker.
08:07Judge Acker.
08:08Judge Acker.
08:12Judge Acker.
08:13Judge Acker.
08:14Judge Acker.
08:14Judge Acker.
08:14Judge Acker.
08:16Judge Acker.
08:16Judge Acker.
08:16And then he called me heated.
08:23Trinnell Blank says he loaned ex-girlfriend Sharron Teasley over $7,600 to keep her from moving their child out
08:31of state.
08:32But Sharron is countersuing for $10,000, claiming Trinnell defamed her with false child abuse claims.
08:38You suggest in your complaint that one of the things that bothered you was that the ex was kind of
08:46putting a bug in her ear to try to file for child support.
08:50Now, why did the notion of getting a support order bother you?
08:54Great question.
08:55Because it's a messy divorce.
08:57And I gave her a heads up on that.
08:59They never talked the whole marriage.
09:01And then she didn't try to get it until that conversation happened, number one.
09:04Number two, we had a written agreement, much like we did for this, for the child support for $800 a
09:09month.
09:10Never was late.
09:11So we don't need to go through a court system for somebody to tell me what to do when I'm
09:15already being responsible for my child.
09:17So these loans for which you're suing are sort of separate from all of these other things that you're doing
09:22for your child.
09:23Absolutely.
09:24And in fact, Ms. Teasley, you understood these to be loans that you needed to repay.
09:28No, ma'am.
09:29And if I may just point out a couple things.
09:31He forgave the loans and he's so meticulous.
09:34Everything he did was written.
09:35I took his word for it.
09:36Why did he forgive the loans?
09:38To be honest, there were times where we would talk.
09:42Long, hour-long chat.
09:43We just didn't have those type of problems.
09:45Because I have much respect for this man.
09:47I consider myself a good co-parent.
09:49So when he said, you're doing a good job, I say you're doing your thing, you go ahead and keep
09:53the money.
09:54I know that Trinnell paints a good picture and it's always presentable and cute when he says it.
09:59But my daughter was in the car with him.
10:00She said, Daddy, Mommy has a boyfriend.
10:02And then he called me heated.
10:05He said, well, if you got a man, let him give you the $10,000.
10:08Now that's a loan.
10:09And so that's the kind of behavior I've been dealing with.
10:12And just to be very clear, giving money is his love language and that's how he controls people and manipulates.
10:18Okay, I'm going to stop you right now.
10:20Sure.
10:20Because he's the father of your child.
10:22And you say giving money is his love language.
10:24Do you know how many people wish they had a love language like that?
10:27Trinnell.
10:27So I'm just going to stop you because I don't want you to dig yourself into a hole.
10:30Let's talk about your countersuit because your countersuit is premised on this notion that he and his ex were conspiring
10:38to make a CPS claim against you.
10:42Yes, ma'am.
10:42So he could get custody of your children.
10:45You were never provided any information by CPS about who the alleged complainant was, were you?
10:52I was.
10:52You were.
10:52What did they say?
10:53Well, what happened was it was an accident.
10:55And the CPS guy called my phone thinking he was calling the ex.
11:01And he told me, I've got your statement.
11:03And I'm like, what do you mean I gave you the number?
11:05So the CPS officer called you thinking that it was the plaintiff's ex and divulged information that indicated to you
11:13what?
11:13That she, in fact, the two of them, made this claim on me.
11:18A disgusting allegation.
11:20For the sake of my child, I won't go into detail and I won't give my C.
11:23So for the sake of my child, I won't say.
11:25So there's a problem, fundamentally, with that presentation of your case.
11:29One, what that agent told you is hearsay.
11:33That agent needed to be here.
11:35If you had a written record, that report, that would be helpful.
11:39Can we ask Trinnell?
11:40Because he's the one who told me.
11:41I will ask him.
11:42Did either you or your ex make a CPS complaint against the defendant?
11:47That's absolutely absurd that I had anything to do with that.
11:50Were you aware of the fact that your ex may have had something to do with it?
11:52When I found out she did, I filed for divorce.
11:55So your ex-wife, the person from whom you're now divorced, made a CPS claim against the defendant.
12:03Twice.
12:03Without your knowledge, twice.
12:05Twice.
12:05So you do not believe that she did anything to endanger the welfare of your child and that she should
12:10not have been the subject of any CPS complaint?
12:12That is absolutely correct.
12:13And when they contacted me, I told them the same thing.
12:15Now, I'm going to tell you, Ms. Teasley, if that's the case, shouldn't you be countersuing his ex?
12:20Because he may have nothing to do with that.
12:22The only reason we're here, she told me this stuff, and me thinking, he already told me this is going
12:27to be messy.
12:28Girl, you're not going to spend that on me.
12:29And then she sent me proof.
12:30She's giving you information to rile you up and create more drama, and there's no evidence that he was a
12:37part of that frivolous complaint.
12:38So I'm just going to leave that part right there.
12:40Judge Domingo?
12:41She's a green-eyed monster.
12:43Yes, ma'am.
12:43She's the one who should be in this courtroom.
12:45The two of you should be standing there and suing her for the damage that she intentionally put into your
12:51relationship.
12:52And my guess is she was very jealous of your relationship.
12:56She was.
12:56Because just like you said here, you got along well.
12:59In fact, in one of these statements, you said you're pretty sure that she didn't know that he was lending
13:05you money.
13:05And then when she found out, she must have been furious.
13:09Coming up on Tribunal Justice.
13:12There's nothing worse than a false allegation of child abuse.
13:15And if indeed you have a lawsuit, it's against her.
13:23Trinnell Blanks is suing his ex, Sharon Teasley, for over $7,600 in outstanding loans.
13:29But Sharon says he forgave the loans and is now counter-suing for $10,000,
13:34claiming Trinnell made false claims about her to Child Protective Services.
13:38I worked with child abuse cases on the bench as a judge in New York for 11 years.
13:44And I'm going to tell you that there's nothing worse than a false allegation of child abuse.
13:48And this woman did this out of jealousy over you and your relationship with him.
13:54And as to the reporting, I don't know what happened with the reporting,
13:57but I would guess that she was making the phone call or had a friend make that phone call to
14:02you.
14:02Because I don't see CPS or ACS making that mistake.
14:06To me, I'm appalled by this.
14:07Now, how much money do you make a year?
14:10About a little over $100.
14:12A little over $100.
14:1317% of your adjusted gross income would be what child support would be for one child.
14:18Now, it may or may not be a little more than the calculations here that we're doing.
14:22The bottom line here is that it was her that started to tell you,
14:26bring him to court, bring him to court.
14:28She wanted you to screw him royally, basically.
14:30She wanted you to hurt him.
14:31They're married 10 years.
14:33She's got a lot of information.
14:34She reaches out to you and stirs a pot that's poison.
14:39That's what she does.
14:40And on some level, for the protection of your own children,
14:43you're starting to think, well, maybe I missed something.
14:45Maybe I don't know.
14:46Because the allegation was not that he did something.
14:49It was that you were permitting another child in your family to do something to your little girl.
14:54Am I correct about that?
14:55Because that was what you alleged in your papers to be the reason why you didn't want to give him
14:58any more money.
14:59You were like, I had enough.
15:00I'm a great mother to all three, which he says you are.
15:03I have no idea if this news will affect my job and my kids who are active in school.
15:08I'm now waiting for the second CPS claim to close, but the damage is already done.
15:13I never thought Trinnell would go through all this just to get out of paying child support.
15:17The reason for the counterclaim is because she says that this caused her emotional distress.
15:20My point on that is you have no evidence that he did anything at all.
15:24And if indeed you have a lawsuit, it's against her.
15:28So back to the $10,000, because now I have something to say.
15:32He gives you $10,000 that you put in your account.
15:36Clearly, people do this often, whether they're supposed to or not or should or not is a whole other issue.
15:41But they put it in so that they kind of pad their bank accounts.
15:44Your point was that he said, I will forgive you the balance of that loan.
15:50Correct.
15:51I don't have any other questions.
15:53I do.
15:53So, Ms. Teasley, I'm going to direct you just to answer these questions about the money.
15:57The $10,000, we know that you paid back $4,550, right?
16:03Yes, sir.
16:04And so then we've got to go to the second loan, the $2,000 loan for the pipes that you
16:09borrowed.
16:09That was November of 2023.
16:11You didn't pay any of that back, correct?
16:14Correct.
16:15And then there was a $200 loan in February of 2024 in which there was a representation made by you
16:22that he should just tack it on.
16:24Yes, sir.
16:25And it's because of all of those failures to repay that he is suing you for $7,650.
16:32Is that correct?
16:33That is absolutely correct.
16:34Do you understand that now?
16:35I understand it.
16:36It's not correct because it's not that I just was not paying him.
16:39He forgave the loan and told me, you know what?
16:42You're doing your thing.
16:43You're good.
16:44It's been a year.
16:45And what has surprisingly happened in the last two months that made us stay in here today, it was me
16:52talking to the wife.
16:53And then him feeling like, oh, now you owe the money back.
16:57And I just think it's all interesting that right when things went awry, all of a sudden here comes these
17:02additional issues.
17:02You want to know what I find interesting?
17:04This is what I find interesting.
17:05I find interesting that at the time in your complaint, you say that the Child Protective Services was notified about
17:11you and a report was made in August of 2024.
17:15I checked your docket, your divorce docket.
17:17When was it that you filed it?
17:19I filed divorce June?
17:22Nope.
17:24July?
17:24Nope.
17:25May?
17:26August.
17:27August.
17:28Okay.
17:29August 13, 2024.
17:31So the same time that bogus CPS report was filed against you and your life was turned upside down, he
17:38filed for divorce from the woman who did that to you.
17:40How do you like that?
17:41Are you asking me a massive answer?
17:42I'm asking you, what do you have to say about that?
17:44I'm saying that she said that they were both involved the first time.
17:46Tom, Tom, are you serious?
17:49Ms. Teasley, are you serious?
17:50You still believe what she says to you?
17:52I'm only allowed the text messages she sent me.
17:53Time out.
17:54Time out.
17:54Ms. Teasley, you got to get that head.
17:57You got to screw it on right.
17:58Okay.
17:58Yes, sir.
17:59Do it for your child.
18:00I got nothing further.
18:01You're an intelligent college graduate.
18:03For somebody to text it, it must be true.
18:05Come on.
18:06Anybody have any other questions?
18:07We're going to retire to deliberate.
18:09Court is now in recess.
18:11Parties will be recalled.
18:19It's usually more than just about a loan.
18:23There's always some baggage.
18:24There was quite a bit of baggage here.
18:26What made it even worse is that the defendant, in our case,
18:30was just attributing all of these bad faith beliefs on behalf of the plaintiff
18:35when, in actuality, he was doing absolutely everything that he could to create a little
18:40stability for her, give her their money so that she could make a misrepresentation regarding
18:45her debt ratio, which is really what it was, right, to the bank to let the bank think
18:49that she had more money than she did so that they would give her a mortgage.
18:52All right.
18:53You know what?
18:54The mortgage has been paid.
18:55No one's out any money.
18:56And as far as the original claim on the plaintiff's part for $7,650, he's made it out.
19:02I think he gets it.
19:04I think we're being a little cavalier about his expectations, given the fact that this
19:11was money that was intended to pad her account and make her seem more solvent than she was.
19:16However, I actually thought for a moment that the most vulnerable loan was the $2,000 on which
19:22she paid nothing, which I think actually she has the best argument that, look, my pipes were burst.
19:28You know, our child needs water.
19:30Help me out.
19:31But even there, she affirmed all of these loans.
19:34So she said she owes the money.
19:36So I'll hold her to that.
19:37The $10,000, I have no problem with the fact of how that came down and that he put the
19:42money
19:42in the account.
19:43So I have no problem with the $10,000.
19:44As to the $2,000, that loan was vulnerable to me only because it came after a failure.
19:50She failed to pay.
19:51She failed to pay.
19:52So how could he have a reasonable expectation?
19:55But the bottom line was she, having admitted it was a loan, couldn't show me in any way
20:00that he forgave those loans.
20:01$7,650.
20:02Be that as it may, listen, $10,000 she wants for defamation and for emotional distress.
20:09Nonsense.
20:09I don't believe her for a second that someone from CPS called her up and made some mistake,
20:17which I give her the benefit on that.
20:18But then to go into the details and to say, oh, no, aren't I speaking to Miss Ex-wife?
20:24And the two of you and the two of you and you and your and your husband filed it.
20:29That would never happen.
20:30So that $10,000 countersuit, dismissed.
20:33All right, we'll join.
20:34I do too.
20:34I have no problem with it.
20:35All right.
20:36Unanimous.
20:41Court is back in session.
20:42You are reminded that you're still under oath.
20:45Okay.
20:45Let's start off with the counterclaim.
20:47I don't think it's any surprise.
20:49It's dismissed.
20:50There's absolutely no evidence that the plaintiff participated in that whatsoever.
20:54The compelling and uncontradicted testimony is that it was, unfortunately, his ex-wife
21:00who had motives that were clearly designed to hurt you, probably to hurt you as well.
21:06She's an evil, evil woman.
21:09Do you follow that?
21:10Yes, sir.
21:11All right.
21:11Now, with respect to the main lawsuit, the plaintiff now against you, Miss Teasley,
21:16the loans were all clearly drafted.
21:19You made partial payments and you stopped.
21:22You owe the plaintiff $7,650.
21:27And that is the unanimous verdict of the court.
21:31This case has concluded.
21:33All parties are excused.
21:37I'm not happy with the outcome, but it sounds like they were unanimous.
21:42So what can I say?
21:43You borrow money, just pay it back.
21:45I think it's ridiculous that he's my child's father and we're in court suing each other.
21:50Man, it's crazy because I thought we would never get to this point.
21:53He's my child's father and we're going to continue to cope here like we should.
21:57Are you being sued?
21:59Let Tribunal Justice decide your case.
22:02Find us on social media at Tribunal Justice.
22:06All right.
22:31All right.
22:34We're going now.
22:35So mostully, we should be done.
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