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00:00You're suing your ex-girlfriend?
00:02That is correct.
00:03He forgave the loan and told me, you know what?
00:06You're good.
00:07Come on.
00:08No.
00:08Giving 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
00:15like that?
00:16That's the kind of behavior I've been dealing with.
00:18Are you serious?
00:19You got to get that head?
00:20You got to screw around right now 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.
00:55You may be seated.
00:57Thank you, Cassandra.
00:58Okay, Mr. Blanks, you're suing your ex-girlfriend,
01:02Ms. Teasley here, with 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
01:30for emotional abuse and defamation of character
01:32for filing a false Child Protective Service charge against you.
01:37That's correct.
01:38Okay. So, 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,
01:55and 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,
02:10she finally got her place.
02:11And you're saying, and a child later.
02:13Correct.
02:13So when was your child born?
02:14She was born in 2017.
02:17Okay. And in 2019, according to your complaint,
02:20you 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.
02:31And so for right now, that's not all that important.
02:34Okay.
02:34Suffice it to say that you separated,
02:36and then you ended up going and finding another gal, and you got married, 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.
02:52It was her time to purchase the home, and she needed $10,000
02:57because there's a certain amount of money you 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,
03:10and I don'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, another one.
03:24And a better position came up, which is why I decided to stay in Atlanta and purchase my home.
03:29So that was not correct.
03:30Would you, just out of curiosity, since you brought it up, had that other position not
03:36materialized, would you have taken 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
03:58to Texas and remove her from the love and affection that her father provided?
04:02That'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.
04:14I 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,
04:27was that pursuant to a court order?
04:29Or 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,
04:34if you're not going to give me more money,
04:36I'm going to get a court order that's going to take his income
04:38and that's going to force him to pay every single month,
04:42whether it's 15% or 17% for one child, right?
04:45Adjusted gross income.
04:46You could have done that.
04:47And then you would have stayed.
04:48I said that.
04:50And then he said, I'll pay more.
04:52No.
04:52Yeah, I get it.
04:53Here'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
05:05who has developed a bond with the 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.
05:24My loan company said, oh, $10,000 that came from the job that we're not accepting any funds from,
05:30because it 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.
05:38I said, Trinnell, do you think you can help me?
05:39I actually need $10,000.
05:40It's just got to sit.
05:42And 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 28th, 2023,
05:54with both of your signatures.
05:55You've seen that document, right?
05:57Right.
05:57So the terms of this agreement were what?
06:00Uh, $1,000 a month for 10 consecutive months.
06:03And 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.
06:09Um, we 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, well, 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 give it to you.
06:36Your bar and computer to pay, Paul, I 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.
06:51He 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.
07:07And 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.
07:18Could we see 01 Plaintiff's Exhibit No. 1 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.
07:47I want to talk about some things you said in your complaint because it seems that things really went awry
07:51when she began to have conversations with your ex.
07:55I think your ex reached out to her.
07:58I do think, isn't that kind of weird, like, exes, like, palling up?
08:01That's strange.
08:02And to his point, he found it strange.
08:06Coming up on Tribunal Justice.
08:08I know that Trinnell paints a good picture, and it's always presentable and cute when he says it.
08:13But my daughter was in the car with him.
08:15She said, Daddy, Mommy has a boyfriend.
08:17And 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, and 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.
09:23And 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, long 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 see you're doing your thing, you go ahead and keep
09:53the money.
09:54I know that Trinell 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.
10:11And 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 because he's the father of your child, and you say giving money
10:23is his love language.
10:24Do you know how many people wish they had a love language like that?
10:27Trinell?
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.
10:44You were never provided any information by CPS about who the alleged complainant was, were you?
10:52You were.
10:52What did they say?
10:53Well, what happened was it was an accident, and the CPS guy called my phone thinking he was calling the
11:00ex.
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.
11:19For the sake of my child, I won't go into detail and I won't give my C, but so for
11:23the 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, that agent needed to be here.
11:35If you had a written record, that report, that would be helpful.
11:39Can we ask Trinnell, because 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,
11:59made 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,
12:09and that she should not 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 counter-suing 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,
12:26he already told me this is going to be messy.
12:27Girl, 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,
12:34and there's no evidence that he was a part 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
12:50put into your relationship.
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
13:04that he was lending you 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
14:01you.
14:02Because I don't see CPS or ACS making that mistake.
14:05To me, I'm appalled by this.
14:07Now, how much money do you make a year?
14:10A little over $100.
14:12A little over $100.
14:1217% of your adjusted gross income would be what child support would be for one child.
14:17Now, 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.
14:27She 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, you're starting to think,
14:44well, 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.
14:53Correct.
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.
15:16The reason for the counterclaim is because she says that this caused her emotional distress.
15:21My 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.
15:31He gives you $10,000 that you put in your account.
15:35Clearly, 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.
15:52I 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 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,
16:19in which there was a representation made by you that 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.
16:36Because it's not that I just was not paying him.
16:39He forgave the loan and told me, you know what, you're doing your thing, you're good.
16:44I got it.
16:45It's been a year.
16:45And what has surprisingly happened in the last two months that made us stay in here today,
16:51it was me talking to the wife and then him feeling like, oh, now you owe the money back.
16:57I just think it's all interesting that right when things went awry, all of a sudden here comes these additional
17:02-
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,
17:11and a report was made in August of 2024.
17:15I checked your docket, your divorce docket.
17:17When was it that you filed it?
17:19Uh, I filed divorce, uh, June?
17:22Nope.
17:23July?
17:24Nope.
17:25May?
17:26August.
17:27August.
17:28Okay.
17:29August 13th, 2024.
17:31Okay.
17:31So the same time that bogus CPS report was filed against you, and your life was turned upside down,
17:37he filed for divorce from the woman who did that to you.
17:40How do you like that?
17:41Are you asking me a bad answer?
17:42I'm asking you.
17:43What do you have to say about that?
17:44I'm saying that she said that they were both involved the first time.
17:46Time, time, are you, are you serious?
17:49Ms. Teasley, are you serious?
17:50You still believe what she says to you?
17:52I'm only involved with text messages she sent me.
17:53Time out, time out.
17:54Ms. Teasley, you got to get that head.
17:57Yes.
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 alone.
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
18:29was just attributing all of these bad faith beliefs on behalf of the plaintiff when in actuality,
18:37he was doing absolutely everything that he could to create a little stability for her,
18:42give her the money so that she could make a misrepresentation regarding her debt ratio,
18:46which is really what it was, right, to the bank to let the bank think that she had more money
18:50than she did so that they would give her a mortgage.
18:52All right, you know what?
18:53The 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.
19:01I think he gets it.
19:03I think we're being a little cavalier about his expectations,
19:10given the fact that this was money that was intended to pad her account and make her seem more solvent
19:15than she was.
19:16However, I actually thought for a moment that the most vulnerable loan was the $2,000 on which she paid
19:22nothing,
19:23which I think actually she has the best argument that, look, my pipes were burst, you know, our child needs
19:29water, help me out.
19:31But even there, she affirmed all of these loans.
19:34So she said she owes the money, so 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 in 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 to pay.
19:51She failed to pay, so 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 that he
20:00forgave 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.
20:10I 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 and
20:24the two of you,
20:25and the two of you, and you and your, and your husband filed, that would never happen.
20:30So that $10,000 countersuit dismissed.
20:33All right, we'll join.
20:34I do too, I have no problem with it.
20:35All right, unanimous.
20:41Court is back in session.
20:42You are reminded that you're still under oath.
20:44Okay, let's start off with the counterclaim. I don't think it's any surprise. It'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 who had motives
21:01that were clearly designed to hurt you, probably to hurt you as well. She's an evil, evil woman.
21:09Do you follow that?
21:10Yes, sir.
21:11All right. Now, with respect to the main lawsuit, the plaintiff now against you, Miss Teasley,
21:16the loans were all clearly drafted. You made partial payments and you stopped.
21:22You owe the plaintiff $7,650. And that is the unanimous verdict of the court.
21:31This case has concluded. All parties are excused.
21:38I'm not happy with the outcome, but it sounds like they were unanimous. So what can I say?
21:43If you 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? Let Tribunal Justice decide your case. Find us on social media at Tribunal Justice.
22:42If this is where we go now.
22:46if they're unhappled over the wrong, you're not a kid but to далее. Patterson
22:46decision. Tom $12850.
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