00:01The plaintiff is the daycare owner. Her name is Danielle. She's the one suing for money she says she's owed.
00:08The defendants are the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Van Winkle. They're the ones who stopped paying. Here's what happened.
00:15Judge Judy pulls up their text messages right away. In one message, Danielle writes, I gave you guys a month
00:22of daycare and now you're not going to pay? That's the first big clue. The judge asks Danielle straight, why
00:30did you give them a free month? Danielle tries to dance around it, but the judge cuts her off and
00:35says, just be honest. So the real question becomes, how much do the parents actually owe?
00:41The mom texts back and says, we'll pay you the contract price, which is $670 by January 25th. Then on
00:49January 18th, they pay $200 cash. That brings the balance down to $470.
00:56Judge Judy looks at Danielle and says, you admit you gave them four weeks free. They paid $200 after admitting
01:04they owed $670. So you're getting $470. Simple math.
01:11But then the dad, Mr. Van Winkle, tries a different angle. He says the only reason they didn't pay is
01:17because Danielle told him that an 11-year-old boy at the daycare showed his 8-year-old son bad
01:23videos on a phone. He makes it sound like that's why they pulled the kids out.
01:28The judge asks Danielle if that's true. She says no, it never happened. And here's where the judge catches them.
01:35She asks the dad, if that really happened on December 16th, why did you keep bringing your kids back every
01:42single day until January 13th? That's almost a full month later.
01:47The dad has no good answer. His story falls apart right there. The judge doesn't buy the excuse for one
01:54second. She rules based on the texts and the numbers. The punishment? The Van Winkles have to pay Danielle $470.
02:02Nothing more. Case closed.
02:04The Van Winkles have to pay.
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