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When a woman demands payment for a washer and dryer she sold months earlier, the buyer claims she's being threatened. But Judge Marilyn Milian has a few things to say about what actually constitutes a threat, and her colorful explanation leaves little room for confusion.

On The People's Court, Rakia sues Jade for $250 after selling her a used washer and dryer with an agreement that payment would come from Jade's tax refund. When the money never arrives, text messages become central to the dispute, particularly Jade's claim that the appliances were either defective or intended as a gift.

Watch The People's Court as Judge Milian sorts through the conflicting stories, explains the difference between a legal demand and an actual threat, and delivers her ruling.

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00:00That is, no, it's not.
00:01It is.
00:01Telling you, no, it's not.
00:03I'm telling you.
00:04Okay, well, I'm taking it as a threat.
00:05Yeah, I know.
00:06Oh, if I don't pay, you're gonna sue me?
00:07Yeah, that's the exact opposite of a threat.
00:10I'm gonna beat you with a bat if you don't pay me is a threat.
00:13She texted me a month later, which was in March,
00:17threatening me, talking about someone,
00:18if I didn't give her her money,
00:20she was gonna take me to small claims court.
00:22Okay, that's not a threat.
00:23Okay.
00:23That's an effort to collect money owed.
00:26That is a threat.
00:26I'm gonna do what I have a right to do as a citizen of this guy.
00:30That's not a threat.
00:31Okay, well, we both have different things about what we think a threat is.
00:34Yeah, mine's the right one.
00:36Okay, that's fine.
00:36So now, is it magically after this big problem with the sister
00:40that you decide you're not gonna pay for the washer and dryer?
00:42That wasn't the case.
00:43If you sit here and let me...
00:44Why are you paying for the washer and dryer?
00:45Okay, because for one, the washer and dryer does not work.
00:48Didn't you get the video when I showed you?
00:50I sure did.
00:50Okay.

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