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Well, what day
do you think it fell?
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It happened in 2017.
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She doesn't remember dates.
Now, ms. Starrett --
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I'm asian. I know math.
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You're asian, you know math?
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Yes.
I'm good with dates.
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[ laughter ]
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what do you think
she spent the money on
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if she didn't spend it
on the funeral?
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I think she spent it on lipo
and a butt job.
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[ spectators murmur ]
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we in here arguing about ass, or
we arguing about this funeral?
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What all were the $5,000
to include?
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The full kitchen cabinets --
full kitchen?
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Let me tell you something.
Judge harvey, can I say --
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no, no, no, no.
He offered it.
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Now, you listen to me.
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Jesus was a carpenter,
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and he'd have charged
more than that.
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[ laughing ] I know!
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Hey, it's a big world out there,
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and it's filled with people
that just don't see eye to eye.
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See, that's where I come in.
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See, I ain't got a law degree,
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and I'm way too fly
to wear a robe.
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But this is where common sense
presides -- in my house.
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Court is now in session.
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[ chuckles ]
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♪♪
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all rise for the
honorable judge steve harvey!
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Steve: Thank you.
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Thank you very much.
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Thank you.
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[ cheers and applause ]
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how are you today?
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Hey.
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That's good. Thank you.
Thank you very much.
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Alright, let's get started.
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Rubin:
This is the case of mui albaugh
vs. Melanie starrett.
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Mui says her former
neighbor melanie
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owes her $2,837.15
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for a damaged fence
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and for half of the liquor
for a st. Patrick's day party.
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Let's start with you, mui.
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You've got 30 seconds
to state your case.
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Hello, judge harvey.
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I'm here today
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suing my former friend
melanie starrett
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for fixing my fence,
damages from her tree,
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and half of the party.
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Melanie, it's your turn.
You got 30 seconds to respond.
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My neighbor and former friend
mui albaugh
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is suing me
for half of the cost
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of her party she threw
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and for damages done
to repair her dilapidated fence
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that branches damaged
during a storm.
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And I don't
owe her anything.
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Are you both decided
that you are former friends?
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We're not mending fences.
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[ laughs ]
I like that. That's nice.
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[ laughs ]
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real friends don't need
a privacy fence,
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and especially not
a dilapidated one.
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Dilapidated?
[ spectators murmur ]
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what happened? Let's just
get into what happened.
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2017,
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a tree branch
came and fell
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on the back fences --
I'm sorry. It was some --
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some small limbs.
Sir, I --
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well, see, wait a minute.
First of all,
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just listen to me.
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I'm-a give everybody a chance
to tell they story.
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Yes, your honor.
Trust me, 'cause I want
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to hear this right.
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First, I'm very confused
why we in here
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about a tree branch
from 2017 anyway.
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I know, right?
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'cause right now, I --
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I want to end this right now.
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Thank you.
That's what needs to happen.
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That's what needs to happen.
So, go ahead.
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2017.
Right, sir.
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So, the --
there's no storm.
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A branch from her oak tree
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fell on the fence to my side.
Right there.
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There's the dilapidated fence
with some rope
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tied to a dilapidated play set.
It is not dilapidated,
sir, because --
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yes.
Pulling the fence
over farther.
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So, now, hold on.
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It's not your turn yet.
Yeah.
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I do apologize.
Are we gon' have this problem?
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No, sir.
I know how to handle
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this situation
if cussing is allowed.
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But I really don't know
how to keep saying,
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"please be quiet."
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thank you, your honor.
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So, your honor,
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if you can see,
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the branch fell
on that one front piece,
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and my husband
had to hold it up with the rope.
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The fence that's leaning
is leaning more into your yard?
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It's leaning to my yard.
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Right, so why
would you have a rope
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tied...
Okay, so --
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...To help it lean
more into your yard?
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Why? Why?
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I-I don't know why...
There should not be no rope
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tied to the play set.
...My husband did that.
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What is that?
But, anyway, I don't know --
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your husband did that?
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Yeah. I don't know
why he did it.
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[ laughter ]
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it looks like --
I can tell.
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No --
if you don't be quiet --
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I'm s-- [ laughs ]
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[ laughter ]
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just -- I'm gon'
give you your turn.
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Yes.
I promise you.
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So, these branches have fallen
onto your fence
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over into your yard?
Yes, sir.
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And did you say anything
to your neighbor?
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She actually came over
and told me about it.
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Oh, you didn't know?
No.
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So I'm like, "what are you
gonna do about it?"
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and she's like, "I don't
have any money right now."
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I was like, "okay, clean it up
and pay me when you can."
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okay. Did she clean it up?
A little.
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Okay, now hi.
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Hi.
How you doing today?
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Hi, your honor.
I'm doing wonderful.
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Beautiful day.
Guess what?
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This your turn.
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Thank you.
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[ chuckles ]
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now, did you go to her house
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and tell her
that your tree branch
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fell on your barn
and then onto her fence?
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No, your honor.
That's a lie.
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I wasn't even at home
when it happened.
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But on my way home
into the neighborhood,
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there was debris
all over the roads.
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Lie.
There was tree branches
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and stuff
all over the road.
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It was obviously a storm all
over the entire neighborhood.
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No storm.
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And some branches --
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hold on one second.
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Now it's your turn to be quiet.
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Didn't I give you your chance?
Yes, sir.
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Thank you very much.
Go ahead.
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Okay, first,
it was just a -- small limbs
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that fell on my barn
and onto the fence.
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That's not a small limb.
Well, I came home.
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I see all
the debris everywhere,
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and my son tells me
that she has already come over
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and said that there was some
branches fell on her fence.
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And so I go over there,
and she's like,
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"well, it's no big deal.
We'll just pick it up."
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so we both
cleaned up our sides.
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When tree branches fall,
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they don't fall
and just cut in half
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and, "this your half
of the branch,
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and that's her half of the --"
right.
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Right, sir.
I've just got a lot
of common sense,
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because, see,
look at this photo.
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The stuff that's on
your side of the fence
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look like it come
from your side of the fence.
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The top half of the leaves
are in her yard.
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Indeed, very green.
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'cause it just happened.
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In 2017.
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That's right.
[ laughter ]
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but, your honor?
Yes, your honor.
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Do you remember what month
this is, day or month?
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August.
August.
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It was spring.
Yes.
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Okay, do you remember
what day this was, mui?
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It was in the morning.
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Like, it --
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I'm sorry, judge.
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It was -- it was --
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alright, I'm just trying
to narrow down the day.
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Right.
Do you remember
the day of the week?
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Was it a Monday, a Tuesday --
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you got seven to pick from.
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Well, it's 2017.
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It was 2017.
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I think it was
August the 6th.
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August the 6th.
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2017.
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Well, that sound
close to you?
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It was 2017, steve.
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Well, we do know it was 2017.
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That's correct.
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[ laughs ]
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alright, now.
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Did you do anything
to help them at all?
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She requested
for me to go get a 2x4,
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and I didn't know
what one was.
No. No, no, no, no.
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But I went to the store --
you didn't know what a 2x4 was?
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Okay.
And I went to the store,
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and I asked for a 2x4,
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and the man brought me
a big piece of wood out,
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and I said okay,
and I paid for that.
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Did she bring you a 2x4?
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She did.
Okay. We agree on that.
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Right.
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[ cheers and applause ]
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wonderful.
Okay.
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So she brought it over
and told my husband --
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oh, this another picture.
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Yes, sir.
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This is around
January of 2018.
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August, September --
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six months.
About six months.
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August, September,
October, November --
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it was a week after the --
the limbs fell
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on the barn and the --
no.
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That's not true.
You can tell that it's --
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because I'm a country boy.
Yeah!
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See them brown leaves
on the ground?
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There's no tree -- yeah!
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That's because it's winter,
'cause the 2x4s are new.
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Look at 'em
leaning against the fence.
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They don't have no weather
on them or nothing.
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See how her fence look?
I do. I see it.
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Why we ain't painted this fence,
I don't know.
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That's none of my business.
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Again, 2018 came along.
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Another tree branch fell.
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We have a second time?
Yes, sir.
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So now we have
a more current situation.
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Right.
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So, the second incident
was during a storm.
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Another storm.
A large, large branch
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fell on the fence.
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That's a damn tree.
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[ laughter ]
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literally -- hold up.
We through with branches.
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It took everything out.
If you're from georgia,
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it's large oak trees.
Stop.
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You hardly have
no more of this tree.
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There's some tree, yeah.
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There's some tree left,
but it's not really
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called a tree anymore.
Right.
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It's still green.
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So, when did this tree fall?
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September 11, 2018.
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Yes, your honor.
A year later, another storm...
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No storm.
...Knocked something onto
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her fence from my tree.
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So, okay,
if we don't have storms,
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how are all these branches
falling with no storm?
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But now you're saying
there was a storm.
255
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It was storms. There's storms
all the time in georgia.
256
00:09:06,246 --> 00:09:07,979
You live here.
You know this.
257
00:09:08,081 --> 00:09:11,950
My clerks have researched this.
258
00:09:12,052 --> 00:09:13,518
The day in question --
259
00:09:13,620 --> 00:09:14,953
[ spectators murmur ]
260
00:09:21,862 --> 00:09:25,463
how are all these branches
falling with no storm?
261
00:09:25,566 --> 00:09:27,265
There's storms
all the time in georgia.
262
00:09:27,367 --> 00:09:29,801
My clerks have researched this.
263
00:09:29,903 --> 00:09:33,171
[ spectators murmur ]
the day in question,
264
00:09:33,273 --> 00:09:37,375
9/11/2018,
265
00:09:37,477 --> 00:09:39,477
there were no storms.
266
00:09:39,580 --> 00:09:42,047
[ spectators murmur ]
267
00:09:42,149 --> 00:09:46,952
the wind top speed
was 6 miles per hour.
268
00:09:47,054 --> 00:09:48,587
Okay.
Thank you, your honor.
269
00:09:48,689 --> 00:09:50,488
Then her date is wrong.
Thank you.
270
00:09:50,591 --> 00:09:52,324
Well, what day
do you think it fell?
271
00:09:52,426 --> 00:09:54,025
Well, I don't think
it happened in September.
272
00:09:54,127 --> 00:09:55,860
I think it was October,
actually, that it happened.
273
00:09:55,963 --> 00:09:57,162
[ laughter ]
274
00:09:57,264 --> 00:09:58,663
she doesn't remember dates.
275
00:09:58,765 --> 00:10:00,031
I'm asian. I know math.
276
00:10:00,133 --> 00:10:01,666
You're asian, you know math?
277
00:10:01,768 --> 00:10:04,002
Anyway...
278
00:10:04,104 --> 00:10:05,837
We about to be off the air.
279
00:10:05,939 --> 00:10:07,672
[ laughter ]
280
00:10:07,774 --> 00:10:11,042
okay, melanie, do you believe
this is a healthy tree?
281
00:10:11,144 --> 00:10:12,611
Yes. I know
it's a healthy tree.
282
00:10:12,713 --> 00:10:14,112
And why do you --
explain that to me.
283
00:10:14,214 --> 00:10:16,414
I get my trees checked
every two years,
284
00:10:16,516 --> 00:10:18,583
and I know for a fact
285
00:10:18,685 --> 00:10:21,186
once that tree goes
onto her side of the fence
286
00:10:21,288 --> 00:10:23,054
during a storm,
that's her tree now.
287
00:10:23,156 --> 00:10:24,356
That's her part
of the tree now.
288
00:10:24,458 --> 00:10:25,624
Oh, unh-unh.
289
00:10:25,692 --> 00:10:29,294
Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no.
No, no, no, no, no.
290
00:10:29,363 --> 00:10:33,164
If you're driving a car,
and you lose control of your car
291
00:10:33,266 --> 00:10:35,000
and your car
go through her fence
292
00:10:35,068 --> 00:10:37,802
and end up on her yard,
that ain't her car.
293
00:10:37,904 --> 00:10:39,070
No, no, no, no.
294
00:10:39,139 --> 00:10:43,074
But if a branch flies
a mile down the street
295
00:10:43,143 --> 00:10:44,976
into somebody else's yard
296
00:10:45,045 --> 00:10:48,213
and goes through that house --
if a branch flies a mile
down the street in another yard,
297
00:10:48,315 --> 00:10:49,981
that person's
probably not liable...
In a storm.
298
00:10:50,050 --> 00:10:51,349
...Because that's a tornado.
299
00:10:51,418 --> 00:10:55,854
If the tree is in the yard
adjacent to your property,
300
00:10:55,956 --> 00:11:00,325
on your property line,
that is your tree.
301
00:11:00,394 --> 00:11:04,262
When these people come out every
two years to check the tree,
302
00:11:04,331 --> 00:11:08,133
do you have anything from them
that says the tree is healthy?
303
00:11:08,201 --> 00:11:10,035
I didn't feel like
I needed anything.
304
00:11:10,103 --> 00:11:11,036
Okay.
305
00:11:11,138 --> 00:11:12,437
So we're here
306
00:11:12,506 --> 00:11:15,507
because you are suing
for damages to your fence.
307
00:11:15,609 --> 00:11:16,775
Correct.
308
00:11:16,877 --> 00:11:18,510
Do you have an estimate?
309
00:11:18,612 --> 00:11:21,279
$2,720.
310
00:11:21,381 --> 00:11:24,516
You came to court asking
for $2,800 --
311
00:11:24,584 --> 00:11:26,084
$837.15.
312
00:11:26,186 --> 00:11:27,886
And $37.15.
313
00:11:27,954 --> 00:11:30,121
Correct.
So where's the extra?
314
00:11:30,223 --> 00:11:32,157
The defendant decided
to come over
315
00:11:32,259 --> 00:11:33,324
and knock on the door.
316
00:11:33,393 --> 00:11:36,461
She said, "let's throw
a st. Patrick's day party."
317
00:11:36,563 --> 00:11:37,629
what?
318
00:11:37,731 --> 00:11:39,164
No.
Because my husband's irish.
319
00:11:39,266 --> 00:11:41,232
That was her idea, the party.
This is just how
320
00:11:41,301 --> 00:11:43,635
she wiggles her way back in.
Why am I throwing a party
at her house?
321
00:11:43,704 --> 00:11:45,236
The fence is down.
322
00:11:45,305 --> 00:11:47,105
The tree is still in the yard.
Mm-hmm.
323
00:11:47,174 --> 00:11:48,807
Y'all ain't been speaking.
324
00:11:48,875 --> 00:11:50,141
And now all of a sudden,
325
00:11:50,243 --> 00:11:53,344
you want to throw
a st. Patty's day party,
326
00:11:53,413 --> 00:11:56,047
and you all decide
to throw the party?
327
00:11:56,116 --> 00:11:58,049
I decided
to throw the party,
328
00:11:58,118 --> 00:12:01,319
but she was going to go on it
half with the liquor.
329
00:12:01,421 --> 00:12:03,088
So you got tequila,
you got rum.
330
00:12:03,190 --> 00:12:06,691
That totaled up to $234.30.
331
00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:08,359
So you want what now?
332
00:12:08,462 --> 00:12:10,962
Just half of it.
But she just --
333
00:12:11,031 --> 00:12:14,032
$117.15 is what
you're looking for.
Correct.
334
00:12:14,101 --> 00:12:16,000
And I still don't understand
why I owe
335
00:12:16,069 --> 00:12:18,369
for a party that I didn't throw
or have anything to do with
336
00:12:18,472 --> 00:12:20,705
or drink
any of those beverages,
337
00:12:20,774 --> 00:12:24,075
because I do not drink whiskey,
tequila, or rum.
No -- that's funny.
338
00:12:24,177 --> 00:12:27,746
Judge, there's
a picture of her
339
00:12:27,814 --> 00:12:30,782
being drunk in the bushes.
340
00:12:31,852 --> 00:12:32,817
Wait a minute.
341
00:12:32,919 --> 00:12:34,586
[ laughter ]
342
00:12:34,654 --> 00:12:36,387
wa-- stop.
343
00:12:36,490 --> 00:12:39,390
Hold up. Wait a minute.
344
00:12:39,459 --> 00:12:41,526
Please put the picture up now.
345
00:12:41,595 --> 00:12:44,729
[ spectators exclaiming ]
346
00:12:44,798 --> 00:12:46,064
I saw her taking --
drunk!
347
00:12:46,133 --> 00:12:47,198
I posed.
Drunk!
348
00:12:47,300 --> 00:12:48,633
That bottle ain't even open.
Drunk!
349
00:12:48,735 --> 00:12:51,770
You can blow it up even bigger.
That bottle is not open.
350
00:12:51,838 --> 00:12:55,006
I posed for that picture
'cause I saw her laughing at me
351
00:12:55,108 --> 00:12:56,908
with her phone like this,
'cause she try --
352
00:12:56,977 --> 00:12:58,476
I was like, "okay, whatever."
drunk.
353
00:12:58,545 --> 00:13:00,044
"she thinks it's --
she's laughing at me."
354
00:13:00,113 --> 00:13:02,814
so I posed for it.
It's a posed photograph.
355
00:13:02,883 --> 00:13:05,016
But you are gon' go viral.
356
00:13:05,085 --> 00:13:06,284
Probably.
357
00:13:06,386 --> 00:13:07,819
[ laughter ]
358
00:13:11,057 --> 00:13:13,391
this case right here
359
00:13:13,460 --> 00:13:15,360
has been nothing but mess
360
00:13:15,428 --> 00:13:17,729
from the time
I started listening to it.
361
00:13:17,831 --> 00:13:19,931
None of it has made sense.
362
00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:25,470
You all can't agree
on a single date, time, event,
363
00:13:25,539 --> 00:13:26,771
nothing.
364
00:13:26,873 --> 00:13:30,008
You all can't tell me
if it was the tree, a branch.
365
00:13:30,076 --> 00:13:32,710
And the liquor bill,
I'm not making anybody
366
00:13:32,813 --> 00:13:34,879
pay half on some liquor.
367
00:13:34,981 --> 00:13:36,648
Listen to me.
368
00:13:36,750 --> 00:13:39,818
She is responsible for the tree.
369
00:13:39,920 --> 00:13:41,085
That's a granted.
370
00:13:41,188 --> 00:13:44,022
It's her tree.
It's in her yard.
371
00:13:44,124 --> 00:13:48,660
The problem we have is we can't
be concise about the storm.
372
00:13:48,762 --> 00:13:51,930
If a storm caused it
and it was a healthy tree,
373
00:13:52,032 --> 00:13:53,531
she can't be held liable.
374
00:13:53,633 --> 00:13:56,134
The sad part of this
is that you're friends,
375
00:13:56,236 --> 00:13:57,936
and you've been friends.
376
00:13:58,038 --> 00:14:00,171
I feel sorry for you.
377
00:14:00,273 --> 00:14:04,209
My final verdict is...
378
00:14:04,311 --> 00:14:07,278
I'm not awarding
anybody anything.
379
00:14:07,380 --> 00:14:10,648
That's my final verdict.
380
00:14:10,750 --> 00:14:12,483
And that's the way I see it.
381
00:14:12,586 --> 00:14:14,219
[ cheers and applause ]
382
00:14:14,321 --> 00:14:20,758
♪♪
383
00:14:20,861 --> 00:14:22,060
you see how this looking?
384
00:14:22,162 --> 00:14:23,194
I plead the fifth.
385
00:14:23,296 --> 00:14:26,130
Oh-ho! Oh, you must think
this a real court.
386
00:14:26,233 --> 00:14:29,300
[ laughter ]
387
00:14:33,807 --> 00:14:36,474
[ cheers and applause ]
388
00:14:36,576 --> 00:14:39,611
alright.
See what we got here.
389
00:14:39,713 --> 00:14:40,645
Rubin: This is the case
390
00:14:40,747 --> 00:14:43,014
of daphne springs
vs. Tiffani brooks.
391
00:14:43,116 --> 00:14:46,184
Daphne is suing her sister
tiffani for $6,000
392
00:14:46,253 --> 00:14:48,553
for money she gave
for their brother's funeral
393
00:14:48,655 --> 00:14:51,489
and says tiffani spent
on herself.
394
00:14:51,591 --> 00:14:53,291
Let's start with you, daphne.
395
00:14:53,393 --> 00:14:55,526
You have 30 seconds
to state your case.
396
00:14:55,595 --> 00:14:58,663
Judge steve harvey,
my brother died instantly,
397
00:14:58,732 --> 00:15:02,267
and I gave my sister $6,000
towards funeral services.
398
00:15:02,335 --> 00:15:05,136
Honestly, I don't think
that's what she did with it.
399
00:15:05,205 --> 00:15:08,072
She's self-centered
and obnoxious,
400
00:15:08,141 --> 00:15:10,441
and I want my money.
401
00:15:10,510 --> 00:15:13,745
Okay, tiffani, it's your turn.
You have 30 seconds to respond.
402
00:15:13,813 --> 00:15:17,315
My sister donated $6,000
403
00:15:17,384 --> 00:15:20,018
to go towards my brother's
memorial services.
404
00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:22,720
I used it as I saw fit.
405
00:15:22,789 --> 00:15:25,189
And I don't owe her
explanation for anything.
406
00:15:25,292 --> 00:15:27,125
Okay.
How much was the funeral?
407
00:15:27,227 --> 00:15:28,893
$15,000.
408
00:15:28,962 --> 00:15:32,297
Other family members and myself
got the money together.
409
00:15:32,399 --> 00:15:33,998
I gave $6,000.
410
00:15:34,067 --> 00:15:35,600
What do you think
she spent the money on
411
00:15:35,702 --> 00:15:37,168
if she didn't spend it
on the funeral?
412
00:15:37,270 --> 00:15:39,604
I think she spent it on lipo
and a butt job.
413
00:15:39,706 --> 00:15:41,873
[ spectators murmuring ]
414
00:15:41,942 --> 00:15:43,808
now, they call it a bbl.
415
00:15:43,910 --> 00:15:45,076
What is that?
416
00:15:45,145 --> 00:15:47,245
I think it's a brazilian
butt lift?
417
00:15:47,347 --> 00:15:48,246
You think?
418
00:15:48,348 --> 00:15:49,547
You know it's that
'cause you want one.
419
00:15:49,616 --> 00:15:50,715
[ chuckles mockingly ]
420
00:15:50,817 --> 00:15:54,352
she has always down-talked me,
criticized me.
421
00:15:54,387 --> 00:15:56,688
We in here arguing about ass,
422
00:15:56,756 --> 00:15:58,756
or we arguing
about this funeral?
423
00:15:58,858 --> 00:16:01,559
I'm confused.
424
00:16:01,661 --> 00:16:04,562
Now, you say the funeral
cost $15,000.
425
00:16:04,664 --> 00:16:05,763
Yes, sir.
426
00:16:05,865 --> 00:16:07,732
So walk me up to the timeline.
427
00:16:07,834 --> 00:16:09,133
Let's start
with the services.
428
00:16:09,202 --> 00:16:11,669
And I-I don't even
want to say funeral services,
429
00:16:11,771 --> 00:16:13,271
because it wasn't a funeral.
430
00:16:13,373 --> 00:16:14,672
It was a little room.
431
00:16:14,774 --> 00:16:15,740
I object.
And --
432
00:16:15,809 --> 00:16:17,041
she is not
telling the truth.
433
00:16:17,110 --> 00:16:18,910
You object?
I object.
434
00:16:18,979 --> 00:16:20,478
She is not telling the truth.
[ laughs ]
435
00:16:20,580 --> 00:16:21,646
wait a minute.
436
00:16:21,715 --> 00:16:24,349
I -- she is not
telling the truth.
437
00:16:24,451 --> 00:16:26,250
Wait a minute.
438
00:16:26,353 --> 00:16:27,352
You can't object
439
00:16:27,420 --> 00:16:29,487
'cause you not a lawyer.
Thank you!
440
00:16:29,589 --> 00:16:31,422
Thank you! Thank you!
441
00:16:31,524 --> 00:16:32,423
Now, back to you, daphne.
442
00:16:32,525 --> 00:16:34,158
So, you walk into
the funeral service,
443
00:16:34,260 --> 00:16:35,560
and what do you see?
444
00:16:35,628 --> 00:16:36,761
I barely saw chairs.
445
00:16:36,830 --> 00:16:38,262
You don't see a casket?
446
00:16:38,331 --> 00:16:39,697
No.
You don't see the body?
447
00:16:39,766 --> 00:16:41,232
I don't see flowers.
I don't see the body.
448
00:16:41,301 --> 00:16:42,734
No flowers.
No.
449
00:16:42,802 --> 00:16:44,402
But he was cremated.
450
00:16:44,504 --> 00:16:46,304
Huh?
He was -- he was cremated.
451
00:16:46,373 --> 00:16:48,606
That's why she's mad.
Wait a minute.
452
00:16:48,675 --> 00:16:52,844
Your sister says she gave $6,000
towards the funeral.
453
00:16:52,912 --> 00:16:55,580
Mm-hmm.
But you didn't have
a funeral.
454
00:16:55,682 --> 00:16:57,749
You cremated him.
Yes.
455
00:16:57,851 --> 00:16:59,017
Who made that decision?
456
00:16:59,085 --> 00:17:01,219
I did.
She talked my parents
into doing it.
457
00:17:01,287 --> 00:17:02,987
How much was the cremation?
458
00:17:03,056 --> 00:17:05,556
I googled it.
It's up to $1,200.
459
00:17:05,658 --> 00:17:07,058
Up to $1,200.
$1,200.
460
00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:09,360
It could be as low as like $700.
Okay.
461
00:17:09,429 --> 00:17:11,662
So my question is
where is my money?
462
00:17:11,765 --> 00:17:13,197
We cremated him,
463
00:17:13,266 --> 00:17:17,135
which must have nullified
the $15,000 funeral service.
464
00:17:17,237 --> 00:17:18,836
You ain't got to have no casket.
465
00:17:18,905 --> 00:17:21,406
You ain't got have no hearse.
You ain't got to get in no line.
466
00:17:21,508 --> 00:17:23,241
You ain't got to put the flag
on the car.
467
00:17:23,343 --> 00:17:24,642
You ain't got to do
none of this.
468
00:17:24,744 --> 00:17:26,411
The cremation is different.
469
00:17:26,479 --> 00:17:29,847
When you get there
and you don't see none of this,
470
00:17:29,949 --> 00:17:30,948
what's your reaction?
471
00:17:31,017 --> 00:17:33,484
I'm thinking
that they're a little late.
472
00:17:33,586 --> 00:17:35,319
Oh, you thinking
the body on the way?
473
00:17:35,422 --> 00:17:37,088
Just -- [ laughs ]
474
00:17:37,157 --> 00:17:38,856
because why?
I don't see it.
475
00:17:38,925 --> 00:17:41,092
You think --
476
00:17:41,194 --> 00:17:42,860
you think any minute now,
477
00:17:42,929 --> 00:17:46,297
little -- little bro
finna get rolled in?
478
00:17:46,399 --> 00:17:49,567
We -- he just late for the show.
479
00:17:49,636 --> 00:17:53,304
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
This is not funny.
480
00:17:53,406 --> 00:17:55,773
No, it's not.
It's really not funny.
481
00:17:55,875 --> 00:17:57,775
[ chuckles ]
482
00:17:57,877 --> 00:17:59,177
it's nothing in the room.
483
00:17:59,279 --> 00:18:00,912
Y'all just came to --
there's a vase.
484
00:18:01,014 --> 00:18:01,979
There's a vase.
There's a what?
485
00:18:02,082 --> 00:18:03,915
There's a vase
with ashes inside.
486
00:18:04,017 --> 00:18:06,317
That's how I found out
that he was cremated.
487
00:18:06,386 --> 00:18:07,952
Okay, that's
a picture of me.
488
00:18:08,054 --> 00:18:09,320
Oh, that's you?
Yes.
489
00:18:09,389 --> 00:18:12,023
Oh, y'all taking pictures
with the -- with the --
490
00:18:12,125 --> 00:18:15,193
[ laughter ]
491
00:18:15,295 --> 00:18:17,462
and every pictures
that she gets in --
492
00:18:19,499 --> 00:18:20,765
oh, you do--
[ laughs ]
493
00:18:20,867 --> 00:18:23,534
oh, you doing
over-the-shoulder shots.
494
00:18:23,636 --> 00:18:25,136
You letting them have it.
495
00:18:25,238 --> 00:18:26,737
[ laughs ]
496
00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:29,006
[ laughter ]
497
00:18:29,109 --> 00:18:31,576
don't nobody do the
over-the-shoulder shot
498
00:18:31,678 --> 00:18:34,078
at the funeral.
At the funeral!
499
00:18:34,147 --> 00:18:38,316
I didn't have my body done at
the -- at the memorial service.
500
00:18:38,384 --> 00:18:40,351
Excuse me?
I didn't have my body done
501
00:18:40,420 --> 00:18:42,487
at the memorial service,
and that's her argument.
502
00:18:42,555 --> 00:18:44,388
Okay, now, hold, hold,
hold, hold, hold tight.
503
00:18:44,491 --> 00:18:47,959
So, I'm assuming
by that statement,
504
00:18:48,027 --> 00:18:51,095
something has been done
to your body.
505
00:18:51,164 --> 00:18:54,031
Yes! No, listen,
because this is a big factor.
506
00:18:54,134 --> 00:18:55,867
She stand there
at the funeral --
507
00:18:55,969 --> 00:18:57,235
I had my body done.
508
00:18:57,337 --> 00:18:59,904
His funeral
was on July 10th.
509
00:18:59,973 --> 00:19:02,306
I didn't have my surgery
until July 13th.
510
00:19:02,375 --> 00:19:03,708
My surgery --
511
00:19:03,776 --> 00:19:08,045
my -- my surgery was paid for
on June 22nd.
512
00:19:08,114 --> 00:19:09,614
Well, then, what was
all the turning around
513
00:19:09,716 --> 00:19:10,715
and taking the pictures
514
00:19:10,817 --> 00:19:12,450
and -- and begging
for the spotlight then?
515
00:19:12,552 --> 00:19:14,585
Why was you mad?
516
00:19:14,654 --> 00:19:17,088
She said I was prancing around.
I wasn't prancing around.
517
00:19:17,190 --> 00:19:19,891
I wasn't walking around moping
and crying and sad.
518
00:19:19,959 --> 00:19:21,759
Oh, just, "we over with this.
519
00:19:21,861 --> 00:19:24,395
Let's move on."
what?
520
00:19:24,497 --> 00:19:25,663
Not like that, but you --
521
00:19:25,765 --> 00:19:27,431
I mean, well, that's how
it sound just now.
522
00:19:27,500 --> 00:19:28,666
That's how it sounded.
523
00:19:28,768 --> 00:19:30,301
I'm not telling people
how to grieve.
524
00:19:30,370 --> 00:19:32,103
How you grieve,
that's your business.
525
00:19:32,172 --> 00:19:34,071
That's fine with me.
You don't care nothing about it,
526
00:19:34,140 --> 00:19:35,940
I don't care nothing about it.
No, I do care about it.
527
00:19:36,042 --> 00:19:37,475
Well, that don't sound like it.
528
00:19:37,577 --> 00:19:38,943
Now, he in the jar.
529
00:19:39,012 --> 00:19:40,945
Let's just call it like it is.
530
00:19:41,014 --> 00:19:44,081
In total, how much money
was raised for the funeral?
531
00:19:44,184 --> 00:19:47,018
Uh, maybe about $11,000.
532
00:19:47,086 --> 00:19:48,519
$11,000?
533
00:19:48,621 --> 00:19:49,620
Mm-hmm.
534
00:19:49,689 --> 00:19:52,089
Do you know how much
the cremation was?
535
00:19:52,192 --> 00:19:54,992
It was a little --
well, it was like $4,000.
536
00:19:55,061 --> 00:19:58,362
Do you have any evidence of
what you spent for the funeral?
537
00:19:58,431 --> 00:20:00,798
I don't have any paperwork
of what I spent in the funeral.
538
00:20:00,900 --> 00:20:03,167
However, I do have evidence
539
00:20:03,236 --> 00:20:05,102
of what I spent on my bbl.
540
00:20:05,171 --> 00:20:07,572
Okay, well, let's see it.
Let's see what that --
541
00:20:07,674 --> 00:20:09,640
whew!
542
00:20:09,709 --> 00:20:11,776
Hold on. Wait a minute. Hold --
let me get this right.
543
00:20:11,844 --> 00:20:15,479
So you kept your receipts
from your butt
544
00:20:15,548 --> 00:20:16,981
but not your brother.
545
00:20:17,083 --> 00:20:18,516
[ laughs ]
546
00:20:18,585 --> 00:20:20,918
we got some priorities
going on here.
547
00:20:20,987 --> 00:20:23,120
My point is
is she didn't pay for it.
548
00:20:23,189 --> 00:20:25,590
Everything had already been
paid for, and she said --
549
00:20:25,692 --> 00:20:28,326
these are charges on here.
550
00:20:28,428 --> 00:20:30,094
Credit card charges.
551
00:20:30,163 --> 00:20:31,929
Lipo, $10,000.
552
00:20:31,998 --> 00:20:34,899
Upper lower abdomen, $3,000.
553
00:20:34,968 --> 00:20:37,101
Back bra rolls, what is that?
554
00:20:37,170 --> 00:20:39,170
They missed that,
'cause I still see fat.
555
00:20:39,272 --> 00:20:42,840
[ spectators murmuring ]
556
00:20:42,942 --> 00:20:45,209
oh, I know. The back roll
is where it look like
557
00:20:45,311 --> 00:20:47,712
you opened a can of biscuits.
558
00:20:47,814 --> 00:20:48,980
That's what that is?
559
00:20:49,048 --> 00:20:50,615
I just wanted to make sure
that's what that was.
560
00:20:50,683 --> 00:20:52,450
Now -- now, let me --
let me get into this.
561
00:20:52,552 --> 00:20:55,086
When you charge a credit card,
562
00:20:55,154 --> 00:20:58,222
the charges
aren't due immediately.
563
00:20:58,291 --> 00:21:01,158
And most credit cards,
you got 30 days to pay.
564
00:21:01,261 --> 00:21:05,029
So you make these charges
on June 22nd.
565
00:21:05,131 --> 00:21:06,097
Mm-hmm.
566
00:21:06,199 --> 00:21:10,301
And she gives you a check
on July 3rd.
567
00:21:10,403 --> 00:21:12,637
And your brother's service
was when?
568
00:21:12,705 --> 00:21:14,138
On July 10th.
569
00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:15,106
10th.
Mm-hmm.
570
00:21:15,208 --> 00:21:16,807
When did you get the surgery?
571
00:21:16,909 --> 00:21:18,276
July 13th.
572
00:21:18,378 --> 00:21:20,411
So let's go to a timeline.
573
00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:24,749
July 3rd, there was a check
cut by you, daphne, for $6,000.
574
00:21:24,817 --> 00:21:26,250
Yes.
Alright.
575
00:21:26,319 --> 00:21:29,353
On the 10th was the funeral.
576
00:21:29,422 --> 00:21:33,190
On the 22nd of June,
577
00:21:33,259 --> 00:21:36,260
prior to the check,
prior to the funeral,
578
00:21:36,329 --> 00:21:39,830
charges were made
on a credit card
579
00:21:39,932 --> 00:21:42,967
for the brazilian butt lift
and lipo.
580
00:21:43,069 --> 00:21:46,137
Then on the next timeline
we dealing with,
581
00:21:46,239 --> 00:21:48,039
on 7/13,
582
00:21:48,141 --> 00:21:51,375
you get the butt
and the lipo done.
583
00:21:51,477 --> 00:21:52,710
That's a true statement.
584
00:21:52,779 --> 00:21:55,212
All these are
correct statements?
585
00:21:55,315 --> 00:21:57,081
Yes.
Yes.
586
00:21:57,150 --> 00:21:59,750
You see how this looking?
Just say yes.
587
00:21:59,819 --> 00:22:03,020
Well, I had stopped taking money
from the family.
588
00:22:03,089 --> 00:22:05,289
The only money that I took
was from her.
589
00:22:05,358 --> 00:22:06,991
Right.
Now, daphne, you know
590
00:22:07,060 --> 00:22:08,693
that you owe me anyway.
591
00:22:08,761 --> 00:22:11,128
Stop. Stop, stop. Stop.
592
00:22:11,230 --> 00:22:14,131
We ain't in here for
"you owe me anyway."
593
00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:17,034
how did the cremation
actually come about?
594
00:22:17,136 --> 00:22:19,503
Because when we raised the money
from the family,
595
00:22:19,605 --> 00:22:22,940
daphne had not --
she had not donated yet.
596
00:22:23,042 --> 00:22:25,009
And you thought
you were gon' be short?
597
00:22:25,111 --> 00:22:26,177
Yeah, so that's how --
598
00:22:26,279 --> 00:22:28,212
so when daphne came up
with the $6,000 --
599
00:22:28,314 --> 00:22:29,714
but everything
had already been --
600
00:22:29,816 --> 00:22:31,582
been decided.
Yeah.
601
00:22:31,684 --> 00:22:34,518
You didn't tell her...
Yep. I sure didn't.
602
00:22:34,620 --> 00:22:37,955
...That you all
had decided on cremation.
603
00:22:38,024 --> 00:22:39,890
All that messs
I had to go through from her,
604
00:22:39,992 --> 00:22:42,159
she owe me.
605
00:22:42,261 --> 00:22:43,728
Oh.
606
00:22:43,830 --> 00:22:46,197
[ spectators murmuring ]
607
00:22:47,934 --> 00:22:51,869
did you just make an admission
608
00:22:51,971 --> 00:22:54,572
that you took daphne's money
609
00:22:54,674 --> 00:22:58,709
to do something with it
other than pay for a funeral?
610
00:22:58,811 --> 00:23:01,412
Is that what you just said?
611
00:23:01,514 --> 00:23:05,616
♪♪
612
00:23:10,857 --> 00:23:14,625
did you just make an admission
613
00:23:14,727 --> 00:23:17,328
that you took daphne's money
614
00:23:17,430 --> 00:23:21,499
to do something with it
other than pay for a funeral?
615
00:23:21,601 --> 00:23:24,268
Is that what you just said?
616
00:23:24,370 --> 00:23:27,605
♪♪
617
00:23:32,645 --> 00:23:34,178
I plead the fifth.
618
00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:36,347
Oh. Oh.
619
00:23:36,449 --> 00:23:38,949
Oh-ho. You -- oh.
620
00:23:39,051 --> 00:23:40,751
Oh, you must think --
621
00:23:40,853 --> 00:23:42,887
you must think
this a real court.
622
00:23:42,989 --> 00:23:44,989
[ laughter ]
623
00:23:47,693 --> 00:23:49,393
[ laughing ] oh, my good--
624
00:23:49,495 --> 00:23:50,861
oh!
625
00:23:50,963 --> 00:23:53,497
She said she plead the fifth.
626
00:23:53,599 --> 00:23:55,566
[ laughter ]
627
00:23:55,668 --> 00:23:58,369
that's funny.
I like that right there.
628
00:23:58,471 --> 00:24:00,671
It's too late
to plead the fifth.
629
00:24:00,773 --> 00:24:02,106
Yes, it is. Yes.
630
00:24:02,208 --> 00:24:05,509
You can't plead the fifth
after you told the story.
631
00:24:05,611 --> 00:24:06,911
[ laughter ]
632
00:24:07,013 --> 00:24:09,613
you so mad to tell her off
633
00:24:09,715 --> 00:24:13,284
that you done told us all
what we needed to hear.
634
00:24:13,386 --> 00:24:17,488
You knew good and well
the decision was made
635
00:24:17,590 --> 00:24:22,193
prior to her giving you
the $6,000 check.
636
00:24:22,295 --> 00:24:25,463
Put the check up,
'cause I want to make sure --
637
00:24:25,565 --> 00:24:28,532
I got to make sure,
anywhere on here,
638
00:24:28,634 --> 00:24:30,434
do you see "booty"?
639
00:24:30,536 --> 00:24:33,304
[ laughter ]
640
00:24:33,372 --> 00:24:36,807
sister, this what you did.
You ran game right here.
641
00:24:36,876 --> 00:24:39,376
See, and you want to know
what's beautiful about this?
642
00:24:39,445 --> 00:24:42,379
Game recognize game. Oh.
643
00:24:43,416 --> 00:24:47,051
This woman right here
gave $6,000
644
00:24:47,153 --> 00:24:50,187
to bury her beloved brother
645
00:24:50,256 --> 00:24:53,657
to her sister, who was in charge
of funeral arrangements.
646
00:24:53,759 --> 00:24:56,494
These funeral arrangements
were already predetermined
647
00:24:56,596 --> 00:24:59,396
before she got
her sister's check.
648
00:24:59,499 --> 00:25:03,267
These funeral arrangements
were to cremate they brother.
649
00:25:03,369 --> 00:25:04,502
Save money.
650
00:25:04,604 --> 00:25:07,438
And you probably --
I'm-a go out on a limb --
651
00:25:07,507 --> 00:25:09,373
had something to do
with that decision,
652
00:25:09,442 --> 00:25:13,544
because in your mind,
you had found the perfect way
653
00:25:13,646 --> 00:25:17,181
to pay off this $14,000 debt.
654
00:25:20,953 --> 00:25:22,219
Can I say something?
655
00:25:22,321 --> 00:25:23,587
Unh-unh.
656
00:25:23,656 --> 00:25:25,990
[ laughter ]
657
00:25:26,092 --> 00:25:30,327
I've seen a lot of things
in my day.
658
00:25:30,396 --> 00:25:33,130
And this ain't the craziest one,
believe it or not.
659
00:25:33,232 --> 00:25:36,033
I didn't use the money
to go towards my bbl.
660
00:25:36,135 --> 00:25:39,203
However, I did use it
for my flight,
661
00:25:39,305 --> 00:25:41,539
my hotel, my food,
662
00:25:41,607 --> 00:25:44,275
and I used it for everything
else that I needed.
663
00:25:44,343 --> 00:25:45,476
And you owe me that.
664
00:25:45,578 --> 00:25:47,978
I've given you money
time after time
665
00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:49,813
after time again.
When you were struggling --
666
00:25:49,916 --> 00:25:51,415
she's the one that's broke!
I'm not.
667
00:25:51,484 --> 00:25:53,551
I'm not broke.
Well, you about to be.
668
00:25:53,619 --> 00:25:55,085
You gave me what?
669
00:25:55,187 --> 00:25:57,254
[ cheers and applause ]
670
00:25:57,356 --> 00:26:00,224
'cause I'm about to give you
my final verdict.
671
00:26:01,427 --> 00:26:05,429
I am going to award daphne
672
00:26:05,531 --> 00:26:09,733
her request of $6,000.
673
00:26:09,835 --> 00:26:11,569
Thank you.
In full.
674
00:26:11,637 --> 00:26:13,671
Thank you. Thank you.
In full,
675
00:26:13,739 --> 00:26:17,308
because you don't have
no trouble paying your bills.
676
00:26:17,410 --> 00:26:18,776
Ooh!
677
00:26:18,878 --> 00:26:21,312
[ laughs ]
678
00:26:21,414 --> 00:26:25,583
you gon' need a little more
reputation repairing after this,
679
00:26:25,685 --> 00:26:27,618
'cause this is on tv.
680
00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:29,687
[ cheers and applause ]
681
00:26:29,789 --> 00:26:32,623
my final verdict is,
for the plaintiff,
682
00:26:32,725 --> 00:26:34,592
$6,000.
[ gavel bangs ]
683
00:26:36,228 --> 00:26:38,662
and that's the way I see it.
684
00:26:38,764 --> 00:26:40,764
[ cheers and applause ]
685
00:26:40,866 --> 00:26:45,836
♪♪
686
00:26:45,938 --> 00:26:47,171
I wasn't surprised.
687
00:26:47,273 --> 00:26:50,874
I figured she would dig
herself in a ditch, and she did.
688
00:26:50,977 --> 00:26:52,543
I don't agree with his ruling.
689
00:26:52,645 --> 00:26:56,180
My sister has always treated me
bad, and she owes me that.
690
00:26:56,282 --> 00:26:58,215
Erin: I'm not going out
and buying random lumber.
691
00:26:58,317 --> 00:27:01,919
I'm asking you to direct me
to the lumber!
692
00:27:02,021 --> 00:27:05,089
If this was scotch, I'd be set!
693
00:27:05,191 --> 00:27:06,423
[ laughter ]
694
00:27:09,729 --> 00:27:12,162
[ cheers and applause ]
695
00:27:12,264 --> 00:27:14,999
alright, everybody,
let's get started.
696
00:27:15,101 --> 00:27:19,103
This is the case of erin wytiaz
vs. Drake spann.
697
00:27:19,205 --> 00:27:22,640
Rubin: Erin is suing her builder
brother drake for $5,000
698
00:27:22,708 --> 00:27:26,110
she paid for kitchen cabinets
and furniture he never built.
699
00:27:26,178 --> 00:27:27,478
Steve: Alright,
let's start with you, erin.
700
00:27:27,580 --> 00:27:29,380
You have 30 seconds
to state your case.
701
00:27:29,448 --> 00:27:33,183
I'm here today because
back in November of 2020,
702
00:27:33,285 --> 00:27:36,987
I paid my brother up-front
$5,000
703
00:27:37,089 --> 00:27:40,290
to complete kitchen cabinets
and a new dining set for me.
704
00:27:40,393 --> 00:27:42,493
And the project
was supposed to be completed
705
00:27:42,595 --> 00:27:44,228
in January of 2021,
706
00:27:44,330 --> 00:27:45,362
and here we are.
707
00:27:45,431 --> 00:27:48,065
Nothing's been started,
all I get are excuses,
708
00:27:48,167 --> 00:27:50,134
and I want my $5,000 back.
709
00:27:50,236 --> 00:27:53,070
-Yeah.
-Yeah.
710
00:27:53,139 --> 00:27:55,973
Okay, drake, you have
30 seconds to respond.
711
00:27:56,042 --> 00:27:58,175
Well, your honor,
I have every intention
712
00:27:58,244 --> 00:27:59,977
on building those cabinets
713
00:28:00,046 --> 00:28:02,146
and the dining room table
with benches.
714
00:28:02,248 --> 00:28:03,614
And for that reason,
I don't believe
715
00:28:03,716 --> 00:28:05,449
that I owe her any money.
716
00:28:05,518 --> 00:28:07,217
You have every intention
of build--
717
00:28:07,319 --> 00:28:08,485
yes.
718
00:28:08,554 --> 00:28:10,320
Yes.
This is going to be interesting,
719
00:28:10,389 --> 00:28:13,691
because this started
in November of 2020.
720
00:28:13,793 --> 00:28:14,858
Yes, sir.
721
00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:16,593
And you were supposed to
have your kitchen
722
00:28:16,696 --> 00:28:19,496
by January 2021.
723
00:28:19,598 --> 00:28:21,732
Completed.
Completed.
724
00:28:21,801 --> 00:28:23,133
So tell me what happened.
725
00:28:23,235 --> 00:28:26,704
We hadn't set a particular date
for January.
726
00:28:26,806 --> 00:28:29,673
My brother offered to come up
and spend a week with us
727
00:28:29,742 --> 00:28:32,009
to complete the kitchen cabinets
and dining set.
728
00:28:32,111 --> 00:28:33,177
Come up from where?
729
00:28:33,245 --> 00:28:34,678
Alabama.
I live in kentucky,
730
00:28:34,780 --> 00:28:36,046
and he lives in alabama.
731
00:28:36,148 --> 00:28:38,549
But here we are,
a whole year later
732
00:28:38,617 --> 00:28:41,452
that I gave him this money
and have not seen anything.
733
00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:44,221
So, is your brother really
that good at making --
734
00:28:44,290 --> 00:28:46,423
yes, he's incredible!
He is.
735
00:28:46,492 --> 00:28:48,959
But, I mean,
if I would have known
736
00:28:49,061 --> 00:28:50,794
that this was going to be
the case,
737
00:28:50,896 --> 00:28:52,763
I would have hired
contractors.
738
00:28:52,832 --> 00:28:55,232
You submitted some photos...
Yes, I did.
739
00:28:55,334 --> 00:28:56,767
...Of work of his.
740
00:28:56,836 --> 00:28:58,702
He's great at what he does.
741
00:28:58,771 --> 00:29:01,438
And he does all of this
by hand.
742
00:29:01,507 --> 00:29:02,673
What is this, sir?
743
00:29:02,775 --> 00:29:06,210
That's a entertainment
dog kennel.
744
00:29:06,312 --> 00:29:09,079
So you can keep your dog
in there and have your tv on top
745
00:29:09,181 --> 00:29:11,248
and watch both of them
at the same time.
746
00:29:11,350 --> 00:29:13,317
[ laughter ]
747
00:29:16,555 --> 00:29:20,324
looks like a jail
for little people.
748
00:29:20,392 --> 00:29:21,558
It could be that,
too, judge.
749
00:29:21,627 --> 00:29:22,726
See, I'm a grandparent.
750
00:29:22,828 --> 00:29:24,762
Like, when they leave
the grandkids with me,
751
00:29:24,864 --> 00:29:28,098
I'd like to put them in there
and then have the tv on top.
752
00:29:28,167 --> 00:29:32,035
I can watch them and the tv
at the same time.
753
00:29:32,138 --> 00:29:33,337
That's right.
754
00:29:33,439 --> 00:29:36,540
So, now, did you agree
to make these cabinets
755
00:29:36,642 --> 00:29:38,842
for your sister for $5,000?
I did.
756
00:29:38,911 --> 00:29:41,111
And she paid you up-front?
Yes.
757
00:29:41,213 --> 00:29:43,647
What all were the $5,000
to include?
758
00:29:43,749 --> 00:29:45,382
The full kitchen cabinets,
759
00:29:45,484 --> 00:29:46,583
plus the island,
which is also cabinets.
760
00:29:46,685 --> 00:29:48,619
Wait, full kitchen?
Yes.
761
00:29:48,721 --> 00:29:50,587
And the dining room table
with benches, your honor.
762
00:29:50,689 --> 00:29:52,256
Well, let me tell you something.
Judge harvey, can I say --
763
00:29:52,358 --> 00:29:54,525
no, no, no, no. Let me
tell you something,
how good a deal that is.
764
00:29:54,627 --> 00:29:56,226
He offered it.
Now, you listen to me.
765
00:29:56,328 --> 00:29:58,028
Jesus was a carpenter,
766
00:29:58,097 --> 00:30:00,230
and he'd have charged
more than that.
767
00:30:00,332 --> 00:30:01,532
[ laughing ] I know!
768
00:30:01,634 --> 00:30:03,834
I didn't ask him.
769
00:30:03,936 --> 00:30:06,203
I didn't ask him
to do the job.
770
00:30:06,305 --> 00:30:08,639
I was expressing
that my husband and I
771
00:30:08,741 --> 00:30:11,675
were going to be having this
done to our home.
772
00:30:11,744 --> 00:30:14,044
And he says,
"well, why hire someone
773
00:30:14,113 --> 00:30:16,313
when I can come up there
and do it for you,
774
00:30:16,415 --> 00:30:18,148
and I'll do it
for 5 grand?"
775
00:30:18,250 --> 00:30:20,017
why wouldn't I jump
on that?
776
00:30:20,119 --> 00:30:23,020
She's right, your honor.
I did offer $5,000.
777
00:30:23,088 --> 00:30:25,956
And the reason I did $5,000
is 'cause she is my sister.
778
00:30:26,058 --> 00:30:27,291
And if you're in
this line of business,
779
00:30:27,359 --> 00:30:30,460
you know what you can do
and still make a profit
780
00:30:30,563 --> 00:30:33,230
and then I could still help her
out at the same time.
781
00:30:33,299 --> 00:30:34,565
I appreciate you helping her
782
00:30:34,667 --> 00:30:37,768
and wanting to do it
for such a discount price,
783
00:30:37,870 --> 00:30:41,638
but this was agreed upon
November 2020.
784
00:30:41,740 --> 00:30:45,008
But this 2022.
What are you being told?
785
00:30:45,077 --> 00:30:48,111
"I can't find the lumber
that I'm needing,"
786
00:30:48,214 --> 00:30:50,180
or, you know, "the price of
lumber's gone up
787
00:30:50,282 --> 00:30:51,481
because of covid."
788
00:30:51,584 --> 00:30:53,183
like she said, due to covid,
789
00:30:53,285 --> 00:30:55,085
it made prices skyrocket
on everything.
790
00:30:55,154 --> 00:30:56,286
That's a true statement.
791
00:30:56,388 --> 00:30:58,388
So same thing with me
trying to buy lumber.
792
00:30:58,490 --> 00:31:01,325
At the time when I offered her
$5,000 to do the cabinets,
793
00:31:01,393 --> 00:31:02,626
it would have been fine.
794
00:31:02,728 --> 00:31:03,861
I would have made money.
795
00:31:03,963 --> 00:31:05,629
She would have had
the cabinets.
796
00:31:05,698 --> 00:31:08,465
But now I have to dig
into my own pocket if --
797
00:31:08,567 --> 00:31:09,633
with the $5,000.
798
00:31:09,702 --> 00:31:12,236
How? I've offered
to cover the extra cost!
799
00:31:12,304 --> 00:31:15,939
Yes, ma'am. Just wait a minute.
He's not saying anything yet.
800
00:31:16,008 --> 00:31:17,541
You know, you have --
is this your big sister?
801
00:31:17,643 --> 00:31:20,477
Yes.
I have two of them.
802
00:31:20,546 --> 00:31:23,013
I never in my life
want to argue with my sisters.
803
00:31:23,115 --> 00:31:24,014
Right.
Yeah.
804
00:31:24,116 --> 00:31:25,115
You probably
ain't gon' win this.
805
00:31:25,217 --> 00:31:26,884
You know that, right?
806
00:31:26,952 --> 00:31:28,452
I'm-a pray for you, though.
Go ahead, man.
807
00:31:28,520 --> 00:31:29,953
I appreciate it.
Go ahead.
808
00:31:30,055 --> 00:31:32,222
I can find lumber
to do her cabinets.
809
00:31:32,324 --> 00:31:34,057
That's not the problem.
It's the quality.
810
00:31:34,159 --> 00:31:36,193
So for the price
that I'm charging,
811
00:31:36,295 --> 00:31:39,396
yes, it's a good deal,
but it also reflects back on me
812
00:31:39,498 --> 00:31:42,232
if I give her some warped
or twisted plywood.
813
00:31:42,301 --> 00:31:43,467
So I can find wood,
814
00:31:43,569 --> 00:31:44,735
but it's not going to be
up to my standards.
815
00:31:44,803 --> 00:31:47,271
Yeah. Yeah.
Where in alabama do you stay?
816
00:31:47,339 --> 00:31:50,240
"haylivole." haleyville is
kind of how they pronounce it
817
00:31:50,342 --> 00:31:52,276
outside of the state.
818
00:31:52,378 --> 00:31:54,811
Your ass in the middle
of nowhere.
819
00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:56,480
And the work was
being done in kentucky.
820
00:31:56,582 --> 00:31:57,614
What part of kentucky?
821
00:31:57,683 --> 00:31:59,917
Lexington, so central kentucky.
Lexington.
822
00:32:00,019 --> 00:32:01,084
How'd you get out here?
823
00:32:01,186 --> 00:32:02,085
I flew.
824
00:32:02,187 --> 00:32:05,289
Flew? Okay. How'd you fly?
825
00:32:05,391 --> 00:32:06,490
Like, seated?
826
00:32:06,592 --> 00:32:09,660
I'm --
what are you talking about?
827
00:32:09,762 --> 00:32:12,396
You mean was I on the inside
or the outside?
828
00:32:12,498 --> 00:32:14,264
[ laughter ]
829
00:32:17,236 --> 00:32:18,769
in the passenger seat.
830
00:32:18,871 --> 00:32:21,238
[ laughter ]
831
00:32:21,340 --> 00:32:23,073
[ laughing, stammering ]
832
00:32:25,411 --> 00:32:27,511
I'm thinking commercial
versus private.
833
00:32:27,613 --> 00:32:29,479
You went, "seated."
834
00:32:29,581 --> 00:32:31,515
[ laughter ]
835
00:32:32,985 --> 00:32:35,319
"how the hell you think
I flew down here? I was seated!
836
00:32:35,421 --> 00:32:38,989
I buttoned up -- fastened the
seatbelt, and I flew down here!
837
00:32:39,091 --> 00:32:42,326
What you think,
I flapped my way there?!"
838
00:32:42,428 --> 00:32:44,461
oh, boy.
[ murmurs indistinctly ]
839
00:32:44,563 --> 00:32:46,563
[ laughter ]
840
00:32:47,900 --> 00:32:51,902
ma'am, ma'am,
thank you for that.
841
00:32:52,004 --> 00:32:53,804
I needed that laugh today.
842
00:32:53,906 --> 00:32:56,106
You have no I-- "seated?"
843
00:32:56,208 --> 00:32:57,574
[ laughter ]
844
00:32:57,676 --> 00:32:59,609
okay. So, you have no cabinets.
845
00:32:59,712 --> 00:33:01,511
You can't find wood,
which is true.
846
00:33:01,613 --> 00:33:02,679
Covid brought that.
847
00:33:02,781 --> 00:33:04,514
And do you think
he spent your money?
848
00:33:04,616 --> 00:33:05,615
Yes.
Oh.
849
00:33:05,718 --> 00:33:10,153
I think he spent it,
because in March of 2021,
850
00:33:10,255 --> 00:33:12,489
I was speaking to my
sister-in-law, his wife...
851
00:33:12,591 --> 00:33:14,257
His wife.
...On the phone,
852
00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:17,761
and she said, "I'm mad because
I got this medical bill in,
853
00:33:17,863 --> 00:33:20,430
and I don't want to dip
into savings to pay it.
854
00:33:20,532 --> 00:33:22,733
So I'm just going to make
a couple of payments on it.
855
00:33:22,835 --> 00:33:24,534
But I wouldn't even
have to do that
856
00:33:24,636 --> 00:33:27,504
if your brother wouldn't
have spent almost $5,000
857
00:33:27,606 --> 00:33:32,075
on a new gaming system
and tv," in December,
858
00:33:32,177 --> 00:33:35,545
one month after
I gave him $5,000.
859
00:33:35,647 --> 00:33:46,523
♪♪
860
00:33:46,625 --> 00:33:49,026
okay.
So, you have no cabinets.
861
00:33:49,128 --> 00:33:50,794
And do you think
he spent your money?
862
00:33:50,896 --> 00:33:51,928
Yes.
Oh.
863
00:33:52,031 --> 00:33:53,497
I was speaking
to my sister-in-law,
864
00:33:53,599 --> 00:33:56,967
and she said, "your brother
spent almost $5,000
865
00:33:57,069 --> 00:34:01,538
on a new gaming system
and tv," in December,
866
00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:05,709
one month after
I gave him $5,000.
867
00:34:05,811 --> 00:34:08,779
So why would I think
anything else, judge harvey?
868
00:34:08,881 --> 00:34:11,314
Well? Drake?
869
00:34:11,417 --> 00:34:15,952
I won that tv and xbox
at my work through a raffle.
870
00:34:16,055 --> 00:34:18,288
I still have
every bit of the $5,000
871
00:34:18,390 --> 00:34:20,490
that erin has given me.
Hold on, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
872
00:34:20,592 --> 00:34:24,961
Wait, you think a tv
and a xbox cost $5,000?
873
00:34:25,064 --> 00:34:29,066
Yeah, a 75-inch curved
flat-screen tv
874
00:34:29,168 --> 00:34:31,301
and an xbox series one x.
875
00:34:31,370 --> 00:34:33,003
Yes.
It's about 5 grand.
876
00:34:33,072 --> 00:34:35,105
You got a curved tv?
Yes, your honor.
877
00:34:35,174 --> 00:34:38,075
Oh, my man. Did you put that
on top of the dog kennel?
878
00:34:38,177 --> 00:34:40,043
[ laughter ]
879
00:34:42,648 --> 00:34:44,247
oh, man.
880
00:34:44,316 --> 00:34:46,550
Did your sister-in-law
mention to you
881
00:34:46,652 --> 00:34:48,118
that it was won in a raffle?
882
00:34:48,187 --> 00:34:50,153
She deliberately said,
883
00:34:50,222 --> 00:34:53,390
"if he would not
have spent $5,000."
884
00:34:53,492 --> 00:34:55,192
I didn't tell my wife
885
00:34:55,294 --> 00:34:57,194
that I had won that at work.
I told her that --
886
00:34:57,262 --> 00:35:00,063
and you shouldn't.
887
00:35:00,165 --> 00:35:02,199
As you -- yeah --
how old are you, sir?
888
00:35:02,301 --> 00:35:05,168
25, your honor.
Yes!
889
00:35:05,237 --> 00:35:08,572
Keep some things
to your damn self.
890
00:35:08,674 --> 00:35:10,440
[ both laugh ]
891
00:35:12,111 --> 00:35:16,613
you, sir, have a chance
to be married for a long time.
892
00:35:16,682 --> 00:35:17,914
Thank you.
Now, every woman in here --
893
00:35:18,016 --> 00:35:19,850
"no, tell your wife everything."
894
00:35:19,952 --> 00:35:21,618
no.
895
00:35:23,822 --> 00:35:27,691
Now, you said
you still have the money.
896
00:35:27,793 --> 00:35:29,860
Yes, sir. That's correct.
It's in my bank account.
897
00:35:29,962 --> 00:35:31,461
I've got proof of it,
your honor.
898
00:35:31,530 --> 00:35:33,530
Okay, well, let's see
what we got here.
899
00:35:33,599 --> 00:35:35,999
This is your bank account?
Yes, sir.
900
00:35:36,101 --> 00:35:39,936
$6,955.20.
901
00:35:40,038 --> 00:35:41,905
How long ago was this, sir?
902
00:35:41,974 --> 00:35:44,374
Two weeks ago, your honor.
Oh, okay.
903
00:35:44,476 --> 00:35:46,510
Are you telling the court
904
00:35:46,612 --> 00:35:48,879
5 grand been sitting there
the entire time?
905
00:35:48,981 --> 00:35:49,980
Yes.
906
00:35:50,082 --> 00:35:51,648
I do that
with every person
907
00:35:51,750 --> 00:35:53,316
that gets me
to build something for them.
908
00:35:53,385 --> 00:35:54,584
I don't --
you hold onto the money.
909
00:35:54,686 --> 00:35:56,353
I hold onto the money
until the -- you know,
910
00:35:56,421 --> 00:35:58,121
it's completely done,
you know? That's --
911
00:35:58,223 --> 00:35:59,489
I'm just hung up
on the fact
912
00:35:59,558 --> 00:36:01,558
that I've offered
to look in kentucky
913
00:36:01,627 --> 00:36:03,059
to find the lumber
that he needs.
914
00:36:03,162 --> 00:36:05,462
And he's like,
"no, no, no."
915
00:36:05,564 --> 00:36:06,596
so, why?
916
00:36:06,698 --> 00:36:09,966
Again, your honor,
she is correct.
917
00:36:10,035 --> 00:36:12,469
It's --
of course.
918
00:36:12,571 --> 00:36:15,805
It's a tennis match.
919
00:36:15,874 --> 00:36:19,109
I'm waiting on somebody.
To say, "shut up! You lying!"
920
00:36:19,211 --> 00:36:21,645
[ laughter ]
921
00:36:21,713 --> 00:36:24,814
I have no doubt that she can
find the lumber in kentucky.
922
00:36:24,917 --> 00:36:26,883
Then why haven't you --
I asked you!
923
00:36:26,952 --> 00:36:28,485
It's what --
I have asked you.
924
00:36:28,587 --> 00:36:29,619
She can find the price --
925
00:36:29,688 --> 00:36:31,488
I'm not going out
and buying random lumber.
926
00:36:31,590 --> 00:36:35,392
I'm asking you to direct me
to the lumber!
927
00:36:35,460 --> 00:36:37,093
I can't --
928
00:36:39,398 --> 00:36:42,699
for those of you waiting on me
to say something,
929
00:36:42,801 --> 00:36:46,303
it's because this case
is conducting itself.
930
00:36:46,405 --> 00:36:47,837
[ laughter ]
931
00:36:47,940 --> 00:36:49,606
I've never seen
anything like it.
932
00:36:49,708 --> 00:36:53,343
If this was scotch, I'd be set!
933
00:36:53,412 --> 00:36:54,678
So, let me ask you,
934
00:36:54,780 --> 00:36:58,081
do you have every intention
of doing her kitchen?
935
00:36:58,183 --> 00:37:00,016
I do, completely, your honor.
When?
936
00:37:00,085 --> 00:37:02,118
Just as soon as I can find --
oh, my god! When is soon?!
937
00:37:02,187 --> 00:37:03,887
I know it's the same story.
It's the same story.
938
00:37:03,989 --> 00:37:05,388
If you don't be quiet...
939
00:37:05,457 --> 00:37:08,291
I'm sorry.
...And let this man
say one thing!
940
00:37:08,393 --> 00:37:09,659
I'm sorry, your honor.
941
00:37:09,761 --> 00:37:11,394
He's going to agree with you!
942
00:37:11,496 --> 00:37:12,429
I know.
943
00:37:12,531 --> 00:37:14,798
[ laughs ] I know.
944
00:37:20,706 --> 00:37:24,307
Describe your relationship.
945
00:37:24,409 --> 00:37:25,508
[ voice breaking ]
before this?
946
00:37:25,611 --> 00:37:27,177
Mm-hmm.
947
00:37:30,115 --> 00:37:31,881
We were inseparable.
948
00:37:34,253 --> 00:37:37,420
I would do anything for him,
and he would do anything for me.
949
00:37:37,489 --> 00:37:40,690
And for the past year,
I haven't had my little brother.
950
00:37:42,628 --> 00:37:45,028
And it hurts my heart
to know
951
00:37:45,130 --> 00:37:47,530
that I even think that
he would have spent this money
952
00:37:47,633 --> 00:37:48,798
and not told me,
953
00:37:48,900 --> 00:37:53,570
but what hurts the most is our
relationship has suffered.
954
00:37:53,672 --> 00:37:57,474
We went from being on the phone
for two hours at a time
955
00:37:57,542 --> 00:38:00,277
with nothing to say,
but everything had been said
956
00:38:00,379 --> 00:38:03,880
to not hearing from him
for two months.
957
00:38:05,851 --> 00:38:07,484
You talk to your sister
on the phone
958
00:38:07,586 --> 00:38:09,019
sometimes for two hours?
959
00:38:09,121 --> 00:38:10,186
Yes, your honor.
960
00:38:10,289 --> 00:38:13,156
I got two older sisters.
961
00:38:13,258 --> 00:38:16,793
I ain't talked to them
for two hours on the phone
962
00:38:16,862 --> 00:38:18,728
in five years total.
963
00:38:18,830 --> 00:38:20,897
[ laughter ]
964
00:38:23,602 --> 00:38:26,503
the story here is,
like, incredible.
965
00:38:26,605 --> 00:38:29,272
You're hurt mostly
because you don't want to think
966
00:38:29,341 --> 00:38:32,075
your little brother
spent your $5,000
967
00:38:32,177 --> 00:38:35,111
on a television set and a xbox.
968
00:38:35,213 --> 00:38:37,347
Come to find out
he really didn't.
969
00:38:37,449 --> 00:38:38,114
And I believe him...
I do, too.
970
00:38:39,251 --> 00:38:41,384
..Cause this is
a honest guy over here.
971
00:38:41,486 --> 00:38:43,453
So, did you mention this
to your husband?
972
00:38:43,555 --> 00:38:45,689
I did, and...
973
00:38:45,791 --> 00:38:48,058
Something that drake
still doesn't know --
974
00:38:48,160 --> 00:38:49,426
I guess he's going
to know now --
975
00:38:49,528 --> 00:38:52,262
is my husband and I
had agreed
976
00:38:52,364 --> 00:38:53,997
that after
he completed the job,
977
00:38:54,099 --> 00:38:56,766
we were going to give him
an additional 5 grand
978
00:38:56,868 --> 00:38:59,135
just as a thank-you
and to help him out
979
00:38:59,204 --> 00:39:01,071
because he just
had a new baby.
980
00:39:01,173 --> 00:39:04,307
I told him that I thought --
what the hell?
981
00:39:04,409 --> 00:39:06,843
What are --
what are y'all doing?
982
00:39:06,945 --> 00:39:09,312
This don't make no damn sense!
983
00:39:09,414 --> 00:39:12,115
You're in here suing for $5,000.
984
00:39:12,217 --> 00:39:14,584
You can't give him $5,000 more!
985
00:39:14,686 --> 00:39:16,252
What the hell is going on here?
986
00:39:16,355 --> 00:39:17,821
This was when we had
initially agreed --
987
00:39:17,923 --> 00:39:21,091
you stop talking!
[ laughing ] I'm sorry.
988
00:39:21,193 --> 00:39:23,993
You're not --
you're not a court person.
989
00:39:24,096 --> 00:39:26,563
You should never go to court.
990
00:39:26,665 --> 00:39:29,733
You're way too kind.
What are you talking about?
991
00:39:29,835 --> 00:39:32,302
[ imitating crying,
speaking indistinctly ]
992
00:39:32,404 --> 00:39:34,137
[ laughs ]
993
00:39:34,239 --> 00:39:36,072
"'cause I just want
my brother back.
994
00:39:36,174 --> 00:39:37,640
And soon as he
put the cabinets in --
995
00:39:37,743 --> 00:39:41,044
he just had a baby, we was
gon' give him another $5,000.'"
996
00:39:41,146 --> 00:39:42,278
what?!
997
00:39:42,381 --> 00:39:43,580
We didn't give him --
998
00:39:43,682 --> 00:39:47,183
this doesn't make
any sense at all!
999
00:39:47,285 --> 00:39:50,987
I don't want
a court show anymore!
1000
00:39:51,089 --> 00:39:52,722
What?!
1001
00:39:57,162 --> 00:39:58,661
Listen.
1002
00:39:58,764 --> 00:40:00,663
I've reached a verdict.
1003
00:40:00,766 --> 00:40:02,766
[ cheers and applause ]
1004
00:40:04,703 --> 00:40:07,270
I rule in favor
1005
00:40:07,372 --> 00:40:09,272
of the plaintiff
1006
00:40:09,374 --> 00:40:10,774
for $5,000.
1007
00:40:10,876 --> 00:40:12,208
Thank you.
1008
00:40:12,310 --> 00:40:14,778
[ cheers and applause ]
1009
00:40:14,880 --> 00:40:17,514
but this is $5,000
1010
00:40:17,616 --> 00:40:20,850
that this honest man
has kept the entire time
1011
00:40:20,952 --> 00:40:23,686
to keep you
from getting ripped off,
1012
00:40:23,789 --> 00:40:26,022
because he know he can
give it to you at a deal,
1013
00:40:26,124 --> 00:40:28,191
and the reason he don't want you
picking out the wood
1014
00:40:28,293 --> 00:40:32,495
is 'cause you don't know
nothing about wood!
1015
00:40:32,597 --> 00:40:34,397
[ laughs ]
1016
00:40:38,069 --> 00:40:41,037
so now you got to give her
$5,000 out your bank,
1017
00:40:41,139 --> 00:40:43,773
but then you gon' have to
give him the $5,000 right back
1018
00:40:43,875 --> 00:40:45,642
'cause he had the baby.
I'm gonna give him
$10,000 right back.
1019
00:40:45,744 --> 00:40:47,310
And then you gon' give him
$10,000 right back.
1020
00:40:47,412 --> 00:40:48,878
Yeah, because he's our brother,
and he had a baby.
1021
00:40:48,980 --> 00:40:50,246
Yes, sir.
"and he's our brother."
1022
00:40:50,348 --> 00:40:52,549
ain't that --
that's just the sweetest thing
1023
00:40:52,651 --> 00:40:55,251
I've ever seen in my life.
1024
00:40:55,353 --> 00:40:57,720
I love him.
I know you love him.
1025
00:40:57,823 --> 00:40:59,155
You still want your cabinets,
1026
00:40:59,257 --> 00:41:00,990
'cause he can't get cabinets --
and I still want him to do it!
1027
00:41:01,092 --> 00:41:02,225
Be quiet!
1028
00:41:02,327 --> 00:41:03,760
[ laughing ] sorry!
1029
00:41:03,862 --> 00:41:05,328
[ laughter ]
1030
00:41:05,430 --> 00:41:08,064
y'all work it out
any way you want to.
1031
00:41:08,166 --> 00:41:10,533
Give him $5,000.
Give them the cabinets.
1032
00:41:10,635 --> 00:41:12,302
Give them the $5,000
for the baby.
1033
00:41:12,404 --> 00:41:15,104
Just y'all get together
and have yourself a nice time.
1034
00:41:15,207 --> 00:41:17,373
My verdict is for everybody!
1035
00:41:17,476 --> 00:41:20,743
♪♪
1036
00:41:20,846 --> 00:41:23,847
and that's the way I see it.
1037
00:41:23,949 --> 00:41:25,114
Love you.
Love you!
1038
00:41:25,217 --> 00:41:28,284
And I'm so sorry
I was being mean to you!
1039
00:41:29,921 --> 00:41:32,589
You're the best little brother
I've ever had.
1040
00:41:32,691 --> 00:41:35,592
-- Captions by vitac --
1041
00:41:35,694 --> 00:41:42,131
♪♪
1042
00:41:42,234 --> 00:41:53,376
♪♪