1 00:00:00,083 --> 00:00:01,963 Today on Chrissy's Court, 2 00:00:02,044 --> 00:00:05,094 Cassie Sanchez is suing her ex-boyfriend James Fowler 3 00:00:05,172 --> 00:00:07,592 for the cost of a car title loan 4 00:00:07,674 --> 00:00:10,144 that she took out for him and he never paid back. 5 00:00:10,219 --> 00:00:14,179 James believes he's paid her back... in other ways. 6 00:00:14,264 --> 00:00:17,684 The people are real, the cases are real 7 00:00:17,768 --> 00:00:20,228 and the judgments are legally binding, 8 00:00:20,312 --> 00:00:22,942 no matter how unqualified the judge is. 9 00:00:23,023 --> 00:00:25,613 - This is Chrissy's Court. 10 00:00:29,821 --> 00:00:30,991 - All rise... 11 00:00:32,407 --> 00:00:35,907 ...to the honorable... Judge Judy. 12 00:00:37,329 --> 00:00:38,709 I know, I cannot do it. 13 00:00:38,789 --> 00:00:41,379 Very sorry. 14 00:00:41,458 --> 00:00:42,958 - All rise 15 00:00:43,043 --> 00:00:45,053 to the honorable-- honor... 16 00:00:46,713 --> 00:00:48,633 - To an-- the honorable, um... 17 00:00:48,715 --> 00:00:50,375 - You got it. 18 00:00:50,467 --> 00:00:53,797 - The honorable Judge Chrissy Teigen. 19 00:00:53,887 --> 00:00:55,057 My daughter. 20 00:00:55,138 --> 00:00:56,638 - Wow. That was incredible. 21 00:00:56,723 --> 00:00:59,433 - Judge Judy. 22 00:00:59,518 --> 00:01:01,688 - Hello, everybody. Please be seated. 23 00:01:01,770 --> 00:01:05,440 Cassie, you are suing James, your ex-boyfriend. 24 00:01:05,524 --> 00:01:06,984 Cassie, explain your case. 25 00:01:07,067 --> 00:01:10,567 - James and I began dating about three years ago. 26 00:01:10,654 --> 00:01:13,034 We've been on and off. Right now we're off. 27 00:01:13,115 --> 00:01:14,695 He was expecting a settlement. 28 00:01:14,783 --> 00:01:15,833 - From what kind of case? 29 00:01:15,909 --> 00:01:17,409 - It was from an auto accident. 30 00:01:17,494 --> 00:01:20,544 So I agreed to cosign on a title loan. 31 00:01:20,622 --> 00:01:22,082 And the agreement was that he was gonna pay it off 32 00:01:22,165 --> 00:01:23,875 in a month or two, when he got the settlement. 33 00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:25,709 - Okay. - You know, it's been over a year. 34 00:01:25,794 --> 00:01:28,304 He's not been able to hold down a job, 35 00:01:28,380 --> 00:01:30,920 he's been in and out of jail and when he does have money, 36 00:01:31,008 --> 00:01:32,678 he refuses to pay me back. 37 00:01:32,759 --> 00:01:36,509 He just-- he wants to spend it on his remote-control car. 38 00:01:36,597 --> 00:01:38,347 - James. - Yeah. 39 00:01:38,432 --> 00:01:40,182 - I will say that I love those things. 40 00:01:40,267 --> 00:01:42,017 James was expecting 41 00:01:42,102 --> 00:01:44,522 a settlement of $10,000, 42 00:01:44,605 --> 00:01:47,145 and it ended up only being $500. Why is that? 43 00:01:47,232 --> 00:01:48,982 - 'Cause my attorney sucked. 44 00:01:49,067 --> 00:01:51,107 - That's what I thought. 45 00:01:51,195 --> 00:01:54,615 - Did he help with any payments throughout this process? 46 00:01:54,698 --> 00:01:56,658 - No. - James. 47 00:01:56,742 --> 00:01:59,332 Do you have a job? 48 00:01:59,411 --> 00:02:01,501 - Um... Not at the time. - No. 49 00:02:01,580 --> 00:02:03,420 Not really ever. 50 00:02:03,498 --> 00:02:06,038 - I was dealing with, um, incarceration. 51 00:02:06,126 --> 00:02:07,786 - And it's hard to get out of that, honestly. It's... 52 00:02:07,878 --> 00:02:09,588 - Yeah. Probation... - It's a tough thing to climb 53 00:02:09,671 --> 00:02:12,421 out of once you are in. 54 00:02:12,508 --> 00:02:14,548 - He had money to pay for his car. 55 00:02:14,635 --> 00:02:16,635 It was over $1,000. 56 00:02:19,139 --> 00:02:21,559 - Your shoes are killing me, with the... the-the squeakiness. 57 00:02:21,642 --> 00:02:22,642 - Yeah. - All right. 58 00:02:22,726 --> 00:02:25,016 Stop squeaking. 59 00:02:25,103 --> 00:02:26,563 God! 60 00:02:29,733 --> 00:02:31,653 That was an expensive remote-control car. 61 00:02:31,735 --> 00:02:33,145 Can I see it? 62 00:02:33,237 --> 00:02:34,777 And play with it? 63 00:02:34,863 --> 00:02:36,073 - Yeah, can I approach? 64 00:02:36,156 --> 00:02:37,316 - Yes, please. 65 00:02:37,407 --> 00:02:38,947 - Can I see the car, please? 66 00:02:39,034 --> 00:02:41,044 Ooh. 67 00:02:41,119 --> 00:02:43,459 Your shoes are [bleep] killing me right now. 68 00:02:43,539 --> 00:02:46,539 They are-- are they not the squeakiest things on the planet? 69 00:02:46,625 --> 00:02:48,035 - It's a little bit... - Oh, God. 70 00:02:48,126 --> 00:02:50,546 Oh. Don't put it up here. Put it down. 71 00:02:50,629 --> 00:02:51,669 You do it. 72 00:02:51,755 --> 00:02:53,005 - No. I don't want to ruin it. 73 00:02:55,175 --> 00:02:57,385 You're telling me this is $1,100, 74 00:02:57,469 --> 00:02:59,849 this car? - Yeah. 75 00:02:59,930 --> 00:03:02,270 - So... - This is what he's put before our relationship. 76 00:03:02,349 --> 00:03:03,429 - Here, Judge, you try. 77 00:03:06,186 --> 00:03:07,976 Ooh! - Oh, that's so cool! I love it. 78 00:03:08,063 --> 00:03:09,653 Case goes to the plainti-- I-- no, I'm-- 79 00:03:09,731 --> 00:03:10,901 case goes to the defendant, sorry. 80 00:03:10,983 --> 00:03:12,193 - Try to go backwards. 81 00:03:12,276 --> 00:03:14,106 - Shit! - I... 82 00:03:14,194 --> 00:03:15,454 - Oh, my God, I'm... 83 00:03:15,529 --> 00:03:17,449 Oh, this is cool. 84 00:03:17,531 --> 00:03:19,491 - There you go. You got it. 85 00:03:19,575 --> 00:03:21,025 - Holy shit. 86 00:03:21,118 --> 00:03:22,908 I'm so scared! No, I don't want to do it anymore. 87 00:03:22,995 --> 00:03:24,325 Can you drive it? Show me, like, tricks. 88 00:03:24,413 --> 00:03:26,463 Like, go in between things and do stuff. 89 00:03:26,540 --> 00:03:28,670 - Probably can go on turbo. 90 00:03:28,750 --> 00:03:31,210 - Dude, that's awesome. Like, honestly, I swear to God, 91 00:03:31,295 --> 00:03:33,455 I love this already. 92 00:03:34,756 --> 00:03:35,836 - Oh... 93 00:03:37,259 --> 00:03:39,219 - You got to admit, that's cool. 94 00:03:39,303 --> 00:03:40,513 - It's a sore subject. 95 00:03:40,596 --> 00:03:42,966 - Do you play 96 00:03:43,056 --> 00:03:44,766 with other people, or are you just going 97 00:03:44,850 --> 00:03:47,350 in a circle by yourself? Like... 98 00:03:47,436 --> 00:03:50,146 - He spends money on trips to tracks. - Yeah, let me see that. 99 00:03:50,230 --> 00:03:52,400 Trips to tracks. That sounds like a good website. 100 00:03:55,736 --> 00:03:57,396 So when you have this money, 101 00:03:57,487 --> 00:03:59,737 because clearly you have this money to buy things like this, 102 00:03:59,823 --> 00:04:01,123 why haven't you made a payment? 103 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:03,240 - I just feel like I don't owe it to her because 104 00:04:03,327 --> 00:04:05,287 we spent the money that we got from the loan 105 00:04:05,370 --> 00:04:08,250 on rent and bills for the house that we were both living at. 106 00:04:08,332 --> 00:04:10,172 - He spent it on his part of our bill. 107 00:04:10,250 --> 00:04:12,040 - But, like, all our money's been shared the whole, 108 00:04:12,127 --> 00:04:13,627 the whole time we've been together, so... 109 00:04:13,712 --> 00:04:14,882 - All of my money. 110 00:04:14,963 --> 00:04:16,343 - What have you paid for, 111 00:04:16,423 --> 00:04:18,133 in the grand scheme of your relationship? 112 00:04:18,217 --> 00:04:20,087 -Nothing money-wise, but... 113 00:04:21,303 --> 00:04:22,763 - James! 114 00:04:23,972 --> 00:04:26,682 If this case didn't exist 115 00:04:26,767 --> 00:04:29,347 right now at all, tomorrow morning, 116 00:04:29,436 --> 00:04:31,476 are you s-- are you looking back 117 00:04:31,563 --> 00:04:35,033 at having some sort of payment plan or being able to do this? 118 00:04:36,944 --> 00:04:38,494 - No. 119 00:04:41,073 --> 00:04:45,163 - I'm trying to help you out here. 120 00:04:50,541 --> 00:04:52,211 I've spoken to so many people that have been incarcerated 121 00:04:52,292 --> 00:04:54,922 and have been in that position of-of having 122 00:04:55,003 --> 00:04:58,383 to figure out life after, and it's not an easy thing to do. 123 00:04:58,465 --> 00:04:59,625 - Yeah. - And I don't want you to think 124 00:04:59,716 --> 00:05:01,636 you're alone in that feeling. 125 00:05:01,718 --> 00:05:05,218 But ultimately, my judgment goes to the plaintiff. 126 00:05:05,305 --> 00:05:07,385 Cassie, for $2,500. 127 00:05:07,474 --> 00:05:10,234 If you can, please let him set up a payment plan 128 00:05:10,310 --> 00:05:11,520 so he doesn't feel like he is struggling 129 00:05:11,603 --> 00:05:14,113 immediately from the beginning. 130 00:05:14,189 --> 00:05:16,319 Court is dismissed. Thank you guys so much. 131 00:05:21,029 --> 00:05:22,319 Can you leave the car, please? 132 00:05:22,406 --> 00:05:24,946 - Can we play with it? - No. Leave the car. 133 00:05:25,033 --> 00:05:29,043 - I love him. He just needs to start being responsible. 134 00:05:29,121 --> 00:05:31,831 - Toy cars is my hobby, and I love to travel around 135 00:05:31,915 --> 00:05:35,785 and meet new people and be able to go to new tracks and stuff.