1 00:00:01,033 --> 00:00:03,000 He seriously hurt me that night. 2 00:00:03,066 --> 00:00:04,900 You got kicked in the face. 3 00:00:06,467 --> 00:00:09,400 No, I used my leg, and I kinda went like that. 4 00:00:09,467 --> 00:00:10,767 Could I play the video, please? 5 00:00:13,734 --> 00:00:14,767 That's a kick. 6 00:00:14,834 --> 00:00:16,265 -I... -I, What? 7 00:00:17,066 --> 00:00:18,834 Don't smile. You look like an idiot. 8 00:00:18,900 --> 00:00:21,266 [narrator] This is Judy Justice. 9 00:00:38,300 --> 00:00:42,033 [narrator] Danny Alayan is suing his former friend, 10 00:00:42,100 --> 00:00:44,367 Ashton Ingalls, for damages 11 00:00:44,433 --> 00:00:47,834 after being assaulted by Ashton at a party. 12 00:00:47,900 --> 00:00:49,900 [Kevin] Come to order. All rise. 13 00:00:52,033 --> 00:00:53,367 [Judy] Have a seat, please. 14 00:00:55,266 --> 00:00:58,200 Judge, case number 4005. Alayan versus Ingalls 15 00:00:58,266 --> 00:01:00,266 -Thank you. -You're welcome. 16 00:01:00,333 --> 00:01:02,367 Where are you gentleman from? 17 00:01:02,433 --> 00:01:05,967 -Metro Detroit. -Metro Detroit. 18 00:01:06,033 --> 00:01:08,367 -And how long have you all been friends? -Years. 19 00:01:08,433 --> 00:01:10,133 -All of you? -Yes, ma'am. 20 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:13,633 -Nice. Ever been to California? -First time. 21 00:01:13,700 --> 00:01:15,500 -Are you having a good time? -[both] Yes, ma'am. 22 00:01:15,567 --> 00:01:18,100 -I'm so pleased. -[audience laughs] 23 00:01:18,967 --> 00:01:21,433 So this is what this case is about. 24 00:01:22,100 --> 00:01:24,934 You were at a party. I assume all of you were there. 25 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:28,233 According to the complaint, you decided that during the party, 26 00:01:28,300 --> 00:01:30,467 it would be fun to take the party outside, 27 00:01:30,533 --> 00:01:32,166 and all do some wrestling. 28 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:34,265 You, stand up? 29 00:01:34,333 --> 00:01:35,600 -[Nick] Yeah. -Yeah. 30 00:01:35,667 --> 00:01:37,667 Right over here. Right over there. 31 00:01:38,333 --> 00:01:41,300 -Okay. He's your witness, right? -Yes. 32 00:01:41,366 --> 00:01:43,066 -What's his name? -Nick Measel 33 00:01:43,133 --> 00:01:46,633 Nick, tell me what day this party took place. 34 00:01:46,700 --> 00:01:48,667 -December 9th. -In whose house? 35 00:01:49,300 --> 00:01:52,233 -No, no, no. Look at me. -In Marshall's house. 36 00:01:52,300 --> 00:01:53,934 Who's Marshall? Raise your paw. 37 00:01:55,066 --> 00:01:57,533 -Thank you. In Marshall's house. -[Nick] Mm-hmm. 38 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:00,100 -[Judy] How many people were there? -[Nick] Around ten. 39 00:02:00,166 --> 00:02:01,900 [Judy] What time did the party start? 40 00:02:01,967 --> 00:02:04,834 Probably around 7 p.m... 41 00:02:04,900 --> 00:02:07,433 -[Judy] Is this a weekend or a weekday? -Probably a Friday. 42 00:02:07,500 --> 00:02:10,633 -Friday. Everybody go to school or work? -Uh, Work. 43 00:02:10,699 --> 00:02:12,100 [Judy] Work. School? 44 00:02:12,166 --> 00:02:13,900 -I go to work. -[Judy] Work. 45 00:02:13,967 --> 00:02:15,233 -School, ma'am. -[Judy] School. 46 00:02:15,300 --> 00:02:16,500 -Work. -[Judy] Work. 47 00:02:16,567 --> 00:02:19,300 -Okay, so it was a Friday night party. -Right. 48 00:02:19,367 --> 00:02:21,700 What was the favorite beverage of choice? 49 00:02:22,533 --> 00:02:23,834 Yours, Nick. 50 00:02:23,900 --> 00:02:26,266 -Water. -[Judy] Water? 51 00:02:26,333 --> 00:02:27,333 -[audience laughs] -Yeah. 52 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:29,367 [Judy] Great. And what about yours, Mr. Ingalls? 53 00:02:29,433 --> 00:02:32,700 -I'm a big fan of Diet Coke. -Okay. And what about you? 54 00:02:32,767 --> 00:02:35,700 Your Honor, if you're implying there is alcohol consumed, 55 00:02:35,767 --> 00:02:37,266 I'm a Muslim, I abstain from it. 56 00:02:37,333 --> 00:02:39,166 -So you don't drink? -Yes, ma'am. 57 00:02:39,233 --> 00:02:41,800 -What about you? -I don't drink, either. 58 00:02:41,867 --> 00:02:44,533 Great. So it was all silliness that you decided 59 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:47,300 just to go outside and do this wrestling? 60 00:02:47,367 --> 00:02:48,300 Yes, ma'am. 61 00:02:48,367 --> 00:02:50,266 Okay. How many people went outside? 62 00:02:50,333 --> 00:02:51,633 Everyone at the party. 63 00:02:51,700 --> 00:02:53,000 [Judy] And what was the idea? 64 00:02:53,066 --> 00:02:56,567 Was it like jousting without those weapons? 65 00:02:56,633 --> 00:02:58,166 -[Ashton] No. -Was it wrestling? 66 00:02:58,233 --> 00:03:01,033 I want you to describe to me what it was. 67 00:03:01,100 --> 00:03:04,600 So we were watching Streetbeefs inside and what not, 68 00:03:04,667 --> 00:03:09,166 and Nick Measel and Danny got into an altercation. 69 00:03:09,233 --> 00:03:11,834 [Judy] Danny, raise your paw. That's you. 70 00:03:11,900 --> 00:03:14,000 -They got into an altercation... -These two. 71 00:03:14,066 --> 00:03:17,200 ...in the house, and then-- -About what? Nick. 72 00:03:17,266 --> 00:03:19,367 -He was messing with me. -[Judy] Like what? 73 00:03:19,433 --> 00:03:22,966 Just kind of, like poking me. Sort of, like just doing that stuff. 74 00:03:23,033 --> 00:03:25,667 And I told him to stop a few times, and he didn't. 75 00:03:25,834 --> 00:03:28,867 And so I pushed him, and then he slipped on the tile. 76 00:03:28,934 --> 00:03:31,400 Okay. You push him, he slipped on the tile and he fell. 77 00:03:31,466 --> 00:03:33,100 Yeah, and then he got upset, 78 00:03:33,166 --> 00:03:36,333 and then he wanted to go outside and settle the altercation. 79 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:38,466 [Judy] Okay, so outside, it wasn't fun anymore. 80 00:03:38,533 --> 00:03:39,834 [Nick] Right. 81 00:03:39,900 --> 00:03:44,066 It wasn't outside for everybody just to have fun and wrestle around. 82 00:03:44,133 --> 00:03:46,300 -They were angry with each other. -Um... 83 00:03:46,367 --> 00:03:48,433 I wasn't necessarily angry. 84 00:03:48,500 --> 00:03:50,867 -[Judy] But you were angry. -I was upset. 85 00:03:50,934 --> 00:03:53,834 Okay. So went outside and what happened? 86 00:03:53,900 --> 00:03:56,166 Um, we started to wrestle, 87 00:03:56,233 --> 00:03:58,966 and then he got me into, like, a chokehold. 88 00:03:59,033 --> 00:04:02,133 And then I went to tap, and then he didn't let go. 89 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:06,934 And so Ashton tried to stop him by, like, getting closer to him. 90 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:08,867 He tried to stop him by getting close to him? 91 00:04:08,934 --> 00:04:10,600 Was he going to kiss him? What was he gonna do? 92 00:04:10,667 --> 00:04:11,734 [laughter] 93 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:14,633 He was trying to get close to him. So how was he going to do that? 94 00:04:14,700 --> 00:04:17,065 What was he going to do to try to stop this altercation? 95 00:04:17,166 --> 00:04:19,466 So I got involved. I was trying to get-- 96 00:04:19,567 --> 00:04:22,266 How were you getting involved? He said you were getting close. 97 00:04:22,332 --> 00:04:24,033 I wonder what you were doing. 98 00:04:24,100 --> 00:04:27,600 So Daniel had Nick Measel in a chokehold. 99 00:04:27,667 --> 00:04:30,332 And it was a very tight chokehold. 100 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:32,700 Nick Measel tapped. And-- 101 00:04:32,767 --> 00:04:35,567 Tapped by going like this on the shoulder, like, please... 102 00:04:35,633 --> 00:04:37,567 -Yeah, like please stop. -[Judy] Please stop? 103 00:04:37,633 --> 00:04:39,533 -Yeah. -[Judy] Okay. And he didn't. 104 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:43,400 So, I get pretty close to Danny. I tell him, "You got to stop." 105 00:04:43,467 --> 00:04:45,400 You're going to hurt him. And then I-- 106 00:04:46,300 --> 00:04:48,367 -I... he... -I, what? 107 00:04:48,667 --> 00:04:52,100 I used my foot and I-- -[Judy] I, uh, what? 108 00:04:52,166 --> 00:04:54,533 Just show me with your foot. 109 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:56,533 I use my leg because his arms were kind of around him. 110 00:04:56,600 --> 00:04:58,633 -[Judy] Okay. -And I kind of went like that. 111 00:04:58,700 --> 00:05:02,000 -[Judy] Around what part of his body? -[Ashton] Around his torso. 112 00:05:02,066 --> 00:05:05,066 I was trying to get his arms out of, like, the lock. 113 00:05:05,133 --> 00:05:06,734 [Judy] Okay. And then what happened? 114 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:09,233 Uh, the altercation ended. 115 00:05:09,300 --> 00:05:11,767 When the altercation ended, 116 00:05:11,834 --> 00:05:15,266 did Mr. Alayan complain about anything that was hurt? 117 00:05:15,333 --> 00:05:16,934 No, not in the moment. 118 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:18,467 [Judy] Just not in the moment. 119 00:05:18,533 --> 00:05:20,500 In which moment? How many moments later? 120 00:05:20,567 --> 00:05:22,900 -[Ashton] It was a couple of weeks later. -[Judy] Weeks later? 121 00:05:22,967 --> 00:05:24,367 If not months, yeah. 122 00:05:24,433 --> 00:05:26,734 Just a second. The incident happened December 9th. 123 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:27,700 [Ashton] Yeah. 124 00:05:27,767 --> 00:05:32,933 Have you seen the plaintiff, other than today, since December 9th? 125 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:36,700 Uh, only through, like, call. 126 00:05:36,767 --> 00:05:39,166 That's not my question, You're thinking very carefully. 127 00:05:39,233 --> 00:05:43,100 I said, have you seen the plaintiff since December 9th? 128 00:05:43,166 --> 00:05:44,667 That's not through a call. 129 00:05:44,734 --> 00:05:46,734 -[Ashton] Yes. -Yes. 130 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:48,867 -[Ashton] I can't remember-- -[interjecting] 131 00:05:48,933 --> 00:05:51,533 I can't remember exactly when but it was outside. 132 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:53,767 Let's try to think back. 133 00:05:57,500 --> 00:05:58,700 That's not a brush with your foot. 134 00:05:58,767 --> 00:06:00,266 That was me trying to get his arms off him. 135 00:06:00,333 --> 00:06:01,500 I don't care what you were doing. 136 00:06:01,567 --> 00:06:03,800 I don't care if you were trying to walk on Mars. 137 00:06:03,867 --> 00:06:05,834 That's not what you just described to me. 138 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:18,533 [narrator] Danny Alayan claims his former friend, 139 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:21,300 Ashton Ingalls, owes for damages. 140 00:06:21,367 --> 00:06:24,800 after Ashton kicked his jaw at a party. 141 00:06:24,867 --> 00:06:28,867 Now, between December 9th and January 9th, 142 00:06:28,934 --> 00:06:31,100 -did you see the plaintiff? -No. 143 00:06:31,166 --> 00:06:33,332 -[Judy] Did he contact you? -No. 144 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:35,000 -[Judy] Is that correct? -No. 145 00:06:35,066 --> 00:06:39,600 Tell me when you contacted him for the first time after December 9th. 146 00:06:40,266 --> 00:06:43,300 Less than a week later. I contacted him. 147 00:06:43,367 --> 00:06:45,233 -[Judy] By what? -By phone. 148 00:06:45,300 --> 00:06:46,700 -[Judy] You called him. -Mm-hmm. 149 00:06:47,367 --> 00:06:48,933 -"Mm-hmm" is not an answer. -Yes, ma'am. 150 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:50,734 [Judy] You called him. And did you get him? 151 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:53,500 Did you reach him on the phone? Less than a week later. 152 00:06:53,567 --> 00:06:55,200 -[Danny] Yes, ma'am. -[Judy] What did you say? 153 00:06:55,266 --> 00:06:56,367 What did he say to you? 154 00:06:56,433 --> 00:06:59,700 I let him know that he seriously hurt me that night. 155 00:06:59,767 --> 00:07:02,500 And there's something we just have to do about it. 156 00:07:02,567 --> 00:07:05,100 We have to confront the situation. 157 00:07:05,166 --> 00:07:08,433 [Judy] Okay. December 9th is when he allegedly-- 158 00:07:08,500 --> 00:07:10,133 And I'm going to look at your video 159 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:12,533 because you say it was caught on surveillance, 160 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:16,133 when was the first time you sought medical attention or dental attention 161 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:19,533 as a result of what you allege was a kick in the face? 162 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:21,467 I initially hesitated to-- 163 00:07:21,533 --> 00:07:25,100 I did not ask-- That's not my question. I want you to answer my question. 164 00:07:25,166 --> 00:07:30,834 When after December 9th did you first seek medical or dental attention? 165 00:07:30,900 --> 00:07:31,934 In August. 166 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:34,467 [Judy] Was it medical attention or dental attention? 167 00:07:34,533 --> 00:07:35,834 [Danny] Dental attention. 168 00:07:35,900 --> 00:07:38,332 I'd like to see the dentist report. 169 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:40,700 I have a dentist bill, If you'd like to see that. 170 00:07:40,767 --> 00:07:42,367 -I don't want to see a bill. -[Danny] Okay. 171 00:07:42,433 --> 00:07:44,033 I've no interest in a bill. 172 00:07:44,100 --> 00:07:48,800 I have an interest in somehow connecting December 9th 173 00:07:48,867 --> 00:07:50,500 to August and him. 174 00:07:50,567 --> 00:07:54,700 -Well, in brief, I... -[Judy] Not in brief. Directly. 175 00:07:54,767 --> 00:07:59,567 I initially hesitated to see any type of attention for it, 176 00:07:59,633 --> 00:08:03,533 as I hoped the issue would just go away. 177 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:04,734 [hesitating] 178 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:08,100 -I just hoped the issue would leave us. -[Judy] What issue? What issue? 179 00:08:08,166 --> 00:08:12,800 The action has left me with a lasting impingement on the left side of my jaw. 180 00:08:12,867 --> 00:08:16,700 -It impacts the-- -[Judy] I don't know any of that, sir, 181 00:08:16,767 --> 00:08:19,066 unless it's in a medical report. 182 00:08:19,133 --> 00:08:21,500 All I know is it's a year later, and you're here. 183 00:08:21,567 --> 00:08:23,567 You didn't go to see a doctor. 184 00:08:23,633 --> 00:08:27,767 You didn't go to see a dentist for... December, January, February, 185 00:08:27,834 --> 00:08:31,767 March, April, May, June, July and August. 186 00:08:31,834 --> 00:08:33,467 For almost nine months. 187 00:08:33,533 --> 00:08:39,265 And you want me to somehow equate a fight that happened nine months before with him? 188 00:08:39,332 --> 00:08:40,866 And how are you going to pull that together? 189 00:08:40,933 --> 00:08:45,700 I have evidence this has caused me lasting discomfort. 190 00:08:45,767 --> 00:08:47,700 It's a lasting impingement. 191 00:08:47,767 --> 00:08:49,367 I've been to several doctors-- 192 00:08:49,433 --> 00:08:52,433 Well, I want to see the first doctor that you went to and the doctor's report. 193 00:08:53,033 --> 00:08:55,133 -Could I hand this to the bailiff? -[Judy] Yes, of course. 194 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:56,165 This is... 195 00:08:57,033 --> 00:08:58,000 ...dentistry. 196 00:09:04,867 --> 00:09:07,266 -[Judy] That's in August! -Yes, ma'am. 197 00:09:07,333 --> 00:09:10,266 Could you take this away, please? Tells me absolutely nothing. 198 00:09:11,533 --> 00:09:15,333 When I tried to address the issue with Ashton... 199 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:17,567 What issue were you trying to address, sir? 200 00:09:17,667 --> 00:09:19,567 The lasting pain in my jaw. 201 00:09:19,633 --> 00:09:21,800 Well, just a second, you said you spoke to him a week later. 202 00:09:21,867 --> 00:09:23,800 What were you calling him for instead of a dentist? 203 00:09:23,867 --> 00:09:27,600 I was hoping we could work this out outside of-- 204 00:09:27,667 --> 00:09:29,166 Work what out? 205 00:09:29,233 --> 00:09:31,300 I'm asking you, work what out? 206 00:09:31,367 --> 00:09:35,567 There was an issue created with the lasting impingement with my jaw. 207 00:09:35,633 --> 00:09:39,900 I have this issue, and it doesn't seem to be leaving me any time soon. 208 00:09:39,967 --> 00:09:41,934 It affects me whenever I speak. 209 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:43,567 It hurts me right now speaking to you. 210 00:09:43,633 --> 00:09:45,500 It gives me piercing headaches. 211 00:09:45,567 --> 00:09:49,165 I can't sleep on my face and that's my preferred way to sleep. 212 00:09:49,233 --> 00:09:50,700 And because of that, I lose sleep. 213 00:09:50,767 --> 00:09:52,200 It's because of the left side of my jaw. 214 00:09:52,266 --> 00:09:55,533 I'm going to see the video. I don't know what happened to you between December 9th 215 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:57,767 and August 21st, when you first went to the dentist. 216 00:09:57,834 --> 00:09:59,967 Well, I hesitated-- 217 00:10:00,033 --> 00:10:02,266 [Judy] But, sir, did you say you work or go to school? 218 00:10:02,333 --> 00:10:04,166 -I go to school. -[Judy] You go to school. 219 00:10:04,233 --> 00:10:06,867 Okay. If you go to school, I have to assume 220 00:10:06,934 --> 00:10:09,233 that you're a relatively intelligent individual, 221 00:10:09,300 --> 00:10:11,767 that if you have pain in your jaw that starts in December, 222 00:10:11,834 --> 00:10:14,367 you don't wait until the end of August 223 00:10:14,433 --> 00:10:16,300 to have it addressed by a medical professional. 224 00:10:16,367 --> 00:10:20,367 You don't call somebody who doesn't look like he has medical degree 225 00:10:20,433 --> 00:10:23,033 or a dental degree and say, how are we going to resolve this issue? 226 00:10:23,100 --> 00:10:23,967 Well-- 227 00:10:24,033 --> 00:10:26,300 [Judy] The issue gets resolved by you going to a dentist, 228 00:10:26,367 --> 00:10:28,633 having that person write up an evaluation, 229 00:10:28,700 --> 00:10:33,133 that this was as a result of a blow to the jaw that just happened. 230 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:36,233 It's consistent with being hit in the face. 231 00:10:36,300 --> 00:10:38,533 Therefore, this is what I have to do. 232 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:40,300 You don't have none of that. 233 00:10:40,367 --> 00:10:41,333 Yes, I do. 234 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:43,400 [Judy] Well, let me see it from a medical professional. 235 00:10:43,467 --> 00:10:44,800 That's what I want to see. 236 00:10:44,867 --> 00:10:49,800 -I have before me x-rays and then... -X-rays don't do it to me. 237 00:10:49,867 --> 00:10:52,100 -I don't read x-rays. -Yes, ma'am. 238 00:10:52,165 --> 00:10:55,165 I have a referral from my dentist saying 239 00:10:55,233 --> 00:10:58,300 this is likely the course of treatment that I need. And then-- 240 00:10:58,367 --> 00:11:00,333 Just a second. I'll take a look at it, sir. 241 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:03,633 But unless you connect it to something that happened December 9th, 242 00:11:03,700 --> 00:11:05,467 -you have no case. -[Danny] Yes, ma'am. 243 00:11:05,533 --> 00:11:08,900 I hesitated to bring attention to the situation 244 00:11:08,967 --> 00:11:11,600 because me and Ashton live so closely together. 245 00:11:11,667 --> 00:11:14,600 I didn't want to form tensions between our two households. 246 00:11:14,667 --> 00:11:17,266 We live very closely together. My family knows his. 247 00:11:17,333 --> 00:11:20,333 Very nice. You figured you would come from Detroit to Los Angeles, 248 00:11:20,400 --> 00:11:21,667 that would be better. 249 00:11:21,734 --> 00:11:23,033 Could I play the video, please, 250 00:11:23,100 --> 00:11:25,633 before I deal with this very expeditiously? 251 00:11:28,467 --> 00:11:30,000 [Nick] I can't even move. 252 00:11:34,867 --> 00:11:35,700 You're fine. 253 00:11:35,767 --> 00:11:37,500 [laughter] 254 00:11:39,200 --> 00:11:41,200 [Marshall] 255 00:11:41,266 --> 00:11:43,333 [laughter] 256 00:11:45,300 --> 00:11:46,165 [Marshall] He's tapping. 257 00:11:48,100 --> 00:11:49,533 [Marshall] 258 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:51,033 [indistinct] 259 00:11:52,165 --> 00:11:53,433 [laughter continues] 260 00:11:54,233 --> 00:11:55,800 [Danny] Oh, dude. 261 00:12:03,934 --> 00:12:05,667 Oh, no, that's a kick, sir. 262 00:12:05,734 --> 00:12:07,133 That's not a brush with your foot. 263 00:12:08,100 --> 00:12:09,166 That's a kick. 264 00:12:09,233 --> 00:12:10,767 That was me trying to get his arms off him. 265 00:12:10,834 --> 00:12:12,033 I don't care what you were doing. 266 00:12:12,100 --> 00:12:13,967 I don't care if you were trying to walk on Mars. 267 00:12:14,333 --> 00:12:16,700 That's not what you just described to me. 268 00:12:16,767 --> 00:12:19,633 What you just described to me was more like a dance step. 269 00:12:19,700 --> 00:12:21,333 That's a kick. 270 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:25,233 And after you kicked him in the mouth, he put his hand over his mouth 271 00:12:25,834 --> 00:12:27,500 Do you understand? 272 00:12:27,567 --> 00:12:28,667 You want to see it again? 273 00:12:28,734 --> 00:12:29,834 -Yeah. -Okay. 274 00:12:29,900 --> 00:12:33,000 'Cause I want you to show me-- because I don't want to play it back. 275 00:12:33,066 --> 00:12:35,066 Show me what you did before with your foot. 276 00:12:35,133 --> 00:12:37,165 I went like this with a circle. 277 00:12:37,633 --> 00:12:39,165 It was like a pachanga step. -[Ashton] Yeah. 278 00:12:39,233 --> 00:12:40,400 It's like this. 279 00:12:40,467 --> 00:12:42,367 [laughs] That's not that. 280 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:44,300 [laughing continues] 281 00:12:44,367 --> 00:12:45,266 That's not that. 282 00:12:45,333 --> 00:12:47,233 Play it again, Sam. 283 00:12:50,165 --> 00:12:52,767 Yeah, that went right to his mouth. 284 00:12:52,834 --> 00:12:54,533 -[Judy] Okay. -No... 285 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:55,834 You can't do that. 286 00:12:59,367 --> 00:13:01,934 Do I have to look at it again? I'm looking at your face. 287 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:06,467 No, I just think it didn't seem like a very forceful kick on purpose. 288 00:13:06,533 --> 00:13:09,300 But I just think that if my friend was in a chokehold tap 289 00:13:09,367 --> 00:13:11,867 and someone didn't let go, I'd probably do the same thing 290 00:13:11,934 --> 00:13:14,133 -as the defendant. -Oh, then I would have to yell at you. 291 00:13:24,934 --> 00:13:29,100 [narrator] Danny Alayan has accused his friend, Ashton Ingalls, 292 00:13:29,166 --> 00:13:32,100 of kicking him in the jaw at a party. 293 00:13:32,165 --> 00:13:35,567 Ashton claims he technically did not kick Danny. 294 00:13:35,633 --> 00:13:39,066 Now, his problem is he's not going to equate. 295 00:13:39,133 --> 00:13:44,066 Because I don't know what happened to him between December and August. 296 00:13:44,133 --> 00:13:47,734 That doesn't sound intelligent to me. 297 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:49,000 But you're not allowed to do that, 298 00:13:49,066 --> 00:13:50,734 so there has to be a consequence for that, sir. 299 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:52,734 -Your Honor. -[Judy] Yeah... 300 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:54,600 I don't believe that was a kick. 301 00:13:54,667 --> 00:13:57,100 Let's do it again. Why do you think he's holding his mouth? 302 00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:00,100 instead of his arm or his leg or whatever? 303 00:14:00,166 --> 00:14:01,567 Why do you think he's holding his mouth? 304 00:14:01,633 --> 00:14:04,567 There... that's a kick Want to do it again? 305 00:14:04,633 --> 00:14:05,800 One more time! 306 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:10,633 -[laughs] -[Judy] That's a kick. 307 00:14:10,700 --> 00:14:12,133 -Nick -[Nick] Yeah. 308 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:13,533 Don't smile. That looks like an idiot. 309 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:15,367 [laughter] 310 00:14:15,433 --> 00:14:20,767 Okay, I assume you all had a lovely trip to Los Angeles from Detroit. 311 00:14:20,834 --> 00:14:23,233 Got to see a couple of sights. Did you, Nick? 312 00:14:23,300 --> 00:14:24,300 Did you see anything? 313 00:14:24,367 --> 00:14:26,533 I've been In-N-Out, and that's about it. 314 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:28,300 -[laughter] -[Judy] Really? 315 00:14:28,367 --> 00:14:30,000 -In-N-Out is great. -[Judy] Hm? 316 00:14:30,066 --> 00:14:31,767 In-N-Out burger was amazing. 317 00:14:31,834 --> 00:14:33,734 I know. I love them myself. 318 00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:34,934 Yeah, we had three of them. 319 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:36,934 Yeah, I know. Good. Okay. 320 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:40,233 You can't kick him in the face. Do you understand that? 321 00:14:40,300 --> 00:14:43,600 It was even a more gratuitous kick than that. 322 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:45,400 Am I not seeing it? 323 00:14:45,467 --> 00:14:48,066 No, you're... you're good. 324 00:14:48,133 --> 00:14:50,400 Do I have look at it again? I'm looking at your face. 325 00:14:50,467 --> 00:14:53,400 [laughs] No, I just think if my friend was in a choke hold 326 00:14:53,467 --> 00:14:55,400 and I saw him tap and I... 327 00:14:55,467 --> 00:14:58,967 It didn't seem like a very forceful kick on purpose. 328 00:14:59,033 --> 00:15:01,867 But I just think that if my friend was in a choke hold tap 329 00:15:01,934 --> 00:15:04,367 and someone didn't let go, I'd probably do the same thing 330 00:15:04,433 --> 00:15:07,000 -as the defendant. -Oh, then I would have to yell at you. 331 00:15:07,066 --> 00:15:08,834 [laughter] 332 00:15:08,900 --> 00:15:12,467 Okay. Your problem, sir, is that what you have to do 333 00:15:12,533 --> 00:15:16,200 when court's really impose a burden on the plaintiff, 334 00:15:16,266 --> 00:15:20,500 and that burden is to show a nexus between an act and an injury. 335 00:15:21,066 --> 00:15:24,333 Clearly, there was an act that I believe was unlawful. 336 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:27,567 When you got kicked in the face. 337 00:15:27,633 --> 00:15:29,800 You put your hand over your mouth as soon as you were kicked. 338 00:15:29,867 --> 00:15:33,066 That's clear from the video. 339 00:15:33,133 --> 00:15:35,000 But you didn't lose a tooth. 340 00:15:35,066 --> 00:15:37,633 You don't have a photograph of a bleeding mouth. 341 00:15:37,700 --> 00:15:39,834 You failed to seek medical attention 342 00:15:39,900 --> 00:15:43,266 the whole month of December, January, February, 343 00:15:43,333 --> 00:15:47,233 March, April, May, June, July, 344 00:15:47,300 --> 00:15:49,533 until the third week in August. 345 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:51,633 And how do we know whether the trouble 346 00:15:51,700 --> 00:15:55,433 that you're feeling in your mouth is not as a result of, 347 00:15:55,500 --> 00:16:01,433 let's say, you have TMJ from stress, which causes you difficulty? 348 00:16:01,500 --> 00:16:06,133 I can't speculate that whatever happened to you on December 9th, 349 00:16:06,200 --> 00:16:11,300 because you didn't do what was necessary for you to sue somebody, 350 00:16:11,367 --> 00:16:15,266 I can't impose all of your dental bills on the defendant. 351 00:16:15,333 --> 00:16:17,734 If however, sir, you did the smart thing, 352 00:16:17,800 --> 00:16:20,300 which was immediately after this injury happened, 353 00:16:20,367 --> 00:16:22,734 went to a dentist and say, I was just kicked in the mouth. 354 00:16:22,800 --> 00:16:27,300 Although I don't have any loose teeth, I don't have any teeth that fell out. 355 00:16:27,367 --> 00:16:30,367 I am having pain in my mouth and I'm having discomfort, 356 00:16:30,433 --> 00:16:34,633 and memorialized this incident, then we've been in business. 357 00:16:34,700 --> 00:16:36,900 Some nine months later, I don't know what's wrong with you 358 00:16:36,967 --> 00:16:40,066 and no dentist told me what's wrong with you. 359 00:16:40,133 --> 00:16:43,200 No dentist, no medical professional told me what's wrong with you. 360 00:16:43,266 --> 00:16:46,100 -All you have is a bill. -I have records right here before me 361 00:16:46,165 --> 00:16:48,900 of possible routes of treatment I may need. 362 00:16:48,967 --> 00:16:50,100 -[Judy] What? -Which I will need. 363 00:16:50,165 --> 00:16:55,066 I don't care what you will need unless it identifies the reason for that. 364 00:16:55,133 --> 00:16:59,834 Unless it identifies what the cause is for your mouth trouble, 365 00:16:59,900 --> 00:17:02,100 it's irrelevant to this case, sir. 366 00:17:02,166 --> 00:17:04,733 The issue did not manifest out of thin air. 367 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:07,666 Oh, yes. Certainly, sir, you can wake up in the morning with TMJ. 368 00:17:07,733 --> 00:17:10,233 You can wake up in the morning with something wrong with your bite 369 00:17:10,300 --> 00:17:13,300 that can happen to you in a day, a week, a month. 370 00:17:13,367 --> 00:17:15,433 I have a father who's a dentist and my brother's a dentist. 371 00:17:15,500 --> 00:17:17,567 And believe me, it can happen at any time. 372 00:17:17,633 --> 00:17:21,233 You waited nine months to complain about something 373 00:17:21,300 --> 00:17:24,934 where there was no visible sign of injury in December. None! 374 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:27,165 Because I wanted to work the issue out outside of the court. 375 00:17:27,233 --> 00:17:28,800 I don't care what you wanted. 376 00:17:28,867 --> 00:17:33,066 But I can tell him that you can't put your hands or your feet on somebody. 377 00:17:33,133 --> 00:17:35,133 Sir, do you understand? 378 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:37,867 I do understand that. Um... 379 00:17:40,066 --> 00:17:41,467 It really wasn't a kick. 380 00:17:41,533 --> 00:17:43,400 I was just trying to get him off of Nick Measel. 381 00:17:43,467 --> 00:17:44,934 You should have gotten down on the floor 382 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:47,667 and tried to pull him by the arms instead of kicking him in the face. 383 00:17:48,900 --> 00:17:52,000 Judgment for the plaintiff in the amount of $250. 384 00:17:52,066 --> 00:17:53,467 We're done. Thank you very much. 385 00:17:53,533 --> 00:17:55,633 [Kevin] This court is adjourned. 386 00:17:58,266 --> 00:18:01,233 He consented the wrestling match. I didn't feel him tap out. 387 00:18:01,300 --> 00:18:03,166 If I felt some tap out, I would have let go of him. 388 00:18:03,233 --> 00:18:06,367 It wasn't a kick. It was more of trying to get him off Nick Measel here. 389 00:18:06,433 --> 00:18:08,200 Uh, hurt pretty bad. That's about it. 390 00:18:08,266 --> 00:18:10,800 He always makes a big deal out of everything. 391 00:18:10,867 --> 00:18:13,066 He disregarded me. 392 00:18:13,133 --> 00:18:15,700 I mean, if it was anyone else, he would've give me a pat on the back 393 00:18:15,767 --> 00:18:19,867 and said, let's go home. But since it's Danny, we're here in court. 394 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:23,867 I sort of disagree with you on that one. 395 00:18:23,934 --> 00:18:26,033 I know you were just giving him a slap on the wrist. 396 00:18:26,100 --> 00:18:29,934 You know, $250 compared to the $6000 in damages 397 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:31,400 that the plaintiff couldn't prove. 398 00:18:31,467 --> 00:18:34,133 But to me, watching that video, I'm trying to place myself 399 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:36,300 in the shoes of the defendant in that moment. 400 00:18:36,367 --> 00:18:39,000 And the plaintiff was the one that was angry. 401 00:18:39,066 --> 00:18:41,100 He wanted to take it outside. 402 00:18:41,166 --> 00:18:43,900 The defendant's witness said he wasn't angry, 403 00:18:43,967 --> 00:18:46,867 but he wanted to take it outside. So we took it outside. 404 00:18:46,934 --> 00:18:50,700 When you do that, to me, you're assuming the risk of whatever happens to you. 405 00:18:50,767 --> 00:18:52,367 And it was clear in the video, 406 00:18:52,433 --> 00:18:56,767 we clearly saw the defendant witness tap out when he couldn't breathe, 407 00:18:56,834 --> 00:19:00,266 and the plaintiff was not letting go, probably because he was angry. 408 00:19:00,333 --> 00:19:04,700 Your rationale says if you see your friend getting hurt and he tapped out, 409 00:19:04,767 --> 00:19:07,166 what if he took out a gun and shot him in the leg? 410 00:19:07,233 --> 00:19:08,800 -I don't think you-- -[Judy] To get him off. 411 00:19:08,867 --> 00:19:11,533 I don't think you can equate deadly force for that situation 412 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:15,266 with what I believe to be a light kick, if you want to call it that. 413 00:19:15,333 --> 00:19:18,700 But you can't interpret a light kick. If it's a point of law that you're saying 414 00:19:18,767 --> 00:19:21,600 you saw a friend that appeared to be in a dire circumstance-- 415 00:19:21,667 --> 00:19:24,300 They can use equal force. Equal force to what is being administered. 416 00:19:24,367 --> 00:19:26,700 And a chokehold is a much stronger use of force. 417 00:19:26,767 --> 00:19:29,734 -That's between the two combatants. -It doesn't matter. You took it too far. 418 00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:32,800 He tapped out. You didn't listen. Now you're getting really nervous. 419 00:19:32,867 --> 00:19:34,967 And I can imagine the friend getting very nervous. 420 00:19:35,033 --> 00:19:36,600 He tapped. He can't breathe. 421 00:19:36,667 --> 00:19:38,066 And so what am I to do? 422 00:19:38,133 --> 00:19:41,467 That's an awful lot of machinations that are going through your mind in one second. 423 00:19:41,533 --> 00:19:42,967 -Not yours. -No, no. 424 00:19:43,033 --> 00:19:46,100 In the defendant's mind, in one second, I'm going to do this, 425 00:19:46,166 --> 00:19:48,834 I have to use this, I can use this much force now. 426 00:19:48,900 --> 00:19:51,433 He could have gotten down and try to pull his arms away. 427 00:19:51,500 --> 00:19:53,433 -Sure. -Could have done that. It was-- 428 00:19:53,500 --> 00:19:55,567 Would you have ruled differently if he had done that? 429 00:19:55,633 --> 00:19:58,667 Yanked his arm and pulled his shoulder out of his socket? 430 00:19:58,734 --> 00:20:01,433 -Would you have ruled differently? -Oh, no, no, no. Listen to me. 431 00:20:01,500 --> 00:20:04,734 If the plaintiff would have demonstrated 432 00:20:04,800 --> 00:20:07,033 that that kick 433 00:20:07,100 --> 00:20:10,934 or pulling his arm out of a socket caused injury, 434 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:14,033 -No, I agree. -cause injury. He would have been-- 435 00:20:14,100 --> 00:20:15,967 -Paying the bill. -Paying the bill for that injury. 436 00:20:16,033 --> 00:20:18,000 -No, I agree. -Even with this kick that I'm viewing, 437 00:20:18,066 --> 00:20:19,467 as maybe less serious as you are. 438 00:20:19,533 --> 00:20:21,500 I think if he could have demonstrated the nexus, 439 00:20:21,567 --> 00:20:23,333 I agree he should have still been compensated. 440 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:25,734 I cannot imagine kicking somebody in the face. 441 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:29,200 -[Sarah] Okay. -I just can't. Even if you're funning. 442 00:20:29,266 --> 00:20:31,700 That's why I was asking them if there was any alcohol. 443 00:20:31,767 --> 00:20:33,633 And everybody drinks water. 444 00:20:33,700 --> 00:20:34,767 [laughs] 445 00:20:34,834 --> 00:20:37,033 They're the only ten people on Earth in Detroit 446 00:20:37,100 --> 00:20:39,767 that have a party on a Friday night that don't drink alcohol. 447 00:20:42,300 --> 00:20:43,967 [narrator] Are you a victim of an assault? 448 00:20:44,033 --> 00:20:46,100 Go to JudyJustice.tv.