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Who was beating your child?

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She told them
the other son had hit him.

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I never said my son hit him.

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-You don't know who hit him?
-No.

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I would be on the war path
to find out who did.

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I'm not getting that from you.

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Do you understand?

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[narrator]
This is Judy Justice.

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[narrator]
Previously on Judy Justice...

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He asked me, do I whoop my kids,
basically, with the belt.

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-[Judy] He asked you that?
-Mm-hmm.

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Because clearly, these are linear marks
on the child's back,

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which clearly suggests
that he was hit with something.

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And he's not crazy enough

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to hit the child on the back

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and then take him to an emergency room.

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I want you to know I don't believe that.

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When they did their investigation,
what did they do?

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-Um, they--
-[Judy] "Um" is not an answer.

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-After they did their investigation...
-Mm-hmm.

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...was your child immediately
returned to your custody?

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-Uh, we went to court--
-So, the answer is no.

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[narrator]
And now, the conclusion...

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Marcus Vega-Tatum
is suing the mother of his child,

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Jaivana West, for damages after
making false accusations to the police.

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Did anybody make a determination
as to how this little boy

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got these welt marks on his back?

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No. She told them he was playing,
and his brother had hit him.

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-[Judy] His brother?
-Yeah, that's what she told me.

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I need the name of the child
that you say caused these marks.

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-I never said my son hit him.
-[Judy] You never said to him--

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No, I never talked to him.
I don't talk to him.

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How did you explain to Child Protective
Services the marks on his back?

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When they bring it to my attention,

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'cause I wasn't at home
when my son left that day.

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And so, pretty much...
was with my son.

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And I asked... did he
have any bruises on him when he left.

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He said no, that wasn't on--

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You don't know. Your answer was
you don't know who hit him?

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No.

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There are an awful lot of people
who take care of your boy.

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I'm just interested in
how much you looked

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into who was beating your child.

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No one was beating my child.

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That's not accurate, madam.
Someone beat your child.

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If my son was getting beat,

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I'm pretty sure CPS woulda came
and picked my kids up.

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Listen, I don't know what CPS does
in the area where you live.

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I worked with Child Protective Services
for over 25 years.

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Nothing that they do surprises me.
But I do know this:

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If I had a little 4-year-old boy

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who had what apparently are belt marks

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or some other linear marks from being hit,
and if I didn't do it,

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I would be on the war path
to find out who did.

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And I'm not getting that from you.

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Okay. Now, the reason
he was arrested for assault

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was because he slapped you,
you said, on the face.

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Mm-hmm.

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Can I see any medical report that you had
and photographs, please?

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I didn't get those.

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[Judy] Do you have a police report
with regard to that assault?

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You have it.

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-[Marcus] Can I say something?
-Shh, just a second.

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Would you find and circle here

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where the police noted your assault
and your injury.

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'Cause you say you had a cut.

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So, show me anywhere
in that police report.

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Give her a pen, please.

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Am I able to pull it up on my phone?

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If you have them on your phone,
I'll look at them on your phone.

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It's this one.

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[Judy] This says you had a scratch
under your right eye.

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Mm-hmm.

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And photos were collected,
they said yes.

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Do you have a photograph?

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No.

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So, there was an Order of Protection,
a Temporary Order of Protection issued.

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Correct? In her favor?

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Yes.

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And why were you wearing an ankle monitor?

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Oh, because, uh, I got released from jail,

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and I was on a distance,
I had to wear an ankle monitor.

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And I also had to stay
a hundred yards from her.

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[Judy] The ankle monitor
had to do with this incident?

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This incident, yes.
And I have the pictures of her face.

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-Can I see them, please?
-I went and got 'em.

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All they show is a scar
with a scab that had already healed.

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Can I see?

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-[Marcus] We never talked that day.
-Shh.

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Was this photograph of the scratch
taken that day by the police?

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Yes, those are from the police.

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'Cause I had an attorney,
and they printed and sent me the pictures.

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The picture was taken the same day
by the police?

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-[taps on bench]
-No.

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These photographs taken,
they were taken by the police.

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That's what it says in the report.

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-[Judy] What?
-I said, those aren't the same pictures.

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Yeah, I don't think those
are the same pictures.

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Just tell me which pictures were taken
the same day.

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I don't think I had a hood on that day.

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You don't think you what?

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[Jaivana] I said, I don't think
I had a hoodie on that day.

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These weren't taken that day.

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When were they taken, and who took them?

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[Jaivana]
We only had one police report

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that had something to do
with him slapping me.

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Like with me trying to get my kid back.

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This isn't a slap mark, madam.
That's not a slap mark.

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Do you have a scar on your nose?

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Like a little scratch right here, yeah.

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[Judy]
Can I see it up here, please?

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Step up.

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[Jaivana]
Right here?

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No. Okay, step back.

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So, you don't remember
who took these pictures?

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It was Stockton Police.

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-At the police department on the--
-[Jaivana] No.

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I'm saying it was the Stockton Police
that took it.

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Yes. When, is my question,
the police department, on what date?

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Was the date the date
of the alleged incident with your son

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when you were driving
around the neighborhood?

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Is that when these were taken?

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Yes.

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Well, that's certainly not
a fresh anything, it's a nothing.

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I don't know where it came from.

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It certainly didn't come
from being hit on the face. Okay.

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Somebody who was
watching this child hit him.

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If it was you, you'd know how it was done.

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But if it wasn't you,
then I wouldn't be angry with him,

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I would be angry with the person
who hit my child.

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Duh.

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[narrator]
And later today...

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Did you do any work on the car, sir?

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Yes, ma'am.

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[Judy] I'd like to see
what you've done on the car.

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Oh, that's ridiculous.

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It doesn't say "stupid" here.

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[narrator] Marcus Vega-Tatum
claims the mother of his child,

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Jaivana West, owes
for filing false police reports.

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Jaivana is countersuing,
claiming Marcus assaulted her

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and filed a false CPS report.

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Ultimately, the criminal charges
were dropped. Is that correct?

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It was dropped,
it just took eight months later.

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-[Marcus] I had to fight it in court.
-[Judy] Do you have the dismissal?

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No, I don't have the dismissal.

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Do you know the reason?

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[Marcus]
The reason it was dropped?

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There was no evidence.
She wouldn't come to court either.

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-[Judy] Did you go to court?
-No.

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-Were you told to come to court?
-[Jaivana] No.

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Pretty much, they were just keeping me
updated on what was going on at court.

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-Did you speak to the District Attorney?
-Yes.

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Did you advise the District Attorney
that you didn't want to proceed?

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No. I let them know I would--

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Would you stand up and--

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Could you stand up on your own?

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I let them know I would come to court.
If I needed to.

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[Judy]
Now, you have a counterclaim.

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Your counterclaim is
for filing a false CPS charge.

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Now, the false CPS charge
had to do with this, correct?

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No, he filed multiple, um--

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Well, after this, did he file
any other CPS reports?

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Yes. He said that, um, it was a CPS report
about, supposedly, child neglect

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or something towards my son
and my other kids.

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-After this?
-[Jaivana] Yes.

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Okay. Did you call CPS again?
'Cause this is a valid reason to call CPS.

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No, I was fighting a criminal case
after that.

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You were fighting
the assault case, this scratch.

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Yeah. At the time when I went to jail,
she applied for-- when I was in jail,

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she applied for full custody
and told them because I was in jail,

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and they gave it to her. So, I didn't see
him again until January of the next year

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'cause they had gave her full custody.

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Do you have any proof that he filed
subsequent child protective proceedings,

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or at least reports after this incident
that occurred in November of 2023?

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No.

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Okay. Did you put your hands on her
in any way, Mr. Tatum?

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No.

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Do you have any idea how she got
this scratch on her face?

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I don't know. She just had a newborn.
I think the baby had scratched her.

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It's a healed scratch. So, it was taken--

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It was taken on the same day.
It's a healed scratch.

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My kids was, like, five or six months
at that time.

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-[Judy] What?
-He said I had a newborn at--

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-[Judy] What I'm saying--
-No, he said I had a newborn--

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-[Judy] What I'm saying to you is...
-Mm-hmm.

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...if it was taken the same day,
this is a healed scratch.

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Duh. Don't answer me.

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Let's deal with the counterclaim first.

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I'm dismissing your counterclaim,
Miss West.

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He had an absolute right and an obligation
to notify Child Protective Services

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when the welts on your child's back
were visible.

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There's no question he didn't do it.

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So, it happened when the child
was in your care and custody.

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It may not have been you.
I don't know who beat this child--

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If my son was getting hit,
my son would've told me.

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Your child was hit with a something.
A belt, a cord, a something.

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That's what leaves linear marks
on a child's back.

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Concerning, since I don't believe
that he would've done that

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and then taken the child
to an emergency room.

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So, somebody who was
watching this child hit him.

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If it was you, you'd know how it was done.
But if it wasn't you,

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then I wouldn't be angry with him,
I would be angry

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with the person who hit my child.

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Do you understand?

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Duh.

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Now, at the time, sir,
of this incident on the 5th,

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it is my understanding, am I correct,
that you had already been to court,

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left, the case was dismissed,
and you believed

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that that order was still in place,
where you had custody?

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-Yes.
-[Judy] That's what I figured.

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That was evidently a mistake.

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It was a mistake
that you either rectified later

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because now, you're back
to the alternate week custody arrangement.

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But that arrest was false.
And I believe it was false.

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I'm awarding you $2,500
on the false arrest charge.

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I'm dismissing the defendant's claim
for filing a false CPS report

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because the CPS report
was perfectly valid.

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The child was in fact abused by somebody.

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And you should really find out
who that was, unless it was you.

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We're done here. Thank you very much.

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[Bailiff Kevin]
This court is adjourned.

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The bruise wasn't on my son no more.
Like, there wasn't nothing on him.

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Even when the CPS worker
showed me the bruise on his phone,

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I told him that looked like
a fresh bruise.

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How do I feel they got there?
I'm not sure. I know when I received him,

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he was taking a bath, and I seen it

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and immediately took him
to get his injuries checked out.

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And if it happened at my home,
it wouldn't have still looked fresh.

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Especially 'cause we do a week on,
week off.

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Like, the bruise looked too fresh.

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I'm just trying to be the best dad.

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I just want to be a good parent to my son.

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Well, that one really brought you
back to your family court days, huh?

234
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Well, you draw your experience
from whatever you do.

235
00:12:15,834 --> 00:12:21,266
You know, common sense is supposed
to creep into whatever decision you make.

236
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I'm trying to come to terms with,
there's a 25-year-old woman

237
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who has six children, who,
according to her, works in a warehouse,

238
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who receives no form of other assistance,

239
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who pays $2,700 a month in rent.

240
00:12:37,767 --> 00:12:43,033
And she drives a car,
because she drove to his house.

241
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So, she has a car. Which means,
you have the car, you have insurance,

242
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-you have other stuff.
-[Sarah] Payments.

243
00:12:49,233 --> 00:12:54,500
And math was never my strong suit,
but I can't figure that out.

244
00:12:54,567 --> 00:12:57,066
-Yeah.
-So, there's something else going there.

245
00:12:57,133 --> 00:13:02,133
If I had more time, maybe.
But that picture of that scratch

246
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was an old scratch of a nothing.

247
00:13:04,767 --> 00:13:08,367
And certainly not worth spending
any time in jail for.

248
00:13:08,433 --> 00:13:10,567
That takes a toll.
Just because it was dismissed,

249
00:13:10,633 --> 00:13:13,333
which I think was the right outcome.
Eight months,

250
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and showing up once a month
to a court date, as you're supposed to,

251
00:13:16,867 --> 00:13:20,066
when the person who filed it
never even showed up for court.

252
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I mean, that's super frustrating.
I think it's right that he--

253
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She got what she wanted,
which was she got the child back.

254
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A Temporary Full Custody Order, so.

255
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Correct.

256
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Case 4090, Lewis v. Zamora.
All parties, please, come forward.

257
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[narrator] Francheska Lewis
is suing her ex-boyfriend,

258
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Leo Zamora, for stolen property
and parking tickets.

259
00:13:42,667 --> 00:13:45,033
Ms. Lewis, you and Mr. Zamora
have a child together.

260
00:13:45,100 --> 00:13:47,165
-Correct.
-[Judy] How old is that child?

261
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He's 5.

262
00:13:48,367 --> 00:13:51,400
Other than having a child together,
you don't live together.

263
00:13:51,467 --> 00:13:54,667
And according to you,
you've sort of remained friendly,

264
00:13:54,734 --> 00:13:58,500
but he doesn't do much to assist
in the support of your child.

265
00:13:58,567 --> 00:13:59,700
That's according to you.

266
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Correct.

267
00:14:00,900 --> 00:14:03,900
[Judy] Understanding the background,
he was in need of a car.

268
00:14:03,967 --> 00:14:07,467
You agreed to sell him a car.
And this lawsuit is about the fact

269
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that you claim that he has not paid
the balance of the car.

270
00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:13,633
The defendant says,
well, the car had certain issues,

271
00:14:13,700 --> 00:14:17,133
but you disagree on the amount
that you sold the car for.

272
00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:18,834
-Is that right, sir?
-Yes.

273
00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:23,266
You thought you had her behind the 8-ball.

274
00:14:23,333 --> 00:14:25,734
You had the car, and she
was being a nice person.

275
00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:28,100
It's not that she's vindictive.
You have a fiancée.

276
00:14:28,166 --> 00:14:30,033
Didn't you tell him
he was doing the wrong thing?

277
00:14:30,100 --> 00:14:32,533
I don't see him like he was
doing the wrong thing.

278
00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:35,567
I guess you missed that class
in law school.

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[narrator] Francheska Lewis
claims her ex-boyfriend,

280
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Leo Zamora, owes for stolen property
and parking tickets.

281
00:14:53,667 --> 00:14:57,500
Leo is countersuing Francheska
for breaking their agreement.

282
00:14:57,567 --> 00:15:00,533
In what month and year
did you sell him a car,

283
00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:02,600
and what kind of car did you sell him?

284
00:15:02,667 --> 00:15:06,266
I sold him a 2009 Chevrolet Tahoe
in July, 2023.

285
00:15:06,333 --> 00:15:09,066
[Judy] And how much
did you sell it to him for?

286
00:15:09,133 --> 00:15:11,467
-[Francheska] Five thousand.
-[Judy] When had you purchased it?

287
00:15:11,533 --> 00:15:14,934
-April first, 2023.
-[Judy] From whom?

288
00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:16,333
My ex-mother-in-law.

289
00:15:16,400 --> 00:15:18,834
[Judy] How many miles
did it have on it?

290
00:15:18,900 --> 00:15:21,867
Um, it had approximately 160,000 miles.

291
00:15:21,934 --> 00:15:23,533
[Judy] How much did you pay her for it?

292
00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:25,000
Uh, she gifted it to me.

293
00:15:25,066 --> 00:15:27,533
[Judy] Then you sold it
to him a few months later.

294
00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:28,600
[Francheska]
Correct.

295
00:15:28,667 --> 00:15:31,133
[Judy] How much did she
sell you the car for?

296
00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:32,400
[Leo]
Two thousand.

297
00:15:34,333 --> 00:15:37,734
Between $6,300 and $7,800.

298
00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:41,266
Based on the 160,000 mileage.

299
00:15:41,333 --> 00:15:43,133
-Sixty-three hundred dollars.
-[Sarah] Yeah.

300
00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:44,667
-Is the low end?
-Yes.

301
00:15:44,734 --> 00:15:46,800
For a private party exchange.

302
00:15:46,867 --> 00:15:50,700
[Judy] You have proof
that she sold you that car for $2,000?

303
00:15:50,767 --> 00:15:52,700
-Yes.
-[Judy] I'd like to see it.

304
00:15:52,767 --> 00:15:56,400
Because that would mean
that she's really a buddy of yours,

305
00:15:56,467 --> 00:16:00,800
because the car's worth a lot more
than $2,000.

306
00:16:11,166 --> 00:16:16,867
"Four months is $2,000.
So far, I've received $900.

307
00:16:16,934 --> 00:16:19,667
You told me to take repairs
into consid...

308
00:16:19,734 --> 00:16:21,633
Nothing is owed on my end."

309
00:16:21,700 --> 00:16:24,367
You have proof that you
sold him this car for $5,000?

310
00:16:24,433 --> 00:16:26,700
-I do.
-[Judy] I'd like to see it.

311
00:16:26,767 --> 00:16:28,633
'Cause that's very unclear to me.

312
00:16:28,700 --> 00:16:31,500
How much money did you
actually give her, sir?

313
00:16:31,567 --> 00:16:33,200
[Leo]
I gave her $1,000.

314
00:16:33,266 --> 00:16:38,700
But our agreement was to pay $500
until we received the $2,000.

315
00:16:38,767 --> 00:16:42,900
Why would she make you a gift
of a car, practically? Why?

316
00:16:42,967 --> 00:16:45,533
Well, she was trying to sell me some junk.

317
00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:48,033
The car had bullet holes
all in the side.

318
00:16:48,100 --> 00:16:50,900
Just a second. If the car
had bullet holes, those you saw.

319
00:16:50,967 --> 00:16:52,567
-Right?
-[Leo] They're covered.

320
00:16:52,633 --> 00:16:55,400
-What do you mean covered?
-They were bondo'd over.

321
00:16:55,467 --> 00:16:56,734
To like, cover the holes.

322
00:16:56,800 --> 00:16:58,200
Well, but you could see them.

323
00:16:58,266 --> 00:17:00,567
-[Leo] Yeah, you could still see them.
-So, you saw them.

324
00:17:00,633 --> 00:17:03,300
Yeah, but I was willing
to paint the car too.

325
00:17:10,633 --> 00:17:14,900
[Judy] Yeah. She tells you, "Okay,
I was thinking about five."

326
00:17:14,967 --> 00:17:18,733
That's $5,000. And you said,
"Oh, okay, for sure.

327
00:17:18,800 --> 00:17:22,967
Will you work with me, like,
with payment plan or something?

328
00:17:23,032 --> 00:17:24,800
Or do you need it in full?"

329
00:17:24,867 --> 00:17:26,700
"How much could you afford a month?"

330
00:17:26,767 --> 00:17:30,700
And you say, "How many miles does
it have?" She tells you, 160,000.

331
00:17:30,767 --> 00:17:34,300
You show me where the $5,000
went to $2,000, sir.

332
00:17:34,367 --> 00:17:38,166
Because we had made an agreement
off of text messages and verbal.

333
00:17:38,233 --> 00:17:42,433
No, show me. She said five, you said okay.
That's all I have.

334
00:17:42,500 --> 00:17:43,834
Five and okay.

335
00:17:43,900 --> 00:17:47,800
And the Blue Book value of the car
is at least $6,300.

336
00:17:47,867 --> 00:17:51,166
I have messages saying that
he thought the agreement was $4,000,

337
00:17:51,233 --> 00:17:53,000
and I reminded him it was $5,000.

338
00:17:53,066 --> 00:17:55,000
[Judy]
May I see those, please?

339
00:18:04,133 --> 00:18:08,033
Oh, you're a cookie. Yeah. Yeah.

340
00:18:09,333 --> 00:18:11,800
Does he have the registration
for the car now?

341
00:18:11,867 --> 00:18:14,333
-The car's under my name still.
-Where is the car?

342
00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:16,633
-In my driveway.
-[Judy] Can I see the title?

343
00:18:16,700 --> 00:18:19,367
I currently don't have the title,
but I have the registration,

344
00:18:19,433 --> 00:18:21,000
Bill of Sale, Statement of Facts.

345
00:18:21,066 --> 00:18:23,433
Did you do any work on the car, sir?

346
00:18:23,500 --> 00:18:24,533
Yes, ma'am.

347
00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:27,600
[Judy] I'd like to see
what you've done on the car.

348
00:18:38,066 --> 00:18:41,800
Oh, that's ridiculous. [laughs]

349
00:18:43,300 --> 00:18:45,633
It doesn't say "stupid" here.

350
00:18:45,700 --> 00:18:47,033
Oh, I know.

351
00:18:47,100 --> 00:18:49,667
I have enough cars and
seen enough receipts from mechanics

352
00:18:49,734 --> 00:18:51,700
to know that this is baloney.

353
00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:56,400
Now, breach of an agreement.
What agreement?

354
00:18:56,467 --> 00:18:58,500
We agreed upon a certain price and--

355
00:18:58,567 --> 00:19:01,800
[Judy] No, you agreed upon $5,000.
That's what these text messages say.

356
00:19:01,867 --> 00:19:05,266
False police allegations.
She reported the car as stolen.

357
00:19:05,333 --> 00:19:06,834
Good for her.

358
00:19:06,900 --> 00:19:09,000
You thought you had her behind the 8-ball.

359
00:19:09,066 --> 00:19:11,800
You had the car,
and she was being a nice person.

360
00:19:11,867 --> 00:19:14,100
It's not that she's vindictive.
You have a fiancée.

361
00:19:14,166 --> 00:19:16,433
Didn't you tell him
he was doing the wrong thing?

362
00:19:16,500 --> 00:19:18,900
I don't see him like he was
doing the wrong thing.

363
00:19:18,967 --> 00:19:21,533
I guess you missed that class
in law school.

364
00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:24,066
Judgment for the plaintiff
in the amount of $4,000.

365
00:19:24,133 --> 00:19:28,200
He also racked up parking tickets
while in possession of the vehicle.

366
00:19:28,266 --> 00:19:30,800
-May I see them?
-[Francheska] Yes, Your Honor.

367
00:19:33,533 --> 00:19:36,333
Um, these two are the same.

368
00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:39,300
And then, these two are all for that one.

369
00:19:39,367 --> 00:19:41,834
-Have you paid them?
-I have not.

370
00:19:41,900 --> 00:19:46,533
I've already received notice that they're
gonna garnish my taxes and my wages.

371
00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:49,433
Why didn't you pay these tickets?
'Cause they were in her name?

372
00:19:49,500 --> 00:19:52,300
Your Honor, I paid for the smog.
I gave her the smog papers.

373
00:19:52,367 --> 00:19:54,600
She never went to the DMV to get the tags.

374
00:19:54,667 --> 00:19:57,934
I have messages also back and forth
telling her to get the tags.

375
00:19:58,000 --> 00:19:59,667
She's been telling me
she bought the tags.

376
00:19:59,734 --> 00:20:02,767
[Judy] Why didn't you take the car
to have it smogged?

377
00:20:02,834 --> 00:20:06,166
I did take it.
I got the smog paper and gave it to her.

378
00:20:06,233 --> 00:20:08,734
-And?
-She never went and got me the tags.

379
00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:11,400
[Judy] Why don't you go
and get your tags?

380
00:20:11,467 --> 00:20:14,133
I can't get the tags because
the car's not under my name.

381
00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:16,800
If you pay for it,
it'll be under your name.

382
00:20:16,867 --> 00:20:18,033
Yes, ma'am.

383
00:20:18,100 --> 00:20:20,734
I actually paid for the smog to get done.

384
00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:25,133
He's ridiculous.
You are lucky to be finished with him.

385
00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:26,567
[blows raspberry]

386
00:20:27,867 --> 00:20:29,633
Finished.

387
00:20:29,700 --> 00:20:32,567
$4,370, judgment for the plaintiff.

388
00:20:32,633 --> 00:20:35,767
Your counterclaim,
whatever nonsense that is, is dismissed.

389
00:20:35,834 --> 00:20:37,600
[bailiff]
This court is adjourned.

390
00:20:39,467 --> 00:20:44,867
I'm glad she caught onto his lies and
saw that he really wasn't being honest.

391
00:20:44,934 --> 00:20:48,533
She lied about a lot of stuff,
and it's gonna go her way.

392
00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:53,333
That's ridiculous. I mean, I gave him
that truck because he needed help.

393
00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:56,000
About the agreement upon the vehicle.

394
00:20:56,066 --> 00:20:58,433
Out of the kindness of my heart.
I learned my lesson,

395
00:20:58,500 --> 00:20:59,867
and I hope he learned his too.

396
00:20:59,934 --> 00:21:02,166
It's over now, hopefully. I'm hoping.

397
00:21:03,633 --> 00:21:07,500
That's so easy when you have text messages

398
00:21:07,567 --> 00:21:10,600
-with an offer and acceptance.
-Mm-hmm.

399
00:21:10,667 --> 00:21:14,066
For I think about $5,000,
which was a perfectly fair price

400
00:21:14,133 --> 00:21:17,266
because it's worth more,
according to Kelley Blue Book.

401
00:21:17,333 --> 00:21:19,200
-It said $6,300?
-Sixty-three hundred, yeah.

402
00:21:19,266 --> 00:21:20,934
-[Judy] Was the low end.
-Mm-hmm.

403
00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:23,300
I didn't see any bullet holes in the car.

404
00:21:23,367 --> 00:21:24,600
-Slick.
-Yeah.

405
00:21:24,667 --> 00:21:28,300
And she was a nice woman.
She said they didn't have a car.

406
00:21:28,367 --> 00:21:31,400
And she was perfectly happy
with him having a fiancée.

407
00:21:31,467 --> 00:21:33,633
-Mm-hmm. Didn't seem bitter
-[Judy] Didn't seem bitter.

408
00:21:33,700 --> 00:21:36,500
It seemed like he was trying
to get something for nothing.

409
00:21:36,567 --> 00:21:37,633
Right.

410
00:21:39,300 --> 00:21:40,934
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411
00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:43,033
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412
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