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I started, uh, renting WaveRunners...

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You rented these jet skis
for a family vacation?

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Yes, I did.

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According to you,
they were returned scratched?

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Yes, Your Honor.

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[Steven] I've got pictures here
to show all the scratches

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on the WaveRunners
before we even picked 'em up.

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After this incident,
I just sold the business.

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I couldn't handle it.

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That is not my problem, sir.

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[announcer] This is Judy justice.

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[theme music playing]

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[announcer] John Robinson
is suing his jet ski renter, Steven Rigby

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for breach of contracts, property damage,
and missing equipment.

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[Kevin] Court come to order.

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Be seated, please.

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- Good morning, Judge.
- Good morning, Kevin.

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Case number 1152, Robinson versus Rigby.

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- Thank you.
- You're welcome.

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[Judge Judy] Mr. Robinson, tell me
about this business that you're running.

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Yeah. So, I started,
uh, renting WaveRunners

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because I just really enjoyed WaveRunners.

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I opened the business
in around April 15th.

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[Judge Judy] Of what year?

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Of this year, 2021.

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[Judge Judy] What did you do
before April of 2021?

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[John Joseph] I have a normal day job.

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I work in the financial industry.

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I still do that
but this was a side business for me,

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where I was gonna make extra income
and also enjoy myself on the beach

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and take out the WaveRunners myself.

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How many did you buy?

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[John Joseph] I started off
with just two WaveRunners.

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[Judge Judy] Did you add to the number
of WaveRunners that you had?

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As soon as I sold the business--

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'cause after this incident,
I just sold the business.

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I couldn't handle it.

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So you no longer have the business?

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[John Joseph] No longer
have the business, uh-hmm.

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[Judge Judy] So you had the business
from April of 2021.

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- [John Joseph] Uh-hmm.
- Until...

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[John Joseph] July 2021.

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[Judge Judy] Until July?

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- Yeah.
- [Judge Judy] And when you say

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you sold the business,
what did you sell of the business?

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Or did you just sell the jet skis?

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- I sold the jet skis and then...
- [Judge Judy] Oh, stop there.

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And when you bought them in April 2021,
how much did you pay for them?

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I paid--let me just pull up the receipt.

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I want to get this exactly right. Um...

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[Judge Judy] Absolutely.

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Including taxes and everything,
it came out to 26,856.

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That's for the WaveRunners.

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And then, I bought a trailer with it,
that was 2,100.

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And then, other costs like life jackets,
gas cans, came out to a total of 29,500.

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But you paid $26,000 for the jet skis?

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- Yeah.
- [Judge Judy] Let's go back

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to when you sold the business.

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You sold the business a few months later.

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Yeah.

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When you sold the business,
you sold the jet skis?

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- Yes.
- [Judge Judy] Who did you sell them to?

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[John Joseph] I sold them
to my witness, Nathan.

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[Judge Judy] Oh, Nathan
who missed the appointment?

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- Yes.
- Yes.

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[Judge Judy] That's interesting.

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And did you create
a bill of sale for Nathan?

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[John Joseph] Um, yes.
I did seller financing.

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He didn't have the money at that time,
so I gave him seller financing.

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You have a contract of sale with him?

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- I do. Yes.
- [Judge Judy] I'd like to see it.

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Kevin, would you show me
the contract of sale?

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- [John Joseph] Here it is.
- [Kevin] Thank you.

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[Judge Judy] Did you have a loan
on the jet skis?

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I did have a loan on the jet skis.

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For how much?

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[John Joseph]
Eighteen thousand one hundred.

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[Judge Judy] Okay.
So you were able to pay off the loan?

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[John Joseph] Yeah.

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And you sold the jet skis
and equipment to him for $30,000?

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[John Joseph] No, Your Honor.

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I--in addition to that contract,
I gave him another 17,000.

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You gave him a what?

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I gave him 17,800
to buy more WaveRunners because...

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[Judge Judy] Oh, well, I don't care
what you gave him to buy more WaveRunners.

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These were the two WaveRunners
that we're talking about in this case?

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- Yes.
- [Judge Judy] That you sold to him

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for $30,500.

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Um so, that was the total loan amount.

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But then, if you go further into it,
then you'll see I gave him extra money.

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No, no, listen to me.

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You didn't sell them for a discount.

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You sold them for $30,500.

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And you agreed to loan him $30,500.

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And the loan is secured by collateral.

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- [John Joseph] Yeah.
- I assume if you were smart enough

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to draw up this loan agreement,
you believed that the collateral

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was sufficient to ensure
that the loan was repaid?

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- Yes, Your Honor.
- [Judge Judy] Of course.

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[John Joseph] Uh-hmm.

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[Judge Judy] So, in effect
you were whole if he pays off this loan.

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Now, it is your claim
that you rented these jet skis

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to Mr. Rigby for a family vacation.

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[John Joseph] Yes.

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[Judge Judy]
And you were taking grandchildren?

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Yes. My son has a houseboat
down at Lake Powell

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and we've been doing this for years.

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We've been--for about five or six years,
we've been rentin' houseboats

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for our grandkids to go down...

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- [Judge Judy] You mean, jet skis?
- I mean, jet skis, WaveRunners.

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[Judge Judy] Okay.

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According to you, he rented them
and they were returned scratched?

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- Scratched, yes, Your Honor.
- [Judge Judy] Okay.

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Do you have photographs of the scratches?

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[John Joseph] I do. Yes, Your Honor.

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[Judge Judy] Did you ever arrive
at your destination, Mr. Rigby?

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- Yes, I did.
- [Judge Judy] With the jet skis?

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Yes, we did.

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And one of them worked?

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[Steven] Well, when you load 'em
onto the houseboat, you can go weightless.

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So, they both worked just idling.

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So, we loaded 'em on to the houseboat.

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So did you use them? Is my question.

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- No.
- Neither one?

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[Steven] We used the one a little bit.

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[Judge Judy] Okay.
Do you know how it got scratched?

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[Steven] We rented 'em twice from him.

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We rented 'em once in May,
and then this was the July trip.

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He, uh, charged my son for scratches
on the WaveRunners.

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So, my son told me,
"When you go to pick 'em up,

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take a video of the WaveRunners."

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I've got pictures of me on my phone
and I've got pictures here

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to show the--all the scratches
on the WaveRunners.

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Oh, I'd love to see them.

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[Steven] Yes.

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This is before we even picked 'em up.

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[Kevin] Thank you.

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[Steven] And I got a video,
if you'd like to see that, Your Honor.

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I absolutely would.

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So, so these were photographs
that you took before.

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Right in the yard
before we even picked 'em up.

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Now I'd like to see your video, sir.

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Okay. I just wanna know.

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Do you park your jet skis someplace,
Mr. Robinson?

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Where are the jet skis parked?

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Your Honor, I was out of town.

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That's an either yes or a no.

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I don't use them often,
but I have used jet skis,

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and some are carefully taken care of

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and some when they're rented get banged
around a little bit.

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Yours were banged around.

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[theme music playing]

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[announcer] John Robinson claims
his jet ski renter Steven Rigby

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is responsible for missing equipments
and damaging his jet skis.

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Steven is countersuing for the return
of his rental deposit.

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Okay. I just want to know.

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Do you park your jet skis someplace,
Mr. Robinson?

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Where are the jet skis parked?

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Your Honor, I was out of town.

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That's an either yes or a no.

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I'm looking here.
There are a lot of other jet skis.

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In this case, yes, Your Honor.

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[Judge Judy] All right.
So, in this case, the answer is yes.

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You park
where there are a lot of other jet skis.

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- Yeah.
- [Judge Judy] Okay.

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Well, this is July 23rd at 8:57 a.m.

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[Steven] Uh-hmm.

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[Judge Judy] Which is when
you picked them up. Okay.

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And, you know,
they look certainly drivable

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but they're-- certainly look used
and, uh, scratched up.

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- Yes, Your Honor.
- [Judge Judy] Okay.

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Now, Kevin, would you return this?

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So, they were scratched up
before Mr. Rigby took them.

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Now, you have a video
that Nathan just handed you.

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- [John Joseph] Yeah.
- [Judge Judy] He wants to show me

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a video of what he allegedly took

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on the same date.

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Is that what you wanna show me,
Nathan, or you didn't take

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a video of the same day?

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It's not the same day...

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[Judge Judy]
Then, I'm not interested in it.

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Then, I couldn't be less interested in it.

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So, Mr. Robinson,
let me try to explain this to you, sir.

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You bought these in April.
Did you buy them new or used?

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- Brand new, Your Honor.
- [Judge Judy] And you rented them

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between April and the end of July?

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- [John Joseph] Yes, Your Honor.
- [Judge Judy] And you used them?

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[John Joseph] Yes, Your Honor.

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[Judge Judy] How many times
did you rent them?

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[John Joseph] What do you think?
Maybe 25 times?

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- [Judge Judy] And maybe...
- Twenty.

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[Judge Judy] So, let's say 20, 25 times.

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And how many times
did you personally used them?

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I only went out once, Your Honor.

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[Judge Judy] And what about Nathan,
did he ever go out in them?

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- Once.
- [Judge Judy] Oh, just a second.

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Once. So, you rented them 25 times,
you went out once, he went out once.

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Well, somebody scratched them.

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Because what I'm telling you
is his photographs...

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- [John Joseph] Yeah.
- [Judge Judy] ...that I've just looked at

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and his video of July 23rd,

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do not show me brand new three months old

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subject to normal wear and tear

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by one person using them.

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There are scratches on them.
They're scuffed, you know.

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I don't use them often and haven't been

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on one in a couple of years,

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but I have used jet skis,

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and some are carefully taken care of

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and some, when they're rented
get banged around a little bit.

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Yours were banged around,
and you sold them

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for what you paid for them.

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So, I don't know
what you're complaining about.

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So, so here's some more pictures

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that was right when we picked them up.

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And you can see more scratches
than I [indistinct]

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[Judge Judy] I can't differentiate, sir,
between what scratches

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were there and what scratches were not.

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Nor do I intend to use this device
to figure that out.

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[John Joseph] Yes.

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Because you have a bill for me,
I assume from a mechanic.

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Yes, Your Honor.

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[Judge Judy] Who fixed up
all the scratches.

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And I assume, without looking at it,

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that the mechanic doesn't list

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where each scratch is located.

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I assume.

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I assume that there's a general bill

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for cleaning up the jet skis.

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I may be wrong.

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If I'm wrong, tell me I'm wrong.

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Yeah, it's a general bill, Your Honor.

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[Judge Judy] Okay.
Then, there's no way for me

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to differentiate
between what the scratches,

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and nicks, and dents
that were in the jet skis

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in the video that I just saw
from July 23rd

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and your mechanic's bill.

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So, what I'm telling you
is you had no damage.

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You sold the equipment to Nathan

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for what you paid for it.

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You rented them, according to you,

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25 times between April,

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May, June, and July 23rd.

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So, you don't have any damages
'cause I assume you made money.

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I assume you rented them for money?

246
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- Yes, Your Honor.
- [Judge Judy] Okay.

247
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So you have no damages.

248
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And there's no way for me
to tell where the scratches are.

249
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With the sale to Nathan,
I gave him an additional 17,000

250
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to get to that 30,000
that I sold it to him for.

251
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So, that's where--we would actually
sold it to him for much less than 30,000.

252
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[Judge Judy] Well, that's not--
I may have missed it.

253
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So, you gave him $17,500.

254
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Instead of making the note,
half, you gave him $17,000.

255
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- [John Joseph] Yes, You Honor.
- I don't understand that.

256
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So, in order to run the business
for Nathan,

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he needed more than just one set

258
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and so he had to go out and buy new sets.

259
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And so, I gave him an additional 17,000
when I sold it.

260
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[Judge Judy] That--yeah.
Well, that is not my problem, sir.

261
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That is your convoluted
business arrangement with him.

262
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But your loan agreement,

263
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the collateral for the $30,000
of the two jet skis.

264
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[John Joseph] Yes, Your Honor.

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Any, uh, WaveRunners he bought after that

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would also be under collateral.

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If you look at the collateral, it will...

268
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[Judge Judy] Oh, that's okay.
But at this time, he hadn't bought any?

269
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At this time, at the time of this loan
agreement, (chuckles)

270
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- which was for $30,000...
- [John Joseph] Yeah.

271
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...you had the collateral for this

272
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loan agreement was the two--
are they Kawasaki,

273
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- is that what they are?
- Yes, sir--ma'am.

274
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[Judge Judy] Jet Skis,
absolutely no way for me to determine

275
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what was damaged and what was not I saw.

276
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It was clear that these were scratched up
when he picked them up.

277
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Now, according to you,
missing--damaged jet skis.

278
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Forget that, loss of revenue, forget that.

279
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They were scratched already.

280
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Missing equipment. Okay.

281
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What equipment was missing?

282
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Life jackets, and a gas can,

283
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and then there's a rod
that carries the gas can.

284
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They took that rod as well.

285
00:12:43,367 --> 00:12:44,467
Well, I don't know who took it.

286
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- [John Joseph] Yeah.
- They, they would have no use for that.

287
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Yes, Your Honor.

288
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[Judge Judy] Uh, do you know
what I mean, Mr. Robinson?

289
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- Yeah.
- [Judge Judy] They would have

290
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no use of it. So, life jackets.

291
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And how many life jackets did you provide?

292
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Six.

293
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[Judge Judy] Mr. Rigby,
were there life jackets?

294
00:12:58,000 --> 00:12:59,667
[Steven] No. No life jackets, Your Honor.

295
00:12:59,734 --> 00:13:00,800
[Judge Judy]
You had your own life jackets?

296
00:13:00,867 --> 00:13:01,900
We had our own life jackets.

297
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[Judge Judy] Was your wife with you?

298
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Not when I picked 'em up, no.

299
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- [Judge Judy] Okay. But...
- She's my fiancee, Your Honor.

300
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Nice. Good for you.

301
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Um, Mr. Robinson

302
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[John Joseph] Yes, Your Honor.

303
00:13:15,133 --> 00:13:18,266
[Judge Judy] You told me earlier,
I believe--Whitney,

304
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I believe Mr. Robinson said earlier
that he closed down his business

305
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right after this incident,
is that correct?

306
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On April sold it in July.

307
00:13:27,667 --> 00:13:29,900
[Whitney] He said,
"After I bought them, I sold the business.

308
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I couldn't handle it in,
uh, April of 2021."

309
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- That's when he bought it?
- Yeah, until July of 2021.

310
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[Judge Judy] And his rental
was the end of July

311
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because it was the 23rd
and you had two jet skis at that time?

312
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- Yes, Your Honor.
- [Judge Judy] And then,

313
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you entered into this agreement
on the 27th of July with Nathan,

314
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in which you secured
as collateral the life jackets.

315
00:13:56,633 --> 00:13:58,200
[John Joseph] I bought--I bought
him more life jackets...

316
00:13:58,266 --> 00:13:59,500
[Judge Judy] So, what you just--
so what--just a second.

317
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...Your Honor.

318
00:14:00,667 --> 00:14:02,900
[Judge Judy] So, what you want me
to believe and--

319
00:14:02,967 --> 00:14:05,800
well, I'll believe if you show me a bill,

320
00:14:05,867 --> 00:14:10,266
that between the 24th and the 27th,

321
00:14:10,333 --> 00:14:12,467
you bought new life jackets?

322
00:14:12,533 --> 00:14:14,700
- Yes, Your Honor. I, I did.
- [Judge Judy] Okay.

323
00:14:18,100 --> 00:14:19,633
You wanna see your signature?

324
00:14:19,700 --> 00:14:21,266
- You gotta get your story straight.
- Yes.

325
00:14:21,333 --> 00:14:23,800
[Judge Judy] Do you understand?
You gotta get your story straight.

326
00:14:23,867 --> 00:14:26,100
The first thing that you have to do
when you come with a witness

327
00:14:26,166 --> 00:14:27,767
is get your story straight.

328
00:14:33,700 --> 00:14:35,934
[theme music playing]

329
00:14:39,967 --> 00:14:43,834
[announcer] John Robinson
is accusing defendant Steven Rigby

330
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of renting two of his jet skis
and damaging them.

331
00:14:47,133 --> 00:14:49,200
Steven claims they were already damaged

332
00:14:49,266 --> 00:14:51,767
and one jet ski didn't even work.

333
00:14:51,834 --> 00:14:54,467
So, what you want me to believe and--

334
00:14:54,533 --> 00:14:56,967
well, I'll believe if you show me a bill

335
00:14:57,033 --> 00:15:01,200
that between the 24th and the 27th,

336
00:15:01,266 --> 00:15:03,734
you bought new life jackets?

337
00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:06,367
[John Joseph] Yes, Your Honor.
In addition, I did want to say.

338
00:15:06,433 --> 00:15:09,233
He actually ended up taking
the WaveRunners

339
00:15:09,300 --> 00:15:10,700
without anyone being there.

340
00:15:10,767 --> 00:15:12,800
Like you said, he,
he missed the appointment.

341
00:15:12,867 --> 00:15:15,700
He wasn't--he told him he's gonna be there
at 10:00 o'clock.

342
00:15:15,767 --> 00:15:18,867
But he showed up really early
and took the WaveRunners

343
00:15:18,934 --> 00:15:21,600
without signing agreement,
without calling me.

344
00:15:21,667 --> 00:15:24,433
And then, at that point,
that's why we had to report it

345
00:15:24,500 --> 00:15:27,500
to the police because he took
the WaveRunners

346
00:15:27,567 --> 00:15:31,400
without signing the rental agreement
or paying full for them.

347
00:15:31,467 --> 00:15:33,233
So, in this text here...

348
00:15:33,333 --> 00:15:34,233
[Judge Judy] No text.

349
00:15:34,300 --> 00:15:37,066
I wanna see a bill
from a sporting goods store

350
00:15:37,133 --> 00:15:40,233
for life jackets between the 23rd

351
00:15:40,300 --> 00:15:44,767
or the 24th of July and the 27th of July.

352
00:15:45,967 --> 00:15:48,500
[John Joseph] So, Nathan bought 'em,
and then I've Venmoed him.

353
00:15:48,567 --> 00:15:51,300
Do you want--
do you have that on your phone?

354
00:15:51,367 --> 00:15:54,133
So, I've--so I can show
that I Venmoed you.

355
00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:55,633
It was an eBay purchase.

356
00:15:55,700 --> 00:15:56,900
[Judge Judy] I don't care about eBay.

357
00:15:56,967 --> 00:16:00,100
I wanna see a receipt for life jackets

358
00:16:00,166 --> 00:16:01,734
between those two dates

359
00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:06,233
prior to July 27th and after July 24th.

360
00:16:06,300 --> 00:16:08,200
[John Joseph] So, here's a Venmo of me

361
00:16:08,266 --> 00:16:10,400
Venmoing him for those life jackets.

362
00:16:10,467 --> 00:16:13,633
Nathan's gonna have to get me
where he bought them.

363
00:16:13,700 --> 00:16:15,300
Right here. Let's see.

364
00:16:15,367 --> 00:16:17,066
[Judge Judy] And the date he bought them.

365
00:16:26,266 --> 00:16:30,900
You bought one Exxel blue universal
adult-sized life jackets,

366
00:16:30,967 --> 00:16:32,300
is that right?

367
00:16:32,367 --> 00:16:35,133
Yes. It was--
it was a pack of four or five.

368
00:16:35,200 --> 00:16:38,567
- For $59.
- [Nathan] I don't remember, yeah.

369
00:16:38,633 --> 00:16:39,867
[Judge Judy] I don't remember. Okay.

370
00:16:42,900 --> 00:16:44,000
You didn't take any life jackets?

371
00:16:44,066 --> 00:16:45,000
No life jackets, Your Honor.

372
00:16:45,066 --> 00:16:47,000
[Judge Judy] Okey-dokey.
You have a counterclaim.

373
00:16:47,066 --> 00:16:50,400
How much of a deposit
did you give to the plaintiff?

374
00:16:50,467 --> 00:16:51,533
Nine hundred dollars.

375
00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:54,400
On what date did you take the WaveRunners?

376
00:16:54,467 --> 00:16:55,700
On the 23rd.

377
00:16:55,767 --> 00:16:57,834
[Judge Judy] I see
that you dropped them off someplace.

378
00:16:57,900 --> 00:17:01,500
[Steven] We dropped 'em off back
at the Marina at Antelope.

379
00:17:01,567 --> 00:17:04,800
He told us, we could no longer use
the WaveRunners.

380
00:17:04,867 --> 00:17:06,500
So, we had to haul 'em all the way back

381
00:17:06,567 --> 00:17:08,500
to the Marina and that was on the 25th.

382
00:17:08,567 --> 00:17:13,567
And tell me what happened
with the pickup, the exchange?

383
00:17:13,633 --> 00:17:17,000
Nathan over here, who I'm not interested

384
00:17:17,066 --> 00:17:18,233
in their business arrangements.

385
00:17:18,300 --> 00:17:20,333
It's all sounds
a little sketchy to me.

386
00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:22,633
He was out of town,
Nathan was supposed to make

387
00:17:22,700 --> 00:17:25,000
the exchange with you,
give you the paperwork.

388
00:17:25,066 --> 00:17:28,467
You were supposed to pay the balance
on the 23rd, correct?

389
00:17:28,532 --> 00:17:29,567
- Correct.
- [Judge Judy] And what time

390
00:17:29,633 --> 00:17:30,734
were you supposed to meet him?

391
00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:35,367
[Steven] I got a text message
from John Joseph about a week before.

392
00:17:35,433 --> 00:17:38,200
I've been up to his house.
I went up and inspected the WaveRunners.

393
00:17:38,266 --> 00:17:41,233
I had seen what they looked
like and they looked--they were brand new.

394
00:17:41,300 --> 00:17:42,633
I was really impressed.

395
00:17:42,700 --> 00:17:45,300
A week before we were to pick 'em up,
before July 4th,

396
00:17:45,367 --> 00:17:47,133
it was on July 17th,

397
00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:50,066
he sends me a text sayin', "I'm outta
town.

398
00:17:50,133 --> 00:17:52,333
You're gonna have to pick 'em up
in Murray."

399
00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:53,633
He didn't give me a name.

400
00:17:53,700 --> 00:17:54,767
He gave me an address.

401
00:17:54,834 --> 00:17:56,834
I've got the text that he sent me.

402
00:17:56,900 --> 00:17:59,133
- I'm gonna look at it.
- [Steven] I--you wanna look at it?

403
00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:00,100
[Judge Judy] Yeah.

404
00:18:02,133 --> 00:18:03,333
Thank you.

405
00:18:07,867 --> 00:18:10,600
So, you had been to see them and
they were brand new when you saw them?

406
00:18:10,667 --> 00:18:13,367
When I went--that was back in April,
they were brand new. Yes.

407
00:18:13,433 --> 00:18:15,367
And then we move forward
to the end of July?

408
00:18:15,433 --> 00:18:18,000
[Steven] Right. So, that's the text he
sent me to pick 'em up.

409
00:18:18,066 --> 00:18:19,767
- [Judge Judy] Okay.
- [Steven] No--you can see no name.

410
00:18:19,834 --> 00:18:22,700
No, nothin'. I tried callin' him--

411
00:18:22,767 --> 00:18:24,166
well, at first, I said, "Thanks."

412
00:18:24,233 --> 00:18:26,734
The next day I called him
'cause I wanted to talk to him

413
00:18:26,800 --> 00:18:28,000
of what am I supposed to do?

414
00:18:28,066 --> 00:18:29,533
Who am I supposed to talk to?

415
00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:32,900
Well, what he does on his phone,
it goes to voicemail

416
00:18:32,967 --> 00:18:34,567
and then it says my voicemail is full.

417
00:18:34,633 --> 00:18:36,834
You can't leave any messages
on his phone.

418
00:18:36,900 --> 00:18:39,700
So, what I did is I called rental.

419
00:18:39,767 --> 00:18:41,967
I don't remember who I talked to.

420
00:18:42,033 --> 00:18:43,500
I says, "Hey, I'm pickin' up..."

421
00:18:43,567 --> 00:18:45,333
[Judge Judy] You can't--you can't tell me
what they said to you.

422
00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:46,266
[Steven] Oh.

423
00:18:46,333 --> 00:18:49,233
No, I mean, I told them,
"I was picking up some WaveRunners

424
00:18:49,300 --> 00:18:51,033
that was John Joseph Robinson's.

425
00:18:51,100 --> 00:18:52,567
Are you gonna have 'em there?"

426
00:18:52,633 --> 00:18:53,500
- And he said...
- [Judge Judy] But here,

427
00:18:53,567 --> 00:18:55,000
- you can't tell me what he said.
- [Steven] Oh, okay.

428
00:18:55,066 --> 00:18:56,433
- You went there?
- I went.

429
00:18:56,500 --> 00:18:59,734
[Judge Judy] Did you ever make
an appointment with Nathan over here?

430
00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:01,567
[Steven] Never. Never.

431
00:19:01,633 --> 00:19:03,500
I didn't know who to talk to.

432
00:19:03,567 --> 00:19:05,233
Uh, when I talked to him down there...

433
00:19:05,300 --> 00:19:06,333
Stand up, Nathan.

434
00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:09,567
Tell me when you had, Nathan,
a conversation with the defendant.

435
00:19:09,633 --> 00:19:11,400
Listen to me,
then you're gonna show me on your phone,

436
00:19:11,467 --> 00:19:14,567
the day that you had the conversation
with him, okay?

437
00:19:14,633 --> 00:19:16,433
On what date--take out your phone.

438
00:19:16,500 --> 00:19:17,600
- Your Honor...
- [Judge Judy] Just a second.

439
00:19:17,667 --> 00:19:18,700
Take out your phone.

440
00:19:18,767 --> 00:19:21,333
Now, tell me, on what date

441
00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:24,000
you had a conversation with Mr. Rigby?

442
00:19:24,066 --> 00:19:26,667
[Nathan] Your Honor, it wasn't on my phone
that the conversation happened.

443
00:19:26,734 --> 00:19:27,800
It was on whose phone?

444
00:19:27,867 --> 00:19:30,367
[Nathan] When he called rental the day

445
00:19:30,433 --> 00:19:32,600
before to ask how to pick them up,

446
00:19:32,667 --> 00:19:34,700
I happened to be there at that time.

447
00:19:34,767 --> 00:19:36,600
And the guy there...

448
00:19:36,667 --> 00:19:38,667
[Judge Judy]
You can't tell me what he said.

449
00:19:38,734 --> 00:19:40,500
- As you're saying...
- [Nathan] Gave me the phone.

450
00:19:40,567 --> 00:19:43,100
He gave me the phone
and I personally talked to him,

451
00:19:43,166 --> 00:19:46,433
and I told him, "Meet me at 11:00."

452
00:19:46,500 --> 00:19:50,500
[Judge Judy] Just a second.
So, you told him to meet you at 11:00?

453
00:19:50,567 --> 00:19:52,133
- Yes, Your Honor.
- [Judge Judy] Is that right?

454
00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:53,200
Okay.

455
00:19:53,266 --> 00:19:58,233
Let me tell you what your partner
over here swore to in his complaint.

456
00:19:58,300 --> 00:19:59,633
Let me tell you what he swore to.

457
00:19:59,700 --> 00:20:03,934
"Since I was out of town,
I left the jet skis, gear, and trailer

458
00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:05,734
at a third party's house,"

459
00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:08,967
which was not-- so, you left it
at a launching yard.

460
00:20:09,033 --> 00:20:11,567
"Nathan, my witness was to meet Steven,"

461
00:20:11,633 --> 00:20:14,266
that would be you, "at 10:00 a.m."

462
00:20:14,333 --> 00:20:15,600
You wanna see your signature?

463
00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:18,300
- You gotta get your story straight.
- [John Joseph] Yeah. Yeah.

464
00:20:18,367 --> 00:20:20,734
Do you understand?
You gotta get your story straight.

465
00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:23,033
The first thing that you have to do
when you come with a witness

466
00:20:23,100 --> 00:20:25,834
is get your story straight!

467
00:20:25,900 --> 00:20:28,100
You owe him his $900 back.

468
00:20:28,166 --> 00:20:29,133
Is that what you paid him?

469
00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:30,066
That's what I paid him.

470
00:20:30,133 --> 00:20:31,033
[Judge Judy]
That's what you're getting back.

471
00:20:31,100 --> 00:20:32,100
Your case is dismissed.

472
00:20:32,166 --> 00:20:34,133
Judgment on the counterclaim for $900.

473
00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:35,200
- Thank you very much.
- Thank you, Judge.

474
00:20:35,266 --> 00:20:36,700
- [Judge Judy] We're done.
- [Kevin] Court is adjourned.

475
00:20:38,100 --> 00:20:41,100
I thought he, he was a good guy
but, but obviously not.

476
00:20:41,166 --> 00:20:43,700
I think Judge Judy is spot on.

477
00:20:43,767 --> 00:20:45,266
I called the police
because he never signed

478
00:20:45,333 --> 00:20:47,233
- the rental agreement.
- Am I supposed to sign somethin'?

479
00:20:47,300 --> 00:20:49,066
Am I supposed to--
am I supposed to pay you guys?

480
00:20:49,133 --> 00:20:49,967
They says, "No."

481
00:20:50,033 --> 00:20:51,600
They abandoned 'em in a parking lot.

482
00:20:51,667 --> 00:20:52,934
I love Judge Judy.

483
00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:55,834
[Sarah] I learned a good lesson
from that case.

484
00:20:55,900 --> 00:20:59,700
The defendant did a great job
taking a video with a timestamp

485
00:20:59,767 --> 00:21:03,433
before he even took the jet skis off
of the plaintiff's property

486
00:21:03,500 --> 00:21:05,266
or wherever he had left them.

487
00:21:05,333 --> 00:21:07,200
And I think that's a good lesson
for everybody before

488
00:21:07,266 --> 00:21:09,767
you lend someone,
even a friend anything of yours,

489
00:21:09,834 --> 00:21:13,834
you know, take a photo or two,
just so you have a time stamped, verified,

490
00:21:13,900 --> 00:21:15,700
uh, document that you could show in court

491
00:21:15,767 --> 00:21:17,900
just like the defendant did here.

492
00:21:17,967 --> 00:21:20,100
So we did our job today.
You learned something.

493
00:21:20,166 --> 00:21:21,300
- We did.
- [Judge Judy] Perfect.

494
00:21:23,533 --> 00:21:24,667
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495
00:21:24,734 --> 00:21:27,033
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496
00:21:31,934 --> 00:21:34,934
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