1 00:00:00,267 --> 00:00:04,070 I heard a loud crash, so I ran outside 2 00:00:04,138 --> 00:00:07,608 and saw that my car had been decimated. 3 00:00:07,675 --> 00:00:10,478 - And you all had been drinking? - Yes. 4 00:00:10,544 --> 00:00:11,812 She was not allowed to touch that car. 5 00:00:11,879 --> 00:00:13,547 She took it without my permission. 6 00:00:13,614 --> 00:00:15,583 I don't care. You're her mother. 7 00:00:15,649 --> 00:00:17,585 This innocent victim 8 00:00:17,651 --> 00:00:19,954 has to have a donkey to pin the tail on, 9 00:00:20,020 --> 00:00:20,955 and you're it. 10 00:00:21,021 --> 00:00:23,624 [announcer] This is Judy Justice. 11 00:00:23,691 --> 00:00:25,426 [theme music playing] 12 00:00:39,807 --> 00:00:43,544 [announcer] Uzuri Shubin is suing Maribel Herrera 13 00:00:43,611 --> 00:00:47,181 for car damages after her 17-year-old daughter's friend 14 00:00:47,248 --> 00:00:49,483 crashed into Uzuri's vehicle. 15 00:00:49,550 --> 00:00:51,986 [Kevin] Court come to order. All rise. 16 00:00:52,052 --> 00:00:53,053 Have a seat, everyone. 17 00:00:54,522 --> 00:00:55,723 - [Kevin] Hello, Judge - Hello. 18 00:00:55,790 --> 00:00:58,492 Case number 1140, Shubin versus Herrera. 19 00:00:58,559 --> 00:00:59,760 - Thank you. - You're welcome. 20 00:00:59,827 --> 00:01:02,363 [Judge Judy] Ms. Shubin, I'm gonna start with you very briefly. 21 00:01:02,430 --> 00:01:03,264 Okay. 22 00:01:03,330 --> 00:01:05,065 [Judge Judy] Because my reading of the case, 23 00:01:05,132 --> 00:01:06,500 as far as I'm concerned, 24 00:01:06,567 --> 00:01:10,337 you know very little about what happened in this case except that 25 00:01:10,404 --> 00:01:12,573 - you parked your car on the street... - Uh-hmm. 26 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:14,375 - ...and went into your house. - Uh-hmm. 27 00:01:14,442 --> 00:01:15,876 - Don't say uh-hmm. Yes. - Yes. 28 00:01:15,943 --> 00:01:17,912 [Judge Judy] 'Cause she can't take down uh-hmm. 29 00:01:17,978 --> 00:01:20,047 You don't know what happened with your car 30 00:01:20,114 --> 00:01:23,451 except that it was destroyed while parked? 31 00:01:23,517 --> 00:01:24,919 Exactly. 32 00:01:24,985 --> 00:01:28,656 Right! And tell me when this happened? 33 00:01:28,722 --> 00:01:30,758 So it happened tentatively 34 00:01:30,825 --> 00:01:35,295 at 11:45 PM on August 29th. 35 00:01:35,362 --> 00:01:36,997 - Of this year? - Yes. 36 00:01:37,064 --> 00:01:38,065 [Judge Judy] Were you sleeping? 37 00:01:38,132 --> 00:01:39,333 I was sleeping. 38 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:42,069 I heard a loud crash 39 00:01:42,136 --> 00:01:45,271 and it was over in the direction in which I had parked my car. 40 00:01:45,339 --> 00:01:48,075 So I ran outside pants-less, 41 00:01:48,142 --> 00:01:51,979 no shoes, went over without my phone too, 42 00:01:52,045 --> 00:01:55,416 and saw that my car had been decimated. 43 00:01:55,483 --> 00:01:57,451 I actually have photos if you'd like to see those. 44 00:01:57,518 --> 00:01:58,652 - I would. - [Uzuri] Okay. 45 00:02:00,421 --> 00:02:01,422 Here you go. 46 00:02:04,158 --> 00:02:06,460 So when I went over to...oh, okay. 47 00:02:07,862 --> 00:02:10,531 I also have a video of the car crash as well. 48 00:02:10,598 --> 00:02:11,599 - You do? - [Uzuri] Yes. 49 00:02:11,665 --> 00:02:12,533 I'd like to see it. 50 00:02:13,133 --> 00:02:15,002 Here. You could just press the play. 51 00:02:17,805 --> 00:02:21,208 What year, model, make of this car was it? 52 00:02:21,275 --> 00:02:24,678 So my car is a Jeep Liberty '06 Limited. 53 00:02:24,745 --> 00:02:27,748 I also have a photo of what it looked like 54 00:02:27,815 --> 00:02:30,150 prior to this incident. 55 00:02:30,216 --> 00:02:32,353 When did you purchase the car, Ms. Shubin? 56 00:02:32,418 --> 00:02:35,189 I purchased it around 57 00:02:35,256 --> 00:02:37,558 December of 2018. 58 00:02:37,625 --> 00:02:39,994 Do you recall the purchase price of the car? 59 00:02:40,060 --> 00:02:44,498 So I purchased it for 5,360 60 00:02:44,565 --> 00:02:46,934 and I have a photo of what it looked like prior... 61 00:02:47,001 --> 00:02:49,036 - Okay. Can I see it, please? - ...before being ran into. 62 00:02:49,103 --> 00:02:50,170 Here. 63 00:02:52,906 --> 00:02:54,708 [Kevin] Also her video. 64 00:02:54,775 --> 00:02:56,977 - I'm only the third owner. - [Judge Judy] Would you...oh, just a sec. 65 00:02:58,579 --> 00:02:59,980 - God, it looks lovely. - [Uzuri] Yeah. 66 00:03:00,047 --> 00:03:02,116 - Can I see the video, Kevin? Thank you. - [Kevin] Uh-hmm. 67 00:03:02,182 --> 00:03:03,751 [Uzuri] It was immaculate. 68 00:03:07,454 --> 00:03:08,622 [woman] 69 00:03:09,790 --> 00:03:11,392 - [Uzuri] So my neighbor recorded... - [Judge Judy] Shh, shh, shh. 70 00:03:11,458 --> 00:03:12,359 [Uzuri] Okay. 71 00:03:12,426 --> 00:03:15,362 [woman] 72 00:03:33,581 --> 00:03:34,615 [man] 73 00:03:34,682 --> 00:03:36,684 [woman] 74 00:03:40,721 --> 00:03:42,356 Okay. And the car was totaled. 75 00:03:42,423 --> 00:03:44,024 Yes, yes. 76 00:03:44,091 --> 00:03:47,428 That was the determination of the auto body shop. 77 00:03:47,494 --> 00:03:50,030 [Judge Judy] Now, Ms. Herrera, you weren't there... 78 00:03:50,097 --> 00:03:50,965 I was not. 79 00:03:51,031 --> 00:03:53,300 [Judge Judy] ...on the evening of August 29th. 80 00:03:53,367 --> 00:03:55,235 But you own the car, 81 00:03:55,302 --> 00:04:00,074 that you are the titled owner of the car... 82 00:04:00,140 --> 00:04:01,809 - Okay. - ... that hit her car. 83 00:04:01,875 --> 00:04:04,478 - That would be a yes? - [Maribel] I actually am not. 84 00:04:04,545 --> 00:04:05,412 [Judge Judy] Who is? 85 00:04:05,479 --> 00:04:09,083 Um, the car was given to my daughter as a gift 86 00:04:09,149 --> 00:04:11,385 for her to move around 'cause she just had a baby. 87 00:04:11,452 --> 00:04:13,087 - [Judge Judy] Ms. Herrera. - Yes. 88 00:04:13,153 --> 00:04:14,588 Where's the title to the car? 89 00:04:14,655 --> 00:04:16,390 - I have it here. - [Judge Judy] I'd like to see it. 90 00:04:26,033 --> 00:04:28,335 - [Maribel] Your Honor, I do have... - [Judge Judy] Shh, don't speak. 91 00:04:28,402 --> 00:04:30,871 Who is this person who owns the car? 92 00:04:30,938 --> 00:04:33,040 My daughter's in-laws purchased it... 93 00:04:33,107 --> 00:04:35,676 purchased the vehicle from that person. 94 00:04:35,743 --> 00:04:36,944 - I... - [Judge Judy] Just a second. 95 00:04:37,011 --> 00:04:38,746 These people are the... 96 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:41,949 Somebody bought your daughter a present. 97 00:04:42,016 --> 00:04:43,384 - Let me understand this. - [Maribel] Uh-hmm. 98 00:04:43,450 --> 00:04:45,886 Somebody bought your daughter who's how old? 99 00:04:45,953 --> 00:04:47,321 She is 17 now. 100 00:04:47,388 --> 00:04:50,324 [Judge Judy] Somebody bought your daughter a present who is 17, 101 00:04:50,391 --> 00:04:53,027 what month and year did they buy her the present? 102 00:04:53,093 --> 00:04:55,996 I believe it was August, um... 103 00:04:57,231 --> 00:04:58,165 What date? 104 00:04:58,232 --> 00:05:01,435 [Maribel] Um, I can't recall right now but I believe it was August... 105 00:05:01,502 --> 00:05:03,537 the beginning of August of 2021. 106 00:05:03,604 --> 00:05:05,272 Why didn't they transfer title? 107 00:05:05,339 --> 00:05:07,408 I did do that online, but then... 108 00:05:07,474 --> 00:05:08,809 [Judge Judy] Oh, well then, let me see. 109 00:05:08,876 --> 00:05:10,144 - Let me see the paperwork... - [Maribel] And... 110 00:05:10,210 --> 00:05:11,345 ...of you doing it online. 111 00:05:11,412 --> 00:05:12,680 - Just a second. Let me see... - [Maribel] Yes. 112 00:05:12,746 --> 00:05:14,481 ...the paperwork of you doing it online. 113 00:05:14,548 --> 00:05:15,449 - [Uzuri] Also, I have paperwork... - [Maribel] So... 114 00:05:15,516 --> 00:05:18,686 [Uzuri] ...that says that she is the insured on the vehicle. 115 00:05:18,752 --> 00:05:20,487 - Yes. - [Judge Judy] I'd like to see it. 116 00:05:20,554 --> 00:05:22,656 - [Maribel] That is the... - I'd like to see the paperwork 117 00:05:22,723 --> 00:05:24,725 - she did online and I'd like to see that. - [Maribel] And then this, 118 00:05:24,792 --> 00:05:25,859 - the insurance. - [Judge Judy] So what... 119 00:05:25,926 --> 00:05:27,861 you're telling me these, these people, 120 00:05:27,928 --> 00:05:29,963 you did in fact change the title? 121 00:05:30,030 --> 00:05:31,098 Yes. 122 00:05:31,165 --> 00:05:33,100 And you change the title and insured the car 123 00:05:33,167 --> 00:05:34,501 - in whose name? - My name. 124 00:05:34,568 --> 00:05:36,136 [Judge Judy] That's what I asked you! 125 00:05:36,203 --> 00:05:39,740 [Maribel] But I... I was trying to explain, Your Honor, that 126 00:05:39,807 --> 00:05:42,342 when I did the paperwork online, when I switched over the... 127 00:05:42,409 --> 00:05:44,945 to the title to my name, everything went through. 128 00:05:45,012 --> 00:05:48,582 I have the emails there of everything that I did online, 129 00:05:48,649 --> 00:05:49,750 the receipts and everything. 130 00:05:49,817 --> 00:05:53,454 But at the end of the day, they did not put it under my name 131 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:56,957 because I still owed a fee which I couldn't do at the time. 132 00:05:57,024 --> 00:05:58,992 I don't care. 133 00:05:59,058 --> 00:06:02,362 So the car was yours and you had insurance on it, 134 00:06:02,429 --> 00:06:05,499 and you filled out the paperwork and you swore in the paperwork 135 00:06:05,566 --> 00:06:08,802 that the car was yours and it was being gifted to you 136 00:06:08,869 --> 00:06:10,671 because it couldn't be gifted to a minor. 137 00:06:10,738 --> 00:06:12,339 - Right. - [Judge Judy] Right. 138 00:06:12,406 --> 00:06:15,175 Okay. Now I don't have to see anything. Return that to everybody. 139 00:06:15,242 --> 00:06:17,177 - Also I have the paper that... - [Judge Judy] No. 140 00:06:17,244 --> 00:06:18,612 Didn't ask you anything. 141 00:06:18,679 --> 00:06:20,748 - So far, we understand each other. - Okay. 142 00:06:20,814 --> 00:06:22,616 You're her daughter? 143 00:06:22,683 --> 00:06:26,153 [Judge Judy] Yes. Your father's family gave you this car? 144 00:06:26,220 --> 00:06:29,490 No, my fiancé's parent...grandparents. 145 00:06:29,556 --> 00:06:32,493 [Judge Judy] Now, I'm leaving you, Ms. Shubin, for a moment. 146 00:06:32,558 --> 00:06:34,728 - Okay. - [Judge Judy] And I'm going to try... 147 00:06:34,795 --> 00:06:36,663 The two of you stand up. 148 00:06:37,865 --> 00:06:42,169 Because it's true that your mother 149 00:06:42,236 --> 00:06:46,440 wasn't there on the night of August 29th... 150 00:06:46,507 --> 00:06:48,375 - when you had the car? - Correct. 151 00:06:48,442 --> 00:06:50,544 - [Judge Judy] Right. And you're 17? - Yes. 152 00:06:50,611 --> 00:06:51,745 And you have a child? 153 00:06:51,812 --> 00:06:52,679 Yes, Your Honor. 154 00:06:52,746 --> 00:06:54,081 [Judge Judy] How old is that child? 155 00:06:54,148 --> 00:06:55,649 He is now five months. 156 00:06:55,716 --> 00:06:56,850 He will be six months this month. 157 00:06:56,917 --> 00:06:58,085 [Judge Judy] He's five months old. 158 00:06:58,152 --> 00:07:00,320 - And you live with your mother? - [Violet] No, Your Honor. 159 00:07:00,387 --> 00:07:02,823 - [Judge Judy] Who do you live with? - I live on my own, Your Honor. 160 00:07:02,890 --> 00:07:05,259 Where does the father of this child live? 161 00:07:05,325 --> 00:07:07,561 He's incarcerated at the moment, Your Honor. 162 00:07:07,628 --> 00:07:10,731 - So, he lives in a state facility? - [Violet] Yes. 163 00:07:10,798 --> 00:07:12,132 [Judge Judy] For what? 164 00:07:12,199 --> 00:07:15,102 Honestly, I don't really have too much information on it. 165 00:07:15,169 --> 00:07:17,805 When did he go to a state facility? 166 00:07:17,871 --> 00:07:21,809 From what I've known, he was arrested on September 29th. 167 00:07:21,875 --> 00:07:25,145 Prior to September 29th when he went to jail, 168 00:07:25,212 --> 00:07:27,514 - who was he living with? - He was living on his own, Your Honor. 169 00:07:27,581 --> 00:07:29,917 - Did he have a new girlfriend? - No. 170 00:07:29,983 --> 00:07:32,920 [Judge Judy] So this is what I gather from what your mother 171 00:07:32,986 --> 00:07:34,855 wrote in the answer 172 00:07:34,922 --> 00:07:37,524 to why she's not responsible 173 00:07:37,591 --> 00:07:40,159 for the damage to Ms. Shubin's car. 174 00:07:40,227 --> 00:07:43,163 And she had to have gotten the story from somebody. 175 00:07:43,230 --> 00:07:45,532 And I assume she got it from you 176 00:07:45,599 --> 00:07:47,334 and your friend whose name is... 177 00:07:47,401 --> 00:07:48,435 - Jazmyn. - [Judge Judy] ...Jazmyn. 178 00:07:48,502 --> 00:07:51,338 Sometime on August 29th, 179 00:07:51,405 --> 00:07:54,608 your son was visiting with his father. 180 00:07:54,675 --> 00:07:58,145 This is what the story your mother tells me is, 181 00:07:58,212 --> 00:07:59,646 - is that true? - [Violet] No. 182 00:07:59,713 --> 00:08:01,582 - That's either a yes or no? - [Violet] No. 183 00:08:01,648 --> 00:08:04,251 Okay. Who told your mother that story? 184 00:08:04,318 --> 00:08:06,253 - I think she misunderstood... - [Judge Judy] No. 185 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:09,790 Who told your mother that story? 'Cause she swore to it here. 186 00:08:09,857 --> 00:08:13,026 She says, "And it all sounded odd to me, 187 00:08:13,093 --> 00:08:16,663 that her son was with his father for the night." 188 00:08:16,730 --> 00:08:18,065 She had to get that from you. 189 00:08:18,131 --> 00:08:19,700 So that was a lie, 190 00:08:19,766 --> 00:08:21,268 - yes or no? - Yes. 191 00:08:21,335 --> 00:08:24,371 [Judge Judy] "She got a call that there was a domestic dispute 192 00:08:24,438 --> 00:08:25,772 at her father's house." 193 00:08:25,839 --> 00:08:27,741 - So that was a lie? - Yes, uh-hmm. 194 00:08:27,808 --> 00:08:30,577 - So Violet, that would be you. - [Violet] Yes. 195 00:08:30,644 --> 00:08:32,578 [Judge Judy] Needed to get there quickly. 196 00:08:32,645 --> 00:08:35,148 So all that you now understand, Ms. Herrera, 197 00:08:35,215 --> 00:08:36,216 - is a lie? - That was not... 198 00:08:36,283 --> 00:08:37,317 [Judge Judy] Just a second. 199 00:08:37,384 --> 00:08:40,621 That's what your daughter says she told you 200 00:08:40,687 --> 00:08:42,956 and that's what you wrote in the answer, 201 00:08:43,023 --> 00:08:44,558 in your sworn answer. 202 00:08:44,625 --> 00:08:47,394 I'm going to read what you wrote in your sworn answer. 203 00:08:47,461 --> 00:08:48,295 Okay. 204 00:08:48,362 --> 00:08:51,665 You say, "On August 29th, Violet was hanging out with her friends. 205 00:08:51,732 --> 00:08:53,734 Her son was with his father for the night. 206 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:57,671 She got a call that there was a domestic dispute at her father's house. 207 00:08:57,738 --> 00:09:00,107 So Violet needed to get there quickly. 208 00:09:00,173 --> 00:09:03,010 She drove over to her son's father's house 209 00:09:03,076 --> 00:09:05,379 and brought her friend Jazmyn with her." 210 00:09:05,445 --> 00:09:07,347 That's what you wrote. I mean, I'm not psychotic. 211 00:09:07,414 --> 00:09:08,715 I didn't make up the story. 212 00:09:08,782 --> 00:09:10,317 I didn't pull it out of the air. 213 00:09:10,384 --> 00:09:11,952 I didn't pull it out of my shoe. 214 00:09:13,387 --> 00:09:15,689 You already have an irresponsible daughter. 215 00:09:15,756 --> 00:09:17,157 She's 17 years old. 216 00:09:17,224 --> 00:09:18,992 She has a six-month-old child. 217 00:09:19,059 --> 00:09:22,229 The boyfriend that she decided to make this baby with 218 00:09:22,296 --> 00:09:24,731 at age 15 and a half is now in prison. 219 00:09:30,871 --> 00:09:32,873 [theme music playing] 220 00:09:35,976 --> 00:09:39,413 [announcer] Uzuri Shubin is suing Maribel Herrera 221 00:09:39,479 --> 00:09:43,317 for car damages after her 17-year-old daughter's friend 222 00:09:43,383 --> 00:09:45,953 crashed into Uzuri's vehicle. 223 00:09:46,019 --> 00:09:48,188 [Judge Judy] Now, that's what you wrote. 224 00:09:48,255 --> 00:09:51,290 So if you wrote that, either you made it up, 225 00:09:51,358 --> 00:09:53,927 Ms. Herrera, or your daughter told you that story. 226 00:09:53,994 --> 00:09:56,997 So, only two answers, don't give me any other answer. 227 00:09:57,064 --> 00:09:59,733 That's, your daughter told you what happened, 228 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:02,069 or you made up that story, which one is it? 229 00:10:02,135 --> 00:10:04,504 Someone wrote it wrong because I did not say that. 230 00:10:04,571 --> 00:10:06,073 [Judge Judy] Well, your daughter just said to me 231 00:10:06,139 --> 00:10:07,641 that that's what she told you. 232 00:10:07,708 --> 00:10:09,076 - No, the...I'm sorry... - [Judge Judy] Just a second. 233 00:10:09,142 --> 00:10:10,010 Just a second. 234 00:10:10,077 --> 00:10:12,312 No? Would you read that back for me, please? 235 00:10:12,379 --> 00:10:13,580 Maybe I'm mistaken. 236 00:10:13,647 --> 00:10:15,282 [Judge Judy] I said to her, "So did you tell your mother? 237 00:10:15,349 --> 00:10:17,484 [Whitney] You asked her, "Who told her mother that story?" 238 00:10:17,551 --> 00:10:19,353 She said, "I think she misunderstood." 239 00:10:19,419 --> 00:10:23,123 You said, "Who told your mother that story because she swore to it. 240 00:10:24,458 --> 00:10:27,294 So was that a lie, yes or no?" Answer, "Yes." 241 00:10:27,361 --> 00:10:29,596 Okay. So now I'm going to come to you, 242 00:10:29,663 --> 00:10:31,598 - your mother wasn't there? - [Violet] No. 243 00:10:31,665 --> 00:10:33,667 - [Judge Judy] Don't play with papers. - [Maribel] I'm trying to... 244 00:10:33,734 --> 00:10:36,536 Your mother wasn't there on the 29th of August. 245 00:10:36,603 --> 00:10:39,373 So, just a little bit of background on you. 246 00:10:39,439 --> 00:10:42,242 What do you do? Do you work? Do you go to school? 247 00:10:42,309 --> 00:10:43,744 No, Your Honor. I do go to school. 248 00:10:43,810 --> 00:10:44,811 What school do you go? 249 00:10:44,878 --> 00:10:47,080 [Violet] I go to Charter High School. 250 00:10:47,147 --> 00:10:48,615 [Judge Judy] Who takes care of your son? 251 00:10:49,883 --> 00:10:53,253 My father does or my fiancé's aunts. 252 00:10:53,320 --> 00:10:55,789 Aunts take care of my son while I'm at school. 253 00:10:55,856 --> 00:10:57,858 - Your fiancé's in jail? - [Violet] Yes. 254 00:10:57,924 --> 00:11:00,127 - [Judge Judy] Who takes care of your son? - I do. 255 00:11:00,193 --> 00:11:01,395 Who does he live with? 256 00:11:01,461 --> 00:11:02,562 He lives with me, Your Honor. 257 00:11:02,629 --> 00:11:04,331 [Judge Judy] When did you move out of your mother's house? 258 00:11:04,398 --> 00:11:08,268 I believe it was sometime in May. 259 00:11:08,335 --> 00:11:10,871 But I don't have an exact date for you, Your Honor. 260 00:11:10,937 --> 00:11:12,806 [Judge Judy] What's the reason you moved out of your mother's house? 261 00:11:12,873 --> 00:11:15,642 [Violet] My family's household, there was just a lot of people 262 00:11:15,709 --> 00:11:19,413 and now that, you know, we had a baby, 263 00:11:19,479 --> 00:11:22,349 it was just we kind of wanted our own space. 264 00:11:23,250 --> 00:11:25,352 - [Judge Judy] Who's the "we"? - Me and my fiancé. 265 00:11:25,419 --> 00:11:27,487 - How old is he? - He's 20, Your Honor. 266 00:11:27,554 --> 00:11:29,122 [Judge Judy] Is this the first time he's been incarcerated? 267 00:11:29,189 --> 00:11:30,023 Yes. 268 00:11:30,090 --> 00:11:31,758 Tell me what happened on the 29th. 269 00:11:31,825 --> 00:11:33,994 What had happened was, 270 00:11:34,061 --> 00:11:36,063 - I went out...I went out. - [Judge Judy] Look at me. 271 00:11:36,129 --> 00:11:39,933 At the moment, me and my fiancé were separated. 272 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:42,702 Okay. And he was living someplace else? 273 00:11:42,769 --> 00:11:47,140 Yes. And I went out because I was just 274 00:11:47,207 --> 00:11:50,043 having an emotional rollercoaster. 275 00:11:50,110 --> 00:11:52,646 And I went out with my friends. We were... 276 00:11:52,712 --> 00:11:54,314 - That's Jazmyn? - [Violet] Yes. 277 00:11:54,381 --> 00:11:55,315 Where did you go? 278 00:11:55,382 --> 00:11:58,952 We went to, um, the area that we were in that... 279 00:11:59,019 --> 00:12:00,153 where the crash happened. 280 00:12:00,220 --> 00:12:02,689 Now you went to the area where the crash happened and... 281 00:12:02,756 --> 00:12:07,060 And, um, right there, that's when we started drinking a little bit, 282 00:12:07,127 --> 00:12:10,130 then it was around 11:00, 283 00:12:10,197 --> 00:12:11,965 I want to say 11:40, 284 00:12:12,032 --> 00:12:15,602 where I got a call from, um, a relative 285 00:12:15,669 --> 00:12:18,705 that was taking care of my son and saying... 286 00:12:18,772 --> 00:12:21,208 [Judge Judy] What relative that was taking care of your son that night? 287 00:12:21,274 --> 00:12:25,278 It was my fiancé's cousin and I had a call. 288 00:12:25,345 --> 00:12:28,148 She called me saying that I needed to come pick up my son 289 00:12:28,215 --> 00:12:31,918 and, um, there was other acquaintances with me and... 290 00:12:31,985 --> 00:12:33,320 Who was with you? 291 00:12:33,386 --> 00:12:35,555 [Violet] There was just two other acquaintances. 292 00:12:35,622 --> 00:12:36,490 [Judge Judy] Who? 293 00:12:36,556 --> 00:12:38,358 Um, I honestly don't really know them. 294 00:12:38,425 --> 00:12:40,760 They were...it was just kind of, we... 295 00:12:40,827 --> 00:12:42,162 [Judge Judy] Were they in the car with you? 296 00:12:42,229 --> 00:12:43,096 Yes, they were. 297 00:12:43,163 --> 00:12:45,065 - In addition to Jazmyn? - [Violet] Yes. 298 00:12:45,132 --> 00:12:47,167 [Judge Judy] Were these two people that you would pick up at a bar? 299 00:12:47,234 --> 00:12:48,135 [Violet] No. 300 00:12:48,201 --> 00:12:49,436 [Judge Judy] Where were you doing your drinking? 301 00:12:49,503 --> 00:12:52,973 It was by a... across the street from a graveyard. 302 00:12:53,039 --> 00:12:55,142 - So in the car? - [Violet] Yes. 303 00:12:55,208 --> 00:12:57,310 So the alcohol was in the car? 304 00:12:57,377 --> 00:12:58,245 - Yes. - Yes, Your Honor. 305 00:12:58,311 --> 00:12:59,546 [Judge Judy] Who brought the alcohol? 306 00:12:59,613 --> 00:13:02,782 It was one of the acquaintances, Your Honor. 307 00:13:02,849 --> 00:13:04,784 [Judge Judy] That was a male acquaintance? 308 00:13:04,851 --> 00:13:05,952 [Violet] I believe so. Yes. 309 00:13:06,019 --> 00:13:07,254 [Judge Judy] What do you mean, "You believe so. Yes."? 310 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:08,221 Yes, Your Honor. 311 00:13:08,288 --> 00:13:09,890 Was that one of the male acquaintances 312 00:13:09,956 --> 00:13:12,826 that I saw in this video who was all bloody? 313 00:13:12,893 --> 00:13:13,994 Um, yes. 314 00:13:14,060 --> 00:13:15,295 I'm listening. 315 00:13:15,362 --> 00:13:17,531 [Violet] And after I got that call, 316 00:13:17,597 --> 00:13:19,266 I went to go pick up my son 317 00:13:19,332 --> 00:13:22,068 and the other acquaintances were not getting in my car 318 00:13:22,135 --> 00:13:25,872 because at this...at this time that I got the call, we were already outside. 319 00:13:25,939 --> 00:13:29,576 And I...I told them like, "Let's go. I need to go pick up my son. 320 00:13:29,643 --> 00:13:32,279 I'm gonna take you guys home and I need to go get my son." 321 00:13:32,345 --> 00:13:33,680 Nobody really listened. 322 00:13:33,747 --> 00:13:37,684 So I just got Jazmyn and I told her 323 00:13:37,751 --> 00:13:39,486 that, "I am going to trust you. 324 00:13:39,553 --> 00:13:41,955 I'm gonna go...I'm gonna go get my son. 325 00:13:42,022 --> 00:13:43,890 I'm gonna stay there because..." 326 00:13:43,957 --> 00:13:47,260 [Judge Judy] Just a second. So you were going to, at midnight, 327 00:13:47,327 --> 00:13:50,864 go to your boyfriend's cousin's house 328 00:13:50,931 --> 00:13:53,867 - who were babysitting for your son? - [Violet] Yes. 329 00:13:53,934 --> 00:13:55,902 [Judge Judy] And you were going to stay at the house? 330 00:13:55,969 --> 00:13:56,937 Yes. 331 00:13:57,003 --> 00:13:59,272 - Instead of going home? - Yes. 332 00:13:59,339 --> 00:14:02,008 [Judge Judy] So you let Jazmyn, 333 00:14:02,075 --> 00:14:04,511 - you gave her the keys to your car? - [Violet] Yes. 334 00:14:04,578 --> 00:14:06,513 [Judge Judy] And you all had been drinking? 335 00:14:06,580 --> 00:14:07,414 [Violet] Yes. 336 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:10,917 [Judge Judy] And one of the boys stayed in the car with Jazmyn, 337 00:14:10,984 --> 00:14:12,052 or did she go back? 338 00:14:12,118 --> 00:14:13,954 Did you go back, Jazmyn, to pick him up? 339 00:14:14,020 --> 00:14:15,455 I went back to go pick them up. 340 00:14:15,522 --> 00:14:18,058 [Judge Judy] So she went to, to the cousin's house. 341 00:14:18,124 --> 00:14:19,359 She got dropped off. 342 00:14:19,426 --> 00:14:21,361 Either you drove or she drove, 343 00:14:21,428 --> 00:14:24,397 you picked up one of the boys from where the graveyard, 344 00:14:24,464 --> 00:14:26,499 where you... they were drinking in a graveyard 345 00:14:26,566 --> 00:14:29,736 - and then you were driving? - Yes. 346 00:14:29,803 --> 00:14:31,805 And you crashed into her car? 347 00:14:31,871 --> 00:14:34,641 Full speed. Probably like 60 or... 348 00:14:34,708 --> 00:14:37,210 - And you crashed into her car? - Yes. 349 00:14:37,277 --> 00:14:39,346 [Judge Judy] After you crashed into the car, 350 00:14:39,412 --> 00:14:41,481 - did you stay at the scene? - I had left. 351 00:14:41,548 --> 00:14:43,917 - That's either a yes or a no. - No. 352 00:14:43,984 --> 00:14:46,786 [Judge Judy] You took off with the boy in the car? 353 00:14:46,853 --> 00:14:47,687 [Jazmyn] Yes. 354 00:14:47,754 --> 00:14:50,590 [Judge Judy] And you left and took off with the boy in the car 355 00:14:50,657 --> 00:14:53,126 because there were a whole bunch of liquor bottles in the car? 356 00:14:53,193 --> 00:14:54,361 - Yeah. - Yes. 357 00:14:54,427 --> 00:14:57,097 [Judge Judy] That's what she says. She had to get that from someplace. 358 00:14:57,163 --> 00:14:59,032 Did your daughter tell you that story? 359 00:14:59,099 --> 00:15:02,269 That's either a yes or no. 360 00:15:02,335 --> 00:15:03,203 Yes. 361 00:15:03,370 --> 00:15:05,238 What happened to your car? 362 00:15:05,305 --> 00:15:08,341 It was, uh, towed from the place. 363 00:15:08,408 --> 00:15:10,143 I did call the police that night. 364 00:15:10,210 --> 00:15:12,078 Wait just a sec. What happened to your car? 365 00:15:12,145 --> 00:15:13,146 - It was towed. - Was it fixed? 366 00:15:13,213 --> 00:15:14,080 No. 367 00:15:14,147 --> 00:15:16,449 - [Judge Judy] It wasn't fixed? - It was not. It was totaled. 368 00:15:16,516 --> 00:15:18,451 Did the insurance pay you for the car? 369 00:15:18,518 --> 00:15:19,386 No, Your Honor. 370 00:15:19,452 --> 00:15:20,720 [Judge Judy] Did you put in a claim? 371 00:15:20,787 --> 00:15:21,821 I did. 372 00:15:21,888 --> 00:15:23,657 - And what happened with that claim? - They denied it. 373 00:15:23,723 --> 00:15:26,092 What did you tell the insurance company 374 00:15:26,159 --> 00:15:28,228 'cause the insurance company didn't pay her? 375 00:15:28,295 --> 00:15:30,463 - I don't know. - Just a second. The insurance... 376 00:15:30,530 --> 00:15:32,465 the insurance that you had on the car 377 00:15:32,532 --> 00:15:35,302 didn't pay her, do you know why? 378 00:15:35,368 --> 00:15:36,736 - Yes. - [Judge Judy] Why? 379 00:15:36,803 --> 00:15:39,806 Because, um, I did not know at the time until two days later... 380 00:15:39,873 --> 00:15:40,940 [Judge Judy] Oh, no. 381 00:15:41,007 --> 00:15:44,944 [Maribel] ...that my... the policy of my insurance had... 382 00:15:45,011 --> 00:15:49,215 or expired or was terminated on the 29th 383 00:15:49,282 --> 00:15:52,419 because my full payment didn't go through, so it was denied. 384 00:15:52,485 --> 00:15:55,789 You paid $5,360 for this car... 385 00:15:55,855 --> 00:15:57,891 - Uh-hmm. Yes. - [Judge Judy] ...three years ago. 386 00:15:57,957 --> 00:15:58,958 Did you get another car? 387 00:15:59,025 --> 00:16:02,896 Not yet. I'm still looking but, you know. 388 00:16:02,962 --> 00:16:07,167 Great. Judgment for the plaintiff in the amount of $5,360. 389 00:16:07,233 --> 00:16:09,002 - Let me tell you this... - Your Honor. 390 00:16:09,069 --> 00:16:11,504 [Judge Judy] I understand you want emotional distress, everybody... 391 00:16:11,571 --> 00:16:14,774 [Uzuri] Well, not just the car rental, that would be nice too, 392 00:16:14,841 --> 00:16:18,178 'cause I really do want to rebuild my vehicle 393 00:16:18,244 --> 00:16:22,315 and the auto body shop estimated that it would be about 7,000... 394 00:16:22,382 --> 00:16:23,650 [Judge Judy] Right, 5,360. 395 00:16:23,717 --> 00:16:25,318 - [Maribel] Your Honor, I'm sorry. - Down. 396 00:16:25,385 --> 00:16:27,120 What I'm telling you is this, 397 00:16:27,187 --> 00:16:29,522 you already have an irresponsible daughter. 398 00:16:29,589 --> 00:16:30,957 She's 17 years old. 399 00:16:31,024 --> 00:16:32,859 She has a six-month-old child. 400 00:16:32,926 --> 00:16:35,929 The boyfriend that she decided to make this baby with 401 00:16:35,995 --> 00:16:38,598 at age 15 and a half is now in prison. 402 00:16:40,867 --> 00:16:43,403 You gave her the wherewithal to drive this car. 403 00:16:43,470 --> 00:16:44,738 You filled out the paperwork 404 00:16:44,804 --> 00:16:47,841 and you evidently got insurance under your name. 405 00:16:47,907 --> 00:16:49,976 But she was not allowed to touch that car. 406 00:16:50,043 --> 00:16:51,277 She took it without my permission. 407 00:16:51,344 --> 00:16:52,479 [laughs] 408 00:17:03,957 --> 00:17:06,159 [announcer] Uzuri Shubin has accused 409 00:17:06,226 --> 00:17:10,063 Maribel Herrera's 17-year-old daughter and her friend 410 00:17:10,130 --> 00:17:13,700 of crashing into her parked car while drinking and driving. 411 00:17:13,767 --> 00:17:16,269 [Judge Judy] Okay, you let her drive a car. 412 00:17:16,336 --> 00:17:19,239 She...you're her mother, you let her drive a car. 413 00:17:19,305 --> 00:17:22,075 You did the paperwork, putting your name on the title. 414 00:17:22,142 --> 00:17:25,678 If her fiancé's grandparents 415 00:17:25,744 --> 00:17:28,715 decided to give her a car, let them put it in their name. 416 00:17:28,782 --> 00:17:30,984 Say, "I don't wanna have any part of this. 417 00:17:31,050 --> 00:17:32,719 My daughter is irresponsible. 418 00:17:32,786 --> 00:17:35,021 She's demonstrated she's irresponsible. 419 00:17:35,088 --> 00:17:37,223 She's demonstrated by her history. 420 00:17:37,290 --> 00:17:40,794 And certainly going out with underage people 421 00:17:40,860 --> 00:17:43,029 and drinking in a graveyard 422 00:17:43,096 --> 00:17:46,833 and then turning the car keys over to somebody 423 00:17:46,900 --> 00:17:49,769 who is under the influence of alcohol. 424 00:17:49,836 --> 00:17:52,505 I would say that I have an irresponsible child." 425 00:17:52,572 --> 00:17:53,440 Just a second. 426 00:17:53,506 --> 00:17:56,476 And if you didn't wanna be held responsible for it, 427 00:17:56,543 --> 00:17:58,378 you shouldn't have done the paperwork in your name. 428 00:17:58,445 --> 00:18:01,548 You say, "You think that my daughter is mature enough 429 00:18:01,614 --> 00:18:04,017 to have the responsibility of a car," 430 00:18:04,083 --> 00:18:06,753 you put the car in your name, and you get the insurance. 431 00:18:06,820 --> 00:18:08,822 And you say that to the people who gave her the car, 432 00:18:08,888 --> 00:18:10,123 you don't put it in your name. 433 00:18:10,190 --> 00:18:12,358 She has to have somebody... 434 00:18:12,425 --> 00:18:15,528 she has to have somebody to say 435 00:18:15,595 --> 00:18:17,664 make me whole. 436 00:18:17,730 --> 00:18:19,899 She's not going to do it, Jazmyn, 437 00:18:19,966 --> 00:18:22,068 who drove drunk because she's a minor. 438 00:18:22,135 --> 00:18:24,337 Your daughter's not gonna do it. 439 00:18:24,404 --> 00:18:25,939 She can't take care of herself. 440 00:18:26,005 --> 00:18:29,008 She makes bad judgments and she has no money. 441 00:18:29,075 --> 00:18:30,109 You're the grown-up. 442 00:18:30,176 --> 00:18:32,912 You gave her the wherewithal to drive this car. You and... 443 00:18:32,979 --> 00:18:34,280 - [Maribel] I did not. - [Judge Judy] Yes, you did. 444 00:18:34,347 --> 00:18:36,549 You filled out the paperwork and you... 445 00:18:36,616 --> 00:18:39,686 and you evidently got insurance under your name, 446 00:18:39,752 --> 00:18:41,521 under your name. 447 00:18:41,588 --> 00:18:43,089 - Correct. - [Judge Judy] Correct. 448 00:18:43,156 --> 00:18:45,258 But she was not allowed to touch that car. 449 00:18:45,325 --> 00:18:47,093 She took it without my permission. 450 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:48,761 [laughs] 451 00:18:48,828 --> 00:18:53,566 Madam, you gave her the ability to drive that car. 452 00:18:53,633 --> 00:18:56,803 You put it in your name and you insured it. 453 00:18:56,870 --> 00:19:01,341 And this innocent victim has to have somebody, 454 00:19:01,407 --> 00:19:03,977 has to have a donkey to pin the tail on. 455 00:19:04,043 --> 00:19:08,114 She can't say, "Well, it's not this one's fault, she's a minor. 456 00:19:08,181 --> 00:19:09,816 It's not that one's fault because of the..." 457 00:19:09,883 --> 00:19:12,886 She has to have somebody and you're it. 458 00:19:12,952 --> 00:19:14,187 It didn't have to be you. 459 00:19:14,254 --> 00:19:16,055 It could have been the people that gave her the car, 460 00:19:16,122 --> 00:19:18,191 said, "I'll put it in my name and I'll insure it." 461 00:19:18,258 --> 00:19:22,061 Grandma and grandpa of this incarcerated father, 462 00:19:22,128 --> 00:19:23,530 they could have said, "I'll put it in my name. 463 00:19:23,596 --> 00:19:25,999 I want her to have a car to get back and forth." 464 00:19:26,065 --> 00:19:27,467 And, and would have been fine. 465 00:19:27,534 --> 00:19:29,068 Then you wouldn't be standing there. 466 00:19:29,135 --> 00:19:31,504 You helped her. You're the grown-up in the room. 467 00:19:31,571 --> 00:19:33,506 5,360, judgment for the plaintiff. 468 00:19:33,573 --> 00:19:34,440 - We're finished. - Thank you, Your Honor. 469 00:19:34,507 --> 00:19:35,375 [Kevin] Court is adjourned. 470 00:19:37,577 --> 00:19:41,381 I do admit that my daughter was irresponsible for what she did. 471 00:19:41,447 --> 00:19:44,584 I really do love my car and I took such good care of it, 472 00:19:44,651 --> 00:19:48,421 so for it to end up in the condition that it's in now, 473 00:19:48,488 --> 00:19:50,089 it just sucks so bad. 474 00:19:50,156 --> 00:19:52,458 A green Camry ran me off the road 475 00:19:52,525 --> 00:19:54,861 and I tried to make a right and that's when I crashed. 476 00:19:54,928 --> 00:19:56,563 It was catastrophic. 477 00:19:56,629 --> 00:19:59,933 It sounded like an explosion, that's why it woke me up. 478 00:19:59,999 --> 00:20:03,303 Right now, I'm just not responsible enough to have a car of my own. 479 00:20:03,369 --> 00:20:05,738 I'm thankful that my car was there 480 00:20:05,805 --> 00:20:08,908 because the velocity in which they hit my car, 481 00:20:08,975 --> 00:20:11,044 if they would've hit the building behind it, 482 00:20:11,110 --> 00:20:13,012 they possibly wouldn't be here anymore. 483 00:20:13,079 --> 00:20:15,882 I'm glad that I wasn't in the car nor my son was in the car. 484 00:20:15,949 --> 00:20:19,319 I appreciate her just understanding that I am a victim in this situation 485 00:20:19,385 --> 00:20:21,754 and it's just been hectic and crazy 486 00:20:21,821 --> 00:20:24,290 and I'm just thankful to have some resolution. 487 00:20:25,458 --> 00:20:27,460 [Sarah] You know, when I saw that title from that case, 488 00:20:27,527 --> 00:20:30,096 it made me think, "I should really find my title." 489 00:20:30,163 --> 00:20:32,231 - I know I put it in a safe place. - The title of your car? 490 00:20:32,298 --> 00:20:35,435 But I just can't quite remember where that safe place is. 491 00:20:35,501 --> 00:20:37,904 But it is a very important document, so. I'm gonna have to... 492 00:20:37,971 --> 00:20:39,906 [Judge Judy] Yeah. Welcome to a... welcome to a senior moment. 493 00:20:39,973 --> 00:20:41,774 - Yeah. - Yeah, you look for it when you go home. 494 00:20:41,841 --> 00:20:44,210 People don't realize that 495 00:20:44,277 --> 00:20:48,481 being the owner of a car gives you a certain responsibility. 496 00:20:48,548 --> 00:20:52,685 And you're supposed to exercise judgment about who uses that car. 497 00:20:52,752 --> 00:20:54,954 And if you have a child 498 00:20:55,021 --> 00:20:57,590 who acts irresponsibly about other things, 499 00:20:57,657 --> 00:20:59,926 and I'm sure this is not the first time, 500 00:20:59,993 --> 00:21:03,429 this wasn't the first rodeo for getting alcohol 501 00:21:03,496 --> 00:21:04,931 and going to sit at the cemetery and drink. 502 00:21:04,998 --> 00:21:06,032 Uh-hmm. 503 00:21:06,099 --> 00:21:06,966 [Judge Judy] ...then you have to be careful 504 00:21:07,033 --> 00:21:09,602 not to have your name attached to that 505 00:21:09,669 --> 00:21:12,739 because ultimately your 17-year-old or your 16-year-old 506 00:21:12,805 --> 00:21:14,707 isn't responsible 'cause they have nothing. 507 00:21:14,774 --> 00:21:17,477 Somebody has to be responsible for an innocent victim 508 00:21:17,543 --> 00:21:21,748 and it will usually fall at the feet 509 00:21:21,814 --> 00:21:25,518 of the person who has the money to pay for it. 510 00:21:25,585 --> 00:21:26,419 [Sarah] Uh-hmm. 511 00:21:26,486 --> 00:21:30,857 [Judge Judy] So you have to be very cautious about lending your name 512 00:21:30,923 --> 00:21:33,626 to somebody else's potential irresponsibility. 513 00:21:33,693 --> 00:21:35,561 - That to me is the takeaway. - Yeah, I agree. 514 00:21:35,628 --> 00:21:37,463 - And find your title. - [Sarah chuckles] Yeah. 515 00:21:39,232 --> 00:21:42,268 [announcer] Want justice? 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