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You sold the car to her husband?

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Correct.

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Did he make any payment?

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I do not recall.

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I have the text here.

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[Judge Judy] Oh.

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Speak.

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Speak.

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I don't know what to say, Your Honor.

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[Judge Judy]
You lied to me once, I don't like you.

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So you better get it together.

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[announcer] This is Judy Justice.

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[theme music playing]

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[announcer] Nicolai Colton is suing
his former coworker's wife,

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Mikka Casady,

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for the remaining cost of a vehicle
she purchased from Nicolai.

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[Kevin] Court come to order. All rise.

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Be seated, please.

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Hello, Judge.

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Case number 1101, Colton versus Casady.

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- Thank you.
- You're welcome.

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[Judge Judy] Mr. Colton, it is your claim
that the defendant owes you

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a balance of a car that
you originally sold to her husband?

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

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I read your complaint.
I read her answer.

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There's a real paucity of hard information
in your complaint.

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One of the things that's lacking is
the month, day, and year

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you sold your car to her husband.

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I had sold that May of 2020.

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I don't know the exact day,
but it was two months prior.

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What you're telling me is
you sold the car to her husband

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in May of 2020?

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Yeah, 2020.

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It's not correct.

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No. He had sold it to him in March,

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because he had been making payments

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and he had only one payment
left with him.

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That's not correct, Your Honor.

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I'd like to see proof that you sold her
husband the car in May of 2020.

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What kind of car was it?

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It was a 2006 Dodge Charger, sedan.

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- And I don't have any proof of...
- [Judge Judy] Just--shh, just a second.

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2006 Dodge Charger sedan.

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Did it have any particular model number?

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I do not know, Your Honor.
I do have a picture of it if you want.

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[Judge Judy] I don't wanna see a picture.

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Is it a Dodge?

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It's just a Dodge Charger, um, sedan.

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When did you purchase it?

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I purchased it in the spring of 2020

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from a supervisor for the...

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Just a sec. You've purchased it
in the spring of the same year,

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well, the spring is May.

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You purchased it from whom?

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My supervisor that both myself and
the defendant's husband had worked for.

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- [Judge Judy] Okay.
- It was for the construction.

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[Judge Judy] How much did you pay for it?

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Four thousand.

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When you say the spring of 2020,
give me the month.

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March.

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So, you bought it in March of 2020
for $4,000

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and you sold it to the defendant's husband
in May of 2020.

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How much did you sell it to him for?

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- He told me he wanted...
- [Judge Judy] No!

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That's a number.

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"He" starts with a letter.

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How much did you sell it for?

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Four thousand.

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[Judge Judy]
So you bought it for four thousand,

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you sold it for four thousand?

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- Correct.
- Now, did you pay the supervisor

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four thousand in cash
or did you owe him money?

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Cash. All up front.

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[Judge Judy] But when you sold it
to the defendant's husband for $4,000,

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he was going to make payments?

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- Correct.
- [Judge Judy] What was the down payment?

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He gave me $500.

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[Judge Judy]
And what was he supposed to pay

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periodically, monthly, weekly?

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Two-fifty a month.

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[Judge Judy]
So he bought it in May.

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Did he make June's payment of 250?

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He might have, Your Honor.

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I don't have any record of it,

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just because it's a completely different
contract that I made with him and her.

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Not to me!

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Do you understand?

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Yes, Your Honor.

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So you better get it together.

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- Yes, Your Honor.
- [Judge Judy] And if that takes some time

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for you to take a breath,

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take a breath.

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He gave you $500 in May of 2020?

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- Correct, Your Honor.
- [Judge Judy] Did he pay you 250 in June?

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Yes, Your Honor.

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[Judge Judy] Did he pay you 250 in July?

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- That one he had missed.
- [Judge Judy] Missed?

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Did you take the car back?

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- No, Your Honor.
- [Judge Judy] Oh.

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Did he make a payment in August?

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No, Your Honor.

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[Judge Judy]
Did he make any other payment?

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He made one or two other payments,

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the exact time I do not recall,
but he would not show up for work.

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He would not text me, call me,
so I think he just...

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[Judge Judy]
You understand something, Mr. Colton,

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if what you are suggesting to me,

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which is what she suggested,

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but I actually thought she was crazy

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when she suggested this in the answer,
because this is what happened.

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At some point the car was impounded.

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Ms. Casady said
that when the car was impounded,

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her husband was only
a short amount of funds

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shy of having paid you.

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So, let's go to the month and year
that the car was impounded.

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So, so far he's paid you $750

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that you remember and
maybe one or two other payments.

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- Is that what you said to me?
- Yes, Your Honor.

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Which is another,
if I believe you, which I don't,

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$500.

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So, so far, that's $1,250.

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Now, in what month and year
was the car impounded?

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September of 2020.

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So clearly, if the car was impounded
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and he bought the car in May of 2020,

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he paid you the 250 in June of 2020.

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You said he made two other payments

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which would have been
July and August of 2020?

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Yes, Your Honor.

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[Judge Judy] That's $1,250.

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After that, the car was impounded.

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Correct.

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Mr. Colton, and I assume that you can tell

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that I'm not crazy about you,

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because you lied to me first.

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You lied to me once, I don't like you.

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[theme music playing]

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[announcer] Nicolai Colton claims
his former coworker's wife, Mikka Casady,

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owes for the balance of a car
after purchasing it from Nicolai.

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Mikka is countersuing
for the title to the car.

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[Judge Judy] You said
he made two other payments

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which would have been
July and August of 2020?

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Yes, Your Honor.

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[Judge Judy] That's $1,250.

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After that, the car was impounded.

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Correct.

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[Judge Judy] So far, is that correct,
that the car was impounded?

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[Mikka] No, Your Honor.
He was making $500 payments to him.

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[Judge Judy]
Okay. I would like to see proof.

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- [Mikka] I have...
- No, no, no.

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I would like to see proof

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that your husband was making $500 payments
to him, not the 250.

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- [Mikka] I have the...
- [Judge Judy] Good.

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...the text here that he had 500 left.

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- [Judge Judy] Just a second.
- To show that it was a payment.

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Oh, Mr. Colton.

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Nicolai, that's you?

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"What's up, man? Hey, I didn't ask
when I handed you today's payment,

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but we got $500 left, right?"

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And you responded, "Yup.

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I'll bring the title next week."

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Mr. Colton, speak.

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Speak.

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I don't know what to say,
Your Honor.

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[Judge Judy] What do you wanna say?

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You wanna say I made a mistake?

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I think I made a mistake, but...

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[Judge Judy]
Clearly, I made a mistake.

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So we owed you a balance

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as of July 2020,

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July 22nd, 2020, of $500,

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and you told him you would bring the title
the following week.

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Then the car got impounded in September.

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He didn't make clearly August's payment,

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because then he would have been paid off.

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Now, Mr. Colton, I want you to put
on your true face,

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do you understand? True face.

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Yes, Your Honor.

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When the car got impounded,

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he owed you $500.

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Now, I'm putting it all together.

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You and his wife had a conversation
about getting the car out of impound.

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I wanna hear. Not this.

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- Yes, Your Honor.
- [Judge Judy] That's what I wanna hear.

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And now you're going to tell me,
because you didn't want to tell me before,

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you said, "I don't wanna deal with
the contract I had with her husband."

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That was over.
He didn't pay August payment.

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And now the truth face, Mr. Colton,

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is that he owed $500.

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He hadn't paid it in August?

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Did you ever give him the title?

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No, Your Honor.

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[Judge Judy] Where is it?

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Give it to Kevin.

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[Kevin] Thank you.

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So, so far, you're owed $500 on this car.

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You had bought it one month,
you sold it the next month.

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You were gracious with her husband
because you paid cash for it,

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but you let him pay it out,

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but he was paying it out.

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Now, tell me what the contract
was with his wife.

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I tried reaching out to her husband
multiple times and then she...

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[Judge Judy] Just, just a second.

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Tell me what the contract was
with his wife.

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Ms. Casady had reached out to me.

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I have text messages, phone calls.

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She called me, saying, "I understand
my husband is behind on payments.

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Let's scratch out the contract
he had made with you

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- and make a completely new one."
- I didn't say that.

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"And I need to get this car out

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because I got my purse in there."
Medical records from her work.

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"So can we please meet up today
and get it out?"

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- [Judge Judy] Okay.
- [Nicolai] So I say, "Okay.

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- I'll draw it up a...
- So, so...

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...a contract."
She had signed the contract.

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- [Judge Judy] I'd like to see it.
- [Nicolai] Okay.

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While I'm taking a look at this,
Mr. Colton,

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and I assume that you can tell
that I'm not crazy about you,

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because you lied to me first.

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You lied.

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So anybody who lies to me once,

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fool me once, shame on you,

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fool me twice, shame on me.

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I don't wanna hear it.

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It can't be as important
as what he wants to say.

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Well, it's part of the conversation.

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[Judge Judy]
I don't care about a conversation.

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- Well, it had--there was...
- She was there for the contract.

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- It has to be because he had two numbers.
- [Judge Judy] I don't care!

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- You have to understand something!
- [Mikka] She was not there.

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I don't care about your conversation!

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You lied to me once, I don't like you.

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Because the next thing that you tell me,

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you're gonna tell me
with the same look in your eye,

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as you told me that he was making
$250 a month payments,

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which was a lie,
which you wanted me to believe.

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And you said it with the same look
that you're giving me right now,

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which is I want you to believe me
what I'm saying.

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- Do you understand?
- Yes, Your Honor.

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[Judge Judy]
That's what I do for a living.

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So now before I look at this,

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she called you
and said the car was impounded.

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Had you left it out in the street?

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We had gotten pulled over

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and it was because he hadn't given us
anything to be able to register the car.

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Okay. Well, he hadn't--your husband
hadn't made the final payment?

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- Right.
- [Judge Judy] Okay.

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I wanna ask you a question
before I'm going to have

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Kevin go over to the plaintiff.

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Did you pay--
after the car was taken out of impound,

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did you make any payments
to the plaintiff?

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I did.

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In what amount?

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I have proof of those, too.

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I believe it adds up to almost 1,750,

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because he kept asking for more and more.

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[Judge Judy] Okay. Just a sec.

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Mr. Colton.

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Yes, Your Honor.

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[Judge Judy] As of today, how much money
has the defendant given you

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after the car was removed from impound?

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$1,270, Your Honor.

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[Judge Judy] Okay.

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So, so far,

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you got $3,500 from her husband.

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Right, that's according to your text.

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You got $3,500 from her husband,

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plus, according to you,
she may have different figures,

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she may show them to me,

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in which case you wouldn't want me
to find you lying again, right?

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No, Your Honor.

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[Judge Judy]
So, she paid you 1,270, is that correct?

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Yes, Your Honor.

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So, so far, you've got $4,700

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for this car that you paid $4,000 for

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in the spring of 2020, correct?

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Correct.

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You signed a contract
and you're bound by it.

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Except if the terms of the contract
are so unconscionable

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that it shocks the conscience
of the court,

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because you actually
took advantage of her.

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[announcer] Nicolai Colton has accused
his former coworker's wife

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Mikka Casady of breaching their contract
on a Dodge Charger.

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Mikka says the car has already
been paid in full.

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Now, according to you,
she may have different figures,

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she may show them to me,

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in which case you wouldn't want me
to find you lying again, right?

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No, Your Honor.

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[Judge Judy] So, she paid you 1,270,
is that correct?

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Yes, Your Honor.

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So, so far, you've got $4,700

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for this car that you paid 4,000 for

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in the spring of 2020, correct?

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- Correct.
- [Judge Judy] How much did it cost you

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to get the car out of impound?

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$381.

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- It's also in the contract.
- [Judge Judy] Just, just, just a second.

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Who paid for that?

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My wife did.

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And then I paid them back for that,

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- and I have proof of that, too.
- [Judge Judy] Just a second.

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It's your husband?

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Did you get paid back from the impound
by the defendant?

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- That's a yes or a no.
- Uh, yes.

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[Judge Judy] You got paid back for that,

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but it took time.

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So, so far you're ahead $700.

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Now, I'm gonna read this contract
that you had her sign,

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but I'm gonna go back

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and have Whitney read back to me

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what you say she said to you

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when she said,
"I need to get this car out of impound,

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because I have things in it."

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And you said she called you

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and I wanna hear right from the beginning
of what he said.

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He said,
"Ms. Casady had reached out to me.

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I have text messages, phone calls,
she called me saying,

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'I understand my husband
is behind on payments.

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Let's scratch out the contract
he had made with you

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and make a completely new one.

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And I need to get this car out

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because I got my purse in there,
medical records from her work.

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'So we can please meet up today
and get it out?'

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So I said, 'Okay. I'll drop the contract.'

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[Judge Judy] Just a sec. Just a second.

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So, would you say
she sounded desperate to you?

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

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- To get my things out.
- [Judge Judy] Chop. Chop.

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I didn't ask you for anything.

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So far, does it sound like you're losing?"

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[Mikka] No, Your Honor.

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[Judge Judy]
So, she sounded desperate to you?

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Now, I'm gonna read the contract
you had her sign.

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Kevin, I'd like you to take the title

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over to the plaintiff
and have him sign it.

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Sign it.

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[Nicolai] Where?

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Make sure he signs it in both places
that he has to, Kevin.

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There you go.

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Give it to her, please.

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- [Mikka] Thank you.
- There you go.

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So, you have a contract with her.

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And so far, as far as I'm concerned,
you've been paid for this car.

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You've been paid for the car plus $700
for your time and trouble,

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because he didn't make one payment
and you had to go down to impound.

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So the only way
that I can void this contract

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is to find that it's unconscionable,

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which I find.

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I find that it is
an unconscionable contract,

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because the contract
that you had her sign

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in order to get her medical records,
her work product,

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and her purse out of the car

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was one that started all over again,
the $4,000.

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You understand?

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It's an unconscionable contract.

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And people who can lie
when they're under oath

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can also do unconscionable contracts,

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that's why courts
have the ability to say,

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in most instances,
contracts that people sign,

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even if they appear to be unfair

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to one party or another,

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you signed a contract
and you're bound by it,

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except if the terms of the contract
are so unconscionable

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that it shocks
the conscience of the court,

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because you actually
took advantage of her.

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She needed to get stuff out of the car,

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and instead of saying, "Listen,

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I'll be reasonable.
My day was shot going to impound.

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You have to pay for my day, $500,

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and you pay off the other $500
that your husband still owes on the car."

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That's a thousand dollars.

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You didn't do that.

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You said,
"You want your things out of the car,

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you have to sign this that you're gonna--
we're gonna start all over again

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and completely disregard

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what your husband paid me on the--
for the car already."

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And that, sir, is unconscionable.
Your case is dismissed. We're done.

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[Kevin] Court is adjourned.

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Oh I just thought it was just dumb.

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I'm glad that she could see through it.

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Well, because I couldn't even say what
was actually needed to be said.

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He had to sell it quick,
so my husband said, "I'll take it."

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So they made an agreement.

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Well, it was two different contracts.

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I don't know why he would think
I would sign over a whole new contract

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to pay $8,000 for a car
that was worth 1,500.

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She had said, "Let's void the contract.

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Let's go with a complete new contract."

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I got pulled over because
the lights were melting in the back.

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Because they were being reckless,

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they got pulled over for speeding
or who knows what.

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It wasn't anything to do with speeding
or being reckless.

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So it's on them.

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But if it never got impounded...

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I ended up--after it got impounded,

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I said, "We're not gonna lose it over
500."

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So I decided to call him and tell him
I'd take over the payments.

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I did not say anything
about a new contract.

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We would never be here.

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I probably would've never heard back
from them.

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What he did is he bought it
from his--their boss together.

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The husband and the wife

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don't like to text,
they don't like to call.

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It'd be months in between before
I even hear it from anybody.

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Always do it in writing,
make sure you get proof, proof, proof

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that you made payments.

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So, she wanted to do a new contract,
but it isn't--but it is at the end.

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And that everything is in writing.

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Don't trust anybody.

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[Judge Judy] (chuckles)
So, I was trying to think of a saying

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that sometimes people forget.

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You know, your grandmother says it,
and then it doesn't pass down generations.

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But that guy and the situation,

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their--reminded me of--

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so I pictured my grandmother saying to me,

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"You know, pigs get slaughtered."

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[chuckles]

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And not being a good human being

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and taking advantage of--what he did.

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And the worst offense in the world
is lying to me,

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- you know, because that's...
- The worst.

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Because if you lie to me,

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I presume that you think that I'm stupid.

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- Uh-hmm.
- And that's a very bad way...

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Oh, the worst place to be.

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[Judge Judy] That's the worst place to be.

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- So--and the contract was unconscionable.
- Uh-hmm.

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And it was done under real duress.

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According to him,
she didn't have to open her mouth,

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"I need my car. I need my medical files.
I need my work files.

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00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:03,066
My purse was in the car when it was"--

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00:20:03,133 --> 00:20:05,333
- outrageous, you know?
- Uh-hmm.

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Just outrageous, and unconscionable.

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And fortunately,
the law does give you an out as a judge

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if something is unconscionable to void it.

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Uh-hmm.

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