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♪♪

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Danielle: I submitted
to the court

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burnt macaroni
and cheese.

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Steve: From 2014?

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She's trying to bury your ass.

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He working.
That ain't round of applause.

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Stop clapping for people who
doing what they supposed to do.

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She's become the equivalent
of a pickleball escort.

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Oh.
As God is my witness.

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Don't drag the Lord in this.

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God would have told you
not to say that.

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[ Cheers and applause ]

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Hey, it's a big world out there,

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and it's filled with people
that just don't see eye to eye.

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See, that's where I come in.

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See, I ain't got a law degree,

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and I'm way too fly
to wear a robe.

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But this is where common sense
presides -- in
my
house.

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Court is now in session.

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-- Captions by VITAC --

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All rise for the
Honorable Judge Steve Harvey!

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[ Cheers and applause ]

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♪♪

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Okay, let's get started.

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This is the case

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of Caroline Ryskiewich

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vs. Josh Brown.

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Caroline is suing her
coworker, Josh,

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for $1,500 for
inconveniencing her

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and the rest of the staff

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by setting the microwave
on fire.

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Josh claims he owes nothing

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since there
may have been smoke

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but definitely no fire.

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Let's start with you, Caroline.

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You have 30 seconds
to state your case.

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Hello, Your Honor.

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I am here
seeking $1,500,

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a new microwave,
a catered lunch,

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and, most importantly,

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an apology
from my coworker,

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Josh Brown,

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who burnt down
the staff break room

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at our place of work.

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[ Spectators murmur ]

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Okay, uh, Josh, your turn.

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You have 30 seconds
to respond.

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Your Honor,

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Caroline's claim
is ridiculous.

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I do not owe her
any money.

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Our break room is actually
still standing.

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At the end of the day,
I just want to move forward

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and quit living
in the past.

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[ Laughter ]

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Okay. Where do you all work?

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Tell me about
this relationship.

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Josh and I
are coworkers

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at a senior
living community.

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So our offices
are right next to each other.

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Josh is
the accounting director.

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I'm in
the social work department,

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and we're known
for having sort of

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a sibling-rivalry-type
relationship.

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Like, anything I do,
Josh sort of tries to copy.

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Josh, is -- is that how you
describe your relationship here?

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We do have a very, uh,
love-hate relationship.

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Caroline comes in.
She's very dramatic.

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She's very over-the-top.

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She's very --
just a lot to handle.

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What really bothers me

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is there's a difference
in experience

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with how we're preparing
our meals.

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And, for example,

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our office suite
also has a break room.

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But I'd say
50 to 100 employees

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come in to use
that break room.

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Do you have a picture
of this break room?

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We do have a picture
of the break room, yes.

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It's not glamorous,
but it is --

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100 people use this?

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Yeah. [ Laughs ]
[ Laughter ]

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This is why she's not
the accounting director.

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[ Spectators murmur ]

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Okay.

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Your Honor, not 100 people
at one time,

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but through
the course of the day.

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It's where
the time clock is,

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the microwave,
and the coffee machine

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that the employees
rely on.

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So the traffic, yes.

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So one day,
I walk into our office suite

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where the break room is,
and it reeks of smoke.

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Residents, our seniors,
start calling, asking,

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"Is there a fire?
What's going on?

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Do we need to get out
of the building?"

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There's kind of
some -- some panic

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among the employees
and our seniors.

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So the smoke
is so bad,

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I can't figure out
what happened.

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And then I'm told
that, um -- that Josh

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burned something
in the microwave

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of the break room
so badly

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that no one could even
get back in the office.

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Okay.

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It was terrible.
Josh, let me bounce
over to you.

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Tell me what happened.

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So mid-afternoon,

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I realized, like,
I had not eaten.

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I was getting lightheaded.
I couldn't think clearly.

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So one of my
favorite go-tos

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for a quick lunch
is instant ramen.

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You just grab it
and go, right?
[ Laughs ]

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So I went to the --
I ran to the break room,

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put it in there
for about four minutes,

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ran back to my office,
did a little work.

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When I ran back in,

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I realized that
something was wrong.

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I opened the microwave,
smoke started pouring out.

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The ramen was burnt.

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And the reason for that
is I was so stressed

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that I forgot
to put water in the cup.

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[ Spectators murmur ]

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I have submitted photos
to the court.

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Okay.
[ Spectators murmur ]

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That's the top of it
on the inside?

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That's the top
of the microwave, yes.

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Singed.

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The smell was putrid.

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Putrid?
Putrid.

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Mind you,
Your Honor,

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Caroline, earlier
in her opening statement,

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said the break room
burned down.

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Does it look burnt down
to anybody?

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[ Cheers and applause ]

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Well, I mean, you know,
old people, if they smell smoke,

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they got to start
getting out now.

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[ Laughter ]

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You know, I think -- I think
Josh is trying to call me out

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on things
I'm saying and --

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No, no. We're gonna
give you a chance, though.

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You have a witness
that saw this?

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Well, that's what
I was gonna say.

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Another coworker --
Let me get -- Can you stand up
next to her?

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This is my --
our coworker.

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I g-- I'll get this.
[ Laughter ]

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Ma'am, how do you know
these folks?

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Well, Judge Harvey,

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I know them because
everyone knows them.

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[ Laughter ]

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They're frenemies --

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friends and a little bit
of enemies at the same time.

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Did you notice alarm
within the building?

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Absolutely.

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So as I was walking

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to wherever
that smell was,

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I passed a lot
of residents

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and they were really
concerned and confused,

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just like I was, 'cause
we didn't know what it was.

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There was no alarm
that went off, that's true,

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but it was
pretty horrible.

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I think that's
a key phrase, Erin.

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Thank you
for bringing that up.

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But there was no fire alarm
that went off.

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But again, it was
pretty horrible --

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the whole situation.
Wait a minute.
Hold on.

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Wait, wait, wait, wait.
Wait a minute.

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Because there wasn't
a fire alarm,

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you think that's
a good statement to make?

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[ Laughter ]

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Th-They make it sound like
it was mass hysteria.

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It was not.

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I-I went out myself.

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You knew something
was wrong.

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Absolutely.
[ Chuckles ]

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Before you opened the door,
what did you know was wrong?

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Uh, something
had burned.

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Something?
Yes.

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[ Laughter ]

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My lunch.

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Your lunch. Alright.

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Thank you, uh, Erin.

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Caroline: Thank you, Erin.
Thank you very much.

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Erin:
Sure, Judge Harvey.

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Yeah.
You can take your seat.

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Caroline: May I mention
one thing?

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I actually have
one more person,

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a coworker of ours,
who knows this situation

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and knows Josh
very intimately.

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[ Spectators murmur ]

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Bring the witness in.

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♪♪

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[ Spectators murmur ]

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♪♪

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[ Laughter ]

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Hello, Your Honor.

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Yes.
Can you tell us your name?

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My name is Danielle.

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Danielle, and your relationship
to the...

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Josh and Caroline are both
coworkers of mine.

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We all work
at the same community.

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But what the court
should really know

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is that Josh is also
my older brother.

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[ Spectators murmur ]

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♪♪

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Danielle: Josh and Caroline
are both coworkers of mine.

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We all work
at the same community.

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But what the court
should really know

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is that Josh is also
my older brother.

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[ Spectators murmur ]

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Yo' sister done came
to court just snitchin'.

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[ Laughter ]

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Well, let's hear it.
Tell me a little bit.

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I think it had concerned
the residents

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more than
the coworkers.

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There were residents
that were,

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you know, coming up to me
and going,

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"Oh, my goodness,
is there a fire?

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Do we need to evacuate?
What is going on?"

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People were just very,
I think,

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concerned about
what was happening.

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Has he done this before,
maybe?

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Well --
So he hasn't.

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But that's
gonna lead me

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to, uh, some other
family history

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that I need to share
with the court.

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So in 2014,
our younger sister

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also had a very similar
situation happen.

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She was staying in a hotel
with a friend.

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Um,
they were on a trip.

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She goes to microwave

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some macaroni and cheese
for her dinner.

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She leaves out
the water.

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So as you can imagine,

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smoke billows
out of this microwave

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and it spreads
throughout the hotel.

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It was so bad.

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People had to evacuate their
hotel rooms on that floor.

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I submitted
to the court a picture

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of the burnt
macaroni and cheese.

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Can we see
the picture?
You submitted
a picture of what?

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[ Spectators groan ]

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This is the burnt macaroni
and cheese from our sister.

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From 2014?

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She's trying to bury your ass.

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[ Laughter ]

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I don't know
what you did to your sister.

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But she done drug this picture
in here from 2014.

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[ Laughter ]
This is crazy.

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Your family has a history
of forgetting to add water.

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[ Cheers and applause ]

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This is the type of thing
that has to stop!

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[ Laughter ]

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Reading is fundamental.

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It is necessary.

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Don't want to use
your reading skills.

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Just running around
burning down hotels

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and old folks' homes.

259
00:10:15,682 --> 00:10:18,051
[ Laughter ]

260
00:10:18,051 --> 00:10:20,787
This is just crazy!

261
00:10:20,787 --> 00:10:23,556
It's just crazy, crazy, crazy.

262
00:10:23,556 --> 00:10:25,258
[ Laughter ]

263
00:10:25,258 --> 00:10:27,460
Well, thank you
for that information.

264
00:10:27,460 --> 00:10:28,962
That has helped me.

265
00:10:28,962 --> 00:10:30,563
Thank you very much.

266
00:10:30,563 --> 00:10:31,564
Thank you,
Your Honor.
Thank you for coming.

267
00:10:31,564 --> 00:10:34,000
You're welcome
to step down now.

268
00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:36,002
Thank you.
Yes. I'm so happy.

269
00:10:36,002 --> 00:10:37,904
We need more people
coming in here

270
00:10:37,904 --> 00:10:42,308
exposing the truth
about their families in here.

271
00:10:42,308 --> 00:10:45,111
With your
no-water-pouring family.

272
00:10:45,111 --> 00:10:46,646
[ Laughter ]

273
00:10:46,646 --> 00:10:48,615
Coming in here...

274
00:10:48,615 --> 00:10:50,850
Yeah, this is
small claims court.

275
00:10:50,850 --> 00:10:52,252
[ Laughter ]

276
00:10:52,252 --> 00:10:54,387
I don't even know no law, so...

277
00:10:54,387 --> 00:10:57,157
[ Laughter ]

278
00:10:57,157 --> 00:10:59,425
[ Cheers and applause ]

279
00:10:59,425 --> 00:11:01,828
So let me ask you this --
Now I got you suing

280
00:11:01,828 --> 00:11:03,663
for $350
for the microwave.

281
00:11:03,663 --> 00:11:07,167
What is this $750 lunch
for the staff?

282
00:11:07,167 --> 00:11:10,637
Well, because of the staff
who couldn't use the microwave,

283
00:11:10,637 --> 00:11:13,072
that's
three meals --
Caroline, do you
have a list of people

284
00:11:13,072 --> 00:11:15,008
that couldn't use
the microwave that day?

285
00:11:15,008 --> 00:11:17,544
[ Cheers and applause ]

286
00:11:22,448 --> 00:11:23,683
I don't have a list,

287
00:11:23,683 --> 00:11:25,585
but unlike you,
I have common sense.

288
00:11:25,585 --> 00:11:27,687
So I know
that if there's

289
00:11:27,687 --> 00:11:30,823
50 to 100 employees
who use it each day,

290
00:11:30,823 --> 00:11:32,192
three meals a day,

291
00:11:32,192 --> 00:11:33,526
I thought that
that should be enough

292
00:11:33,526 --> 00:11:36,663
to bring in a catered lunch
for all of the employees,

293
00:11:36,663 --> 00:11:38,731
hardworking employees
who couldn't eat.

294
00:11:38,731 --> 00:11:41,834
Well, let me ask you a question.
Where is the microwave now?

295
00:11:41,834 --> 00:11:45,605
We are still using
that disgusting microwave.

296
00:11:45,605 --> 00:11:47,473
[ Spectators murmur ]

297
00:11:47,473 --> 00:11:51,678
And ain't nobody wiped out
the damn microwave?

298
00:11:55,782 --> 00:11:58,117
Hold on, hold on.
Let me ask one more question.

299
00:11:58,117 --> 00:12:01,387
We have $400
for the apology.

300
00:12:01,387 --> 00:12:04,524
So having to kind of
work in overdrive

301
00:12:04,524 --> 00:12:07,627
to quell
the situation --

302
00:12:07,627 --> 00:12:10,196
Is quell --
That -- That's a word, right?

303
00:12:10,196 --> 00:12:13,766
It's a small bird that we hunt
in the country, but...

304
00:12:13,766 --> 00:12:16,569
[ Laughter ]

305
00:12:16,569 --> 00:12:19,138
I felt like I had
to sort of work harder

306
00:12:19,138 --> 00:12:23,343
and work extra to help
the residents feel comfortable.

307
00:12:23,343 --> 00:12:25,812
And I just want to be
compensated for that.

308
00:12:25,812 --> 00:12:28,348
I-I just --
Oh, I see.

309
00:12:28,348 --> 00:12:30,516
I understand now, yeah.
That's fair, right?

310
00:12:30,516 --> 00:12:32,852
Because you had to go around
to all these people

311
00:12:32,852 --> 00:12:34,687
and you need $400
for that.

312
00:12:34,687 --> 00:12:37,156
I do, and I also
have submitted to the court,

313
00:12:37,156 --> 00:12:39,659
actually, a video from
some of our residents,

314
00:12:39,659 --> 00:12:41,027
some of our seniors.

315
00:12:41,027 --> 00:12:42,762
Well, let's hear this.
Let me hear this.

316
00:12:42,762 --> 00:12:44,397
I was walking down
the hall

317
00:12:44,397 --> 00:12:46,899
and I smelled
this terrible smell.

318
00:12:46,899 --> 00:12:48,268
What should I do?

319
00:12:48,268 --> 00:12:50,303
It came from
the business office.

320
00:12:50,303 --> 00:12:54,207
I know it wasn't Caroline.
It must have been Josh.

321
00:12:54,207 --> 00:12:56,409
He owes us
a new microwave.

322
00:12:56,409 --> 00:12:58,278
[ All chanting ]
A new microwave!

323
00:12:58,278 --> 00:13:00,213
A new microwave!

324
00:13:00,213 --> 00:13:03,249
[ Laughter ]

325
00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:09,622
I thought y'all said
everybody like Josh.

326
00:13:09,622 --> 00:13:11,291
It's that damn Josh!

327
00:13:11,291 --> 00:13:13,459
[ Laughter ]

328
00:13:13,459 --> 00:13:14,894
I've reached my verdict.

329
00:13:14,894 --> 00:13:17,930
[ Cheers and applause ]

330
00:13:19,265 --> 00:13:22,302
Listen,
my verdict is simple.

331
00:13:22,302 --> 00:13:26,539
I'm throwing out your lawsuit
for the $350 microwave

332
00:13:26,539 --> 00:13:28,608
because it still works.

333
00:13:28,608 --> 00:13:31,244
[ Cheers and applause ]

334
00:13:31,244 --> 00:13:35,048
I'm dismissing your suit
for $750

335
00:13:35,048 --> 00:13:37,083
'cause he don't owe lunch
for the staff

336
00:13:37,083 --> 00:13:39,085
'cause they couldn't
heat up they food.

337
00:13:39,085 --> 00:13:41,187
[ Cheers and applause ]

338
00:13:41,187 --> 00:13:43,856
And he even said,
"Do you have a list of people

339
00:13:43,856 --> 00:13:44,991
who didn't eat they lunch?"

340
00:13:44,991 --> 00:13:46,359
I thought that was brilliant.

341
00:13:46,359 --> 00:13:48,294
That helped me out.
Thank you very much.

342
00:13:48,294 --> 00:13:50,496
[ Laughter ]

343
00:13:50,496 --> 00:13:53,066
And then you want $400
for an apology

344
00:13:53,066 --> 00:13:57,003
'cause you apolog--
Stop apologizing!

345
00:13:57,003 --> 00:13:58,971
It's okay.
You're a really nice lady.

346
00:13:58,971 --> 00:14:02,175
You can't get $400
for the apology.

347
00:14:02,175 --> 00:14:05,845
Your entire suit is dismissed
and thrown out.

348
00:14:05,845 --> 00:14:07,914
[ Cheers and applause ]

349
00:14:08,915 --> 00:14:14,721
Now, what I am gonna do
on behalf of this court,

350
00:14:14,721 --> 00:14:17,223
because you are
a fine group of people,

351
00:14:17,223 --> 00:14:21,160
I want to do something
for the senior citizens there

352
00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:23,129
from Judge Steve Harvey.

353
00:14:23,129 --> 00:14:24,430
Matter of fact,
you can take it

354
00:14:24,430 --> 00:14:25,965
and you can buy
a brand-new microwave.

355
00:14:25,965 --> 00:14:27,967
Matter of fact,
don't buy a brand-new one.

356
00:14:27,967 --> 00:14:30,436
Put another one in there

357
00:14:30,436 --> 00:14:33,406
and use the old one,
and we gon' call that one Josh.

358
00:14:33,406 --> 00:14:34,907
[ Laughter ]

359
00:14:34,907 --> 00:14:37,110
Buy a brand-new microwave.

360
00:14:37,110 --> 00:14:41,814
I say throw a party
for the senior citizens.

361
00:14:41,814 --> 00:14:43,583
You can feed the staff.

362
00:14:43,583 --> 00:14:47,320
I'm awarding you
a gift of $5,000.

363
00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:48,421
That's my verdict.

364
00:14:48,421 --> 00:14:50,156
And that's the way I see it.

365
00:14:50,156 --> 00:14:51,991
[ Cheers and applause ]

366
00:14:51,991 --> 00:14:55,361
♪♪

367
00:14:55,361 --> 00:14:56,963
The party we're
gonna throw

368
00:14:56,963 --> 00:14:58,197
is gonna be
a viewing party.

369
00:14:58,197 --> 00:15:02,201
I think everyone's gonna get
a kick out of this.

370
00:15:02,201 --> 00:15:04,370
That ticket,
I got into a car accident.

371
00:15:04,370 --> 00:15:05,905
She reached over me
to get, like,

372
00:15:05,905 --> 00:15:07,073
napkins or something.

373
00:15:07,073 --> 00:15:08,107
When she came back up,

374
00:15:08,107 --> 00:15:09,308
her hand hit the --

375
00:15:09,308 --> 00:15:10,543
Boy. Boy.
No.

376
00:15:10,543 --> 00:15:12,178
Nah-unh.
[ Laughs ]

377
00:15:15,081 --> 00:15:16,816
[ Cheers and applause ]

378
00:15:16,816 --> 00:15:18,718
Steve: Okay, uh,
let's get started.

379
00:15:18,718 --> 00:15:20,219
This is the case of

380
00:15:20,219 --> 00:15:21,954
Elysia Prendergast-Jones vs.

381
00:15:21,954 --> 00:15:24,123
Key'Vonte "Bam Bam" Peterson.

382
00:15:24,123 --> 00:15:26,025
Elysia is suing
her nephew, Bam Bam,

383
00:15:26,025 --> 00:15:28,394
for $938 for a speeding ticket,

384
00:15:28,394 --> 00:15:30,863
attorney fees, gas, and food.

385
00:15:30,863 --> 00:15:33,332
But Bam Bam
claims he's not guilty.

386
00:15:33,332 --> 00:15:35,201
Grandma is to blame.

387
00:15:35,201 --> 00:15:38,304
Alright, uh, let's start
with you, Elysia.

388
00:15:38,304 --> 00:15:40,006
You got 30 seconds
to state your case.

389
00:15:40,006 --> 00:15:42,041
So I'm here suing my nephew

390
00:15:42,041 --> 00:15:46,078
for $938 for attorney fees,

391
00:15:46,078 --> 00:15:48,948
for tickets, for all the money
that he's asked me for.

392
00:15:48,948 --> 00:15:51,584
And because I'm a lawyer,
he thinks that,

393
00:15:51,584 --> 00:15:53,186
you know, I'm auntie
and I'm supposed

394
00:15:53,186 --> 00:15:55,388
to take everything
and fix everything for him.

395
00:15:55,388 --> 00:15:58,624
So I just want him to pay me
back and learn the lesson

396
00:15:58,624 --> 00:16:00,526
that he needs
to be responsible.

397
00:16:00,526 --> 00:16:02,295
[ Spectators murmur ]

398
00:16:02,295 --> 00:16:05,998
Alright, Key'Vonte?
What you want me to call you?

399
00:16:05,998 --> 00:16:07,500
Uh, Bam Bam?

400
00:16:07,500 --> 00:16:08,935
Yeah, you can
call me that.

401
00:16:08,935 --> 00:16:10,837
Um, I don't owe
her anything.
What?

402
00:16:10,837 --> 00:16:14,106
Um, I did admit of
getting a speeding ticket.

403
00:16:14,106 --> 00:16:15,975
And I do
everything for her.

404
00:16:15,975 --> 00:16:17,243
Um...
What?
No, you don't.

405
00:16:17,243 --> 00:16:18,711
I'm sorry.
I do.

406
00:16:18,711 --> 00:16:20,546
Well, we're even,
in my opinion.

407
00:16:20,546 --> 00:16:21,814
[ Spectators murmur ]

408
00:16:21,814 --> 00:16:24,217
Explain your relationship.
Is this your only nephew?

409
00:16:24,217 --> 00:16:25,284
What? What's the...

410
00:16:25,284 --> 00:16:27,620
No, my little sister
has nine kids.

411
00:16:27,620 --> 00:16:31,324
So this is the oldest
of the boys.

412
00:16:31,324 --> 00:16:35,228
And this one right here,
he shops at my house,

413
00:16:35,228 --> 00:16:37,263
bringing grocery bags
and stuff,

414
00:16:37,263 --> 00:16:39,565
and taking my tissue,
my plugins.

415
00:16:39,565 --> 00:16:41,701
Oh, that's what you mean?
He shops at your house?

416
00:16:41,701 --> 00:16:43,469
He comes --
Yes, he shops
at my house.

417
00:16:43,469 --> 00:16:45,338
He goes through
my cabinets.
Oh, you like a store.

418
00:16:45,338 --> 00:16:46,606
Yes.

419
00:16:46,606 --> 00:16:48,441
Tell me what happened
with this speeding ticket.

420
00:16:48,441 --> 00:16:49,976
One day, me
and my grandmother,

421
00:16:49,976 --> 00:16:51,477
we were
going out of town.

422
00:16:51,477 --> 00:16:53,980
And my grandmother,
she had to go to the restroom.

423
00:16:53,980 --> 00:16:56,849
Plus, her oxygen was dying,
so she told me to speed up.

424
00:16:56,849 --> 00:16:59,352
Um, and then, when I was --
when I sped up,

425
00:16:59,352 --> 00:17:02,255
the speed limit
had dropped from 70 to 55,

426
00:17:02,255 --> 00:17:03,890
but I didn't see it.

427
00:17:03,890 --> 00:17:05,591
And then
after I got the ticket,

428
00:17:05,591 --> 00:17:06,792
I just called my aunt,

429
00:17:06,792 --> 00:17:08,661
and she was like,
"I'll handle it."

430
00:17:08,661 --> 00:17:10,730
And I was just like,
"Alright, she got me."

431
00:17:10,730 --> 00:17:12,565
Like, it's out of her
kindness of her heart.

432
00:17:12,565 --> 00:17:14,033
[ Chuckles ]
So I said, "Okay."

433
00:17:14,033 --> 00:17:15,768
Out of the kindness
of her heart?

434
00:17:15,768 --> 00:17:18,271
Yeah, because anything that
she asks me to do, I do it.

435
00:17:18,271 --> 00:17:19,372
I might complain.

436
00:17:19,372 --> 00:17:20,506
Like, depends on what
she asks me to do --

437
00:17:20,506 --> 00:17:21,541
No, whoa, whoa.

438
00:17:21,541 --> 00:17:23,576
You -- See,
you can't go from,

439
00:17:23,576 --> 00:17:25,878
you called her
to pay the ticket,

440
00:17:25,878 --> 00:17:27,213
and everything she does

441
00:17:27,213 --> 00:17:29,415
is out the kindness
of her heart

442
00:17:29,415 --> 00:17:31,217
to "I do everything."

443
00:17:31,217 --> 00:17:33,019
Well, like --
I di--
I don't get the transition.

444
00:17:33,019 --> 00:17:35,354
Well, like, the chores
around her house.

445
00:17:35,354 --> 00:17:36,656
Mnh-mnh.
Like, stuff that
she ask me to do

446
00:17:36,656 --> 00:17:39,025
to help her
around her home.

447
00:17:39,025 --> 00:17:40,860
You talking about the house
that you shop at?

448
00:17:40,860 --> 00:17:42,562
[ Laughter ]

449
00:17:42,562 --> 00:17:44,597
I technically
don't shop there.

450
00:17:44,597 --> 00:17:48,167
Okay, so, how much was
this speeding ticket you got?

451
00:17:48,167 --> 00:17:49,669
I really don't know,

452
00:17:49,669 --> 00:17:52,772
but I think my aunt said,
like, $900 or something.

453
00:17:52,772 --> 00:17:55,341
A speeding ticket $900?

454
00:17:55,341 --> 00:17:57,143
No, his speeding ticket
was $500,

455
00:17:57,143 --> 00:17:58,411
but he had two tickets.

456
00:17:58,411 --> 00:18:01,213
It was reckless driving
and speeding.

457
00:18:01,213 --> 00:18:02,348
That's why.
Whoa, whoa.

458
00:18:02,348 --> 00:18:03,549
How did you get --
What did they --

459
00:18:03,549 --> 00:18:05,117
How did they tell you
were reckless driving?

460
00:18:05,117 --> 00:18:08,321
'Cause it was, automatically
30 over the speed limit.

461
00:18:08,321 --> 00:18:11,390
So I was going 85 in a 55.
I was going --

462
00:18:11,390 --> 00:18:13,092
Yeah. Yeah, that's --
That -- That --

463
00:18:13,092 --> 00:18:14,760
You know, that --
that'll get you in trouble.

464
00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:17,597
How did you find out he had got
the tickets and the reasons why?

465
00:18:17,597 --> 00:18:18,831
What's your understanding?

466
00:18:18,831 --> 00:18:21,767
So, him and my mother,
they decide

467
00:18:21,767 --> 00:18:25,271
that I'm supposed to fix
every problem that they have.

468
00:18:25,271 --> 00:18:27,006
Not even, like, asking me.

469
00:18:27,006 --> 00:18:28,507
It's just telling me,

470
00:18:28,507 --> 00:18:30,610
"Hey, you're a lawyer.
You need to handle it."

471
00:18:30,610 --> 00:18:32,945
And I don't work
at a private practice.

472
00:18:32,945 --> 00:18:36,415
I work for low-income people.
I make a salary.

473
00:18:36,415 --> 00:18:37,817
So, you know,
I'm over there

474
00:18:37,817 --> 00:18:40,953
trying to save these people
lives and not his tickets.

475
00:18:40,953 --> 00:18:44,156
So this ticket
went down to $188.

476
00:18:44,156 --> 00:18:45,958
Yeah.
How? How did that happen?

477
00:18:45,958 --> 00:18:47,560
Because I got him a lawyer.
[ Chuckles ]

478
00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:48,894
Hm.

479
00:18:48,894 --> 00:18:51,197
What do you think of all this
that your aunt is saying?

480
00:18:51,197 --> 00:18:52,798
After I got the ticket,

481
00:18:52,798 --> 00:18:55,368
I said, "I'll pay
for the ticket."

482
00:18:55,368 --> 00:18:57,670
But it was approaching
my 18th birthday

483
00:18:57,670 --> 00:18:59,271
and both her
and my grandmother knew

484
00:18:59,271 --> 00:19:01,607
I was trying to buy a car
for my 18th birthday.

485
00:19:01,607 --> 00:19:03,342
So she said,
"Don't worry about it."

486
00:19:03,342 --> 00:19:04,477
That was her words,

487
00:19:04,477 --> 00:19:05,811
'cause only thing
I kept talking about,

488
00:19:05,811 --> 00:19:07,146
"Ooh, I want a car.
I want a car.

489
00:19:07,146 --> 00:19:08,948
I want to buy a car."
Stop, stop, stop, stop.

490
00:19:08,948 --> 00:19:13,052
For your 18th birthday,
you wanted to buy a car?

491
00:19:13,052 --> 00:19:14,453
He just
bought a new car.

492
00:19:14,453 --> 00:19:15,655
How'd you manage
to buy a new car?

493
00:19:15,655 --> 00:19:17,056
Um, I work full time.

494
00:19:17,056 --> 00:19:18,124
Oh, okay.

495
00:19:18,124 --> 00:19:20,459
[ Applause ]

496
00:19:22,161 --> 00:19:23,362
What are you clapping for?

497
00:19:23,362 --> 00:19:25,765
[ Laughter ]

498
00:19:25,765 --> 00:19:28,701
He working. That's some--
That ain't round of applause.

499
00:19:28,701 --> 00:19:29,702
[ Laughter ]
Yes.

500
00:19:29,702 --> 00:19:31,704
This boy 18.

501
00:19:31,704 --> 00:19:33,372
I been working
since I was 10.

502
00:19:33,372 --> 00:19:35,007
You supposed to work.

503
00:19:35,007 --> 00:19:38,978
Stop clapping for people who
doing what they supposed to do.

504
00:19:38,978 --> 00:19:41,347
[ Laughter ]

505
00:19:41,347 --> 00:19:44,150
You saved all your money
and bought a new car?

506
00:19:44,150 --> 00:19:45,184
Yes, sir.

507
00:19:45,184 --> 00:19:46,452
That's amazing.

508
00:19:46,452 --> 00:19:49,088
Let me ask you something
before they start clapping.

509
00:19:49,088 --> 00:19:50,489
[ Laughter ]

510
00:19:52,158 --> 00:19:55,261
How much money did you save?
Just -- I'm just curious.

511
00:19:55,261 --> 00:19:58,064
I think I saved
about, like, $7,000.

512
00:19:58,064 --> 00:19:59,799
So you saved $7,000?

513
00:19:59,799 --> 00:20:00,800
Yes, sir.

514
00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:02,668
Y-You don't pay rent anyway?

515
00:20:02,668 --> 00:20:03,803
No, sir.

516
00:20:03,803 --> 00:20:05,237
Oh.

517
00:20:05,237 --> 00:20:06,772
What did your
grandmother say

518
00:20:06,772 --> 00:20:08,507
about all these
tickets and stuff?

519
00:20:08,507 --> 00:20:09,842
Um, she just said,

520
00:20:09,842 --> 00:20:12,244
"Well, you have to talk
to your aunt about it."

521
00:20:12,244 --> 00:20:14,447
My grandmother knew I was
gonna pay for the ticket.

522
00:20:14,447 --> 00:20:17,683
Judge Steve, I only
asked him for $5 a paycheck.

523
00:20:17,683 --> 00:20:19,151
That's it.
That's the payment plan?

524
00:20:19,151 --> 00:20:20,886
That was
the payment plan.
No, it wasn't.

525
00:20:20,886 --> 00:20:22,455
Well, let's talk
to your grandmother.

526
00:20:22,455 --> 00:20:24,356
[ Spectators murmur ]

527
00:20:24,356 --> 00:20:27,927
♪♪

528
00:20:30,763 --> 00:20:32,398
What did your grandmother

529
00:20:32,398 --> 00:20:33,399
say about all these
tickets and stuff?

530
00:20:33,399 --> 00:20:34,500
"Talk to your
aunt about it."

531
00:20:34,500 --> 00:20:36,202
Well, let's talk
to your grandmother.

532
00:20:36,202 --> 00:20:38,437
We have Ms. Maria via Zoom.

533
00:20:38,437 --> 00:20:40,072
[ Spectators murmur ]

534
00:20:40,072 --> 00:20:41,173
Hey.

535
00:20:41,173 --> 00:20:42,942
Hey, Ms. Maria.
How you doing?

536
00:20:42,942 --> 00:20:44,477
I'm doing just fine.

537
00:20:44,477 --> 00:20:45,811
How are you doing,
Judge Harvey?

538
00:20:45,811 --> 00:20:47,613
Yeah.
Your oxygen full right now?

539
00:20:47,613 --> 00:20:49,682
[ Laughter ]

540
00:20:49,682 --> 00:20:51,450
I'm on a concentrator
right now.

541
00:20:51,450 --> 00:20:53,085
Okay, well, that's good.
Welcome.

542
00:20:53,085 --> 00:20:54,587
Nice to meet you.

543
00:20:54,587 --> 00:20:57,990
T-Tell me what you know
about this situation, ma'am.

544
00:20:57,990 --> 00:21:00,326
Now, we were riding for a --
for a while,

545
00:21:00,326 --> 00:21:02,862
and, um,
Bam Bam was cruising along.

546
00:21:02,862 --> 00:21:04,330
But then when I told him

547
00:21:04,330 --> 00:21:05,831
that I had to go
to the bathroom and so on --

548
00:21:05,831 --> 00:21:09,301
Did you ask Bam Bam
to speed up?

549
00:21:09,301 --> 00:21:10,336
Did you?

550
00:21:10,336 --> 00:21:11,771
Maybe just a little bit.

551
00:21:11,771 --> 00:21:13,672
Because, um, you know, hurry.

552
00:21:13,672 --> 00:21:14,874
You know, just hurry up.

553
00:21:14,874 --> 00:21:16,475
I've gotta get -- I gotta go.

554
00:21:16,475 --> 00:21:19,578
It's a 70-mile-an-hour zone
we were in,

555
00:21:19,578 --> 00:21:23,282
and it -- it just came
from 70 down to 55,

556
00:21:23,282 --> 00:21:25,785
like, really fast,
out of nowhere.

557
00:21:25,785 --> 00:21:28,254
That out of nowhere
is a sign.

558
00:21:28,254 --> 00:21:29,989
[ Laughter ]

559
00:21:29,989 --> 00:21:32,424
They don't just pop up.

560
00:21:32,424 --> 00:21:33,459
But I got you.

561
00:21:33,459 --> 00:21:35,361
So what happened
when he got pulled over?

562
00:21:35,361 --> 00:21:38,531
I was actually explaining
to the officer,

563
00:21:38,531 --> 00:21:41,634
um, that I was
running out of oxygen

564
00:21:41,634 --> 00:21:44,336
and that I had
to go to the bathroom.

565
00:21:44,336 --> 00:21:45,971
He gave us a ticket anyway.

566
00:21:45,971 --> 00:21:49,208
Do you feel responsible
for this, Ms. Maria?

567
00:21:49,208 --> 00:21:51,710
I do because of my condition.

568
00:21:51,710 --> 00:21:53,379
Now, not for the speeding part.

569
00:21:53,379 --> 00:21:54,613
What?

570
00:21:54,613 --> 00:21:56,415
M-Ms. Maria, do you think

571
00:21:56,415 --> 00:22:00,753
that Bam Bam
owes Elysia the money?

572
00:22:00,753 --> 00:22:05,224
I feel that, yeah,
he is responsible.

573
00:22:05,224 --> 00:22:08,527
But also Elysia
has helped everyone.

574
00:22:08,527 --> 00:22:10,563
Okay, uh, Ms. Maria,
thank you.

575
00:22:10,563 --> 00:22:12,231
And I wish you well.

576
00:22:12,231 --> 00:22:14,633
And take care of yourself.
I thank you.

577
00:22:14,633 --> 00:22:15,601
It's a pleasure.

578
00:22:15,601 --> 00:22:16,936
And, uh, watch "Family Feud."

579
00:22:16,936 --> 00:22:18,704
And get yourself
some laughs at night.

580
00:22:18,704 --> 00:22:20,306
[ Chuckles ] I will.

581
00:22:20,306 --> 00:22:22,641
[ Applause ]

582
00:22:25,077 --> 00:22:31,517
I do, uh, blatant self-promotion
within all my shows.

583
00:22:31,517 --> 00:22:35,855
So now, what was this
$5-a-month conversation?

584
00:22:35,855 --> 00:22:39,825
So I told him
that he could pay me back

585
00:22:39,825 --> 00:22:44,530
$5 a paycheck
and then we would be fine.

586
00:22:44,530 --> 00:22:46,365
I didn't care
how long it took him.

587
00:22:46,365 --> 00:22:48,901
Just pay me back so that
he could be responsible.

588
00:22:48,901 --> 00:22:51,003
Oh, and by the way,
he got another ticket

589
00:22:51,003 --> 00:22:53,405
that I have to go take care of
in a couple days.

590
00:22:53,405 --> 00:22:56,208
[ Spectators murmur ]
So, I mean,
it doesn't stop here.

591
00:22:56,208 --> 00:22:58,210
I-I want to intervene.

592
00:22:58,210 --> 00:23:00,112
That ticket,
I got into a car accident.

593
00:23:00,112 --> 00:23:02,147
I wasn't driving fast
or anything.

594
00:23:02,147 --> 00:23:04,516
It was just
I got into a car accident.

595
00:23:04,516 --> 00:23:06,552
You think that's better
than speeding?

596
00:23:06,552 --> 00:23:08,420
I -- No,
but I'm saying, like --

597
00:23:08,420 --> 00:23:10,823
What -- Well, how did
the car accident happen?

598
00:23:10,823 --> 00:23:12,658
Well, it was me
and my friend.

599
00:23:12,658 --> 00:23:14,894
I was driving
my best friend car,

600
00:23:14,894 --> 00:23:16,762
and we were driving,

601
00:23:16,762 --> 00:23:19,064
and she reached over me
to get, like, napkins

602
00:23:19,064 --> 00:23:22,835
or something out of her --
her thing, and it just...

603
00:23:22,835 --> 00:23:23,936
Boy.

604
00:23:23,936 --> 00:23:26,071
[ Laughter ]

605
00:23:26,071 --> 00:23:30,743
"She reached over me
to get some napkins."

606
00:23:30,743 --> 00:23:33,379
Yeah.
You driving --

607
00:23:33,379 --> 00:23:34,847
Boy, this --

608
00:23:34,847 --> 00:23:36,882
No, well, when she --
Boy. Boy.

609
00:23:36,882 --> 00:23:38,017
No.
Nah-unh.

610
00:23:38,017 --> 00:23:39,485
Alright.
[ Chuckles ]

611
00:23:39,485 --> 00:23:40,586
We gonna stop right now?

612
00:23:40,586 --> 00:23:41,854
Okay.

613
00:23:41,854 --> 00:23:43,555
Please, look at who
you told that to.

614
00:23:43,555 --> 00:23:45,190
Okay.
[ Chuckles ]

615
00:23:45,190 --> 00:23:47,293
I'm driving.

616
00:23:47,293 --> 00:23:49,662
My best friend is a female.

617
00:23:49,662 --> 00:23:54,233
She reaches over me
while I'm driving,

618
00:23:54,233 --> 00:23:56,201
hands on the wheel.

619
00:23:56,201 --> 00:23:57,303
I don't know
if the hands went

620
00:23:57,303 --> 00:24:00,472
under my arm
or over my arm.

621
00:24:00,472 --> 00:24:05,077
No.
But she reached
in there to get a napkin.

622
00:24:05,077 --> 00:24:06,946
What?!
'Cause my --

623
00:24:06,946 --> 00:24:08,280
Come on, boy.
I have another friend --

624
00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:10,516
It was another friend
in the back.

625
00:24:10,516 --> 00:24:12,384
It was another friend
in the back?
In the back.

626
00:24:12,384 --> 00:24:14,386
Yes.
Oh, it done got wild
up in here now.

627
00:24:14,386 --> 00:24:15,587
[ Laughter ]

628
00:24:15,587 --> 00:24:17,690
[ Chuckles ]
Uh-huh, yes.

629
00:24:19,558 --> 00:24:21,794
Yeah.
No.

630
00:24:21,794 --> 00:24:23,462
So how did
the accident happen

631
00:24:23,462 --> 00:24:26,065
when she reached
for these napkins?

632
00:24:26,065 --> 00:24:28,133
When she came back up,
her hand hit the --

633
00:24:28,133 --> 00:24:29,268
When she came back up?

634
00:24:29,268 --> 00:24:30,836
From reaching
the napkins.

635
00:24:30,836 --> 00:24:32,738
[ Laughter ]

636
00:24:32,738 --> 00:24:34,306
Boy, I like the way
you tell a story.

637
00:24:34,306 --> 00:24:35,607
[ Laughter ]

638
00:24:35,607 --> 00:24:37,009
Bam Bam!

639
00:24:37,009 --> 00:24:39,678
[ Stomping foot ]

640
00:24:39,678 --> 00:24:40,713
It's not even
like that.
Bam, I --

641
00:24:40,713 --> 00:24:42,481
I damn near
want to high five you.

642
00:24:42,481 --> 00:24:43,916
[ Laughter ]

643
00:24:43,916 --> 00:24:45,184
Boy,
this good right here.

644
00:24:45,184 --> 00:24:47,119
My leg and her arm got
stuck in the wheel.

645
00:24:47,119 --> 00:24:48,120
Boy.

646
00:24:48,120 --> 00:24:50,289
[ Spectators murmur ]

647
00:24:50,289 --> 00:24:53,959
Boy, this story right here.
This unwrapping so bad.

648
00:24:53,959 --> 00:24:57,363
And then -- then
the car swerved off the road?

649
00:24:57,363 --> 00:24:59,231
No, I hit a tree.

650
00:24:59,231 --> 00:25:01,700
You slammed into a tree.

651
00:25:01,700 --> 00:25:03,802
Boy, this some Teddy Pendergrass
mess, right here.

652
00:25:03,802 --> 00:25:07,039
[ Laughter ]

653
00:25:07,039 --> 00:25:11,310
Bam, that's --
This the best story

654
00:25:11,310 --> 00:25:12,778
that has nothing to do
with the case...

655
00:25:12,778 --> 00:25:14,246
[ Chuckles ]

656
00:25:14,246 --> 00:25:15,948
...I've ever heard.

657
00:25:15,948 --> 00:25:19,118
Elysia, what is the lesson

658
00:25:19,118 --> 00:25:21,887
that you really want Bam
to get?

659
00:25:21,887 --> 00:25:24,123
I really want him to be
responsible and know

660
00:25:24,123 --> 00:25:26,158
that Auntie isn't gonna
be able to fix everything.

661
00:25:26,158 --> 00:25:28,394
And my mom,
she needs to know that, too.

662
00:25:28,394 --> 00:25:30,029
I can't do everything.

663
00:25:30,029 --> 00:25:32,197
I have student loans.
I can't afford this.

664
00:25:32,197 --> 00:25:36,101
I have to go up and take care
of another ticket

665
00:25:36,101 --> 00:25:38,303
when he hasn't paid me
back for this one.

666
00:25:38,303 --> 00:25:40,272
So, you know, that's what
I want him to learn.

667
00:25:40,272 --> 00:25:43,375
I mean, he's young,
and I-I don't want him to go on

668
00:25:43,375 --> 00:25:46,078
feeling like everybody's gonna
take care of him,

669
00:25:46,078 --> 00:25:48,180
especially me,
'cause I can't do it.

670
00:25:48,180 --> 00:25:51,316
Um, I've reached a verdict.

671
00:25:51,316 --> 00:25:53,719
[ Cheers and applause ]

672
00:25:57,022 --> 00:25:59,992
The defendant, Bam Bam,
Key'Vonte,

673
00:25:59,992 --> 00:26:01,860
you got a good heart.

674
00:26:01,860 --> 00:26:04,163
See, you work hard
and you disciplined

675
00:26:04,163 --> 00:26:06,365
for the things you want.

676
00:26:06,365 --> 00:26:08,100
But when it comes time
to be disciplined

677
00:26:08,100 --> 00:26:10,469
for the things
you
have
to do,

678
00:26:10,469 --> 00:26:12,604
you find a way
not to make that happen.

679
00:26:13,839 --> 00:26:15,541
Oh, by the way, it
has nothing to do with --

680
00:26:15,541 --> 00:26:17,176
But I love
the reaching over me,

681
00:26:17,176 --> 00:26:19,011
get the --
get the tissue con--

682
00:26:19,011 --> 00:26:22,281
That -- Boy,
had nothing to do with the case,

683
00:26:22,281 --> 00:26:24,016
but it just made me smile.

684
00:26:24,016 --> 00:26:25,384
I really don't give a damn.

685
00:26:25,384 --> 00:26:27,119
You know you finna lose
this case, don't you?

686
00:26:27,119 --> 00:26:29,888
[ Laughter ]

687
00:26:29,888 --> 00:26:31,356
You see it coming.
Mm-hmm.

688
00:26:33,459 --> 00:26:35,127
I like the way you --
You see it coming.

689
00:26:35,127 --> 00:26:36,562
Mm-hmm.
This -- You on the --

690
00:26:36,562 --> 00:26:38,630
[ Chuckles ]
You on the sled right now.

691
00:26:38,630 --> 00:26:40,032
You're going down.

692
00:26:40,032 --> 00:26:42,801
'Cause, see, you can do --
You do what you want to do.

693
00:26:42,801 --> 00:26:44,503
But in life, as a man,

694
00:26:44,503 --> 00:26:47,372
you gotta do the things
you have to do.

695
00:26:47,372 --> 00:26:53,078
Now, I am ruling on behalf
of the plaintiff

696
00:26:53,078 --> 00:26:55,948
the entire suit for $938.

697
00:26:55,948 --> 00:26:58,016
You owe her.
I'm not paying it for you.

698
00:26:58,016 --> 00:26:59,318
You're gonna pay it yourself.

699
00:26:59,318 --> 00:27:01,220
Okay.
[ Cheers and applause ]

700
00:27:01,220 --> 00:27:05,057
Because you have got to learn
this part, young man.

701
00:27:05,057 --> 00:27:07,493
And you capable of learning it.

702
00:27:07,493 --> 00:27:11,330
Now, I want to thank you
for your kind heart.

703
00:27:11,330 --> 00:27:12,464
Now...

704
00:27:15,234 --> 00:27:18,170
...I don't normally award
anything to lawyers.

705
00:27:18,170 --> 00:27:21,807
If I had all the money back

706
00:27:21,807 --> 00:27:26,078
I have paid in legal fees
in my career, I could retire.

707
00:27:26,078 --> 00:27:28,747
But you a different
kind of lawyer,

708
00:27:28,747 --> 00:27:30,716
and you service
the underprivileged.

709
00:27:30,716 --> 00:27:32,217
Mm-hmm.

710
00:27:32,217 --> 00:27:35,454
And you realize the more
underprivileged you are,

711
00:27:35,454 --> 00:27:37,990
the more underserved
and underrepresented

712
00:27:37,990 --> 00:27:40,092
you'll be in
the court system.

713
00:27:40,092 --> 00:27:42,628
Our prison
is full of young men

714
00:27:42,628 --> 00:27:45,531
who just couldn't
afford the right lawyer.

715
00:27:45,531 --> 00:27:48,500
This is
the North Carolina Legal Aid?

716
00:27:48,500 --> 00:27:52,905
Yes, we help people that
are in poverty, eviction,

717
00:27:52,905 --> 00:27:56,208
emergency custody, child abuse,
uh, physical abuse,

718
00:27:56,208 --> 00:27:58,410
so domestic-violence
survivors.

719
00:27:58,410 --> 00:28:00,679
I'm pretty sure they don't
have enough resources.

720
00:28:00,679 --> 00:28:02,981
No, we ask
for grants and things.

721
00:28:02,981 --> 00:28:04,550
So that's how
we're funded.

722
00:28:04,550 --> 00:28:07,186
And whatever we get that
year and the next year --

723
00:28:07,186 --> 00:28:09,388
That's what you make work.
Yeah.

724
00:28:09,388 --> 00:28:11,190
Alright, here's what
I'm gonna do.

725
00:28:11,190 --> 00:28:14,459
I'm gonna give you personally
to put into your own pocket

726
00:28:14,459 --> 00:28:17,262
$5,000 from this court.

727
00:28:17,262 --> 00:28:19,364
[ Cheers and applause ]

728
00:28:19,364 --> 00:28:21,733
And to the North Carolina
Legal Aid

729
00:28:21,733 --> 00:28:23,835
for what you're doing
for all those people,

730
00:28:23,835 --> 00:28:25,637
I'mma give you
another $20,000.

731
00:28:25,637 --> 00:28:29,575
[ Cheers and applause ]

732
00:28:29,575 --> 00:28:30,742
That's my verdict.

733
00:28:31,777 --> 00:28:33,712
And that's the way I see it.

734
00:28:33,712 --> 00:28:38,517
♪♪

735
00:28:38,517 --> 00:28:42,321
$20,000 will help
thousands of people.

736
00:28:42,321 --> 00:28:45,591
I mean, you just don't know
how impactful that is.

737
00:28:45,591 --> 00:28:48,160
I mean, it's just, like,
bringing tears to my eyes,

738
00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:49,628
and I'm so thankful.

739
00:28:49,628 --> 00:28:51,730
You're going further down
the rabbit hole.

740
00:28:51,730 --> 00:28:54,967
This is why I
need to win this case

741
00:28:54,967 --> 00:28:57,302
so that I can keep
the woman that I love.

742
00:28:57,302 --> 00:28:58,370
[ Laughter ]

743
00:29:01,940 --> 00:29:03,909
[ Cheers and applause ]

744
00:29:06,545 --> 00:29:07,813
Alright, let's go.

745
00:29:07,813 --> 00:29:08,914
This is the case

746
00:29:08,914 --> 00:29:10,048
of Louis Elliott

747
00:29:10,048 --> 00:29:11,750
vs. Anne-Marie Elliott.

748
00:29:11,750 --> 00:29:15,187
Louis is suing his wife,
Anne-Marie, for $1,700

749
00:29:15,187 --> 00:29:17,356
because she spends too much
time playing pickleball

750
00:29:17,356 --> 00:29:19,458
and spends no time with him.

751
00:29:19,458 --> 00:29:20,692
Anne-Marie says her husband

752
00:29:20,692 --> 00:29:22,294
shouldn't complain
about her hobby

753
00:29:22,294 --> 00:29:24,696
and she's not
giving up the game.

754
00:29:24,696 --> 00:29:26,565
Okay, uh, let's start
with you, Louis.

755
00:29:26,565 --> 00:29:28,567
You have 30 seconds
to state your case.

756
00:29:28,567 --> 00:29:30,969
I'm here today
because pickleball

757
00:29:30,969 --> 00:29:33,338
has taken over
my wife's life.

758
00:29:33,338 --> 00:29:37,376
She plays five, six,
sometimes seven days a week,

759
00:29:37,376 --> 00:29:40,412
and she leaves me
home alone. Okay?

760
00:29:40,412 --> 00:29:43,915
She's going to a pickleball camp
next week for a whole week.

761
00:29:43,915 --> 00:29:46,952
I'm suing for the $1,200
for the pickleball camp,

762
00:29:46,952 --> 00:29:48,720
and I'm suing for $500

763
00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:51,056
because she's
leaving me lonely.

764
00:29:51,056 --> 00:29:52,624
[ Spectators "aw" ]

765
00:29:52,624 --> 00:29:54,760
Okay,
Anne-Marie, it's your turn.

766
00:29:54,760 --> 00:29:57,229
You have 30 seconds
to respond.

767
00:29:57,229 --> 00:29:58,764
My husband
is bringing me here,

768
00:29:58,764 --> 00:30:02,167
claiming that I am away
from him all this time

769
00:30:02,167 --> 00:30:05,504
and somehow pickleball
has taken over my life

770
00:30:05,504 --> 00:30:07,973
when I have invited him
to play with me,

771
00:30:07,973 --> 00:30:09,474
but he chooses not to.

772
00:30:09,474 --> 00:30:11,710
Um, and when he says,

773
00:30:11,710 --> 00:30:14,313
"Don't play pickleball.
Let's do something together,"

774
00:30:14,313 --> 00:30:16,948
he means stay home,
sit on the floor,

775
00:30:16,948 --> 00:30:20,185
read a book, play with
our dogs, and do that.

776
00:30:20,185 --> 00:30:21,853
That's not entertaining.

777
00:30:21,853 --> 00:30:23,889
It's not social.
It's not fun.

778
00:30:23,889 --> 00:30:26,158
We used to
play racquetball.

779
00:30:26,158 --> 00:30:28,560
We used to play tennis.
We used to play softball.

780
00:30:28,560 --> 00:30:30,929
We used to go to rave dances,
all of these things.

781
00:30:30,929 --> 00:30:32,431
He doesn't do any
of that stuff anymore.

782
00:30:32,431 --> 00:30:33,765
He wants to stay home.

783
00:30:33,765 --> 00:30:35,400
Well...

784
00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:39,938
Uh, Louis, how long
y'all been married, man?

785
00:30:39,938 --> 00:30:42,107
Judge, we've been married
for 26 years.

786
00:30:42,107 --> 00:30:45,277
But we've been together
almost 30 years.

787
00:30:45,277 --> 00:30:48,046
[ Cheers and applause ]

788
00:30:48,046 --> 00:30:50,582
So what's the problem?

789
00:30:50,582 --> 00:30:52,484
My wife discovered
pickleball,

790
00:30:52,484 --> 00:30:54,853
and pickleball is --
is a fun game.

791
00:30:54,853 --> 00:30:57,622
It is.
So she started playing.

792
00:30:57,622 --> 00:31:01,593
But now she's gotten
obsessed with it.

793
00:31:01,593 --> 00:31:04,629
She's in
four leagues, Judge.

794
00:31:04,629 --> 00:31:06,365
Do you have an obsession
with pickleball?

795
00:31:06,365 --> 00:31:08,133
I enjoy pickleball
very much.
Okay.

796
00:31:08,133 --> 00:31:10,001
I wore my pickleball
necklace here today

797
00:31:10,001 --> 00:31:12,337
'cause it's an important
part of my life.

798
00:31:12,337 --> 00:31:15,307
I love the competition.
I love the people.

799
00:31:15,307 --> 00:31:17,376
The people -- We have
a video on the pickleball.

800
00:31:17,376 --> 00:31:19,578
Let -- Let everybody
see what pickleball is.

801
00:31:20,746 --> 00:31:22,881
Well,
we're warming up here.

802
00:31:22,881 --> 00:31:25,317
Now, this is one of
the nicer facilities.

803
00:31:25,317 --> 00:31:28,620
Most of the facilities
are outdoors.

804
00:31:28,620 --> 00:31:31,189
And they'll play
when it's freezing

805
00:31:31,189 --> 00:31:33,458
or when
it's 100 degrees.

806
00:31:33,458 --> 00:31:34,559
And they
won't play --
You're not
made of sugar.

807
00:31:34,559 --> 00:31:35,627
And they won't --
You won't melt.

808
00:31:35,627 --> 00:31:37,429
They won't play
for an hour,

809
00:31:37,429 --> 00:31:38,597
hour and a half.

810
00:31:38,597 --> 00:31:40,399
I would do that
in a heartbeat.

811
00:31:40,399 --> 00:31:42,968
Judge, they'll play
for 3 1/2 hours.

812
00:31:42,968 --> 00:31:45,303
Pickleball is -- is fun.

813
00:31:45,303 --> 00:31:48,507
But it's a lot more fun,
the after party

814
00:31:48,507 --> 00:31:50,075
behind the pickleball.

815
00:31:50,075 --> 00:31:51,676
Go-- Going
and getting the food

816
00:31:51,676 --> 00:31:53,678
and going and getting
the drinks

817
00:31:53,678 --> 00:31:56,114
than it is to play
the pickleball.

818
00:31:56,114 --> 00:31:58,350
Oh, this is you with the --
That's -- That's part
of the reason

819
00:31:58,350 --> 00:32:00,318
why we're here, Judge.

820
00:32:00,318 --> 00:32:01,753
It's because
of this picture?

821
00:32:01,753 --> 00:32:03,688
Because she's become
the equivalent

822
00:32:03,688 --> 00:32:05,190
of a pickleball escort.

823
00:32:05,190 --> 00:32:08,059
[ Spectators murmur ]
[ Chuckles ]

824
00:32:08,059 --> 00:32:09,394
Hey, wait up.

825
00:32:09,394 --> 00:32:11,830
Hey, Judge,
as God is my witness --

826
00:32:11,830 --> 00:32:13,131
Don't drag the Lord in this.

827
00:32:13,131 --> 00:32:14,833
[ Laughter ]

828
00:32:14,833 --> 00:32:16,835
Don't do this.

829
00:32:16,835 --> 00:32:19,638
God would have told you
not to say that.

830
00:32:21,740 --> 00:32:23,708
Go ahead and tell me
what you mean by that.

831
00:32:23,708 --> 00:32:28,113
My wife has been receiving
phone calls from random people

832
00:32:28,113 --> 00:32:30,649
who say, "There's
a tournament coming up,"

833
00:32:30,649 --> 00:32:35,187
or "I'm doing a pickleball
clinic. Come on down."

834
00:32:35,187 --> 00:32:38,590
People she doesn't know,
men and women, Judge.

835
00:32:38,590 --> 00:32:41,326
Well, everybody's a stranger
until you meet them.

836
00:32:41,326 --> 00:32:42,761
That's a fact.
[ Chuckles ]

837
00:32:42,761 --> 00:32:44,696
And you could be in this
tournament with me,

838
00:32:44,696 --> 00:32:46,064
but you're at home.

839
00:32:46,064 --> 00:32:47,599
Reading a book.

840
00:32:47,599 --> 00:32:49,167
Reading a book.

841
00:32:49,167 --> 00:32:51,236
Give me an example of what
you like to do.

842
00:32:51,236 --> 00:32:52,671
I like to do
lots of stuff, Judge.

843
00:32:52,671 --> 00:32:53,905
Well, I just want one.

844
00:32:53,905 --> 00:32:55,640
Right.

845
00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:57,809
I like to
walk the dogs.

846
00:32:57,809 --> 00:32:58,977
[ Laughter ]

847
00:32:58,977 --> 00:33:00,979
I like to go out
to dinner.

848
00:33:00,979 --> 00:33:03,248
I like spending time
with my wife.

849
00:33:03,248 --> 00:33:05,917
I spend lots of time
doing things

850
00:33:05,917 --> 00:33:07,219
that she likes to do

851
00:33:07,219 --> 00:33:09,454
just so I can
spend time with her.

852
00:33:09,454 --> 00:33:11,456
But when I go
to the pickleball court,

853
00:33:11,456 --> 00:33:12,891
she won't play with me.

854
00:33:14,593 --> 00:33:16,194
Why won't you play with him?

855
00:33:16,194 --> 00:33:18,029
He has not
taken one lesson.

856
00:33:18,029 --> 00:33:19,664
He has not
taken one clinic.

857
00:33:19,664 --> 00:33:20,699
He's not good at it.
He's not good.

858
00:33:20,699 --> 00:33:21,900
He's not good.

859
00:33:21,900 --> 00:33:24,336
Oh, that's
not true, Judge.
And he doesn't --

860
00:33:24,336 --> 00:33:25,837
He doesn't have
the passion.
In fact,
I've won plenty

861
00:33:25,837 --> 00:33:27,706
of games against her.

862
00:33:27,706 --> 00:33:29,708
What? With who as your partner
did you beat me?

863
00:33:29,708 --> 00:33:31,409
With José.

864
00:33:31,409 --> 00:33:33,879
I beat you
with Hilary.
So two men
against two women.

865
00:33:33,879 --> 00:33:34,880
[ Chuckles ]

866
00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:36,348
José?

867
00:33:36,348 --> 00:33:37,716
We've got some friends

868
00:33:37,716 --> 00:33:40,185
who we used to play
pickleball with,

869
00:33:40,185 --> 00:33:42,387
and I played a lot
of pickleball with them

870
00:33:42,387 --> 00:33:45,457
because after we were done
playing pickleball,

871
00:33:45,457 --> 00:33:48,326
we would go out to eat
and get margaritas.

872
00:33:48,326 --> 00:33:50,795
So really, Louis, you
just want to eat and drink.

873
00:33:50,795 --> 00:33:53,164
[ Laughter ]

874
00:33:55,567 --> 00:33:56,935
Judge, I'm --
I'm older now.

875
00:33:56,935 --> 00:33:58,003
I understand.

876
00:33:58,003 --> 00:34:00,505
And -- And -- And so
that's more my speed.

877
00:34:00,505 --> 00:34:03,074
Yeah. But mind if I ask
how old you are, Louis?

878
00:34:03,074 --> 00:34:04,209
I'm 53.

879
00:34:04,209 --> 00:34:07,012
He's younger than me.

880
00:34:07,012 --> 00:34:08,146
You 53?

881
00:34:08,146 --> 00:34:09,714
I'm 53.

882
00:34:09,714 --> 00:34:11,182
And you just
want to read books

883
00:34:11,182 --> 00:34:14,219
at the house
and walk the dog and...

884
00:34:14,219 --> 00:34:15,854
Judge, I'm a --
...go get something
to eat and drink.

885
00:34:15,854 --> 00:34:17,789
Man, you --
Man, you folding up the tent

886
00:34:17,789 --> 00:34:19,190
a little early now, Louis.

887
00:34:19,190 --> 00:34:21,760
[ Applause ]

888
00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:24,763
Judge.

889
00:34:24,763 --> 00:34:27,666
Judge, I'm open
to doing anything

890
00:34:27,666 --> 00:34:29,935
as long as
it's with my wife.

891
00:34:29,935 --> 00:34:33,471
And I've never
denied her anything

892
00:34:33,471 --> 00:34:36,041
as long as we were
doing it together.

893
00:34:36,041 --> 00:34:37,709
So now we're here

894
00:34:37,709 --> 00:34:41,846
because you're suing
for $1,700.

895
00:34:41,846 --> 00:34:44,783
$1,200
for a pickleball camp.

896
00:34:44,783 --> 00:34:46,117
I don't understand.
Louis: Yes, sir.

897
00:34:46,117 --> 00:34:48,186
In about
ten days from now...
Uh-huh.

898
00:34:48,186 --> 00:34:51,523
...my wife is going to
Black Mountain, North Carolina,

899
00:34:51,523 --> 00:34:54,392
for a one-week
pickleball camp.

900
00:34:54,392 --> 00:34:56,895
A full week where
she will sleep overnight.

901
00:34:56,895 --> 00:34:58,597
What you suing her for?

902
00:34:58,597 --> 00:35:01,700
So, Judge,
this is time

903
00:35:01,700 --> 00:35:03,501
that she could be
spending with me.

904
00:35:03,501 --> 00:35:06,137
We could plan a vacation.

905
00:35:06,137 --> 00:35:07,806
Judge, there's nothing
I would love more

906
00:35:07,806 --> 00:35:09,908
than for Louis
to plan a vacation

907
00:35:09,908 --> 00:35:12,911
because he has not planned one
for 26 years.

908
00:35:12,911 --> 00:35:14,145
[ Spectators murmur ]

909
00:35:14,145 --> 00:35:16,615
[ Chuckles ]

910
00:35:16,615 --> 00:35:19,417
See, this -- this why
it's hard to come to court

911
00:35:19,417 --> 00:35:20,819
with your wife, man.

912
00:35:20,819 --> 00:35:23,922
Because the wife's memory
is phenomenal.

913
00:35:23,922 --> 00:35:24,956
It is, so...
Boy.

914
00:35:24,956 --> 00:35:26,391
Judge, she -- she --
I'm listening.

915
00:35:26,391 --> 00:35:28,727
She is --
I want you to say something.

916
00:35:28,727 --> 00:35:30,829
She is the --
Louis.

917
00:35:30,829 --> 00:35:33,832
These people in here like you.
Listen to me, Louis.

918
00:35:33,832 --> 00:35:36,267
They've heard you say, "I want
to spend time with my wife."

919
00:35:36,267 --> 00:35:37,435
There's women back here

920
00:35:37,435 --> 00:35:39,804
wanting a man to feel
that way about them.

921
00:35:39,804 --> 00:35:41,406
They love that about you.

922
00:35:41,406 --> 00:35:43,808
But, man, you've got to say
something better than,

923
00:35:43,808 --> 00:35:45,910
"I want her to stay home."

924
00:35:45,910 --> 00:35:46,911
What?

925
00:35:46,911 --> 00:35:48,446
Louis, what?

926
00:35:48,446 --> 00:35:51,383
So listen, Judge.

927
00:35:51,383 --> 00:35:53,918
We have done lots
of stuff together.

928
00:35:53,918 --> 00:35:55,086
What?!
But -- But every --

929
00:35:55,086 --> 00:35:56,688
Just give me something!
Ev-Every --

930
00:35:56,688 --> 00:35:57,822
Louis, I just --
Give me something

931
00:35:57,822 --> 00:35:59,591
other than walking the dog

932
00:35:59,591 --> 00:36:02,827
and sitting in that damn room
on the floor reading a book.

933
00:36:02,827 --> 00:36:04,229
Give me something y'all do.

934
00:36:04,229 --> 00:36:06,164
What, Louis?

935
00:36:06,164 --> 00:36:08,099
Give me something that I can

936
00:36:08,099 --> 00:36:11,069
make this woman
want to stay home to do.

937
00:36:11,069 --> 00:36:13,505
♪♪

938
00:36:16,207 --> 00:36:18,843
Louis, I -- Give me something
other than walking the dog

939
00:36:18,843 --> 00:36:21,246
and sitting in that damn room
on the floor reading a book.

940
00:36:21,246 --> 00:36:22,814
Give me something y'all do.

941
00:36:22,814 --> 00:36:24,749
What, Louis?

942
00:36:24,749 --> 00:36:26,718
Give me something that I can

943
00:36:26,718 --> 00:36:29,821
make this woman
want to stay home to do.

944
00:36:29,821 --> 00:36:32,824
[ Laughter ]

945
00:36:33,858 --> 00:36:37,462
Anne-Marie has always
been the organizer.

946
00:36:37,462 --> 00:36:40,365
She's a smart,
smart lady.
Yes.

947
00:36:40,365 --> 00:36:44,469
And our entire marriage,
she has handled the finances.

948
00:36:44,469 --> 00:36:47,939
Yes.
She has handled
the family vacations.

949
00:36:47,939 --> 00:36:49,674
You're losing.
You're losing, boy.

950
00:36:49,674 --> 00:36:51,376
You're losing.

951
00:36:51,376 --> 00:36:54,312
You're going further down
the rabbit hole.
Okay, okay.

952
00:36:54,312 --> 00:36:57,716
Everything you do, you're giving
her all the credit.

953
00:36:57,716 --> 00:37:00,018
So, Judge, if -- if --
You're not looking good.
What?

954
00:37:00,018 --> 00:37:02,120
If I win this case --

955
00:37:02,120 --> 00:37:04,355
If you win this case?
If I win this case --

956
00:37:04,355 --> 00:37:07,058
You ain't got a shot in hell
of winning this case.

957
00:37:07,058 --> 00:37:08,393
[ Laughter ]

958
00:37:08,393 --> 00:37:11,896
Man,
what are you talking about?

959
00:37:11,896 --> 00:37:13,631
Winning this case?

960
00:37:13,631 --> 00:37:17,869
You just told us she
is everything in the marriage.

961
00:37:17,869 --> 00:37:19,370
This -- This -- This --

962
00:37:19,370 --> 00:37:22,207
This is why I need
to win this case

963
00:37:22,207 --> 00:37:24,976
so that I can keep
the woman that I love.

964
00:37:24,976 --> 00:37:27,312
Wait a minute. No!

965
00:37:27,312 --> 00:37:29,547
You want me to give you
the $1,200

966
00:37:29,547 --> 00:37:32,751
so you can stop her
from going to Black Mountain.

967
00:37:32,751 --> 00:37:34,085
No, no. I don't want
to stop her.

968
00:37:34,085 --> 00:37:36,855
Like I said, I don't want
to take pickleball away.

969
00:37:36,855 --> 00:37:39,023
I want to be able
to plan something

970
00:37:39,023 --> 00:37:40,759
so that we
can do together.

971
00:37:40,759 --> 00:37:44,095
You've never planned
anything.

972
00:37:44,095 --> 00:37:46,231
26 years of marriage.

973
00:37:46,231 --> 00:37:48,833
Louis, I'll give you $1,200.

974
00:37:48,833 --> 00:37:50,802
Tell me what you're gonna
do with it with your wife.

975
00:37:50,802 --> 00:37:53,404
Come on.
So, I want
to plan a trip.

976
00:37:53,404 --> 00:37:56,374
What is the trip,
Louis?!

977
00:37:56,374 --> 00:37:58,009
I want to go
to Niagara Falls.

978
00:37:58,009 --> 00:37:59,744
I want to stay --
Don't nobody want to go

979
00:37:59,744 --> 00:38:02,280
to no raggedy-ass
Niagara Falls, man.

980
00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:03,314
But -- But hold on,
Judge.

981
00:38:03,314 --> 00:38:04,582
I'm sorry.
That's a good vacation.

982
00:38:04,582 --> 00:38:07,719
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
I just made a mistake.

983
00:38:07,719 --> 00:38:09,053
I'm sorry.

984
00:38:09,053 --> 00:38:11,189
Niagara Falls
is a wonderful place.

985
00:38:11,189 --> 00:38:14,659
I-I-I want
to cross over --

986
00:38:14,659 --> 00:38:17,328
I want to cross over
into Canada.

987
00:38:17,328 --> 00:38:19,097
I've never been
to Canada.

988
00:38:19,097 --> 00:38:22,200
So this could be
a second honeymoon.

989
00:38:22,200 --> 00:38:24,736
A trip for us to go,
just the two of us,

990
00:38:24,736 --> 00:38:26,871
and -- and --
and reconnect.

991
00:38:26,871 --> 00:38:29,207
If you could go anywhere,
where would you like to go?

992
00:38:29,207 --> 00:38:31,743
I would love to go, uh,
to Costa Rica.

993
00:38:31,743 --> 00:38:33,344
Costa Rica.

994
00:38:33,344 --> 00:38:36,347
[ Cheers and applause ]

995
00:38:36,347 --> 00:38:38,449
But, you know, Louis, man...

996
00:38:38,449 --> 00:38:40,785
you're -- you're one
of the great guys

997
00:38:40,785 --> 00:38:41,820
that have come in the court.

998
00:38:41,820 --> 00:38:43,154
He is.

999
00:38:43,154 --> 00:38:44,923
You -- You --
You got a good heart.

1000
00:38:44,923 --> 00:38:47,892
I do.
I do, Judge.
You want the right thing.

1001
00:38:47,892 --> 00:38:50,195
I bet --
You're not in here for cheating.

1002
00:38:50,195 --> 00:38:52,764
No. No.
You not in here
for doing nothing wrong.

1003
00:38:52,764 --> 00:38:54,199
You've been a great father.

1004
00:38:54,199 --> 00:38:58,036
Yes.
You've probably been
a great husband, great provider.

1005
00:38:58,036 --> 00:38:59,771
You can't plan worth a damn.

1006
00:38:59,771 --> 00:39:02,674
No. No.
And now all you want
is your wife --

1007
00:39:02,674 --> 00:39:04,209
That's not in my
wheelhouse, Judge.

1008
00:39:04,209 --> 00:39:05,577
I know. I know, Louis.

1009
00:39:05,577 --> 00:39:07,946
But, see, all you want
is your wife to --

1010
00:39:07,946 --> 00:39:09,280
I've reached a verdict.

1011
00:39:09,280 --> 00:39:11,516
[ Cheers and applause ]

1012
00:39:13,351 --> 00:39:16,888
Louis, let me tell you
what's happened here.

1013
00:39:16,888 --> 00:39:20,959
You come in here and you sue
your wife for $1,700 --

1014
00:39:20,959 --> 00:39:26,764
$1,200 for pickleball camp
and $500 for loss of affection.

1015
00:39:26,764 --> 00:39:28,466
[ Laughter ]

1016
00:39:28,466 --> 00:39:30,768
But it's really not
a loss of affection,

1017
00:39:30,768 --> 00:39:33,605
because the loss
you're talking about

1018
00:39:33,605 --> 00:39:37,542
is to get her to give up
something she loves doing

1019
00:39:37,542 --> 00:39:41,312
to do something you love doing,
which is nothing.

1020
00:39:41,312 --> 00:39:43,147
[ Laughter ]

1021
00:39:43,147 --> 00:39:46,251
You're too young for this,
Louis.

1022
00:39:46,251 --> 00:39:49,687
You're 53 years old.
53, yes.

1023
00:39:49,687 --> 00:39:52,190
Louis, I'm 65 years old.

1024
00:39:52,190 --> 00:39:56,761
Nothing you said to me
interests me.

1025
00:39:56,761 --> 00:39:59,597
Walk my dog?

1026
00:39:59,597 --> 00:40:01,866
What?

1027
00:40:01,866 --> 00:40:07,005
If you want your wife,
you got to embrace your wife.

1028
00:40:07,005 --> 00:40:09,140
The totality of who she is.

1029
00:40:09,140 --> 00:40:10,475
Now, listen to me, Louis.

1030
00:40:10,475 --> 00:40:12,210
I know you love this woman,
man,

1031
00:40:12,210 --> 00:40:14,545
but it's kind of contradictory.

1032
00:40:14,545 --> 00:40:16,281
Have you ever heard
of a person, man,

1033
00:40:16,281 --> 00:40:19,918
trying to hold on
to the bird so tight

1034
00:40:19,918 --> 00:40:22,020
to keep the bird
from flying away?

1035
00:40:22,020 --> 00:40:23,788
You got to open your hand,
man.

1036
00:40:23,788 --> 00:40:25,924
You got to let the bird
fly around.

1037
00:40:25,924 --> 00:40:29,460
I got a bird
that likes to fly.

1038
00:40:29,460 --> 00:40:31,763
And I like it
when she flying around.

1039
00:40:31,763 --> 00:40:33,097
She look pretty when she fly.

1040
00:40:33,097 --> 00:40:34,766
That's a fact.

1041
00:40:34,766 --> 00:40:38,870
And then when she get to doing
what she wants to do --

1042
00:40:38,870 --> 00:40:41,572
When I let that bird fly around
and do what she wants to do,

1043
00:40:41,572 --> 00:40:43,308
you know what I know
that bird gon' do?

1044
00:40:43,308 --> 00:40:46,477
That bird gon' come
back in this nest.

1045
00:40:46,477 --> 00:40:50,014
And when the bird
come back in the nest,

1046
00:40:50,014 --> 00:40:54,285
the big bald eagle
get to do his thing.

1047
00:40:54,285 --> 00:40:55,753
Yeah.

1048
00:40:55,753 --> 00:40:57,221
And there we fool around,

1049
00:40:57,221 --> 00:41:01,326
get some feathers
knocked all over the place.

1050
00:41:01,326 --> 00:41:02,560
Then the big bald eagle,

1051
00:41:02,560 --> 00:41:04,829
he get up and go
to work the next day.

1052
00:41:04,829 --> 00:41:07,398
And the little pretty canary,
she fly around.

1053
00:41:07,398 --> 00:41:09,167
That's what you got to do.

1054
00:41:09,167 --> 00:41:11,102
So now listen to me.
Okay, Judge.

1055
00:41:11,102 --> 00:41:12,637
Let me tell you
what I'm gon' do.

1056
00:41:12,637 --> 00:41:15,306
First of all,
I'm dismissing your case.

1057
00:41:15,306 --> 00:41:17,342
[ Cheers and applause ]

1058
00:41:19,510 --> 00:41:23,648
I'm dismissing your case
for $500 for loss of affection.

1059
00:41:23,648 --> 00:41:27,318
I'm dismissing your case
for $1,200 for pickleball.

1060
00:41:27,318 --> 00:41:31,823
I'm going to give you,
not you --

1061
00:41:31,823 --> 00:41:35,126
I'm gon' give Mrs. Anne-Marie
from this court,

1062
00:41:35,126 --> 00:41:37,328
in order so y'all
can go to Costa Rica

1063
00:41:37,328 --> 00:41:39,063
and do whatever else
y'all want to do,

1064
00:41:39,063 --> 00:41:42,233
I'mma give you $7,500.

1065
00:41:42,233 --> 00:41:46,004
Wow.
Thank you so much.

1066
00:41:46,004 --> 00:41:47,572
That's my verdict.

1067
00:41:47,572 --> 00:41:50,174
And that's the way I see it.

1068
00:41:50,174 --> 00:41:51,542
[ Cheers and applause ]

1069
00:41:51,542 --> 00:41:53,044
Go have a nice time.

1070
00:41:53,044 --> 00:41:57,915
♪♪

1071
00:41:57,915 --> 00:41:58,950
[ Laughs ]
Thank you, Judge.

1072
00:41:58,950 --> 00:42:06,424
♪♪

1073
00:42:06,424 --> 00:42:13,865
♪♪

1074
00:42:13,865 --> 00:42:21,272
♪♪