Ready to make history? I don't know.
You could be the first plaintiff that gets slapped by the judge.
[ Laughter ]
Your wife so sick and damn tired of you and these toys.
Ooh. Ooh!
She's so tired in this crowded-ass house.
You thought your chickens was laying more than one egg a day?
I'm a first-time chicken owner, okay?
I didn't know.
Hey, it's a big world out there,
and it's filled with people that just don't see eye to eye.
See, that's where I come in.
See, I ain't got a law degree,
and I'm way too fly to wear a robe.
But this is where common sense presides -- in my house.
Court is now in session.
[ Chuckles ]
-- Captions by VITAC --
All rise for the Honorable Judge Steve Harvey!
[ Cheers and applause ]
Steve: I appreciate that. Yeah.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Nancy, how you doing? Doing great. Doing great.
Okay, so, let's get started.
This is the case of My'Ron West vs. Neychea Colvin.
My'Ron is suing his ex, Neychea, for dumping him
after he paid her a $2,600 deposit to get back together.
Neychea states the deposit was non-refundable
and is countersuing My'Ron for the remaining balance of $900.
Let's start with you, My'Ron.
You have 30 seconds to state your case.
Your Honor, I'm suing my ex over there for $2,600
I paid her for a security deposit
for us to date again.
We was dating for over two years, Your Honor.
Some unforeseen circumstances happened,
and that's what she wanted.
So as a man, I tried to give it to her.
Alright. Neychea, it's your turn.
You have 30 seconds to respond.
Your Honor, that is absolutely ridiculous.
I do not owe My'Ron anything
because he did not pay his full security deposit anyway.
So I'm countersuing for $900
because he never paid the security deposit in full.
And he was a cheater.
And that's why he had to pay it --
for damaging my heart and wanting to date again.
[ Laughter ]
My'Ron, how did you all meet? How'd y'all get together?
Well, Your Honor, we met in college.
We started off as close friends, you know.
We used to tell each other everything.
After the two years of dating, we went into business together.
My background is video production and photography.
Did you all ever live together?
Yes, sir. We actually have. Yes, sir.
Oh, okay. So this was a pretty serious thing.
Yeah, it was a very serious relationship.
Neychea, let me bounce over to you.
How did this relationship start in your mind for you?
We were great friends in college,
and that relationship developed.
Everything was good in the beginning.
You know, we would go on trips, nice dates.
But he forgot to throw in that I caught him cheating
a whole bunch of times.
Your Honor, that's a lie.
His ex-girlfriend actually came to me like,
"Are y'all still together? Because --"
You know how that goes.
There's also been a time -- No, no, no.
Yeah. Well, you don't know how it goes, but...
but you've heard of it.
No, I'm the judge. I don't know how it goes.
Okay, yeah. There was a time
where I was helping him with his résumé
for the job that he has now.
And it was an ex that he supposedly "blocked."
The messages are coming through on the computer,
but not the phone. "Oh, what you doing up?"
It's 2:00 in the morning.
Your Honor... You don't want to speak on that?
She's speaking very, very, very far in the past of...
But this happened! ...stuff that we've gotten over.
She's talking about stuff in the past
you say that "We've gotten over"?
Yeah, that we've clearly -- We're moved on from like a year.
No, she moved on, too, sir. Sir?
Hey, My'Ron? That's not even what
the case about right now. Hey, My'Ron.
Sir? You're about to learn a very valuable lesson today.
Yes, sir.
They don't ever forget.
They move on, but they never forget.
So let me ask you this.
What -- What do you think changed in the relationship?
She switched careers. Like I said, she was in two.
She was a businesswoman working in a office.
I brung my parents over to her job and everything.
And then she switched over, moved to Atlanta,
and became a bottle girl.
So that conservative, nice, beautiful office woman
that I was dating started posting hella pictures like this
right here, Your Honor. I have proof for it.
[ Laughing ] Oh, Lord.
Yeah. Yeah.
So --
[ Laughter ]
That's not what I signed up for, Your Honor.
That's not what you signed up for?
[ Laughter ]
Not for the world to see. Like we said,
she started wearing less and going out more,
talking to a lot of people I never seen before, sir.
But I supported it.
And that's when I decided to move to Vegas.
When I moved to Vegas, that's like I said.
Exactly. Wait.
Yes, sir. My'Ron?
You decided to support it,
so you moved to Las Vegas?
No, no, that's -- I -- Can I back up a little?
I'm just repeating what you said.
Yeah, I understand. Yes, sir. Okay.
I-I was excited to support it.
I was just wondering, like --
I started feeling forsaken, you know?
My'Ron, did you just say "forsaken"?
Yeah, like, she forgot me. Yeah, I felt forgotten.
Like, you know, you're doing your bottle-girl thing.
You popping. You popping on I. G. and everything,
and I'm just left alone, you know?
Alright, let me bounce over.
Neychea, what happened when he moves to Vegas?
At first, everything was okay.
It was a little rocky in the beginning
because he didn't like my job, and I understood that.
But we had a little back-and-forth about that.
So, we would go on a little FaceTime dates.
So he would, like, send me, you know, a little money --
Not a little money. He'll send me some money.
We would go out to eat.
He would go to his restaurant, I would go to my restaurant.
We would eat together, talk, talk about our day.
But one day, he didn't want to do it.
He was rushing me off the phone. I'm calling him,
checking up on him throughout the day,
texting him. He's not responding.
Actually didn't respond until 6:00 in the morning my time,
which is about, what, 3:00 in the morning his time.
At that point, I'm already hysteric.
I'm like, "What is he doing? You know, is he okay?"
But then it's like, okay.
He says I party a lot. He parties a lot.
So, I'm just on Instagram
going through his followers, like, watching their stories.
I see him taking shots with a girl at a restaurant.
[ Spectators gasp ]
Let me bounce over to you. My'Ron, what -- How do you --
Is this story true?
Barely. Barely. Yeah.
There's some facts in it, and then she kind of twist it
and threw, like, some loops in it.
Okay, well, let's hear the truth, then.
Okay. So here it go. This is what happened, sir.
I did let her know I'm going to get some sushi.
She called it a day, but I went to talk to a model
about a potential photo shoot.
[ Chuckling ] Like I said, I --
Like I said, Your Honor, I-I wanted to network
and get to know people in the city I live in.
So that's what I did, Your Honor.
I went, grabbed some sushi, networked,
and talked to a model about a potential photo shoot.
And I admit I'm wrong. I didn't tell her.
Well, hold on, you didn't tell her.
Yeah. Let me explain something, what I --
Sushi is a very date restaurant to go to.
You don't go have sushi with your dudes.
Because the chopsticks,
you know, it's the little -- whole little thing of...
[ Laughter ]
Your Honor.
[ No audio ]
[ Applause ]
Your Honor, that's --
So over there in Vegas,
sushi is like the wings of Atlanta.
My man? My man? Sushi is everywhere.
So it's very casual. It was very casual.
Hey, My'Ron? My'Ron. My'Ron.
It was very casual.
My'Ron.
"Sushi in Vegas is like a wing thing in Atlanta."
It's casual, nothing special.
Do you know, I've never heard that before?
[ Laughter ]
So now let's get to the problem at.
You're looking for him. He's not returning your call.
What's the conversation you have with him
after you all finally connect? Right.
So he finally answers the phone,
"Ohh," acting sleep, like, "Oh, yeah, I been sleep."
"Okay. What you been doing all day?"
"Oh, you know, I told you, I just went out to get food,
and then I did this --" "Who were you with?"
"Oh, I was really by myself.
Then I was with my other friend, you know."
"Okay, I'm asking you this last time.
Who were you with today, like all today?"
Still saying the same person.
So I started sending the screenshots.
"So, who is this?"
"Oh, yeah, I forgot to tell you.
I had a meeting."
And I'm like, no. You know what? I'm over it.
I'm yelling. I'm screaming. I'm cursing.
I hang up. I block him.
After I block him,
of course, he's reaching out to me through GroupMe,
text apps, he's making a new Instagram page, all of that.
"Oh, can I -- What can I do to get you back?
I know you want a dog. You want to go on a trip.
You want a bag. You want all this."
"No. Okay. Um, I want $3,500. That's what I want.
And it's your non-refundable security deposit."
And I have the text messages to prove where he agreed to pay it
and -- Yeah. Hold on, wait. Let's see this,
because --
"The $3500 won't make me like you."
I told him. "It's your deposit."
Right. My'Ron says,
"My deposit to talk to you.
If that's not the most Vegas --"
I'm assuming you said,
"If that's not the most Vegas sugar honey ice tea thing
I've ever heard in my life.
[Bleep] you got going on in Atlanta now."
"That's what it is, though, a security deposit."
So, explain to me the security deposit as you see it.
So, because the security deposit
was for the damages that he's done in the past
and then if he does any damage in the future,
it was supposed to be paid before we ever started talking.
So he was blocked.
He was supposed to pay the $3,500
before you'll even talk to him? Right. Right.
You blocked. Because you can't move into
your apartment if you don't pay your security deposit.
So, same way. You can't talk to me
if you don't pay your security deposit.
[ Laughter ]
♪♪
Steve: He was supposed to pay the $3,500
before you'll even talk to him? Right. Right.
You blocked. Because you can't move into
your apartment if you don't pay your security deposit.
So, same way. You can't talk to me
if you don't pay your security deposit.
[ Laughter ]
You know, I want to be mad here, but I can't.
'Cause if more women understood that,
the pain you could save yourself.
Did you understand that was the stipulation?
I understood there was a stipulation, Your Honor.
But she wasn't talking to me. She wasn't giving me
no reassurance that the "spot" was still available,
you know what I mean?
She wasn't giving me no reassurance,
no reciprocation -- no reciprocation.
So I want the money back... That is not true.
...because I just felt, I'm giving you money.
I'm paying all my -- I'm paying on my bill.
How did you pay this money to her?
Oh, we got receipts.
[ Spectators murmur ]
So, 9/15, you send $1,000.
Yes, sir. 2/5/22,
you send $100.
March 3rd, another $1,000.
March 22nd, another $1,000.
Yes, sir. So you paid $3,100.
So you just need to pay four more hundred --
No, no, no, no, no. No, sir. No, sir.
I'm just -- I'm just -- According to the agreement,
four more hundred, and you get to move in.
That's not true. That's not true?
No, because after he sent the $1,000 in March,
he asked me, could I send him $500 for --
so he can actually move into an apartment.
And I said okay. So I sent him back.
That's why he owes me $900. So I'm not just evil.
Oh, you sent the $500 back.
Yeah, 'cause he needed it.
So why can't I get the whole thing back
since we're not communicating anymore?
But as you see, he started paying in 2021 of September.
How long do you expect the offer to be on the table?
[ Spectators exclaiming, cheering ]
You want all -- I just -- I just --
[ Cheers and applause ]
Well, let me ask you a question.
Did you sincerely want to be back together with her?
Yeah, I actually did, yeah.
Did you sincerely want to be back together with him?
I did, but I was definitely afraid.
Because? Our history.
Let me ask you a question.
Tell me how you feel about her.
I mean, definitely love her.
Um, she was one --
is the best girlfriend I ever had.
Um, we have a lot of memories together.
I mean, we had a very solid, like, friendship
and relationship when things was going great.
So, yeah.
Do you think this relationship is over?
If she want me, I mean,
I've done over half of what she wants.
See, I'm really good at this part, 'cause this is really
about a relationship. This ain't really about no money.
Yeah. This about a relationship
that turned into a business transaction.
That's what this is.
Now, ideally, how do you see things, Neychea?
I mean, I just didn't want it to repeat itself,
especially since he's, you know, across the country now.
Would you want another shot with this young lady?
Yeah.
Would you want another shot with this young man?
If he's going to be serious, yes,
but I don't want another redo.
I'm-a be serious. I don't know why she'd think I wouldn't.
You don't know why she would think you wouldn't?
Yeah. You're not listening.
Yeah. Because of the past.
I mean, I know that. The one you want her to forget
that she won't forget
because there's been no new evidence
of a new and different My'Ron.
She can't look online
and see you having sushi, doing shots
with a chick that's a model that you say is a client.
You don't do shots with clients.
You do shots with chicks you trying to sleep with.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Alright. I've reached a verdict.
[ Cheers and applause ]
I am dismissing the countersuit for $900
because I think you've gotten enough.
But I do want to commend you, young lady,
because you put your foot down and you held your ground.
I don't totally agree with the way you did it...
Right. ...but I do understand
why you did it.
And I wish more women would take that stance,
because what you have is value.
And if you treat it like a gold mine,
everybody else will. Right.
But if you pass it out like potato chips,
then we gon' treat it like Lay's,
and you can't just eat one.
[ Cheers and applause ]
You right.
[ Cheers and applause ]
You, young man, it's grow-up time.
You can't pay for a woman's affection.
You can't buy it. If you try to hold onto it with money,
it's gonna cost you every nickel and every dime you got.
Now, your suit for $2,600,
I'm going to dismiss,
because you can't get money back from a woman.
[ Laughter ]
If I could get back all the money
that I have spent over the years on women,
I could retire today.
[ Cheers and applause ]
I'm telling you right now.
And I've been to court with two women.
We could make history today.
We gonna make history today? Yeah.
Okay, cool. You ready?
Ready to make history? I don't know.
Yeah. You could be the first plaintiff
that gets slapped by the judge.
[ Cheers and applause ]
You don't make them pay their way back.
You make them earn their way back.
You right.
Make him crawl.
On his stomach.
Over the glass.
That's how it's done.
I wish y'all the best. Thank you.
[ Laughing ] You can never get your money back.
[ Laughter ]
Boy, I wish I could!
But I am willing to buy you, sir,
an airplane ticket, round-trip, courtesy of the court
up to $3,000.
You could take the money,
put it towards airplane ticket and dinner for one night,
and start your relationship over.
If you're in love with him and you in love with her,
that's how I suggest you all do. That's my verdict.
And that's the way I see it.
Well, baby, uh --
Ooh, "baby"? Ooh.
No "baby." Not yet. Let's see.
He got to crawl on the glass, what he said.
Only thing I don't like it,
I don't like it when the plaintiff is funnier than me.
That's the only thing pissing me off right now.
Okay, let's get started.
This is the case of Craig Goldberg vs. Jay Glatfelter.
Craig is suing toy collector Jay for $3,000
for conning him into purchasing action figures
that weren't worth anything.
Jay says he didn't con Craig and doesn't owe him squat.
Alright, let's start with you, Craig.
You have 30 seconds to state your case.
Thank you. Your Honor. Today I am here suing Jay for $3,000
over a vintage action figure deal gone wrong.
He conned me, and he tricked me.
And I considered him a friend. I really did.
Okay. Jay, it's your turn. You have 30 seconds to respond.
Tricked? I don't even know why I'm here.
I thought I was helping a friend
get action figures that he needed.
You know, I'm here today to restore and affirm
my good standing in the Ghostbuster fan community
and toy collecting fan community.
[ Laughter ]
So, how do you all know each other, Craig?
Well, both myself and Jay are considered toy-tubers.
We have Internet shows
where we talk about toys and action figures.
So you collect a lot of toys, not just Ghostbusters?
No. I think we both have a lot of passions,
but Ghostbusters is our number one.
I've got over 400 Ghostbusters figures myself.
I submitted a photo to the court of my -- my collection.
[ Chuckles ]
Uh, is this your garage?
So, I have a three-bedroom house.
That's one of the bedrooms.
You took a bedroom and turned it into that?
It was never gonna be a bedroom, Your Honor.
[ Laughter ]
Okay, so you guys are avid collectors.
Okay, so we're here today
because you're suing for $3,000. Why?
Last year, Jay and myself met in person for the first time.
And in passing, I had mentioned
that I was in the market for the original four
Ghostbusters action figures from the mid-1980s.
I wanted them in package and sealed,
otherwise known in the collecting community
as "mint on card," meaning
that is a mint action figure in its original packaging.
How much is something like that worth?
A set of four recently sold upward of $3,000.
And when we originally made the deal and Jay told me
that he had the original four figures mint on card,
he was willing to part with them for $400.
And I thought that was a really great deal.
How close of friends are y'all?
[ Laughing ] Not --
I don't know of any friends I have
that I would sell $3,000 worth of figures for $400 --
Doesn't make any sense.
No reasonable person would sell them for that.
I would do it. So what did you tell him --
What did you tell him?
So, this is where I have a problem,
because I didn't say mint on card,
I said mint with card.
The card backs were there. But in the world --
Do you have any photos of evidence?
We do. We do have photographic evidence.
Alright, let me see it. Yes. Yes.
So, you can see the cards kind of in the picture.
That is what I received in the mail.
And with vintage toys, when you remove them from the package,
it's like driving a car off the lot.
You're losing about 90% of your value right there.
As soon as you take it out the box?
As soon as you take it out of the box.
Okay. So, what -- what did you get, actually get?
So, I -- We made the deal. We made the transaction.
And about a week later, I received the package.
And to my surprise, I got this,
this bag of four original Ghostbusters action figures,
and they are in nice condition, but I already have these.
Did it seem a little bit strange
that a guy would give you something
that you said was recently online for $3,000
for $400?
Sure. Look, there was a new "Ghostbusters" movie.
That comes out. All of a sudden,
all the stuff skyrockets. It's out of theaters,
and everybody's thinking about "Top Gun" now,
and people don't care about "Ghostbusters" as much as I do.
[ Laughter ]
Okay. Craig. Yes, sir.
The day you meet Jay for the first time...
Yes, sir. ...where do you guys meet?
It was me and my wife, and we met Jay for lunch.
Your wife would have heard this conversation?
100%. She was there. She witnessed the deal.
Okay. So, your wife is on Zoom.
Hi, Abbey. How are you?
Hi, Judge Steve. I'm doing well.
How long have you known Craig?
We've been together since 2008.
A long road.
Yes. Indeed.
A lot of -- A lot of toys, a lot of collecting.
Yeah. A lot of rearranging rooms.
Yeah. Let me ask you something. Do you have room in the house?
That is mine only?
Honestly, even our bedroom has become a toy room.
Do you enjoy this?
I support it to a degree,
but I do miss having the rooms in my house
and kind of my sanity back.
I-I kind of miss that a little bit.
[ Laughter ]
14 years! I got to be doing something right.
No, you don't.
Okay.
[ Laughter ]
So, Abbey, were you at this lunch?
Yes, I was.
Craig says that he wanted
four original Ghostbusters mint on card.
Tell me what you heard, Miss Abbey.
I never heard "mint on card."
There was no, like -- We didn't write up an agreement
and sign it. No, wait, wait -- Hold -- Wait.
[ Spectators murmur ]
[ Quietly ] This is your husband.
[ Laughter ]
♪♪
Tell me what you heard, Miss Abbey.
I never heard "mint on card."
There was no, like -- We didn't write up an agreement
and sign it. No, wait, wait -- Hold -- Wait.
Hold on.
[ Spectators murmur ]
♪♪
[ Quietly ] This is your husband.
[ Laughter ]
So, let me go back over it. You must have misunderstood me.
Now, tell me what you heard him say.
Here we go.
I heard nothing of mint on card.
[ Laughter ]
That's the truth. It was a verbal agreement
between two friends over lunch.
[ Laughter ]
It's kind of classic Craig behavior, honestly.
[ Spectators exclaiming ]
Um --
[ Laughter ]
[ Laughter, applause ]
[ Chuckles ]
When you say, "classic Craig behavior,"
what does -- what does that mean?
It's in his nature to kind of overreact to things like this.
Your wife so sick and damn tired of you and these toys.
Ooh.
Ooh!
She's so damn tired in the crowded-ass house,
stepping over them toys and stuff.
Damn, Craig.
Abbey, thank you for joining us today.
Thank you very much.
Of course. It's been a pleasure.
[ Applause ]
Now, you're suing for $3,000,
$2,600 lost income...
Yes.
...and $400 for toy refund.
The $400 toy refund, that's for what you spent for the toys?
Yes, Your Honor. And $400 is not even a great deal for these.
This is like $100 worth of action figures.
Well, let's do some math here, 'cause when it come to money,
this is my specialty. Okay.
You said that's worth maybe $100.
I did -- Yes, sir. You have anything that says
that's worth $100, or you just -- an estimate?
I submitted a copy of a listing where these sold for about $100.
Okay, well, let's see that.
Vintage The Real Ghostbusters 1984, Lot 4.
Winning bid, $102.
That's just as-is -- in the bag. In the bag.
Your Honor? Yes, sir?
There are no cards in that picture.
Cards add to the value.
Not that much. Yes, it does.
A little bit.
Okay, well, let's just go.
Let's say it's worth $100.
You thought you were gonna get them for $400
and you were gonna sell them for $3,000.
He's in the business, just like
you're in the business -- to make a profit.
So if he sold you a $100 bag of stuff,
and you was happy with it,
and you got it for $400, what's the problem?
Well --
I'm not a toy collector.
I'm just a former hoodlum.
I been in the hustle game my whole life.
I'm a full-blown Christian,
and I still go to Vegas, 'cause as a Christian,
I go out there sometimes just to try to win my tithes.
[ Laughter ]
So I'm trying to figure out
with that little hustle number game that I ran,
how is he so wrong
versus what you were attempting to do?
Well, I had never attempted to rip him off.
I just thought I was getting a great deal.
Brother, why in heaven's earth
would he do that?
Maybe he's a Christian, too.
[ Laughter ]
[ Steve slapping table ]
My man. I like that.
Yeah. Craig...
you just won me over with that one.
Man, thank you for that. Oh, God. Man.
You know, only thing I don't like it,
I don't like it when the plaintiff is funnier than me.
That's the only thing pissing me off right now.
[ Laughter ]
Oh, boy. That was a good one, man. Yeah.
[ Laughter ]
I've reached a verdict.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Let me ask you something. Yes, sir.
How would you settle this?
'Cause whatever you say, that's what I'm gonna do.
How would you settle this?
I --
Can the witness get something?
She told the truth.
She's gonna win a trip to heaven.
'Cause she is a Christian.
[ Laughs ] Oh!
Okay. I-I --
I would rather have a friend than the money.
[ Audience "aww"s ]
And I'd rather you have a friend than the money, too.
I knew you was gonna come to this,
'cause I wasn't gonna give you a dollar no way.
[ Laughter ]
The suit is dismissed for $3,000 --
$2,600 for lost income, $400 for toy fraud.
Now put them cards back with that picture,
'cause it's worth more than $100.
And please fix your house,
'cause your wife fitting to move.
That's my verdict.
And that's the way I see it.
[ Cheers and applause ]
♪♪
How would you describe yourself as a daughter?
Spoiled. He spoils me.
He was supposed to. I spoil all my daughters.
So if you come to marry one of them,
if you ain't in the woman-spoiling business,
go on about your business.
Alright, let's get started.
This is the case of Rayslyn Larsen vs. Rich Gladfelder.
Rayslyn is suing her dad, Rich, for $10,000
because his destructive farm animals are ruining her yard.
Rich says his animals aren't to blame,
and he's countersuing for $5,000
for destroying his reputation.
Alright. Let's start with you, Rayslyn.
You have 30 seconds to state your case.
Judge Steve Harvey, I'm here to sue my dad for $10,000
to get his crazy animals out of my yard.
They are destroying my lot.
Me and my husband spent all this money
and built this big, beautiful house out in the country.
This is our dream home. We plan on raising our children there.
We want to live out there the rest of our lives.
And because of his oversized goats,
chickens, horses, and dogs,
it's putting a tamper on my party.
Okay, well, Rich, it's your turn.
You got 30 seconds to respond.
Judge Harvey, I'm here to defend myself
and prove to my spoiled daughter
that I don't owe her $10,000 for a fence.
I'm also here to countersue her for $5,000
for talking to family and friends
and portraying me as an unfair dad
and a bad person.
Well, let's talk about this dream home.
So, Mr. Harvey,
my husband and I were looking for a home,
and my dad said, "I've got some acreage out at our family farm.
I'll give you guys an acre,"
as he offered the rest of our siblings.
And so, me and my husband, it was hard to pass up.
We took him up on it.
So I thought it'd be a great idea
for her to come out to the farm.
The main farm is 1,200 acres,
so it's a mile and a half square.
So she built just on the entrance of the ranch.
Okay, we have photos of this house being built?
Yeah. It's my dream home.
It's everything I've ever wanted.
Yeah. How big is this house? It's 4,200 square feet.
And my house cost $435,000.
We could only get approved for $400,000.
And we made a side deal with my dad to pay him monthly
what we owed for the rest of the house.
And he came to me one day
and said we didn't need to pay that,
and he wanted us to use that money for other things.
[ Sighing ] Okay. Judge Harvey, my dad's amazing.
He's so giving. He's so caring.
I thought it'd just be a great idea for her to come out
and -- and join in and -- and enjoy the animals
and be a part of the farm, and now she's concerned
about animals coming over by her house.
Did -- Did you know this was a farm?
Your Honor, I love animals. I love being in the farm.
I just don't want them pooping on my lawn and my property
and scaring my chickens
and tearing up my brand-new trees I just bought.
Okay, we got a layout of the property.
[ Laughter ]
We got Rich's ranch.
Yes.
Then to one side, it says,
"More of Rich's ranch."
And then on the other side, it say,
"Still Rich's ranch." Yes.
And then on the back side, it said, "Also Rich's ranch."
[ Laughs ]
How long have you owned this?
Uh, 20 years.
20 years.
Did you buy it all at once,
or you parceled it, put it together?
Five different farms come together.
Wow. Did you watch your dad purchase this over the years?
Yes. Pretty proud of it?
Yeah. He came from nothing, and he's built to where he is today.
So, problem with some of the animals are,
when she lived in town,
she went and got a bunch of little chickens.
The chickens that she's complaining about,
they're her chickens. They've been --
No, no, no, no, no, no. No.
Hold up here. Hold up here.
Hold up here.
There is more to that story.
Hold on, hold on, hold on. There is more to that story.
When she first got out there, she was living in the barn,
building her house.
Them chickens were just outside of that barn she was living in.
Well, she got all excited, 'cause she talks to everyone,
and she's into social media and all this business.
And so finally, her chickens laid the first egg.
And so she holds the egg up, and she films it,
and she puts it all over social media.
"It's amazing. Check it out." Yeah.
"Chicken laid an egg." Second one, third one,
fourth one, four of them laying eggs.
She's so excited. And every day, she starts filming that.
Well, I don't have any of that social media business
and what have you, and so my friends
started telling me about it. And I said, "No kidding.
Rayslyn's posting that her chickens are having
all these eggs and stuff? That's pretty cool."
Yeah. So I got a little bored one day,
and I stopped by the grocery store
and grabbed a dozen eggs.
And then I went early in the morning,
and I added some eggs
under the -- under the chicken.
So then here comes her post.
"Oh, it was amazing. Each chicken had two eggs."
And then a few days later, then they --
I had it up to like four eggs per chicken.
And she -- she -- she calls me up,
and she says, "Dad, how many eggs does a chicken have?"
She goes, "I Googled it, and it just shows one."
I go, "Yeah, I think just one a day."
And she goes, "My chickens are having
three and four eggs a day."
And she goes, "What do you think --
What do you think's going on?"
I said, "I don't know. What are you feeding them?"
[ Cheers and applause ]
If I make it one more week, we were close enough to Easter.
I was gonna dye a bunch.
So we were having fun with her there.
You thought --
You thought your chickens was laying more than one egg a day?
I'm a first-time, like, chicken owner, okay?
I didn't know.
So let's get back to this.
Give me a picture of this backyard you got.
[ Audience exclaiming ]
That's my chicken coop.
Wait a minute. Hold up. I built that.
Well, you see all the way back to that mountain?
That's Rich's ranch.
[ Laughter, applause ]
Oh, oh, your chicken coop.
Yeah, that's right. It's a chicken coop.
But, Your Honor, can -- can I please show you
the evidence of the goats and the horses in my backyard?
Yeah, okay, go ahead. Let me see.
I appreciate that this is his ranch,
but I just want my space, too.
Look what they've done to my trees.
That's Starsky and Hutch.
Look at my tree!
[ Audience exclaiming ]
This next one is of the horses. My dad has racehorses.
Not just your ride-along race-- These are racehorses.
And this is what my two little boys have to dodge through
when they play in the backyard.
[ Audience murmuring ]
Is that a trampoline?
Yes.
[ Chuckles ]
You know how many times my little boy has come in the house
with chicken poop on his feet?
Ain't these your chickens? No!
I got 15 of my own in a beautiful coop
so they don't poop all over my yard
and eat my trees and get in my swimming pool.
Well, chickens don't eat the trees.
Well, the goats.
The goats eat everything.
He feeds them hundred-dollar bills.
It was a prank. The goat came by,
and -- and I said the goat likes money.
But I didn't know the goat was gonna eat it.
Well, you know, the name of the ranch is "Rich's."
[ Laughter ]
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It was a prank. The goat came by,
and -- and I said the goat likes money.
But I didn't know the goat was gonna eat it.
Well, you know, the name of the ranch is "Rich's."
[ Laughter ]
Now, Rayslyn, when I see somebody balling, I love it.
I'm a fan of your father,
because you said he came from nothing.
He did. And now look at him.
Yes. I look up to him so much. I kind of like it.
Yeah. And he loves his children.
He sure does.
And he's offered all of you all free place to stay.
"Come and stay." Yes.
But the problem is, I can't afford a fence right now.
Well, how much does this fence cost?
$20,000.
And you want your father to pay for half of it?
Yeah, I don't expect him to pay the whole thing.
I just don't have the money to pay for all of it.
And the problem is because of his animals.
I was hoping he would meet me in the middle
and pay for half of it.
Well, Rich, how you feel about this fencing?
I just felt like that I had already done enough.
So, as I was talking to the other kids about it,
I said, "Well, do you think I'm being fair?
Do you think I'm being unfair?
Do you think I should help her out with the fence or whatever?"
Okay, we have a statement, I understand.
We have a statement.
"Rayslyn's my older sister.
She's definitely been talking some smack on Dad,
saying his horses and animals are causing all these problems.
I didn't notice too many animals,
but all she could talk about
was the horses and goats coming over and eating her trees.
Why did you move out to a farm area?
She kept saying Pop needs to pen up his animals,
but he bought all that land to enjoy."
-Yeah. -Yeah.
Judge Harvey, do you have a brother or a sister?
That's my little brother.
He likes to poke me where I'm weak.
Yeah. My brothers used to beat my ass.
[ Laughter ]
I wish they was just poking me.
Rich, this $5,000 countersuit you got
for defamation of character, explain that to me.
Well, like, she's real big on social media.
And I'm a businessman there in town,
and most of those neighbors are either employees
or they're ranchers that I do business with.
You think it's a good idea for your dad's reputation to --
No, sir. And that's why I would not do that.
Right. The only people I've talked to about it
is close family members.
Can I ask you a question? Sure.
Your husband works? Yes.
Okay.
He -- He works for me, Judge.
[ Spectators exclaiming ]
[ Laughter, applause ]
Let me ask you a question about you.
Now, how would you describe yourself as a daughter?
Um -- Spoiled.
Me and my dad have a really good relationship, actually.
I believe -- He spoils me. He really does.
Yeah, that's -- He was supposed to.
I am spoiled. He spoils me.
Yeah. I spoil all my daughters.
So if you come to marry one of them,
if you ain't in the woman-spoiling business,
go on about your business.
I ain't have a problem with that.
Now you suing for $10,000 --
50% cost of the fence.
I do think you might need a fence.
We really do.
I know you do, 'cause I --
When them horses came across there, you know,
even I had to run a little bit.
I'm gonna run and get up on the trampoline with the chickens
or something.
Here's a man come from nothing,
built a life, a business.
So when you wanted to build your dream home
and you was trying to fit it in the budget, he said,
"If you gonna build your dream home, stretch it out."
So far, he Daddy of the Year.
Judge, I know -- I know he is.
Yeah.
You know what?
I've reached a verdict.
[ Cheers and applause ]
You know, after all I've said, I think you're spoiled,
but I think you're blessed like all get-out.
I am.
'Cause, man, oh, man, oh, man,
if everybody could have a father like that man right there,
this world would be in jackpot city.
We wouldn't have half the problems we had.
[ Cheers and applause ]
And I see you getting emotional
'cause you know I'm telling the truth.
I'm gonna dismiss your countersuit for $5,000,
'cause if they ain't got money for a fence,
they can't give you no money for defamation of character.
You got to stop talking about your daddy,
'cause all you should be doing
is singing praises about your daddy.
I do. That's all you should be doing.
Thank you.
I'm going to award you
$10,000 for the cost of the fence.
Thank you.
But I'm not fitting to make this man pay for that.
The court will pay you
the $10,000 as a gift for the fence...
Oh. ...for the safety of the children.
Thank you.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Thank you.
And don't say nothing else about your daddy.
I won't.
That's my verdict.
And that's the way I see it.
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Thank you. Good job.
[ Laughs ]
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