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Around two or three a.m.,

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you were on your way to the next club
and got into an argument.

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Now, on Tribunal Justice…

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It's your position that she hit the pole
because she was drunk.

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-Yes, Your Honor.
-I don't particularly remember drinking.

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He did grab my steering wheel
while I was driving.

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I didn't make that up.

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You do not remember doing that?

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No. I'm a lightweight.
So, once I start drinkin',

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-it's kinda up from there.
-[Kerrigan] He was drunk.

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He was going to pay me.
We were gonna figure out how…

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You did tell her you were gonna pay,
right?

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I don't even remember doin' that.

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The million dollar question here is,
you're suing him for damage to your car.

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-Yes.
-Why didn't you put it through insurance?

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[narrator] Today's case
was filed in Houston, Texas.

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Your Honor, this is Case #3107
in the matter of Brockington vs. Rogers.

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All parties have been sworn in.

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-Thank you, Cassandra.
-You're welcome. You may be seated.

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[DiMango]
Ms. Brockington and Mr. Rogers.

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You became close friends
after meeting online about four years ago.

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On the date of this incident,
on October 12th, '24,

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you had gone out clubbing,
the both of you.

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You were driving when the defendant,
you say, grabbed the steering wheel,

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caused you to crash into a pole.

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You're now bringing this lawsuit
for $6,000

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for the repairs to the vehicle,
and for the rideshare services.

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Mr. Rogers, what you say is
that she really did crash the car

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because she had been drunk
and was drunk driving.

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You say you let her live with you
for four months

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and that would be the equivalent
of $8,000.

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And so therefore,
even if you did have some responsibility,

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you don't owe her any money.

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So, let's start with your relationship,
Ms. Brockington.

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What brought you to become close friends?

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So, we met online,
and he made me laugh.

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And we just ended up being friends
for years.

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[DiMango]
Did you live nearby one another?

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We did not. I lived in Midland, Texas.

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When I went to Houston,
that's when we met.

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That's when we actually,
for the first time, got to see each other.

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You moved there. How long were you
supposed to stay there originally?

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So, I was just gonna be there until
I got approved for the apartment I wanted.

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And sir, she moves in with you.
And how are you feeling about that?

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Well, when she moved in with me,

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I mean, we'd known each other
for about four years.

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So, we were able to build
a good enough bond with each other.

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[DiMango]
What did you have in common?

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What do you do for a living, sir?

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Um, I currently work
for an insurance company.

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And you were working at the time
of the incident doing what, ma'am?

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I danced, and I was a server.

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[DiMango] Did you have a particular place
that you danced and served?

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So, when I moved,
I worked at certain bars and clubs.

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The bar that I worked at
was pretty close to his apartment.

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And when I wasn't working there,
I would go dance at a club.

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Okay. So now, on this evening
in question, October 12th,

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you decide to both go out together.
Would that be correct?

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-Mm-hmm.
-Yes, ma'am.

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[DiMango] Did you have a relationship
at the time?

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-A boyfriend?
-[DiMango] Yeah.

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So, I was talking to a guy.

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We were on the way to go see him actually
on the way to the second club.

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Had you ever met the gentleman
that she's talking about?

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Personally, no, but I've seen him out
when we've been out before.

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Did you have any feelings in particular
about her relationship with him?

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I don't care who she dates.

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Okay. So now, you are heading out
to some clubs.

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What time was it, sir?

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That day, I got off work, um,
I believe around nine o'clock

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is when I started getting ready
originally.

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-Mm-hmm.
-So, we were kind of pre-gaming,

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and drinking while getting ready.

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-[DiMango] You were drinking at home.
-Yes.

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-And what were you drinking?
-[Peirre] Patron.

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Okay. I'm asking that only
because when I saw the video of the room,

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there was salt in her room. So, I figured
that you guys were drinking tequila.

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Is he accurate about that? He's calling it
pre-game before you went out.

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I don't particularly remember drinking
before we went out.

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You don't remember,
but you do remember.

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So, I was getting ready.

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She cooked dinner,
and we started drinking.

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I started getting ready.
So yeah, I'm a lightweight,

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so once I start drinking,
it's kind of up from there.

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[DiMango]
Okay. After this pre-gaming,

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you get into your vehicle.
Is that correct?

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Mm-hmm, after we cooked, yes.

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We ate, and then we got in the car and…

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-[DiMango] What time is it around then?
-I want to say probably eleven-ish.

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Okay, so, at 11 o'clock,
where do you go first?

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I believe we went to the club.
I forget the name of it.

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It was a gay club. I was outside.

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So, you go to a club.
You go into the club.

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And you leave her outside in the car?

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I didn't leave her outside.
We both parked.

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We both walked up to the club.

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I believe she left out the club.

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[DiMango] Did you go in and have
any drinks while you were in there?

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I believe I had like two shots.

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Okay. At this time, you're still outside.
According to you,

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you have not had anything to drink yet
at this point?

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Or you're not sure still if…

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I didn't have anything to drink
outside of the club for sure.

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-[DiMango] For sure, you know that.
-For sure.

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[DiMango] So now, he comes out,
you get in the car, correct?

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He gets in the car.
You say we're gonna go someplace else.

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Is that correct?
Where do you decide to go?

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We went to a club called Dome.

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[DiMango]
Okay, so, you're gonna go to Dome.

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You do have a boyfriend you said
you were going to go see.

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-Mm-hmm.
-[DiMango] Where was your boyfriend?

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-At Dome.
-[DiMango] At Dome.

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So now, you both get in the car.
You're driving.

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You then, take out your phone
at some point and text your friend,

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"We're gonna be coming there now"?
Is that correct?

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Mm-hmm. Outside of the club
that he was at.

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[DiMango] Is that the point that
you try to pull her phone out of her hand?

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I don't even remember doin' that.

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See, that's where the night
was getting a little blurry for me.

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Once she wanted to leave, it was like,
we just got to the first spot.

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And again, I was already like drunk…

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You said he tried to pull your phone
out of your hand.

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Mm-hmm. He was arguing with me.

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What was he arguing with you about?

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I don't really remember
what we were talking about.

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[DiMango] It's important you tell me
because this is your burden of proof.

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You're saying he pulled the wheel.
You're saying he pulled your phone.

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So, I want to know what it was
you were arguing about.

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Well, we were on the way to the club,
so I'm gonna assume it was about the boy.

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About the guy. He did have a problem
with him just being around.

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We were talking about going to see him,

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so I'm gonna assume
that's why we were arguing.

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Does that refresh your recollection
as to whether you were arguing or not?

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I think my main issue was leaving the club
as early as we did

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'cause we just got there,
to go to another spot.

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And the main reason for leaving was
to go see him.

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I didn't want to go do that.
I was enjoying myself.

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Was she texting at that point
that you realized you didn't want to go,

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and she was gonna tell him
we are coming now,

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-and pulling the phone from him?
-I don't remember the phone pulling.

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It's interesting how neither of you
recall the things

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that would hold you responsible.

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You don't recall if you were drinking.
You don't recall pulling the wheel.

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So, let me ask you, how did he
try to pull the wheel from you?

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He pulled it this way, right.

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-[DiMango] He pulled it toward himself.
-Mm-hmm.

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[DiMango]
Okay. Let's look at the car, 03.

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-That's where you hit the pole.
-My baby.

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-[DiMango] That's where you hit the pole?
-[Kerrigan] Mm-hmm.

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[DiMango] And it's your position that
she hit the pole because she was drunk.

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I believe so.

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It's at that point, sir, that
you hit your head after she hit the pole.

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We're gonna go to 12,
which are your injuries that you have.

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Was that the right side
or the left side of your face?

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-[Peirre] Left.
-[DiMango] And now your relationship

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completely deteriorates.

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Not completely, no.

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[DiMango]
How does it stay intact?

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-I told him I wasn't upset with him.
-She lived with me.

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I understood he was drunk.

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He was going to pay me.
We were gonna figure out, you know…

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[DiMango]
You did tell her you'd pay, right?

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Coming up on Tribunal Justice…

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Why, if you were
not drinking from home,

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did you have salt and all
in your bedroom?

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[theme music playing]

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[narrator] Kerrigan Brockington
and her friend Peirre Rogers

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were headed to a club
when she says he got drunk,

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grabbed her steering wheel
and caused her to crash.

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She's suing for $6,000.
But Peirre claims

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Kerrigan caused the accident because
she was the one drinking and driving.

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You did tell her you were gonna pay,
right?

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I told her I would figure out how I could
repair it in the best way possible.

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Well, you did say clearly,
"I know what I did,

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I'm accepting accountability
and I'm going to pay."

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That's not quite what you're saying here.

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Well, like I said in my claim,

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when I responded to her,
I was still hung over.

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You… No, no, no.
The drinking just goes so far,

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because this here has you saying,

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"I take full accountability
for what happened.

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I was drunk and being stupid
and made a stupid decision

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which I take responsibility for."

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Then you wanted to create
a GoFundMe account.

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-Would that be correct?
-I did.

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And how much did you get
in the GoFundMe account?

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-Absolutely nothing.
-[DiMango] Nothing?

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Because people don't care
about drunk driving.

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And you're just ringing up
rideshare bills, correct?

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You're going rideshare with everything
you're doing. Would that be correct?

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I did do rideshare.

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And you had the car repaired,
but not completely.

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-Would that be correct as well?
-Right.

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And all of a sudden, you started
disagreeing about a lot of things.

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Letting a friend in the house,
you say you didn't want in the house.

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A complete stranger,
while I was in my robe cooking.

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You never had an agreement to charge her.
Would that be correct?

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I did not.

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In a very mature text you say,
this is an inconvenience for both of us.

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I shouldn't still be here,
and you should have your own home.

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Would that be correct, ma'am?

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I did say that.

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So, I want to go back to,
why, if you were not drinking from home

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did you have salt and all
in your bedroom?

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Salt in my bedroom?

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We could show the picture.

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Do we have a picture
of what her bedroom looked like?

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That's her room, and there's the salt.

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[Kerrigan]
So, the salt is from me cooking

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with the air fryer in there.

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[DiMango] You cook in that room
in the air fryer?

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I had to 'cause he was sleeping one night.

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So, that was from the food.
That salt's not from drinking.

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That wasn't for that, no.

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I definitely was not drunk
when I was driving.

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-[DiMango] Judge Levy?
-[Levy] Okay.

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You're suing him for $6,000
for damage to your car.

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-Yes.
-[Levy] The million dollar question here

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though, is why didn't you
put it through insurance?

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Because I had just got into a wreck prior.

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-[Levy] You got into a wreck in Midland.
-Yes.

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-That was with your Mercedes 250?
-Mm-hmm.

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[Levy] That was a car
you had in Midland, Texas.

226
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Mm-hmm.

227
00:09:58,934 --> 00:10:01,767
[Levy] And when you came
up to Houston, Texas,

228
00:10:01,834 --> 00:10:05,633
you purchased a vehicle online,
which was the 2018 Tesla

229
00:10:05,700 --> 00:10:08,934
that you had shipped
from Florida to Texas.

230
00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:09,834
Houston.

231
00:10:09,900 --> 00:10:12,800
So, what happened to the Mercedes 250?

232
00:10:12,867 --> 00:10:15,200
Still in Midland.
I've wrecked a lot of my cars.

233
00:10:15,266 --> 00:10:17,233
-Not this one though.
-From drinking and driving.

234
00:10:17,300 --> 00:10:18,700
-[Levy] Hold on.
-Wrong.

235
00:10:18,767 --> 00:10:21,033
For the purposes of these next questions,

236
00:10:21,100 --> 00:10:24,400
I'm not asking if you were arrested
or convicted or incarcerated for DUI.

237
00:10:24,467 --> 00:10:25,934
-Okay.
-What I'm asking is,

238
00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:27,700
do you have a habit of drinking
while driving?

239
00:10:27,767 --> 00:10:30,133
-No.
-[Levy] Have you ever drank while driving?

240
00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:31,800
-No.
-[Levy] Have you ever

241
00:10:31,867 --> 00:10:34,934
-drank alcohol while driving a vehicle?
-No.

242
00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:38,266
Now, with respect to never driving
while actively drinking,

243
00:10:38,333 --> 00:10:40,266
what's your drink of choice? Patron?

244
00:10:40,333 --> 00:10:42,433
Mm, any type of tequila.

245
00:10:42,500 --> 00:10:44,133
[Levy]
Any type of tequila?

246
00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:47,100
Now, one of the things that affects people
most clearly

247
00:10:47,165 --> 00:10:49,900
when they have been drinking too much
is their what?

248
00:10:49,967 --> 00:10:51,433
-Memory. Mm-hmm.
-[Levy] Memory.

249
00:10:51,500 --> 00:10:55,100
So, that's why when you say to us,
and said to Judge DiMango a moment ago

250
00:10:55,165 --> 00:10:58,066
when she asked you
whether or not you were drinking,

251
00:10:58,133 --> 00:10:59,767
-pre-gaming in the home…
-Right.

252
00:10:59,834 --> 00:11:02,133
your answer was,
"I don't remember."

253
00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:03,600
I don't remember.

254
00:11:03,667 --> 00:11:05,967
We're gonna put that
in the impaired category.

255
00:11:06,033 --> 00:11:07,467
That is indicia of impairment.

256
00:11:07,533 --> 00:11:11,967
Okay? Now, in your complaint
you say it was around two to three a.m.

257
00:11:12,033 --> 00:11:15,533
Quote, "I don't remember
what we were arguing about."

258
00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:17,066
Yes.

259
00:11:17,133 --> 00:11:19,100
We're gonna put that
in the impaired category.

260
00:11:19,166 --> 00:11:20,600
I just have a bad memory.

261
00:11:20,667 --> 00:11:22,900
-Hold on. Nope, wait. You're a server.
-Yes.

262
00:11:22,967 --> 00:11:24,266
You said you're a dancer and server.

263
00:11:24,333 --> 00:11:26,200
-You take drink orders, right?
-Yes.

264
00:11:26,266 --> 00:11:28,133
Are you saying you write down
every drink order

265
00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:29,600
when you're in the club taking it?

266
00:11:29,667 --> 00:11:31,000
If I can't remember.

267
00:11:31,066 --> 00:11:33,967
You listen to the order and
go and get it based on what they told you.

268
00:11:34,033 --> 00:11:35,033
I don't believe you.

269
00:11:35,100 --> 00:11:37,266
Now, insurance.
I want you to show me proof

270
00:11:37,333 --> 00:11:39,967
that you had insurance
on the date of this crash.

271
00:11:40,033 --> 00:11:41,500
I don't have any insurance on that car.

272
00:11:41,567 --> 00:11:42,934
-I took it off.
-[Levy] You never did.

273
00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:44,600
I did. I had to have insurance
to get the car.

274
00:11:44,667 --> 00:11:45,967
No, you didn't.

275
00:11:46,033 --> 00:11:47,400
Okay, well, I don't have it.

276
00:11:47,467 --> 00:11:49,033
Why don't you show me
proof of registration.

277
00:11:49,100 --> 00:11:51,467
-When did you register the car?
-[Kerrigan] Um…

278
00:11:51,533 --> 00:11:52,900
-it's registered…
-Nope.

279
00:11:52,967 --> 00:11:54,533
I want you to show me
proof of registration.

280
00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:56,700
I understand that.
I don't know how to find that.

281
00:11:56,767 --> 00:11:59,400
Can you teach me how to find it
on the app, or something?

282
00:11:59,467 --> 00:12:02,166
[Levy] Well,
you're suing him for $6,000

283
00:12:02,233 --> 00:12:04,734
because you're claiming
that he caused an accident

284
00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:06,233
that insurance would've covered.

285
00:12:06,300 --> 00:12:09,934
Had you been registered and insured,
we would not be here.

286
00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:12,166
We would be here, regardless,
because I shouldn't have

287
00:12:12,233 --> 00:12:14,934
to go through my insurance
to pay for something I didn't break.

288
00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:17,734
I was not gonna do that because
the deductible was going to be crazy

289
00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:19,834
considering I had just got
into a wreck prior.

290
00:12:19,900 --> 00:12:21,066
I couldn't keep paying for it.

291
00:12:21,133 --> 00:12:23,166
I have nothing further. Judge Acker?

292
00:12:23,233 --> 00:12:27,667
So, just remind me what time
did you leave the house that night?

293
00:12:27,734 --> 00:12:28,934
I want to say eleven.

294
00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:33,433
Around 11 o'clock at night?
And what were you drinking

295
00:12:33,500 --> 00:12:35,333
at the house, during the pre-game?

296
00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:37,100
Patron. It was the same bottle.

297
00:12:37,165 --> 00:12:38,667
[Acker]
What was she drinking?

298
00:12:38,734 --> 00:12:40,165
The same Patron I was drinking.

299
00:12:40,233 --> 00:12:43,600
She was drinking Patron.
Do you recall how many drinks she had?

300
00:12:43,667 --> 00:12:45,233
[dramatic music playing]

301
00:12:45,300 --> 00:12:47,767
[narrator]
Coming up on Tribunal Justice…

302
00:12:47,834 --> 00:12:50,200
Since you were so obviously intoxicated,

303
00:12:50,266 --> 00:12:53,400
how do you know whether she was drinking
or how much?

304
00:12:53,467 --> 00:12:55,500
Maybe she had Perrier.

305
00:12:55,567 --> 00:12:57,066
[all chuckle]

306
00:12:58,233 --> 00:12:59,900
[theme music playing]

307
00:12:59,967 --> 00:13:03,400
[narrator] Kerrigan Brockington
is suing her friend Peirre Rogers

308
00:13:03,467 --> 00:13:07,834
for $6,000 after she claims
he drunkenly grabbed her steering wheel

309
00:13:07,900 --> 00:13:10,800
while headed to a club,
causing her to crash her Tesla.

310
00:13:10,867 --> 00:13:12,633
Peirre admits drinking that night,

311
00:13:12,700 --> 00:13:16,000
but says he can't remember
what did and didn't happen.

312
00:13:16,066 --> 00:13:19,400
What were you drinking
at the house, during the pre-game?

313
00:13:19,467 --> 00:13:21,300
Patron. It was the same bottle.

314
00:13:21,367 --> 00:13:22,600
[Acker]
What was she drinking?

315
00:13:22,667 --> 00:13:24,066
The same Patron I was drinking.

316
00:13:24,133 --> 00:13:27,667
She was drinking Patron.
Do you recall how many drinks she had?

317
00:13:27,734 --> 00:13:30,400
I know that I had more than her,
so, no.

318
00:13:30,467 --> 00:13:32,767
-[Acker] Does he often drink alone?
-No.

319
00:13:32,834 --> 00:13:34,800
As I recall your testimony,
you said

320
00:13:34,867 --> 00:13:37,165
you didn't have anything to drink at all
before you left.

321
00:13:37,233 --> 00:13:40,133
I just don't think that I was drinking.

322
00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:41,633
[Acker]
I'm just gonna be super candid.

323
00:13:41,700 --> 00:13:44,667
There's no way you weren't drinking.
I absolutely don't believe you.

324
00:13:44,734 --> 00:13:47,033
-Okay.
-[Acker] And I'll read what you said.

325
00:13:47,100 --> 00:13:50,467
In the complaint it says,
around two or three a.m.

326
00:13:50,533 --> 00:13:52,367
you were on your way
to the next club,

327
00:13:52,734 --> 00:13:56,165
and got into an argument.
So, between 11:00,

328
00:13:56,233 --> 00:14:00,266
when you left the house,
and let's just say two a.m.,

329
00:14:00,333 --> 00:14:02,367
you were doing no drinking at all?

330
00:14:02,433 --> 00:14:04,266
No, I was outside of the club.

331
00:14:04,333 --> 00:14:07,467
I believe that you were hanging outside
at some point.

332
00:14:07,533 --> 00:14:11,233
I just have a hard time
believing you weren't drinking.

333
00:14:11,300 --> 00:14:12,800
Because your memory is so selective.

334
00:14:12,867 --> 00:14:15,533
Just 'cause I don't remember word for word
what I said. We were arguing.

335
00:14:15,633 --> 00:14:18,133
I know we were out, we had to be drinking.
But I'm not gonna stand here

336
00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:20,100
-and say that I was drunk.
-So you had to be drinking.

337
00:14:20,166 --> 00:14:22,500
So, thank you for saying that.

338
00:14:22,567 --> 00:14:24,500
At some point, we were… I was…

339
00:14:24,567 --> 00:14:27,567
[Acker] You "had to be drinking."
Can I tell you

340
00:14:27,633 --> 00:14:32,333
four months ago,
if I had like a glass of sauvignon blanc?

341
00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:37,633
Maybe not, but I could certainly tell you,
that if I were in a car,

342
00:14:37,700 --> 00:14:40,066
with someone who was
a really close friend.

343
00:14:40,133 --> 00:14:43,700
I mean, I gotta think that you guys
were like very, very dear friends.

344
00:14:43,767 --> 00:14:46,533
You know, what you've described
is a traumatic event.

345
00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:49,867
And to not understand
and not be able to recount

346
00:14:49,934 --> 00:14:52,400
any of the details
of that traumatic event,

347
00:14:52,467 --> 00:14:55,066
when you've been able to remember
other parts of the evening,

348
00:14:55,133 --> 00:14:58,100
to me, I just suspect
that you were intoxicated.

349
00:14:58,165 --> 00:15:02,000
Now, Mr. Rogers,
tell me everything that you recall

350
00:15:02,066 --> 00:15:03,700
that took place during the accident.

351
00:15:03,767 --> 00:15:07,066
So, I remember leaving.
I had a shot.

352
00:15:07,133 --> 00:15:09,500
Because people recognize me,
like, "Oh, take a shot."

353
00:15:09,567 --> 00:15:13,000
That was the last thing at the club,
and it was like at 12:00.

354
00:15:13,066 --> 00:15:17,567
But the argument, all I remember is
it getting irate and getting loud.

355
00:15:17,633 --> 00:15:19,800
Do you remember
pulling the steering wheel,

356
00:15:19,867 --> 00:15:21,200
as she alleges in her complaint?

357
00:15:21,266 --> 00:15:23,033
-I do not.
-[Acker] You do not remember doing that.

358
00:15:23,100 --> 00:15:24,967
-No.
-[Acker] So, you can't say whether or not

359
00:15:25,033 --> 00:15:26,734
-you did it one way or another?
-No.

360
00:15:26,800 --> 00:15:28,967
Since you were so obviously intoxicated,

361
00:15:29,033 --> 00:15:31,900
how do you know
whether she was drinking or how much?

362
00:15:31,967 --> 00:15:34,100
Maybe she had Perrier.

363
00:15:34,165 --> 00:15:35,900
-So, the thing…
-As a toast to you.

364
00:15:35,967 --> 00:15:40,033
So, the thing is, I didn't
recall the night because I was drunk.

365
00:15:40,100 --> 00:15:43,767
So, when I had to go back
when I found out I was being sued,

366
00:15:43,834 --> 00:15:46,834
I was like, "Oh, look at this.
It's a video of her drinking."

367
00:15:46,900 --> 00:15:49,900
'Cause I was kind of vlogging that night,
I guess.

368
00:15:49,967 --> 00:15:51,300
Was that the same night?

369
00:15:51,367 --> 00:15:52,834
-The same night.
-Mm.

370
00:15:52,900 --> 00:15:54,433
You guys…

371
00:15:54,500 --> 00:15:56,500
The same night
you grabbed my steering wheel.

372
00:15:56,567 --> 00:15:58,667
Can we play the video, please?

373
00:16:01,133 --> 00:16:04,900
So, we're listening
to a rock and roll song. Oh!

374
00:16:04,967 --> 00:16:07,266
The bottle… both hands off the wheel.

375
00:16:07,333 --> 00:16:08,967
[Acker]
Yeah…

376
00:16:09,033 --> 00:16:12,900
-Yeah, so, Miss Brockington…
-[Kerrigan] Hm?

377
00:16:12,967 --> 00:16:14,867
[Acker]
Is there something you'd like to say?

378
00:16:14,967 --> 00:16:17,400
I think I was passing him the bottle
in that one.

379
00:16:17,467 --> 00:16:19,567
-No, I took my shot…
-I don't see myself…

380
00:16:19,667 --> 00:16:22,967
How stupid... you know what, honestly,
I'm really trying to be kind.

381
00:16:23,033 --> 00:16:25,567
Like, we're making a little light of it,
like it's funny.

382
00:16:25,633 --> 00:16:27,867
This is dangerous
and you could've killed somebody!

383
00:16:27,934 --> 00:16:30,667
And so, you came to court
knowing you were drinking,

384
00:16:30,734 --> 00:16:32,066
knowing you didn't have insurance,

385
00:16:32,165 --> 00:16:34,133
and you think you're gonna
get some money from him.

386
00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:35,934
You should be embarrassed.

387
00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:37,300
I have nothing else.

388
00:16:37,367 --> 00:16:39,567
I'm gonna tell you
what bothers me the most about you.

389
00:16:39,633 --> 00:16:41,934
You come in here
with the mindset of,

390
00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:44,165
"I can't believe they're gonna
ask me questions."

391
00:16:44,467 --> 00:16:47,800
You're annoyed, making faces
at every question somebody asks you.

392
00:16:47,900 --> 00:16:49,300
I apologize.

393
00:16:49,367 --> 00:16:50,934
I don't need your apologizing.

394
00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:52,900
I understand.
I know people are gonna see this.

395
00:16:52,967 --> 00:16:55,533
I do apologize. I don't think it's funny
to drink and drive.

396
00:16:55,600 --> 00:16:59,567
And yes, now it makes sense
that you have evidence.

397
00:16:59,633 --> 00:17:01,767
I was drinking and driving
and I'm sorry.

398
00:17:01,834 --> 00:17:05,099
But also too, he did grab
my steering wheel while I was driving.

399
00:17:05,165 --> 00:17:07,300
I just wanted to get paid
for him wrecking…

400
00:17:07,367 --> 00:17:09,367
You want him to pay for something
that you did,

401
00:17:09,467 --> 00:17:11,467
or that perhaps he was trying
to stop you…

402
00:17:11,532 --> 00:17:13,200
I didn't do it.
That's not what happened.

403
00:17:13,266 --> 00:17:15,666
Stop talking.
You blabber and blabber,

404
00:17:15,733 --> 00:17:16,967
with nothing to say.

405
00:17:17,032 --> 00:17:19,165
I don't have anything else
to say to you.

406
00:17:19,233 --> 00:17:21,266
We're gonna retire to deliberate.

407
00:17:21,333 --> 00:17:24,000
Court is now in recess.
Parties will be recalled.

408
00:17:24,066 --> 00:17:27,700
[theme music playing]

409
00:17:29,767 --> 00:17:32,834
[theme music playing]

410
00:17:32,900 --> 00:17:35,000
I don't know whether he pulled the wheel.

411
00:17:35,066 --> 00:17:37,333
Whether his pulling the wheel was
the cause of the accident.

412
00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:40,700
What I do know is,
I am not gonna reward anyone

413
00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:43,333
who gets behind the wheel
drinking and driving.

414
00:17:43,400 --> 00:17:46,467
And we have evidence she was drinking
from three different sources.

415
00:17:46,533 --> 00:17:48,967
One from the video,
one from his statement,

416
00:17:49,033 --> 00:17:52,700
and most importantly,
by her admission that she had some drinks.

417
00:17:52,767 --> 00:17:55,333
We've all said,
it defies common sense to believe

418
00:17:55,400 --> 00:17:58,934
that these two people going out clubbing
didn't have at least one drink

419
00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:02,734
at some point in time over four hours.
It just defies common sense.

420
00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:05,700
As she talks about, "Yeah,
I have plenty of accidents,"

421
00:18:05,767 --> 00:18:08,533
as though it's just commonplace
and not a problem.

422
00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:09,967
Maybe he pulled the wheel…

423
00:18:10,033 --> 00:18:13,367
Maybe he just put his hands on the wheel
'cause her hands were off the wheel.

424
00:18:13,433 --> 00:18:14,934
-That as well.
-Holding a bottle of Patron

425
00:18:15,033 --> 00:18:17,367
-and drinking it. We don't know.
-Any way you twist and turn,

426
00:18:17,433 --> 00:18:19,934
this woman was behind the wheel,
she was driving.

427
00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:21,934
And I don't want to reward her
by any means

428
00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:23,533
and give her any money at all,

429
00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:25,900
no matter what his responsibility,
if any, was.

430
00:18:25,967 --> 00:18:28,166
Listen, let's call it what it is.
It's a crash.

431
00:18:28,233 --> 00:18:29,133
There's a difference.

432
00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:31,700
One, you can't help. One is oops,
something bad happened.

433
00:18:31,767 --> 00:18:35,066
That's an accident. It was no one's fault.
This was clearly someone's fault.

434
00:18:35,133 --> 00:18:38,667
And she was not registered in Texas
to drive that vehicle.

435
00:18:38,734 --> 00:18:39,900
And she was not insured.

436
00:18:39,967 --> 00:18:44,667
So, any effort by her to suggest otherwise
is belied by the proof that we have.

437
00:18:44,734 --> 00:18:48,066
So, she now is gonna have
to take care of that damage herself.

438
00:18:48,133 --> 00:18:51,200
Absolutely. I think that,
candidly,

439
00:18:51,266 --> 00:18:53,367
I don't care whether or not
he grabbed the steering wheel.

440
00:18:53,433 --> 00:18:56,100
That's what happens when
two people drink too much

441
00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:59,066
and then they get
in some drunken brawl in a car.

442
00:18:59,133 --> 00:19:02,200
And when one of them is a driver,
game over.

443
00:19:02,266 --> 00:19:04,233
I mean, she could've killed somebody.

444
00:19:04,300 --> 00:19:06,467
And for her to be
so gosh-darn cavalier about it…

445
00:19:06,533 --> 00:19:08,433
-That's…
-[Acker] We let her make her case

446
00:19:08,500 --> 00:19:10,100
about her faulty memory.

447
00:19:10,166 --> 00:19:13,100
But for her to first be confronted
with that video…

448
00:19:13,166 --> 00:19:14,967
And you remember her initial answer?

449
00:19:15,033 --> 00:19:17,633
"Well, maybe I was
just passing the drink to him."

450
00:19:17,700 --> 00:19:20,734
I mean, how bloody dumb
does she think we are?

451
00:19:20,800 --> 00:19:23,567
I'm happily joined in this dismissal.

452
00:19:23,633 --> 00:19:26,066
Okay, we're all gonna be happy
to dismiss.

453
00:19:26,133 --> 00:19:27,967
It's unanimous happy.

454
00:19:28,033 --> 00:19:30,333
[dramatic music playing]

455
00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:32,266
Court is back in session.

456
00:19:32,333 --> 00:19:33,900
Parties are reminded
you're still under oath.

457
00:19:33,967 --> 00:19:35,834
-[DiMango] Thank you.
-[Cassandra] You're welcome.

458
00:19:35,934 --> 00:19:37,400
[DiMango]
We have a unanimous verdict.

459
00:19:37,467 --> 00:19:40,800
The bottom line is whether
you pulled the wheel or you didn't,

460
00:19:40,867 --> 00:19:43,000
the testimony is pretty clear

461
00:19:43,100 --> 00:19:46,900
to establish that you had had some drinks.

462
00:19:46,967 --> 00:19:49,500
And at different times of the evening,

463
00:19:49,567 --> 00:19:51,967
or different times
over which you'd been drinking,

464
00:19:52,033 --> 00:19:56,667
your blood level alcohol changes on how it
impacts on your driving ability.

465
00:19:56,734 --> 00:19:59,266
We're looking here
at a four hour time span.

466
00:19:59,333 --> 00:20:02,000
Where it defied the common sense
of the three of us

467
00:20:02,066 --> 00:20:05,867
and probably everybody in the audience,
that two young people going out clubbing,

468
00:20:05,934 --> 00:20:09,000
meeting a boyfriend,
hanging around outside clubs,

469
00:20:09,100 --> 00:20:13,133
would not have had at least one
or two drinks over four hours.

470
00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:16,567
It defies common sense
for you to say, very cavalier,

471
00:20:16,633 --> 00:20:18,200
"I don't remember if I was drinking."

472
00:20:18,266 --> 00:20:21,900
So, we have you making the admission
that you finally do drink.

473
00:20:21,967 --> 00:20:23,100
We find you credible, sir.

474
00:20:23,166 --> 00:20:26,066
You did say that you recalled
her having drinks,

475
00:20:26,133 --> 00:20:27,967
though you couldn't recall how many.

476
00:20:28,033 --> 00:20:31,834
And we have the video of you
with the bottle in your hand.

477
00:20:31,934 --> 00:20:35,734
Now, whether you pulled the wheel or not
was irrelevant to us, really.

478
00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:37,266
Because the bottom line is,

479
00:20:37,333 --> 00:20:41,000
you cannot get behind the wheel
drinking and driving.

480
00:20:41,100 --> 00:20:43,633
And we have no evidence
of you being insured.

481
00:20:43,700 --> 00:20:47,734
And you want us to reward you
for having to take rideshares everywhere

482
00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:51,300
without a job, living in his home,
not paying five cents?

483
00:20:51,367 --> 00:20:54,734
There was no reason that any of us
could even think of

484
00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:58,100
an argument in your favor.
So, the bottom line here is

485
00:20:58,166 --> 00:21:02,233
we are unanimous
in dismissing your complaint.

486
00:21:02,300 --> 00:21:04,066
[gavel bangs]

487
00:21:04,133 --> 00:21:06,867
This case has concluded.
All parties are excused.

488
00:21:06,934 --> 00:21:09,166
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489
00:21:10,734 --> 00:21:13,300
This was never supposed to happen.
I didn't want to have to sue him.

490
00:21:13,367 --> 00:21:16,900
I told her before coming here
that it wasn't gonna work in her favor.

491
00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:20,600
So, I'm not sure why she decided
to go in there and do that anyway.

492
00:21:20,667 --> 00:21:23,367
He said he was going to pay me.
There was evidence in text messages

493
00:21:23,433 --> 00:21:25,033
of him admitting to paying me.

494
00:21:25,100 --> 00:21:28,667
I can't recall. I just remember
an irate conversation,

495
00:21:28,734 --> 00:21:30,400
and I was in a crash.

496
00:21:30,467 --> 00:21:32,500
He admitted to doing it.
Now he's saying

497
00:21:32,567 --> 00:21:34,166
he didn't know if he did it.
Whatever.

498
00:21:34,233 --> 00:21:36,800
Definitely don't drink and drive. M'kay?

499
00:21:36,867 --> 00:21:38,767
I didn't wreck it, but whatever.

500
00:21:38,834 --> 00:21:42,300
I think she's a cool girl.
So, best of luck to her.

501
00:21:42,367 --> 00:21:44,700
[narrator]
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502
00:21:44,767 --> 00:21:47,734
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503
00:21:47,834 --> 00:21:51,667
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504
00:21:51,734 --> 00:21:54,300
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