1 00:00:01,067 --> 00:00:02,435 - You ain't never met a judge like me. 2 00:00:02,435 --> 00:00:03,536 - Your Honor, Your Honor! 3 00:00:03,536 --> 00:00:04,671 - Shut the hell up, and let me 4 00:00:04,671 --> 00:00:06,005 get this thing together. 5 00:00:06,005 --> 00:00:07,774 Hey, y'all. I'm Miss Patty. 6 00:00:07,774 --> 00:00:10,543 I know the inside of a courtroom. 7 00:00:10,543 --> 00:00:12,512 I went to jail for selling cocaine. 8 00:00:12,512 --> 00:00:14,748 Now here I am 25 years later, 9 00:00:14,748 --> 00:00:16,449 sitting on this side of the bench. 10 00:00:16,449 --> 00:00:17,617 - I put my faith in your hands. 11 00:00:17,617 --> 00:00:18,885 - Don't put your faith in my hands. 12 00:00:18,885 --> 00:00:20,286 I ain't God. I don't love you. 13 00:00:20,286 --> 00:00:22,155 I'm using everything I learned on the streets... 14 00:00:22,155 --> 00:00:23,390 Don't nobody owe you nothing. 15 00:00:23,390 --> 00:00:25,392 To solve disputes that are tearing 16 00:00:25,392 --> 00:00:27,527 real family and friends apart. 17 00:00:27,527 --> 00:00:29,329 - I ain't care if he find out. What's his is mine. 18 00:00:29,329 --> 00:00:30,497 - We ain't married. - We brothers. 19 00:00:30,497 --> 00:00:31,898 - Hey. 20 00:00:31,898 --> 00:00:34,667 These are real cases with real money on the line. 21 00:00:34,667 --> 00:00:36,336 What you do with the $5,000? 22 00:00:36,336 --> 00:00:37,737 - I'll let you know. 23 00:00:37,737 --> 00:00:39,239 - Well, I'm here. Let me know. 24 00:00:39,239 --> 00:00:41,241 And I'm bringing my own family and friends 25 00:00:41,241 --> 00:00:42,642 to court as my jurors. 26 00:00:42,642 --> 00:00:44,210 Their opinions are like diarrhea. 27 00:00:44,210 --> 00:00:45,478 It belongs in the toilet. 28 00:00:45,478 --> 00:00:46,713 - You out of order. 29 00:00:46,713 --> 00:00:47,814 Matter of fact, this whole damn courtroom 30 00:00:47,814 --> 00:00:48,848 is out of order. 31 00:00:48,848 --> 00:00:49,949 - Y'all may have started it. 32 00:00:49,949 --> 00:00:51,384 But I'm going to settle it. 33 00:00:51,384 --> 00:00:53,019 - Let's just wrap this up because I'm 34 00:00:53,019 --> 00:00:54,421 getting very irritated. 35 00:00:54,421 --> 00:00:55,622 - You keep running your mouth, 36 00:00:55,622 --> 00:00:57,323 you ain't gonna get nothing. 37 00:00:57,323 --> 00:00:58,958 Court is now in session. 38 00:00:58,958 --> 00:01:00,059 Baby, don't do me. 39 00:01:00,059 --> 00:01:01,227 Do Jesus, because he got 40 00:01:01,227 --> 00:01:02,829 more patience with you, OK? 41 00:01:02,829 --> 00:01:05,598 [upbeat music] 42 00:01:05,598 --> 00:01:08,201 - She's not a real judge, but she will sentence you 43 00:01:08,201 --> 00:01:10,403 to life for being a fool. 44 00:01:10,403 --> 00:01:13,807 All rise for the Honorable Ms. Pat. 45 00:01:13,807 --> 00:01:19,646 ♪ ♪ 46 00:01:19,646 --> 00:01:21,648 - Y'all can have a seat. 47 00:01:22,649 --> 00:01:24,083 I don't know why she don't stand. 48 00:01:24,083 --> 00:01:25,652 I guess she done lost her feet. 49 00:01:25,652 --> 00:01:27,620 If I could put her ass in jail, I would. 50 00:01:27,620 --> 00:01:30,657 [laughter] 51 00:01:32,225 --> 00:01:35,028 - All right, jurors, y'all know why y'all here? 52 00:01:35,028 --> 00:01:36,463 - We gon' get to the truth. 53 00:01:36,463 --> 00:01:38,164 - The truth. - The "truf" with an F. 54 00:01:38,164 --> 00:01:39,265 And, Bailiff, you know why you're here? 55 00:01:39,265 --> 00:01:40,633 - Oh, yeah. 56 00:01:40,633 --> 00:01:41,968 - Well, then, start doing your job then, Bailiff. 57 00:01:41,968 --> 00:01:45,505 This is the case of Mitchell versus Wilson. 58 00:01:45,505 --> 00:01:48,775 - Plaintiff Tomeka Mitchell is suing her best friend Tonia 59 00:01:48,775 --> 00:01:52,011 for 350 bucks for a wig that she installed 60 00:01:52,011 --> 00:01:54,347 that Tonia has not paid for. 61 00:01:54,347 --> 00:01:56,850 Tomeka says her friend flipped her wig 62 00:01:56,850 --> 00:01:59,185 when she was done styling it like she wanted 63 00:01:59,185 --> 00:02:01,588 and ran out of the shop without paying. 64 00:02:01,588 --> 00:02:05,825 Defendant Tonia Wilson is counter-suing for $200 65 00:02:05,825 --> 00:02:09,128 for the wig that she said Tomeka butchered. 66 00:02:09,896 --> 00:02:11,397 - Before we get started, I just want 67 00:02:11,397 --> 00:02:14,067 to let y'all know that this is a jury of my peers, OK? 68 00:02:14,067 --> 00:02:15,335 Only listen to me. 69 00:02:15,335 --> 00:02:18,004 My opinion is the only one that matters, OK? 70 00:02:18,004 --> 00:02:19,706 With that said, Tomeka Mitchell, 71 00:02:19,706 --> 00:02:21,274 Tonia Wilson, that's you? 72 00:02:21,274 --> 00:02:23,209 - Yes, Your Honor. - OK, you can smile. 73 00:02:23,209 --> 00:02:24,677 This is court, baby. 74 00:02:24,677 --> 00:02:26,145 Tomeka, tell me why we're here today. 75 00:02:26,145 --> 00:02:28,615 - I am here today to sue Tonia for my $350. 76 00:02:28,615 --> 00:02:30,016 - $350 for what? 77 00:02:30,016 --> 00:02:32,485 - She asked me to do an install for her birthday. 78 00:02:32,485 --> 00:02:33,720 - Which is a wig. 79 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:35,121 - But she bought me a cheap wig. 80 00:02:35,121 --> 00:02:37,056 She did not pay for me to do her hair. 81 00:02:37,056 --> 00:02:39,058 - Tonia, tell me your side of the story. 82 00:02:39,058 --> 00:02:40,827 - So, first of all, it was my birthday. 83 00:02:40,827 --> 00:02:43,429 And you only turn 56 one time. 84 00:02:43,429 --> 00:02:45,832 So I said, OK, I'm going to trust in my friend to make me 85 00:02:45,832 --> 00:02:47,700 feel fabulous for my birthday. 86 00:02:47,700 --> 00:02:51,905 But that didn't happen, because by the time I put that wig on, 87 00:02:51,905 --> 00:02:53,606 I looked like Joe Dirt. 88 00:02:53,606 --> 00:02:57,577 I need to counter-sue her for my $200 for getting 89 00:02:57,577 --> 00:02:59,379 the wig that she [bleep] up. 90 00:02:59,379 --> 00:03:00,480 - Ooh. 91 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:02,549 - Tomeka, talk me through the day 92 00:03:02,549 --> 00:03:05,385 that she brought her lovely wig over... 93 00:03:05,385 --> 00:03:07,120 - OK, so-- - And had you to install it. 94 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:08,221 And I'm going to get with you in a minute, OK? 95 00:03:08,221 --> 00:03:09,355 - Yes, ma'am. 96 00:03:09,355 --> 00:03:10,557 - Girl, don't walk out to Jesus. 97 00:03:10,557 --> 00:03:11,891 Just hold on. - Yes, ma'am, yes, ma'am. 98 00:03:11,891 --> 00:03:13,192 - 'Cause any time they start rocking like that, 99 00:03:13,192 --> 00:03:14,827 they might be about to pull out something. 100 00:03:14,827 --> 00:03:16,396 [laughter] 101 00:03:16,396 --> 00:03:17,697 Just take a breath, girl. 102 00:03:17,697 --> 00:03:18,965 I'm coming to you, OK? - OK. 103 00:03:18,965 --> 00:03:20,466 - OK, so she comes over. 104 00:03:20,466 --> 00:03:22,001 She pulls out the wig. 105 00:03:22,001 --> 00:03:24,003 And I'm like, OK. 106 00:03:24,003 --> 00:03:25,204 - Was it human hair? 107 00:03:25,204 --> 00:03:26,372 - It was synthetic. 108 00:03:26,372 --> 00:03:27,774 - Did you know that you brought her 109 00:03:27,774 --> 00:03:29,175 a synthetic wig? 110 00:03:29,175 --> 00:03:31,544 - When I got the wig, it was fabulous. 111 00:03:31,544 --> 00:03:32,679 - Is the wig here today? 112 00:03:32,679 --> 00:03:34,113 - Yes, it is. 113 00:03:34,113 --> 00:03:36,349 - Can I get the wig? - So, Your Honor-- 114 00:03:36,349 --> 00:03:38,251 - [screams] - Oh, hell no. 115 00:03:38,251 --> 00:03:40,820 - That's not the wig. That's not! 116 00:03:40,820 --> 00:03:42,522 - Why would you do that? 117 00:03:42,522 --> 00:03:43,990 - That is not my wig. 118 00:03:43,990 --> 00:03:46,826 [laughter] 119 00:03:46,826 --> 00:03:48,795 - I can't look at it. - Oh, hell no. 120 00:03:48,795 --> 00:03:51,764 - Give it a spin so everybody can see the whole head. 121 00:03:51,764 --> 00:03:54,801 [laughter] 122 00:03:57,303 --> 00:03:59,005 - Oh, my God. - Dear God. 123 00:04:00,406 --> 00:04:02,342 - I need you to be quiet. 124 00:04:02,342 --> 00:04:04,510 Can I see the picture that you gave her, 125 00:04:04,510 --> 00:04:05,878 how you wanted the wig cut. 126 00:04:05,878 --> 00:04:07,380 Do you have any evidence? - No. 127 00:04:07,380 --> 00:04:08,648 - So this is what you want. 128 00:04:08,648 --> 00:04:09,682 - That is the look that it should have been. 129 00:04:09,682 --> 00:04:11,084 And that's what I went for. 130 00:04:11,084 --> 00:04:12,251 - And obviously, that's not what it is. 131 00:04:12,251 --> 00:04:13,720 - And we only tapered the sides. 132 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:15,722 - Is this your Farrah Fawcett wig, ma'am? 133 00:04:15,722 --> 00:04:17,123 - That's the wig I took, yes, ma'am. 134 00:04:17,123 --> 00:04:18,257 - You did that. 135 00:04:18,257 --> 00:04:19,826 - She bought a cheap wig. 136 00:04:19,826 --> 00:04:22,695 - So this wig was so cheap, it couldn't even take a part. 137 00:04:22,695 --> 00:04:24,030 - No, we didn't get the part. 138 00:04:24,030 --> 00:04:25,932 But we did have the swoop with the feathers. 139 00:04:25,932 --> 00:04:27,934 - Do you have a picture what her hair looked like after? 140 00:04:27,934 --> 00:04:29,102 - So look at that. 141 00:04:29,102 --> 00:04:30,203 - Now, tell her to put on the wig. 142 00:04:30,203 --> 00:04:31,270 - That is the wig! 143 00:04:31,270 --> 00:04:32,739 That is a picture of the wig. 144 00:04:32,739 --> 00:04:34,641 - The resemblance is uncanny. - Look at that. 145 00:04:34,641 --> 00:04:37,377 - Excuse me, is this the wig that she cut for you? 146 00:04:37,377 --> 00:04:38,911 - That's that wig, right there! 147 00:04:38,911 --> 00:04:40,480 - That's that wig right there? - Yes! 148 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:41,681 - OK, OK. 149 00:04:41,681 --> 00:04:42,749 - Ain't no way in the world I'm going 150 00:04:42,749 --> 00:04:43,883 to give you some damn money. 151 00:04:43,883 --> 00:04:45,218 - She's very drama-ish. 152 00:04:45,218 --> 00:04:47,553 - Ma'am, she got on a Jheri Curl wig today. 153 00:04:47,553 --> 00:04:49,288 She can't be that much drama-ish. 154 00:04:49,288 --> 00:04:50,823 - 'Cause she can't afford the real stuff. 155 00:04:50,823 --> 00:04:52,458 That's why she look like that right now. 156 00:04:52,458 --> 00:04:54,093 - Ooh! 157 00:04:54,093 --> 00:04:55,762 - All right, jury, what we gon' do with this one? 158 00:04:55,762 --> 00:04:56,963 Carmen, what you think? 159 00:04:56,963 --> 00:04:58,498 - You can't even use it at the mortuary. 160 00:04:58,498 --> 00:05:00,000 This will wake the dead, this wig is so horrible. 161 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:00,867 This will wake the dead, this wig is so horrible. 162 00:05:00,867 --> 00:05:02,702 - That's the wig they were robbing people in 163 00:05:02,702 --> 00:05:03,736 and set it off. 164 00:05:03,736 --> 00:05:05,171 That look crazy. 165 00:05:05,171 --> 00:05:06,973 [laughter] 166 00:05:06,973 --> 00:05:08,241 - Tomeka, give me your final words 167 00:05:08,241 --> 00:05:09,809 before I make my decision. 168 00:05:09,809 --> 00:05:13,913 - I feel I should get the $350 because I did do the job. 169 00:05:13,913 --> 00:05:15,481 I took my time out. 170 00:05:15,481 --> 00:05:17,550 I supplied her with all of the things 171 00:05:17,550 --> 00:05:19,919 that she requested to get her hair done. 172 00:05:19,919 --> 00:05:21,888 And she ran out on me. 173 00:05:21,888 --> 00:05:23,556 - What is your final word, Sonia? 174 00:05:23,556 --> 00:05:26,192 - I feel that I don't have to pay her anything. 175 00:05:26,192 --> 00:05:29,629 And I'm counter-suing for the money that I paid for the wig. 176 00:05:29,629 --> 00:05:32,732 I grabbed my stuff and ran out because I was horrified. 177 00:05:32,732 --> 00:05:33,833 You a hair stylist. 178 00:05:33,833 --> 00:05:35,068 You should be able to fix anything. 179 00:05:35,068 --> 00:05:36,502 - I'm talking about your final words. 180 00:05:36,502 --> 00:05:38,337 Why are you arguing? - Because she's bothering me. 181 00:05:38,337 --> 00:05:39,706 - I've heard enough, to the point where 182 00:05:39,706 --> 00:05:41,240 this shit got me itching. 183 00:05:43,142 --> 00:05:45,945 I'm going to settle this once and for all. 184 00:05:45,945 --> 00:05:48,881 Tonia, you went out and bought a synthetic wig. 185 00:05:48,881 --> 00:05:52,518 I don't know a synthetic wig that costs $200. 186 00:05:52,518 --> 00:05:57,056 We all know, we ask for human hair or synthetic hair. 187 00:05:57,056 --> 00:05:59,859 And usually synthetic hair is in a bin 188 00:05:59,859 --> 00:06:02,095 because don't nobody want it. 189 00:06:02,095 --> 00:06:04,263 Tomeka, I'm going to keep it real with you. 190 00:06:04,263 --> 00:06:06,866 Now, you know damn well, you can't fix no hair. 191 00:06:08,134 --> 00:06:09,969 You know you couldn't have gave that girl 192 00:06:09,969 --> 00:06:12,371 a Farrah Fawcett, a Jiminy Cricket. 193 00:06:12,371 --> 00:06:14,607 You are dangerous with scissors. 194 00:06:15,742 --> 00:06:18,344 You destroyed her synthetic wig. 195 00:06:18,344 --> 00:06:20,046 - That's all she bought anyway. 196 00:06:20,046 --> 00:06:21,614 - We can't tell her what to buy. 197 00:06:21,614 --> 00:06:24,484 But what we do know is, she's saying 198 00:06:24,484 --> 00:06:26,919 she paid $200 for that thing. 199 00:06:26,919 --> 00:06:29,021 And that thing ain't thinging right now. 200 00:06:29,021 --> 00:06:30,757 - See? 201 00:06:30,757 --> 00:06:32,091 - 'Cause that thing right there 202 00:06:32,091 --> 00:06:34,193 is an undercover brother. 203 00:06:35,561 --> 00:06:36,929 I'm going to settle this right now. 204 00:06:36,929 --> 00:06:38,998 [dramatic music] 205 00:06:38,998 --> 00:06:43,035 And I'm going to rule in favor of... 206 00:06:43,035 --> 00:06:45,505 Tonia, the defendant, 207 00:06:45,505 --> 00:06:48,708 for $100 of her Joe Dirt wig that she say 208 00:06:48,708 --> 00:06:50,743 she paid $200 for. 209 00:06:50,743 --> 00:06:53,446 And it's only because the trim she 210 00:06:53,446 --> 00:06:57,083 gave on that thing was, what is it, Edgar Scissorhands? 211 00:06:57,083 --> 00:06:59,285 - Edward Scissorhands. - Yeah, Edra Scissorhands. 212 00:06:59,285 --> 00:07:01,954 - Edra Scissorhands? 213 00:07:01,954 --> 00:07:05,124 - Not the real one, the one I'm talking about, 214 00:07:05,992 --> 00:07:07,894 Edra Scissorhand. 215 00:07:07,894 --> 00:07:10,029 [laughs] 216 00:07:10,029 --> 00:07:12,431 And that settles it. 217 00:07:12,431 --> 00:07:14,267 - OK. - You are dismissed. 218 00:07:14,267 --> 00:07:15,368 - Thank you. 219 00:07:15,368 --> 00:07:16,903 - And so is your wig. 220 00:07:16,903 --> 00:07:18,271 - Don't cut no more hair. 221 00:07:18,271 --> 00:07:19,972 That's what you shouldn't have done. 222 00:07:19,972 --> 00:07:22,275 - Oh, my God, this thing thin. 223 00:07:22,275 --> 00:07:24,477 I don't need no more wigs for today, OK? 224 00:07:24,477 --> 00:07:25,945 Because I don't know where these people live at. 225 00:07:25,945 --> 00:07:27,780 They must live in Alabama, child. 226 00:07:27,780 --> 00:07:29,081 They can fight. 227 00:07:29,081 --> 00:07:31,050 But they sure don't know how to buy hair. 228 00:07:32,151 --> 00:07:34,153 Catfishing? - Catfishing me. 229 00:07:34,153 --> 00:07:36,088 Let me show y'all what he told me that he looked like. 230 00:07:36,088 --> 00:07:39,759 - Wait a minute, he sent you Ray J picture? 231 00:07:39,759 --> 00:07:41,561 [laughter] 232 00:07:41,561 --> 00:07:43,262 So you're making about a million a year? 233 00:07:43,262 --> 00:07:44,564 - My face is on the truck. 234 00:07:44,564 --> 00:07:46,265 - But I'm in the commercials. 235 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:49,635 - You can put money in one hand and give it to the other hand, 236 00:07:49,635 --> 00:07:51,003 pimp and ho. 237 00:07:51,003 --> 00:07:53,673 [laughter] 238 00:07:55,808 --> 00:07:57,710 - All right, jury, let's get this thing started. 239 00:07:57,710 --> 00:07:59,812 It is your job to render a verdict 240 00:07:59,812 --> 00:08:01,280 until I decide you're wrong. 241 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:02,515 Bailiff, start them up. 242 00:08:02,515 --> 00:08:05,385 - This is the case of Glover versus Abrams. 243 00:08:05,385 --> 00:08:08,554 - Plaintiff Romeo Glover is suing his on again, 244 00:08:08,554 --> 00:08:12,525 off again partner, Lanier, for $2,250 245 00:08:12,525 --> 00:08:14,527 he spent on photography equipment 246 00:08:14,527 --> 00:08:16,596 to help get his career started. 247 00:08:16,596 --> 00:08:19,465 He says Lanier started blowing up in business, 248 00:08:19,465 --> 00:08:21,868 but has been blowing off his loan. 249 00:08:21,868 --> 00:08:24,303 Defendant Lanier Abrams says the money 250 00:08:24,303 --> 00:08:26,439 was an investment, not a loan. 251 00:08:26,439 --> 00:08:28,474 And if Romeo wanted the money back, 252 00:08:28,474 --> 00:08:30,777 he should have let the relationship develop. 253 00:08:30,777 --> 00:08:32,512 - Raise your right hand. 254 00:08:32,512 --> 00:08:33,813 [dramatic music] 255 00:08:33,813 --> 00:08:35,081 - Romeo Glover, that's you? 256 00:08:35,081 --> 00:08:36,149 - Yes. 257 00:08:36,149 --> 00:08:37,383 - Lanier Abrams, you, you? 258 00:08:37,383 --> 00:08:38,751 - Yeah, you can call me Legend, though. 259 00:08:38,751 --> 00:08:39,852 - Did you say Legend? 260 00:08:39,852 --> 00:08:41,354 - Yes, ma'am. 261 00:08:41,354 --> 00:08:42,822 - I'm going to call you Lanier. 262 00:08:42,822 --> 00:08:43,856 Tell your mama to call you Legend. 263 00:08:43,856 --> 00:08:44,991 - Ooh. 264 00:08:44,991 --> 00:08:46,325 - So, Romeo, tell me why you're here. 265 00:08:46,325 --> 00:08:48,428 - I'm suing my ex, Lanier, for money 266 00:08:48,428 --> 00:08:50,997 that I loaned him for his photography business. 267 00:08:50,997 --> 00:08:52,365 - Lanier, how do you see it? 268 00:08:52,365 --> 00:08:54,033 - He definitely told me that it was a gift. 269 00:08:54,033 --> 00:08:55,868 He really didn't start asking about this money 270 00:08:55,868 --> 00:08:57,937 until we broke up. 271 00:08:57,937 --> 00:09:00,573 That's kind of why I'm like, he doesn't even deserve it. 272 00:09:00,573 --> 00:09:03,976 - Ooh, was you dating at the time of this loan? 273 00:09:03,976 --> 00:09:05,077 Was y'all in a relationship? 274 00:09:05,077 --> 00:09:06,412 - Yes. 275 00:09:06,412 --> 00:09:07,713 - Which is why, even more so, it was a gift. 276 00:09:07,713 --> 00:09:08,781 - You lost your mind. 277 00:09:08,781 --> 00:09:09,916 What do you mean, that's a gift? 278 00:09:09,916 --> 00:09:11,384 You crazy. I need my money back. 279 00:09:11,384 --> 00:09:13,186 - I was going to ask you, was it a loan or a gift? 280 00:09:13,186 --> 00:09:14,654 - That was a loan. 281 00:09:14,654 --> 00:09:16,656 - You just turned into a whole dude in this [bleep]. 282 00:09:16,656 --> 00:09:18,958 [laughter] 283 00:09:18,958 --> 00:09:21,093 - Well, he about to whoop on you. 284 00:09:21,093 --> 00:09:23,129 So, Romeo, why did you give him the money? 285 00:09:23,129 --> 00:09:24,764 - I gave him the money because at the time when we 286 00:09:24,764 --> 00:09:26,065 was dating, like, I loved him. 287 00:09:26,065 --> 00:09:27,433 He was so sweet and genuine. 288 00:09:27,433 --> 00:09:29,735 And he was there for me when I was coming out. 289 00:09:29,735 --> 00:09:31,204 - Coming out of where? 290 00:09:31,204 --> 00:09:32,605 - Like, coming out of the closet, like, from being gay. 291 00:09:32,605 --> 00:09:34,373 - Oh, OK, I thought you was getting out of jail. 292 00:09:34,373 --> 00:09:35,641 I'm sorry. - Oh, no. 293 00:09:35,641 --> 00:09:37,477 [laughter] 294 00:09:37,477 --> 00:09:39,579 - So you guys had a connection. 295 00:09:39,579 --> 00:09:41,047 - I thought we did and stuff. 296 00:09:41,047 --> 00:09:42,081 So I just gave him a chance. 297 00:09:42,081 --> 00:09:43,382 Like, I got you. 298 00:09:43,382 --> 00:09:45,218 Like, just make sure you pay me within 30 days. 299 00:09:45,218 --> 00:09:46,552 That's not no chump change. 300 00:09:46,552 --> 00:09:48,120 That's a lot of money, you know what I mean? 301 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:50,189 - Is there evidence that Lanier was going to pay you back? 302 00:09:50,189 --> 00:09:52,191 - I have receipts of me sending him the money. 303 00:09:52,191 --> 00:09:54,627 - Bailiff, get that for me, please. 304 00:09:54,627 --> 00:09:56,262 - And I told him that it's a loan. 305 00:09:56,262 --> 00:09:58,030 I want my money back. - Oh, Cash App. 306 00:09:58,030 --> 00:09:59,165 - Correct. 307 00:09:59,165 --> 00:10:00,967 - It doesn't say if it was a loan or not. 308 00:10:00,967 --> 00:10:04,070 - It also doesn't say, pay me back, under the notes. 309 00:10:04,070 --> 00:10:06,472 - I'm not sure if this is a loan or a gift. 310 00:10:06,472 --> 00:10:07,740 - He told me that it was a gift, so-- 311 00:10:07,740 --> 00:10:09,475 - I never said that. - It's not true. 312 00:10:09,475 --> 00:10:10,810 - No. 313 00:10:10,810 --> 00:10:12,712 - Can you please tell me how you and Lanier met? 314 00:10:12,712 --> 00:10:15,181 - Me and him met through a dating app. 315 00:10:15,181 --> 00:10:16,482 - Which one, honey? 316 00:10:16,482 --> 00:10:18,017 - What you talking about, which one? 317 00:10:18,017 --> 00:10:19,018 - Grindr. 318 00:10:19,018 --> 00:10:20,419 - Tinder. 319 00:10:20,419 --> 00:10:21,954 In the beginning, it was cool. 320 00:10:21,954 --> 00:10:24,657 But then, as time went on, I've seen that he was a liar, 321 00:10:24,657 --> 00:10:27,426 a manipulator, a narcissist. 322 00:10:27,426 --> 00:10:29,295 - Does this look like a face of a liar, Your Honor? 323 00:10:29,295 --> 00:10:30,663 Come on. - Yes. 324 00:10:30,663 --> 00:10:33,065 - Thank you, mm-hmm. 325 00:10:33,065 --> 00:10:34,634 He even catfished me in the beginning 326 00:10:34,634 --> 00:10:35,868 when we first started talking. 327 00:10:35,868 --> 00:10:37,603 - He catfished you? - He catfished me. 328 00:10:37,603 --> 00:10:39,639 Let me show y'all what he told me that he looked like 329 00:10:39,639 --> 00:10:40,973 because I keep receipts. 330 00:10:40,973 --> 00:10:42,208 - Ooh! 331 00:10:42,208 --> 00:10:43,976 - Now, you tell me if they look alike. 332 00:10:43,976 --> 00:10:47,013 [laughter] 333 00:10:48,281 --> 00:10:49,415 - Wait a minute. 334 00:10:49,415 --> 00:10:50,683 - That don't make no sense. 335 00:10:50,683 --> 00:10:53,653 - He sent you Ray J picture? 336 00:10:56,022 --> 00:10:57,189 - Damn, I look good. 337 00:10:58,224 --> 00:11:00,960 - Did you tell him that this was you, sir? 338 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:02,094 - I sure did. 339 00:11:02,094 --> 00:11:03,195 I mean, I think I look like him. 340 00:11:03,195 --> 00:11:04,830 Do you not? 341 00:11:04,830 --> 00:11:06,799 - You don't like you can be this man's cousin. 342 00:11:09,936 --> 00:11:11,904 Romeo, do you have anything to say for yourself 343 00:11:11,904 --> 00:11:13,039 before I make my decision? 344 00:11:13,039 --> 00:11:14,440 - Yeah, I just want my money back 345 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:16,108 that I loaned him, so he could just get out my life, 346 00:11:16,108 --> 00:11:17,677 and he could just leave me alone. 347 00:11:17,677 --> 00:11:19,645 He definitely has been having, like, a lot of big clients. 348 00:11:19,645 --> 00:11:21,147 So he clearly got the money. 349 00:11:21,147 --> 00:11:24,116 - Lanier, Legend, what do you have to say? 350 00:11:24,116 --> 00:11:26,419 - Your Honor, this whole court case is spite. 351 00:11:26,419 --> 00:11:28,788 He wasn't acting like this or asking for his money back 352 00:11:28,788 --> 00:11:31,057 until we broke up, and he started seeing me 353 00:11:31,057 --> 00:11:32,058 working with other clients. 354 00:11:32,058 --> 00:11:33,225 - I broke up with you, Lanier. 355 00:11:33,225 --> 00:11:34,660 - He told me to go pursue my dreams. 356 00:11:34,660 --> 00:11:36,729 He wanted me to become this big photographer. 357 00:11:36,729 --> 00:11:38,598 And I did just that. 358 00:11:38,598 --> 00:11:40,066 - This is sad. 359 00:11:40,066 --> 00:11:42,101 This relationship used to be good. 360 00:11:42,101 --> 00:11:44,003 But looks like it, to me, Lanier, 361 00:11:44,003 --> 00:11:45,838 you turned it into a bunch of lies. 362 00:11:45,838 --> 00:11:48,474 You sounding like you're insecure because you sent him 363 00:11:48,474 --> 00:11:49,909 a picture of something that you could 364 00:11:49,909 --> 00:11:51,877 never look like, not even close, 365 00:11:51,877 --> 00:11:53,746 not even if you got diabetes. 366 00:11:57,683 --> 00:12:00,152 But seriously, you are enough. 367 00:12:00,152 --> 00:12:02,788 And the right person is going to love you for who you are. 368 00:12:02,788 --> 00:12:05,558 That person ain't Romeo, which is sad, 369 00:12:05,558 --> 00:12:08,361 because I think y'all look good together 370 00:12:08,361 --> 00:12:09,829 in the dark. 371 00:12:13,432 --> 00:12:15,401 And, Romeo, two things you don't mix, 372 00:12:15,401 --> 00:12:17,436 baby, is love and loans. 373 00:12:17,436 --> 00:12:19,572 Bank of America ain't never asked you, do they love you? 374 00:12:19,572 --> 00:12:21,774 But they ask you to pay back their loan. 375 00:12:22,742 --> 00:12:24,577 I've made my decision. 376 00:12:26,579 --> 00:12:30,216 I'm ruling in favor of... 377 00:12:30,216 --> 00:12:33,753 Romeo for the amount of $2,250. 378 00:12:33,753 --> 00:12:35,855 Lanier, leave that man alone. 379 00:12:35,855 --> 00:12:37,223 Stay out of his inbox. 380 00:12:37,223 --> 00:12:40,092 And stop calling him because he don't want you. 381 00:12:40,092 --> 00:12:42,461 Y'all can go unless you waiting on an Uber. 382 00:12:42,461 --> 00:12:44,330 [upbeat music] 383 00:12:44,330 --> 00:12:46,332 - I'ma call you about some photos, though. 384 00:12:46,332 --> 00:12:48,367 - This is a prime example that you do not 385 00:12:48,367 --> 00:12:49,802 fund other people's dreams. 386 00:12:49,802 --> 00:12:51,604 If they can go to sleep and dream it, 387 00:12:51,604 --> 00:12:53,406 then they can wake up and work for it. 388 00:12:53,406 --> 00:12:54,000 - Right. - That's true. 389 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:55,207 - Right. - That's true. 390 00:12:55,207 --> 00:12:56,842 - This man is insane. 391 00:12:56,842 --> 00:12:58,277 - Do you still work for him? 392 00:12:58,277 --> 00:12:59,512 - Maybe not for long. 393 00:12:59,512 --> 00:13:01,013 - [laughs] 394 00:13:01,013 --> 00:13:03,282 - Shut your ass over there. 395 00:13:05,485 --> 00:13:07,587 - Jury, you're here to talk when I tell you to 396 00:13:07,587 --> 00:13:08,955 and laugh at my jokes. 397 00:13:08,955 --> 00:13:10,123 - [chuckles] 398 00:13:10,123 --> 00:13:11,358 That was funny. 399 00:13:11,358 --> 00:13:12,892 - Shut your ass up. 400 00:13:12,892 --> 00:13:15,862 [dramatic music] 401 00:13:15,862 --> 00:13:17,364 Bailiff, you ready to start bailiffing? 402 00:13:17,364 --> 00:13:18,631 - Let's get to it. 403 00:13:18,631 --> 00:13:21,568 This is the case of Pruitt versus Cunningham. 404 00:13:21,568 --> 00:13:25,238 - Oscar Pruitt is the CEO of a successful air conditioning 405 00:13:25,238 --> 00:13:28,575 company, who's demanding 1,500 bucks in back tips 406 00:13:28,575 --> 00:13:31,444 from his employee and friend, AC Cunningham. 407 00:13:31,444 --> 00:13:34,447 But defendant Abanyeh "AC" Cunningham 408 00:13:34,447 --> 00:13:36,349 isn't having any of it, and says 409 00:13:36,349 --> 00:13:38,518 he earned the cash fair and square, 410 00:13:38,518 --> 00:13:41,254 and that his boss should chill out. 411 00:13:41,254 --> 00:13:43,289 - Can you raise your right hand for me? 412 00:13:43,289 --> 00:13:45,425 ♪ ♪ 413 00:13:45,425 --> 00:13:46,693 - Oscar Pruitt, that's you? 414 00:13:46,693 --> 00:13:47,694 - Yes, ma'am. 415 00:13:47,694 --> 00:13:50,029 - And Abeashe? 416 00:13:50,029 --> 00:13:51,998 How the hell do you say your name? 417 00:13:51,998 --> 00:13:53,833 - Abanyeh. 418 00:13:53,833 --> 00:13:55,068 - Are you African? 419 00:13:55,068 --> 00:13:57,604 - American. - Oh, definitely. 420 00:13:58,371 --> 00:14:00,774 Well, I can see why they call you AC, Abanyeh. 421 00:14:00,774 --> 00:14:02,142 All right. 422 00:14:03,576 --> 00:14:05,979 - So, Mr. Pruitt, tell us why we're here. 423 00:14:05,979 --> 00:14:08,381 - I'm the owner of OPACHS AC and Heating Service. 424 00:14:08,381 --> 00:14:13,019 I'm here suing my employee for failing to split tips with me 425 00:14:13,019 --> 00:14:15,688 on jobs that we were assigned to perform. 426 00:14:15,688 --> 00:14:17,657 - OK, AC, what you got to say to this? 427 00:14:17,657 --> 00:14:18,858 - This is ridiculous. 428 00:14:18,858 --> 00:14:19,893 Yeah, he owns the company. 429 00:14:19,893 --> 00:14:21,261 But he don't do no work. 430 00:14:21,261 --> 00:14:23,296 He comes in and talks to people for a second, 431 00:14:23,296 --> 00:14:25,999 and then goes and sits in the truck and gets cool air. 432 00:14:25,999 --> 00:14:29,702 Why would you tip a waiter next to you that ain't did no work? 433 00:14:30,670 --> 00:14:33,173 - So, Oscar, how long have you guys been friends? 434 00:14:33,173 --> 00:14:34,707 - About 11 years. 435 00:14:34,707 --> 00:14:36,142 - How did you go from being his buddy to being his boss? 436 00:14:36,142 --> 00:14:37,444 - I was in need of help. 437 00:14:37,444 --> 00:14:39,512 He was in need of a job. And I brought him on. 438 00:14:39,512 --> 00:14:40,680 And I trained him up. 439 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:42,015 - He's a terrible teacher, too. 440 00:14:42,015 --> 00:14:43,650 I learned most of the stuff off of YouTube. 441 00:14:46,085 --> 00:14:47,520 - Oscar, let me ask you something. 442 00:14:47,520 --> 00:14:49,656 If you're the CEO, why do you get tips? 443 00:14:49,656 --> 00:14:51,157 - Somebody's got to do the thinking. 444 00:14:51,157 --> 00:14:52,859 - Oh, no. 445 00:14:52,859 --> 00:14:55,361 - This man is insane. 446 00:14:55,361 --> 00:14:56,930 - Oscar, are you really crawling 447 00:14:56,930 --> 00:15:00,633 around up under the house in your nice dry cleaned outfit? 448 00:15:00,633 --> 00:15:03,503 - Well, ma'am, some of us can't get under the house. 449 00:15:03,503 --> 00:15:04,604 - Come on. 450 00:15:05,438 --> 00:15:06,739 - That was a low blow. 451 00:15:06,739 --> 00:15:08,675 - I believe AC can get up under the house. 452 00:15:08,675 --> 00:15:10,109 - I can get under some houses. 453 00:15:13,146 --> 00:15:15,915 - Oscar, when you hired AC, was there any discussion 454 00:15:15,915 --> 00:15:16,916 of splitting tips? 455 00:15:16,916 --> 00:15:17,917 - Yes, there was, ma'am. 456 00:15:17,917 --> 00:15:19,285 And we have a contract here 457 00:15:19,285 --> 00:15:21,020 that says we have to split tips equally. 458 00:15:21,020 --> 00:15:22,322 - Is this true? 459 00:15:22,322 --> 00:15:24,157 - Yeah, I didn't know what I was signing. 460 00:15:26,192 --> 00:15:28,261 - Don't nobody read them contracts. 461 00:15:28,261 --> 00:15:30,029 - Bailiff, give me the contract. 462 00:15:30,029 --> 00:15:31,764 So you're saying you didn't know what you was signing. 463 00:15:31,764 --> 00:15:33,233 Could you not read? 464 00:15:33,233 --> 00:15:34,634 - No, I could read. 465 00:15:34,634 --> 00:15:37,270 It says, split between the people doing the work. 466 00:15:37,270 --> 00:15:39,973 It don't say nothing about people there. 467 00:15:39,973 --> 00:15:41,574 - What? 468 00:15:43,309 --> 00:15:46,579 - All commission and tips are to be divided equally 469 00:15:46,579 --> 00:15:49,749 between the numbers of field techs on job site 470 00:15:49,749 --> 00:15:51,484 at the point of sale. 471 00:15:51,484 --> 00:15:53,786 Oscar, are you a field tech? 472 00:15:53,786 --> 00:15:55,855 - Sometimes, I am. I still turn screws. 473 00:15:55,855 --> 00:15:57,557 - Do you still work for him? 474 00:15:57,557 --> 00:16:00,026 - Maybe not for long. - Well, damn, killer. 475 00:16:03,397 --> 00:16:04,931 - Air conditioning CEO Oscar Pruitt 476 00:16:04,931 --> 00:16:07,734 is suing his friend and employee, AC Cunningham, 477 00:16:07,734 --> 00:16:11,505 for $1,500 for cooling off on sharing the tips. 478 00:16:11,505 --> 00:16:14,674 Ms. Patt is going to get to the bottom of this. 479 00:16:14,674 --> 00:16:16,877 - What do you make a year from this company? 480 00:16:16,877 --> 00:16:19,079 - Around about 90. 481 00:16:19,079 --> 00:16:21,081 - A pretty good damn job to be not fitting 482 00:16:21,081 --> 00:16:23,183 in some crawl spaces. 483 00:16:23,183 --> 00:16:24,951 Oscar, how much are you bringing in a year? 484 00:16:24,951 --> 00:16:26,420 I know you're getting paid. 485 00:16:26,420 --> 00:16:27,954 - There's some nines in there. 486 00:16:27,954 --> 00:16:29,723 - So you're making about a million a year? 487 00:16:29,723 --> 00:16:30,891 - My face is on the truck. 488 00:16:30,891 --> 00:16:32,926 - Your face is on the truck? 489 00:16:32,926 --> 00:16:34,127 - But I'm in the commercials. 490 00:16:34,127 --> 00:16:36,263 - Mm. 491 00:16:36,263 --> 00:16:37,464 Bailiff, where's the remote? 492 00:16:37,464 --> 00:16:38,899 Let's see this commercial. 493 00:16:38,899 --> 00:16:41,435 ♪ ♪ 494 00:16:41,435 --> 00:16:42,769 Oh, there you go. 495 00:16:42,769 --> 00:16:43,870 Oh, you look good in the commercial! 496 00:16:43,870 --> 00:16:45,305 - He owe you some residuals. 497 00:16:45,305 --> 00:16:47,874 OK, he did good in the commercial. 498 00:16:47,874 --> 00:16:49,576 - He walked, Carmen. 499 00:16:51,344 --> 00:16:53,847 - We had to do that shot 12 times because he kept 500 00:16:53,847 --> 00:16:56,383 messing up getting out of the truck. 501 00:16:56,383 --> 00:16:57,818 - Because he used to being in the truck. 502 00:16:57,818 --> 00:16:59,352 That's why. - Yeah. 503 00:17:02,923 --> 00:17:04,524 - All right, jury, I need to hear what y'all think. 504 00:17:04,524 --> 00:17:05,892 Chris? 505 00:17:05,892 --> 00:17:07,594 - I worked on construction sites for 15 years. 506 00:17:07,594 --> 00:17:09,296 - You're lying. 507 00:17:09,296 --> 00:17:10,730 - I did. 508 00:17:10,730 --> 00:17:12,232 You were telling the truth, that this man hasn't 509 00:17:12,232 --> 00:17:13,633 touched a wrench in 15 years. 510 00:17:13,633 --> 00:17:15,035 - But they signed a contract. 511 00:17:15,035 --> 00:17:17,504 - But is he a field tech or the CEO? 512 00:17:17,504 --> 00:17:19,639 - You can put money in one hand and give it to the other hand, 513 00:17:19,639 --> 00:17:21,141 pimp and ho. 514 00:17:23,276 --> 00:17:25,278 - All right, so who's with Oscar? 515 00:17:27,080 --> 00:17:29,149 Who with AC? 516 00:17:33,119 --> 00:17:34,788 Wait a minute, didn't you raise your hand twice? 517 00:17:34,788 --> 00:17:36,256 - Yeah. 518 00:17:38,391 --> 00:17:39,826 - Why? - I get it both. 519 00:17:39,826 --> 00:17:40,961 I feel for both of them. 520 00:17:40,961 --> 00:17:42,028 - I didn't ask you for both. 521 00:17:42,028 --> 00:17:43,363 I ask you, who are you with? 522 00:17:43,363 --> 00:17:44,531 I'm with them. 523 00:17:44,531 --> 00:17:47,067 Judge, who do you want me to be with? 524 00:17:49,903 --> 00:17:53,106 - Shut your ass up, Ray J. 525 00:17:54,474 --> 00:17:56,977 Oscar, any final statement before I make my ruling? 526 00:17:56,977 --> 00:17:58,278 - I do work. 527 00:17:58,278 --> 00:17:59,746 I do run calls. 528 00:17:59,746 --> 00:18:02,048 I'm only talking about tips, which I was on the job, 529 00:18:02,048 --> 00:18:04,384 being active physically with the work. 530 00:18:04,384 --> 00:18:07,153 - And, AC, you got any final statements? 531 00:18:07,153 --> 00:18:08,822 - He don't really do no work. 532 00:18:11,191 --> 00:18:13,693 - I'm trying to understand what he needs tips for, anyway. 533 00:18:13,693 --> 00:18:14,961 He owns the company. 534 00:18:14,961 --> 00:18:16,763 So everything I do, he get paid off of. 535 00:18:16,763 --> 00:18:19,199 So now, he want to get paid off the tips, too? 536 00:18:19,199 --> 00:18:20,600 - Answer that question, Oscar. 537 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:21,902 - Yes. 538 00:18:24,771 --> 00:18:27,641 - OK, I've heard enough. 539 00:18:27,641 --> 00:18:30,777 Oscar, I don't know why the owner of a company need tips. 540 00:18:30,777 --> 00:18:33,013 I mean, it is greedy that you would 541 00:18:33,013 --> 00:18:35,181 take from the people that's not making the same amount 542 00:18:35,181 --> 00:18:36,416 of money that you are. 543 00:18:36,416 --> 00:18:38,985 But, AC, he did have a contract. 544 00:18:38,985 --> 00:18:41,254 And the contract stated that the field 545 00:18:41,254 --> 00:18:43,423 workers would split the tip. 546 00:18:43,423 --> 00:18:45,859 I'm ruling in favor of... 547 00:18:45,859 --> 00:18:48,895 ♪ ♪ 548 00:18:48,895 --> 00:18:50,263 AC. 549 00:18:50,263 --> 00:18:54,200 ♪ ♪ 550 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:56,636 You don't have to give Oscar any of your tips. 551 00:18:56,636 --> 00:18:58,071 - Thank you. 552 00:18:58,071 --> 00:18:59,372 - I'm not as big as that dude. 553 00:18:59,372 --> 00:19:00,807 So for him to go in that basement, 554 00:19:00,807 --> 00:19:02,676 and you said you're behind in that truck. 555 00:19:02,676 --> 00:19:03,977 And then you want half of the tip. 556 00:19:03,977 --> 00:19:05,378 And you're the owner and the CEO. 557 00:19:05,378 --> 00:19:06,546 It's not right. 558 00:19:06,546 --> 00:19:08,448 Now, AC, go be cool somewhere else 559 00:19:08,448 --> 00:19:09,783 and get yourself a four for four. 560 00:19:12,419 --> 00:19:14,154 - You are dismissed. 561 00:19:15,689 --> 00:19:18,758 - I still don't believe you get in there. 562 00:19:18,758 --> 00:19:20,393 - [bleep] you. 563 00:19:22,963 --> 00:19:24,131 - I'm here today to sue my friend Shonda 564 00:19:24,131 --> 00:19:25,733 for breaking our contract on a girls trip. 565 00:19:25,733 --> 00:19:27,468 No men were allowed in any of our rooms. 566 00:19:27,468 --> 00:19:30,237 - They don't be opposed, Your Honor, when they be watching. 567 00:19:30,237 --> 00:19:31,739 - Oh. - This took a turn. 568 00:19:31,739 --> 00:19:35,743 - I'm suing for a valuable watch, broken. 569 00:19:35,743 --> 00:19:36,910 - I don't know how it got broken. 570 00:19:36,910 --> 00:19:38,779 - Your wrist choked it out. 571 00:19:39,780 --> 00:19:41,048 - She ordered some tamales. 572 00:19:41,048 --> 00:19:42,449 Once I started talking about the payment, 573 00:19:42,449 --> 00:19:43,650 that's when it kind of went sideways. 574 00:19:43,650 --> 00:19:45,019 - Ooh, she took a big bite. 575 00:19:45,019 --> 00:19:46,020 - How were the tamales? 576 00:19:46,020 --> 00:19:47,321 - Thumbs down. 577 00:19:47,321 --> 00:19:48,522 - Not the way y'all were sucking them up. 578 00:19:48,522 --> 00:19:51,025 - Yeah, yeah! 579 00:19:51,025 --> 00:19:54,128 - OK, y'all, I got to settle this once and for all.