02x10 - Modern Love Mayhem and Frenchie Fiasco

[bunniefuu]

After the breakup, he assaulted you?

-Yes.
-I pushed her.

She swung first, I swung back.
She punched me in the face twice.

After you put your hands on her?

[sighs] Yes.

You didn't expect her to give you a kiss
after you pushed her.

[narrator]
This is Judy Justice.

[theme music playing]

[narrator]
Twenty-year-old Hannah Buehlman

is suing her former boyfriend,
Ryan Trunell,

for the cost of a car, an as*ault,
and filing a false restraining order.

[bailiff]
Court, come to order. All rise.

Be seated, please.

-[bailiff] Hello, Judge.
-[Judy] Hi.

Case number 204,
Buehlman versus Trunell.

Thank you, Kevin.

Now, you have to tell me,
are you Miss or Mister?

For the duration of this case,
I will refer to as Mister for legal terms.

-Mr. Trunell?
-Correct.

Okay. Ms. Buehlman,
you and the defendant dated for how long?

Two years.

And according to what I read,
during part of that period of time,

you lived at your mom's house.

Yes.

From when to when?

From January to May.

[Judy]
Of what year?



Had you lived with each other
prior to that?

[Hannah] Yes.

[Judy] Where?

At his mom's.

[Judy]
And how long had you lived at his mom's?

About a year, once I turned 18.

Prior to your moving into his mom's,
were you ever together?

[Hannah] Yes.

[Judy] Where?

Well, we didn't live together.
We were just, like...

We were seeing each other, I mean.

From when to when?

From April to December of 2019.

And then I moved in
at the beginning of 2020.

So for a long time.
Did you have plans to marry?

Yes.

-[Judy] Had you discussed it?
-Yes.

-[Judy] True?
-We had those conversations, yeah.

[Judy] Great.

This case actually has to do with funds
that you put in to a car

that was supposed to be
used by both of you,

but since you didn't have a license,
the car was put in your name,

and the relationship took a bad turn.

And you have the car. Is that right?

Yes.

And you, Ms. Buehlman,
want the money that you put into the car?

Yes. We agreed that I would get
my half of the money if he kept the car.

Well, you didn't put in half the money.

You only put in,
according to you, a deposit.

Yes.

[Judy]
So you're not entitled to half the car.

At most,
you're entitled to your deposit back,

and that's what I have to determine.

Now, Mr. Trunell, the allegation is
that you filed a false restraining order

against the defendant, and I believe
you spent a little time in custody.

-Is that correct?
-Yes.

They took me in and fingerprinted me.

And that was after the breakup?

-Yes.
-[Judy] All right, so let's go to the car.

You were living with your mother
when the car was purchased?

-Yes.
-[Judy] Okay.

Mr. Trunell, month and year
the car was purchased.

May of 2021.

So that was immediately prior
to the breakup?

Yes.

[Judy]
What kind of car was purchased?



[Judy]
And the purchase price?

We put down a deposit of 7,000.

Total purchase of the car
was just under 11,000.

-So there was finance charge...
-Yes. Yes.

[Judy] ...on the car.
Who financed the car?

[Ryan] I did.

[Judy]
Through what institution?

My bank account.

I was paying it through my debit card
while I was working.

I understand that, but what institution?

-Bank of America.
-[Judy] Bank of America.

And what were the monthly payments?

Two hundred dollars, around there.

So if the car was purchased
immediately prior to the breakup,

the plaintiff really didn't get
any benefit or use of the car.

Very little. Maybe at most 30 days.
Would that be a fair statement?

I'd say so.

-[Judy] Fair statement?
-Yes.

And how much, Ms. Buehlman,
did you put into the car?

I put in 6,000.

-Is that correct?
-Correct.

I'd like to see proof
that you put in 6,000.

-Thank you.
-You're welcome, Judge.

[Hannah]
And then I also have bank statements.

Sarah, would you do me a favor?

-Just add up these figures for me, please.
-[Sarah] Sure.

[Judy]
And I'd like to see the bank statement.

Okay.

There's one page that is not highlighted.

Totals to 7,000, Your Honor.

What is this that you gave me?

My bank statements
for what I paid at CarMax

and then what I take out
because I did a cash deposit.

So everything I took out at the ATM,
I put right into my cash flow envelope

I had for savings for the car.

But there are two CarMax transactions.

I did it in cash because I was told
that it would be cheaper

if I did it in cash because it won't
be taxed if it was... compared to a card.

Yeah, but these figures don't
add up to the same thing as that.

Well, he did pay a little
'cause that is 7,000.

No, no, no, but these figures
I have on the 13th of May,

which is when this car
was purchased,

I have you took out $800,

you took out 1520,

you took out another $100.

Yes.

I may be missing something,
but that's all I see.

No, and then, like I said,
the ATM on the other two bank statements,

it says 700, 800,
and I believe another 500

for everything I took out in cash
for down deposit.

I'm not following that.
Are you understanding this?

-Take a look at this.
-[Sarah] Sure.

[Judy] You know...

So she's saying that these PNC Bank
statements was cash withdraws.

[Judy] Yeah.

That she then used towards,
I'm assuming, this large 5,380 first bill

because the totals
from this are only totaled to 2420.

Right. Well, that's all I have.

That's your bank statement.

This thing that you handed me first
is actually unreliable

because my 14-year-old child
could make that up on a computer.

I'm looking at your bank statement,

which looks different
from my bank statements,

but I'm prepared to accept it.

Do you have the invoice for the car
that you purchased?

I have the contract,
the bill of sale.

-Contract.
-Yes.

I'd like to see it.

And I'd like to see
your bank statement, please.

I don't have bank statements with me.

Any reason?

Um, in my search,

there were no correlations
on May 13th towards the purchase.

Only records that came up
were towards the insurance

and car payments
that followed after the date.

So I did not believe it was reasonable
for me to submit that as evidence.

In the future,
you should let the fact finder

determine whether
it's reasonable or not, right?

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

Now, when you financed the car,

what this requires you to do
is to maintain insurance.

Yes.

And it requires you to maintain insurance
for both liability and collision

until the rest of the remainder
of the loan is paid off.

[Ryan] Yes.

-[Judy] Did you?
-Yes.

[Judy] Good.

Now, without going into anything else,
the two of you are no longer together.

We may have to get into that later
on the protective order,

but the car was totaled.

Yes.

-After the breakup.
-[Ryan] Yes.

And the car was totaled
and insured

so that there was payment
by the insurance company.

-Yes.
-[Judy] How much?

-6,000.
-Do you have any proof of that?

No.

Now, when you received the $6,000,
the balance of your loan was $7,000.

When was the car totaled?

September 29th of 2021.

So you had the car for a few months
and made a few payments.

Yes.

Okay, well, this looks to me as if
she put down most of the down payment.

[Ryan] Yes.

And that, at most, you paid registration,
tags, and a couple of car payments,

which didn't total $6,000.

Correct.

Well, why didn't you give her
the rest of the money?

The...

Are you following me? I mean,
that doesn't seem like rocket science.

It wasn't your money.
The two of you broke up.

And it's clear to me that you had

a minimal investment in this,
dollar-wise.

The reason I didn't, it was mainly
because I was the only person

that could hold on to the car
and keep it legally

because it was under my insurance.

-[Judy] Okay.
-I was able to finance it from there.

Okay, well, what you should have said
to me was, "I got a check for $6,000."

But the $6,000,
didn't that have to go to Bank of America?

Yes, it did. It went to Bank of America,
went to my account.

I used it towards paying off
medical bills from the accident.

I used it towards rent for my home.

Well, why didn't you use it
towards paying off the car loan?

The insurance company had paid off
the rest of what I was owed

to pay on the car to CarMax.

They paid it off.

Oh, so they paid it off,
plus they gave you $6,000?

No. Let me correct.
I apologize. I'm very nervous.

The insurance company,
after the incident, had paid off

the rest of what was owed
to CarMax from me.

Okay, so the insurance company
paid off to the lender.

Yes.

Which was left, which was,
let's say, $6,000.

[Ryan] Yes.

And in addition to that,
they sent you a check.

Yes. I used that check towards my bills
and I used it towards my rent.

Okay, well, that you can't do
'cause that really wasn't your money.

You didn't spend that money.

Didn't you feel as if it was appropriate
to give it back to her?

I would have if I wasn't
in the situation that I was and...

What situation were you?

I was injured after...

[Judy]
Wait. Who is this? Is this your mother?

-[Ryan] Yes.
-[Judy] Okay.

Are you living with your mom?

[Ryan] Yes.

[Judy]
Okay, well, so you weren't on the street.

I assume that you feed
your child when you have to.

He was actually
taking care of me at that time.

Oh, great.

Well, if you had the money
to take care of your mother,

then you should have
returned the money to her.

So she's entitled to that money.

You were compensated for it
by the insurance company,

and you had no right to keep it
for your own bills.

Okay. Got it?

-Yes. [chuckles]
-[Judy] Easy.

Easy peasy.

Now, next is your allegation
that he assaulted you

and filed a false restraining order.

Yes.

Okay, so now let's jump to
you are no longer living together.

This is after May of 2021.

You had an encounter, according
to your papers, with the defendant.

Tell me when and where that happened.

So October 6th
at a Gloucester City park

right down the street
from where I was staying,

so I walked there,
and we both agreed for me

to pick up my things 'cause
he still had some of my belongings.

Did you make
the appointment to meet by text?

-By email?
-[Hannah] Yes.

-[Judy] Text?
-Yes.

Anybody have those texts?

Um, let me see if I do.

I do not.
My phone was destroyed.

I only have the text from
when he texted me the car accident,

when I said I was
planning to take my car back.

And right after that,
I then planned to meet up with him

to get the rest of my stuff back.

Okay, well, you don't have
the texts involving that?

-[Hannah] No, I do not.
-Okay.

-So you did in fact meet at a park.
-Yes.

How did you get there?

I walked there.
I was staying at a friend's house.

-[Judy] How did you get there?
-I drove my mother's car.

[Judy] Okay. Now you're in the park.
Tell me what happened.

And this is in October.

-Yes.
-[Judy] Go ahead.

So we meet at the park,
and he gives me my belongings.

And then I asked him because
throughout the breakup and afterwards,

I knew there were some things
he was hiding from me,

so I asked him if he was hiding anything
and to get some closure.

I just wanted the truth.

And so from then, he was getting
a little frustrated about it,

and I was just saying,
"I don't know what I did wrong."

And then he threatened to hit me.

And then I said...

You said to him,
"I don't know what I did wrong."

Yes.

Because he moved out?

Well, from the reason
he told me we broke up,

he said it was mental illness,

and then I felt like I wasn't helping
if I could do any more.

I felt like I could have done more because
I was very accepting of who he is now.

And so since that happened,
and I was so accepting of him,

then he threatened to hit me,
and I was very confused,

and I just said, "Okay."

And then he shoved and swung at me.

And at no time did you hit him?

After that, I did defend myself,
and I did hit him.

What did you hit him with?

Just my hands.
I pushed him, just to get him off of me.

Was he injured?

By scratches, yes.

Where?

On the face. There was,
like, two scratches I saw.

And what about you?

I had bruises on my shoulders,
both shoulders,

and then I had a swelling on my head.

[Judy] Either of you have
photographs of the injuries?

I do.

I'd like to take a look at them.

I told her that "You need to understand
that you did me wrong too."

She said, "So what?"
I pushed her.

She swung first, I swung back.

We fought.
She punched me in the face twice.

So after you pushed her,
according to you, she swung at you?

Correct.

Okay, well, you didn't expect her
to give you a kiss after you pushed her.

Did he discuss with you
a co-ownership of the dog,

which would mean that you would
share the litters if the dog was bred?

Yeah, he did.

And you gave him no part of the $3500?

No.

[Judy] So do you want to tell me
what your defense is to this?

'Cause your counterclaim is ridiculous.

[theme music playing]

[narrator] Twenty-year-old Hannah Buehlman
says ex-boyfriend Ryan Trunell

is responsible for a car down payment
and injuries from an as*ault.

Ryan said he was the one assaulted.

Either of you have photographs
of the injuries?

-I do.
-I'd like to take a look at them.

Thank you.

Okay. How did it end,
the incident in the park?

So I just pushed him on the ground,
and I walked away.

And where did you go?

I first went back to his house.

I did go to his house
because he still had one of my big bags.

Okay, so after this incident,
you pushed him down.

You went back to his house with him?

No, with my friend.

Well, your friend
wasn't with you in the park.

Yes.
I walked to my friend's house.

I let him know what happened,
and then we drove to his house

so I could get the rest of my belongings
that I couldn't carry home.

And what happened
when you got to his house?

[Hannah] So I told him,
I said, "Hey, I'm sorry."

I even put my hands up, and I'm like,

"I just want the rest
of my belongings back,"

'cause I didn't think I would get it back.

And so then he just told me, "Sorry,
I told you I was mentally unstable,"

and I'm like, "I just want my stuff back."

And I grabbed it and I left.

-So you got your things back?
-[Hannah] Yeah.

[Judy]
And you both said, "I'm sorry."

-Does that sound correct?
-No.

Well, tell me your version of...

You had this argument in the park.

[Ryan]
We had an argument in the park.

She was asking me questions
about why the relationship had ended.

I had explained that it was
through emotional turmoil, mental illness,

and that she was not
being very supportive.

She was very toxic,
and she was very aggressive with me.

And when I had told her that
I was going through all of this stuff

and that I felt bad for things
that happened in the relationship,

I told her that "You need to understand
that you did me wrong too."

She said, "So what?"

I pushed her.
She swung first, I swung back.

We fought. We broke up the fight.
In the beginning, I apologized.

Her items were on the ground.
I picked them up. I handed them to her.

She punched me in the face twice,
post that, grabbed my hair,

pulled it,
and then we broke up the fight.

After, I got in my car,
I went home first.

She went back across the street
to her friend's place.

I was at the apartment.

I was just talking to my landlords
about some stuff

that my mother and I
had to take care of.

I don't exactly remember.

As I was coming back out
from the apartment,

her and her friend had walked up,
threatened to charge me with as*ault,

and demanded the $7,000 for the car,
then and there.

I said I didn't have it.
I apologized for what had happened.

Didn't have it. You apologized
for spending the money?

Yeah.

That's what part of the argument was about
back at your apartment.

Well, there wasn't an argument on that.

I apologized for it,
but she still wanted the money.

She demanded the money.

Well, so the money
was part of the argument?

Yes.

Did you both go to the police station?

-Yes.
-Yes.

And who went first?

I did.

But you didn't go to the police station
immediately after the incident.

You went to the police station

after she said she's going
to charge you with as*ault.

Yes.

And do you have a copy with you
of the police report that you filed?

Yes, I do.

Thank you.

[Judy] You have a copy
of the police report you filed?

-[Hannah] I do not.
-[Judy] You do not.

Okay, so you were not injured,
and what I'm putting together here

is that you went to the police station
and filed this

because she had threatened to go
to the police and charge you with as*ault.

You went there, got there first.

And you got there second.
Is that right?

And by the time you got there, is that
the time they took you into custody?

[Hannah] Yes.

[Judy] Okay.

Did you ever, Mr. Trunell,
seek medical attention

for any of these injuries
that I see in these photographs?

No.

-[Judy] The answer is either yes or no.
-No.

And you do acknowledge,
Mr. Trunell,

that the initial aggressor,
physical aggressor,

which is what you testified to...

Let's go back
to his initial testimony, Whitney.

I believe he testified that...

Not sure. She was aggressive.
She was loud. She wouldn't accept it.

And he pushed her.

But I'd like to get the exact wording.

He said, "I told her that 'You need to
understand that you did me wrong too.'

She said, 'So what?'
I pushed her.

She swung first, I swung back.
We fought."

Okay, so after you pushed her,
after you put your hands on her,

-according to you, she swung at you?
-Correct.

Okay, well, you didn't expect her
to give you a kiss after you pushed her.

No.

All right, Ms. Buehlman,
I really am looking at your complaint,

and your complaint
is seeking $6,000 in damages.

Well, you already have,
according to you,

that money invested in the car,
which he got back.

So you are entitled to that.

And since that's the extent
of your claim against the defendant,

I'm granting your petition
in the amount of $6,000.

Judgment for the plaintiff.
We're finished here. Thank you.

Thank you.

[bailiff]
This court is adjourned.

There were a lot of factors going on,
I believe, just between both of us.

I'm just more than grateful
to finally get this over with.

I've been waiting too long.

Just a lot, I think,
that I had to work on too.

Fighting for it and put so much work
and time into it.

A lot of the things that were going
on in my head was me being depressed,

having to deal with a lot of

what was going on in the world
at the same time too.

Well, he was, like, trying on makeup
and stuff when we were together,

and I was showing him how to do makeup,

and I was being very supportive
and just telling him, you know,

"You should get help.
Go get a therapist."

I felt like she was pushing me away.

And I don't know why
he felt the other way around, because...

Now we just both go our separate ways,
and we both just try and be happy.

I didn't know what to do, and what
I was doing, I thought was supportive.

That must have been
a very difficult breakup for both of them,

after being together
for a significant number of years.

But that's tip number one of Judy Justice
is never put your hands on someone.

And tip number two, never purchase
property, dogs, cars,

timeshares with someone who's not
your legal partner or without a contract.

I mean,
we've seen this time and time again.

Those people who don't follow that advice
have kept me in business for 27 years.

-We'll keep telling them, then.
-[chuckles] You're right.

Case number 2021,
Parker versus Miles.

All parties, please step forward.

[narrator] Frankie Parker
is suing his tenant, Miranda Miles,

for the cost of a French Bulldog.

Mr. Parker,
this case is about a puppy

that you allegedly sold
to the defendant.

Yes, ma'am.

That you want to be paid for.

She has some sort
of nonsense counterclaim.

[Frankie] Yes.

Which I will get to and resolve quickly.

Great.

So, Mr. Parker,
you have a home that has two units in it?

We have a triplex. So I have a...

It's a house,
and then it's a triplex behind the house.

-So you live in the main house?
-[Frankie] Yes.

[Judy] Behind the main house,
there are three units?

Yes.

When did you rent one of the three units
to the defendant?

I rented it to her around February.

I think I put the ad in early February.

Of what year?



Is that correct, Ms. Miles,

that you moved into the unit
in approximately February of 2022?

It was March, but yeah.

-You put the ad in February.
-[Frankie] Yes, ma'am.

Moved in in March.
And what was the rent that you had?



Do you have children?

-Yes.
-[Judy] How many?

-One.
-[Judy] How old?

Nine.

According to what I read, you decided
to go into the dog breeding business.

Yes, ma'am.

You knew nothing about dog breeding?

Well, I know about dogs,
but I didn't know about French Bulldogs.

That was kind of new to me.

What is your regular business, sir?

Property management.

Other than the property that you live in,

do you have any other property
that you manage?

Yes. Yes, ma'am.

You're really supposed to be
sort of an expert

-before you go into the breeding business.
-Yeah, well, I had a lot of help.

The dog breeding business,
that's sort of a foolhardy thing.

I had a lot of help.
I wasn't by myself.

I had people that was already breeding.
They had 20 years of breeding experience.

Okay, so you had somebody
to give you sort of instructions.

Yes, ma'am.
I didn't just jump into it. Yes, ma'am.

Okay. And you decided
to breed French Bulldogs.

Yes, ma'am.

You purchased
your first two French Bulldogs,

a male and a female, when?

Um, I purchased them
around January.

-[Judy] Of 2022?
-[Frankie] Yes, ma'am.

And then you bought another one?

[Frankie]
Yes, ma'am. Another female.

When did you purchase the other one?

I bought the other female around February.

Okay, that's about the same time
that you posted an ad

for this unit that you moved into.

[Frankie]
Yes, ma'am, all around the same.

And that dog, I believe,
based upon my recollection,

and my memory
isn't what it used to be,

I think the dog's name is Dolce.

Dolce. Yes, ma'am.

How old was Dolce
when you purchased her in February?

[Frankie]
She was approximately three months.

[Judy]
How much did you pay for her?

I paid $3200 for her.

And did you have AKC papers for her?

Yes, ma'am.

Now, according to your complaint, when the
defendant moved in, she moved in in March,

she moved in
with her nine-year-old daughter.

The nine-year-old daughter
saw this dog Dolce

and became attached to the dog.

Yes.

Fell in love with the dog,

and the defendant
agreed to purchase the dog.

Yes, ma'am.

And you acknowledge
that you agreed to purchase the dog?

Yes.

In March of 2022,

how much did you agree
to pay Mr. Parker for the dog?

When I rented the apartment,
he told me 2500.

No, that's not true.
I said 3500.

Shh.

He comes to my house,

knocks on my door
randomly all the time.

-He put cameras on all the neighbors.
-Then move. Listen to me.

-I don't have the money.
-[Judy] Listen to me.

Well, that's, again, not his problem.

He wants his rent on time,
and he would like to be paid for his dog.

[theme music playing]

[narrator] Frankie Parker
claims his tenant, Miranda Miles,

owes for the cost of a French Bulldog.

Miranda is countersuing
for harassment and invasion of privacy.

Ms. Miles, I want you
to think more clearly.

Try to be clear.

He had just paid $3200 for the dog.

I didn't know that.

So, according to you,
he agreed to sell you the dog for 2500?

Yes. And then he changed it to 35
when I moved in.

-Oh, so before you moved in, he said 25?
-Mm-hmm. Yeah.

[Judy]
But after you moved in, he said 35?

Yes.

Did you agree to pay him the 35?

Yes.

Okay, so now you have
an agreed price of $3500,

which sounds more reasonable than 25
because he paid more for the dog.

Your Honor, that's not entirely true.

-I told her 5,000 at first.
-[Judy] Okay.

But we do a co-ownership,
which brought the price down to 3500.

Okay, right now,
she agreed to pay you $3500?

Yes.

She doesn't understand
from co-ownership,

you're talking about
breeding down the road.

Did you pay him any part of the $3500?

-No.
-[Judy] Okay. Now let's go further.

Are you still living
in the unit behind him?

Yes.

So now that's March,
April, May, June, July, August.

Did you pay March's rent?

Yes.

-[Judy] April?
-Yes.

-May?
-[Miranda] Yes.

-[Judy] June?
-Yes.

-[Judy] July?
-Yes.

And August?

Not yet.

Did she pay everything
except August so far?

Yes, but I had to take her to court
to almost evict her

to get the money.

Okay. When did you start
eviction proceedings? In what month?

[Frankie]
I started eviction proceeding in June.

-I filed for it in June.
-[Judy] How much behind in rent was she?

She was just that month, but she
had been late two prior times, so...

Okay. How late is late?

Well, I give you a grace period
up to the fourth.

Sometimes it's, like, the 10th.

-Sometimes...
-Sometimes it was, like, the 10th.

[Frankie] Yes.

So we're not talking about months late.

-No, she has never...
-[Judy] Okay.

She always paid.

And when you took her to court
to evict her for nonpayment of rent,

she came up with the money?

-Yes.
-[Judy] Now we're August 5th.

Now, did you pay your rent?

-[Miranda] Not yet.
-Why?

Honestly, I'm struggling.
I'm unemployed right now.

And he knows my situation with my bank
and my account right now,

and he knows why
I have no funds at this moment.

-But that's his business.
-I get it.

-[Judy] You see?
-Mm-hmm.

-That's his business.
-Mm-hmm.

Do you work?

-Not at the moment.
-[Judy] Why?

-[Miranda] 'Cause I got fired.
-Why?

Because I didn't have transportation
and I...

[Judy]
So you didn't go.

Well, if you don't go to work
or if you come late, then you get fired.

Right. And I also have health problems
that I've been going through as well.

That is also, Ms. Miles, not his problem.

[Miranda] I know.

Now, I'm going to go back to something
that Mr. Parker said

because I think that
it's sort of important for me

to be able to resolve your counterclaim,
because, for sure,

you owe him the price of the dog,
which you still have, correct?

[Miranda] Yes.

Did he discuss with you
a co-ownership of the dog,

which would mean that you would
share the litters if the dog was bred?

Yeah, he did.

I wasn't very clear about it,
but yes, he did.

And I was willing to do that
so I was able to afford the dog.

[Judy] Mm-hmm, that's gonna
help me resolve the issue.

And you gave him no part of the $3500?

No.

So do you wanna tell me
what your defense is to this?

'Cause your counter claim is ridiculous.
I don't even remember what it is.

For harassment, slander,
invasion of privacy.

He comes to my house,

knocks on my door randomly all the time,
every day.

-[Judy] Then move.
-[Miranda] He put cameras...

[Judy]
Just a second. Then move.

[Miranda]
He put cameras on all the neighbors.

Then move. Listen to me.

-I don't have the money.
-Listen to me. Move.

[Miranda]
I don't have the money.

Well, that's, again, not his problem.

He wants his rent on time,
and he would like to be paid for his dog.

-Right.
-[Judy] Okay.

-Let's move on to something that's viable.
-Okay.

-Okay.
-[Judy] Okay?

Let's talk about this breeding of the dog.

Mm-hmm.

[Judy] Which I think
would be absolutely ridiculous.

-Have you taken the dog to the vet?
-[Miranda] Yes.

[Judy]
Dog's gotten its shots?

-Absolutely.
-[Judy] Okay.

And other than the fact that
you say you're not working,

there's no reason
that you're not paying him for the dog,

which you originally agreed to?

No.

$3500 judgment for the plaintiff.
We're finished.

Thank you very much.

But, Your Honor, she's supposed
to get full breeding rights to the dog.

I'm not giving her full breeding rights
to anything.

She can't take care of herself
or her nine-year-old.

She has no money.
How is she gonna breed a dog?

But we can do the co-ownership.

No, you're not doing a co-ownership, sir.

She just bought the dog for $3500.

-That wasn't the agreement.
-[Judy] Period. You keep...

Just a second. You keep the papers.
Do you understand?

Okay.

You keep the papers.
She doesn't get the AKC papers.

[Frankie] Okay.

[Judy]
She keeps the dog,

which means
she's gonna take care of the dog,

get it spayed, do whatever
she's supposed to do with the dog.

[Frankie] Okay.

You get $3500.

And don't make deals like this again.
Do you understand?

Yes, ma'am.

[Judy] Great.

[bailiff]
This court is adjourned.

I wanted either to have the full dog,
not no co-ownership,

but I guess it didn't work out for me.

You know, I was trying
to get the whole amount

so we won't have to do
a co-ownership anymore.

She can either get the dog,
the whole rights to it,

or just pay me out.

I think he was trying
to help me pay for it,

and that's why he said
the co-ownership,

because I was unable
to pay for the whole 5500.

The whole rights to it,
or just pay me out, you know.

I think that's what he was trying to do.

But I think, overall,
the judgment was fair.

We live next door, so we have to.

I hope that
we can actually do this together and...

We're good.
Me and him are good.

I hope it does run smoothly
and we don't have any more, like, mishaps.

The case itself was easy, Sarah.

Promised you'd buy the dog,
your daughter is in love with the dog,

and you say,
"Well, I can't pay for it at this time."

The dog's attached.
And he seems like a very, very nice man.

Yeah.

But we had two little Maltese dogs once.
I don't know if you remember.

-I remember the stories.
-You remember the story.

You were too young to remember the dogs.

They were two yappy,
little yappy Maltese dogs,

and we thought it might be
an interesting experience to breed them.

Oh, yeah, two New York City judges
decided to breed some Maltese dogs.

Two New York City judges
decided that...

It was the worst experience.

First of all, I remember after,

and I think we had two
or maybe three in the litter,

and I couldn't leave them home.

So I would take them
in a box in my car.

-To work? [laughs]
-To the courthouse,

and open the drawer and keep them
in the drawer so that I could feed them

'cause this mother
wasn't a very good mother for the dogs

and she didn't
want to be bothered feeding.

So I had a bottle that they had to be fed
every two hours. [laughs]

Oh, my goodness.
It's a full-time job.

-It was a full-time job.
-You get involved.

That's it. But it was our last time.

You really have to know what you're doing.

Mm-hmm. Educated.

Otherwise, it's really not fair
for the dogs.

That's one of the reasons
why she did not get the AKC papers,

because she's having a hard enough time
taking care of herself.

And now she has a pet
that her nine-year-old and her can enjoy.

-And that's the end of it.
-That's it.

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