01x10 - Flipping and Fighting/Amusement Park Drama

[bunniefuu]

You were involved in an
intimate relationship with him.

Yes, ma'am.

He was seeing other people?

And in what year was that?

Pick one.

Just from one gal to another,

don't be foolish.

[whispering] Not worth it.

[narrator] This is Judy Justice.

[theme music plays]

Carla Doshas is suing her
former boyfriend David Murphree

for an unpaid loan.

[Kevin] Court come to order.
All rise.

Morning, Judge.
We have case 1021.

-Doshas vs. Murphree.
-Thank you.

Be seated please.

Miss Doshas, what do you do for a living?

I'm an accounts receivable supervisor
for an autistic center.

[Judy] And how long have you been
employed at the same company?

I've been employed there for three years.

Prior to that,
I was self-employed for twenty.

Self-employed doing what?

I had a medical billing company.

What happened to that company?

Uh, my husband passed away and

one of my clients didn't pay me
for a really long time.

And so I had to re-enter the workforce
to make sure that my child and I

would have insurance and what not.

-And that was three years ago?
-My husband passed away seven years ago

but yes, um, three years ago,
I entered the workforce again.

[Judy]
When did you meet Mr. Murphree?

[Carla]
I went to high school with Mr. Murphy.

-[Judy] And you reconnected?
-[Carla] Yes, ma'am.

[Judy]
In what year did you reconnect?

In 2016.

Was it a business relationship
that you had

that turned into
a social relationship?

No, it was the opposite.
It was a social relationship

that turned into
a business-slash-relationship.

[Judy]
And what kind of business was it?

Originally, we had started flipping houses
and we flipped one and then it went south,

so that was the intent,
was flipping the house.

[Judy]
Okay. And in what year was that?

That was 2016-17. And subsequently,
the house that we flipped

sold in '18, so it was a long,
drawn-out process.

[Judy]
And what did you buy the house for?

-To flip.
-[Judy] I know, but...

-Monetarily, uh, it was $163,000.

And who was going to do the work on
the house? Would that be the defendant?

[Carla]
It was both of us, in actuality, yes.

[Judy]
Who put in the cash to...?

-I did.
-[Judy] To do the renovation?

-You did. How much?
-Mm-hmm.



-So there was no mortgage?
-No.

[Judy]
And what did the house sell for?



Oh, so you made a little money.

With the exception of
what we put into it, yes.

[Judy] Mm-hmm.
How much did you put into it?

In materials and supplies,
about $30,000.

Okay. Paid 163... put in 30, 193.
You sold it for 257.

So you cleared $64,000.

With the exception of having to pay him.

-That didn't include what I paid him.
-Okay. Tell me what you paid him.

I paid him draws along the way.

How much?

Probably around...

-[Judy] Then you don't know the answer.
-Okay. About 7,000.

How much were you paid just in
addition to materials to do the work?

I was paid a total of $17,000 for labor.

But that was not the agreement.

-But you were paid $17,000 for labor?
-Yes. Yes, Your Honor.

[Judy] So that leaves after
she paid for materials,

and your labor, there was $47,000 left?

There was an additional payment
to Mr. Murphree

before the house sold,
of $9,000.

Um, in addition to what
I previously paid him.

He agreed to finish the house.

The house wasn't finished before it sold.

He agreed to do the work,
he never did the work.

I shelled out nine grand
and he bailed, so...

Okay. I'm just trying to get to
a net-net figure in this case, because

it is pertinent, because
you allege a loan to him

and he's got some c*ck excuse,
which I will get to in a minute,

but so far, have $47,000.

Now, do you acknowledge,
Mr. Murphree,

that you did not actually complete
the labor on the house

to make it turnkey for
the people that moved in?

The house was turnkey when I left.

-[Judy] When you left?
-Yes, it was.

[Judy]
Okay, so, let us for a moment

assume there was $47,000 in profit.

How are you supposed to split the profit,
Mr. Murphree?

We agreed to a 60-40 split
on the final sale price

-of the total profit.
-[Judy] Who got the 60?

-[David] She did.
-[Judy] And you got 40?

-Yes, ma'am.
-And how much did you receive?

$17,000.

Well, you said that that
was for your labor.

Like she indicated,
she paid me in draws as we went.

And we got to a certain point to where
we couldn't work together anymore.

She cashed me out,
with the verbal agreement...

-[Judy] Okay. Just a second.
-Okay.

Did you ever have a written agreement?

-Yes.
-Can I see the written agreement?

She should have it.

She doesn't need it.
You need it.

Because it's part of your answer.

-Okay, well...
-[Judy] No, she doesn't need it.

What your answer is,
"She did in fact, give me money.

But she owed me money

from an old house that we flipped
that she didn't give me,

so that we're even."

And that's why this was not a loan,
it was payback.

-She doesn't have to prove anything to me.
-[David] Okay.

[Judy] Where's the contract?
You don't have it.

-No, I do not.
-Okie-dokie. That's very good.

Now, some time after this flipped house
went south, or was it before,

that you allege that you
made a loan to him

in the amount of $6,200?

It was after, it was, uh,
March 13th, 2019.

[Judy]
Could you answer this for me?

Why in the world,
if this house went south,

and he didn't do what
he was supposed to do,

why in the world would you give him,
because you say he said he needed

a construction job, and in order
to do the construction job,

needed $6,200,
were you still seeing him socially?

-We were. We were seeing... Mm-hmm.
-[Judy] Okay! That, you have it.

So, I'm just trying to figure you out.

The guy burned you, in a deal.

And then you started seeing him again.

And after you started seeing him again,

-you loaned him $6,000 in 2019.
-Yes, ma'am.

And you were involved in a social,
intimate relationship with him.

And I gather somehow, you ascertained that
he was seeing other people?

Yes, ma'am.

And in what year was that?

Pick one.

-Pick any year?
-[Carla] Pick any year.

Well, then, that makes you foolish.

It does, absolutely.

-Then that makes you foolish.
-Absolutely.

Okay, so in March 2019,

-you gave him $6,200.
-Yes, ma'am.

Want to tell me why, Mr. Murphree,
she gave you $6,200?

I requested it as a loan for materials
on a project I was starting.

You requested it as a loan?

-Yes, I did.
-[Judy] From her?

-Yes.
-[Judy] Okay.

And what were
the terms of the loan?

To pay back the loan whenever I could,

soon as I got my first draw
from the project.

-And did you get a draw from the project?
-Yes, I did.

-[Judy] Did you pay her back?
-No, I did not.

-[Judy] Why?
-I never intended to pay her back.

Why?

Because she lied about
the sale of the house, the price.

I have it here, what it really sold for.

She lied about it, she withheld funds
that she was supposed to give me.

-And she never did it.
-[Judy] Okay.

She says that she sold the house
for $257,000.

-Not true.
-[Judy] Okay.

What's the address of the house?



May I see that please?
I want to give it to Sarah.

See if she can find it for me.

-Would you do this for me?
-Uh-huh.

Verify this, that this was
the sale price of the house.

And there were taxes taken out,
Your Honor.

There's nothing on the table, madam.

According to Zillow, it did sell
on March 30th, 2018,

for $265,000.

Great. Thank you.

Okay, so Mr. Murphree,
you have two problems, sir.

First, you are absolutely correct,
according to Zillow.

The house sold for $8,000 more than what
she just testified the house sold for.

You're absolutely right.

That would mean, sir, that you would be
entitled to another $3,200.

That's your 40 percent of $8,000.

-Did it have a broker when it sold?
-Yes, ma'am.

Well, if it sold for $265,000,
so the broker also gets a fee.

-Right?
-I understand, yes.

So, the $265,000 was not
a net-net figure to her.

It's... the house was in her name.
She had pay either

four, five, or six percent
to the broker.

-Right?
-I understand that.

And then, I don't know in what state you
live. What state do you live...?

-California.
-[Judy] California.

In California, they have the system
where you don't need an attorney

to do a closing, the broker does
the closing, so I understand...

and you put money in escrow.

And then there are taxes,
so it's not even $3,200.

At best, maybe it's $2,500 or $2,200.

How do you justify
asking for a loan for $6,200?

With, according to you, no intention
of repaying it?

-Mm-hmm.
-[Judy] Any part of it.

When even if I were to believe your story,

you were only entitled to
a couple of thousand dollars.

What happened to the rest?

Well, she was going to also
assume the role

of the agent for the property,

'cause she had a real estate
license prior.

And we weren't gonna use a broker.

She had another lady
that was gonna do it for a flat rate,

of like, $2,000, like assist-to-sell.

And instead,
after I signed off on the property,

she went and got a broker and an agent.

So she upped the fees.

-Another six or seven, I don't know.
-Just a second!

-Just a second. Just a second.
-Yes.

You're making excuses, sir!

Okay.

-You're making excuses.
-Okay.

[theme music plays]

I'm gonna have Whitney read it back.

Just so that we get exactly what you said.

I want you to get to the part for me,
Whitney,

where he said, "Oh, yeah.
I definitely said it was a loan.

But I had no intention of paying it back."

[narrator] And later today...

'Cause they were still friends.

They were talking behind my back.

They were still friends
but not dating?

You're getting upset,
don't get upset.

You'll find out that
very few guys are worth it.

[audience laughs]

[theme music]

[narrator] Carla Doshas
says her former boyfriend,

David Murphree, is responsible
for paying back a loan.

David says he owes her nothing after she
breached a contract between them.

Now, you're making excuses
because you had somebody

who was clearly
very, very fond of you.

Clearly was emotionally involved with you.

And, I mean, certainly
based upon your answer,

she didn't take the breakup
of your relationship well.

However,
what you said to me a moment ago,

and I'm gonna have Whitney read it back,

just so that we get exactly what you said.

I want you to get to the part for me,
Whitney, where he said,

"Oh, yeah, I took the $6,200
and I definitely said it was a loan

and I definitely said..." whatever.

"But I had no intention
of paying it back."

He said, "I never intended to pay it back

because she lied about the sale
of the price of the house.

I have it here what it really sold...
Here, she lied about it

and withheld funds she was supposed
to give me, but she never did."

Then he says he never intended
to pay it back.

[Judy] Okay. Mr. Murphree,
you owe her $6,200.

You can't lie to someone,
you could've sued her... on a contract

and said, "This was our agreement,
you sold it for more."

A judge would've gone through that
paperwork and said,

"Well, you do owe him an additional
$2,000 or $2,200 or whatever.

You elected using the fact that the woman
had strong feelings for you

even after you sort of screwed her over
on a house-flipping deal,

she still came back
and it was an easy patsy.

You owe her $6,200.
Not good moral character.

I just have one comment to you

because this is just from
one gal to another:

Don't be foolish.

You've done a couple of foolish things,
right? This is your daughter.

You would tell her not to do foolish
things.

[whispering]
Not worth it.

Unless he's got something
that I'm really not seeing.

[chuckles] He's not worth it.

You seem like a responsible lady.

And he seems like a bit of a cad.

So, better without him.

We're done here. Thank you.

[Kevin] Court adjourned.

I went, I took him a six...
or a thirty-pack.

He said, "I don't want that.
That's not the kind I want."

This woman has gone by my house,
throwing beer cans on my lawn,

she's come to my house
all hours of the night.

So I put it on his lawn...

Every time that I started a new
relationship, we were not together

and she demolished every single one.

I absolutely did.

Through fake messages
on social media or whatever.

She disrupted every message...

every relationship
I tried to get involved in.

To washing our hands,
no more contact. Absolutely.

I'm yeah... so done with this.

I've known her for 35 years,
and the last four have been the worst.

I'm thrilled. It's what it needed to be.

And Judge Judy is amazing.

I absolutely understand
your judgment in that last case,

but what were some of the other foolish
things you were speaking of,

with the plaintiff?

After they broke up, and...
because she found out

that he was seeing other women,
she said, a long... for a long time.

She didn't get over it well and she...

didn't behave as the woman
that you saw here

and the responsible lady that she was.

So if there's anything that that case
teaches you,

it's at a certain stage,
a leopard doesn't change its spots.

If a guy's a bad guy, he's a bad guy.

If a woman is a bad woman,
she's a bad woman.

And, you know, fool me once,
shame on you,

fool me twice, shame on me.

Case number 1024,
Dyer vs. Cooper.

All parties, please step forward.

[narrator] Destiny Dyer
is suing her former friend,

Jessica Cooper, for her share
of vacation costs.

Miss Dyer, am I correct that
this used to be your boyfriend?

-[Destiny] In high school, yes.
-[Judy] In high school.

And briefly after.

[Judy] And how long
have you known Miss Cooper?

I have known her since 2016.

[Judy]
And that's when you became friends?

-Mm-hmm.
-And was it after that

that you met...
this is your fiancé?

He's my fiancé, yes, ma'am.

[Judy]
When did the two of you meet?



[Judy] So it was just serendipitous
that you started to date.

But you've known her since before?

No, I know her after.
He introduced me to her.

[Judy]
How did that come about?

Because they were talking behind my back.

What does that mean?

'Cause they were still friends.

They were talking behind my back.

They were still friends
but not dating?

You're getting upset.
Don't get upset.

You'll find out that [chuckling]
very few guys are worth it.

[audience laughing]

[Judy] You know...

See, the problem is, Miss Cooper,

if you still feel that way,

you shouldn't have
planned a vacation with her

'cause that's what this case is about.

Kevin, be a prince.

[audience laughs]

Sorry.

[Judy] Now, Ms. Dyer claims that the two
of you made plans to go to Disneyland.

And it is Ms. Dyer's claim that you
owe her money for that trip.

-The trip was within the last year.
-Yes, ma'am.

[Judy] And based on your reaction
to this whole thing,

I think that that's still
a raw subject for you.

So probably a bad idea
to plan a vacation together.

Who was going on this vacation,
Ms. Dyer?

Myself, my son...

-[Judy] How old is your son?
-My son is nine.

And Jessica, her fiancé Dustin...

-[Judy] He was going, too?
-[Destiny] Mm-hmm.

A bigger mistake.

[audience chuckles]

-Yeah?
-And her two children.

[Judy]
How many days were you going for?

Five.

You had a room?

We had a room.
We had a preferred room...

-You all stayed together?
-All of us.

[Judy] Oh.

So you had one, two, three, four, five,
six people in one room.

-Mm-hmm.
-And you did everything sort of together?

Is that a fair statement?

Now, there's no question either one
of you alleges that this trip

was supposed to be a gift
or a freebie,

or anything else.

I want you to show me proof
of what you paid for.

[Jessica] Okay.

This... She paid for everything
and I paid her back

through Venmo twice,

-and then I paid all of those things.
-[Judy] Okay.

Well, all of these things
are small expenditures

that are ordinary expenditures
for $35, $115...

How much money can you show me
that you paid on Venmo?

It's right there.

You paid Destiny Dyer $1,379.31.
Okay.

And then there's another one.

So you acknowledge that
she paid you $1,379.31.

She did, she paid me that.

And $600.

I never got a Venmo for $600.

[Judy] On February 20th, 2021.

[Destiny]
I never received that.

[Judy] She says she never got it.

And I have statements to prove that.

[Judy] I'd like to see your statement
from February, 2021.

And you should check with your account.

I don't have with it me because
I closed that account

but I definitely did pay it.

Both of those came out of the PNC account.

She acknowledged she received $1,379.31.

And she's going to show me her Venmo
account that allegedly will not show

-a $600 withdrawal to you.
-Mm-hmm.

Because if it's not on her statement,
then you take it up with Venmo.

-It never went through. Got it?
-So here are my Venmo statements.

[Judy] Okay.

[dramatic music]

Well, you knew you were
coming to court today.

This is not a beach party,
so you bring that statement to court.

The airfare was what?

Their portion was $295.50.

And the baggage fee was $50.

We're not paying for your baggage.

Would you do me a favor?
I don't want you to talk to her.

[theme music]

[narrator] Destiny Dyer says her
former friend Jessica Cooper

will not pay for costs resulting
from their vacation together.

She acknowledged that she received
$1,379.31,

and she's going to show me
her Venmo account

that allegedly will not show
a $600 withdrawal to you.

-Mm-hmm.
-Because if it's not on her statement,

then you take it up with Venmo.
It never went through.

-Got it?
-So here are my Venmo statements.

Okay.

Okay, all it shows is $1,379, so I suggest
you take that up with them.

She could've just not printed that off.

It's possible, but you could've brought
proof that it was on your statement

from Venmo. You get a statement,
I assume, every month.

I do but I closed my PNC account.

That doesn't... well, you knew
you were coming to court today.

This is not a beach party,
so you bring that statement to court.

Because I assume this is not the first
time that she told you

she didn't get that $600.

-Oh, she told me that, but...
-Okay, well, she told you that.

-So she told you she didn't get that $600.
-She was very rude about it, too.

She told you she didn't get the $600.
What I'm saying to you,

that that's a bone of contention,
so it would seem to me

that if you knew you were
coming to court today,

-Mm-hmm.
-that's a document that

you would've brought to me.
That "Here is my Venmo account,

it shows that the money was transferred.

I contacted them because she says she
never received it," right?

"And this is the communication."
Not that she was rude to you.

It was because you were upset.

Anyway, that's $600.
So did the $600 make you even?

-No.
-[Judy] Okay.

Now let me put it to you
a different way.

If you had gotten the $600,
would you be in court today?

Yes, because that's still not
the full amount that is owed.

-Okay.
-Your Honor, she also thinks

that she doesn't have to pay
for the car rental, too,

because I'm the one who got it.

-[Judy] Just a second.
-[chuckles] Okay.

Is part of the money
that you claim that she owes you

have to do with the fact
that she rented a car

that you say you're not responsible
for your half of?

-Is that part of this problem?
-No.

[Judy]
Did you deduct half of the car?

I deducted what my total comes out to...

No, no. Answer my question.

Did you deduct half of the car payment?

I did not pay her. I took that off of what
I was asking her to pay me.

Okay. What were you asking her
to pay you? What's the total?

$1,500 is all that I ask
for her to pay me.

-Okay, and you deduct... Just a second.
-It's been four different amounts. Wow.

So now, we acknowledge that the $600
you didn't receive.

So now she owes you the difference
in that, 900 bucks.

You get the six. The six she actually owes
you, so now you have to show me...

-Yeah. Absolutely.
-$900.

-Okay.
-So I have receipts.

[Judy] Not receipts.
She has plenty of receipts, too.

-Okay.
-You have to tell me where

that money comes from.

There was hotel, rental car,
and park tickets.

That's what we're talking about here.
And airfare.

How much was the hotel?

So the hotel, including the deposit,

-was $1,514.82.
-$1,514. That's the hotel.

Did you each pay your own airfare?

-No.
-Who paid for the airfare?

-She did.
-Okay. The airfare was what?

The total, or their portion?

-No, their portion.
-Their portion was $295.50.

-$295?
-[Destiny] $295 for the airfare,

and the baggage fee was $50
because I did get a credit back...

Sweetie, we had military.

-[Judy] Now just a second.
-We're not paying for your baggage.

I don't want you to talk to her.

She spoke to me first.

[Judy] Now, the park tickets...

She paid the park tickets.

Okay, how much did she
pay for the park tickets?

That's the Venmo that I received.

-The one I did receive before we left.
-[Judy] Just a second.

Rental car. Your half.

What was her half of the rental car?

That would be 225, half of 450.

[Judy]
And how much were the park tickets?

I've never seen a receipt
for park tickets but I just,

you know, took what she said.

[Judy] Okay, how much
were the park tickets?

Their portion of the park tickets,
which she Venmoed me for,

uh, I think you have my Venmo...

So that was just for the park tickets?

That was just park tickets.

Okay, that was $1,379.

-Mm-hmm.
-Okay.

So she paid for the park tickets herself.

Her airfare was $295.

Half of the car was $225.

-My numbers come out to 1277.
-Okay.

That's without any of the dining expenses.

I'm not talking about any dining expenses.

That comes up to 1,277.

-But that's how I paid her back, Judge.
-What?

That's how I paid her back.
We would go to dinners even before Disney

and I would pay for her and her son.
We took some dinners.

-I told you I'm not dealing with that.
-I understand that,

-but that's how I paid her back.
-But I told you I'm not dealing with that.

So I'm deducting the $600 that you're
gonna take up with Venmo

because she didn't receive it,
which still leaves a balance

that you owe her of $677.

That's what you owe her.

Period. For you and her family.

Which actually means that you
and your fiancé and two children

went away for 4-5 days,
including park tickets at Disney,

for actually twenty-five, twenty-six
hundred dollars. That's not bad.

All right, judgment for the plaintiff in
the amount for the amount of 677.

-We're done here, thank you.
-[Kevin] Court adjourned.

[Destiny] Thank you.

I presumed that they had a falling-out
as a friendship, which they did,

and that's kinda how
all this sprung about.

The saddest part is losing a best friend.

We did communicate that
we would pay certain things

as we would take her out,
her and her son out to dinner.

I never thought in all the time,
all the trips we've taken,

um... that she would do this.

I think that she knew she could
get money out of the situation.

It's just the money.

Well, it's obviously a very
emotional friendship,

so maybe they shouldn't be
friends anymore.

Clearly, I valued the friendship
much more than she ever did.

If there's any takeaway from that case,

is... it's a social takeaway
rather than a legal takeaway.

Because the rest was math.

It's a very bad idea
to go away on vacation

and stay in the same room

with an ex-anything.

Just the whole thing
sounds very unholy to me.

And... is rife with potential difficulty.

Don't do it.

[narrator] Have you been cheated?


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