>> Judge Judy: Ms. Cochran, this
is your nephew, and it is your
claim that he vandalized both
your house and your car over a
small loan.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Defendant is
countersuing for damage that he
says that you did to his car,
and he's also asking for the
return of the two small loans
that he made you.
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: What do you do
for a living?
>> I'm disabled.
>> Judge Judy: Since when?
>> Since...
Let's see, 1994.
>> Judge Judy: How old are you?
>> I'm 59.
>> Judge Judy: You were disabled
from a job?
>> No, just -- I have chronic
back pain, arthritis.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
You have chronic back pain
since you were 39?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: What did you do
before then?
>> I worked at Campbell's Soup
and at Franchise Tax Board.
>> Judge Judy: And how long did
you work when you were in your
30s?
>> I worked there for about
7 years at Franchise Tax Board,
I think 3 at Campbell's Soup.
>> Judge Judy: Do you have
children?
>> Yes, I do. I have three.
>> Judge Judy: How old are they?
>> 40, 39, and 37.
>> Judge Judy: What do your
children do?
>> They work.
They're in medical fields.
[ Stammering ] Building,
medical, I mean, dental...
>> Judge Judy: Do any of them
live with you?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: Who do you live
with?
>> I live by myself.
>> Judge Judy: And how much do
you receive from disability?
>> $898.40.
>> Judge Judy: Can you tell me
when you asked your nephew for
money?
>> I think it was about the
first of August, somewhere in
August 2017 at my sister's
house.
I had got $20 from him.
>> Judge Judy: For what?
>> Just to borrow it for, like,
cigarettes and gas.
>> Judge Judy: For cigarettes
and gas?
>> Gas, yeah.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
For cigarettes?
You know that's not good for
your health, right?
>> I know it isn't.
>> Judge Judy: And for gas for
your car?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: So you drive?
>> No, I have someone else
driving me.
>> Judge Judy: What did you need
gas for?
>> Because I need the gas to get
back and forth to wherever else,
but they were driving my car,
but I don't drive.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
So you have a car that's in your
name?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: Whose name
is it in?
>> It's in my son-in-law's name.
I'm making payments on it.
>> Judge Judy: So you have a car
that you own that's in your
son-in-law's name that you're
making payments on?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: And tell me
what kind of car this is.
>> It's a 2001 Impala.
>> Judge Judy: And how long have
you been making payments on it?
>> Since December.
>> Judge Judy: Why?
>> I took over the payments.
>> Judge Judy: Why?
>> Because I needed a car to get
around in.
>> Judge Judy: Needed a car to
get around in from where to
where?
>> To doctor's appointments,
to grocery shopping.
>> Judge Judy: Do you have
a driver's license?
>> No, I don't. I do not.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
I just asked you a question.
>> Okay.
>> Judge Judy: Do you have
a driver's license?
>> No, I don't.
>> Judge Judy: So you have a car
that you're making payments on
that's not in your name that's
in your son-in-law's name?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Okay, and you
take over the payments.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: How much
are the payments?
>> $200.
>> Judge Judy: You also pay for
the insurance?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: How much is the
insurance?
>> $81.
>> Judge Judy: What kind of
house do you live in?
>> What kind of house?
>> Judge Judy: Do you own your
house?
>> No, I don't.
>> Judge Judy: You rent it?
>> Yes, I do.
>> Judge Judy: And you live
alone?
>> Yes, I do.
>> Judge Judy: And how much is
your rent?
>> It's $111 for Section 8.
>> Judge Judy: Okay, so in
August, you borrowed $20?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Did you borrow
any other money from your
nephew?
>> Yes.
He had came over just before
that, probably intoxicated...
>> Judge Judy: Did you borrow
any other money?
>> Yes, I did. Yes, I did.
>> Judge Judy: When?
>> About 2 1/2 weeks later,
he came by my house, yes.
>> Judge Judy: Came by your
house for what reason?
>> To apologize.
>> Judge Judy: For?
>> For saying that he had lost
his money in my house, and he
found his money in his pockets
at the house, so he asked me did
I want to borrow any more money,
so he loaned me $15 more.
>> Judge Judy: So he came over
to apologize because he said
he lost money in your house?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: And so you
borrowed more money?
>> Yes.
He asked me, "Did I want
to borrow some more money?"
I said, "Yes."
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
You want to tell me about the
vandalizing of your property?
>> Well, we were sitting in
there talking, me, my niece
Anna, and her boyfriend.
All of a sudden, I heard a lot
of screaming coming up my
stairs, and I looked out.
It was Roy.
He sat there, and he didn't look
right to me to open my door up
for him, so after that, he walks
back downstairs, goes to his
truck, get a log, and came back,
and told me, "I'm going to pay
for this," and started throwing
it at the window.
About the eighth time, he broke
the window.
>> Judge Judy: Of your truck?
>> No, the bedroom window of the
house.
>> Judge Judy: Okay, so he broke
the bedroom window of the house.
>> Of the house.
>> Judge Judy: And then?
>> Then, he walked away and told
me to pay for it and got in his
truck and took off.
>> Judge