>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: So, Mr. Keller,
what happens is, you can't
counterclaim for this loan,
I am ruling, because I'm not so
sure of what you sold the ring
and the coin for 'cause you have
no proof.
So you sold the collateral.
You're clear.
What she did was, she gave you
collateral for the loan.
You resorted to self-help.
You took the collateral, and,
according to you, you sold it.
So, you sold it.
Your counterclaim's dismissed.
Now let's talk about your claim.
It's your claim
that he was angry with you
and that he vandalized your car
by setting it on fire.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: I need proof.
>> Let's see some proof.
>> Judge Judy: [ Sighs ]
Well, this is just a picture
of a car.
This is not proof.
I don't care about what it
costs, the car costs.
I need proof that he vandalized
it.
>> I have proof.
My witness here, he has a tape
of them talking --
his ex-roommate, Victor.
>> Judge Judy: You have a tape
of him confessing?
>> I've got a recording of him
admitting to it, yes.
>> Judge Judy: I'd like to hear.
How do you -- Stand.
>> I'd like to hear, too.
>> Judge Judy: Tell me your last
name, sir.
>> Drew -- D-r-e-w.
>> Judge Judy: How do you know
the defendant?
>> I lived with him for a short
time.
>> Judge Judy: When?
From when to when?
>> Back from November through,
what -- February of this year,
March of this year.
>> Judge Judy: And when did you
allegedly have this conversation
with him -- on what date?
>> I'd say probably around
June -- June or so.
>> Judge Judy: So after you
no longer lived together.
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: What was
the nature of your conversation?
What were you talking about?
>> Well, I bumped into her,
and she had explained to me
that her tires had been slashed
on her car, and he admitted
to doing it.
We were just in conversation,
talking about it when we were
drinking, and then in
the conversation, I had asked
him about her vehicle
had been vandalized, also,
and we're just talking about it
in the vehicle, going to get
something to eat, and he told me
that she deserved it, so...
>> Judge Judy: He told you,
"She deserved it"?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Is that what
he said?
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: He didn't say
he did it.
>> Well, in the recording
that I have, he said,
yes, he did it.
He said he did it.
>> Judge Judy: Oh, he said,
"I did it, and she deserved it"?
Well, you didn't say that.
>> I have an actual recording
of it, yes.
>> Judge Judy: I'd like to hear
it.
Bring it to me.
Give it to Byrd.
Give it to Officer Byrd.
>> Less than a minute,
then he says it.
You have to listen to it
really careful, but you can
hear it.
>> Judge Judy: Okay, let's both
listen to this.
You can interpret for me.
>> Byrd: Okay.
>> Judge Judy: Did we pass it?
>> No. It's right there.
>> [ Chuckles ]
>> You passed it up.
>> Judge Judy: We passed it?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: We missed it?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Did you hear it?
>> Byrd: I heard something about
the computer burning up
in the car.
Is that what you said?
>> Yeah. And then after -- And
then he --
>> Byrd: I heard him say,
"Yeah, she deserved it."
That's what I --
That's all I could get
out of this.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
That's it?
>> He was hiding in the bushes.
He had caught him hiding
in the bushes when my car
was catching on fire
and asked him about that, too,
but...
Yeah, I guess about the fire.
>> Judge Judy: What is she
saying?
>> When I drove home
in the evening, the car was
on fire, he was hiding in
the bushes, and I was trying
to figure out why he was hiding
behind the hedge bushes.
So when he got home, I asked him
about it, and that's when he
went into the conversation
about saying that he had did
some damage to her car and then
said he had put it on fire --
>> Judge Judy: I don't hear him
say anything about,
"I put it on fire."
He probably did, but I didn't
hear him say anything like that.
I actually did hear something,
"Yeah, she deserved it,"
you know, and then laughed,
but I didn't hear him confessing
to have done it.
Do you have a police report?
>> No, I don't.
>> Judge Judy: Okay. Very good.
Anything else we have?
>> Well, I was claiming 'cause
he had destroyed my purse
and everything that was in
the car.
>> Judge Judy: It has nothing
to do with the car.
I'd be more than happy to see
all your bills and everything
else if you could prove
that he did it, but you have
no proof that he did it.
>> Well, he has told Victor.
>> He told me directly
that he did it.
>> Judge Judy: I'm listening
to it.
>> That's before the tape.
>> He told me himself
that he did it.
Basically, the words out of his
mouth was that, "I got her."
And I asked him if he was
the one that set the vehicle
on fire, he said,
"Yeah, she deserved it.
I did it."
>> Judge Judy: I don't believe
you.
We're done.
Thank you very much.
Your case is dismissed.
>> Byrd: Parties are excused.
You may step out.
>> He was dating my daughter.
>> I was dating her daughter.
She didn't like me.
>> He was mad that I didn't give
him the money for the coin
and ring that he sold of mine.