'cause he was following me into
my room.
He was really upset.
You know, he had, like, an angry
face.
And I went back into my room,
and he was there with the bamboo
stick, and I reached in to my
closet in self-defense to grab
my bat, okay?
And I held it up.
I didn't touch him with it.
I held it up, he backed away,
and, at that point, I called the
cops.
>> Judge Judy: For a second
time?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: So you called the
police on both occasions?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Okay, what
happened when the police
arrived?
>> The police arrived, and they
handcuffed Tyler, and they sat
me down on the driveway.
They talked with him -- I don't
know what they were talking
about -- and then they came over
to me, and they asked me what
was going on.
I told them what was happening,
and they had enough evidence, I
guess, to arrest me 'cause
Mr. Horn said that I hit him
with the bat, which I did not
hit him.
I didn't touch him.
>> Judge Judy: Did you tell the
police that he hit you with a
bat?
>> No, I did not.
>> Judge Judy: What did you tell
the police, Mr. Horn?
>> Told the police that he
pulled a knife on me, which he
did.
His memory is very faulty.
>> Judge Judy: Did you have a
knife in your possession?
>> No, I did not.
>> Judge Judy: During the course
of the police placing you under
arrest, did a knife fall out of
your pocket?
>> It was in my pocket, but it
was not out of my pocket.
>> Judge Judy: So it was in
your possession.
A knife was in your possession.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: What kind of
knife was it?
>> It was a small pocket knife,
but it was probably that big.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
Do you have a police report?
I'd like to see it.
[ Chuckles ]
You don't have another police
report where it's not all
blacked out?
>> I tried to obtain one, but
they...
>> Judge Judy: You can return
this.
>> The attorney general in
Torrance...
>> Judge Judy: It's useless.
>> ...blots out the name of the
perpetrator and not the victim,
which is rather ironic to me.
>> Judge Judy: They blacked out
the name of the perpetrator
because there were no charges
filed against him.
>> Yeah, evidently.
>> Judge Judy: Great.
Mr. Adrain, you're getting your
security deposit back -- $1,450.
But, clearly, unless he was
psychic, he didn't know that you
had a knife in your
possession...
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: ...if it was in
your pocket.
But the police found the knife
when they placed you under
arrest, and they did voucher the
knife?
Did they take the knife?
>> They did, yes.
>> Judge Judy: Did they
subsequently give it back to you
when they released you the next
day?
>> No.
The arrest was not for the
knife -- it was for elderly
abuse, which I did not hit him.
>> Judge Judy: Now, the only
other thing that I'm going to
consider -- I'm not considering
punitive damages for false
arrest.
What I am considering is the
laptop that you say he kept that
belonged to you.
Was this an old laptop, sir?
>> Yes, it was a Windows Vista.
>> Judge Judy: And did you,
Mr. Adrain, at some point,
damage Mr. Horn's computer?
>> No, I did not.
>> Judge Judy: Did you damage
his keyboard and printer?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: Did you use his
keyboard and printer?
>> The keyboard that he has, I
gave that to him.
It was a black keyboard that I
gave to him along with a monitor
that plugs in to a laptop.
And the printer, it was not
broken.
The ink cartridges just weren't
working, so it looked as if it
was broken.
>> Judge Judy: How many laptops
did you have when you left the
house on June 21st?
>> Well, I had zero because of
the laptop that was still there.
>> Judge Judy: So you didn't
have a computer?
>> I had a laptop that I brought
into the house when I first
moved in.
>> Judge Judy: And that was the
one that you are claiming that
Mr. Horn has?
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: Is that correct?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Other than that
laptop, you have no other laptop
or no other computer?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: Is that right?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
Go ahead, Mr. Horn.
Explain the computer to me.
>> I saw him steal a laptop from
underneath my living-room table,
as I also saw him steal my
iPhone.
I did not give him the food.
He stole it.
>> Judge Judy: Mr. Horn, let me
tell you what your answer is.
>> That's it.
>> Judge Judy: No, let me tell
you what you swore to in your
answer.
your answer that Mr. Adrain gave
you his old computer as "payment
for my broken equipment."
Now you just tell me that he
stole your computer.
>> And then gave me his.
>> Judge Judy: Okay, you have to
return his computer to him.
And I will give you an order
that you can go and get it in
the company of a police officer.
In addition to that, you get
$1,450, which is your security
deposit.
We're finished. Thank you.
>> Byrd: Parties are excused.
You may step out.
>> He was a nice guy at first,
but as the months went along...
>> I would drive him places and,
you know, try to help him out.
I bought him a dinner or two.
>> He was very crazy.
He was yelling at himself and
just acting very crazy.
>> And just nothing.
He wouldn't clean.
>> He was mad that I didn't
clean my room when he wanted it
to be clean.
>> He wouldn't do anything
around the house that he was
required to do.
>> He was mad that I came back
late and that I was blasting
music.
>> He started lying, stealing.
>> I did not steal the iPhone...
>> Came home from a bike ride --
saw him steal it and run down
the driveway with it.
>> ...because I already had a
phone.
He lost his iPhone.
>> I better know them better,
like I do the guy that's in
there now.
>> Exac-- I have a dad, and he's
not my dad.
>> Very glad he's gone.
>> I never want to see him
again.