came home and...?
>> And we got into an argument.
>> Judge Judy: About where
you were and blowing her off?
>> Right.
>> Judge Judy: And then
what happened?
>> She goes and get
on the couch.
I comes out, and I'm like,
"I don't say nothing when you go
out with your friends and you
come home late."
>> Judge Judy: How late is late?
>> I got there probably like --
>> Midnight.
>> Judge Judy: Shh. Uhp!
>> Okay.
>> Probably 12:30, 1:00
when I got home.
>> Judge Judy: Fine.
And you said to her,
"I don't see what you're getting
so made about.
You go out with your friends."
>> Yeah, because she come home
at 5:00 in the morning,
and I don't say nothing.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
You don't care.
>> No. It don't bother me.
I know where she at, so...
>> Judge Judy: Go ahead.
>> And it started from there,
and we got into an argument.
She packed her stuff and left.
>> Judge Judy: And when she
left, did you know
where she was going?
>> Oh, yeah.
>> Judge Judy: How did you know
where she was going?
>> It's where she always goes.
>>Judge Judy: You mean she goes
back to her husband?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: This is what
the case about.
You claim that Mr. Pipkins
vandalized your car.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: On what date?
>> This was March 19th,
I believe.
>> Judge Judy: Don't tell me,
"I believe."
I'm not going to ask Mr. Pipkins
when he vandalize your car,
because he's going to tell me
he didn't vandalize your car.
So you have to know
what date it was.
>> I walked out to my vehicle
on March 20th to see the damage.
So it could have happened
any time before then.
>> Judge Judy: Well when
did you park the car?
>> I believe Friday evening
when I got home from work.
>> Judge Judy: What date
was that?
>> Like the 17th.
>> Judge Judy: And the first
time you went out to look at
your car was March 20th?
>> Yes ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: So some time
between March 17th...
A three-day period,
somebody vandalized your car.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: How did they
vandalize your car?
>> I had keyed into the hood
of my vehicle, on the side
of my passenger door.
I had three slashed tires
and some damage on my mirrors.
>> Judge Judy: Aside from you
believing
that Mr. Pipkins perhaps
had a motive
for vandalizing your car,
do you have any other proof
he vandalized your car?
>> Yes, my witness.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
Let's hear it.
Tell me your name.
>> My name is Darryl Dozier.
>> Judge Judy: Mr. Dozier,
how do you know the plaintiff?
>> She's my next-door neighbor.
>> Judge Judy: Next-door
neighbor now or next-door
neighbor when she lived
with the defendant?
>> At her husband's house.
>> Judge Judy: Had you ever met
Mr. Pipkins?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: Prior to March
of this year, sometime between
March 17th and March 20th,
had you ever seen Mr. Pipkins?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Where?
>> At the home.
>> Judge Judy: Prior to.
Did you hear what I --
Before March 17th.
>> Yeah.
>> Judge Judy: So you did
see him?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: When?
>> I've seen him multiple times.
He's came over
to the home and...
>> Judge Judy: To her home?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: That she shares
with her husband?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Multiple times
before March?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Under what
circumstances?
>> I do not know.
I don't pry into
people's business.
>> Judge Judy: When you say you
saw him there,
what was he doing there?
>> I do not know.
>> Judge Judy: Did he go
into the house?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: He went
into the house?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Approximately how
many times
in a six-month period
before March?
>> A lot.
I couldn't tell you
exact amount because --
>> Judge Judy: Mr. Pipkins,
how often did you go to visit
with Ms. Ruhl when you and she
would have a tiff, and
she would go back to the house
she shared with her husband?
Often?
>> Often. Yeah.
>> Judge Judy: Often.
So I gather you fought a lot.
>> Yeah.
>> Judge Judy: Did you think
that she was cohabiting with her
husband, or you think she was
just staying there,
and they were sort of like
renters?
>> Cohabiting.
>> Judge Judy: And that was okay
with you?
>> Didn't bother me.
>> Your Honor, may I speak?
>> Judge Judy: What?
>> Your honor, during me
and Jerome's relationship,
he knew that me and my husband
just stayed in the house.
We owned the house.
We stayed in the house.
We weren't together.
Prior to October of us
moving in -- we were supposed
to move in September,
but because Jerome got upset
with me because he thought
I was back with my husband,
we had to move it to October.
So September was supposed to --
>> Judge Judy: Do you work?
>> I did at that time, yes.
>> Judge Judy: Do you work now?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: Who supports you?
>> Unemployment.
>> Judge Judy: No. Unemployment
doesn't support you.
>> Well, that's the income
that I have at this time.
>> Judge Judy: But that --
Unemployment doesn't
support you.
Do you drive a car?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: And you live
in a house?
Do you pay rent?
>> No. But I pay utilities.
>> Judge Judy: So what you're
telling me is, you have
unemployment, and your husband
supports you?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Kind of a bizarre
relationship, to say the least.
Mr. Pipkins, I can almost
understand
why you went out with the boys.
Now, pay attention to me.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: I want you to
tell me what you were a witness
to, and after you tell me what
you were a witness to and the
date you were a witness to it,
I want you to tell me when you
reported what you saw
to the police.
>> So --
>> Judge Judy: Do you
understand?
So let's start out with,
tell me on what date you say
you saw something
involving the plaintiff's car.
>> All right.
So, from the information she's
given, because I don't know the
exact date -- I don't keep a
calendar.
Like, I'm just checking my dates
to see when people are
coming and going to other
people's homes.
So the date she said
was March 20th is when
she said she seen the damage.
So March 19th would be the day
that I seen Mr. Pipkins.