you and the defendant worked
together for a period of time.
And it is your claim that as a
result of her defaming you, you
lost your job, that she filed a
false order of protection
against you, that you were
forced to get an attorney.
You're suing her for that
defamation and for the
attorney's fees.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: The defendant
says that you actually
terrorized her after an incident
at work.
She has a counterclaim
for attorney's fees.
She was forced to get an
attorney when you came with an
attorney, who she felt was
intimidating at the proceeding
for the protective order.
Anyway, she has a counterclaim.
So, tell me, where were you and
the defendant working,
Mr. Stoneking, and what were you
doing?
>> We were servers, bartenders
at a restaurant.
>> Judge Judy: And when did you
work at the same establishment
as the defendant?
>> About the last year, leading
up into the termination.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
I'm listening.
>> Okay.
So, back in September of last
year, I'd had a day shift.
Really the long and short of it
is that I had asked to leave
when there was a couple of
things left to do.
You know, I'd asked if I could
leave them for the next person.
I had an appointment, place to
be after my shift that day.
I had gotten permission from our
manager to go ahead and leave
what was left for the next
person.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
Go ahead.
>> She came outside, you know,
berating me, yelling at me,
telling me why I was a bad
employee, that I did not finish
work, just causing a scene.
She wasn't my boss.
It wasn't her place to do so, so
I reported to the manager.
Just, you know, you can't talk
to people that way.
>> Judge Judy: Okay, so she
followed you outside.
The manager, I assume, told you
that he had had permission to
leave?
>> With response that he did his
side work before he left.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
Go ahead.
>> Fast-forward from there.
That was one incident.
We had had a couple of little
tiffs between there, but then
coming October 20th of 2017,
she had gone to the manager
claiming that I was not doing
enough work.
>> Um, he didn't work
October 20.
>> Judge Judy: Shh!
Just...
I'll come to you.
And then?
>> I finished my side work.
And we end up having an exchange
of words in back behind the
scenes -- we ended up having
an exchange of words.
>> Judge Judy: Okay, you and
Ms. White.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: All right.
Now I want you to tell me what
that exchange of words was.
>> Well, I'd asked her why it
always has to come to a fit when
it comes to doing the side work,
talking to each other, getting
things done, why it always has
to be such a hassle.
So I looked her and said, "If
you remember last time, you got
written up and in a little bit
of trouble."
>> Judge Judy: Okay, so you
somehow knew that the last time
it happened, that she was
admonished by management.
>> Correct.
They told me she was.
>> Judge Judy: And she
responded?
>> She said, you know, "No one
had ever talked to me."
But then later it was, "When
they talked to me, they were
laughing at you because you
called me a bully."
So then I had grabbed the
manager who was standing there
and told him.
I said, "You know, she seems to
think that y'all were laughing
because I called her a bully."
And he said, "That's not what
happened, and you guys need to
go your own separate ways."
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
When did you call her a bully?
>> I never did.
That's what I don't understand.
>> Judge Judy: You know, I'm not
believing that.
I'm just telling you.
That's my skill.
>> Sure.
>> Judge Judy: Some of what
you're telling me, I'm buying.
The bully part not.
>> I never used the word
"bully."
>> Judge Judy: Keep going.
>> That night, got off work,
went home.
The next morning, I got a phone
call from my manager letting me
know that I was no longer
working there.
And I asked him why, and he
said, "At the moment, you know,
I can't say."
So I asked him a little more,
and he said that there was a
police report filed.
Monday would have been the 23rd,
I believe.
A couple of days after that, I
was served with an order of
protection stating all these
alleged things, you know, and
from that, I also lost my
firearms card, you know, and I
have sponsorships where I take
pictures of my weapons, and they
send me things, so that's
another facet of this.
But just a big, messy situation.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
I assume you filed a police
report on the 20th or the 21st
of October.
>> The 20th.
>> Judge Judy: 20th?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Okay, now I'd
like to see the police report
that you filed.
Okay. So, this really doesn't
say much, with the exception
of one thing --
that you say he followed you
home from work that day.
Now, you want to tell me about
this conversation that you had
with him at work before he
followed you home?
>> That night at work, every
time he would pass me at work,
he would say derogatory things
to me...
>> Judge Judy: Put your hand
down.
>> ...or say things like "Have
you checked your tires today?
Have you checked this, have you
checked this?"
On the 6th, he had threatened to
slash my tires at work when he
left work, and so after the 6th,
every time we worked together...
>> Judge Judy: What part of "Put
your hand down"...
You see how I cut her off when
you were telling me your story?
>> Mm-hmm.
>> Judge Judy: And I said,
"You'll have a chance to tell
your story."
Well, this is her chance
to tell her story.
>> You got it. Yes, ma'am.