>> Judge Judy: Mr. Green, and
Ms. Rubhahn?
>> Rebhahn.
>> Judge Judy: Rebhahn.
Had a relationship for how many
years?
>> We dated for probably two or
three years.
>> Judge Judy: Did you remain
friends after you dated?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Just friends?
>> Just friends.
>> Judge Judy: Not intimate
friends?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: Is that correct?
>> That's correct.
>> Judge Judy: And, Ms. Rebhahn,
there came a time when you went
into a rehab program.
For what?
>> All substances.
I should say everything.
>> Judge Judy: Tell me when you
went into rehab.
>> I went in January of 2015,
into one, and then I ended up
going for like seven months to
another, so I ended up being
done with treatment in Dec--
March of 2017.
Or '16, I'm sorry.
>> Judge Judy: And you have a
child?
>> I have a child.
>> Judge Judy: How old?
>> She's 3.
>> Judge Judy: So, that child
was born either right before you
went into rehab in --
>> She was born -- Yeah, she was
born -- Yeah, before I went into
treatment.
>> Judge Judy: Was she born
addicted to drugs?
>> Yes, she was born addicted to
Oxycodones.
>> Judge Judy: Who took care of
her?
>> My best friend, Christine.
She was the foster mom.
>> Judge Judy: And she did
remain in foster care with your
friend until you were released
from rehab?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Was she formally
returned to you through the
court, or did your friend just
return her to you?
>> She returned her to me.
>> Judge Judy: So she was not
formally released to you from
the court.
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: Was she still
under court jurisdiction?
>> Yes, I was not allowed to
have her.
>> Judge Judy: But your friend
gave her to you anyway?
>> Mm-hmm.
>> Judge Judy: Where is she now?
>> She's with me.
This was a long time ago.
She's been with me for a year
and a half.
>> Judge Judy: Was she ever
formally released to you by the
court?
>> Yes, she was.
>> Judge Judy: During what
period of time did you live with
Mr. Green?
>> I lived with him for five
months.
>> Judge Judy: From when to
when?
>> That was when from September
until February.
>> Judge Judy: And he took you
in after you were released from
rehab?
>> No, that's not correct.
>> Judge Judy: When did he take
you in?
>> He took me in from September
to February.
I went out of treatment years
ago.
>> Judge Judy: Why?
>> Because I lost my apartment.
We had cockroaches in this place
I moved into, and he saved me
from having to live there
anymore, so I stayed with him
until I got a new place, and
that's what I did.
It took me five months to find a
new place to live.
>> Judge Judy: How do you
support yourself?
>> I clean houses.
And I'm a student at SCC,
taking management for hotel
resort management --
Spokane Community College.
>> Judge Judy: Are you still
under the jurisdiction of the
family court?
>> I haven't been involved with
family court for two years.
>> Judge Judy: I'm not following
your timeframe.
You said you first went into
rehab in 2015.
>> Yeah.
>> Judge Judy: And you were in
rehab off and on, according to
you, for years.
This is only beginning of 2018.
>> Okay, well --
>> Judge Judy: And if you had
your daughter back for two
years, that would be minimally,
2016, which was --
>> My daughter's third birthday,
I've already had -- I had her
with me already.
That was already a done deal.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
You just told me she was 3.
>> She's turning 4 next month,
my daughter is.
She'll be 4 next month.
>> Judge Judy: I'm not following
your timeframe.
>> I'm sorry.
I'm trying to get it right for
you.
My daughter -- I was still
involved with family court
'cause they don't just give your
daughter back to you.
They work it slowly.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
I've worked in family court.
>> Okay, so, I had her for like
six months, living with me,
before I was actually released
with her to legally go where I
wanted to.
So I was working with them for
over two years, almost two
years, 'cause she was born
addicted, and then I had gotten
her back.
My best friend gave her back to
me, and then they came back and
got her again, put her in a
different foster home, and then
I --
>> Judge Judy: You know, I knew
we were gonna get to a story.
>> That's exactly what --
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
I knew we were gonna get to a
story.
So what happened was, you took
your daughter back from your
friend, without family court
approval.
They found out about it, and
they removed her from you again,
and this time placed her with
somebody else, not your friend,
because they couldn't trust your
friend not to give her back to
you.
>> Mm-hmm.
>> Judge Judy: Right.
Now, all that happened within
the last two years.
Now, when was the last time
you were in contact with a
social worker from family court?
>> Since June of 2016.
Sorry, 2017.
I don't know the exact dates,
but I know that I've had my
daughter forever, and this is
irrelevant to the case.
But, yeah, totally irrelevant.
Nothing to do with my daughter
at all.
[ Voice breaking ] This is kind
of a dirty deed, is what it is.
And it's not cool, but...
>> Judge Judy: Well, it has
something to do with this...
>> Nothing to do with my dog.
>> Judge Judy: ...because
Mr. Green --
>> It's nothing with my dog.
>> Judge Judy: Just -- Pay
careful attention to me.
Has to do with two things.
Mr. Green says -- actually,
three things.
Mr. Green says that you owe him
for rent.
Eh, I'm not so sure, because he
took you in, he knew you had
no place to go, he knew you had
no job, he knew you were a mess,
he knew you had a 3-year-old.
>> I was -- Oh, I'd like to
speak.
>> DeAnna, stop.
>> Judge Judy: I don't think
that he expected, initially, you
to pay him rent.
Is that correct, Mr. Green?
>> That's right.
>> It's just been a long time
since this has happened.
I don't understand why this is
even being brought up.
But I don't understand why
he's even...
A drug addict and losing my
child?
That's -- That's good.
It's got nothing to do with the
case whatsoever.
But thank you.
I see this is gonna work out.
>> J