leave the premises?
>> March 2nd.
>> Judge Judy: Why?
>> Because I felt like --
>> Judge Judy: No, no, look at
me.
Do you see I'm difficult?
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: So January,
February -- 2 months.
You signed a 6-month lease.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: For 2 months,
did you pay her the $1,200 a
month?
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: So you paid her
$2,400?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Tell me why you
left in March, because you left
in March, and, therefore,
the lease is broken.
That's what she's suing for.
She's suing for the remainder
of your lease.
Going to find out other things
from her in a second, not that
I'm going to believe them,
but I'm going
to try to find them out.
Tell me why you left in March.
>> I left because I felt like
she was asking me too much to do
things outside of my department.
>> Judge Judy: Like what?
>> Like, just stuff, like,
stuff I wasn't trained for.
I'm doing braiding.
Braiding is my department.
>> Judge Judy: No.
I understand braiding
is your department.
What was it
that she asked you to do?
>> Just stuff pertaining to
hair that I wasn't trained for.
>> Judge Judy: Give me an
example.
>> Like working with color and
stuff like that.
Even though I'm professional
to do that, I am not trained
for that chemical.
I can be in trouble by doing
that, working with chemicals
I'm not supposed to work with.
>> Judge Judy: Be specific with
me.
In the month of February,
what did she ask you to do?
>> Work with hair --
>> Excuse me?
>> Judge Judy: Don't speak.
>> [ Sighs ]
>> Working with hair color.
>> Judge Judy: Give me
a specific example.
"On such-and-such a date
in February,
she asked me to do X."
>> On the 2nd, the day I left
and I decided
I wasn't going to come back,
I made it clear that I wasn't
going to be working
because I felt like it's just
something I didn't want to do.
I didn't want to do it.
I asked her, like, I don't want
to do it.
I shouldn't pay anything.
>> Judge Judy: Didn't want to do
what?
>> Work with hair color.
>> Judge Judy: Put your hand
down.
Are you not following me?
There has to be a reason.
You have to give me a reason.
>> That's not my department.
>> Judge Judy: Why are you --
"Not my department."
I understand your defense.
Your defense is she asked you
to do things
that you weren't licensed to do,
and your lease said that you
were there to do hair braiding.
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
She wasn't your boss.
You were paying her rent.
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
So she can't tell you
to do anything.
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: Well,
I would like you to tell me what
and when you claimed she asked
you to do something on a client
or generally for all clients
that you weren't
comfortable doing.
>> The day I left.
>> Judge Judy: The day you left,
March 2nd?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Tell me
what happened on March 2nd.
>> I felt like I shouldn't --
>> Judge Judy: I don't care what
you feel.
I have no interest in your
feelings.
I want you to tell me what she
said to you -- what she said
to you on March 2nd.
>> "Hey, Draughan, you mind
finishing this client up for me?
You mind washing her color out?"
And I was like, "No."
>> Judge Judy: Oh, just a
second.
So on March 2nd,
she said to you,
"Would you mind washing
this client out?"
>> The hair color.
>> Judge Judy: The hair color
from this client.
And you said, "No.
I don't want to do that."
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: And then what
happened?
I want you to tell me because
that's reasonable.
You're there to do hair
braiding.
You're not there to be her
shampoo person.
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: Right.
Is that why you left?
Had she done that before?
>> It was just too much for me.
I just --
>> Judge Judy: No.
Was it just this one time?
>> I mean, it was twice that day
that I refused,
and then once I said
that I wasn't with that,
I just left and I decided
I wasn't going to come back.
I put myself more focused
on my school and my children.
Then I had family issues,
so I felt like when I left,
I wasn't going to pay it,
and I left it like that.
I wasn't going to pay her
because I felt like I shouldn't.
>> Judge Judy: That's not a
reason.
You know, as much as I think
that she's a bit of a scammer
because she's got everybody
paying her rent and then some --
>> That's just business.
>> Judge Judy: I'm not --
I'm not speaking to you now.
>> Okay.
>> Judge Judy: You understand?
>> Yes, with all due respect.
>> Judge Judy: I'm not finished
with you.
I'm actually not finished.
But that's not a reason, because
you don't feel that you --
>> Washing hair --
>> Judge Judy: Listen to me.
If you said to her on March 2nd,
"I'm not here to wash hair.
I have my own clients.
I pay you rent, $1,200.
I've paid you
the last 2 months,"
have a discussion with her,
"I'm not rinsing out
somebody else's work.
I'm not doing that. I pay rent.
I'm not your employee."
If you said that, that's fine,
but if what you just said
to me was, "I had family issues.
I decided to concentrate
on my school and my kids,
and I didn't want to go
back there anymore," that's not
a reason to break your lease.
>> After the fact --
Ma'am, that's after the fact
that I decided I am not no
shampoo girl.
I do not rinse out color.
That's not my department.
My department is braiding.
>> Judge Judy: Did you --
Just a second.
Did you tell her that?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: And what did she
say to you?
>> "You can leave."
>> Judge Judy: Oh, well, that's
perfect.
>> [ Sighs ]