this is your brother.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: And this is his
wife.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: And this is the
story as I understand it.
Your brother and his wife were
having some marital
difficulties.
That is true, correct?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: And during that
time, your brother asked you to
do him a favor.
The favor was to rent a car to
drive him someplace.
Where did you want to go?
>> I was going to Minneapolis.
>> Judge Judy: From where you
were living with your wife?
>> Right.
>> Judge Judy: And what were you
gonna do in Minneapolis?
>> Stay with my brother.
>> Judge Judy: But you wanted to
take the children with you.
>> Yeah. Yeah, I did.
>> Judge Judy: I just want --
I'm asking you a question.
>> I did.
>> Judge Judy: And how many
children do you have?
>> Two.
>> Judge Judy: How old are they?
>> 4 and 5 months.
>> Judge Judy: So, you asked
your sister to rent a car to
drive you to Minneapolis with
your two children.
>> Right.
>> Judge Judy: Had you discussed
taking the children with you to
Minneapolis with your wife?
>> Uh, somewhat.
>> Judge Judy: What do you mean,
"somewhat"?
What does that mean?
>> I told her that I would take
the kids with me.
>> Judge Judy: And what did she
say.
>> She did not deny it.
She didn't say --
>> Judge Judy: No.
What did she say?
Did she say it was okay?
Did she say, "I don't want you
to take the kids with you"?
>> Well, at the time, she was --
we were upset, and she was like,
"Go ahead. Take them."
>> Judge Judy: Is that correct?
>> Yes, because I trust him with
our children.
>> Judge Judy: I don't care --
Listen.
I don't need your editorializing
now.
>> Okay.
>> Judge Judy: If you're
fighting with your husband and
he says, "I'm gonna leave and go
to my brother in Minneapolis,
and I'm gonna take the
4-year-old and the 5-month-old,"
I would either say, "You're not
gonna take them," or, "You're
gonna take them," not, "You can
take them," 'cause he loves his
children.
Well --
>> Well, because I really didn't
believe him, that he was gonna
leave.
>> Judge Judy: Ah, well, that
may be an answer.
That may be an legitimate
answer.
Well, then you show up with your
brother in the rental car.
This is according to you.
And on what date is that?
>> February 28th.
>> Judge Judy: And what date did
you go with your brother to pick
up the children?
>> I didn't go with my brother
to pick up the children.
>> Judge Judy: You didn't.
Who did?
>> He went by hisself to pick up
the children.
He --
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
You went by yourself.
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>> No.
>> Judge Judy: Look at me.
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: Who did you go
with?
>> I mean, I was by myself, but
I didn't go pick up the children
that day, though.
>> Judge Judy: Mr. Williams.
>> Yes?
>> Judge Judy: On February 28th,
you were in the rental car that
your sister had rented for you.
>> Right.
>> Judge Judy: And you went back
to the marital home.
>> Mnh...yes.
>> Judge Judy: You never know
where I'm gonna go, sir, so
where you have to go is the
truth.
>> That's what I'm -- I'm
listening.
>> Judge Judy: That's what --
So, you went back to the marital
home.
>> Right.
>> Judge Judy: And what happened
when you got there?
>> Nothing. It was --
I went back there later on that
night, so it wasn't --
>> Judge Judy: What time did you
go back there?
>> Late, probably 12:00, 1:00
in the morning.
>> Judge Judy: Midnight.
>> Yeah.
>> Judge Judy: Midnight or 1:00
in the morning.
>> Right.
>> Judge Judy: And then what
happened?
>> Nothing happened that night.
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I mean, the next day, I ended up
back out to their house.
And I pretty much decided that I
wasn't going up to my brother's
because we had talked and
everything, so I changed my mind
about that.
>> Judge Judy: What do you think
you're doing here, Mr. Williams?
>> I'm here because they're
actually trying to sue for
damages that they did to the
vehicle theirself.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
So, your sister is suing you
because she said when you went
to pick up the children...
>> Right.
I didn't go pick up the
children, though.
>> Judge Judy: Yes?
>> Ma'am, can I talk?
>> Judge Judy: Yeah.
>> Okay.
We rented the vehicle for the
rental on February 28th.
On March 1, 2016, he got a call
from here stating that he needed
to come and pick his kids up
because she was upset, okay?
This is what he told me.
So, my husband -- he takes --
he's in the rental 'cause we let
him drive the rental.
He goes to the house or
whatever, and from my
understanding --
>> Judge Judy: Not your
understanding.
>> No. Well, from what I know,
she came --
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
You can't tell me anything that
you didn't see unless your
brother, who was a party, told
you what happened.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Well, then get to
that.
>> And so he calls my husband,
which is right there,
Marcus Woodberry -- that's my
husband.
He calls my husband.
>> Judge Judy: You can't tell
me.
Mr. Woodberry, you want to tell
me about the conversation that
you had with Mr. Williams on
March 1st?
>> Yes, I got a call about
10:00, 11:00 that morning.
He was telling me that, "Yeah,
she went and busted the
windows."
I had told him prior, "Don't go
down there," because they was
having problems, "And you in
this rental -- she gonna do
something to it."
He decides to go down there
'cause she said, "Come get the
kids," or whatever.
He goes down there. He calls me.
"She busted the windows, bro."
I called my wife -- or texted me
wife, tell her what happened,
picked her up for work.
I called off work.
>> That's not the truth.
>> And went down there.
He was at his friend's house.
We seen the rental busted all
out, called the police, and made
the report.
>> Judge Judy: Do you have the
police report?
I'd like to see it, please.
Can I see an estimate, please,
for the damage?