>> Judge Judy: Huh?
>> All the managers...
>> Judge Judy: It's America.
We're not, you know...
>> I like
capitalism too, but all...
>> Judge Judy:
We're not talking China here.
>> I know.
I love the United States too,
but all my managers,
the one who was there
for most of the time
he was there, Bobby [bleep],
knew from the beginning that...
>> Judge Judy: Don't...
Listen to me.
Don't tell me what anybody knew.
That's not allowed
in a courtroom.
>> I...Okay.
>> Judge Judy: That's
not allowed in the courtroom.
>> Okay.
>> Judge Judy: The operation
of somebody else's mind
who's not here
to testify to that
is something that
you can't say in a courtroom.
>> Okay.
>> Judge Judy:
Here are the simple facts.
>> Okay.
>> Judge Judy:
The simple facts are,
because I read
the complaint, sir.
>> Okay.
>> Judge Judy:
And your simple facts are that
they moved to evict you
because you had an unlicensed
tenant,
as you said you've had for
20 years,
and you've failed to pay
the 10 percent increase
required by law each time you've
had a tenant.
>> He wasn't...
>> Judge Judy:
You haven't...
Just a second.
You haven't paid that, and you
didn't pay it when he moved in.
When they found out that he was
living there,
they moved to evict you
because...
Let us assume that what
you assume is true,
that they wanted to increase
the value of their building
and get out somebody who was
paying 1,040
because they could have
rented that same apartment
for $1,500 a month.
That's possible.
I don't know that.
That's what you assume,
but they move to evict you.
When they move to evict you,
let's see what you did.
Did you stop paying rent?
Just answer.
That's a yes or a no.
Yes.
>> When they moved to evict me,
they made me
stop paying rent...
>> Judge Judy: No.
>> ...and then I hired
a lawyer...
>> Judge Judy: No.
>> ...to fight the eviction.
>> Judge Judy: No, no, no, no.
How did they make you stop
paying rent?
>> They wouldn't...
They filed the papers
to evict me, and they wouldn't
take my rent from May on.
>> Judge Judy: No.
Just show me where they refused
to accept your rent.
They moved to evict you.
>> The papers to refuse to
accept my rent were the ones...
>> Judge Judy: Show me.
Show me.
>> I thought
that's in the eviction thing.
It says...
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
Just show me.
I may be wrong.
>> I thought that...
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
Don't tell me what you thought.
Just show me in the document,
sir, where it says,
"We're moving to evict you
for an unlicensed tenant.
Do not pay any more rent."
Just show me that.
I may be wrong.
If I am, I will apologize.
I'll give you some time
to find it.
>> Okay.
>> Judge Judy:
You go through it.
>> No problem.
>> Judge Judy:
And when you find it,
Byrd will circle it for you.
So there is nothing in there
that says
you shouldn't pay rent.
That is correct.
>> This is the eviction papers
that they wouldn't
take my rent as of May.
That's what I'm confused about.
>> Judge Judy: No.
>> I thought eviction papers
is they're trying to evict you.
They don't take your rent
until after it's adjudicated,
and then you have to pay
the back rent
whether you win or lose.
Now, when I was...
>> Judge Judy:
Now, listen to me.
You can double-talk me very,
very fast.
There isn't a landlord
that would move to evict someone
that would say,
"We're not going to take
your rent until
the eviction process is over.
We've taken your rent.
We've taken it under protest
that you have an illegal
tenant there,
but we're going to take
your rent
because you're living there."
>> They took my rent...
>> Judge Judy: Because you
stopped paying your rent.
>> No, I didn't stop
paying my rent.
They...
>> Judge Judy: Well, Mr....
>> These are...
>> Judge Judy: Mr. Scalir...
>> ...things to...
>> Judge Judy: ...listen to me
very, very carefully, sir.
>> Then I'm confused
on the paperwork.
>> Judge Judy: How do you...
That's not my problem.
>> Okay.
>> Judge Judy: How do you pay
your rent every month?
>> I write a money order,
and I put it in the slot,
and I pay my rent.
>> Judge Judy: Fine.
Show me where you paid your rent
after, a money order,
a copy of the money order,
where you tendered your rent
after May of 2017.
>> After I went
to court and won.
>> Judge Judy:
No, no, no, no, no.
Not court and won because that's
what the case is about.
Is that dated May 2017?
>> This is dated August 18th,
back rent.
>> Judge Judy: Right.
>> Four thousand four
hundred dollars.
>> Judge Judy: I'm not talking
about back rent, sir.
I'm talking about you stopped
paying rent.
That's what this case is about.
You stopped paying rent because
they were going to evict you,
and you went to court,
and you got a judge that said,
"Yes, you were in violation
of the law.
You were in violation of not
advising management
that you had roommates there,
so we'll let you stay.
We're going to increase
your rent.
You're going to
notify management
that you have a tenant
and pay a 10 percent increase
each time your rent is increased
because you have a roommate."
That's what that order says.