give him any money.
>> I gave him a lot of money.
>> Judge Judy: No, you didn't.
>> Yes, we did.
>> But the days I quoted,
those weren't for full days.
That's not a "worked for
eight hours" day.
They came for two hours, three
hours, four hours, sometimes.
>> Judge Judy: That's a problem.
Do you know what the problem is?
You didn't keep records.
>> I did.
>> Judge Judy: That's your
problem.
That's what happens
when you do a barter.
>> I tried to help him.
He lost his car.
I said, "Just take the car.
We'll work it out.
Just help me move."
He said, "How about the Jeep?
$2,500.
I'll work off the down."
>> Judge Judy: He bought it.
Where's the Jeep now?
>> It's up in Reno, Nevada,
where it was picked up
from the tow yard
when he was arrested.
And I found out that it was up
there because --
>> Judge Judy: You want to go
get it?
Go get it.
You never turned the title
over to him?
>> I tried and tried and tried.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
My question is, you never
turned the title over to him?
>> I tried to.
He wouldn't bring it down
to let me get the smog
and give him the title.
He wouldn't do anything.
I've got thousands
of text messages
where he's promising to pay me
and bring it down
to take care of it.
>> Judge Judy: Let me explain
something to you.
It's your car.
Get it and go sell it.
You're gonna give him $2,400,
which is what you owe him.
>> No. Mnh-mnh.
>> Judge Judy: Either way,
you can't have the car
and not pay him.
>> We don't want the car.
>> No, we don't want --
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
I don't care.
>> He took a car from us
for over a year,
and now it's worth half of
what the value is that it was
when we gave it to him.
>> He crashed my Mercedes
I lent him.
Then I gave him that to use.
He said he wanted to work off
the $500 down payment,
and I said,
"You take the car, James.
We'll work it out."
$200 a month was his original
deal, and I have that in his own
writing.
>> Judge Judy: He doesn't have
to pay you.
I am telling you that
for moving your father's junk,
I am going to award him
on his counterclaim $2,400
and his daughter $2,400.
Now...
>> Oh, my gosh.
>> Judge Judy: Now, pay careful
attention, because that was your
deal, and you didn't pay her.
They say you were
supposed to give her a Camry.
Is that right?
>> My boyfriend, yes.
>> Judge Judy: But I don't care
about...
>> I don't even have a 2005
Camry, so that was a lie.
They lied.
>> Judge Judy: You can either go
get your car or you can sign the
title over to him so that
you don't have any issues.
And if he wants to get the car,
then I won't award him $2,400.
>> That's what I would
love to do.
>> Judge Judy: Perfect.
Get the title out, sign it over
and then we're done
with the Jeep.
>> This is all the paperwork
that we have to sign over
for release of title
and for a new title.
>> Judge Judy: Where's the
title?
>> Like I said, when he took
the Jeep, he has the paperwork
for the Jeep.
I assumed I had the title,
but I don't.
So I went to DMV to sign it off.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
That's...
So the answer is
you don't have the title.
>> This is what we need instead,
per the DMV.
>> Judge Judy: No.
Don't tell me,
"What we need instead."
The answer is you don't have a
title.
Now, where's the title
to the Jeep?
>> In the binder
with all my other titles,
but the DMV told me that this is
what I needed to bring
to sign it for a new title.
>> Judge Judy: No, no, no, no,
no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
no, no, no.
I don't care what anybody
told you.
I want the title.
>> Okay, I can get it.
>> Judge Judy: Great.
Then you have to sign
over the title to the defendant
to that car
because he barter-worked for it.
And if you tell me
that you don't want to, I'm
just going to award him $2,400.
>> Please don't.
>> Judge Judy: Fine.
Then you want
to go get the title?
Where is it?
>> It's in Riverside
with all of our other papers.
>> Judge Judy: Why didn't
you bring the title today?
>> Because we were told that
this is what we need for him
to have a new title,
a release of liability from me.
>> Judge Judy: How long did it
take you to get here today,
from Riverside?
>> An hour.
>> Judge Judy: You can send him
home to get the title.
>> Your Honor,
this is all wrong.
He did two days of full work.
I will...
>> Judge Judy: Listen to me.
You already said --
>> And --
>> Judge Judy: Listen to me.
You already told me
he worked maybe 20 days.
>> Full days.
Full days, I said right now.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
>> I have papers here.
>> Judge Judy: Very good.
Very good.
>> I have papers here
where he agrees --
>> Judge Judy: I'm
forgetting it.
I'm leaving you alone.
I'm leaving you alone
with the Jeep.
Do you understand?
>> No, I don't, but I have to.
>> Judge Judy: Well, I'm
telling you, I'm leaving you
alone with the Jeep.
If you get the title and sign
it over to him, terrific.