>> Judge Judy: Ms. Goldsmith,
this past summer,
you purchased a car
from your boyfriend's cousin.
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: Your boyfriend's
cousin's name is...
>> De'Anthony Thomas.
>> Judge Judy: That would be
you.
And this is your ex-girlfriend.
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: It is your claim
that the defendant vandalized
your car in July shortly after
you had purchased the car
from De'Anthony.
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: Ms. Foster
says she didn't do it.
She was home with her mother.
They had no reason to do it,
so why don't you sit there
for a minute?
Ms. Foster, how long were you
and this gentleman --
Maybe not.
Maybe stand up next to the
plaintiff.
How long were you
and De'Anthony a couple?
>> Since May 29th and --
>> Judge Judy: Of what year?
>> Of 2016.
>> Judge Judy: 2017?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: And this incident
happened end of July,
so you weren't a couple
for very long.
>> No, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Did you break up
with him, or did he --
>> Yes. I left him because he
abused me.
He abused me.
>> Judge Judy: How did he abuse
you?
>> When we were at his house,
we were fighting because he got
mad.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
You were at his house, and you
were at his house and fighting.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: When was that?
>> Almost the beginning of July.
>> Judge Judy: What was the
fight about?
>> He was upset about something
stupid that I don't know
what he was mad about.
>> Judge Judy: Well, you have to
remember what he was mad about.
What were you mad about?
>> Your Honor, I don't know
what she's talking about.
>> Judge Judy: You know
what the fight was about?
>> Yeah.
>> Judge Judy: Oh!
You're her mother?
>> I'm her mother.
>> Judge Judy: Great.
>> I don't --
>> Judge Judy: So --
Just a second.
You weren't at his house
when they had this fight.
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: So your daughter
told you about the fight.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: You didn't see it
with your own eyes.
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: Now you can sit.
>> Okay.
I'm just saying, he didn't --
>> Judge Judy: What was the
fight about?
>> I don't know what the fight
was about because he bashed my
head into the wall.
>> Judge Judy: Just a minute.
So he hurt --
physically hurt you.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Hold on.
And when he bashed your head
into the wall, what did you do?
>> I was just crying,
and I had to call my mother,
and he was upset because I kept
calling her.
>> Judge Judy: So you called
your mother to come and get you?
>> Yes. To have my sister --
>> Judge Judy: What time was
this?
>> Like 10:00 in the morning.
>> Judge Judy: 10:00 a.m.?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Had you slept at
his house?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: How old are you?
>> I just turned 18.
I was 17 at the time.
>> Judge Judy: Did you tell your
mother you were sleeping at his
house?
>> Yes. She knew I was at his
house because he was always
picking me up from my house.
>> Judge Judy: Was this the
first time you slept at his
house?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: And that was
okay with your mother?
>> She wasn't okay with it,
but I still --
>> Judge Judy: But you did it
anyway.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Now you sort of
remember that you had a fight,
10:00 in the morning?
>> No, Your Honor. I don't.
>> Judge Judy: You don't
remember any fight that you had
with her?
>> No, Your Honor.
There's been arguments and
altercations, but there's never
been a physical fight.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
Did you go to the hospital?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: Did you go to the
doctor?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: Did you call the
police?
>> Yes. I called the police.
>> Judge Judy: Did you make
a police report?
>> Yes. I did, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: Do you have
a copy of that?
>> No. I don't.
>> Judge Judy: Is there any
reason why?
>> Because he did it twice.
He did it again,
and I called the police.
>> Judge Judy: No.
Just a second.
You mean after your mother
picked you up this time
in the beginning of July,
you went back to him?
>> I went back to him because he
called me.
>> Judge Judy: Called you and
said, "I'll never do it again.
I'm sorry. I love you."
>> Yes. Yes.
He spoke to my parents and --
>> Judge Judy: And then you
went back to him?
>> Uh-huh.
>> Judge Judy: And then
he assaulted you again?
>> Again. Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: When was that?
>> In the middle of July.
>> Judge Judy: So this is at the
beginning of July, then the
middle of July.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Now, what kind of
car did De'Anthony have?
>> At first, he had a --
>> Judge Judy: Not "at first."
I don't care what he had at
first.
We're not going back --
>> He didn't have a car.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
>> He was using people's cars
to come pick me up and asking
for rides to come pick me up.
>> Judge Judy: Did he ultimately
have a car?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: Never had a car
when you were together?
>> When I first met him, yes.
He did.
>> Judge Judy: What kind of car
did he have?
>> He had a Cadillac.
>> Judge Judy: What kind of car
did you purchase from him?
>> A BMW 2002.
>> Judge Judy: Never saw a BMW?
>> Yes. I have.
>> Judge Judy: Did he ever
pick you up in the BMW?
>> Yes. He has.
>> Judge Judy: Starting when?
>> Before he gave her the BMW,
which was, like, in June.
The last time I had that car
at my house was June 12th
because he came --
>> Judge Judy: Oh, now all of a
sudden --
Doesn't remember what the fight
was about, but remembers,
"The last time I saw the car
was June 12th."
>> Right.
>> Judge Judy: You have
interesting selective memory.
>> Yes, I do.
>> Judge Judy: You don't
understand what you were
fighting about.
That wasn't a compliment.
You don't remember what you were
fighting about when somebody
bashed your head against the
wall, but you remember the last
time you saw the BMW was the
12th.
>> Byrd: Selective memory.
>> Judge Judy: Interesting
selective memory.
Your car was vandalized
on what date?
>> On the 5th of August.
>> Judge Judy: Where was it
when it was vandalized?
>> Parked at my apartments.
>> Judge Judy: And you didn't
see who vandalized your car?
>> My boyfriend --
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
>> I'm sorry.
I didn't see. No.
>> Judge Judy: Do you have a
witness who saw who vandalized
your car?
>> Not here today. No.
>> Judge J