Are you two married?
>> No, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy:
You live together?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: You rented
a house from the defendant.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: When did you rent
the house from the defendant?
>> I lived there
from May 2016 until May 2017.
>> And I moved there
in August till May of 2017.
>> Judge Judy: And, Mr. Carter,
when you rented the house
from Mr. Kimbrough,
did he give you a lease?
>> Um...
>> Judge Judy: No.
>> No, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: How much
was the rent?
>> 525 per month.
>> Judge Judy: And did you
give him security deposit?
>> We gave him
$1,000 security deposit.
>> Judge Judy: Is that correct,
Mr. Kimbrough?
>> That is not correct.
>> Judge Judy: How much security
deposit did he give you?
>> He gave me
no security deposit.
He was supposed to give me $125.
>> Judge Judy:
Show me proof that you gave him
$1,000 security deposit.
>> I don't have it.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
[ Scribbling ]thing happened in.
He told you that the house had
to be renovated or something.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: You had to move
into another house.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Where did you go?
>> Well, he said he had
another place for us to go to.
He had another property that
we could stay for the two weeks
while
the renovation was being done.
>> Judge Judy:
Fine, so did you go there?
>> Yes, ma'am.
He took us there the next day.
>> Judge Judy:
Just a second, to another house?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: And you moved
into that house also in May?
>> Yes.
>> Yes, May 1st.
>> Judge Judy: How long
did you stay there?
>> We stayed
about three weeks.
>> No, no,
it was till the 11th,
when the actual owner
of the property came.
>> Judge Judy: The 11th of May?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Okay,
and then the real owner
came of that property...
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy:
...and threw you out.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Yes, she came
with the police.
>> Judge Judy:
Because she didn't know
you were squatting in her house.
Who owned the house?
>> Jenny [bleep].
>> Judge Judy: How did you
have access to the house?
>> Well, I had access
to the house because I'm the RA,
which is the Resident Assistant.
>> Judge Judy:
Resident Assistant what?
>> He has about ten properties.
>> Judge Judy: Oh, so you
had keys to the house?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
>> Judge Judy:
And there was a lockbox there.
>> Judge Judy: I got it.
I got it.
So then the real owner
came with the police and said,
"Now you have to go because
you're squatting in my house.
I don't know who you are."
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Okay, fine.
So, you left.
Where did you go?
>> We went to a hotel
from that point on,
till we were able
to find another place to move.
>> Yes, ma'am.
I have the receipts right here.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
So you went to a hotel.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: And you didn't
pay him rent in June.
>> No, ma'am.
>> No, we didn't
pay him rent in June.
>> Judge Judy: And did you pay
May's rent?
>> No, ma'am.
>> No, we didn't pay
him rent in May.
>> Judge Judy: So you didn't pay
May's rent either?
>> No, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: So you lived in
this other person's house
until May 11th.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: And you hadn't
paid rent for those 11 days.
>> No, ma'am.
>> No, we hadn't.
>> Judge Judy: And you didn't
pay rent in June.
>> No, ma'am.
>> No, we hadn't.
>> Judge Judy: And you have
no proof that you gave him
$1,000 security deposit.
>> No, ma'am, not anymore.
>> Judge Judy: So, what
would you like me to do for you?
>> Well, he told us
to take the rent money
for that month,
move out for two weeks,
come back because he's going to
renovate the place.
>> Judge Judy: So what?
So he lied.
I mean, what's your damage?
>> The damages are
punitive damages, Your Honor.
In the process of all of this,
I lost my job.
I was unable to get to work.
I had to resign my work
because I needed
to find another place to stay.
I overdrafted my bank account
because I immediately
didn't have available
funds to rent a motel for $300.
I did have $500...
>> Judge Judy:
He's not paying you money.
>> ...that I was making
payments monthly for him.
>> Judge Judy: You listen to me.
He's not paying you money.
>> But, well...
>> Judge Judy: He's not
paying you.
He's not paying you
for losing your job.
He's not paying you because
you were inconvenienced.
>> He was supposed to
give us a 30-day notice.
She told us on Friday to...
>> Judge Judy:
Do you have a lease?
>> No, but we...
>> Judge Judy: Listen to me.
Do you have a lease?
>> No, ma'am, not anymore.
>> Judge Judy: You never
had a lease with him.
>> No, ma'am.
>> He didn't bring it.
He said he would.
He never did.
>> Judge Judy:
Okay, so we have nothing.
Now, you have a counterclaim,
and your counterclaim says
that they damaged the property.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: How did
they damage the property?
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
Do you own the property?
>> Judge Judy: No, I do not.
>> Judge Judy: Do you have
a power of attorney
from the owner of the property?
>> No, but I was
the contractor for the owner.
>> Judge Judy: Show me
that you were the contractor
for the owner.
>> I also have a copy
of a 30-day notice.
>> Judge Judy: Just tell me
what I need to know.
>> Okay.
I have a lease from the owner
showing that I was also
renting from the same house.
I just sublet.
>> Your Honor,
he did not live there at all.
>> Judge Judy: We're done.
We're done.
>> Byrd: Parties are excused