Your Honor?
>> Judge Judy: Now, for somebody
who doesn't now
how to get in touch
with the purchaser of her car,
you kept your insurance.
>> Your Honor,
at the time of the accident,
I still had the insurance
on the vehicle.
>> Judge Judy: I know you did.
And people who sell their car
don't have insurance
on their car.
>> We had an agreement that
following Monday,
I still had the title
to the vehicle
because we hadn't swapped out
the rest of the money
for the vehicle.
It was already in my plans
to cancel
that car off my policy.
It had just been sitting.
>> Judge Judy: How did you find
Mr. Owens,
or how did he find your car?
How did he find your car?
Was it advertised for sale?
Was it on the Internet?
Was... How did he find it?
>> It was a little bit of both,
word of mouth, on the Internet.
It had been sitting.
He was aware
that the car was for sale.
>> Judge Judy: Don't tell me
what he was aware of.
Before you sold him
the car, did you know him?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: From where?
>> Mutual friend.
>> Judge Judy: Name?
>> That part, I mean,
it's irrelevant.
A mutual friend. I know him.
I used to date him
over the summer.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
Now... Now we're getting...
See? See how we go?e Mr. Owens.
>> Yes. I did.
>> Judge Judy:
Which would account for
how he had your number memorized
if he didn't in fact
have his cellphone.
Now, you didn't tell the police,
"I used to date him.
I have his cellphone number.
I'll call him."
>> I didn't have a point
of contact for him at that time.
>> Judge Judy:
But you were supposed to meet
with him on Monday
to exchange the information
on the car.
>> At the time...
>> Judge Judy:
Is that what you're telling me?
>> ...that they contacted me
about this,
I did not have a point
of contact for Mr. Owens.
>> Judge Judy: Fine.
You want to tell me
what happened in the accident?
>> Yeah.
>> Judge Judy: Go over there.
You were at a stop sign?
>> Yeah.
>> Judge Judy: Mm-hmm.
>> Okay. This is my car,
and I did a full, complete stop,
and I looked both ways,
and I did not see his car coming
because he had his lights off.
So I was at a full,
complete stop,
and then I started to go.
And then I just
remember the loud noise.
And then I spinned,
and I landed in this yard.
And when we all got out the car,
we were --
>> Judge Judy: Who's all?
>> Well, when me and Jasmine
got out of the car,
we were going to check on him,
and that's when
we seen him leave.
>> Judge Judy:
Where were you rushing to?
First tell me,
where were you rushing to?
>> I wasn't rushing or nothing.
>> Judge Judy: You just told me
you were rushing.
>> I'm trying to explain
something to you, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: No. No. No.
You just...I said to you...
I asked you a question,
where were you rushing to?
>> No.
I wasn't rushing, per se,
while I was driving,
I'm talking about
just leaving your house
and just forgetting
your cellphone.
That's what it was.
>> Judge Judy: You told me...
You used the word rushing.
You want me to play
back the tape?
"Weren't you ever rushing?"
>> You right. You right.
And I can see how words
can play a part in that.
You totally correct,
but I wasn't rushing period.
I was going north
on West Street right here,
and she say that I didn't have
my lights on, but clearly,
that's not the truth
because it was a 2000
Monte Carlo -- their lights
come on automatically.
I was coming down West Street.
She was coming off Blake Street.
Clearly, she had a stop sign
right here, but she T-boned me
'cause she hit the passenger
door.
She didn't hit the front door.
And you can clearly see by
the pictures that Ms. Ellis got
that she couldn't...
I just couldn't have hit her
front end like that.
>> Judge Judy: Stand back there.
You're lucky you
didn't get a summons.
Did they give you a summons
for leaving the scene
of an accident?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: Did they?
>> No. No, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Why not?
>> I haven't been contacted
by nobody about it,
but that's why I was trying --
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
>> Okay.
>> Judge Judy: That's because
you both lied to the police.udy.
Listen to me. You have no case.
You ran a stop sign.
You're supposed to stop
at a stop sign.
That's it.
You're supposed to stop,
and if you look,
and you don't see somebody,
and if you get hit,
that's not their fault.
That's your fault.
You're 17 years old.
You come to a complete stop,
and you look.
The reason that it's irritating
is because there were absolutely
no consequences for you
for lying to the police,
for letting him get away with
leaving the scene of an accident
without getting a fine or ticket
or any consequence.
There's nothing
that I can do to you
except if somebody
in the police department
is watching,
this accident happened
on November 4, 2016,
and Mr. Owens clearly left
the scene of an accident,
which is an offense,
and the only reason he wasn't
contacted by the police is
because you fibbed to them.
Your case is dismissed.
We're done.