your version because we'll get
to what the lawsuit is about --
because he filed charges against
you for assault.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: You say that they
were false.
Now he's going to tell me his
version of the events.
Go.
>> Hi, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: Okay. You were
hired -- that's your job -- to
repossess property that hasn't
been paid for.
You got an order to pick up
his car.
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: Start from there.
>> Okay. So I picked the vehicle
up, Your Honor.
About seven blocks away,
I secured the vehicle.
>> Judge Judy: How many blocks
away from his house?
>> About seven blocks.
>> Judge Judy: Go ahead.
>> So, as I was securing the
vehicle to my tow truck,
Mr. Burns came up to me, and he
was very defensive.
>> Judge Judy: Don't tell me
what you thought about
his posture --
>> Okay. He asked me,
"What are you doing?"
>> Judge Judy: And what
did you say?
>> I said, "Sir, your car is up
for repossession."
He said, "The car's not up
for repossession."
He got aggressive, started
coming towards me.
I backed up.
I kept backing up, and I went in
my truck.
He said, "Put the vehicle down
before I beat your [bleep]"
Excuse my language.
I told him I can't put the
vehicle down until I
close the door.
He did not want to hear that.
He stood on the running board.
I put the vehicle in drive
because it was already secure.
I started driving
at a slow speed.
And he had grabbed on to the
steering wheel, and then we had
smacked into a car.
Prior to this, before he had
jumped on the running board, he
hit me in my side about two or
three times.
>> Judge Judy: Where was he when
he hit you in your side?
>> He's standing on the running
board of the truck.
>> Judge Judy: Okay. So he's
standing on the running board of
the truck, and you're inside
the truck.
>> Correct.
I'm sitting.
>> Judge Judy: And he's standing
on the running board.
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: And how did he
hit you?
>> He punched me to the side, so
like in my ribs.
So if I'm sitting here right now
and he's standing right here,
he would hit me in my side.
>> Judge Judy: Where was the car
that he drove up in?
>> I have no idea, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: You didn't see
a car?
>> Well, he was parked in the
street in the city streets.
So every car is parallel
parking.
There's tons of --
>> Judge Judy: No, no. From his
house, he said, his wife drove
him to where you were.
>> Okay.
>> Judge Judy: Did you see her?
>> When he approached, there was
a female in the car, yes.
>> Judge Judy: Did you see what
she was doing as this
was going on?
>> She was just sitting
in the vehicle.
>> Judge Judy: Now, when you say
you secured the vehicle, what do
you have to do to secure
the vehicle?
>> You have to put a safety
chain on the vehicle so the
vehicle, when you drive away, it
doesn't fall off.
>> Judge Judy: Okay, but you did
in fact drive it away a
certain -- you said a few
blocks.
>> Yes. Correct.
>> Judge Judy: How was it
attached to the tow truck then?
>> Well, because when you pick
the vehicle up, it has claws, a
mechanism that sits where the
tires are so it sits on the tow
truck.
You can continue to drive away,
but you go to a certain
distance to secure it.
This way, when you're on the
highway or something, if it was
to fall off, it's not going to
hit somebody or et cetera.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
So then you stopped -- when you
felt it was safe, you stopped to
secure it.
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: Do you have
a police report?
>> Yes, I do.
>> Judge Judy: I'd like
to take a look at it.
And do you have the work order
to pick up the car?
>> Yes, I do.
>> Judge Judy: I'd also like to
take a look at that.
Do you have any other police
report?
>> No, this is all they gave
me, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Do you have
any police report?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: I'd like
to see it.
>> Your Honor, may I say
something?
>> Judge Judy: Yes.
>> Upon the accident, when the
police arrived on the scene,
I left in an ambulance because I
was injured, and when I got
there, they signed me out, and
they came with that charge that
he's talking about that I hit
him.
That's what the officer said --
not the police officer but the
sergeant because the other
officers was like, "Man, we
didn't even have time for this.
You know, you should have left
the scene."
That's what the black officers,
they was just saying all type of
observe --
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
Don't tell me what anybody said
to you, Mr. Burns.
You were wrong.
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: You were wrong.
>> No, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: He had
authorization to take...
Just pay attention.
>> Okay.
>> Judge Judy: He had
authorization to take your car.
You had no business...
You had no business to get on
the running board of his truck
to endanger him, other people
that may be out there...
I know you're shaking
your head no.
I know you're shaking your
head no.
Bottom line is he had the right
to have possession of your car.
That's what this order says.
He had the right to have
possession of your car.
You had no right to take control
of his car
by getting on the running board.
And because you did that, you
caused an accident.
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