in the matter of Dixon vs.
Vassell, step forward.
>> Announcer: Karen Dixon
is suing her daughter,
20-year-old Jaida Vassell,
for cashing bad checks
against an account in her name.
>> Judge Judy: Ms. Dixon,
this is your daughter.
She's 20.
She's a college student.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: She deposited
some fake checks
into a joint account
that you have with her.
She got the cash.
When the banks found out that
they were bad checks,
what your bank did was go
to another account
that you have and take the money
out of that account.
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
So that's what the case is
about, and you want
your 20-year-old daughter
to pay you back the
$4,000-some-odd that
they took out of your account.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
>> And I want to know
where the money is.m whom did yu
get these checks?
>> It was a guy in my promo
team at school.
>> Judge Judy: Name.
>> His name is Joshua.
>> Judge Judy: Joshua what?
What grade is he in?
>> He's a junior.
>> Judge Judy: Did you tell
your mother his name?
>> No, I told her the name of
the guy that he referred me to
because he said
he was going out of town,
and his name is [bleep].
>> Judge Judy:
Who's Joshua [bleep]?
>> He's a student that
on my promotion team at school.
>> Judge Judy:
Did he give you the checks?
>> No.
I never received any checks.
They...He deposited them
into my account himself,
and then he told me to go
to the bank and withdraw them
and then meet up with him
and give him the $4,000.
And then after that, he said
he would call me the next day
to give me my half.
>> Judge Judy:
Did you report it to the police?
>> I was going to, but I knew
she was going to jail,
and I'm trying to help her...
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
She would only go to jail
if she knew that they were
doing something wrong.
You didn't think you were doing
anything wrong, did you?
>> No, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Mm-hmm.
[ Laughter ]
Well, Joshua [bleep]
and Loren what?
>> Loren [bleep].
>> See how this
doesn't make sense to you?
It made no sense to me
whatsoever, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: I have to tell
you --
the problem is, I'm going to get
the information, and then you're
going to report them
to the police.
>> Okay.
Thank you.
>> Judge Judy:
Let's start again.
You gave who your bank
information in order for them
to deposit these checks?
>> Josh.
>> Judge Judy: So you gave Josh
your bank information
so that he could deposit
these checks.
Now let me hear the conversation
that you had
with Joshua [bleep].
>> Josh told me
that he was going out of town.
So he referred me to his friend.
His name is [bleep].
Well, he goes by [bleep]
but his first name is Loren,
and we were talking,
and he just told me
that he was going to deposit
$4,000 into my account,
and then, once it hit, I should
withdraw it and give it to him,
and then he was going to deposit
it back into my account.
And then the day that we were
supposed
to meet up, he called me...
>> Judge Judy: He was going to
deposit back
into your account for what?
That doesn't make sense to me.
It's not even what you told me
five minutes ago.
Five minutes ago, you told me
that
you would meet up the next day,
and you would get your half.
That's what you said
five minutes ago.
You remember that?
And then you just said,
"Well, he was going
to take it out, put it in,
and we were going to
put it back the next day.
So, now,
I see what your mother's problem
is because you were
all a part of the scam, right?
>> I wasn't aware
that it was a scam.
>> Judge Judy: No?
What did you think it was?
>> I don't know.
I just...
I didn't think he would do me
or, like, try to...
I didn't think Josh would
try to scam me
because we were in a promotion
team together in school,
and we would
be working together year-round.
>> Judge Judy:
So where is he now?
>> Around campus.
>> Judge Judy: Who got the cash?
>> Loren did,
and he told me that...
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
Loren, last name.
>> I don't know it off
the top of my head, but...
>> Judge Judy:
Well, let's just think about it.
I don't want it off
the top of your head.
I want it from your brain.
Loren...
You want to go call Joshua
and ask what Loren's name is?
>> I can look it up.
I have my phone.
>> Judge Judy: Good!
Look it up, and his number.
>> Judge Judy:
Are you getting happier now?
>> I am, but it...
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
I'm just asking you
if you're getting happier.
>> If I get some answers.
Because this can happen again,
and she's still my kid.
I love her.
>> Judge Judy:
So what'd you sue her for?
>> Because I want my money.
[ Laughter ]
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
>> And that money was, like,
a side account that
my husband didn't know about.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
[ Laughs ]
>> And I had to tell him
because the money disappeared.
And so, you know, you have
emergency accounts
for yourself on the side.
Yes, you do.
You do.
Not you. I'm just saying.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
I have a big emergency
account...
[ Laughter ]
...that's all mine.
>> Annou