when he approached you?
>> Okay, so, it didn't happen
like that.
So, I was at the red light.
Can I use the diagram?
>> Judge Judy: Yes.
>> Okay, so, this diagram is
pretty close --
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
Did he get out of the car?
>> Eventually, but not right
away.
No, that's completely
inaccurate.
So, I was stopped.
It was a red light.
So, there's a Starbucks right
here.
It's really busy.
This light takes forever to turn
green.
So, I'm here.
From the curb to where I am is
15 feet.
So, from you to me is about
15 feet.
So, had he --
>> Judge Judy: Listen to me.
Listen to me.
This is a half-hour program.
>> Okay.
[ Laughter ]
Okay.
>> Judge Judy: I told the whole
story in 7 minutes.
What I want to know is -- what
happened at the red light?
I don't want to know that there
was a Starbucks.
I don't want to know what he
could have done if he had
another 15 minutes.
I don't want to know what he
might have done if he were
5 inches taller.
I don't want to know anything
like that.
All I want to know is -- what
happened at the light?
[ Laughter ]
right-hand turn, 'cause he's in
the right-hand-turn lane, in a
bike lane, he came to rest with
his bumper on my tire.
From there, the words escalated,
and just, you know, "Leave me
alone.
Make your right turn."
And it went back and forth.
People are whatever.
Somebody's yelled, "We're
calling the police."
A police officer showed up, and
he was at this light, looking at
us.
And he just simply said, "You
guys resolve it yourself," in
spite of Mr. Hope bumping my
tire.
>> Judge Judy: So, a policeman
showed up.
Whatever he said is hearsay.
>> Oh, okay.
>> Judge Judy: You are now left
with the defendant still behind
you, in his car.
>> Right. So, at that point --
Yes.
So, at that point, I thought it
was crazy to try to continue --
>> Judge Judy: I don't care what
you think.
>> Okay.
>> Judge Judy: I just want to
know what happened.
I don't care what you think or
what he thought.
I want to know what happened
that brought you to court.
>> Okay, so what happened was --
I got off my bike.
I turned it around because there
was a lot of cars behind him.
And I figured I would just
escape the whole situation.
So I proceeded go down this
path.
As I went by, because it's very
narrow between the cars that
were there, I may have hit his
mirror, bumped his collapsible
mirror, whatever.
That launched him.
And then I thought I was free of
him in going this way, and that
was it.
The next thing I know, I got
tackled into a car going this
way and broke my bike, severed
my arm, and -- So, he never got
out at the light.
He was too busy hitting my tire
with his car.
So I figured, "This is --" It
just didn't make sense to keep
going down --
>> Judge Judy: All right, now
let me simplify that for myself
and for the 10 million people
who are watching it.
Move over here.
>> All right.
>> Judge Judy: So, he got behind
you and he was furious.
And he touched the back of your
bike with his car.
He didn't hurt your bike,
because, according to you, you
turned the bike around and you
were going to go the other way.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: And while you
were doing that, you knocked his
mirror.
>> I don't recall hitting it,
but I could --
>> Judge Judy: [ Mumbling ]
[ Laughter ]
While you were doing that --
while you were doing that, you
knocked his mirror.
And then he got out of the car.
>> Well, he screamed something
first.
>> Judge Judy: And when he got
out of the car, what happened?
>> I felt a big push on my back.
And I had been exploded into
some car that was -- The light
went green, and I hit the car.
>> Judge Judy: Were you on your
bike when that happened?
>> Yes, pedaling.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
As a result of that, you were
injured.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: That's why we're
here.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
Now, "When we both stopped at a
red light, I got out of my car
so I could speak to
Mr. Connolly.
He was enraged and threatened my
life."
What did he say to you?
>> He told me, "I'll...you up"
and "we'll do this South Chicago
style."
I'm not exactly sure what
that's --
>> Judge Judy: I don't know
either.
>> I don't know.
>> Judge Judy: Listen to me.
Mr. Hope...
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: ...listen to me.
That's what he said to you.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Right?
"He was enraged and threatened
my life.
I saw that I was not getting
anywhere with Mr. Connolly, so I
got back into my car."
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Now, at that
point, you're both facing in the
same direction, 'cause you had
been chasing him.
He then turned his bicycle
around, which would mean he was
going in the opposite direction,
you say, to follow you.
That's impossible, 'cause if he
turned it around, he wasn't
following you.
So which one was it?