>> I was next
when the gate opened.
>> It was my turn to go in.
That's his story.
>> Announcer: Dirty tricks
at the car wash?
>> I heard the attendant
hollering,
"Sir, you're breaking line.
Let the Nissan go first."
>> That's a lie.
>> Judge Judy: It tells me
something about your temper.
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Announcer: Then his anger
came shining through.
>> He jumped in front of me.
He jumped out of the car.
He jerked my door open.
>> Judge Judy: You got
out of your car!
>> I did.
I was being threatened.
>> Announcer: "Judge Judy."
did this incident
of car wash road rage happen,
month, day and year?
>> The 5th...
>> Judge Judy: What date?
>> May 24, 2018,
at 10:00 in the morning.
>> Judge Judy: What kind of
vehicle were you driving?
>> 2017 Nissan Versa Sedan SL.
>> Judge Judy:
Is that registered in your name?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy:
Who do you live with?
>> Myself.
>> Judge Judy: You have a loan
out on the car?
Yes.
I've got it financed
through Nissan Finance.
>> Judge Judy:
Do you own your own home?
>> No, ma'am.
I'm renting an apartment.
>> Judge Judy:
And where were you going, sir?
>> I was just riding around town
with my girlfriend,
and we decided
to get the car washed.
>> Judge Judy:
Does your girlfriend work?
>> No, ma'am.
She's a mother of two,
single mother of two.
>> Judge Judy: Do you live
with your girlfriend?
>> No, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy:
You live by yourself.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy:
And what about you, sir?
Where were you going?
>> I had just come to Pueblo.
I live about 90 miles south,
and my wife had a doctor's
appointment that day,
so after I dropped her off
at the doctor, I decided
to go get the car washed,
and that's when
the incident happened.
>> Judge Judy:
So you drove 90 miles.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: In what kind
of vehicle?
>> A 2017 Platinum Expedition.
>> Judge Judy:
Does your wife work?
>> My wife is a retired
schoolteacher.
>> Judge Judy:
You have children?
>> Yes.
We do.
>> Judge Judy: How many?
>> I have three,
and she has two.
My home is paid for.
>> Judge Judy: It's your home
that you own together
with your wife?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Now, I would like
to try to paint
a picture of this situation
where two men who have been
on disability
for one reason or another
for 50 years, at least,
are entering a car wash,
both driving new cars,
entering a car wash
that has a triple feed,
and people have to sort of
take turns going in one
in front of the other,
and everybody sort of knows
where they are on
the list to get in.
You see who is there,
and it sounds as if one of you
thought that the other
was trying to sneak in the line.
Now, who was it that thought
that the other was trying
to sneak in the line?
>> The car wash attendant,
Thomas [bleep], was yelling.
>> Judge Judy: Did you think
that the defendant was
trying to get in front of you?
>> Yes.
He had me blocked.
>> Judge Judy: And it was
your turn to go in before him.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: So you thought
that he was trying
to get in in front of you.
>> Oh.
He did.
He cut me off because
when the gate comes open,
it means I'm next.
>> Judge Judy: He cut you off?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: And then
what did you do?
>> I heard the car wash
attendant hollering,
"Sir, you're breaking line.
Let the Nissan go first."
Well, I was yelling,
"Just let the guy go."
>> That's a lie.
>> Judge Judy: Shh, shh, shh.
>> "Just let the guy go. Okay?"
>> Judge Judy: So you said,
"Let the guy go."
>> Mm-hmm.
>> Judge Judy: But you thought
he was cutting in on line.
That's usually irritating.
>> Well, he had me blocked.
I mean, I was next
when the gate opened.
>> Judge Judy: Okay,
but he got in first, and...
>> He apparently had jumped out
and assaulted the car wash
attendant,
came over to my car...
>> That's not the case.
>> Judge Judy: No. No. No. No.
Listen to me.
I don't want you to speak until
I'm looking at you, Mr. Foutz.
I don't want you to speak
until I'm looking at you.
>> Okay.
Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: That tells me
something about your temper.
Despite your disability,
it tells me something
about your temper.
>> Yes, Your Honor.
Yes, Your Honor.
>> Well, the car wash attendant
was actually...
>> Judge Judy: Don't tell me
what the car wash
attendant said.
Don't tell me what the car
wash attendant did.
You let him get in front of you.
>> Okay.
Yes.
>> Judge Judy:
And then what happened?
>> Well, after he got
in front of me, he
apparently got out of the car,
and he came to my car.
>> Judge Judy: You let him get
in front of you,
and do they have those...
>> Right.
>> Judge Judy: ...things that
sort of catch your car,
and then it pulls it in
by a chain through the car wash?
>> Well, Your Honor,
the three gates, you know,
one is unlimited member,
which I am,
the other two is paid members.
When the gates come open,
you're next in line.
It's the holding area,
and then you go into
the building, the robot,
and if you don't get in line,
you hit the tumbler,
you're going to mess up...
So that's what the employees was
doing to try to calm down.
>> Judge Judy:
Just tell me happened.
He got in front of you,
and then what happened?
>> He jumped in front of me.
He jumped out of the car.
He jerked my door open.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
Shh, shh.
He got out of his car.
>> Came to my car.
>> Judge Judy:
And came to your car,
which was now behind his car.
>> I was side.
>> Judge Judy:
You were in your car?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Now,
I read your answer,
and your answer said
that you got out of your car.
>> I did.
>>