Now I want to see
the last statement.
When did you withdraw
the balance
of the funds in this account?
>> There has been no activity
in that account since December,
but she moved out
of my house January 31st.
Her last two checks, I believe,
she didn't deposit anything in,
one for Christmas,
and the last check
was about $12.
>> Judge Judy: Listen to me
carefully.
Did you withdraw any money
from this account at any time?
>> No, Your Honor, I have not.
>> Judge Judy: Did you, at any
time, say to Ms. Lorta,
"I want something.
Can I buy it from my account?"
>> The...
>> Judge Judy: Make sure you
tell me the truth.
>> The only thing that I've done
with any of the money
was go get my nails
done with her,
but I did not want her to take
any money out for a phone or...
>> Judge Judy: If you do that
again, I'm going
to say "goodbye" to you.
Do you know what you just did?
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: Listen to me very
carefully.
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: Did Ms. Lorta
receive any funds for your care,
for your living expenses,
for anything else from anybody?
>> No, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: So she took care
of you on her own?
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: She provided
you with clothes...
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: ...food.
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: You lived with
her for 5 years?
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: Why do you think
she would...
Of course, what you're alleging
is she stole from you.
Why would you think
that she did that?
>> Your Honor, to be honest,
I don't really know
why she would do it.
>> Judge Judy: But you never
took any money
out of this account?
>> No, Your Honor.
I have never took any money
out of that account.
>> Judge Judy: And you deposited
your checks there?
>> No.
I cashed them in Springfield
and handed her cash,
and she was supposed
to put that in there.
I trusted her
to put it in there myself.
>> Judge Judy: But that's a
different story.
You cashed your check.
Why did you --
>> Because I had to cash it
in Springfield.
She would not take me all the
way out to put my money in my
bank, that she told me
she would do it,
and I had to cash
my check inside Springfield
at a bank that was not mine.
>> Judge Judy: But if you cashed
the check, Kori, from your work,
it would seem
unreasonable for me
that you didn't keep some money
for yourself.
>> I did.
I kept 25%, up to 25% each
paycheck, and the rest
was I had to give to her for her
to put it in the joint account.
>> Judge Judy: Is that the
arrangement you had with her?
>> That was part of
the arrangement, yes.
>> Judge Judy: Did she give
you cash to deposit for her?
Did she cash her check?
>> Yes.
She cashed her checks.
>> Judge Judy: She cashed her
check.
She kept some money, and she
gave you some money to deposit?
>> Twice.
>> Judge Judy: Oh, no, no.
That's ridiculous.
That's not even what it says
in the documents you gave me.
>> What do you mean?
I don't understand.
>> Judge Judy: According to you,
there was $700 in here
that she gave you.
>> No.
I said that was what was
deposited into the account.
She gave me $78 twice, cash.
>> Judge Judy: Your phone,
where did you get
the phone from?
>> I don't have a phone.
I had one phone,
and she bought that
from Walmart, and that was free.
She didn't buy me a phone.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
>> She didn't take
any money out.
>> Judge Judy: When you had a
phone, who paid the phone bill?
>> Me.
>> Judge Judy: From what money?
>> My money from my job,
but I hardly even paid it...
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
We're getting further into it.
So you had a phone.
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: And you had a
phone bill.
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: And you certainly
didn't pay the phone bill out of
the 25% that you allegedly kept.
>> It was out of the money
that I kept.
>> Judge Judy: No, no, no.
How did you pay the phone bill?
Did you write a check?
Did you get a money order?
How did you pay the phone bill?
>> My cash.
I put it on her card,
and I paid it off her card,
but that was only once,
Your Honor.
Nobody paid it.
I never got paid.
I never had it paid.
>> It was a pay-as-you-go phone.
So she doesn't have
to pay each month.
>> It's a minute phone.
>> She uses it for Wi-Fi
and stuff like that.
>> Judge Judy: So there was no
cost to you?
>> No, I believe I paid the
phone bill once, and she paid it
once, and that was it.
>> Judge Judy: How much was
the phone bill a month for...
>> $45.
>> Judge Judy: Is there any
other expense
that you claim that she paid
for out of this account?
>> She didn't deposit her
last two checks, like I said.
The last checks, she didn't
deposit because she used them
for Christmas.
>> Judge Judy: Did you deposit
your Christmas checks?
>> Yes.
I used most of it for Christmas.
I let her borrow
100-and-some odd dollars,
and then I gave her the rest.
>> Judge Judy: So how could
you use it for Christmas
and ask her to deposit it?
>> She used some of...
>> Judge Judy: Shh!
>> I used some of it,
some of it.
She let me use up to $100
for Christmas on everybody,
and then I gave her the rest,
and then I loaned her $150.
She was supposed to deposit it
for me.