an alcohol problem?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: For how long
and when?
>> Um, I had an alcohol problem,
um, between, um, well,
it was a progression, of course,
over the course of --
>> Judge Judy: Give me years.
>> Um, about 10 years.
>> Judge Judy: From when
to when?
>> Let's say 2003 to I got,
um, sober in 2013.
>> Judge Judy: And you have
an alcohol problem,
is that correct, sir?
>> Correct, your honor.
>> Judge Judy: Currently.
>> No, not anymore.
>> Judge Judy: What do you do
for a living?
>> Uh, construction.
>> Judge Judy: Do you work
full time?
>> No, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: I'm reading your
own answer, Mr. Nelson.
Your own answer is, "Lisa wanted
a relationship with me
and allowed me into her condo
whenever I wanted.
She's hiding her infatuation
with me from her father
because I drink and Lisa
is a recovering alcohol."
That's what you wrote
in you answer.
>> Mm-hmm. Yes, your honor.
>> Judge Judy: So I'm gonna
ask you again,
you have a drinking problem?
>> Yes, your honor.
>> He has recently stopped,
your honor.
>> Judge Judy: Not recently
enough, sir.
Been in the business a long
time.
Now you knew he had
a drinking problem.
What are you doing hanging
around somebody
with a drinking problem?
>> Probably not the best choice
but...
>> Judge Judy: But I'm asking
you.
>> I myself had started
drinking again and...
>> Judge Judy: Mm?
>> I myself started drinking
again when I moved in.
And we're drinking buddies.
>> Judge Judy: Were drinking
together.
So that was after 2013?
>> Right. I fell off the wagon.
>> Judge Judy: I got it.
So then you had two adults...
Because he's certainly an adult
and you are how old?
>> 37.
>> Judge Judy: He's 35.
>> 35, your honor.
>> Judge Judy: 35. You have two
adults who both had drinking
problems, both serious drinking
problems, hanging around
together, a terrible mixture.
Do we understand
each other so far, sir?
Now I want you to tell me
exactly what you are alleging
that he did.
>> Okay.
>> Judge Judy: You.
>> So on, um, February 19th,
I had come home from work,
um, in the evening.
And when I came home, I found
Keith passed out on my couch,
which he was not allowed
to be in my home.
Prior to me leaving for work,
I had sent him home
and I had checked all the doors.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
>> To make sure
they were locked.
>> Judge Judy: So he spent
the night?
>> No, he had come in
the morning because he was right
above me.
>> Judge Judy: So he came
in the morning and what did you
do when he came in the morning?
>> We had our normal, you know,
we talked.
And he helped me get my son
in the car as I left for work.
And, um, then I came back in
the house, walked him out,
checked all...
>> Judge Judy: How old is
your son?
>> He's 1.
>> Judge Judy: Other than you,
who takes care of him?
>> Me. I mean I get assist --
My -- my parents help watch him.
But, I mean, I'm his sole --
>> Judge Judy: Yeah.
But your parents didn't know
you had fallen off the wagon.
>> No, they did not.
>> Judge Judy: Okay so he
helped you get your son in
the car.
Had you been drinking
with him the night before?
>> The night before? Yes.
>> Judge Judy: And he went up
to his house.
He came down in the morning.
He helped you get your son in
the car.
You left for work, came home,
found him in your apartment,
and?
>> And I said,
"How did you get in here?"
I had locked all the doors.
And his response was,
"It was open." And I said,
"I know it wasn't open,
I had locked all of the doors.
I checked. And I double checked.
And they were locked.
So how did you get in?"
And then he proceeded to say
that, um, he came downstairs
to have a cigarette on my patio.
And he had noticed that
my slider to my bedroom was
open.
And so he had come inside
to make sure there was nobody
inside the property.
And nobody was there
and that was his...
>> Judge Judy: Well, what was he
doing passed out on the couch?
>> Well, he had been drinking
and was...
>> Judge Judy: He had been
drinking in your apartment.
>> Right. Without me there.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
But he had been drinking
in your apartment because
that's where the alcohol was?
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: And?
>> And that...
I kind of at that point, um,
just dropped it.
I had not noticed the door
damage 'cause when he broke in,
he attempted to repair it.
And I come in through my garage.
I don't use the front door
a whole lot.
>> Judge Judy: So you're
alleging in order to get into
your house, he damaged the door.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
son
would break into a condo,
that's all.
>> Judge Judy: 'Cause that's
where the alcohol was.
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: That's what
she says.
>> Well, even if I broke
the door, Your Honor,
if I fixed it, it would've been
fixed right 'cause I do
construction.
>> Judge