Mr. Castro was a friend,
and he allowed you to move
into his house.
And you were paying
some modest rent for room.
>> Started out at $450.
It went up to $550.
>> Judge Judy: For room.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Mr. Castro,
when did he move in?
>> In July, I think.
>> June.
>> Judge Judy: June
of last year.
>> That's incorrect, Your Honor.
I gave him money in advance --
>> Judge Judy: I didn't --
>> ...and I never moved into
his home until July,
because I continued to --
My pride was in the way,
and I didn't want to move in
because I still had --
>> Judge Judy: Mister --
>> ...to get some things right
in my life before I took on the
adventure of
sleeping on his couch.
>> Judge Judy: Listen to me.
Shortly after you moved in,
you moved your girlfriend in.
How much after you moved in did
you move your girlfriend in?
Just answer the question.
A month? Two months?
Three months? How much after?
>> She came in with me the
minute I came.
The minute I showed up there,
she was there.
>> Judge Judy: Shh! [ Shushing ]
You have to get your story
straight, sir.
You signed a complaint,
and the complaint which I have
in front of me says,
"I was down on my luck,
and he was doing me
a huge favor.
My co-plaintiff and girlfriend,
Lynette, moved in with me
shortly afterwards
with his permission."
That's what you wrote.
>> Your Honor --
>> Judge Judy: Don't look at me
confused, sir.
>> Your Honor,
I didn't write that.
>> Judge Judy: Did you read it?
You signed it.
>> Yes, I did.
That part slipped my mind
right there.
I should have outlined that,
okay?
I thought I had that correct.
But the bottom line is
I'm here to be truthful.
>> Judge Judy: Don't give me --
Don't give me a bottom line.
Listen to me. I don't want to
hear a bottom line.
I want to hear somebody
telling me, with a certain
amount of consistency,
what they filed as a complaint,
which is what the defendant --
>> The complaint is that
I bailed this dude out,
and he didn't pay his bail.
>> Judge Judy: No.
The complaint says a lot more
than that, sir, actually.
If that's all you were suing
for, and that you were living
there, and he was arrested, and
you're suing for bail,
that's fine.
You're suing for a whole bunch
of other stuff.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Well, then it
becomes -- then all the rest of
it becomes important.
If you want to withdraw the rest
of your allegations and the rest
of your complaint, fine.
I will address
the issue of bail only.
Do you understand?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Is that
what you want to do?
>> No. Unh-unh.
>> Judge Judy: All right.
Then we're going to go back
to dealing with this case
my way, not your way.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Now,
you moved in.
You were down on your luck,
according to you.
Did you want to cross that out,
too?
And the fact that he was
doing you a huge favor, do
you want to cross that out, too?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
>> No. Because --
>> Judge Judy: So he
let you move in.
>> ...that's valid.
>> Judge Judy: And after he
let you move in,
and your girlfriend,
then you brought in her mother.
>> [ Chuckles ] Yeah.
>> Judge Judy: Right.
And he let you do that.
And when did you bring in
the mother?
>> That's a question you're
going to have to address
with my significant other.
>> Ma'am, my mama didn't come in
until November,
late November, early December.
>> Judge Judy: Why wouldn't
he know that?
>> Because this is an agreement
that was made between them two.
I work most of the time,
so I was only there
in the nights.
I would very rarely see
Mr. Castro.
>> He worked. But I did ask
Mr. Castro in the beginning
if he would have
a problem with that.
If he did, then my mom --
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
I don't care.
I'm just trying to set up
what the turf was like.
He rented you a room.
You brought your girlfriend in.
Then she brought
her mother in.
All living in the same room,
I assume.
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: He gave you
the master --
Let's go back to your complaint.
>> She was on the couch.
If that wasn't outlined
in the complaint, then
there was a problem somewhere.
>> Judge Judy: Who was
on the couch?
>> Her mother was on the couch
in the front room.
And she was paying this man $300
extra a month so sleep on that
couch, and he was
okay with that.
That was a
financial benefit for him.
>> Judge Judy: Fine.
>> He would love that idea,
obviously, or she would
not have been there.
>> Judge Judy: You live with him
full-time?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Good for you.
>> [ Laughs ]
get to what I consider
is the only cogent part
of this complaint,
which is the issue of bail.
>> Thank you.
>> Judge Judy: At some point,
you told him to leave,
or, according to you, they left.
I don't care.
I'm not entertaining
an illegal eviction and
you having to stay in a hotel.
If you work all those hours,
you shouldn't stay in a hotel.
You should find an apartment for
your girlfriend and her mother.
Now, let's talk --
>> [ Scoffs ] Yeah.
>> Judge Judy: Shh.
>> That's much easier
said than done.
>> Judge Judy: Listen to me.
That didn't require an answer.
That was a statement.
That wasn't a question.
Now, Ms. Turner, at some point
you were at home.
Mr. Fahy wasn't there,
and there was an argument
that took place between
Mr. Castro and his girlfriend.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: They got into an
argument, and you called
the police.
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: Who called the
police?
>> His significant other.
>> Judge Judy: His girlfriend
called the police?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: You did not?
>> No, ma'am.
>> I think she called the police
on the 13th.
>> Judge Judy: Shh! Shh!
There's no question out there.
Is it correct, Mr. Castro,
that your girlfriend
called the police?
>> According to my girlfriend,
no.
She's no longer my girlfriend.
>> Judge Judy: Well,
that's hearsay.
Okay.
>> Thank God.
>> Judge Judy: Did you --
>> Thank God.
>> Stop it.
>> Judge Judy: I'm almost
finished with you.
You have to understand that.
If you can control yourself
in here, I have no patience
for that.
I'm too old.
Do you understand?
>> Well, this was my friend.
You have to understand
that, too, you know?
This was my friend, and, like,
it was an unhealthy environment,
and I'm glad.
>> Judge Judy: I'm done.
You're gone. Goodbye.
You take your case back
to the small-claims court
where it came from.
Do you understand?
>> Seriously?
>> Judge Judy: No, not
seriously.
Super seriously!
[ Laughter ]