I'm going to start
with you, sir.
>> Okay.
>> Judge Judy: You and Ms. Perez
worked at the same place.
You were the manager
of the place where you worked.
What kind of facility was that?
>> It's a check cashing.
>> Judge Judy:
You were the manager.
And what role did
you have there?
>> I was assistant manager.
>> Judge Judy:
You were selling a car.
>> That is correct.
>> Judge Judy: And Ms. Perez
and you came to an agreement
that she was going to purchase
the car.
When was that, Mr. McDonald?
>> We started talking about it
probably
about August 11, 2016.
>> Judge Judy:
Did she purchase it
in August of 2016?
>> Yes, she did.
>> Judge Judy: And she gave you
a down payment?
>> That is correct.
>> Judge Judy: How much?
>> $2,500.
>> Judge Judy: And the agreement
was she was going
to pay you $200 a month.
>> The agreement was that she
would give me $100 every payday,
which would be $200 per month,
some months, 300.
>> Judge Judy: And in the month
of September,
did the payments start
immediately in September,
or were they delayed
until October?
>> No, ma'am.
They started to...
October 1st
was her first payment.
>> Judge Judy: Did she make
a payment in October?
>> Yes, she did.
>> Judge Judy: Did she make
a payment in November?
>> Yes, she did.
It was late.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
But she made a payment
in November.
>> That's correct.
>> Judge Judy: Did she make
a payment in December?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy:
Do you have any proof that
you made a payment in December?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: Then you didn't
make the payment in December.
Why did you not make the payment
in December?
>> Well, I spoke with Larry,
and I let him know
that my daughter,
we had a situation out of town,
and he was okay with me
not making a payment.
And I told him, "I'll make up
for it in January."
>> Judge Judy:
Did you make a payment
in January?
>> Yes, I did.
>> Judge Judy: Did she make
a payment in January?
>> In January, yes.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
January what?
>> January 19th.
>> Judge Judy: And how much did
she give you in January?
>> $200.
>> Judge Judy:
Had she had a discussion
with you in December about
some emergency that she had?
>> She had a discussion with me
to tell me that she needed time
off work to take her daughter
back to see her aunt and that
she would be back at a time
but did not --
>> Judge Judy:
Did she tell you any...
Well, you must have asked her,
"What about the car payment
for December?"
>> Yes, and she said
she was going to be making it.
>> Judge Judy: And she did not.
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: In January,
however, she made the payment
on the 19th.
>> That's correct.
>> Judge Judy:
And on that same day
when she made the payment,
you repossessed the car.
Is that correct?
>> That is correct.
>> Judge Judy:
And you didn't tell her,
when she made the payment
to you, that you were
repossessing the car
because you knew,
according to you,
that she was going to be fired
from her job the following week.
Is that correct?
That's what you say.
>> That's correct, but the fact
is that she only had made,
up to January 19th,
had made two payments,
so she was six payments behind.
>> Judge Judy: No, sir.
>> Yes.
Yes, she was.
>> Judge Judy:
Not according to you.
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: I just asked you
those questions, sir.
I said, "Did she make a payment
to you in October?"
>> Which she did.
>> You said you were paid.
>> One payment.
You asked me
if she made a payment,
and I said, "Yes, she made one."
She made one payment
in November.
>> Judge Judy: Of how much?
>> $100 each both times.
>> Judge Judy: So she made $200,
and she was supposed to pay
you how much?
>> $400.
>> Judge Judy: $400
a month, so $200.
>> No.
Okay.
Let me back up.
October, she should've paid me
$200, $100 for each pay period.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
So she paid you $200.
>> No.
>> Judge Judy:
How much did she pay you?
>> $100.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
So she only made one payment
in October.
>> That is correct.
>> Judge Judy: Got it.
Now I got it.
You have proof that you
made two payments in October?
Question!
There's a question before you!
Did you make two payments
in October?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: In November,
how many payments did she make?
>> One payment of $100.
>> Judge Judy: Do you have proof
that you made two payments
in November
because you were supposed
to make two a month, right?
>> No.
Well, then he had every right
to repossess your car
because what he said was...
Initially, I said,
"Well, if she made her payments
in October and November,
she missed December,
but then she paid in January,
she gave him $200 in January,
and he took the car
back right after the payment,
that sounds a little sketchy."
But you didn't pay him
in October.
You didn't pay him in November
because you owed him money
both October, November.
You didn't pay him at all
in December,
and you didn't pay him
in January until January 19th.
What did you expect him to do?
>> No, I --
>> Give you a gold star?
>> I didn't make two payments,
but I made one payment
in October.
>> Judge Judy:
You made a payment...
>> In November --
>> Judge Judy: ...of how much?
$100.
>> In October, no, 135 plus 115
because we went half
on the thermostat that went out.
So I made a payment.
>> Judge Judy: I don't care.
Listen to me.
I don't care about
the thermostat that went out.
>> Okay.
>> Judge Judy: You were supposed
to pay him $100 a pay period.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: How many payments
did you make him?
>> I made one...
>> Judge Judy: Make to the --
>> ...payment of 250
in October.
>> 250? Show me.
>> I can show you the text
that I texted him,
and I can't show you because --
>> Judge Judy: November!
>> Nope.
>> Judge Judy:
Well, you knew you were coming
to court today, madam.
This is your case.
>> Mm-hmm.
>> Judge Judy:
What you're suing him
for is all the money --
>> All my evidence
was in the Jeep.
>> Judge Judy: Hmm?
>> I have receipts like this
in the Jeep.
I didn't think my Jeep
was going to get "tooken," so I,
you know, I don't have evidence.
I don't want to say, "Yes,
I did," when I can't come here
and prove it to you.
But everything's in the Jeep.
>> No, there wasn't.
>> Judge Judy: Shh, shh!
>> Sorry.
>> T