so the nature of the case is,
I want to know
who started the trouble.
>> I don't actually
have that information.
>> Judge Judy: Well, then I have
to rely on this --
that you notified her
that her boyfriend
was sneaking around with you.
>> That's actually...
I can try to find a screenshot,
but she actually told me
to message her.
She found me.
I didn't find her,
so she found out who I was.
>> Judge Judy: Did you find out
that he was having an affair
with somebody else?
>> Yes, and we fought,
and I have a police report that
we fought the day I found out.
Me and him physically got
in a fight because of her.
The same day
I confronted her.
>> Judge Judy: Date.
>> November 27, 2016.
Here's the police report.
>> Now, can I say something,
please?
>> Because she reached out to me
and told me
that they were messing around.
I confronted...
James was in my bed when Ravyn
texted me those messages
you see saying, "James sneaky.
We've been creeping around."
>> Ma'am, can I say something,
please?
>> Judge Judy: What?
>> She used to date
James' cousin.
>> That police
report actually came from...
Yes, we did get into
an argument,
but the argument was over me
reaching out
to my daughter's mom,
which is in Las Vegas,
to have visitations with her
and to see the daughter
that's in Vegas.
She got mad at me...
>> Judge Judy: You reached out
to somebody who --
>> Yes, at the time I believed
that she was my daughter.
>> Judge Judy: Just following
this.
You reached out to the mother of
that child to have visitation
with a child who you're now
denying paternity of.
>> I'm not denying that.
This is new stuff that I,
you know, came to understand.
>> Judge Judy: What is that
double talk
that you just gave me?
>> Can I finish what I
was saying, please?
So --
>> Judge Judy: I'm not finished
reading this.
Oh, well, so I read
the police report.
It's interesting.
The police report says -- he was
arrested.
But the police report,
according to your statement,
indicates that you put
your hands on him first.
>> For cheating on me.
Supposed to.
>> Judge Judy: What?
>> I mean, no.
I'm sorry.
>> Judge Judy: The police
report.
I mean, I'm shocked
that he was arrested.
>> Because he choked me.
>> Judge Judy: I'm actually --
what?
>> He choked me
and falsely imprisoned me,
wouldn't let me leave.
>> Judge Judy: Listen to me.
The police report, according to
your statement, says you put
your hands on him first.
What is he supposed to do?
>> Actually --
>> Judge Judy: Do I look like I
need your help?
>> My apologies.
>> Judge Judy: You put your
hands on him first.
What is he supposed to do,
stand there for you
to put your hands on him?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: No.
Okay, and it started,
according to this...
Put your hand down.
According to this report,
it started because,
according to you, you didn't
like the way he was driving.
>> No.
>> I had to drive her home.
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: What is all this
muttering?
>> We were at home
when it happened.
>> He wasn't driving.
We were at home.
Probably the night
before he was driving.
>> Judge Judy: I understand
that you were at home
when this happened.
This is what you told
the police.
"She told me she was upset
with him over his driving
habits the night before."
That's what you told the police.
>> I know.
>> Judge Judy: That's what
you were arguing about.
>> She called that morning,
like, mid-afternoon, 11:00 or
10:00.
So the night before he was
driving fast on the freeway.
I was upset with him
because we had
a newborn baby in the car.
>> Judge Judy: Listen, in your
response when you were having
this argument
was to say to him that,
"You're not Nolan's father."
What kind of ridiculous thing
is that to say?
>> After she reached out to me,
I was upset
because I have proof that...
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
>> ...my baby...
>> Judge Judy: Do you...
>> No, I get it.
I was trying...
It's disrespectful to me
because my baby was born
with a hole in his heart,
and I was taking him
to Children's Hospital.
I have paperwork that proves
he had gastro problems
as a newborn baby,
so for him to cheat on me
and be doing all this
during my pregnancy,
or when I had the baby, I didn't
know how to express that.
I've never been through that,
so I was...
I was denied
welfare for my child,
so I was doing this by myself,
and for him to actually be
cheating on me, it was
the wrong time to be doing that.
So I didn't know how to react.
>> Judge Judy: Listen, I
don't... Fine.
So you reacted inappropriately,
and I know that
if I look at your e-mails back
and forth to each other
and your Facebooks, that they're
all going to be very nasty.
What?
>> I was able to find
the actual of her...
starting...
initiating the conversation,
basically telling me...
>> Judge Judy: I'd like to see
it.
>> ...that I need to learn
my dude,
and she was basically saying,
"I just want you
to know what he's doing."
Basically saying,
"I just want you to know."
>> Judge Judy: Don't tell me,
"basically," I don't want
to hear, "basically."
Oh, nice.
Would you hold this
and hold it carefully, Byrd.
Just show what I read
to the plaintiff.
>> Ma'am, may I say something,
please?
>> Judge Judy: What?
>> Adding to the plaintiff,
this is all over the woman
that's
in Las Vegas with the baby.
>> Judge Judy: Doesn't matter.
>> I'm saying,
she never knew her,
so I was never talking to her.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
Ms. Grant, Ms. Smith,
I'm not wasting another minute
of my time on this case.
It's clear to me from these
e-mails that the two of you
don't like each other,
and I would suggest
that you stop communicating with
each other about anything.
Do you understand?