You are Mr. Glass?
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: And this is
your girlfriend?
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: You have
one child together.
>> Mm-hmm.
>> I have one child.
>> Judge Judy:
You have one child?
Not yours?
>> Not my child.
>> Judge Judy: Mr. Glass,
you came and rented an apartment
from the defendants.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: What month?
>> In the end of February,
so it was for March.
>> Judge Judy: What was the rent
on the apartment?
>> It was 1,300, plus a month
and a half security, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: And how much
money did you give them?
>> 1,950 plus 1,300.
So that should be 3,250.
>> Judge Judy:
And you moved in in March?
>> Yes, about March 16th
to be exact.
>> Judge Judy: Where had you
been living prior to that?
>> I was staying with my mother,
and she was staying
at [bleep] MLK.
>> Judge Judy:
Do both of you work?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy:
So this was the first time
you were going
to try living together.
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy:
Did you have a lease?
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy:
Can I see a copy of the lease?
>> I don't believe I brought it
with me, Your Honor.
>> I have it.
>> Judge Judy:
Do you have a copy?
>> Copies.
>> Judge Judy:
I'd like to see it.
Okay.
So you moved into the apartment
in mid-March.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy:
Did you move your furniture in?
>> Yes, that's when we moved
everything in.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
And that was all from your
apartment where you were living?
>> Well, we...
>> No.
>> We saved our money, and we
went and brought new furniture.
>> Judge Judy: And then you
moved out in mid-April.
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: What you're doing
is seeking
your security deposit back...
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy:
...because, according
to what I read in the complaint,
you found that the premises
was not as promised.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Tell me why.
>> All right.
So basically,
like, they told me...
>> I don't want you to use
the word "basically,"
and I don't want you
to use the word "like."
>> No problem, Your Honor.
So we moved in,
and they told us,
they promised
everything was brand new.
And...
>> Judge Judy:
What is everything?
>> They told us the whole house
is brand new,
everything they put in.
Everything was new.
>> Judge Judy: But you saw
the place before?
>> Yes, we saw the place before.
>> Judge Judy:
Was everything brand new?
>> No.
>> Everything wasn't brand new.
>> Judge Judy: So is
what you're telling me,
they said
they would put in new things?
>> Yes.
They told me they would put in
a new shower
because it looked really bad.
Like, It was a gray color.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
So they told you they would put
in a whole new shower?
>> Mm-hmm.
>> Judge Judy: What else?
>> And he told me that he was
going to put bars on the window.
He was going to fix
the closet doors.
He was going to fix
the room door.
He was going to fix
the cabinets.
Actually, he didn't do that.
He put one brown, another one
light brown
and another white cabinet.
So I don't understand
how that goes.
Then the refrigerator,
I told them since
the day I saw the apartment...
>> Judge Judy: No, no.
Did he tell you he was going
to put in a new refrigerator?
>> Yes.
No.
He told me he was going to
remove it,
and I told him that was fine
because I had a refrigerator
from my previous apartment.
>> Judge Judy: Did he remove it?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: Did you bring
in a new refrigerator?
>> No, because he didn't
remove it, so there was no space
to
put another refrigerator there.
The kitchen is very small.
>> Judge Judy: What did you do
with the other refrigerator?
>> I left it there.
I didn't move it.
I just left it there,
and I brought myself a cooler
until he decided
to remove the refrigerator.
>> We were actually promised
that we would get help
to remove the refrigerator
if it didn't stop stinking,
and that never happened.
>> Judge Judy: What else?
>> We moved in,
and they promised everything
was brand new.
But we have pictures of the tub
overclogging
because of the paint chipping
from,
like, the inside of the tub.
It chipped, and it clogged it.
When it clogged it,
a bunch of worms came up,
like, out of the shower.
And, I mean,
you can say that it's not worms.
They told us that the plumber
supposedly said we stuffed
noodles into the shower.
I mean, I'm a grown man.
>> Judge Judy:
No, just a second.
Let me start out with this
premise based upon
what I've heard so far.
I don't want you
to be defensive.
Two young people save their
money to move into
their first apartment together,
manage to save up $3,250.
They move in, and they move in
all of their furniture in March.
And unless something is wrong
with the apartment,
no normal people would move out
and go through the expense
of moving out a month later.
So something has to be wrong
with the apartment.
Now, they're two young people,
and maybe they should've put
everything down in writing...
>> We have...
>> Judge Judy: ...what was
promised to them.
Do you have that?
>> We have everything promised
to us in writing, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy:
I'd like to see it.
>> Yes.
All right.
So, basically...
>> Judge Judy: No, no, no.
>> Oh, sorry
about the "basically."
>> Judge Judy: First of all,
no "basically."
Second of all,
just hand it to me.
>> So they...
>> Judge Judy: No, no, no.
>> Just hand it to her.
She's...
>> All right.
>> Byrd: This is it?
>> Yes, that's it.
>> Judge Judy:
You have a nasty way about you.
>> Excuse me?
>> Judge Judy: Is this you
who is writing this or her?
>> I don't know.
>> He's the one.
>> Judge Judy: Which one?
>> I don't know what it says.
>> It's Dave.
>> Judge Judy: You've got
a nasty way about you.
>> Okay.
>> Judge Judy: Hmm, yeah.
You do.