Do you you live near each other
or were you friends?
>> No.
We have a friend in common.
>> Judge Judy:
So you were at somebody's house?
>> Yeah.
We were at
a mutual friend's house.
>> Judge Judy:
What time did you arrive there?
>> I arrived early evening
sometime, 7:00 or 8:00-ish.
>> Judge Judy:
What time did you arrive there?
>> I probably arrived
around 9:30, 10:00.
>> Judge Judy: How many people
were at this gathering?
>> Probably about a total of
10 people in the house.
>> Judge Judy:
But you were all in the house?
>> No.
A couple of people
were on the front porch.
>> Judge Judy:
Were you one of those people
on the front porch?
>> When the accident
happened, yes.
>> Judge Judy:
Tell me what you saw.
>> I was actually going up to my
car to get some bottled waters
out of the trunk,
came back in to the porch.
Out of nowhere, this car came,
smacked
into the back of another car.
I didn't know whose car it was
at the time.
The car kept going.
Me and the couple people
that were on that porch
in the middle of a conversation
were just, "Wow."
We were shocked.
We were like,
"What just happened?"
>> Judge Judy: You mean a car
that was driving...
>> Yeah.
The car that was driving...
>> Judge Judy:
...hit a parked car?
>> ...hit a parked car that was
in front of our buddy's house.
>> Judge Judy: Can you describe
the car that hit the car
that was parked?
>> It was a small four-door car.
>> Judge Judy: Color?
>> White.
White in color.
>> We didn't hear brakes.
People fly up and down
this street all the time.
So we didn't, like,
see it coming, hear it coming,
because
we didn't hear any brakes.
We just...
Car flying down the street,
next thing you know,
smacked into the back of the car
in front of this house.
Pushed it all the way
across the street up
onto the curb
to where the front two tires
were on the boulevard,
and the back
two tires were in the street.
>> Judge Judy:
That's what you saw?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy:
Did you get the license plate
number of the car?
>> Not at that time.
No.
>> Judge Judy: When did you get
the license
plate number of the car?
>> After the accident happened,
I walked in the house
because none of the people
on the porch knew
whose car it was,
including myself.
Walked into the house.
Walked into the room where Troy
was with the rest of the people
that were gathering.
Was like, "Somebody's car
just got hit
in the front of your house,"
what I told my buddy.
Don't know whose car it is, but
it ended up across the street.
That's when he walked outside,
was like, "That's my car."
We kind of followed him out.
He realized it was his car.
At first, he didn't know
where his car was
because he expected his car
to be in front of our buddy's
house, which it wasn't anymore.
[ Laughter ]
So he looked around, he's like,
"Oh. That's my car.
Where's the car that hit it?"
Don't know.
>> Judge Judy:
So now we know that,
based upon what you're
telling me,
Mr. Daniels' car was hit...
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy:
...by a small, white,
four-door car.
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: Did you ever see
the car again that evening?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Where?
>> When we came back outside
and he figured
out it was his car.
We were all standing
in the street
looking at the car,
trying to figure out
how it got across the street
and up on the boulevard...
>> Judge Judy: No.
Just tell me
when you saw the car again.
>> When we went outside,
like I said,
we were looking at the car.
It came back around the corner
from 25th back onto Logan,
taking a right.
Looked like they were going to
slow down
and maybe swap information.
We thought they might've
switched drivers or something.
That's why the left
and came back to the scene.
When they got close to us, they
just hit the gas and kept going.
>> Judge Judy: Did you see
who was driving that car?
>> I did not.
No.
>> Judge Judy: At that time,
did you take down
the license plate?
>> I did not, myself,
but some of the parties
that were with us did.
>> Judge Judy: And that car
belongs to you, Ms. Luckett?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: But according
to your answer,
you were not driving the car
that night.
>> I was not, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: Your brother was
driving the car that night.
>> My brother-in-law
was driving the car.
>> Judge Judy: Brother-in-law?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy:
I assume that that's you.
>> No, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Oh.
>> I left the car in the care
of my brother
because it was recently,
two weeks prior
to this accident --
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
>> Sure.
>> Judge Judy:
According to your sworn answer,
your brother was driving the car
that night.
Not brother-in-law,
your brother.
>> That is correct.
>> Judge Judy:
And that was not you?
>> No, ma'am.
>> He was in the passenger...
>> Judge Judy:
Where's your brother?
>> He was not able
to make it today,
but my brother was
in the passenger's seat.
>> I was in the passenger's
seat, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: I don't care.
>> Okay.
>> Judge Judy: Sit!
I don't care,
and I don't believe it.
I didn't believe the answer
when I read it.
It's the most ridiculous answer
that I heard.
Ever!
Do you understand?
The most ridiculous.
Did you see more than one person
in the car?
>> I thought there were two
to three
but I really didn't focus in
because
it all happened so quick.
I was in shock, first of all,
that the car got hit the way it
did and the people kept going.
Soon as we come back outside
and he tells us it's his car,
we're all in shock.
Then they come around the corner
like they're going to do
a drive-by or something
and just flew by us.
So I was kind of dumbfounded.
>> Judge Judy:
Oh, I'd actually love...
I mean, I could read the answer
that you wrote
because you weren't there.
Let's assume for a second that
I believe your brother-in-law
was in the car
with your brother,
for a second, I believe that.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy:
Let's assume for a minute.
So now I'm going to listen,
and now you can stand up again.
[ Laughter ]
I would like you to recount
to me
because I assume you told
the plaintiff
what happened with the car.
>> Well --
>> Judge Judy: No.
No.
I assume that you told
the plaintiff
what happened with the car.
Where had you
and her brother been?
>> We actually was just
about 10 blocks from my house
because her car was parked...
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
Not because.
You were
10 blocks from her house?
Where had you been?
>> We hadn't been no...
We were at my daughter's house,
actually,
her niece, my daughter.
The brother-in-law,
we was at...
>> Judge Judy: Stop shaking
your head yes.
>> Yes, ma'am.
Sorry.
>> Jud