>> Announcer: Tina Corley
is suing her ex-boyfriend,
Daniel Fobes,
for the cost of a Toyota Corolla
and car repairs.
>> Judge Judy: Mr. Fobes,
I'm gonna start with you.
Ms. Corley was your girlfriend
for a period of time?
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: For how long?
>> Uh, we were friends
for three years.
And then we dated for a year,
maybe a little longer.
>> Judge Judy: And during that
time, you sold her a car.
Correct?
>> A car or should I get
into many cars?
>> Judge Judy: How many?
>> Well, we could start with,
uh, the Chevy Blazer.
She needed a car,
so I found a car for her.
And she got it.
And, uh, she paid for it.
>> Judge Judy: She paid for it?
>> Okay.
>> Judge Judy: So you had
to locate it,
but you didn't buy her the cars?
>> Well, exactly.
I helped her locate it.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
Nice. That's nice.
We're talking about the car
that you sold to her.
>> Yeah. This is leadin' up
to the car I sold her.
Where it would start
at the Blazer.
>> Judge Judy: Listen.
We're gonna start
with the car you sold her.
>> Okay.
>> Judge Judy: Because
I'm 73 years old.
>> All right.
>> Judge Judy: I have a short
run on this program.
>> I understand that.
>> Judge Judy: I only have
another few years to go.
So I'm not interested
in going back to the first car
you negotiated for her.
I'm talking about the car
that we're here to discuss.
>> Yeah. But this all leads up
to this car we discuss.
>> Judge Judy: Well, let me see
how far we have to go back.
Let's start with the car
you sold her in February.
>> All right.
>> [ Sighs heavily ]
What kind of a car was it?
>> It was a 2004 Toyota Corolla.
>> Judge Judy: What was
the price?
>> I believe it was $2,400.
>> It was $2,500.
>> Judge Judy: And at the time,
Ms. Corley didn't have
the entire amount of money,
so she only gave you --
according to both of you --
$1,500.
>> That's correct.
>> Judge Judy: Is that correct?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: And that's
the only money that you ever
received from her for the car?
>> Correct.
>> That's a lie.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
>> Sorry.
>> Judge Judy: And a year later,
you hadn't finished paying him
for the car.
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: You still
owed him $1,000.
So in March of 2016,
he repossessed the car.
>> No. He took the car.
>> Judge Judy: Well,
he took the car.
He repossessed it
'cause it hadn't been paid for.
>> No. He took it
because he was mad at me,
not for not paying it.
Because we got in a fight.
>> Judge Judy: Well, that's
all right.
>> But then he gave it away.
>> Judge Judy: What difference
does it make whether he took it
away?
The motive for letting you
keep it during the course of
the year, without having paid
the balance on the car
because you were his girlfriend.
But then you had a fight.
>> And because he was mad
at me...
>> Judge Judy: You were no
longer his girlfriend.
>> He was trying to teach me --
>> Judge Judy: And he said,
"Now I want my money."
>> He -- he lived with me
at the time when he took my car.
But he didn't take it
because I didn't pay him.
He took it because he was mad
at me for a situation --
>> Judge Judy: You're
not following, Ms. Corley,
what I'm saying to you.
What I'm saying to you
is you had a contract with him.
The contract was for $2,500 for
the car.
You gave him $1,500,
and he let slide the other
$1,000.
>> He told me on Valentine's Day
I didn't have to pay him
and gave me a signed title.
>> Judge Judy: May be
legitimate.
But the fact that he had a fight
with you and took it out of
spite, he's allowed to do that
if you owe him the money
'cause you had a contract
for the car for $2,500.
Now, if you're saying he forgave
the balance of the loan,
that I'll hear.
When did he forgive the balance
of the loan?
>> On Valentine's Day
of this year.
>> Judge Judy: Of this year?
>> Mm-hmm.
>> Judge Judy: So a year later,
a year after the car --
Tell me where you were
and under what circumstances.
>> Uh, we were having dinner
at a restaurant,
and he told me that I didn't...
You know, as a gift to me,
that -- just forget about
the money that I owed him for
the car.
>> Judge Judy: And?
>> And then he gave me
a signed title which I have.
And...
>> Judge Judy: Let me take
a look at it.
>> That's a lie.
>> And the car was insured
under my name, too.
I have the insurance card
with the car that was insured
under my name.
>> Judge Judy: Well,
I don't care whether
it was insured under your name.
I'd just like
to see the signed title.
Tell me why you signed
this title over to her.
>> I did not sign
the title over to her.
When I moved out of the house,
right, I come to notice
the title to the Toyota's gone.
So I went to the notary...
>> He's a liar, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: I don't
wanna hear. He's talking.
>> I filed for a duplicate title
because it either was missing
or stolen.
So I have the duplicate title
right here.
If you'd like to see it,
I could bring it over to you.
>> Judge Judy: No.
I don't wanna see it.
You signed this.
I'm looking at your answer.
I'm looking at the signature on
here.
So you signed it.
I don't know when you signed it.
She says, but you say it was
stolen, lost or stolen. So...
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: Well, that's
a lie.
>> We tend to differ on that.
>> Judge Judy: No. That's a lie.
Now, tell me about the fight
that you had in March.
>> It was nothing about the car.
It was because
I was too insecure for him.
That's what our fight was about.
>> No, it wasn't.
>> Yes, it was.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
And he was living with you?
>> He was living in my house.
Yes.
>> Judge Judy: And then he left?
>> He left. Mm-hmm.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
And when he left,
he took the car with him?
>> Yes, he did.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
>> And then gave it to his
daughter.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
>> No, I did not take the car
with me when I left.
>> Judge Judy: Just a --
just a second.
When did you take the car?
>> I came back for the car
a couple days later.
>> Judge Judy: Why?
>> 'Cause the car was mine.
>> Judge Judy: Why didn't you
take it when you left?
>> Because I had other things
I packed up into my truck.
I had a hell of a time
gettin' the stuff out of
the house.
Beside callin' the police,
I had to have the police there
because she was only gonna give
me what she wanted to give me.
The rest of it, she just said,
"It's mine."