Miss Rosado is
your former girlfriend,
and you have one child together.
>> Correct, Judge.
>> Judge Judy: Your lawsuit
alleges that Miss Rosado
maliciously filed a restraining
order against you, which was
dismissed after a hearing, and
you want to be compensated for
that.
Miss Rosado says that she
had not only the right
but the responsibility to file
for a restraining order
and that the court
was mistaken in failing
to grant her the restraining
order against you.
Miss Rosado, I'm going to start
with you because you were the
one who filed the restraining
order.
You and Mr. Aragon
separated when?
>> In June of 2010.
>> Judge Judy: And how old was
your daughter at that time?
>> 1 1/2.
>> Judge Judy: Where were you
living in June of 2010?
>> With Mr. Aragon
and his mother.
>> Judge Judy: Where?
>> In Denver, off of,
like, Pierce -- 48th and Pierce.
>> Judge Judy: How long had you
lived with her?
>> 2 1/2 years, at the time.
>> Judge Judy: And when you left
Denver, you took your daughter
with you?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Where did you go?
>> I was still in Denver, but I
went and stayed with my father
for a while.
>> Judge Judy: Did Mr. Aragon
know your father?
>> Yes, he did.
>> Judge Judy: How long did you
stay with your father?
>> For about a year, and then --
>> Judge Judy: Did Mr. Aragon
see his daughter during that
year?
>> He did not.
>> Judge Judy: Is that correct?
>> That's correct, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: Why?
>> I'm not too sure why.
I tried everything in my power
to locate Alexandria with legal
documents from the court.
>> Judge Judy: Well, you mean
you didn't know she was staying
with her father?
>> No, I had no idea where my
daughter was at that time for
the whole year.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
When you left, Miss Rosado, did
you tell Mr. Aragon where you
were going?
>> I did not.
I didn't want any confrontation
at my father's home.
I did, however, try to set up
one day and have Mr. Aragon
meet with our daughter and --
>> Judge Judy: After how long?
>> Maybe 2 or 3 months.
>> Judge Judy: That's a long
time for somebody who was living
with his daughter since her
birth.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: So why would you
do that?
>> I didn't like the situation
we were in, and I was afraid for
my daughter.
We did not have a good
relationship at all.
It is the whole reason I left.
There was violence between us,
constant arguing,
and I don't think any child
should be brought up in that
type of an environment.
>> Judge Judy: Okay. Were the
police every called to...
>> No, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: During the time
that you were together, did you
ever file for a protective
order?
>> No, I did not.
>> Judge Judy: You did not.
So you were arguing,
and you wanted to leave.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: And you left and
didn't tell him where you were
going, at least for a few
months.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: And then you
tried to set up --
And how did you try to set up a
meeting with Mr. Aragon and his
daughter?
>> I had talked to him on the
phone, and I let him know we
could meet at a public place,
and we did.
But when I got there, Mr. Aragon
had Serenity in his arms, and he
said, "I could take her from
you, and no one would do
anything."
>> Judge Judy: But that's
what you did, wasn't it?
>> No, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Yes, it was.
That's exactly what you did.
You left your home
with your daughter,
and you didn't tell him
where you were going.
He's a parent just like you are.
I want you to process that.
That's exact--
What I'm telling you, in 2010,
that's exactly what you did.
The two of you were living
together and had been living
together for 2 1/2 years.
You were arguing.
I think you're absolutely right
that it's better for a child
not to be brought up in a home
where there's confrontation.
I think you're absolutely right.
But I think that there's
an orderly way to do that,
and the orderly way to do that
is not to disappear
and go underground
so that you're in charge
of his daughter.
Do you understand?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Good, so that
we understand each other.
That's where I'm coming from.
It's a neutral playing field.
A mother has no more rights
than a father.
A child has two parents.
Okay. So, at some point,
then he took the child and said,
"I could disappear with her,
and nobody would know."
So that frightened you.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Well, I would
understand what frightened you,
just like it frightened him when
he couldn't locate his daughter.
So what did you do?
>> We left at that point.
>> Judge Judy: You left.
And, Mr. Aragon, when was the
next time you saw your daughter?
>> Your Honor, after that, I
didn't see my daughter anymore.
I tried to be reasonable
with Alexandria.
I had no luck with that,
whatsoever.
>> Judge Judy: What did you do,
communicate by the phone?
>> Yes. Yes, I tried to call her
on her cellphone.
Yes.
>> Judge Judy: When did you
finally locate her?
>> It took me a whole year to
find her.
It was, I believe, in 2012, I
think, when I had got joint
custody.
>> Judge Judy: 2012?
>> Yes, I believe so.
>> Judge Judy: And at that time,
Miss Rosado, you had a hearing.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: In what city
and state?
>> Jefferson County of Colorado.
>> Judge Judy: And where were
you living at the time?
In Jefferson County?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: And where were
you living?
>> Denver, Colorado, 45...
>> Judge Judy: Is that far from
where she was living?
>> Yes.