for about 3 1/2 years.
And Mr. McNeil gave you a ring.
You were engaged to be married,
according to him.
He had lived with you
and your children --
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Above a store
where that you worked.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: That's yours?
So you have an apartment
above the store that you own?
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: Mr. McNeil says
he participated working
in that store during the course
of the three and a half years.
But the relationship went south.
He left.
And according to Mr. McNeil,
he left some property there.
He left the engagement ring
there.
He left a basketball hoop.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: How much did you
pay for the basketball hoop?
>> About $480, roughly.
>> Judge Judy: $480?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: And when did
you purchase it?
>> May of 2015 from Walmart.
>> Judge Judy: And who used it?
>> My son and her daughter.
>> Judge Judy: Was your son
living with you?
>> No, but he comes
over visiting.
>> Judge Judy: So when
he visited.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: But her daughter
used it.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: So it was bought
for her daughter to use
and for your son
and her daughter to use
when your son was there.
>> Yes, Your Honor.
But primarily,
it is for my son's use.
So if I leave, I would want
the rim to leave so that --
>> Judge Judy: I don't care.
That's ridiculous.
>> You don't care.
>> Judge Judy: Ridiculous!
Okay.
So you left the engagement ring,
the basketball hoop
and what else?
>> Miscellaneous tools,
which I'm not concerned about
'cause I have no pictures
to prove that they --
I left them there.
>> Judge Judy: So that
we're here talking about
an engagement ring.
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: You see what
a fair person I am, Ms. Jones?
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: Where's the ring?
>> I don't have the ring,
Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: That's not
what I... Listen to me.
Where's the ring?
D-- d--
We women understand each other.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: So I'm asking
you, where is it?
"It -- I sold it. I lost it.
I gave it to my daughter.
I gave it to my cousin.
I threw it out a window."
I'm asking you, where is it?
>> He had the choice
to go upstairs
and get all his belongings.
And he had bought
watches and rings.
It was all in the drawer.
He took everything he had that
he wanted to take on his own.
I haven't seen it since he left.
>> Judge Judy: So your answer is
you haven't
seen the ring since he left.
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: You were not
wearing it when he left.
>> Absolutely not.
>> Judge Judy: On what date
did he leave?
>> April, sometime in April.
>> Judge Judy: And when did you
stop wearing the ring?
>> Like, months ago.
I don't wear jewelry. I don't --
I never really wore along
with the time, anyhow.
>> Judge Judy: Well, the ring
that he bought you,
when did he give it to you?
>> In 2014.
I think I only wore it about
a month
because I move with my hands.
So I never wear jewelry
on my hands too much.
>> Judge Judy: Is there any
reason why you weren't married
two years later?
>> Well, job.
It takes money to get married.
And I work --
>> Judge Judy: But
really, did he want more money?
He was living
in your house, anyway.
>> Right.
But, I mean, it took more
than just living in my house.
Well, you know, it take two
to get married.
And we just never got married
'cause we never had the funding.
And it just didn't work out.
No hard feelings about that.
I worked hard all my life.
And, you know --
>> Judge Judy: Mr. McNeil,
she says that you took all
of your jewelry when you left,
including that watch
that I assume you took,
the watch that you're wearing.
>> No, ma'am.
She's talking about the watches
I bought her.
I never took really --
>> Judge Judy: I'm talking
about that watch
that you're wearing.
>> I didn't have this watch
when I was with her.
>> Judge Judy: You didn't?
You just bought that watch?
>> This is recently.
>> Judge Judy: You must've had
a stroke of good fortune.
[ Laughter ]
>> Yes. Casino, ma'am.
Casino.
>> Hmm. Mm-hmm.
>> Judge Judy: She doesn't
have the ring.
>> Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: Show me proof
that she has the ring.
>> And she said that she ain't
wear the ring until 2014.
>> Judge Judy: No, no,
no, no, no.
No, that's not what I asked you.
>> I've got some proof.
>> Judge Judy: That's not what
I asked you.
>> This is the ring. This is --
>> Judge Judy: I see it's on --
>> This...
>> Judge Judy: I see that's
on her finger.
Is that taken
after you left in April?
>> No, this was --
>> You left...
He left in April, right?
>> Yes.
>> That's in April.
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: Is that picture
taken after April?
>> No, Your Honor.
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: She says
she doesn't have the ring.
You want --
>> Of course.
Your Honor, Your Honor.
Of course she's gonna deny that.
'Cause I get --
>> Judge Judy: But that's not
what I asked you, sir.
She said, when you left,
you took all your stuff.
>> I didn't take everything.
>> Judge Judy: Mr. McNeil,
all I want to know is, sir,
whether you have proof
that she had the ring
after you left in April.
>> I can prove, Your Honor,
that she's --
her credibility is -- is --
is not reliable, Your Honor.
She told me
that she was divorced
when she really wasn't.