Mr. Pascarella
this is your fiancée's brother.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: You have a whole
story about
how he stole your rental car.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: He's got a whole
different story...
>> Okay.
>> Hello.
How you doin'?
>> Judge Judy: ...one that
sounds a little more plausible
to me, but I'm not drawing
any conclusions.
Now, you rented a car.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: You claim
he stole the car.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: And he got
it impounded.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Who did you rent
the car from?
>> Pacific Nissan.
>> Judge Judy: Let me see
the paperwork.
Does your friend work
in that rental-car company?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: Do you know
anybody who works there?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: It was just a
stranger?
>> Yeah.
>> Judge Judy: Is that correct?
>> No, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Okay, you want to
tell me who he knows there?
>> From my understanding, it was
one of his friends who got him
the deal on the rental car,
so...
>> Judge Judy: Tell me about
the deal on the rental car,
Mr. Martinez.
>> As far as the deal
on the rental car
is concerned --
So, the whole scenario was --
>> Judge Judy: No, no.
What made you think that he knew
someone at the rental-car place?
>> Because he had said so.
>> Judge Judy: He said so?
>> Yeah.
>> Judge Judy: Tell me the month
that this happened.
>> Probably a couple months
prior to that.
I mean, he was talking to me,
and he was telling me
how he had a friend at the
car-rental place and whatnot.
>> Judge Judy: At a car-rental
place?
>> Yeah.
>> Judge Judy: Go ahead.
Keep talking. Keep talking.
>> So, um, yeah.
He had explained to me
that he had -- he had a friend
at a car-rental place.
And then, uh, later on,
we got a situation that came up
to where he was gonna go up
to L.A. to visit some family.
And he had some equipment
that he wanted to take up there
that he was gonna sell
to his friend of his.
>> Judge Judy: What kind
of equipment?
>> Some, like, tools and whatnot
that he was selling to one
of his friends up -- up in L.A.
>> Judge Judy: Did he mention
the name of the friend to you?
>> No, he didn't.
>> Judge Judy: Uncross
your arms.
>> Sorry.
>> Judge Judy: Very good.
So, he had some stuff
that he was going to take up --
>> Well, that -- that --
that's what I was told.
>> Judge Judy: Told by whom?
And...
>> Judge Judy: He said, "So we
have some tools in the car"?
>> Well, like I said,
they were -- they were heading
up to -- to go visit the family.
And on the way, he had --
he had some tools that he was
gonna sell to a friend of his.
But it took up
all the space in the car.
So from my understanding,
that's when they rented the car
so my sister
could drive up with the kids,
and --
>> Judge Judy: So your sister
has three children?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: So
your understanding
was that they were going up
to visit family in Los Angeles.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: On the way there,
he was gonna sell some tools
or stuff to a friend of his.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: But because
there would be no room
in the car for your sister
and the three kids,
they were gonna use this
rental-car company to rent a
car.
Is that right?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: And he asked you
to drive the rental car?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: You were staying
with them at the time.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Okay, how long
had you been
staying with your sister?
>> Uh, roughly about 2 months.
>> Judge Judy: And you weren't
working at the time?
>> No, ma'am.
I was kind of,
like, you know --
I'd just lost my job.
I'd just lost the place
where I was staying at.
So, you know,
I'd talked to my sister.
And she said, "You know,
you can stay here
until you get on your feet."
And that's what I was
working towards doing.
>> Judge Judy: In what month was
that?
>> That was in October.
>> Judge Judy: So you moved
in in October.
And you weren't working
in October?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: And you weren't
working in November?
>> No, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: They have a large
enough space for you to stay?
Did they have an extra room?
>> I was staying
in the living room on the couch.
>> Judge Judy: Do any work
around the house?
>> Yeah. I mean...
>> Judge Judy: Like what?
>> Clean up, do dishes,
uh, make food for the kids
when I can, or --
>> Judge Judy: Does your sister
work?
>> No, she doesn't.
>> Judge Judy: So you
and your sister spent
some time alone together?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: That was nice?
>> Yes, of course.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
>> It's my sister.
>> Judge Judy: Yeah.
So he rents this car...
>> Well, he -- he wanted --
he wanted me to drive up.
He asked me to drive --
or initially had asked
me to drive up because my sister
didn't want to drive up there.
You know, she's like the
first-two-lane kind of driver.
She's not --
You know, she doesn't like the
freeways.
Such a long drive to L.A.
And I asked him --
Or I told him at the time
I was having, you know, issues
with my license and whatnot.
>> Judge Judy: You weren't
having issues with your license.
You wrote that you had issues
with your license.
Either you have a license,
or you don't have a license.
>> Well, it had just got pulled,
and I was in the process
of trying to get everything
squared away to get it back.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
So you didn't have a license?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: So you know
you're not supposed to be
driving
a car when you have no license?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: So now
you're driving the rental car.
And he's driving...
>> Well, see,
the whole thing was,
like, you know, he asked me,
and I was like, "I couldn't."
He asked me again.
And I couldn't.
And he asked me again.
And I was just like,
"You know, look, what if I just
follow you up there?
And you don't have to worry
about nothing," and -- and I'm
like, "All right, let's go.
Let's just go."
You know?
So we go.
And on the way up there,
I ended up losing him
on the freeway or whatnot.
And when I got off to figure out
where we were at and where
we were going, unfortunately,
I got off the freeway
right into a checkpoint.
So, mind you, having --
not having my license, and
I went through the checkpoint.
It was a driver's license/DUI
checkpoint
just before the holidays.
And now I'm going through here.
And I get taken in because I
had a warrant out of San Diego.
>> Judge Judy: Warrant for what?
>> Unpaid tickets, so failure
to appear.
I had the warrant.
So they took me in...
>> Judge Judy: Oh, oh, what kind
of ticket?
>> Oh, it was a traffic ticket.
>> Judge Judy: Speeding,
moving violation...
>> Movement, uh...
>> Judge Judy: Moving violation?
>> It was for
not having my license.
>> Judge Judy: Another time
you didn't have your license?
>> Yeah.
>> Judge Judy: Now
we're getting somewhere.