>> Judge Judy: Ms. Lyle,
according to what I've read in
your complaint, the defendant
had dated your dad for a while.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: This is your dad?
>> No, that's a family friend.
>> Judge Judy: From when to when
did your father and Ms. Kelly
date?
>> I don't know.
>> Judge Judy: When?
>> I never officially dated her
father.
We were very close.
>> Judge Judy: Close friends?
>> He was incarcerated, and I
was just a friend that he could
call and talk to, and I was
there for him.
>> Judge Judy: How did you meet
him?
>> I'm really good friends with
her aunt.
>> Judge Judy: And that's how
you met her father while he was
in jail?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Would you visit
him?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: Just communicate?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Did he get out of
jail?
>> Yes, he did.
>> Judge Judy: When?
>> I want to say in April of
2016, but I'm not positive on
the date.
>> Judge Judy: And when he got
out of jail, did you see him
regularly?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
There came a time when,
according to you, you needed a
place to stay.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: When was that?
>> A little bit before March is
when we discussed about me
moving in with her, 'cause I
could no longer --
>> Judge Judy: "A little bit
before March" is when?
>> I started working for her on
February 22nd.
I don't remember the exact date
when we talked about me living.
>> Judge Judy: Where had you
been living up until then?
>> I lived in Spokane.
>> Judge Judy: With whom?
>> On my own.
>> Judge Judy: And what happened
that you needed a place to stay?
>> I just couldn't afford my
place anymore, and me and her
discussed, and she said that I
could move in there temporarily,
but we never discussed a payment
plan.
She just --
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
You're getting ahead of
yourself.
>> Sorry.
>> Judge Judy: So you moved in
when?
>> On March 27th.
>> Judge Judy: What kind of work
do you do?
>> I'm a certified nurse's
assistant.
>> Judge Judy: And you have
children who needs services, so
you get money from the state for
daycare?
>> Yes, I get subsidized
daycare.
>> Judge Judy: And did you fill
out the paperwork for the
plaintiff to become a payee on
that?
>> Yes, I did.
>> Judge Judy: When did you do
that?
>> I filled out the paperwork in
February of this year.
>> Judge Judy: Prior to that,
who was taking care of your
children?
>> I wasn't working at the time.
>> Judge Judy: You started
working when?
>> My orientation date was
February 22nd.
My first official day of work
was March 1st.
>> Judge Judy: And she moved in
on March 27th, and you started
to collect money from the state?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: How much?
>> It was over 2 grand for all
three kids altogether.
>> Judge Judy: $2,000?
>> Yeah, it was over 2 grand.
>> Judge Judy: A week, a month?
>> A month.
>> $16.91 an hour.
>> Judge Judy: Hmm?
>> $16.91 an hour is what she
was making at 230 hours a month.
>> Judge Judy: How many hours a
month?
>> 230.
>> Judge Judy: That's a lot of
hours.
How many hours did you work?
>> I work eight hours a day, but
she gets an hour in the morning
for travel time and an hour
before I get home, so she gets
10 hours a day because they give
her travel time, so she was --
>> Judge Judy: But she doesn't
travel.
She was living with you.
>> No, because I have to leave
to get to work, so she had to be
there prior to when I started,
so she --
>> Judge Judy: She was there.
>> No, she wasn't.
She didn't live with me at the
time.
>> Judge Judy: When did she move
in?
>> She moved in the end of April
after she was evicted.
>> Judge Judy: And she left in
May?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: What did you do
with all the money?
>> That I got from the state?
>> Judge Judy: Yeah.
>> I paid her to live there
and --
>> Judge Judy: How much did you
pay her?
>> In all, it was around 2 grand
in all.
And Austin Kelly was right there
when me and Megan had an
agreement that I would pay her,
and he was there when I gave her
the money.
>> Judge Judy: You got paid by
the state by check.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: What did you do
with the check?
>> I deposited it into my bank
account.
>> Judge Judy: Then you pay her
by check.
>> Okay.
>> Judge Judy: Right.
>> Yeah, it makes sense.
>> Judge Judy: Yes.
She says you didn't give her any
money.
Is that right?
>> She didn't give me any money
for rent, no.
>> Judge Judy: What did she give
you money for?
>> She had to pay her aunt back,
and she gave me some cash to pay
her aunt back, and then --
>> Judge Judy: How much did she
have to pay her aunt?
>> $400.
>> Judge Judy: Did you owe your
aunt money?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Did you pay her
back?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Is that $400?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: So now I want you
to tell me, you're suing her for
belongings, damaged property,
and you're suing this young man
for assault.
So what property do you think
she has that belongs to you?
>> She has basically everything
that makes a home a home.
I moved out of my apartment --
>> Judge Judy: When you left.
On what date did you leave?
>> When I moved out, June 15th.
>> Judge Judy: Where did you go?
>> I found my own place.
>> Judge Judy: A rental?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: And so you had
money for rent...
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: ...to put down
first, last, and security.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Right.
And you had gotten evicted from
your old place, so clearly the
money that you had been saving
from getting money from the
state you used as first, last,
and security for your place.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: When did you tell
the defendant that you were
moving out?
>> I was going to tell her the
next day when I went back to
work and tell her that I had
found my own place, 'cause she
wasn't home when I went to get
some of my belongings.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
You were watching her children.
When did you plan on telling her
that you --
>> Oh, her.
I wasn't watching her children
at that time.
>> Judge Judy: Why?
>> There was someone else there
watching them.
>> Judge Judy: Who was watching
them?
>> One of her friends.
>> Judge Judy: Who was getting
paid?
>> I was.
>> Judge Judy: Well, if you
weren't watching her children,
why were you getting paid?
>> Me and Megan had an agreement
that if I were to claim those
hours that I would give her the
extra money.
>> [ Scoffs ]
>> And Austin was there when
that was said.
>> Judge Judy: You know, I have
absolutely zero interest in you
because you figured out how to
scam the system, somehow scam
the system for doing nothing.