this is your former wife.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: And I assume
you're her mother.
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: And you are suing
both of them because, from what
I read, after your divorce, your
former wife was arrested and you
bailed her out, it is your
claim, at the request of both
her mother and herself, and that
both of them agreed that they
would be responsible for the
bail if you posted the initial
bail, which I think you said was
$1,000.
Is that right?
>> Mostly.
>> Judge Judy: Tell me where
it's mistaken.
>> Just a slight mistake.
Juanita Willmes did specify that
she would not pay the bill, but
she would talk to me, keep in
communication, so that we could
make sure that Molly paid the
bill, and Molly promised that
she would pay the bill.
>> Judge Judy: Molly is your
former wife?
>> Molly is my former wife, yes.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
First, let's backtrack a bit.
Ms. LaBreche, what were you
arrested for and when?
>> Petty theft in 2008.
>> Judge Judy: Is that the only
time you were arrested?
>> No, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Is that the
instance that we're talking
about here?
>> No, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Well, when were
you arrested on the incidents
that we're talking about here?
>> In 2013.
>> Judge Judy: What were you
arrested for?
>> Violation of probation,
drug related.
I was dirty test.
>> Judge Judy: And what kind of
jail time were you looking at?
>> About 180 days in jail.
>> Judge Judy: Had you ever been
incarcerated before for that
period of time?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: Up until that
time, what was the longest
period of time that you had been
incarcerated?
>> About a week.
>> Judge Judy: And how long had
you and your husband been
divorced in 2013?
>> We legally separated in 2001,
and I believe our divorce
finalized within a year to two
years later.
>> Judge Judy: And you have
children together?
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: How many?
>> Two.
>> Judge Judy: And they live
with your former husband?
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: And they've
always lived with your former
husband?
>> Not always, no.
When they were young, they lived
with me up until '05, when I was
arrested for a DUI.
>> Judge Judy: He was awarded
custody of the children?
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: And they've
remained with him since.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: I assume that you
do not pay child support.
Is that correct?
>> I do, actually.
It was just ordered.
>> Judge Judy: Up until this
year, which is 2016, were you
paying child support?
>> Yes, I was.
>> Judge Judy: When?
>> I was paying in 2014, I
believe.
I was paying for about a year
$100 a month, $50 per child, and
it came directly out of my
disability.
>> Judge Judy: What's the nature
of your disability?
>> I have physical disabilities,
back problems, sciatic-nerve
damage, other disabilities.
>> Judge Judy: How much do you
get from disability?
>> Approximately $928 a month.
>> Judge Judy: And when did that
start?
>> I applied for it in '99, but
I was granted it in '04.
>> Judge Judy: How old are you?
>> 49.
>> Judge Judy: Now, how much
does she owe on her bond?
>> The number I have is $4,786.
I made a slight error.
It's $4,871.
>> Judge Judy: Why didn't you
pay the bail?
>> I didn't have the money at
all.
>> Judge Judy: Well, you have
$928 a month.
You have enough to pay
something.
>> It's barely enough to live
on with rent, food...
>> Judge Judy: Well, you're
absolutely correct.
You were arrested for drug
use...
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: ...in 2013.
For using drugs.
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: That suggests to
me that you had enough money to
buy drugs.
>> Okay.
>> Judge Judy: Well, if you have
enough money to buy drugs in
addition to your food, then you
had enough money to start paying
back your bail.
Now, drug addiction is an
illness.
"I couldn't help myself."
But now I read in your answer
that you've been clean and sober
for six months.
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: Well, if that's
correct, why don't you take the
money that you've been using --
taxpayer money that you've been
using since '04 when you started
to collect disability and you
were using it to buy drugs --
because if that's your only
source of income, then you had
to be using my money to buy
drugs, right?
>> No, it was prescription
drugs, also.
Prescription medication, too.
>> Judge Judy: [ Laughs ]
So what?
You're still using taxpayer
money to fund your drug habit.
And it's great that that burden
has apparently been lifted from
you for the last six months, but
now you have all that money left
over.
Now, were you ever arrested for
anything other than prescription
drugs?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: Were you ever
violated for -- You have that?
>> I have six different things
from El Dorado County only.
There's more in Sacramento I
don't have.