in the matter
of Williams-Palmer vs.
Gilliam, step forward.
>> Announcer: 19-year-old
Alison Williams-Palmer
is suing her ex-boyfriend,
22-year-old Jordan Gilliam,
for an unpaid loan.
>> Judge Judy: Ms. Palmer,
your case is a simple one.
You claim a loan
to the defendant,
who you dated sort of on and off
but have known for some time.
Mr. Gilliam says that you did,
in fact,
give him $800 for a car,
but it was a gift
and not a loan.
Who is this?
>> My best friend.
>> Judge Judy: Not a girlfriend?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
Does she have
anything to do with this case?
>> The day when me and Alison
spoke on the phone,
and she said she would give me
the money, she was there.
>> Judge Judy:
She was there at your house?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Oh.
She can't testify to that.
Okay.
Would you tell me, Ms. Palmer,
on what date and why you agreed
to give Mr. Gilliam $800?
>> On November 28,
he had asked me, can he...
>> Judge Judy:
November 28 of last year?
>> Yeah, in 2016.
He asked me, can he borrow
the money
because he needed a car?
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
And before that, you had been
a girlfriend for a while,
and then you moved out of state,
or he moved out of state.
But then you lost touch,
and then you sort of got
involved again.
Is that right?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
Now, when he asked you
for the money for the car,
I assume from what he says,
he asked you on the telephone.
>> No.
It was in text messages.
>> Judge Judy:
It was in text messages.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: That you saved.
>> Yeah.
They're right here.
>> Judge Judy: Great.
Can I see them, please?you havem
on that phone, on your phone?
>> I got a new phone since then.
>> Judge Judy: Since when?
>> Since that happened.
>> Judge Judy: Since when
did you get a new phone?
>> In December.
>> Judge Judy:
What kind of phone
did you have before,
and where did you
get the new phone from?
>> I bought it from T-Mobile.
I had a iPhone 6S.
Now, I have a 7.
>> Judge Judy:
Well, what did you do
with your old phone
when you bought the iPhone 7?
>> I still have it.
>> Judge Judy:
You still have it.
>> Yeah, but I gave it
to my little cousin.
>> Judge Judy: You gave it
to your little cousin when?
>> When I got my new phone.
>> Judge Judy:
So back in December.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy:
Your little cousin is how old?
>> She's 4.
>> Judge Judy:
Where does she live?
>> She lives in Harlem.
>> Judge Judy: And when you gave
your little cousin your phone,
I assume you had things on there
that you didn't want her
or her mother or her --
>> She was living with me
at the time.
>> Judge Judy:
Where is the phone now?
>> I have it.
>> Judge Judy: Do you understand
what I'm saying?
Because I have a question.
The question is a simple one.
So you have the old phone
and the new iPhone 7.
>> Yeah, because she went back
to her mom, so --
>> Judge Judy:
So you kept the iPhone 6.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: So you have it
in your possession.
>> Yes, but not right now.
>> Judge Judy: Where is it?
>> At home.
>> Judge Judy:
But it is at home?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: When you gave it
to your little cousin,
did you erase
all the data that was on it?
>> Not the messages.
>> Judge Judy: Why?
>> Because I knew I was going
to take Jordan to court,
and I needed the proof.
>> Judge Judy: Not in December,
you didn't.
>> I --
>> Judge Judy: Listen to me.
Not in December,
you didn't because in December,
you thought
he was going to pay you back.
>> But once I didn't get --
>> Judge Judy:
You made this loan to him,
allegedly, on November 28.
Let's get it all straight.
>> It was never a loan.
>> Judge Judy: Shh!
I didn't ask you anything.
why you would have
just saved the text messages
on your old phone, an iPhone 6,
because you replaced it
in December,
a couple of weeks later,
and kept the messages
because you said you knew
you were going to sue him
four months later.
You expected him
to pay you back.
Do you understand
what I'm saying?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy:
You want to explain it to me?
>> I didn't get the phone
until late December.
>> Judge Judy: And?
>> And once...
We had agreed that every week
he would pay me $200.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
So when you gave him the money,
November 28, the agreement was,
which is consistent with
what you say in your complaint,
that he was supposed to pay you
back $200 a week.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Okay. Good.
And that's what this says.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Great.
Would you show these
to Mr. Gilliam?
Looks to me like you promised
to pay her back $800.
>> I was telling her
what she wanted to hear.
>> Judge Judy: You're an idiot.
Judgment for plaintiff
in the amount of $800.
We're done.