and the defendant lived together
as roommates and then had
a brief romantic relationship
but then as roommates
for most of the 5 years
that you lived together.
>> Just roommates, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: Well, Mr. Figlock
evidently doesn't think so
because he says that "Samantha
lived with me for about 5 years.
Initially she was
a friend of my girlfriend's
and she was pregnant so I
just wanted to help her out.
Some years later, we had a
romantic relationship but that
fizzled out last spring."
Is that correct?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: I knew I read it
someplace.
rent when yo
rent when you lived with the
defendant?
>> No. No, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: So, what do you
mean, you just hung out in his
house?
>> No, ma'am.
I was working on a case.
>> Judge Judy: What case?
>> Uh, a case against me
for my child through, um,
the State of Oregon.
>> Judge Judy: Well, what does
he have to do with that?
>> I was best friends with his
girlfriend, and he allowed me to
stay so I can focus on what I
needed to get done for my baby.
>> Judge Judy: Did there come a
time when his girlfriend left
the house?
>> Uh --
>> Judge Judy: Either a yes or
a no.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: And you stayed?
>> Uh, temporarily.
>> Judge Judy: For how long?
>> A couple months, and then I
moved into a hotel for a little
while and then moved back in
with Mr. Figlock.
>> Judge Judy: This all sounds
very sketchy to me.
In any event, this is your case.
You say that you ultimately
moved out.
You went to live with your
boyfriend.
I assume you're the boyfriend?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: And Mr. Figlock
got rid of all your stuff?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Well, I'm trying
to figure out -- what were you
there?
>> Excuse me?
>> Judge Judy: I'm trying to
figure out -- what were you
there?
You weren't a tenant because a
tenant pays rent.
You weren't his girlfriend
because you say you weren't his
girlfriend.
>> Right.
>> Judge Judy: You just lived
there, not related to him.
>> We were friends.
>> Judge Judy: Is that what
you were, Mr. Figlock?
>> Intimately, yes.
We were friends, good friends.
>> That's not --
>> Judge Judy: When did she move
out?
Give me the date she moved out.
>> Uh, she moved out, um...
She was moving in and out all
the time.
She'd be gone for a week, come
back to the point where I had
enough of it and I said for her
to leave.
>> Judge Judy: When was that?
>> I would say...
beginning of April of 2016.
>> Judge Judy: And what did
she say to you, when you told
her it was time for her to go?
>> Nothing, she would just, uh,
leave or whatever, and then...
I wouldn't see her again for
another week or two and then --
>> Judge Judy: Where was her
child at this time?
>> The child was with her mother
in Indiana.
>> Judge Judy: When did she
finally leave the house
permanently?
>> May, approximately 31st...
>> Judge Judy: When did you
leave the house permanently?
>> Um, I wasn't going --
>> Judge Judy: When, maybe --
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Maybe. Shh!
Stand up. Your name, please.
>> Jon Bakke.
>> Judge Judy: When did
Ms. Stewart move in with you?
Date.
>> Um, it would have been --
>> Judge Judy: Think carefully
and give me the date.
Don't say anything.
>> Beginning of February.
>> Judge Judy: February of 2016?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: She lived with
you full-time starting in
February of 2016?
>> She was staying with me
permanently but hadn't moved --
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
She was staying with you
permanently?
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: Now, what kind
of financial arrangement do you
have with Ms. Stewart as far as
paying bills?
Does she work?
Does she contribute anything to
your household, or you take care
of her?
>> Um, currently right now
we're both living in our car.
>> Judge Judy: You're living in
your car?
>> Yes. Right now, yes.
>> Judge Judy: You had it better
before, Ms. Stewart.
When did you start to live in
your car?
>> Um, within the last 2 months.
>> Judge Judy: Ergo the lawsuit.
This is what your lawsuit says.
Your lawsuit says that
Mr. Figlock disposed of
$5,000 worth of your property.
On what date do you allege he
disposed of $5,000 worth of your
property?
Give me the month.
>> Yes, uh, May.
>> Judge Judy: Month. May.
Well, as far as your boyfriend
is concerned, and he is not a
liar, is he?
You were living with him
February, March, and April.
That's 3 months.
How long do you expect him
to store your stuff?
>> No, ma'am.
I was staying there.
I hadn't moved out yet.
>> Judge Judy: Do you understand
what I'm saying to you?
Your boyfriend says that you
were with him starting in
February.
You say you didn't move your
stuff out.
He says, "I don't want her junk
in my house."
>> Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: He got rid of it.
>> He destroyed it.
>> Judge Judy: I don't care.
You can't just leave your junk
in somebody else's house for
3 months while you're living
with your boyfriend.
You can't just leave your junk
there.
tell me what happened when she
broke your door, or you really
don't want to be bothered with
it?
>> I'd like to mention it,
that --
Well, the police were called
three times and --
>> Judge Judy: What month?
>> Let's see, it started in
April and then ended --
The last time was in May.
>> Judge Judy: So April and May?
>> Yes, I went over.
So three times I attempted to
throw out the stuff, and the
police showed up and I told them
that she had a key and I work
nights, so she could come
anytime and get her stuff,
and they let me go three times.
The second time, she was yelling
at me or something, and so I
walked away, which the police
said was okay and when I walked
back, she was gone but the door
was kicked out from the
inside-out, so I told the
policeman about it and he just
said, "Oh, your landlord will be
very angry."
I said, "Yes."
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
Mr. Figlock, has she bothered
you in the last 3 months?
>> Bothered me?
>> Judge Judy: Yeah.
>> Um, no.
>> Judge Judy: Come to your
home, called you, anything in
the last 3 months?
>> Um, no. I mean yes, but --
>> Judge Judy: Ms. Stewart,
you have no case against him.
Your case is dismissed.