>> Judge Judy: MISS COZZA, YOU
DIDN'T DO WHAT YOU WERE SUPPOSED
TO DO, BECAUSE YOU ALLOWED A
ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP TO
INTERFERE WITH YOUR GOOD
JUDGMENT, AND YOU ALLOWED
MR. BURNS TO USE YOUR CREDIT,
WHEN YOU WERE DATING, TO BUY A
CAR AND, ACCORDING TO YOU, A
TELEVISION SET.
YOU STOPPED DATING.
MR. BURNS TOOK THE CAR.
HE CONTINUED TO PAY FOR A PERIOD
OF TIME ON BOTH THE CREDIT CARD,
FOR THE TELEVISION SET, AND FOR
THE CAR, AND THEN, ACCORDING TO
YOU, HE STOPPED.
IN WHAT MONTH AND YEAR DID YOU
STOP MAKING PAYMENTS ON THE
CREDIT CARD AND THE CAR?
>> MARCH 2012.
>> Judge Judy: AND WHY DID YOU
STOP MAKING PAYMENTS?
>> I HAD TO PUT A NEW
TRANSMISSION IN THE SUBARU THREE
MONTHS PRIOR, AND I USED ALL MY
FINANCIAL AID -- I'M A FULL-TIME
STUDENT -- SO I HAD TO LIVE OFF
THE MONEY THAT I WAS MAKING, SO
I DIDN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO PAY
THE BILL.
>> Judge Judy: SO HOW MANY
MONTHS DELINQUENT WERE YOU?
>> ONE. 30 DAYS.
THE "BEST BUY" WAS 60.
>> Judge Judy: SO ONE MONTH ON
THE CAR AND TWO MONTHS ON THE
"BEST BUY" CARD?
>> MM-HMM.
>> Judge Judy: YOU ALSO DIDN'T
HAVE THE CAR PROPERLY
REGISTERED.
IS THAT RIGHT?
>> YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
>> Judge Judy: AND HOW
DELINQUENT WAS IT IN BEING
REGISTERED?
>> ALMOST SIX MONTHS.
I WAS WAITING TO PAY FOR THE
CATALYTIC CONVERTER IN ORDER TO
GET A SMOG, 'CAUSE IT'S IN
CALIFORNIA.
>> Judge Judy: LISTEN.
THAT'S NOT MISS COZZA'S PROBLEM.
THAT'S YOUR PROBLEM.
THE FACT IS, YOU VISIT IT ON HER
BECAUSE THE CAR IS IN YOUR NAME?
>> IT'S IN BOTH OF OUR NAMES.
>> Judge Judy: THE CREDIT IS IN
YOUR NAME?
>> IT'S 50/50.
>> Judge Judy: WELL, IT'S NOT
50/50.
THEY'RE GONNA COME AFTER THE ONE
WHO'S WORKING.
ARE YOU WORKING?
>> I AM.
>> Judge Judy: WHAT DO YOU DO?
>> I'M A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER
LOOKING FOR A TEACHING JOB, AND
I NANNY ON THE SIDE.
>> Judge Judy: AND WHAT DO YOU
DO?
>> I'M A FULL-TIME STUDENT.
>> Judge Judy: WELL, THEN,
THEY'RE GONNA COME AFTER YOU,
'CAUSE YOU HAVE A JOB.
>> AND THAT'S WHAT THEY TOLD ME.
>> Judge Judy: YEAH, OF COURSE.
SO, YOU GOT PULLED OVER, YOUR
CAR WASN'T REGISTERED, THEY
IMPOUNDED THE CAR, MISS COZZA
GOT THE CAR OUT OF IMPOUND, PAID
THE PARKING TICKETS -- YOU ALSO
HAD PARKING TICKETS, RIGHT?
THAT WASN'T BECAUSE YOU HAD A
BAD TRANSMISSION.
THAT'S JUST BECAUSE YOU PARKED
WHERE YOU FELT LIKE IT.
>> YES.
>> Judge Judy: AND YOU ALSO
DIDN'T PAY THE PARKING TICKETS.
>> I WAS GONNA PAY THE PARKING
TICKETS, BUT SHE HAD PICKED UP
THE CAR AND PAID THEM BEFORE I
HAD KNOWLEDGE OF IT.
>> Judge Judy: WHEN YOU GET A
PARKING TICKET, YOU PAY IT.
AND IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH
MONEY TO FIX THE CAR --
>> BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE
MONEY, YOU CAN'T PAY IT.
>> Judge Judy: THAT'S NOT HER
FAULT!
DON'T TAKE THE CAR!
>> $3,400 FOR A TRANSMISSION!
>> Judge Judy: LISTEN TO ME.
THAT'S NOT MISS COZZA'S PROBLEM,
MR. BURNS.
I KNOW THAT YOU WANT TO SAY IT'S
SOMEBODY ELSE'S FAULT.
HOW OLD ARE YOU?
>> 28.
>> Judge Judy: 28-YEAR-OLD MAN
SHOULD NOT BE A FULL-TIME
STUDENT IF HE HAS BILLS TO PAY.
HE SHOULD BE A PART-TIME
STUDENT AND A FULL-TIME WORKER
BEE, OR AT LEAST A PART-TIME
WORKER BEE AND A PART-TIME
STUDENT, OR ANY CONFIGURATION
THEREOF.
BUT A 28-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO HAS
BILLS TO PAY, WHO HAS INDEBTED
SOMEBODY ELSE FOR HIM, DOESN'T
SIT BACK AND READ HIS BOOKS ALL
DAY.
HE WORKS AND DOESN'T RELY ON THE
LARGESS OF OTHERS, WHICH,
PROBABLY IN THIS CASE, INCLUDES
FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND STUDENT
AID, WHICH IS, OF COURSE, US.
NOW, MISS COZZA, YOU WANT WHAT
HE OWED YOU ON THE "BEST BUY"
CARD.
>> CORRECT.
>> Judge Judy: HOW MUCH DID HE
OWE FOR THE TV ON THE "BEST BUY"
CARD?
>> FOR THE "BEST BUY" CARD, HE
OWED $1,300, AND I HAVE PROOF
THAT IT WAS IN COLLECTIONS FOR
THE LAST FOUR MONTHS, WHICH I
WAS NOT AWARE OF, AND THE BILL
WAS $1,300, AND SO THEY DID A
SETTLEMENT FOR ME, BECAUSE I
JUST HAD A BREAKDOWN -- I DON'T
MAKE A LOT OF MONEY -- AND THE
SETTLEMENT FOR $752 WAS PAID.
>> Judge Judy: OH, YOU GOT A
BARGAIN, MR. BURNS.
$752.
>> BUT, AGAIN, I DIDN'T ASK HER
TO PAY IT.
>> Judge Judy: I DON'T CARE
WHETHER YOU ASKED HER OR NOT.
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE HER TO DO?!
YOU'D LIKE HER CREDIT SCORE TO
BE ZERO?!
YOU WOULD LIKE HER CREDIT SCORE
TO BE GOOSE EGG?!
>> NO, NO, I TOLD HER --
>> Judge Judy: WELL, THEN, GET A
JOB!
>> I TOLD HER WHEN STUFF WAS
GOING ON.
I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY IN TWO
WEEKS!
>> Judge Judy: MR. BURNS, YOU
DON'T HAVE MONEY 'CAUSE YOU
DON'T WORK.
GET A JOB!
>> THAT'S NOT ALWAYS TRUE.
>> Judge Judy: NO, GET A JOB.
GET A JOB.
YOU CAN'T SAY, "HONEY, I DON'T
HAVE ANY MONEY.
IF I HAD IT, I WOULD GIVE IT TO
YOU."
SOUNDS LIKE SOME RELATIVES I
KNOW.
[ LAUGHTER ]
WHAT I'M TELLING YOU IS PEOPLE
GET MONEY BY WORKING.
BY THE TIME YOU'RE 28 YEARS OLD,
YOU SHOULD HAVE FIGURED THAT
OUT.
THAT'S HOW BYRD MAKES A LIVING,
THAT'S HOW MY CAMERAMAN MAKES A
LIVING, THAT'S HOW THE PEOPLE
THAT RUN THE LIGHTS MAKE A
LIVING.
EVERYBODY WHO WANTS TO EARN
MONEY WORKS!
>> I WORKED FOR A LONG TIME
BEFORE GOING BACK TO SCHOOL.
>> Judge Judy: WELL!
JUST A MINUTE.
YOU WORKED FOR A LONG TIME?!
YOU'RE 28 YEARS OLD.
YOU TELL ME THAT YOU WORKED A
LONG TIME WHEN YOU'RE 70 YEARS
OLD.
>> I GRADUATED WHEN I WAS 17,
AND I WENT BACK TO SCHOOL,
WORKED FULL-TIME AND WENT TO
SCHOOL FULL-TIME UNTIL I WAS 26.
>> Judge Judy: AND THEN WHAT
HAPPENED, YOU RETIRED?
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> I WENT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA, SANTA CRUZ.
I ENDED UP IN SANTA CRUZ, AND
IT'S A LITTLE HEAVIER --
>> Judge Judy: ALL RIGHT, $752.
WHAT DID YOU GET TO GET THE CAR
OUT OF IMPOUND?
>> WHAT I HAD TO DO TO GET THE
CAR OUT OF IMPOUND --
>> Judge Judy: JUST TELL ME HOW
MUCH YOU PAID TO GET THE CAR OUT
OF IMPOUND, INCLUDING THE
PARKING TICKETS.
>> A TOTAL OF...
TO GET IT IMPOUNDED, I HAD TO DO
A NUMBER OF STEPS -- PAY
TICKETS...
>> Judge Judy: OH, JUST A
SECOND.
GIVE HER THIS, PLEASE.
ALL I WANT TO KNOW IS HOW MUCH
SHE PAID TO GET THE CAR OUT OF
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