matter of Brown vs. Thomas, step
forward.
>> Announcer: Charles Brown is
suing his ex-girlfriend,
Victoria Thomas, for a stolen
laptop.
>> Judge Judy: Mr. Brown,
Ms. Thomas used to be your
girlfriend.
This lawsuit is about a laptop.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: A laptop that you
claim Ms. Thomas took with her
when the two of you separated
and she left.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: And you
acknowledge that she purchased
it, but your claim is that you
gave her $400 in addition to the
money that she owed in rent to
make up for the cost of the
laptop.
It was yours.
>> Right.
>> Judge Judy: Ms. Thomas says
no, it's her laptop.
Okay, so let's go back a bit
with you, Ms. Thomas.
When did you move in with
Mr. Brown?
>> I never stayed with
Mr. Brown.
>> Judge Judy: Well, you did
stay with him because he gave
you a key to his apartment.
That's what you said in your
answer.
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: So then you did
stay with him?
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: Okay, so let's
not play, okay?
>> Okay. Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: I read what I
read.
>> Okay.
>> Judge Judy: Fine.
>> So the month of June.
>> Judge Judy: June what?
>> I don't know the day.
The month of June I stayed with
him.
>> Judge Judy: Well, you had
been living with your family
before.
>> Yes. Yes, Your Honor.
So I stayed with him the month
of June.
>> Judge Judy: And they asked
you to leave or you decided to
leave on your own?
>> He asked me to move with him,
Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: Okay, so now he
asked you to move in with him.
>> But I stayed with him only
the month of June.
>> Judge Judy: Were you working
at the time?
>> No, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: So, so far, we're
not in a good situation, you and
I, because you started out by
not telling me the truth.
>> Yes, Your Honor. Judge Judy:s
the laptop, and when did you buy
it?
>> I bought the laptop
in...June, but it's not charged
till July the 26th.
>> Judge Judy: On what date does
it say it was purchased?
>> It says it was charged on
July 27th.
>> Judge Judy: July 27th.
>> July 26th.
>> Judge Judy: We're still not
doing well here, you and I.
Do you understand that?
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: All right.
>> Okay.
>> Judge Judy: Now, when you
moved in with Mr. Brown, you
took your property from your
parents' house?
>> Not all my property.
I still have property at my
parents' house.
>> Judge Judy: What property did
you take with you?
Be very careful.
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: What were you
doing when you were living with
your parents?
>> Looking for a job.
>> Judge Judy: Had you gone to
school?
>> Yes, Your Honor, I did.
>> Judge Judy: What school?
>> Virginia College for
respiratory therapy.
And I'm also in the
Army Reserve.
>> Judge Judy: When did you last
go to college?
When was the last day you
attended school?
>> April 2016.
>> Judge Judy: You had a laptop
when you were in college.
>> No, Your Honor, I didn't.
>> Judge Judy: I don't believe
you.
[ Spectators murmuring ]
I don't believe you.
>> I didn't have a laptop when I
was in --
>> Judge Judy: I don't believe
you.
>> I understand that.
>> Judge Judy: Yeah, because, so
far, you've lied to me four or
five times in a span of five --
in a span of five minutes.
>> I'm not trying to lie to you,
Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: Well, but you
did.
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: You understand
you did when you first started.
I said, "When did you move in
with him?"
You said, "I never moved in with
him."
>> I have a question.
If he give me a key and I only
stay there three days a week,
does that mean I moved in with
him if all my belongings are not
there?
That's what I'm trying to -- I
don't understand that.
>> Judge Judy: Oh, you
understand me just fine.
>> Okay.
[ Laughter ]
>> Judge Judy: How many years
did you go to college?
>> Two.
>> Judge Judy: You had a laptop.
Who paid your tuition?
>> The military, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: Did you also get
paid from the military?
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: And you lived at
home?
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: Great.
You had a computer.
[ Laughter ]
>> I didn't have a computer.
>> Judge Judy: Oh, yes, you did.
Oh, absolutely.
Absolutely, you did.
Military paid for your
education.
Military probably paid for a
computer.
did you give her the
$400?
On what date?
>> I gave it to her like in
pieces.
The last $200 I gave her was on
August the 19th.
The day before she stole the
laptop, I was at the barbershop,
getting a haircut.
She pulled up.
She was like, "What I need --"
'Cause we weren't together no
more, so I was trying to --
>> Judge Judy: When did you
separate?
>> August.
>> Judge Judy: And you say you
separated in August.
Is that when she moved out of
your apartment?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Beginning of
August, middle of August, end of
August?
>> It was beginning of August.
>> Your Honor, that's a lie.
I haven't been in his apartment
since July, because I had caught
him sleeping with his other baby
mama.
So I haven't been in his
apartment, 'cause of his
infidelity.
I stayed with him in June.
>> Judge Judy: You say right in
your answer that, in July, you
got a security job, "And I
needed to carry a gun for work.
I'm licensed to carry and was
saving for a gun when he offered
to loan me his.
Around the same time, I
purchased a laptop."
That was in July.
That's what you just swore to.
You just told me a minute ago
you only lived there in June.
>> But what I'm saying is I had
moved back home.
We were on and off because of
infidelity.
He was sleeping with his baby
mother.
>> Judge Judy: How much did you
give her for the laptop?
>> $400.
>> Judge Judy: Judgment for the
plaintiff in the amount of $400.
We're done.
>> Byrd: Parties