daughter?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: And you know
the plaintiff for a long time?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: And you had an
elderly father.
Your father was being evicted
from the place
where he was staying.
He was also somewhat
of a hoarder.
He had a lot of stuff.
You had to move all the stuff
that he had hoarded
from storage units,
and put them where?
>> We put them in storage units,
and we moved part of it
to my residence in Riverside.
>> Judge Judy: So you were
moving things around.
>> Right.
>> Judge Judy: And you enlisted
the defendant and his daughter
to help you.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: For money,
because this was a big
production.
This was not, you know, an hour.
>> Right.
>> Judge Judy: This was days
and days of going through stuff
and moving it.
How many days did the defendant
and his daughter work
on moving the stuff?
>> Maybe 20.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
Mr. Millus,
how many days did you work?
>> Roughly...
45 days.
>> Judge Judy: Were those days
full days or parts of days?
>> They were between 10 hours,
11 hours, 5 hours on some days.
>> Judge Judy: And you were
to be paid $10 an hour?
>> That was the agreement.
>> Judge Judy: And how much were
you to be paid?
>> $10 at first, yes.
>> Judge Judy: Okay, so let's
take 30 days.
That's somewhat in between
20 and 45.
>> I don't think that there was
one day that they worked eight
hours.
>> Judge Judy: Did you keep
track?
>> No, unfortunately, I didn't
keep exact track.
>> Judge Judy: Well, that's a
problem.
>> But I have proof of the times
that he showed up.
>> Judge Judy: 38 is 240...
>> Byrd: 240 hours. Mm-hmm.
>> Judge Judy: Times $10.
So that means that you owed,
Ms. Watson,
the defendants each $2,400.
>> But they never worked
eight hours a day, though.
>> Judge Judy: That's your
problem because you didn't keep
track.
>> But I thought you
meant dates.
>> Judge Judy: Now I want to
know, Miss Watson, you paid
Mr. Millus how much?
>> We gave him $1,000
over the period of the time
they were working.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
So you gave "them."
Does that mean both of them?
>> Well --
>> Judge Judy: That's not a
"well."
An answer isn't a "well."
>> I gave James.
>> Judge Judy: That means
"I gave him $1,000" --
Put your hand down.
That means "I gave him $1,000
and her $1,000,"
or "I gave him $1,000
for both of them."
>> Okay.
I gave James money most of the
time, that he was doling out
to whoever he had come down and
help them.
So I usually gave James money.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
Are you telling me
that there were other people,
other than the two defendants,
who he hired to help
that you didn't pay?
>> I did pay them all.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
You paid them yourself?
>> I paid James.
>> Judge Judy: That's what I'm
hearing.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: So let me
understand this.
>> Okay.
>> Judge Judy: He got some other
people to help him.
He was there with his daughter,
and you gave him a total
of $1,000 to pay him,
his daughter, and the workers
over this 20-day period,
correct?
>> Correct.
And I also gave Brittney,
I'm guessing, around $300 from
time to time, you know, for gas
money and things.
>> Judge Judy: You have no case.
They, on the other hand,
have a case.
>> No, they don't.
>> Judge Judy: This is what your
case is about.
You say he took a car
that belonged to you,
a 1998 Jeep Cherokee.
He says that you gave him
the Jeep Cherokee
in exchange for working.
What are you showing me?
>> I have, in evidence,
where he has agreed
to pay $200 a month
and work off the down payment
for the $2,500 we agreed to.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
So what you're saying is you
sold him the car for $2,500,
and he gave you
a down payment of how much?
>> Zero. He was to work it off.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
Well, according to the mean
figure that you say,
20 days give or take,
he says more like 45 days.
I took 30 days, in between.
You owed him $2,400.
That means the car is paid for,