daughter advise you
that she was moving out?
>> The 12th or 13th of August.
I had contacted her.
>> Judge Judy: 12th or 13th of
August.
>> I contacted her the 1st
or 2nd of August and asked if
the rent would be in on Friday.
She said that they had a family
emergency
and had to go to Lexington,
Kentucky, because her husband's
grandmother had had a stroke.
And I said, "Okay, fine.
When you get home, let me know
or contact me next week
so the rent can be either mailed
to me or transferred
through Bank of America."
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
Now, you don't live far away
from where she --
>> I live 10 minutes.
>> Judge Judy: Did you go over
to the house and speak with
Edith?
>> No, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Did you call
Edith?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: Why not?
>> I don't have
Edith's phone number.
>> Judge Judy: Well, then why
didn't you go over there?
>> Because I didn't know
that she wasn't coming back.
I was told
that she had a family emergency.
So, I believed it.
>> Judge Judy: When you found
out that she was not coming
back, did you go over to the
house to speak with Edith?
>> No, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: You never did?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: Is that what
you're telling me?
That you, from the time your
daughter left until today,
is what you're telling me,
Ms. Lambert, that you have
not spoken with Edith?
>> Oh, I have spoke to Edith
but not then.
I spoke with Edith --
>> Judge Judy: [ Raps desk ]
>> Sorry.
>> Judge Judy: So, between the
time your daughter left and
today, you have spoken to Edith?
>> That's correct.
Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Prior to today,
when was the last time
you spoke to Edith?
>> Maybe the 10th of September.
I have no reason
to speak to her.
>> Judge Judy: Shh!
You know I'm not buying
your story, right?
>> I don't know why.
>> Judge Judy: Let's say
September 10th you spoke to
Edith.
Now, what did you discuss
with Edith on September 10th?
>> When I found out that
Amy was not coming back,
I asked her to come and get
her belongings out of the house
and the neighbor had let me know
there was a U-Haul there.
And when I contacted Amy again
when she answered her phone,
she said that Kevin had came
and got everything they wanted.
>> Judge Judy: Kevin is?
>> Kevin is -- it's a long
story, but it's somebody
that she knows, okay?
He lives in Charleston.
>> Judge Judy: So, Kevin came
and got everything she wanted.
>> That's what she told me
in an e-mail.
>> Judge Judy: That's what your
daughter told me.
And then?
>> And then when I went
to the house the following week.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
So, a week went by.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: And that was a
week after September 10th?
>> No, that would've been
the 22nd of August.
>> Judge Judy: On 8/22,
plaintiff went to the house,
Which was a week after your
daughter had told you everything
of hers was out of the house.
So, on 8/22,
you went to the house.
And?
>> And I couldn't get into
my home because
there were six dogs in my house.
So, I contacted Amy
and asked her why all the dogs
were in my house,
and she said she left them
there for Edith and Eric.
And Edith and Eric
were not there.
No one was there.
I contacted my husband
and the next day,
we contacted Animal Control
and then Edith
called my other daughter, Amber,
and said not to send them
to Animal Control.
She would get them
out of the house.
So, I didn't do that.
I let Edith get them
out of the house.
The 24th of August,
I rented a 30-yard dumpster.
>> Judge Judy: No, no, no, no.
I want to know
when you spoke to Edith.
>> I didn't speak to Edith.
>> Judge Judy: Well, you just
told me you did a moment ago.
>> She's living with
my other daughter.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
Hold on a second.
So, when Edith moved out of
the rental house,
and you don't know when that is,
when she moved out of the rental
house, your daughter,
she moved to Kentucky.
And the couple that she had been
living with moved into
your other daughter's house?
>> Exactly.
>> Judge Judy: Well, that's
interesting.
And how far away
does that daughter live?
>> About 10 minutes.
She's 5 minutes from me and
10 minutes from the other house.
And I have Amber's phone number
if you'd like to speak to her.
>> Judge Judy: No.
I don't want to speak to Amber.
I want to speak to Edith.
>> I have never had Edith's
contact information.
Never.
I've never had her phone number.
I've never had anything
from them people.