So, for two months, you put in
$1,900, which is what you're
going to show me.
That's your equitable right in a
$206,000 house.
And you lived there -- three of
you, I assume -- you, your kid,
and the defendant.
Am I correct?
>> After the two months --
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
Before the two months.
After the two months, you had
him thrown out -- of his own
house -- and you paid nothing.
So what I'm asking you is, what
equitable right do you think you
have in this house?
And if what you're telling me is
$1,900, I'll tell you that you
owe him rent for 10 months.
Is this matter finally finished
in the courts?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: And what
happened?
>> She got ejected.
>> Judge Judy: Somebody finally
woke up, right?
Did they finally wake up?
So, this is what happened with
the second go-around, which is
what you reluctantly don't want
to tell me.
So, he was back in the house,
because you were canoodling
together, and he may have a
drinking problem, he may have
gotten weird, whatever it was,
you should've, during that
10 months' time that you had
plenty of time, you and your son
found a different place to live,
not in his house.
So, what you did was, he came
over to the house, and you
applied for another restraining
order.
You said he assaulted you.
On what date did he assault you?
>> 3/10/2017.
>> Judge Judy: I would like to
see the medical records.
>> There is no medical records,
Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: I'd like to see a
visit to a doctor.
>> There isn't a visit to the
doctor.
>> Judge Judy: Assault means an
injury.
>> Your Honor, he had me in a
headlock, throwing me down the
stairs.
>> Judge Judy: If somebody threw
me down a flight of stairs --
I would go see a doctor if
somebody threw me down the
stairs.
>> Your Honor, he attempted
to --
I was biting him as hard as I
could, and I held on for dear
life until the police came.
>> Judge Judy: I'm dismissing
your case.
Now I'm going to entertain his
case.
I have to see what you're suing
for, sir.
[ Sighs ]
What was vandalized?
>> Two windows were broken,
screens were broken, graffiti on
the walls.
>> Judge Judy: Do you have
photographs for me?
>> I have a few, yes.
>> Judge Judy: Can I ask you a
question, Mr. Gustafson?
The easiest thing for you to
have counterclaimed for, which
would've been really easy for
me, is the mortgage payments and
the taxes for the 10 months that
she and her kid lived there and
paid nothing and were squatters
in your home.
For no reason, 'cause there was
no justification for her getting
a removal order against you.
She has no proof.
>> Your Honor, may I please,
please state my case?
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
I asked you to show me what you
filed to get him removed from
the house in February of 2016.
That's what I want to see.
>> I simply don't have that one.
I have four other ones that have
been since then.
>> Judge Judy: Listen to me.
How come the one that I'm
interested in you don't have?
>> Judge Judy: Now, the easiest
thing would've been for me to
just give you, sir, your
mortgage payment for that
10 months.
Don't you think she owes you for
that?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Did she ever pay
you for that?
>> No.
>> He didn't pay all the
mortgage payments, either.
The house is in foreclosure,
as well.
I did pay several mortgage
payments, and I have receipts
>> Judge Judy: Oh, I would like
to see your cancelled check for
the mortgage payments.
>> There's the one.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
No, that's $1,900.
That's the first month you say
you were there.
You were there for two months,
with him.
Mortgage payment alone was
$1,300 a month.
>> And I was behind, Your Honor.
I'm caught up now.
>> Of course you're now.
>> Judge Judy: What are these
things, sir?
What is on this?
>> That's graffiti on the walls
up in the loft of the garage.
>> Judge Judy: How'd the
graffiti get on the walls,
Ms. Meadows?
>> My son's friends.
>> Judge Judy: And the window
broken?
>> I have no idea.
>> Judge Judy: How much were
your utility bills for the
10 months that she lived there?
>> She did pay the utility bills
while she was there.
Here's what she left that I had
to pay to clear them up.
>> Judge Judy: I'd like to see
it.
She paid the utility bills,
otherwise they would turn off
the utilities.
She's smart.
>> I had no idea I was moving.
Nor should I.
We bought that house together,
Your Honor.
We were at the closing together.
He lived with me before we
bought the house.
>> Judge Judy: So what?
>> He swindled me into putting
it into his name, Your Honor,
okay?
What was I to do?
>> Judge Judy: Go find an
apartment with your son!
>> We all lived together at the
time.
>> Judge Judy: When you were
ready to leave, because you
didn't like his behavior, go --
>> Everything I owned was in
that house.
He had nothing.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
>> When I met him, he had a
mattress on the floor.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
>> Everything was mine.
>> Judge Judy: You had whole lot
from the $20,000 a year that you
earned.
>> I'm 51 years old.
Everything I've saved all my
life was in that house.
>> Judge Judy: Terrific.
>> And he's kept everything.
I can't start over.
>> Judge Judy: Judgment on the
counterclaim for $3,500.
Your claim is dismissed.