You two guys are friends...
>> Were.
>> Used to be friends.
>> Judge Judy: Maybe.
>> Nah, used to be friends.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
According to the complaint
that you filed, an incident
happened where you were cut.
>> Yes.
>> And that happened last month?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: And you were
cut by your friend, Mr. Brown.
>> Yes, ex-friend.
>> Judge Judy:
If you say it again,
I'm just going to say
goodbye to all of you.
Do you understand?
This happened on August 17th?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: And you were
at someone's house.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Whose house?
>> Damon.
>> Judge Judy:
What's his last name?
>> Stearnes.
>> Judge Judy:
What were you doing there?
>> Getting a haircut.
>> Judge Judy:
Who was cutting your hair?
>> He was.
>> Judge Judy: Is that what
you do for a living?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy:
You do it out of your home?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy:
And what were you doing there?
>> Getting a haircut.
>> Well, he actually...
>> Judge Judy: Shh.
You were getting a haircut also?
>> I was getting
a haircut first.
>> Judge Judy:
So you were the first client.
Had you come together?
>> Yeah.
>> Judge Judy: Shush.
Had you come in the same car
together, the two of you?
Questions just get harder,
so try to keep...
>> I'm slow.
Okay, yeah.
Yeah.
>> Judge Judy: You came
in the same car,
and so I assume you had
appointments
with this gentleman.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: What time?
>> We just called him
on the phone.
>> Judge Judy: What time?
>> Can I look at my phone?
>> Judge Judy: Sure.
>> It happened about 10:00.
It was probably about
9:00 or 10:00.
>> Judge Judy: It was during
the day or in the evening?
>> It was nighttime.
>> Judge Judy:
You said 9:00 or 10:00.
>> Nighttime.
>> Judge Judy: Shh.
Where had you been before?
>> At his house.
>> Judge Judy: At whose house?
>> Dilante Moore.
>> Judge Judy:
Who else was there?
>> She was there.
>> Judge Judy: Who is she?
>> Cheryl, Cheryl Lynn.
>> Judge Judy: Who are you?
>> We're dating.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
So you and your girlfriend
and Mr. Moore.
Who else
was at Mr. Moore's house?
>> Just us three.
>> Judge Judy:
Had you had dinner there?
Had you had dinner
at Mr. Moore's house?
>> Nah, he don't know
how to cook.
>> Judge Judy: Okay, so you were
just hanging out there.
>> Huh?
>> Judge Judy:
What were you doing
at Mr. Moore's house?
>> I mean, we live
in the same area.
I've been knowing this man
since we was kids.
So, we...
>> Judge Judy: All I'm
asking you is,
what were you doing at the house
with your girlfriend?
You were hanging out.
You weren't having dinner.
>> We were hanging out,
just hanging out.
I stopped by to check on him,
like he check on me,
like he used to.
Probably don't do it no more,
but, yeah, that's what we do.
>> Judge Judy: So, Mr. Moore,
you want to tell me
what happened?
>> Well, you know, he came in.
We went to go get a haircut.
>> Judge Judy:
I got that already.
Now, we're at his house,
getting a haircut.
The two of you were there,
along with the girlfriend.
>> I was getting a haircut.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
>> We was talking.
We was cracking jokes.
You know...
>> He was cracking jokes.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
Mr. Brown, you interrupt again,
you're going to...
You see the exit sign?
That's where Officer Byrd
is going to put you.
>> All right.
>> Judge Judy:
Do you understand?
>> Yeah, okay.
>> Judge Judy: Go ahead.
>> We was cracking jokes,
you know, "Yo' mama" jokes,
you know, "Oh, look at this.
Look at that."
You know, that's what we always
have done.
The barber right here,
my friend,
he said he got serious.
He said he looked,
and he was getting serious.
I didn't think so because
we always do this, you know?
So...
>> Judge Judy:
So you were acting...
You were saying things
that he found offensive.
>> I don't know
because we crack jokes.
We never take any offense to it.
>> Judge Judy: Next!
>> Okay, so, he has this knife.
Now, he has this knife.
He just bought it,
and he'd, like, been playing
with it all day, you know, like,
"Oh, look, this is sharp.
This is really sharp."
You know, he's always
played with knives
since he been a kid.
He'd always just liked knives
and Chinese stars and...
>> Judge Judy: Listen to me.
I don't care
what he did when he was a kid.
I don't care what he used
to play with.
Just tell me what happened
on August 17th.
>> So he was sitting
in his barber chair.
I was just cracking jokes.
And then he was like,
"I'll cut you," laughing,
saying it laughing.
Laughing, he's joking, like,
"I'll cut you,"
and he flipped the knife out.
And I was still cracking jokes,
and he cut me.
He, like, reached and cut me.
Then, you know,
I didn't really think it cut me
because it just felt like
the butt of it hit me,
but he stopped, and he was like,
"No, I'm serious."
Like, he's like, "You cut."
You know, and it was bleeding
and stuff.
I went to the bathroom
and washed it off, and it was,
like, really cut deep.
He started crying, you know,
and his girl went to the car to
get some tape and taped it up.
>> Judge Judy: Did you do that?
>> I didn't tape it up.
>> Judge Judy: Who did?
>> He did.
>> Judge Judy:
Oh, he taped it up.
Who got the tape?
>> It was in my car.
>> Judge Judy: So he went
to the car and got the tape?
>> Yeah.