child support, but because
you're living with your mother
and you needed to pay a bill,
that's not her obligation.
So, when she gave you this
money, what was the discussion?
>> I needed money for bills or
this and that, and when I came
back from Cali, mind you --
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
So you came back from
California.
You're living with your mother.
You needed money for bills.
What did you say to her?
"I need money," and she just
said, "Okay, here's $200"?
>> Well, before I came back from
Cali, she told me she would help
me out because she knowed I
didn't have a job.
>> Judge Judy: So you had spoken
with her?
>> Yes, I had.
>> Judge Judy: And it was your
intention to come back.
Was it the intention of the two
of you to try to make your
relationship work?
>> Yes, she wanted to work it
out.
That's why I came back is
because she wanted me to come
back saying that, "The money is
nothing now," this, that, and
the other.
Now when I came back, she
basically showing that she's
being disloyal, being with other
guys, this and that.
She asked me to come back from
Cali.
I came back from Cali, and she's
showing all her true colors.
Like, the lady who she really
is.
[ Laughter ]
>> Judge Judy: Do you have any
proof of the money that you gave
him?
>> Yes.
I have a text -- Do you want to
know, like, him paying me back
the money or where the money
came from?
>> Judge Judy: Let's try both.
>> Okay.
Well, yeah, I have text messages
from him saying that he would
pay me the money back, and the
money was not $450.
It was $650.
>> Judge Judy: May I see the
text messages, please?
>> Sure.
It's the text message right
under that emoji.
>> Judge Judy: Would you show
this to Mr. Landrum, please,
Byrd?
>> Byrd: Sure.
>> Judge Judy: Got it?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Did you ever give
the money back to her
September 1st?
>> No, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: And we haven't
gotten to October yet.
>> Right.
>> Judge Judy: Right, good.
Okay, you have a counterclaim.
Your counterclaim says that she
assaulted you, and she assaulted
you in June.
>> Right.
>> Judge Judy: Want to tell me
how that happened?
>> I came back from Cali, you
know, 'cause she wanted me to
come from --
>> Judge Judy: Ugh.
Please, we went through that
already.
You came back in February.
Now we're in June.
>> Okay.
Okay, when I was in Omaha, when
I got back, what she wanted to
be here -- me to be there
physically.
>> Judge Judy: June.
>> So then, like, we talking
about June?
[ Laughter ]
>> Judge Judy: Where were you
living in June?
>> In Omaha, Nebraska.
>> Judge Judy: With whom?
>> My mother.
>> Judge Judy: If I called your
mother, would your mother say
you were living with her?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: Right.
'Cause you know I can do that.
So you don't want to be
embarrassed, right?
>> Right.
>> Judge Judy: Where were you
living in June?
>> With my mother.
[ Laughter ]udge Judy: If I calr
mother, would she say you were
living with her in June?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: What were you
doing in the plaintiff's home in
June?
>> Well, I wasn't working.
[ Laughter ]
>> Judge Judy: Mr. Landrum, what
were you doing in the
plaintiff's home in June?
>> I got injured.
>> Judge Judy: Had you spent the
night there at her home in June?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Have to keep it
really, really simple.
Did you sleep in the same
bedroom in June?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: And the date of
this incident was June 13th.
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: On June 11th, two
days before, did you sleep in
Ms. Long's home?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Goodbye.
And goodbye.
[ Laughter ]
Ms. Long, your complaint says
that you and the defendant had
broken up in March, clearly when
you gave him this money, because
he came back from California, or
as he refers to it as Cali.
When he came back from
California to Nebraska.
And he came back, and you said,
"It didn't make any difference
to me because we were already
broken up.
I just loaned him the money
because he was the father of my
child."
I believe him when he said he
slept at your house in June.
>> I didn't loan him -- I don't
mean to interrupt you, Judge.
But I didn't loan him that
money -- Well, I did loan him
the money.
>> Gave it to me.
>> I did not give him the money.
His mother was sick, and he
didn't have any money, and his
mom was not working at the time.
He came to me with this sad
story.
>> Judge Judy: Listen to me.
He slept at your house in June!
You got it?
>> Yeah.
>> Judge Judy: That's not being
broken up!
Goodbye!
Goodbye.
>> What about my countersuit?
[ Laughter ]
What about my counter--
>> Judge Judy: It's a nice
countersuit, Mr. Landrum.
Goodbye.
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