how long have you lived
in your home, sir?
>> Approximately 15 years,
ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: And you
own your home?
>> Yes, I do.
>> Judge Judy: And,
Ms. Blazofsky, how long have you
lived in your home?
>> Eight years.
And I own my home, too.
>> Judge Judy: Mr. Hesley, when
did you and the defendant begin
to have difficulties
with each other?
What year?
>> 2014.
>> Judge Judy: Would that be
the year you started to have
difficulty with each other?
Because I have a complaint
and a countersuit.
Most of it is for harassment.
Is that the year you started to
have difficulty with the
plaintiff?
>> No, it was in 2015.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
Well, you're gonna tell me,
sir -- I have to see what led up
to this, since it does appear
that, for a substantial period
of time, you peacefully
coexisted, which is what you're
supposed to do, if you possibly
can, with neighbors.
So why don't you tell me
what happened in 2014?
>> Okay.
At that time, I noticed the
plaintiff trimming some hedges
on her side of a chain-link
fence which divides our
property.
I also noticed that she wasn't
paying too much attention where
the trimmings were landing,
and she didn't appear to be
making any effort to pick up the
trimmings that landed
on my yard.
>> Judge Judy: Well, in order
for her to pick up the trimmings
that landed in your yard, she
has to go onto your property,
is that right?
>> Yes, ma'am.
The fence is only
four feet high.
Or she could've prevented them
from falling over
in the first place.
But anyhow...
>> Judge Judy: No, this is not
an "anyhow."
In order for her to pick up the
trimmings from the hedges -- she
was using a hedge cutter or an
electric?
>> A little hand trimmer.
>> Judge Judy: Well, if she was
using a little hand trimmer,
we're not talking about a lot of
stuff going on your side.
You're not talking about an
electric thing that takes off a
whole two, three inches of
hedges if you're talking about a
little clipper.
All right.
So she didn't come on your side
to pick up the trimmings.
And what did you do?
>> I confronted her about it.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
Confronted her.
So tell me how you
confronted her.
>> I asked her if she --
>> Judge Judy: You went out of
your house.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: So you saw this
from your house.
>> I walked from my house to the
fence, says, "Are you planning
to pick this up?"
And she says, and I quote,
"You want me to pick this up,
you blankety-blank blank blank?"
And things went quickly south
after that.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
"Are you planning on
picking these up?"
And you walked from what room
outside, sir?
>> My kitchen.
>> Judge Judy: What were you
doing in the kitchen?
>> Having a cup of coffee at the
kitchen table.
My kitchen window overlooks
the backyard.
>> Judge Judy: So you had to get
up from having your
cup of coffee...
>> That's right.
>> Judge Judy: ...and go
outside.
I want you to give me a number.
Were there more than 20 twigs or
less than 20 twigs that we're
talking about?
>> There were more.
It's a sizeable bush.
>> [ Laughing ]
>> Judge Judy: Were there more
than 30 twigs or
less than 30 twigs?
>> Less.
>> Judge Judy: So somewhere
between 20 and 30 twigs.
>> And they were --
most of them were probably maybe
this long or better.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
Prior to 2014, you had never had
any conflict, negative
interaction with the defendant?
>> No, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Now, you say that
this happened in 2015.
>> On May the 29th of 2015.
I was cutting the branches off,
cleaning up my yard after three
years of being sick and getting
hit by a drunk driver --
>> Judge Judy: Listen, just --
Listen to me.
>> Okay. I'm sorry.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
No tributaries.
>> Okay.
>> Judge Judy: May 29, 2015.
>> I was cutting in the
backyard.
He was not there.
>> Judge Judy: No, no.
Don't tell me where he --
Just tell me --
>> Okay.
I was in the backyard cutting
the brushes off --
the trim off of my
side of the fence.
In doing that, his side of the
fence fell, because gravity
doesn't hold up.
I never seen the man.
He never confronted me.
He called the police on me.
He made a police report saying
that I was throwing garbage
in his yard.
Here's a picture of the twigs.
>> Judge Judy: Now,
just a second.
>> And --
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
So, what you're telling me is,
nothing happened in 2014 with
your twigs that you recall.
>> Nothing. I was sick.
>> Judge Judy: So nothing
happened 2014 with your twigs.
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: The first thing
that you remember happening was
the 29th of May of 2015,
when you were trimming some
trees and the fence fell.
>> No, the debris off of his
side of the fence fell off.
>> Judge Judy: Debris?
>> Yeah, you know how the debris
on a chain-link fence starts
growing up?
All these leaves and stuff are
on the fence?
I cut off my side, but when I
did that, the result was his
side fell off because
I cut off my side.
>> Judge Judy: Oh, I see.
Now I see.
You're not talking
about the fence.
You're talking about the
trimmings.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Ah.
Now I understand.
So, it's a chain-link fence.
You cut branches.
As a result of your cutting
branches, there was nothing to
hold them through the fence, so
they fell on the ground.
Okay.