the defendant is your cousin?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: And there came
a time when you had a fight
with your boyfriend, fiancé,
whatever that was, with whom
you were living, I assume.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy:
And you had no place to go,
so your cousin allowed you
to move into his place.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy:
And you moved in with him,
sort of, the end of January.
>> It was kind of mid-January.
>> Judge Judy:
Do you know the date?
>> I don't know the exact date.
>> Judge Judy:
Do you know the date?
>> Yes, she came in on a Sunday,
which was the 29th.
>> That's not right.
>> Judge Judy:
Well, if you have proof to the
contrary, I'll listen to you.
>> She had her stuff moved in
the moving truck.
My witness is my fiancée,
Devona.
She brought all that stuff
around 8:00 at night
and brought
all that stuff up there.
>> Judge Judy: On the 29th?
>> Yes. A Sunday night.
>> I was living there prior
to any of my belongings
actually being there.
>> Judge Judy: Just one second.
Hold on. Hold on. Look at me.
How much before you moved
your belongings there
did you move there?
>> I lived there a week
and a half to two weeks.
>> No. She didn't, Your Honor.
>> And I can contest
against that.
>> Judge Judy: You moved
your stuff in on January 29th.
Did you have the defendant's
permission
to move your stuff in?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Is that correct?
>> Not everything, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: But some things?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy:
You accepted them in your house.
You didn't stop them
at the door.
>> I had no choice, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy:
No, that's not true.
You have a choice.
>> No.
>> Judge Judy:
You call the police and say,
"Somebody is moving things
into my house,
and I don't want them here."
>> I don't know the laws
in Texas, so I figured
since this is family,
I'm going to help her out.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
That is a different story.
>> Okay.
>> Judge Judy:
That's a different story.
So you admitted them
into your house,
and that was on January 29th.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: And then the two
of you had an argument
after January 29th.
>> No.
That same night, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy:
After the stuff was moved in,
you had an argument
over the stuff.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: That there was
too much stuff that you brought.
Is that what the argument
was about?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Just a...
I'm looking at her.
Is that what the argument
was about?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
And what did he say to you?
>> He said that he didn't want
my ex's
belongings inside the household.
I said, "Can I at least
have an opportunity, you know,
to return Riker's things
and my ex-fiancé's things
to them."
>> Judge Judy: You mean you took
other people's property?
>> He took some of my stuff
also, because we had
a storage unit together,
and it was completely full.
Me and him had to leave
that apartment from each other
because there was
a domestic violence issue.
So I needed a safe place to go,
and I took whatever
the movers moved in with me.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
So you moved storage unit
and your stuff?
>> No, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: What did you move
in to his house?
I mean, he had
an established house.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy:
Can you give me some idea
of what you moved in?
>> I moved in my bed,
my couch, my TV.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
Where did all this stuff go?
>> It's still at his house.
>> Judge Judy: No.
Just a second.
Where did it all go,
into what room?
You mean he had
an empty apartment?
>> Yes.
It was not furnished whatsoever.
There was no couch.
There were no beds
inside that house at all.
>> Judge Judy: Okay. Is that so?
>> We'd just moved in, yes.
>> Judge Judy:
So there was no furniture?
>> Right.
>> Judge Judy:
So she moved her furniture
into your house?
>> I told her not to.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
>> She gave us the couch.
>> Judge Judy: Shh.
And that was on the 29th?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy:
Where is her couch?
Look at me. Where is it?
>> It's still in the apartment
because she gave it to us.
>> Judge Judy: No.
Just a second.
Where is her couch?
>> It's still in my apartment.
>> Judge Judy: Where is her bed?
>> Still in my apartment.
>> Judge Judy: What other
furniture did you move in?
>> I moved in my vanity set,
which I did receive back.
Everything else that I did
not receive back were car parts
to electronics to RC Cars.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
Couch and a bed,
is that correct?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy:
Did you give that to him?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: You want it back?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Perfect.
In five days,
you'll get it back.
>> She gave us the couch,
Your Honor.
<> Judge Judy: Listen to me.
She was there a total
of four days, according to you.
>> She was not there at all,
Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
According to you, February 3rd,
she came back banging
at the door,
she wanted her stuff.
>> She never moved in.
She just moved her stuff.
She never stayed there.
>> Judge Judy:
She never slept there?
>> She never slept there.
On the 24th, I advised her...
She needed some help.
So she asked me to her apartment
to help her pack.
>> Judge Judy: 24th of what?
>> Of January 2016.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
>> 2017, sorry.
>> Judge Judy: Mr. Martinez,
that's why...
If you stay focused...
You said she wasn't there
before the 29th,
but clearly,
she was there before the 29th.
Do you understand?
>> No. She was not there
before the 29th.
>> Judge Judy: Well, what...
You just mentioned the 24th.
What did you tell her
on the 24th?
>> We went to her apartment
to help her move because
she had advised my fiancée
about the situation
she was in with her boyfriend.
>> Judge Judy:
So you helped her move where?
>> We helped her pack.
We didn't help her move nothing.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
You helped her pack.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy:
And when the stuff was packed,
did you take it to your house?
>> No. Because I advised her --
>> Judge Judy:
Where did she sleep?
>> At her apartment that night.
>> Judge Judy:
That was on the 24th?
>> Yeah.
She went back to her apartment
because of her cat.
>> Judge Judy:
What about the 25th?
>> The 25th?
She was not there.
She went to, with her friend,
said she was going to go
with
her friend and this and that.
So the movers
didn't come in until Sunday.
So this is Saturday and Friday.
They didn't come in.
>> Judge Jud