the manner of Soncrant-Nichols,
step forward.
>> Announcer: 21-year-old
Meghan Soncrant
is suing her ex-boyfriend,
24-year-old Tyler Nichols,
for loans
to buy bedroom furniture
and matching tattoos.
>> Judge Judy: Ms. Soncrant,
this used to be your boyfriend.
He's not your boyfriend anymore.
While he was your boyfriend,
the two of you went
on holiday together,
decided to get matching tattoos.
He didn't have any money.
You laid out the money
for his tattoo.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Sometime way
after that,
he used your credit card
to purchase furniture.
So there was a loan
for furniture for his apartment.
>> Yeah.
>> Judge Judy: He still hadn't
paid you for the tattoo, right?
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: Forget about
the tattoo.
Do you still have the tattoo?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Do you still
have the tattoo?
>> Yes, but it's covered.
>> Judge Judy: But what?
>> It's covered.
>> Judge Judy: It's covered
with what?
>> Writing.
>> Judge Judy: What did it say?
>> It was a K with a heart,
like a King.
>> Judge Judy: It was what?
>> K with a heart.
>> Byrd: K with a heart.
K with a heart.
>> Judge Judy: Oh, with --
K with a heart.
Is that your name?
>> No, it was King.
And then mine was Queen.
>> Judge Judy: I really have
to get my hearing checked.
I swear.
[ Laughter ]
Everybody better go
to articulation classes.
>> Byrd: That's not
gonna happen.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.ge Judy: No,
you moved into an apartment.
You didn't have any furniture.
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: And how did you
get furniture?
>> Um, Ms. Soncrant offered
to get, uh, furniture for me.
>> Judge Judy: What did she say?
>> She knew that I didn't have
any furniture.
So we went to a furniture store.
And she helped me --
picked it out, basically.
>> Judge Judy: Okay, great.
And do you remember
how much it was?
>> Not off the top of my head,
no.
>> Judge Judy: But you were
making payments on it?
>> Not really.
>> Judge Judy: You never made
any payments on it?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: Never?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: Really?
When was it purchased?
In what month?
>> I would say September-ish.
Yeah.
>> Judge Judy: And it was bought
on credit?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: How much was it?
>> It was $2,235.54.
>> Judge Judy: Well, what kind
of work
were you doing, Mr. Nichols?
>> I worked in a factory.
I was machine operator.
>> Judge Judy: Still there?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: What are you
doing now?
>> Right now, I'm currently
looking for a job.
>> Judge Judy: So you don't
have a job?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: And what kind
of furniture did she buy you?
>> It was a Serta mattress,
king-size,
and the bed frame and the TV.
>> Judge Judy: And you have
a new girlfriend?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Do you watch
the TV with your new girlfriend?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: And you sleep
on the mattress and the frame?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: You think it's
right that
the plaintiff paid for that?
>> I mean, it was a gift.
>> Judge Judy: It might
have been.
I'm just asking if you think
it's right that she paid for it.
>> Me and him were together
when she bought the bed.
>> Judge Judy: I didn't ask --
I didn't ask you a question.
>> Okay.
>> Judge Judy: Do you think
it's right that she paid for it?
>> [ Laughs ]
>> That I should pay for it?
No, I don't think it's --
>> Judge Judy: Byrd, that one's
irritating me.
Would you get her out of here?
>> Byrd: Sure. Ma'am --
Over this way.
>> Judge Judy: You don't have
to bring your new girlfriend.
It's annoying.
Do you understand?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Just annoying.
Now, Ms. Soncrant --
>> Yes?
>> Judge Judy: When did you
and Mr. Nichols break up?
>> In the beginning of December.
>> Judge Judy: When was
the first payment
due on the furniture?
>> Um, well, it would have
been September -- October 24th.
>> Judge Judy: Who made
that payment?
>> He made that payment.
>> Judge Judy: Show me.
>> I only have the bills.
I don't have it showing
that he paid.
But I have evidence
of him saying
that he was paying me.
>> Judge Judy: I would like
to see that.
>> All these.
>> Judge Judy: Isn't it nice
I got rid of the new girlfriend?
>> [ Chuckles ]
[ Laughter ]
>> Judge Judy: Just in case you
think I'm going to be
exceedingly hard on him,
I just want you to read some
of these e-mails back and forth.
>> Byrd: Okay.
>> Judge Judy: And I want you
to tell me whether, based
upon these e-mails,
you would buy
U.S. Savings Bonds.
>> Byrd: They still sell those?
>> Judge Judy: If you have
confidence in the country.
you were gonna pay her
for the furniture.
Unfortunately, your choice
of language was such that
the camera operator
here can't take a picture of it.
Because you only know
how to express yourself
using four-letter expletives.
>> I don't believe --
>> Judge Judy: You don't believe
what?
>> Where did I say that I paid,
uh, uh, I told her
I was gonna pay for it?
>> Judge Judy: Would you show
Shakespeare, please,
the, uh, e-mails?
In the e-mails
is where you told her.
>> Byrd: Here, man.
[ Laughter ]
>> Judge Judy: Now you see
where you told her
you were gonna pay her?
>> Yes, I remember
those conversations.
>> Judge Judy: Good. $2,235.
Judgment for the plaintiff.
We're done.