>> Judge Judy: Ms. Rodriguez,
what I read is a complaint that
suggests that you and the
defendant were friends and
perhaps in a relationship for a
brief period of time and had a
falling out.
And during the time that you
were friends, or whatever
relationship that was, according
to your complaint, you brought a
television set that was yours to
the defendant's house.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: When did you do
that?
>> That was in June of 2015 --
2016. Excuse me.
>> Judge Judy: Is that right?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: When was it?
>> It was during 2015.
>> Judge Judy: That sound right?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
To what address did you take the
television set?
>> Uh...
>> Judge Judy: To what address
did you take the television set?
Do you know the address?
>> It would've been in the
Powderhorn community in
Minneapolis.
>> Judge Judy: When did you move
from there?
>> It was August which was 2015.
>> Judge Judy: Got it?
>> Yes, miss.
>> Judge Judy: So it was 2015
that you brought the television
set to her house.
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: Better.
And in what month and year did
you ask her for the television
back?
>> I asked her back for the
television in July of 2016.
>> Judge Judy: Why was that so
difficult for you to tell me?
>> Uh, just -- It was a little
bit of confusion with the --
>> Judge Judy: Well, there's no
confusion.
If you insisted that it was June
of 2016, had you asked for it
back a month later, well, that
sounds to me as if it was
perhaps a loan for some reason,
which we'll get into.
If she had the television for
over a year, it may suggest
something else.
Do you understand?
So let's try to give me answers
that are truthful rather than
those that create a story for
you.
Do you understand?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Great.
Now, in what month and year did
you purchase this television
set?
>> The television set was
purchased back in August of
2011.
>> Judge Judy: So now the
television in August of 20--
July or August of 2016 would've
been five-plus years old.
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: And tell me what
kind of television this was.
>> It was a Philips Eco 32 LED.
>> Judge Judy: And do you have a
receipt for that television?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: I'd like to take
a look at it.
>> Here's that.
Um...
And then that is the credit-card
statement in which I purchased
the TV.
>> Judge Judy: I just want to
see the receipt for it.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
So you purchased this, according
to this receipt, for $389.
And when you brought it over to
her house, it was four years
old.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Now, where were
you living at the time?
>> I was living at my parents.
>> Judge Judy: And where was
this television?
>> The television was at my
home.
When I was staying with them,
I had purchased another TV, so
it was an extra spare TV.
>> Judge Judy: And your parents
had their own TVs?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: So this was one
that you were not using.
>> Right, it was --
>> Judge Judy: It was one that
you were not using.
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: You upgraded.
Now, I want you to tell me the
circumstance, 'cause now you
want the TV back.
Out of carfuffle, I'm not
interested in an awful lot here.
This is the main thing that
creates this lawsuit.
So, according to you, she asked
to borrow it.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Tell me the
circumstances surrounding her
asking to borrow the TV.
>> The circumstances were that
she could, being the friend that
she was, I had --
>> Judge Judy: You're making up
a story now, because I can tell.
That's my gift.
>> All right. All right.
>> Judge Judy: It's all going
over here.
>> All right, she asked to
borrow the TV, in which I agreed
upon.
When I asked for it back,
though, I expected it to be
returned.
>> Judge Judy: [ Laughs ]
Even you don't believe that.
I said, "What were the
circumstances?"
You know, I have friends, and
sometimes if I go to their
house, I'll bring a bottle of
Rosé.
I'll bring a Bundt cake.
>> Mm-hmm.
>> Judge Judy: But I actually
have never brought over a TV to
someone's house.
Now, I've upgraded televisions
over a period of time.
Sometimes you move, and you say,
"Well, you know, this one was
fine, but I could use a bigger
one."
And you have all these old TVs
that are worth zero.
>> Sure.
>> Judge Judy: A four-year-old
TV that you bought four years
ago is worth zero.
If you went to sell it, you'd be
able to sell it for $25, maybe
at a flea market.
>> Mm-hmm.
>> Judge Judy: So now since I
don't believe you, I'm going to
ask her the circumstances
surrounding you bringing over
the television set.
Got it?
Go!
>> I actually did not ask her
for the television set.
We were very close friends at
the time.
We had this thing where we made
candy for shows we went to,
which is, like, the beaded
bracelets.
She used to come over all the
time because she was -- I call
her an almost-functioning
alcoholic where she'd get off of
work and have nowhere to go, so
she'd come to my tiny house and
get drunk there.
She just came over one day with
the TV in hand and a box of
beads.
And