months' rent did you pay?
>> I don't owe him anything.
>> Judge Judy: No, that's not
what I asked you.
That's why we're here.
So don't cop an attitude.
>> I'm not.
I don't have an attitude with
you.
>> Judge Judy: Don't cop an
attitude.
I asked you a question.
I said, "How many months' rent
did you pay him?"
>> I paid him, I think,
all his rent.
>> Judge Judy: I don't want --
know what you think, well,
because we'll go through each
month.
You signed the lease in August.
Was the leas supposed to start
in September?
>> Mm...
>> Judge Judy: Or August?
Or October?
When was it supposed to start?
>> I believe it started
in August.
>> Judge Judy: Can I see
the lease?
>> Yes ma'am.
I have the lease right here.
I also have a schedule of
the payments
that she made to me, as well.
>> Judge Judy: It started
September 1st.
I'm going to show this to you,
Ms. Rice, because this is
what Mr. Thorpe says
that you paid him and the --
the months that you paid him.
>> Okay. Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
And this starts
in August 28th, 2015.
It says on August 28th, 2015,
you paid him $525.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Is that correct?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: You don't have
any deposits
for October, November.
You do have one in December
for $525.
So you didn't pay
those 2 months.
Do you have any proof
that you paid those 2 months?
>> No. But when we --
when we signed the lease
in August the 28th, that was
just early for September.
>> Judge Judy: I got it.
>> And then, according to
text messages, I did give him
the rent for October,
because Mr. John
is one of them type of people.
He keep you informed...
>> Judge Judy: Well, just a
second.
>> ...all the way through.
>> Judge Judy: Just show me that
you gave him rent in October.
>> I don't have a receipt.
>> Judge Judy: Show me the text
message.
>> He should have had a deposit
on the 9th of October.
It says, "The money was
deposited into your account.
Thanks."
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
That's your message to him?
>> Yes, I told --
>> Judge Judy: Where's his
message to you, 'cause he's
asking for his money on the 9th.
You say to him,
"I deposited the money."
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Where does he
say, "Oh, fine. I got it?"
>> He -- he -- he never responds
like that.
>> Judge Judy: What you have
to do, madam, the fact that you
say, "I deposited the money,"
even though it was 9 days late,
"I deposited the money in your
bank."
Show me where -- an
acknowledgment.
Or show me something from
your bank.
I don't need a receipt.
You have a bank.
>> No, I didn't have
a bank account at that time.
>> Judge Judy: How did you
deposit the money in his bank?
>> Because I had --
>> Judge Judy: How did you --
>> I had his account number.
>> Judge Judy: And then you
get a receipt.
>> And then I got a receipt.
>> Judge Judy: But just
a second.
>> But then, in the process
of mismanagement, I lost the
receipt.
>> Judge Judy: Well, that's too
bad.
>> But I always sent a text
message to him and let him know
when I deposited the money.
>> Judge Judy: I don't care.
I mean, the your text message,
because he's asking you where my
rent is.
And you say, "I dropped it in
the mail."
>> Nah, I didn't drop it
in the mail.
>> Judge Judy: "And then I lost
my receipt."
Okay, October, November, you
don't have.
December, he says you paid $525.
The next time, he got a partial
payment of $200 January 20th.
Then he got another
partial payment
of $75 on February 1st.
However, on February 5th,
he got $800.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: So on February
5th, and then on February 24th,
he got another $400.
So I'm going to take October off
because she paid twice
in February, right?
But she didn't pay in January,
the full January.
So she owes $325 for January.
$525 for November.
And then she didn't pay anything
in March.
But on April 8th, she paid $475,
so nothing in March.
Do you have any proof
that you paid in March?
No.
By March, was your rent $450,
or was it still --
>> Because I paid in March.
>> Judge Judy: No, you didn't
pay in March.
You didn't pay in March.
>> Yes. Like, right here.
>> Judge Judy: Well, show me
where he acknowledges
that you paid in March.
The fact that you say you paid
in March, "Check's in the mail,"
doesn't mean he got it.
Just tell me.
>> It -- It wasn't in the mail.
Like...
I paid him $400
on the 24th of February.
That was March payment.
That was for March.
I paid him up.
>> Judge Judy: No!
>> Yes, I --
I paid him ahead of time,
because it was income tax time.
>> Judge Judy: You owe him.
>> Because John is one of them
type of --
>> Judge Judy: Listen to me.
>> I don't owe him anything!
>> Judge Judy: You owe him money
from January.
>> I don't owe him money
from January.
>> Judge Judy: Yeah, you did.
>> No, I don't, because the --
the $800 in February covered
January and February.
That's where it came from.
>> Judge Judy: What about March?
Just a second.
You just told me it also --
>> And then the other payment,
the $400 covered March.
That's how the payment
got back down to $470 --
$475 -- $450 and $25
for the late fee.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
>> According to his own
text messages.
>> Judge Judy: We're gonna --
We're -- Just a second.
>> I don't got time for this
"get rich quick" scheme he got
going on.