you and the defendant
live together in an apartment
where you had a lease
that both of your names were on,
is that correct?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: When did you move
into that apartment?
>> October 8th, 2016.
>> Judge Judy: And the lease
was a one-year lease?
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: You moved out
when?
>> Like March 18th or so.
>> Judge Judy: Of 2017?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: And you moved out
after an incident?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Why don't you
tell me what the incident was.
>> I was sleeping in bed at the
apartment
that Jerome and I share,
and he came home.
He got in bed.
He was snoring.
So I got up, went to the living
room, watched television.
Immediately after, he came into
the living room and said,
"What are you doing out here?"
And I'm like, "I'm just watching
TV, doing laundry."
And he got upset by that.
And so he said, "Well if that's
what you want to do, why don't
you just get out, then."
I'm like, "Okay.
So you want me to leave?"
He's like, "Yeah, just get out.
Go back to
wherever you want to be."
And so I left.
I grabbed my keys,
my cellphone, and I left.
>> Judge Judy: And when
you left, where did you go?
>> To my home that I currently
own with my husband.
>> Judge Judy: So you went back
to your husband?
>> Yes.
Just back to the home,
not to my husband.
>> Judge Judy: But your husband
lives in the home?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: And you've been
there since March?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: And that's a
short distance away from the
apartment that you share at a
joint lease with the defendant?
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: How long had you
been with him before this
incident of March 18th?
>> Since October, since we moved
in the previous year.
>> Judge Judy: But you hadn't
been with him before?
So your relationship started
in October of 2016?
>> No. Maybe February of 2016.
>> Judge Judy: So, what you want
me to understand is that
everything is fine,
everything is hunky-dory
between the two of you.
He was snoring,
so you came out to watch TV.
He came out and said,
"What are you doing out here?"
You said, "Just watching TV."
And he said to you,
"Well if that's
what you want to do, get out."
>> Mm-hmm.
>> Judge Judy: I just want to
find out if that's what you me
to believe as a woman.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Simple as that.
And you said,
"Well, if you want me out,
goodbye.
I'm leaving," and take my...
I just want you to...
>> Yes, Your Honor.
He does this kind of --
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
>> Okay.
>> Judge Judy: And you, that
night, gathered your things
and went back to the house
that you had shared
with your husband,
where you remain to this day?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
So that's what you want me
to believe.
Great.
You want to tell me your version
of what happened on March 8th?
>> My version is, I had
an eye appointment
at the eye doctor
that evening before,
and me and her were supposed
to go out and do stuff.
But I had run into some friends
of mine at the eye doctor.
>> Judge Judy: Put the phone
down.
>> So instead of me
going out with her,
I went to my friend's house
and stayed there.
And I got back --
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
So, you and the woman
with whom you lived
were supposed to be out together
the evening of March 8th?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Were you supposed
to be out for dinner?
Were you supposed to be out...
>> We just going to go out
and do stuff.
>> Judge Judy: What kind
of stuff?
>> Maybe a movie or a dinner.
It just wasn't nothing.
>> Judge Judy: But you supposed
to be together that night?
>> Right.
>> Judge Judy: And you blew her
off to go out with friends.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Ah. You see, now
it's getting better.
Now I can sort of...
Now I'm hearing something
that I can understand.
>> Okay.
>> Judge Judy: So you blew
her off to go out with friends.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: And this going
out with friends, I assume,
Mr. Pipkins -- I'm not faulting
you for anything I'm saying,
but I assume that going out
with friends also involved
a little bit of drinking?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: And when you came
home, you sort of stumbled into
bed, got into bed and fell into
a deep coma-like sleep,
snoring sleep?
>> No, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: No.
So why don't you tell me, then.
You came home after having
a little something to drink
and where was the plaintiff?
>> She was in the room.
I came in.
>> Judge Judy: Was she sleeping?
>> No, she wasn't.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
>> I came in.
Got ready to get into bed.
I wasn't even in bed yet.
She gets mad and says,
"You blew me off."
>> Judge Judy: Oh.
Is that what she said?
>> Yeah.
"That we were supposed to do
something today,
and you didn't come.
Now you come home, and you
expect me to stay in the bed?"
I said, "I'm not
saying nothing."
Yes, I came home,
and that was it.
>> Judge Judy: Came home.
The prize came home.
>> Yeah.
[ Laughter ]