>> Judge Judy: Miss Hedgeman,
the defendant is your
ex-girlfriend's sister.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: And you're twins,
is that right?
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: It is your claim
that, two years ago, you and the
defendant's sister were in a
relationship.
That relationship terminated.
But at about the time that the
relationship terminated,
the defendant assaulted you,
and you want to be compensated
for that assault which,
according to you, ended up in
your being hospitalized for a
substantial period of time.
And, at the time, you were
pregnant, and it put your child
at risk.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: So, I'd like you
to tell me on what date this
took place.
>> May 16, 2015.
>> Judge Judy: Where?
>> At the defendant's house.
>> Judge Judy: Were you living
at her house or were you
visiting?
>> I was living there.
>> Judge Judy: With her sister.
>> With her sister.
>> Judge Judy: The two sisters
and you.
So the three of you were living
in the house.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: How long had you
been living in the house?
>> I'll say from January
to April, and then I left and
went to Dallas, and then I came
back about a month later --
>> Judge Judy: You left on
vacation or you left
permanently?
>> I left to move.
I moved to Dallas, trying to
make a way for myself and just
move out.
>> Judge Judy: So, at that point
the relationship broke up?
>> We were still talking.
We were still together.
>> Judge Judy: Well, you can't
be together if you're in one
state and your partner is in
another.
>> Correct.
We were still talking.
Texting, communicating.
>> Judge Judy: Well, you were
communicating, but you had left.
When you left the residence in
May, you went to what state?
>> It was in April.
>> Judge Judy: April.
What state?
>> Yes. I went to Dallas.
>> Judge Judy: Where did you go
in Dallas?
>> I stayed at a hotel.
>> Judge Judy: For how long?
>> About two weeks.
>> Judge Judy: When you
came back to Arkansas,
where did you go?
>> With the defendant's sister.
>> Judge Judy: So you renewed
your relationship?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: And that was in?
>> That's about the
beginning of May.
>> Judge Judy: How long had you
and the defendant's sister been
in a relationship?
>> Since 2013.
>> Judge Judy: So for a while.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: And was this
pregnancy -- 'cause you were
pregnant at the time of this
assault.
That's what I read in the paper.
And was this pregnancy something
that the two of you planned?
>> We talked about it.
We didn't talk about with who,
but we did talk about it before.
>> Judge Judy: Had you discussed
that this was what you were
going to do, or was this an
unplanned thing, is my question.
>> It was unplanned.
>> Judge Judy: Unplanned.
>> Unplanned.
>> Judge Judy: Is that
one of the things
that you fought about?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
When you came back in May,
tell me what happened on
May 16th.
>> May 15th, the night -- about
a couple hours before the 16th
started, I was at my
ex-girlfriend's job at the time
until she got off, because there
was already animosity in the
house, and the sister
called the police on me.
>> Judge Judy: There was
animosity in the house
in what regard?
>> Her sister didn't like me.
>> Judge Judy: So you and the
defendant weren't getting along.
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: I'm gonna
come to you.
>> [ Chuckles ] Ooh...
>> Judge Judy: Listen to me.
Tell me why you weren't getting
along with her, if you weren't,
when she came back from Dallas.
>> Well, Your Honor, she never
stayed in my house.
>> Judge Judy: You mean she
never slept in your house?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: Ever?
>> Never.
>> Judge Judy: Well, where did
she stay with your sister?
>> My sister had came, you know,
there to visit -- like come for
a couple of hours then leave.
There was one time, on occasion.
One time.
And she's standing up here
lying.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
Where did your sister live?
>> She had her own apartment.
>> Judge Judy: So is what you're
telling me that the plaintiff
and your sister lived together?
>> Yeah, in another apartment.
>> Judge Judy: And they always
lived in another apartment
before May?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: What happened in
May?
>> I was laying on the couch.
My sister, Nishundera Denson,
and Miss Hedgeman came in.
>> Judge Judy: They came for a
visit or did they have any
property there?
>> She had a key that my mom
gave her, Nishundera did.
>> Judge Judy: But they had not
been living there for two weeks
before.
>> No, ma'am. No, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
So they came to visit. And?
>> And I asked my sister for the
house key, because Miss Hedgeman
claimed that I had called the
police on her earlier that day,
and I didn't have
no control of that.
I wasn't the one had called
the police.
It was my sister's other friend
had called the police.
>> Judge Judy: Why were
the police called?
>> I have no idea, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
So, now, on May 15th, you're
sitting on the couch and...?
>> Nishundera Denson and
Miss Hedgeman came in.
>> Judge Judy: So the two of
them came in.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: The plaintiff and
your sister.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Which one is the
former girlfriend?
That would be you. Okay.
Go ahead.
>> Came in, and I asked for my
house key.
And my sister, like, she didn't
want to give me my house key.
>> Judge Judy: Your sister
didn't.
>> Yes.
So I called my mom and, you
know, ask her, can my sister
give me the house key?
And Miss Hedgeman says,
"She's not gonna give you
nothing."
And we got into an altercation,
and she said, "I got some
[bleep] to hold you."
And she pulled out a knife out
her bosom.
>> Judge Judy: Who did?
>> Miss Hedgeman.
Kayesha Hedgeman.
>> That's a lie, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: Sh-sh