a soft-spoken guy.
Were you just having
some personal difficulties
during this time?
I don't know because you wrote
to them, and you said,
"There's no longer going to be
a banquet for pool league, guys.
Sorry for the inconvenience,
and I don't know
when I will give the money
to those who placed."
That's what you wrote,
and that was the beginning
of April.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Wow.
So you acknowledge,
then, that there was a prize.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy:
And you were not interested,
or for some reason don't know
when
there's going to be a banquet,
certainly no mention
of trophies.
>> It was going to be trophies
and a banquet.
>> Judge Judy:
Well, I know, but this says,
"Sorry for the inconvenience.
I don't know when I'm going
to be able to do it."
Okay, so now we are in agreement
that there was going
to be prize money.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy:
Now I'd like you to show me
where this $600 comes in.
>> That was all verbal
in the second meeting
that he called, and --
>> Judge Judy:
You mean with the team.
>> With all the teams
because original --
>> Judge Judy: Were you present?
>> Yes, I was present.
>> Judge Judy: Were you present,
Mr. Benevitez?
>> No, I wasn't.
>> Judge Judy:
But you were present?
>> Anna was as well.
>> Judge Judy:
And you were present. Okay.
What did he say
about the prize money?
>> He said that,
if we weren't going to go
with the major league
that is in Michigan,
which originally, that was --
>> Judge Judy: Don't go back.
Don't give me originally.
Reader's Digest, please.
>> Oh, sorry.
Sorry. I forgot. Okay.
>> Judge Judy: My question is,
now we know
that there is prize money.
The question is, how much?
>> He told us
that the prize money
would be 600,
400, and 200,
with the remainder
being sort of divided up
between the people
that did not place
of what he collected.
>> Judge Judy: And where
was he supposed
to get this money from?
From all the teams?
How many people are on a team?
>> There was three people
on a team,
and each of those three people
paid a $20 sanction fee.
>> Judge Judy: Well, so, so far,
that's 60 bucks.
>> And then, each week,
I have score sheets that show
how the money was collected.
We played two sheets per night,
which equaled $15 per sheet,
so it would end up being
three locations
would collect $30 apiece,
so per week --
>> Judge Judy:
I'm still not getting to $600,
a banquet and the trophies.
>> Okay, so per week,
he collected $90 per week
for 12 weeks.
I think that comes out to 1,040.
>> Judge Judy: Hold on,
1,080, ten eighty.
>> Okay, yep.
>> Judge Judy: Okay, and?
>> And, along with our sanction
fees of $20 per person -- I
can't add that one in my head --
was in the pot as well.
>> Judge Judy:
Hey, you're talking
about negligible money.
So maybe you're talking
about $1,500.
>> That was approximately
what he collected, was 1,480.
>> Judge Judy:
Okay, so he collected 1,480,
and of that, he was supposed to
give out $1,200
plus trophies and a banquet.
>> Yes.
He never mentioned trophies,
and the banquet kind of is
everybody brings a dish to pass
and we hand out
the prize monies.
>> Judge Judy: Well, he said,
"There's no longer going to be
a banquet for pool league, guys.
Sorry for the inconvenience."
What does he get
for running this league?
>> I think a dollar.
>> I don't know.
It was supposed to be a dollar
per week per player,
so $18 a week,
and that was according
to the other rules.
>> Judge Judy:
How long have you been operating
the league, Mr. Rollston?
>> That was my first session.
>> Judge Judy: Okay,
so you got in over your head?
>> Not really.
>> Judge Judy: I think you did.
I think you did.
You remember discussing $600
at the first meeting
of the team?
>> No, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Now
you want to tell me
about the assault because
that's your counterclaim?
Who assaulted you?
>> Adam.
>> Judge Judy: He did?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy:
Tell me how that happened.
>> I was at the local pub.
I stopped to have a beer
with my buddy,
and as I'm leaving,
I hear yelling behind me,
and he said something
about money, and then he hit me.
>> Judge Judy:
Where did he hit you?
>> Back of the head.
>> Judge Judy:
What was the date?
>> December 22, 2016.
>> Judge Judy:
Did you call the police?
>> I did,
and then I never went through
with the assault charges.
>> Judge Judy: Why?
Because you weren't injured?
>> By the time I --
I was injured,
but I didn't realize until
a week later how bad it was.
>> Judge Judy:
Did you seek medical treatment?
>> I did not.
>> Judge Judy:
Go ahead, Mr. Benevitez.
>> Me?
>> Judge Judy: I'm listening.
>> Well, I seen him at the bar.
I confronted him
about our money.
>> Judge Judy: What do you mean,
you confronted him?
>> I confronted him
about our money that he owes us
for playing pool,
and then, at the time
I did that, he hit me,
and I ended up on the ground,
and I had this 300-pound guy
on top of me.
Then my daughter came over there
and told that guy to get off me
because I couldn't breathe right
because he was sitting on me.
>> Judge Judy: What did you say
to him when you confronted him?
>> I asked him
if he had our money
for the pool league.
>> Judge Judy:
What happened next?
>> I got punched,
and I was laying on the ground,
and I had this 300-pound guy
on top of me,
and my daughter --
>> Judge Judy:
Did you call the police?
>> No, I didn't.
>> Judge Judy: Why not?
>> I don't know.
I didn't pursue that dude.
>> Judge Judy: Mr. Rollston,
you owe the team $600.
You got in over your head.
I assume you're not
doing this league anymore.
Is that right?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Judgment
for the plaintiff
in the amount of $600.
We're done.
>> Your Honor?
What about
the other two teams?
>> Judge Judy: We're done.