roommates.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: And November of
this year, you asked to borrow
his car?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Where were you
going that you needed to borrow
his car?
>> I was supposed to go to the
store, which I did go to the
store.
>> Judge Judy: By yourself?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: What time of the
day?
>> It was around 7:00.
>> Judge Judy: What store did
you tell him you were going to?
>> I was supposed to go to
Publix.
>> Judge Judy: Is that what he
told you?
>> He just said a store.
He didn't say a specific store.
>> Judge Judy: What kind of car
did you have?
>> A 2004 Toyota Camry.
>> Judge Judy: And you had no
car?
>> No, ma'am, not right now.
>> Judge Judy: So, you borrowed
his car about 7:00, but you
didn't go to the store.
Where did you go?
>> I picked up my little
brother.
>> Judge Judy: How far did he
live from where you live?
>> Maybe like 10 minutes
out the way.
>> Judge Judy: And where were
you going with him?
>> Took him to go see his
girlfriend.
Told him that he'd give me some
gas money.
>> Judge Judy: You didn't have
permission to do that.
You only had permission to go to
the store.
>> He said he had gas money.
I didn't see nothing wrong
with it.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
And tell me what happened when
you got to his girlfriend's
house.
>> We went to his girlfriend's
house.
He got out, he knocked on the
door, and I'm guessing somebody
else answered the door.
They was getting into it, 'cause
I was in the car the whole time,
so I'm looking out my mirror.
I'm like, "What's going on?"
So I see them arguing.
>> Judge Judy: Who's arguing?
>> Him and another guy.
>> Judge Judy: Did you know the
other guy?
>> No. I think he knew him.
>> Judge Judy: You knew who he
was?
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: Who was he?
>> I guess it was the girl that
I was talking to's ex.
>> Judge Judy: So, it was the ex
of the girl that you were going
to visit?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Maybe not so much
of an ex?
>> Yeah, probably.
>> Judge Judy: So, what happened
next, Mr. Gast?
>> Like I said, I'm inside the
car the whole time.
They're arguing.
So I see him getting, like, real
mad, so they --
>> Judge Judy: Your brother?
>> Right, brother getting --
I could see both of them, by
their body language.
So I get out the car, so I'm
telling him, "Man, you need to
come on.
Let's go. Let's go."
>> Judge Judy: Smart.
>> Right. So, as he's coming to
the car, I hear him say, "I got
something for y'all.
I got something for y'all."
So, I already knew what he was
talking about, so he get in the
car so we can get away, so I
just heard like maybe two or
three gunshots.
So I'm ducking, he's ducking,
and we just got up out of there.
>> Judge Judy: So, this is what
your lawsuit is about.
He borrowed your car to go to
Publix.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: And you got back
a car with holes in it.
>> Holes in it, a dent in the
side, scuffs on both sides of
both of the bumpers, and cracks
in the windshield in two
different spots.
So, that doesn't even --
>> Judge Judy: Do you have
pictures of the car?
>> Oh, yes, ma'am. I'm sorry.
I do.
Uh...
these are printed pictures, and
these are actual pictures.
>> Judge Judy: How did all the
other damage happen to the car?
Well, I see holes. [ Chuckles ]
>> I don't know about the rest
of that stuff.
>> Judge Judy: Why didn't you go
to the police?
>> I feared for retaliation on
my brother, and, you know, when
I came home and told him about
it, he said he got insurance.
>> Judge Judy: No, this is --
He doesn't have insurance on a
2004 car.
He doesn't have collision
insurance.
>> Well, that's what he was
saying.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
Well, this is a dent.
How did that happen?
Did you bump in to a car as you
were trying to get away?
Do you have bills to fix the
car?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> You would be in fear for your
life, too, when stuff
like that --
>> Judge Judy: What?
>> I said you probably would be
in fear for your life, too.
You ain't gonna remember
everything.
>> Judge Judy: Well, you
wouldn't have been in this
trouble, sir, if you went and
got salami at Publix...
[ Laughter ]
...like you were supposed to,
instead of getting involved in
somebody else's business.
>> Oh, no.
That wasn't none of my business.
I stayed in the car the whole
time, like I told you.
>> Judge Judy: It was your
business!
You were supposed to go to
Publix!
You had permission to --
>> Man, but everybody --
>> Judge Judy: Listen. Shh!
>> I'm listening. I'm listening.
>> Judge Judy: You had
permission to borrow the car to
go to Publix.
>> Right. Right. Right.
>> Judge Judy: That's it.
You took the car, and you went
someplace else where the car was
placed in danger.
If you stayed with what you were
supposed to do and went to
Publix, his car would be okay.
Is that a fair statement?
You weren't gonna fight with
anybody in Publix, were you?
>> Not that I can think of.
>> Judge Judy: What?
[ Laughter ]
Judgment for the plaintiff in
the amount of $2,700.
We're finished. Thank you.