Take Care of Your Woman

0:01 Plaintiff Jasper Jerrell says he started dating the defendant after they

0:04 met online and 3 months later she moved in with him.

0:08 Jasper says he ended the relationship because

0:11 the defendant couldn't hold a job and live like

0:14 a slob and he's suing her for the balance due on a car and a towing fee.

0:20 Defendant Jessica Camp says she broke up with Jasper

0:23 due to his excessive drinking and violent behavior.

0:26 Jessica claims Jasper's anger was so severe that he

0:29 slept with a loaded gun under his pillow.

0:31 Jessica refuses to pay Jasper for the balance due

0:34 on the car because he refuses to return her big screen TV.

0:39 All rise.

0:41 This court is now in session.

0:43 The honorable Judge Greg Mathis presiding.

0:48 You may now be seated.

0:50 Tell me what happened.

0:52 Well, starting about 2001, 2002, we met online through a mutual friend who gave

0:58 her my email address and we started corresponding back and forth.

1:02 Started hanging out after that.

1:04 And about 3 months later she kind of moved in.

1:08 I don't even recall if I let her move in.

1:10 She just kind of was there one day.

1:12 All of her stuff was there.

1:14 You didn't ask her about it?

1:16 Well, you know, at the time she didn't really have a place to stay

1:19 and she it was kind of convenience probably for her and I didn't object.

1:24 You know, we got along well.

1:25 That's not true.

1:26 Um when she first moved in, you know, she was working.

1:28 She was employed.

1:30 Of course, you know, that didn't last.

1:32 A week later after she had moved in and

1:35 paying all your bills before she came, right?

1:37 Oh, absolutely.

1:38 All right, so why you couldn't take care of your woman?

1:43 You're right.

1:43 Well, I just in there with you.

1:44 You should have told her, "Hey, can't move in here." Yeah, you're right.

1:48 take care of you.

1:49 I just figured she'd help wrong thing to do.

1:50 You got the wrong man.

1:52 All right, you're right.

1:53 You're right.

1:53 Go ahead.

1:54 Okay, so you know, after

1:56 her for that though.

1:57 Let me let her respond before we get to the car you're suing about.

2:01 That wasn't true about not having a place to stay.

2:04 I was living with my mother and he asked me to move in with him.

2:07 You all met on the internet?

2:11 Yeah.

2:10 Mhm.

2:11 Could you see how each other looked?

2:13 No, we didn't know until we met in person, yeah.

2:17 Okay.

2:16 And you all right with that?

2:18 At the time, yeah, I was.

2:20 And I'm just wondering.

2:21 Okay.

2:22 You like it, I love it.

2:25 Go ahead, sir.

2:26 Well, anyway, after about a few months of her not having a job.

2:30 Well, I mean, she did have a job about one a week.

2:33 You know, and then she lose it the next week.

2:35 You know, I think the last straw was one day I came home.

2:38 I had actually got her a cell phone so

2:39 that she could actually help find herself some employment.

2:42 You know, I was hoping.

2:43 Came home, everything's a mess.

2:46 So, I gave her a call.

2:48 Cell phone's off.

2:49 Of course, you know, 4 or 5 hours later, no return call.

2:53 you like him now?

2:55 He got some smooth moves.

2:57 You know, when he talk You know, Judge.

3:05 All right, I see now.

3:07 He throw his hand to the side.

3:13 Go ahead.

3:13 Keep me here.

3:14 There you go.

3:15 All right, all right.

3:16 Go ahead.

3:17 You know what?

3:18 She showed up the next day and I said, "Whoa,

3:20 I tried to call the cell phone that I

3:21 got for you and didn't answer." And she said, "Oh, well, you know,

3:24 I was hanging out with friends." And I said, "Well, you know what?

3:27 I think uh I think this is it, you know." Gave her a hefty bag and I said,

3:30 "Here, why don't you go ahead and put your That's not true.

3:33 Hefty bag?

3:34 Is that how that happened?

3:36 First of all, your honor, Jasper and I dated um a couple years ago.

3:40 Which is true.

3:42 Um he had serious anger issues.

3:45 Um he was he had guns, which was kind of scary.

3:50 He slept with a loaded gun under his pillow.

3:53 Oh, come on now.

3:53 That's not true.

3:54 Yeah, it is.

3:55 How did he get his straight his anger?

3:57 Um for instance, once we were driving in the car and the the cup holder

4:02 was rattling and he yanked it out

4:05 and broke it because it wouldn't stop rattling.

4:07 That's not true.

4:08 I think he's thinking about some other guy.

4:09 go ahead.

4:10 Move on.

4:10 Um he was really paranoid all the time.

4:13 One time we were getting into our vehicle and we had just

4:17 gotten a puppy and a car drove by and he grabbed the puppy,

4:21 threw it out of the car and jumped in the car and locked the door

4:23 and me and the puppy are just standing there like what do we do now, you know?

4:27 Did you ever ask him about it?

4:29 Um I did.

4:30 I think we got in a really big argument and that's

4:33 part of the the reason that I broke up with him.

4:35 All right.

4:36 Sir, let's talk about the car you're suing for.

4:38 The balance due on a car.

4:40 Well, uh basically we had after we broke up,

4:44 we hadn't really talked for about 3 years or so

4:46 and she shot me an email and we started talking again,

4:50 you know, she came over and we started hanging out a little bit.

4:53 Nothing at all going towards that direction of what happened before.

4:57 Just as friends.

4:59 So, and at the time and she had a kid.

5:02 She had a uh truck that was her baby's father's truck and they

5:06 were going through problems so he was going to take back the truck.

5:09 So, and I had a car that I was trying to sell.

5:11 So, she showed her interest in the vehicle and you know,

5:14 I again felt sorry for her so I said,

5:18 "All right, well, I'll sell it to you." But she said,

5:20 you know, "I don't have the cash right now." She said, "Well,

5:23 how about this?" She basically gave me a big screen TV and she said,

5:26 "I'll give you a TV.

5:27 Just you can have the TV.

5:29 I got nowhere to put it anyway."

5:30 Got you.

5:31 And she gave me 250 bucks to start out with.

5:33 So, the balance she was to pay?

5:35 What was The balance?

5:37 TV and 250, what was she to pay?

5:39 Well, the TV had nothing to do with the balance.

5:41 What did you all agree on?

5:43 $3,000.

5:44 to the car.

5:45 Obviously, the TV had nothing to do with it, you say.

5:47 Well, I just wanted to explain the reason why the TV came

5:50 into the picture was because I didn't want to sell it to her.

5:53 She wanted to make payments.

5:54 You see?

5:55 For what?

5:56 For the vehicle.

5:56 She wanted to make payments, monthly payments.

5:58 How does the TV come into play?

6:00 The it comes into play because I wanted to sell the car outright and she said,

6:04 "Well, I'll give you the TV if you let take the TV, right?

6:06 Yes, I did.

6:10 Maybe I'm crazy.

6:12 You're not crazy.

6:13 Didn't he say he didn't take it?

6:17 No, I I took it as a I took it so that I would let her make payments, basically.

6:21 What was the balance after the TV and the 250?

6:25 And the 250 was Well, it was 3,000 so after the 3,000 Now,

6:32 you all had to have an agreement then.

6:33 You can't add it up now.

6:35 Well, no, no, no.

6:36 See, the thing it was 3,000.

6:38 Let me talk to her, sir.

6:41 Ma'am, what do you want to tell me about this car?

6:43 He had said that he was buying a new car so he was

6:46 going to sell his and I really liked his car so I said,

6:49 "You know, how much do you want to sell it for?" He said $3,000.

6:53 So, I told him I said, "I have this big screen TV that I'll give you, you know,

6:57 That's what he said.

6:57 Yeah.

6:58 And 250 you also gave him?

7:00 Um and $250.

7:01 What was the remaining balance you were to pay?

7:04 Um well, it was three $3,000 minus that 250.

7:08 I would assume that after receiving a certain amount,

7:13 after giving a certain amount, you would know what's owed to you and you

7:20 would know how much you owe before coming in here

7:24 today and telling me to do the math on what you are owed and on what you owe.

7:30 Well, it was 250.

7:30 So, if nobody knows, we have no agreement and we can all go home.

7:35 No, sir, I know.

7:36 Oh, you do know, sir?

7:39 2750.

7:39 And obviously, she's paid a significant amount

7:41 because you're only suing for $1,535, correct?

7:46 That's correct.

7:47 She made two more payments.

7:48 What's the total amount of payments she's made?

7:50 750.

7:51 750.

7:52 So, she should owe only 2,000.

7:54 Yeah.

7:55 I I sold the wrecked vehicle.

7:57 Basically, she had the vehicle.

7:59 She hadn't finished paying for it.

8:01 She crashed it in a DUI crash.

8:03 Well, we went down to the tow yard.

8:04 I had to pay $195 out of my own pocket to get the vehicle out of the tow yard.

8:09 And That's why you want that.

8:10 Is this true?

8:11 That's true, but he didn't give me a chance to get the car out myself.

8:15 I was he had plans when he picked me up.

8:18 He said, "This is what I'm going to do." Because the car was still in his name.

8:21 I kind of had no say over what I could do with the car.

8:24 He said, "I'm going to get the car out and I'm going to sell it for, you know,

8:28 whatever amount I can get for it." because if he hadn't gotten the car out,

8:33 they would have continued to charge a daily amount and the amount you owe now,

8:40 195, would have been significantly more.

8:43 And the reason I say the amount you

8:45 owe is because it was your responsibility to pay

8:49 because you were negligent in the operation

8:52 of his of the vehicle that you had not paid for.

8:56 Therefore, I'm going to grant this entire judgment, $1,535.

9:00 Have a good day.

9:01 Judgment for the plaintiff.