The People's Court - General Discussion

[AngelaHunter]

The people who stand outside with Harvey are some of the most dim-witted dullards on the streets of California.

 

Is there anyone with half a brain who would stand around outside waiting for a chance to get Levin's mike shoved in their faces?

 

Levin loves the dullards. They bolster his superiority complex.

 

I FF and Mute while this stupidity is going on, but that doesn't dampen my dream of seeing someone rush up and smash a pie in his face, or kick him in the ass, really really hard.

[Guest]

I enjoy watching him get cranky when he already has a set answer in his head and the Mensa club members can't come up with it.

 

Then again, it is funny when someone gives (I won't say good) but acceptable answer and then they all repeat it.  But yes, it does get annoying when he has the mic in front of a face and they can't come up with even a mediocre answer.

 

Better yet, old Curt and his probing of the losers to "apologize" half-heartedly to the winners of the case. 

 

While you're shoving a pie in Harvey's face Angela, I'll be in NY shoving Curt's microphone.  A two-fer.

[teebax]

I think we have a better chance of Curt getting decked in the face than Harvey. Curt can be confrontational with the litigants when they come out to talk to him. I can't really blame the ones who just blow right past him.

[teebax]

The story doesn't make sense.  One twin keeps making payments on a car that she has no idea who has it,  The other twin is not concerned about the car or her twin sister.  I agree, something is off, teebax.

That's certainly part of it. Who the hell pays on a car they own without knowing where it is? I'm so glad MM demanded they report it stolen before they could leave. I didn't catch if there was a follow up to it. I'd love to know if they actually reported it stolen. Was the judgment contingent on them reporting it?

 

Also, the ID part of it made no sense to me. My older sister and I look almost exactly alike. In my younger, wilder days I will admit to borrowing her license so I could buy alcohol. She didn't mind because she thought anyone old enough to serve in the military should be able to have a damn beer. Anyway, I always returned it right away. That's an important document you need to have on your person. If the defendant had the plaintiff's license it had to have been with her knowledge and permission. I just don't believe otherwise.

[Guest]

You're right teebax. 

 

I have been known to cringe when he assaults them as they leave the courtroom.  The one time he addressed an old woman who was going psycho on him I changed the channel.

 

Shouldn't have - there were a lot of posts about it and I stupidly didn't see it.

 

Live and learn.

[AngelaHunter]

While you're shoving a pie in Harvey's face Angela, I'll be in NY shoving Curt's microphone.  A two-fer.

 

Shove it down his throat, please. I know another way to shut Levin up, but it's illegal.

 

I've seen Curt the Clown grab peoples' arms as they try walk past him. I hope he does that to some brutal cretin and gets a few teeth knocked out.

 

This show has two of the most irritating and  revolting people ever in Levin and Curt. If not for the fact that I love Judge M, I would never watch it. I've never timed it, but I would guess we see and hear just as much from those two worms as we do from MM. Sometimes the Shyster is still babbling when MM starts to talk.

 

Can someone tell me why we have to hear the Hall Clown's stupid description ("louse" "cad" "HUUUUUH??? "HERE AND NOW!") of the case at the beginning, and then right after, the Shyster has to tell us all over again in his high pitched screech?

[teebax]

Don't get me started on the "Blank her? He hardly knew her!" It makes me dive for the remote every time he starts to say it, and I always just miss it by a few seconds.

[AngelaHunter]

Don't get me started on the "Blank her? He hardly knew her!" It makes me dive for the remote every time he starts to say it, and I always just miss it by a few seconds

 

I know! That's how I found out he keeps his verbal diahrrea going even when JM starts to speak. If looks could kill through a TV screen, Levin would be dead dead dead.

 

Last week there was a case involving a gardener. Levin: "Sounds like a porn movie. Gardener comes over..." I was too slow to shut off the sound and caught just that part. I didn't hear anything in the case that conjured up porn movies and I really don't want to hear Levin's lascivious fantasies about sweaty gardeners plowing him into next week. UGH.

 

 

[Guest]

I'm with those who thought the twins were in cahoots.

 

Plaintiff twin did not look at all enthused about reporting her car stolen.  I suspect that she knows exactly who has it and where it is.

 

Judge was really cranky with bigot guy.  Wonder what JJ would have done in the same situation?

[marny]

I'm not 100% sure, but I think Judge Milian's husband is Jewish. Regardless, that plaintiff didn't even have the class to be ashamed of his bigotry. He thought the defendant's implication that he was being greedy made it ok for him to use slurs. If he'd shown a modicum of awareness that it wasn't an ok thing to say, Judge probably wouldn't have been as quick to kick him out. But he was an ass.

[EtheltoTillie]

Bigot was still defending his slur in the hallterview with the always redemptive "I have Jewish friends." unbelievable. Once again how is it that people don't know it's not a good idea to go on national TV and say such things?

[BubblingKettle]

And if I had a dollar for every time Harvey tells one of the street urchins that they look like a celebrity.  Of course, he has mentioned his perseveration - Lindsey Lohan -several times. I know that celebs/TMZ are his primary paycheck, but I don't know why TPC gives him the time and the tape to make those off-topic comments.

[Guest]

And the real kick in the head is that none of them look like Lohan.

 

I look more like the apricot-ashtray then they do!!

[AngelaHunter]

I know that celebs/TMZ are his primary paycheck

 

From the five minute glimpse I got of that show, I saw a  63 year old man sitting around with his pansy-assed teenaged posse gossiping about Lindsay Lohan or Britney Spears and waving around his huge sippy cup. It was a less than savory image.

 

And if I had a dollar for every time Harvey tells one of the street urchins that they look like a celebrity.

 

 

I don't know what he says to them. I haven't watched this show live in years and would be unable to watch if I couldn't muffle the sight and sound of that  asshole.

 

His unofficial title of "High Prince of Sleaze" is well-earned.

[AngelaHunter]

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Once again how is it that people don't know it's not a good idea to go on national TV and say such things?

 

JM made a good point. If the def. had even given off even the teeniest, tiniest whisper of the most obscure racial slur towards the plaintiff he would have been all kinds of offended and outraged and asking for 5K.

 

Doesn't change the fact that that def. was a liar, however, who was trying to weasel her way out of her responsibility.

 

Wonder what JJ would have done in the same situation?

 

Nothing phases her. She's heard it all.

Edited May 7, 2015 by AngelaHunter

[JBC344]

The plaintiff was nuts! I would not do that for any one in my own family, let alone a friend.

I was wondering why she didn't fall under the clean hands thing - I mean, she committed a fraud on the court by lying about what happened.

I thought it was going to fall under the clean hands argument too.  I think what was different here is that the plaintiff was asking for the court/lawyer fees to be paid as opposed to personal damages.  I think if she had went in and said I would like $2000 from the defendant as payment then I think Judge M would of used the clean hands ruling.  Because they were fees to a third party I think Judge M saw it as a way to make the defendants pay for their half of the mess.

[arejay]

Mis-Matched College Girls......Special Snowflakes both, but for diametrically opposed reasons.  Plaintiff daughter is nerdy smart-girl;defendant daughter, who did not have the nerve to show up, is youngest, probably spoiled by older parents, classic mean girl.  

[BubblingKettle]

In today's case of the girl with low self-esteem who gave her car to a pompous, "everything's a joke," nearly unintelligible Fat Albert lookalike, the Judge did a supreme job of giving the defendant a dressing-down. She told him that she couldn't understand anything he said, that he wasn't an Adonis, that he looked like the type of guy who needed money....etc.  I loved that she told the plaintiff several times that she needs to make better decisions and that, based on her former relationship with the defendant, she sucks at reading people. Judge MM was throwing so many insults, I was waiting for her to bust out with a "Your Mama is so...."

Edited May 8, 2015 by CoolWhipLite

[momtoall]

Judge MM was throwing so many insults, I was waiting for her to bust out with a "Your Mama is so...."

 

LMBO!!  Seriously, I didn't understand a third of what he was mumbling.  I got from his demeanor that he thought he was all that ....  The young lady needs to get some self-esteem and a healthy dose of common sense.

[zillabreeze]

nearly unintelligible Fat Albert lookalike, the Judge did a supreme job of giving the defendant a dressing-down.

 

Cool that guy was despicable and I loved the dressing down.... however, given his demeanor in the halerview, I don't think he was smart enough to know he had been insulted.  He was clearly delusional about his own attractiveness and worth.

Edited May 9, 2015 by zillabreeze

[Pepper the Cat]

The plaintiff college girl was a very special snowflake wasn't she? Boo hoo. My roommate is mean so I have to leave college after 1 day!!!! I think it would have done her a world of good to stick out the 2 weeks and learn how to get along with people you don't like.

[AngelaHunter]

Judge MM was throwing so many insults, I was waiting for her to bust out with a "Your Mama is so...."

 

You know she wanted to say that and a  whole lot worse. He seriously pissed her off.  I couldn't understand a word that came from Blinged Out Fat Albert either, but it didn't matter since I'm pretty sure nothing made sense anyway. Overly endowed in the brains department he ain't.

 

I think it would have done her a world of good to stick out the 2 weeks and learn how to get along with people you don't like.

 

 

Right. There's a lot of "mean" people out there who won't always handle her with kid gloves and Daddy won't always be there to rescue her.  She was "uncomfortable" (which is now the all-purpose excuse for ditching any and all responsibilities or obligations of any kind) and she's in for a rough ride once she's out in the real world. Only babies cry, "She was mean to me!"

 

I loved how Daddy started tripping over his tongue trying to explain how someone "stumbled over" the bag of booze when we know he was on his hands and knees dragging it out from under the bed.

[Pepper the Cat]

 

I loved how Daddy started tripping over his tongue trying to explain how someone "stumbled over" the bag of booze when we know he was on his hands and knees dragging it out from under the bed.

OMG! The roommate was drinking ALCOHOL! What a terrible person! She had a poster about taking shots! My precious, pure, perfect daughter must be protected from people like her.

[AngelaHunter]

She had a poster about taking shots!

 

I forgot that Daddy acted as though they found the completes works of a heroin addict.

 

 I imagine, a poster with shots and even a shot GLASS on it. Oh, the horror! Her posters should have Teddy bears and spring flowers and fluffy kittens.and girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes...oops, got carried away. 

[arejay]

girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes...oops, got carried away

 

   I hate it when that happens.  What is schnitzel anyway and what makes it so yummy?

[Rick Kitchen]

Lesson of the day: If you're going to forge somebody's signature on a promissory note, spell their name right. 

Edited May 12, 2015 by Rick Kitchen

[Eliza422]

Lesson of the day: If you're going to forge somebody signature on a promissory note, spell their name right.

She was a real piece of work, despite her daughter's insistence that they tell the truth more than anyone else in the world:-p

[teebax]

She was one of the worst liars I've seen on the show. The handwritten letter that she claimed she had given to someone else? Did she then try to say she wrote the letter twice? If she and her daughter are two of the most honest people out there, I think we're in bad shape.

[AngelaHunter]

If you're going to forge somebody signature on a promissory note, spell their name right.

 

What a turnaround that was! At first, I thought "Shirley" was just another poor, pathetically desperate woman who would do anything to keep around any body that still has a pulse. Turns out Shirley is a liar, a forger, falsifies evidence and she's a really hateful savage. "I"m screwing your husband!" I wish I hadn't heard that since it put in my mind visuals that now require brain bleach.

 

Her daughter is a big fat liar too, although she protests she tells the truth "mostly."  As soon as I saw JM lower her voice to a whisper, I thought, "Oh, boy! Shirley's gonna get it!!" She did, but not nearly as severe a reaming as she and her Tweedledum lying daughter deserved. At least JM changed her mind at the end and told her she isn't even getting her lousy 212$. I think it was the "I'm sorry" that made JM want to throw her gavel at her.  Nice work, Shirley - revealing what kind of snake you are on national TV and got zippo.

 

I believed every word def. said and I'm pretty sure he knows how to spell his name. .

 

Wedding plan kerfuffle: I really liked the plaintiff and I do hope he knows how lucky he is to escape the clutches of that mouthy, nasty bitch who just thinks she's the cutest thing around. I was waiting for JM to ask her if she's "chomping" gum in her courtroom and make her spit it out, but alas, she did not.

[Rick Kitchen]

 

Wedding plan kerfuffle: I really liked the plaintiff and I do hope he knows how lucky he is to escape the clutches of that mouthy, nasty bitch who just thinks she's the cutest thing around. I was waiting for JM to ask her if she's "chomping" gum in her courtroom and make her spit it out, but alas, she did not.

 

I had no opinion on either side going into that case but the minute that woman opened her mouth, I hated her.  In what world does she think she could get her expenses back when she was the one who canceled the wedding?

[AngelaHunter]

I had no opinion on either side going into that case but the minute that woman opened her mouth, I hated her.

 

Maybe that's it. I just hated her so much that I liked the plaintiff by default. The head-cocking, hair tossing, the smirking and cutsey grinning, the talking and talking and talking over JM - she's unbearable.

[Watermelon]

I decided I hated her when she said her giving birth to a child a few weeks ago was a mere coincidence and she magically went from engaged and celibate to spreading her legs without a condom to the man she was seeing while she had a fiancee.  

 

Then to lie on the baby and say he/she was premature.  Grr. Annoying woman.

[momtoall]

Then to lie on the baby and say he/she was premature.  Grr. Annoying woman.

 

Oh what a piece of work she was .... She was most definitely screwing around on the plaintiff with "her baby daddy" before her broke their engagement.  She needed space from her boyfriend, translation: she wanted to sleep with the new guy. 

Edited May 12, 2015 by momtoall

[zillabreeze]

 

Maybe that's it. I just hated her so much that I liked the plaintiff by default. The head-cocking, hair tossing, the smirking and cutsey grinning, the talking and talking and talking over JM - she's unbearabl

MM should have clearly pointed out to the dude what a big bullet he dodged!  Being married to her would have been a nightmare and getting divorced from her would have cost him a fortune!

[BubblingKettle]

Then to lie on the baby and say he/she was premature.  Grr. Annoying woman.

I was so disgusted when she threw "pre-term" at the end of her sentence about just having a baby.

 

I wish today's Barbie car airhead would have gone on Judge Judy instead. She needed the "it's not an audition/this isn't your show" scolding for her inappropriate, high-strung cutesie routine. I know she's only 19, but we've seen little kids on JJ exhibit more restraint in a courtroom.

[speac]

What the heck did the Barbie airhead say in the halterview?  

[Rick Kitchen]

What the heck did the Barbie airhead say in the halterview?  

 

She apparently called the repair guy a douchebag, since they censored the "douche" part.  God, she was annoying.

[momtoall]

God, she was annoying.

 

She has been told all her life that she is cute and adorable.  While that act may work with a 3 year old, it's not an act that a young lady should bring to a court proceeding.

[wallysmommy]

I had to take a double dose of my Metformin to counteract the overdose of sugar coming from the tv during the Barbie case.  

[AngelaHunter]

I wish today's Barbie car airhead would have gone on Judge Judy instead.

 

Me too. JJ would have wiped out that idiotic giggling pronto. Someone must have convinced her that acting like a "Oh, god, my little head! Aren't I just a precious snowflake? I'm soooo cute and I think everyone else has an obligation to take care of me and my adorableness" nitwit is somehow appealing. She buys a 15 year old clunker and expects perfection because she and her cuteness deserve it and she has the frickin' gall to sue the salesman who paid to fix the beater with his own money.

 

I think JM went easy on her because of her own daughters, who I truly hope are not as ridiculous as this girl.

[SoapDoc]

Today was filled with oblivious plaintiffs -- the wedding coordinator that did not pass on her notes on a wedding to her second-in-charge so when the coordinator was unable to attend due to health issues, the SIC was thrown in unawares. The bride may have been demanding but if they didn't get my cake topper on my cake and didn't serve cake at all at the reception, I would have been pretty angry as well.  I just found it precious that the coordinator admitted that she did not brief her SIC about anything but everything was still perfect. Not possible -- besides if the SIC didn't know about the details, how could she do them? But the coordinator did not think she did anything wrong...

 

Then there was the renter who -- by his own admission -- gave less than 30 days notice but did not think he should be held to the law. At least the defendant said he would do some research on the law and document his property in the future. The renter still believes he was a special snowflake and did not learn a thing.

 

I hate car registration/towing cases so I zoned out on the third case.

[Pepper the Cat]

I know I have to give 30 days notice but only gave 21. But thT shouldn't matter because I am a Super Special Snowflake and if I want to leave early I should be allowed to leave early!

[seacliffsal]

So the first case today was about a pit bull couple who let their small 7 year old walk the dog.  After ripping the nose off of plaintiff's dog they continue to allow their 7 year old to walk the pit bull.  A month later the dog goes after another dog and bites its human.  The wife was all 'the other dog antagonized it...' and they still don't put a muzzle on it as animal control has ruled.  Geesch.  What ever happened to getting cocker spaniels and other smaller dogs that are not as likely to bite another dog or person?  Yes, we have to be careful with all dogs, but for whatever reason it amazes me that many dog owners don't take responsibility and continually blame the victim (for the record I've been a dog owner my entire life but for whatever reason I don't let them run loose, I pick up after them on our walks and I always keep them on leashes while out walking and also go off of the path when another dog/owner approaches in order to avoid any potential situation [and right now that's with a chihuahua/terrier mix).

[teebax]

So the first case today was about a pit bull couple who let their small 7 year old walk the dog.  After ripping the nose off of plaintiff's dog they continue to allow their 7 year old to walk the pit bull.  A month later the dog goes after another dog and bites its human.  The wife was all 'the other dog antagonized it...' and they still don't put a muzzle on it as animal control has ruled.  Geesch.  What ever happened to getting cocker spaniels and other smaller dogs that are not as likely to bite another dog or person?  Yes, we have to be careful with all dogs, but for whatever reason it amazes me that many dog owners don't take responsibility and continually blame the victim (for the record I've been a dog owner my entire life but for whatever reason I don't let them run loose, I pick up after them on our walks and I always keep them on leashes while out walking and also go off of the path when another dog/owner approaches in order to avoid any potential situation [and right now that's with a chihuahua/terrier mix).

Thanks for the info on the case. I already know I'm going to skip it. I really dislike dog cases.

 

I'm not a dog hater, I've just never enjoyed these types of cases. For the record, I have a beagle who is only a danger to himself. He sniffs the ground the entire time we walk the neighborhood, so he has run into mailbox posts, trees, fire hydrants, and the side of a car that was not quite all the way in a neighbor's driveway.

 

I just can't listen to any more dog bite/irresponsible pet owner cases.

[WhitneyWhit]

I'm slowly catching up on this week's episodes and I have one question; how much oxygen was that Barbie car girl deprived of when she was younger? How do you make it through life like that? I had to keep pausing the episode because I was getting so annoyed with her. I wish he parents had came with her, I would love to see who created that little idiot.

[Guest]

Today was filled with oblivious plaintiffs -- the wedding coordinator that did not pass on her notes on a wedding to her second-in-charge so when the coordinator was unable to attend due to health issues, the SIC was thrown in unawares. The bride may have been demanding but if they didn't get my cake topper on my cake and didn't serve cake at all at the reception, I would have been pretty angry as well.  I just found it precious that the coordinator admitted that she did not brief her SIC about anything but everything was still perfect. Not possible -- besides if the SIC didn't know about the details, how could she do them? But the coordinator did not think she did anything wrong...

 

Then there was the renter who -- by his own admission -- gave less than 30 days notice but did not think he should be held to the law. At least the defendant said he would do some research on the law and document his property in the future. The renter still believes he was a special snowflake and did not learn a thing.

 

I hate car registration/towing cases so I zoned out on the third case.

 

I don't know if anyone here watches Say Yes to the Dress but I am almost positive that the bride in that first case was featured on SYTTD....with a different groom.  On that show she was marrying some guy who owned a night club and they were getting married on stage and she needed a "flashy" wedding dress so she went with the see-thru Pnina. 

 

When I saw her on the People's Court I immediately thought of SYTTD but realized that the guy next to her wasn't her groom and the wedding venue was all different.  Then....she said it was their second wedding.

 

Wish I caught her name. 

[momtoall]

Seriously, we have to go to court for you to pay me and then .... WTH!!!  Don't want to spoil anything but ...

[BubblingKettle]

I won't give any spoilers, but the best part of today's hallterview with the off-again on-again couple was Douglas' face.

 

In the case of the posters and crap left behind, the mushmouthed plaintiff would have lost the case before it had started if I was JMM. An effing toothpick in his mouth? In a courtroom? Too bad someone told him to remove it before the judge came in...it would have been interesting to see what she would have done.

[patty1h]

In the case of the marriage proposal during the hallway interview with Curt, I don't have high hopes for a long and happy marriage. Those two are squabbling in court over nonsense and money now, and she's fleeing the home when he criticizes her kids for being loud.  I can only think they won't be able to resolve things if things really get difficult.

 

Not sure what was wrong with the 25 year old guy suing his mother for food and basketball posters he left behind in her house. It was weird that he hoarded canned food in his closet.  He seemed detached, childish and whiny.  He kept harping on how hard he's trying to do better in life, but he was whinging like a teenager instead of a grown ass man.    Did you see him mouth "I love you" to his mom after MM gave her verdict.  It was creepy; I think he wanted back in Mommy's house.  

[Brooklynista]

Seriously, we have to go to court for you to pay me and then .... WTH!!!  Don't want to spoil anything but ...

Did anyone else have weird editing during this case? I had Harvey doing his stupid interview and the next thing they were coming out of the courtroom to weird hallway antics (the hell?) and MM co-signing the bullshit.

I don't even know how she ruled. I didn't even hear the defendants side of the case.