The People's Court - General Discussion

[teebax]

I may have missed it, but did we see Douglas herding Momma outside? I can't imagine how he accomplished that feat.

I wondered that too. Didn't they cut to commercial and then she was gone? Or am I mis-remembering?

[AngelaHunter]

Didn't they cut to commercial and then she was gone?

 

That must have been it. I FF so much past Levin and the Morons that sometimes I think I miss things.

 

What about today's nasty niece who wouldn't pay her aunt back after she fronted the money for niece's dad's funeral? It's always the same: The person who loans the money asks for it back and then is told, "You harassed me so I don't feel I need to pay you back."

 

How many here have cars/insurance/registration under someone else's name? It never occured to me to try to do that, but that's just me I guess. Tange, my dear - you really need to concentrate on getting some teeth with the money you've saved putting all and sundry on your insurance policy.  "Ja'corii"? What letter is being replaced by the apostrophe, I wonder? I'm so behind the times.

 

Mr. O'Connell - wow. He'd rather let the entire country know what a nasty piece of work he is - belligerent, incompetant, sexist  liar - than pay the very reasonable 1800$ to the plaintiff after that mess he made of her property. I bet his phone will stop ringing after this episode. JM found for the plaintiff because they're both women, don't you know? BUT, I must say it was so very nice to listen to litigants who can actually speak their own language. What a rare treat.

[WhitneyWhit]

That must have been it. I FF so much past Levin and the Morons that sometimes I think I miss things.

 

What about today's nasty niece who wouldn't pay her aunt back after she fronted the money for niece's dad's funeral? It's always the same: The person who loans the money asks for it back and then is told, "You harassed me so I don't feel I need to pay you back."

 

How many here have cars/insurance/registration under someone else's name? It never occured to me to try to do that, but that's just me I guess. Tange, my dear - you really need to concentrate on getting some teeth with the money you've saved putting all and sundry on your insurance policy.  "Ja'corii"? What letter is being replaced by the apostrophe, I wonder? I'm so behind the times.

 

Mr. O'Connell - wow. He'd rather let the entire country know what a nasty piece of work he is - belligerent, incompetant, sexist  liar - than pay the very reasonable 1800$ to the plaintiff after that mess he made of her property. I bet his phone will stop ringing after this episode. JM found for the plaintiff because they're both women, don't you know? BUT, I must say it was so very nice to listen to litigants who can actually speak their own language. What a rare treat.

Hasn't the People's Court taught you anything? The "in" thing is to have insurance in other people's names, claim people on your taxes you barely know, support you incarcerated man, and have Section 8 pay your rent so you can buy fancy televisions and Coach bags.

 

I was hoping the plaintiff in the patio case would have some security camera footage with her to show that his truck was nowhere to be found, he seemed shocked when she said that. 

[cattykit]

Mr. O'Connell - wow. He'd rather let the entire country know what a nasty piece of work he is - belligerent, incompetant, sexist  liar - than pay the very reasonable 1800$ to the plaintiff after that mess he made of her property. I bet his phone will stop ringing after this episode. JM found for the plaintiff because they're both women, don't you know?

I made a point to watch the hallterview just for that and I have to say I'm proud of Curt for telling the guy to get lost as soon as that shit came out of his mouth.  Since asshole is such a sexist pig, why did he agree to have his case heard in front of MM? 

 

 

How many here have cars/insurance/registration under someone else's name? It never occured to me to try to do that, but that's just me I guess.

It used to be that these people would get thrown out of court because they're trying to benefit from fraud.  The aunt wasn't nice at all but the plaintiff was still a cheat.

[AngelaHunter]

Since asshole is such a sexist pig, why did he agree to have his case heard in front of MM?

 

Because the judge is a woman, therefore she must be stupid and he'll have no problem winning his case. He doesn't even need evidence to put one over on her.

 

Hasn't the People's Court taught you anything? The "in" thing is to have insurance in other people's names, claim people on your taxes you barely know, support you incarcerated man, and have Section 8 pay your rent so you can buy fancy televisions and Coach bags.

 

Hee! Yep, I know all that but it never fails to leave me amazed at the scams being perpetrated every minute of the day.I dont' know... dearly as I love my brother, if he asked me to put a car/credit card, etc.,  "underneath" my name I think I'd have to say, "Uhhh - no?"

[teebax]

Maybe it's because I also see reruns, but it seems we've had quite a few cases of people suing over custom-made clothes they ordered. Does that ever go well? The plaintiff is always saying the clothes weren't done on time and it ruined whatever event they were planning to wear the clothes at. The defendant always complains that the plaintiff is being unreasonable, and there was some unforeseen emergency that forced them to miss the deadline. Lather, rinse, repeat. 

 

In the case about the Mercedes versus Range Rover trade plus cash deal, that was a convoluted mess. I'm still not sure I understand what happened. But in my experience, if you have about $5 grand to spend on a used car, you're better off not buying a luxury one. They're crazy expensive to repair. Do people think those cars are more reliable just because of the brand? I think they'd be better served by getting a not-as-used Toyota, Honda, Chevy, etc. The parts for those cars are ubiquitous, so the repairs cost less than they would for a Mercedes, BMW, Audi, Range Rover, etc.

 

One of the litigants said she couldn't finish paying until her taxes came in. Why not just buy a $4,000 car instead of committing to $6,000 when you don't even have all the money up front? I don't know why I'm so astounded that a court show litigant would be fiscally irresponsible. If they weren't, we'd lose three quarters of the cases we see.

Edited October 1, 2015 by teebax

[AngelaHunter]

Why not just buy a $4,000 car instead of committing to $6,000 when you don't even have all the money up front?

 

Oh, please! Why would you do it that way when you can get yourself involved in a convoluted barter system with a domino effect necessary, where all the pieces falling into place are dependant upon the good will/honesty of strangers and conditional on a variety of other factors all coinciding with Jupiter aligning with Mars and... I just made myself dizzy. I guess some people thrive on drama and uncertainty.

[WhitneyWhit]

The car case made absolutely no sense. If the defendants wanted a truck, why not trade in their Land Rover? And if the plaintiffs wanted a different car, why not trade in one of their cars that they were planning to sale anyway? I swear, I just don't understand how people manage to turn, what should be the simple process of buying a car, into such a cluster.

[teebax]

Oh, please! Why would you do it that way when you can get yourself involved in a convoluted barter system with a domino effect necessary, where all the pieces falling into place are dependant upon the good will/honesty of strangers and conditional on a variety of other factors all coinciding with Jupiter aligning with Mars and... I just made myself dizzy. I guess some people thrive on drama and uncertainty.

Don't forget, it was also predicated on the dealership making the deal they wanted. I don't know about you, but I'd NEVER make any plans contingent on a car dealer!

 

I tried to use the car buying service my bank offers last fall. I knew exactly what I wanted, down to color, trim level, and options. It was supposed to simplify the process. In theory, I'd go to the dealership with my loan approval already in hand and they'd sell it to me at the pre-negotiated price. Three weeks and three dealerships later, plus two instances of me storming out of a dealership in a huff, I finally had the car I wanted at a better price than I'd even planned on getting, at 0% interest.

 

What a freaking nightmare that process was, filled with empty promises, silver-tongued finance guys, and a salesman who actually cussed me out when I told him I'd already bought the car from a dealership in another city because I got tired of the runaround the two dealerships where I live were giving me.

 

Where was I? Oh yeah, these litigants also made their shit show contingent on a dealership coming through with the deal they wanted. Brilliant.

[AngelaHunter]

Don't forget, it was also predicated on the dealership making the deal they wanted.

 

I DID forget that a dealer was mixed up into this mess.

 

What a freaking nightmare that process was, filled with empty promises, silver-tongued finance guys, and a salesman who actually cussed me out when I told him I'd already bought the car from a dealership in another city because I got tired of the runaround the two dealerships where I live were giving me.

 

That's terrible! Before I bought my latest car last year, I read up on the best way to do it and went to the dealer the last Friday of the month, late in the afternoon. All the employees are dying to go home and the salesman wanted to make one last commission for that month so they were very agreeable to everything I asked for, including 4 new winter tires thrown in. This was Toyota and the process was nearly painless!

[ItsHelloPattiagain]

 

What a freaking nightmare that process was, filled with empty promises, silver-tongued finance guys, and a salesman who actually cussed me out when I told him I'd already bought the car from a dealership in another city because I got tired of the runaround the two dealerships where I live were giving me.

When I bought TWO cars in the past and when I went with my daughter to buy HER car - we were baited and switched and had the sense to get up and walk out. Within 15 minutes we were getting calls from the dealerships promising the moon and stars. My son in law (who LOVES buying cars and doing the whole negotiating thing) went with me to buy my last car - he was outside talking turkey with the manager and next thing ya know he's walking back quickly and says "let's go" because the manager gave him a BS line. We went to another dealer of the same brand and once they heard his story they were falling all over to sell me a car - gave me two different discounts (loyalty and military) and even threw in a full size spare tire (car came with an idiot spare).

 

The whole thing with buying cars is not to fall in love with the car while you're negotiating. There's always another car and a better deal around the corner. Obviously the Mercedes/Land Cruiser people (or most of the people on PC) don't realize this. 

[AngelaHunter]

So, if anyone here is thinking of becoming a landlord, I suggest you watch this episode of the weirdo, awkward woman who lives with her sister in a bed-buggy apartment, thinks getting knocked up is a great idea in that situation and that everyone else should pay for her ridiculous decisions/mistakes. She left her bed-bug couch there for the landlord to remove because well, she was PREGNANT!  Oh, and what she really needed on top of all this is a DOG. The carpet is unspeakably filthy because of her "traffic"? The landlord states he has no idea of tenant/landlord laws because, well, he couldn't be bothered finding out. The insanity in this case went on and on and is off the scales.

 

"Lashae", the oldest looking 25 year old I've ever seen who was making faces as though someone was sticking needles in her as she testified had the most charming chest tats and her horrific "... me and her was... texin' ...  " grammar had me pressing the FF button again.  The defendant didn't lose much with this friendship ending.

 

OMG, a 1997 Taurus with 170,000 miles on it! Gotta have that! But who would guess that it has problems? Can anyone tell me how this ended, since the case was abruptly terminated due to newsflash?

 

 

[momtoall]

So, if anyone here is thinking of becoming a landlord, I suggest you watch this episode of the weirdo, awkward woman who lives with her sister in a bed-buggy apartment, thinks getting knocked up is a great idea in that situation and that everyone else should pay for her ridiculous decisions/mistakes. She left her bed-bug couch there for the landlord to remove because well, she was PREGNANT!  Oh, and what she really needed on top of all this is a DOG

 

"Lashae", the oldest looking 25 year old I've ever seen  ... "... me and her was... texin' ...  " grammar had me pressing the FF button again.

 

I feel I lost several IQ points watching this episode of TPC

Edited October 2, 2015 by momtoall

[cattykit]

OMG, a 1997 Taurus with 170,000 miles on it! Gotta have that! But who would guess that it has problems? Can anyone tell me how this ended, since the case was abruptly terminated due to newsflash?

MM said the plaintiff had a month to get proof that money was still owed on the car and if so, she would have the defendant return the money; otherwise the plalntiff lost.  Why the plaintiff would be surprised at a car having problems at 170K is beyond me.

 

The first case, OMG.  I feel like she was an amalgam of all the worst characteristics of People's Court plaintiffs.  Thank dog she lost.

[AngelaHunter]

Thank you cattykit!

 

I feel like she was an amalgam of all the worst characteristics of People's Court plaintiffs.

 

Pretty much! A squatter, a vindictive scammer/grifter who wants someone else to pay for all her screw-ups and she's even a Sainted Single Mother. Oh, and shameless, of course.

[NYCFree]

The follow up from Harvey--I had to listen to Harvey (sob) stated that there was no lien on the car, therefore the plaintiff had to keep the car.

[teebax]

So, if anyone here is thinking of becoming a landlord, I suggest you watch this episode of the weirdo, awkward woman who lives with her sister in a bed-buggy apartment, thinks getting knocked up is a great idea in that situation and that everyone else should pay for her ridiculous decisions/mistakes. She left her bed-bug couch there for the landlord to remove because well, she was PREGNANT!  Oh, and what she really needed on top of all this is a DOG. The carpet is unspeakably filthy because of her "traffic"? The landlord states he has no idea of tenant/landlord laws because, well, he couldn't be bothered finding out. The insanity in this case went on and on and is off the scales.

They were both annoying, but she is the type of tenant that makes me never want to rent out my house. She can't be arsed to pay her rent but knows how to call code enforcement. Whether or not the violations were valid, she didn't seem to mind any of them until she was getting the boot. It's like people who rent an illegal apartment and then call foul once they're dragged to court for not paying.

She's also a funky money who'd rather bypass showering for a few days and lose her job than find somewhere to take a shower. It's no wonder she has no friends. Girlfriend is rank. MM suggested a cheap motel. She could have gone to a truck stop and gotten a very cheap shower. Her sense of entitlement was through the roof.

And of course she was pregnant. If you can't scrape enough money together to live on your own and pay rent, bringing another life into the world makes perfect sense. Actually, once she has that baby, I'm sure me, Judge Judy, and Byrd will be supporting her. I know, I know; wrong show. She's another litigant I wish had gone on JJ, if for no other reason than that JJ would have tossed her ass out the second she finished her stupid podiatrist claim. She's ridiculous!

[BubblingKettle]

They were both annoying, but she is the type of tenant that makes me never want to rent out my house. She can't be arsed to pay her rent but knows how to call code enforcement. Whether or not the violations were valid, she didn't seem to mind any of them until she was getting the boot. It's like people who rent an illegal apartment and then call foul once they're dragged to court for not paying.

She's also a funky money who'd rather bypass showering for a few days and lose her job than find somewhere to take a shower. It's no wonder she has no friends. Girlfriend is rank. MM suggested a cheap motel. She could have gone to a truck stop and gotten a very cheap shower. Her sense of entitlement was through the roof.

 

She was on such a roll with calling officials, she didn't even care that she dimed herself out while complaining about the landlord's unregistered car.  What a dumbass - her car was also unregistered and fined too.   

 

And part of her lawsuit involved her broken toe and stepping in dog-doo.  Sounds like she just needs to be more mindful of where she's walking. A.K.A. - her fault. 

 

She better stay on good terms with her sister, because her friends want no parts of her....she said that when she asked to use their showers, they said Hell No because she'd bring her bedbugs with her. And I noticed that she carried her documents in a clear plastic bag. That reminded me of having to bag up schoolbags/coats/chairs/etc. when one of the schools where I worked had a lice outbreak (started by one family with multiple kids in multiple grades). My stomach turned when the plaintiff started scratching her head. I did enjoy it when Curt gave her the boot after she said that she still had bedbugs. 

[AngelaHunter]

She's also a funky monkey who'd rather bypass showering for a few days and lose her job

 

... and expect the landlord to pay for that too. I'm pretty sure the corner store sells water in bottles, which she could have  "boughten" for about one dollar each,  put the water in a pot, heated it up and washed her funkiest bits. Voila! So even the sire of her Blessed Event wouldn't let her in HIS home either?  I guess she was too busy calling authorities and removing the door from its hinges to think of any of that.

[AKA...CJ86]

I did like in the Hallterview that the defendant in the bed buggy furniture/apartment case shared his wife was the reason he took pictures.  As a male myself, I freely admit my female peers are always way more together with their work...and miles smarter.  

 

The plaintiff...two days w/o a shower...I couldn't do it...I can't comprehend it...  

[zillabreeze]

 

I'm pretty sure the corner store sells water in bottles, which she could have  "boughten" for about one dollar each,  put the water in a pot, heated it up and washed her funkiest bits.

My Grannie called that a 'ho bath....

 

Like every other person in the world, I have had plumbing outages, but always managed to get my pits & p--sy clean enough to go to work!

[momtoall]

A former co-worker lost water in her home for several days due to a water main break. What she did was buy baby wipes and rubbing alcohol.  Her family cleaned their bodies this way for a few days and continued with their normal routines.  She and her husband didn't miss work, her children didn't miss school and she never had an unpleasant body odor during this difficult time.  After a few days the main was repaired, water was restored to her home, and her life returned to normal.  See what happens when you have a brain.

[DoctorK]

 

See what happens when you have a brain.

More than we see from many of the overly entitled losers we see on the court shows.

[AngelaHunter]

The RV people? Plaintiff is such a slackjaw to keep that hunk of junk on her property for nearly six years. And no - that  is not your daughter-in-law. She's your son's little girlfriend, period.

 

Defendant wife was totally nasty and mouthy. I'm glad they lost.

 

Ratty landlord was some kind of weirdo who, of course, just doesn't happen to have the one piece of evidence that would let him win this case. Plaintiff: "It was a Winston Smith moment." Oh god, I am so impressed at the display of your literacy!

 

Woman trying to get 5K for her 22 year old Volvo: As JM said, imagine what would happen if everyone could get way more than their loss is worth if they're having hard times in whatever way.

[One Tough Cookie]

I was so skeeved out listening to the tenant's tale of live with the rats.  Last winter, on the coldest day o the year a mouse was able to squeeze in an extremely small opening and ran around in the frame of my house.  All I could hear was the clicky-click of its little feet.  I called the exterminator right away and he came and put some bait in the basement, but luckily for me the mouse apparently found his way out in about 3 hours. 

[cattykit]

Ratty landlord was some kind of weirdo who, of course, just doesn't happen to have the one piece of evidence that would let him win this case. Plaintiff: "It was a Winston Smith moment." Oh god, I am so impressed at the display of your literacy!

It didn't seem like MM or anyone else in the room got the allusion.  I understood the reference to 1984 but can't recall why the plaintiff's situation would have fit.

 

The landlord seemed surprised that he should actually have to bring, y'know, proof that he supposedly got in an exterminator.  He so totally never had done anything about the rats.

 

I was stationed in Korea in the early 80s and got sort of used to seeing rats all the time.  You just learned not to turn on the oven or put laundry in the washer without checking inside first.

Edited October 6, 2015 by cattykit

[Broderbits]

 

I understood the reference to 1984 but can't recall why the plaintiff's situation would have fit.

 

Winston Smith's biggest fear was rats; that's how he was broken and kept in line.

[AngelaHunter]

Winston Smith's biggest fear was rats; that's how he was broken and kept in line.

 

Room 101. We know the worst thing in the world is in there. A few litigants could do with a little trip down that hall.

[Rick Kitchen]

I was wondering why the landlord even bothered to go and get "proof".  Why not just admit he was lying without doing the adjournment?

[WhitneyWhit]

 

 

Woman trying to get 5K for her 22 year old Volvo: As JM said, imagine what would happen if everyone could get way more than their loss is worth if they're having hard times in whatever way.

No kidding. I'm certainly sympathetic to her situation, but it seemed to me like her and her daughter were hoping for bo-nanza (shout to JM), especially since, in their own words, the car was fixable and drivable. The daughter really annoyed me in the halterview when she asked what she would be left with if she had a totaled car, which didn't make sense since A) their car wasn't totaled and B) she would be left with the same thing, the value of the car when it was totaled. I think what they're looking for is called a loan officer. 

[ItsHelloPattiagain]

 

I was so skeeved out listening to the tenant's tale of live with the rats.

Hello fellow Skeeved-person. I share your pain. We had hurricane Wilma about ten years ago. Our power was out for about 14 days. So many people had to clean out their dead fridges that there were bags of garbage everywhere outside. A couple of days after the storm I open my sliding glass door to find a gigantic RAT sitting on one of the bags!!!! like a rat with a big old snakey tail!!!! I'd been fighting with raccoons and possums from the local park for years but a rat did me in. We moved to a friend's house about 30 minutes away until we could get rid of that trash. **still shuddering***

 

I felt sorry for the Volvo lady. She probably was going to keep that car forever.  I know JM had to follow the law but part of me was secretly wishing she would apply punitive damages toward that snarky lying defendant for being such a liar. 

[teebax]

I felt sorry for the Volvo lady. She probably was going to keep that car forever.  I know JM had to follow the law but part of me was secretly wishing she would apply punitive damages toward that snarky lying defendant for being such a liar. 

What struck me most about the case was MM revealing that her father had passed away recently. I know she's mentioned him over the years and was proud of his background in construction and how long he'd been alive. If she's mentioned his passing before, I missed it. The litigant crying about her dying husband, MM getting choked up about her father, and my father's recent series of strokes made me all kinds of emotional.

 

I've thought MM was a little snippier lately with litigants and that she was getting to JJ levels of just being over it all, but her revelation about her father may explain it better. I know my tolerance for BS is much lower now that my focus is on taking care of my dad and realizing he's not going to be here forever.

[Bazinga]

 

and my father's recent series of strokes made me all kinds of emotional.

 

 

now that my focus is on taking care of my dad and realizing he's not going to be here forever.

 

teebax you are one of my favorite posters here and on other show forums.  I look forward to your posts and enjoy your intelligent incite and your life stories.  I want to personally wish you and your dad well.

Edited October 6, 2015 by Bazinga

[momtoall]

I know my tolerance for BS is much lower now that my focus is on taking care of my dad and realizing he's not going to be here forever.

 

Sending positive thoughts for strength for you and your family during this time, teebax.

[NYCFree]

teebax,

I too enjoy your posts and family stories. Best regards to you, your dad, and entire family.

[ItsHelloPattiagain]

Teebax - prayers and big hugs coming to you and your dad. I imagine if we were all hanging at a bar together, oy, the stories that you would tell!! Hang in there. 

[BubblingKettle]

Teebax, I echo the messages from others. Your posts give me smiles and laughs. Sending positive thoughts to you, your dad, and your family.

 

 

I felt badly for the girl in today's first case. Her dad screwed up her car by bending/cracking parts of the wheel, and he just kept lying and lying about everything. He pulled out a variety of broken-records....'she disrespects me,' 'her car could've been like that before she let me drive it,' 'I've been on disability for 12 years,' and fake crying in the hallterview. He was slimy.

 

The woman in the second case with the sooty apartment was so spastic. I think she freaked out JMM a little bit. Curt was really a dick to the landlord in the hallterview (well, more of a dick than usual).

 

The third case of the woman who used her new credit card for a trip to a funeral --- Her story didn't make much sense. She should really just be mad at herself for being stupid enough to waste money (that she doesn't really have) on a guy who says he has no money "until he gets his check."  She claimed that she was being kind-hearted and compassionate in the name of Christianity, but there's no doubt that she is just another desperate chick throwing money to win the favor of some broke, broke-down fool. She claimed in the hallterview that the defendant wasn't being Christian.  But JC himself doesn't want his people to act like desperate morons. {I can't remember the citation, but that's in the Bible.}

[AngelaHunter]

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Her dad screwed up her car by bending/cracking parts of the wheel, and he just kept lying and lying about everything.

 

Gross! Dad is such a smarmy, obsequious liar he made me sick. But maybe his permanent disability that prevents him from doing any kind of work whatsoever caused him to crash the car and try to weasel his way out of paying for it.  The daughter said she'd helped him out in the past and I bet that's true.

 

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I think she freaked out JMM a little bit.

 

She freaked me out, what with that chameleon-like tongue that kept flicking out in the most disgusting way. Diane - please - take a pill! Omg! I don't know why the landlord deigned to linger in the hallway with that stupid, no-neck HallAssClown.

 

Then we had Reginald the Christian - who is the very definition of repulsive -  but that didn't stop him from finding a woman (Carmen, whose array of chins was dizzying) desperate enough to pay his way for everything. Well, as my mother always said, "For every pot, there's a lid."

Edited October 7, 2015 by AngelaHunter

[momtoall]

 .... fake crying in the hallterview. He was slimy.

 

 

He was a total, lying ass!!

 

The third case of the woman who used her new credit card for a trip to a funeral --- Her story didn't make much sense.

 

 

I'm at the point where I think I'd rather watch dog fight/bite cases instead of the steady stream of desperate needy women, throwing money at these worthless men.

Edited October 7, 2015 by momtoall

[BubblingKettle]

 

I'm at the point where I think I'd rather watch dog fight/bite cases instead of the steady stream of desperate needy women, throwing money at these worthless men.

 

I guess it's mean, but I enjoy the cases about desperate women. I also really like concert/wedding vendor contract problems and fashion designer/seamstress snafus.

[Rick Kitchen]

 

Curt was really a dick to the landlord in the hallterview (well, more of a dick than usual).

 

Curt was really bizarre, there (more so than usual).  What crawled up his ass in that case?

 

I also didn't understand MM telling the landlord to just slap some paint on the walls.  He gave her proof that the soot was all over the appliances and the blinds, too.

 

I want to know where Carmen banks, that she can get a $1500 credit card with no interest.

[AngelaHunter]

I'd rather watch dog fight/bite cases

 

Please no! I think I'd rather watch, "He/she keyed my car/smashed my cell phone" cases, even though I hate those too.

 

The pathetic, desperate women can be entertaining with their utter stupidity and  histrionics, but I so feel like shaking them until their brains rattle. More and more I'm thinking MM feels that way too.

[Bazinga]

Just want to point out the general concept of a person asking to get paid back money they are owed is considered "harassment" by defendants and such "harassment" relieves the borrower of having to pay the person back and entitles the borrower to damages for being "harassed."  With the dad, the "harassment" of being asked to pay for damages he caused, was called "disrespect."  People on court shows need an explanation of what harassment actually means and that asking for payment is not harassment, it is asking for payment, even if it bothers you.  The solution is to pay who you owe and they will stop "harassing" you!  Simple.  

Edited October 8, 2015 by Bazinga

[WhitneyWhit]

Did anyone else think that the "lawn care" business the defendant in the first case was supposed to have was just him walking around the neighborhood with a lawn mower asking if he can mow people's lawns for $20? Or that the truck he bought after he left the plaintiff for his baby mama was purchased by said baby mama? We'll probably see her next season suing him for the cost of the truck. I loved JM snapping on the plaintiff for being so stupid.

[AngelaHunter]

People on court shows need an explanation of what harassment actually means

 

They also need to be told that "coercion" does not mean being told that unless you buy this car/sign this lease today, it will be sold/rented to someone else. "The Godfather" had the perfect example: "Either your brains or your signature will be on this contract." THAT is coercion.

 

Definitions of "slander" and "libel" would be helpful too for all these litigants who have heard these words somewhere, have no clue what they mean, yet insist on using them.

[Rick Kitchen]

Fuck you, lady.  "Their daughter is a lesbian, she doesn't need an engagement ring."

[AngelaHunter]

"Their daughter is a lesbian, she doesn't need an engagement ring."

 

Those people were just horrendous. At first I felt sorry for the plaintiff, until we found out he's a moneygrubbing liar too, just like his thief brother and his "fiancee", the charming Gina - definitely rode hard, put away wet and in desperate need of a new bra  -  who is willing to marry an oily, slimy convicted criminal as long as she gets a ring, no matter where it comes from. They couldn't get married because the ring is CZs, and LoverBoy can't afford to buy her one himself! They all deserve each other.

 

MM: "You don't have a "big heart". You have a small brain!" Bravo! She said this to the fool LaToya, who not only took in deadbeat, broke-ass moron Jerome and rained money on him, but did it knowing he had an erstwhile knocked-up baby mamma. He dumped Latoya on his birffday after he had wrung her dry (with her full cooperation).  

 

This is why I continue to watch TPC, in spite of the constant irritation of Shyster Levin and The Hall Clown. She is just so awesome and becoming more so as she gets more and more fed up with the brainless antics she hears about every day.

[teebax]

MM is definitely tired of this shit. I can't imagine her telling someone they have a small brain even a year ago! I agree with her, but it was surprising to hear her say that. Like her, I am also tired of people claiming they gave money to a lover because they have a big heart. You want to be charitable? Donate to a charity.

The defendant who made the comment about a lesbian not needing an engagement ring has apparently missed the news. I guess she's been too busy bailing her asshole fiancé out of the slammer. I loved the way MM quickly put her in her place. I don't think the ring was fake; I think they pawned it. Maybe to the pawn shop in the other case?

[EtheltoTillie]

I thought the landlord looked like our NYC mayor DeBlasio. I couldn't get it out of my mind.

Edited October 9, 2015 by GussieK

[AngelaHunter]

I don't think the ring was fake; I think they pawned it. Maybe to the pawn shop in the other case?

 

Ooh, wouldn't THAT be delicious?

 

Like her, I am also tired of people claiming they gave money to a lover because they have a big heart.

 

And as MM says, it's ALWAYS women and their acts of charity are never because the guy has lost a leg, or been burned in a fire or been the victim of a home invasion. No, it's always because he wants a motorcycle, 24" rims, a giant screen or because he's too much of a slacker to pay his own child support for his carelessly spawned offspring.