Reminds me of a Judge Judy scene where a couple were fighting over ownership of a dog. The woman was cold but the man was caring. The dog was brought in to choose who to go to. It went to the man instantly wagging it's tail and the case was closed.

2:57 "Your honor, I didn't kill that man. I only tried to kill him and missed, I can show you the bullet hole in the wall."

Imagine you're so bad at defending clients that the PROSECUTION doesn't want you defending clients.

Story 3: yeah... family services can be really *_really_* stupid in their dedication to trying to 'reunite kids with their mothers'. Two of my cousins were *_horrifically_* abused by their mother and yet the state of N.C. child services tripped over itself trying to reunite my cousins with their mother once she got of jail for abusing her kids... and then as soon as she could she started abusing them *_again._* Their mother was a sick piece of work.

5:00 I know a guy who was accused of disability fraud, the prosecution had plenty of videos of the defendant (or someone who looked exactly like the defendant) working in his yard and on his house. The prosecution's case looked rock solid, until the defendant came to court with his identical twin brother. The prosecution tried to argue it wasn't the brother in the photos then they showed a picture of the "defendant" working in his yard while a man who looked exactly like the defendant sat in a wheelchair in the yard of the defendant's house.

Story 2: “If you see your enemy about to make a mistake, do not stop them.” -Sun Tzu

Story 3's moral: Those who represent themselves in court have a fool for a client and an idiot for an attorney.

The guy in story 6 seems like a really swell guy. Like, there's representing your client yeah, but there's also not screwing over a kid out of 9k just because of a stupid paperwork error

"So you claim you did _not_ stab your husband five times in the arm and shoulder with a bread knife?" "Of course not! I only stabbed him _four_ times, with a regular steak knife!"

When I was growing up I had an awful neighbor who had to be evicted but by the time the papers were served they were already on the run from the law. The landlord came through and was having a discussion with my dad about how the tenants had absolutely destroyed the house and it would almost cost more than the house was even worth to fix it. He'd been renting out the house to build money for a retirement fund but this would totally destroy all of his savings. My dad was like "Sounds like you need a property lawyer, my brother is one, let me call him for you!" The guy is like "Dude, I don't have the money to pay a lawyer right now, were you not listening to how screwed I am financially?" My dad's like "No, no, trust me; just let me put in a quick call." He puts the cell phone on speaker and calls his brother: "Hey, funny story; you remember my neighbor X?" "The one who embezzled money from my law firm?" "The one who embezzled money from your law firm! Well, X's landlord is here complaining X totally wrecked the house. Happen to know any *property lawyers* who might be willing to help him out?" My uncle was like "Yeah now that you mention it, I think I might know one or two." A few months later the landlord came back and cheerfully thanked my dad. He'd gotten enough money in court to totally fix up the house plus quite a bit more so he was actually going to sell the house and get out of the renting business altogether. I don't know exactly what happened in court but uh, I guess the moral of the story is don't personally screw over the local lawyers before ending up with legal problems.

I've never watched someone play powerwashing simulator and get more stressed, but here we are

Arrested for cursing in public after a parking attendant cussed me out, refused to ID himself, and then called the police to help him evade accountability. The original charge was dismissed on an uncontested first amendment motion, but they added a charge of harassment. Two years later, we're still in pre-trial motions and I'm still facing jail time. Prosecutor stipulates in the motions hearing that the parking attendant yelled obscenities at me and then refused to identify himself. Case dismissed. First amendment violation confirmed. Lawsuits on the way. The prosecutor told the judge she accidentally admitted things she didn't mean to, and then tried to charge it again as obstruction. The judge told her to take a hike.

My spouse & I were sued by our ex-landlord. We handed the paperwork to our attorney and about a month or so later we went to court. It turned out my BIL had extended the lease and had someone sign my spouse's name. The plaintiff's attorney went to great lengths to prove that we were responsible by focusing on the fact that my BIL & spouse had "clearly signed" the lease extension. The attorney must not have actually looked at the lease or extension signatures. The judge REALLY scoured the paper and then asked both my spouse & I to sign a clean sheet of paper with my spouse's name. He showed both sets of signatures to the plaintiff's attorney and asked which one matched my spouse's signature. The atty admitted none of the signatures matched the original lease. The judge also looked at my husband's license and work ID. He told the attorney the signatures not only didn't match the lease, they were not even attempts at forgery. The case was found in our favor. I wish I could say my attorney was instrumental, but he actually tried to get us to settle out of court without even looking at the documents the plaintiffs had provided. Thank heavens for 'thinking judges'.

I just love it when people provide true but totally unrelated points as "evidence".

These sound like the first case in a law game like Ace Attorney games. Like you need to prepare a case and go through the motions, but there's enough hand-holding to make sure you can't lose even if you're not ready.

It always strikes me as a little strange that so many people openly commit perjury and suffer no consequences.

A guy I knew told me how his buddy got out of drug trafficking charges The defendant was charged on trafficking 4.5 kilos of cocaine and had X amount of money. Well when they ask him if he pleaded guilty on trafficking 4.5 kilos of cocaine and X amount of money he said "No your honor. I had 6 kilos of cocaine and x+y amount of money. Who the hell stole my shit?" Charges were dropped and that's how they found out they had a dirty cop. Don't know if this story is true or not. But if it is its hilarious.

For anyone wondering what the game in the background is called - it's PowerWash Simulator

Not accidentally. I am a lawyer, and I had a case where I needed to prove my client mailed a certain paper by a certain date. Did everything humanly possible to get a record from the government. Each time, no luck. Lost at trial level, and appellate level. Filed with the US Court of Appeals. I got a brief from the government which totally destroyed such argument as I had -which was long on emotion but short on fact - you argue what you got. A few days later, I got a call from the government attorney, who told me that he ran his own search for the paper, and found it. He asked me to file a motion to remand the case and said he would join the motion. The case won, because he believed the guy deserved to win. Sometimes, just sometimes, the Justice Department does the right thing, and no, it wasn't a white guy on trial.

Was looking to get a settlement from a hotel for bed bug infestation. I got a voicemail not addressed to me from someone who I guess was representing the hotel in this matter. Wasn’t sure what to make of it but told my lawyer. She asked me to send it and when I spoke to her, she was practically cackling. Got me a tidy sum :)

Seatbelt violation. Cop testifies that I was wearing my seatbelt the entire time. Judge finds me guilty anyway.

I much rather have a lawyer that goes safe with a weak argument then one who proves the other side's point.

Guy break checks me. Goes on and on about how I was on my phone. When asked how he knew that his response was. "I saw him when I passed it's why I got into his lane so I could teach him a lesson" even if I didn't have the dash cam that showed I clearly wasn't on the phone that comment alone would have put him over 51% at fault and were in a one party fault state.

That Chad Solicitor who basically lets a poor student win .

16:50 - "They say that the man who represents himself in court has a fool for a client. With God as my witness, _I am that fool!"_ - Gomez Addams, _The Addams Family_ (1991)

I have cleaned patios, I have watched patios being cleaned on KZfaq, but watching someone else clean fictional patios on KZfaq has made me question my choices.

Story 2: Landlord recounts the entire events while the lawyer begins to slowly look at him, and then proceeds to finish. Judge: would you like to say anything Lawyer: I uh... I guess not.. Lawyer wins My thoughts: I know what the domestic abuse case but this actually got me chuckling so I think I might be going to hell for this one

Story 20 Judge: "You bought a child a birthday cake with the thought they'd pay it back?" Me: 🤣 That was the best part out of this whole video!

Lol my dad tried to represent himself during my parents divorce and the judge was like yea no rights go to the mom 😂

The one about the kid that had mom's meds in the car, was obviously because the county police was sold out to the prison concession industry. These people are capable of colluding with the sheriff, the attorneys and the mayor to get the police department to establish a monthly jailed people quota, and will go to such insane lengths to jail innocent people while leaving the real dangerous criminals alone.

My client was suing her ex husband for child support, and he presented his defense... 6 months after the statute of limitations, that, in Brazil,is 15 days.

An acquainted of mine represented by my lawyer father wanted to take his sister's custody from their drug abuser mother and put her on reab, and the judge allowed the mother to see the daughter on weekends. Very soon the mother not only missed the visit day, but also took a picture of herself drinking a beer can at the beach during that time and posted on social media. Eventualy the mother was put on reab, and nowdays she's getting better little by little.

I was indicted for a crime that I didn't commit in Elmore County Alabama. Not only did I not commit the crime though, I was actually one of the victims. My attorney didn't need to solve the crime though, it only took me 48 hours to figure it out. I solved the case and revealed more crimes than what I was being charged with, including additional federal crimes committed by the criminal. Ironically, I was indicted for a small $1000+ crime, but once I solved the case, the prosecution isn't interested in going after the actual criminal. I don't know if it's because perjury was used to indict me, or if they just lack the integrity to admit that law enforcement made some mistakes, but a criminal is free from many charges, and a few other victims all thanks to Elmore County, Alabama's 19th district court. It is important to note that I might be murdered for posting this comment. The District Attorney was kind enough to threaten revoking my bail if I continued speaking about the perjury that I believe was used to indict me. That "perjury" comes from a recorded conversation that I have in my possession that indicates that the investigator "lied" in his story to make me sound guilty and indict me. I firmly believe that the grand jury would have gone differently had they known that I called law enforcement to "report" a crime. Yes, you read that right. The person reporting the crime was indicted. It is also important, for the sake of humor, that due to a flaw in the case, the courthouse unintentionally assisted the criminal in committing additional crimes against me as they mailed the criminal my SSN, Driver's License Number, and DOB to the criminal. Roughly 1 month before trial date, it is believed that the criminal stole my identity and attempted to use my money to purchase a cell phone from Verizon. Those criminal charges are not being investigated, likely due to being related to the crime I was falsely indicted for. The Attorney General, Steve Marshall, I feel has declined to respond to any of my concerns that this case was so important when it was a small crime and I was the suspect; but now that I have proven my innocence and revealed larger crimes, it just isn't an important case. As a person that is supposed to support victims, he has more or less failed as far as I know. There's a lot more negligence to cover, but I have revealed enough. I loved it when the investigator's wife contacted me via Facebook and threatened me. You can't make this stuff up.

The 2nd story is horrifying. It is legal for a landlord to bar a tenant from calling the police??? Like even if it was not a case of domestic abuse, but she called the police on an intruder or whatever, that should be her right. I know that many people call the police on Black or homeless people just living their lives or whatever, and that's an issue that should be dealt with, but not allowing someone to call the police is NOT the solution.

"That's the normal way people think" God, I have f-ing autism and even I can tell that's not how neurotypical people think... (fun fact: I'm so high functioning my doctors keep arguing that if I have bipolar or autism or both, so currently I am classified as both)

So what I got from all of this is that there is a video game based entirely on power washing.

0:07 - Story 1 0:35 - Story 2 1:21 - Story 3 3:14 - Story 4 3:43 - Story 5 5:35 - Story 6 6:12 - Story 7 7:03 - Story 8 7:53 - Story 9 8:06 - Story 10 9:51 - Story 11 10:28 - Story 12 11:30 - Story 13 12:13 - Story 14 13:01 - Story 15 14:13 - Story 16 14:51 - Story 17 16:49 - Story 18 17:25 - Story 19 18:08 - Story 20 19:19 - Story 21 21:51 - Outro

In story 3, the cross-examination I think I can imagine it from Depp case

That moment when Ace Attorney villains are somehow on par to a few irl cases. Now I'm morbidly curious to find irl Redd White take the stand.

COMPLETELY off topic, but what game is being played in the background? It looks very satisfying.

somehow the way this guy playes the game leaves me more dissatisfied and frustrated than before

I read the title and instantly went "Hmmm... I wonder if the opposing counsel in the ALEX JONES case has posted their story here..."

I have a story!! I was 3 at the time but it’s been retold and retold for years. I can’t remember a good amount of it, but it went somewhat like: Bio dad: attempts to SA my cousins (they were 8-9 respectively) Cousins: tell my mom Mom: calls the cops Bio dad: gets arrested Me and my sister: get questioned My cousins: tell them what happened Bio dad: gets shut down. Also, after that, someone called cps on my mom on the basis of “she’s not feeding us.” They came to the house where there was a fresh plate of at least 12 biscuits on the stove. They essentially said “just clean up the house.” (It was bad because of what just happened)

Not a lawyer, but I'll never forget the time I served on the jury and the prosector asked their primary witness to confirm they reported an instance of the defendant making threats. The defendant firmly and explicitly denied this, and in fact the 911 call recording confirmed it. To be fair to the prosecutor, it looked like an honest mistake on the part of reporting officers, and thus getting filtered down to those working the reports...but she didn't back down. The rest of the trial she still kept hammering this point home, and in deliberations we even double-checked because we all had it in our notes...But the witness simply, at no point, made the accusation that the defendant was being charged with. We probably would've found him innocent even if we were in backwards land "presume the defendant is guilty until proven innocent" because we had actual proof that he was innocent of that charge. (There was an additional charge, that was a harder call...in truth I think it was more likely then not the defendant committed the other charge...but we couldn't make that determination beyond reasonable doubt and so acquitted him.)

Big plus to the ethical attorney that called about the obviously senile attorney's ineptitude. Full disclosure, I'm a senior myself.

The one time I ever saw a court case, the guy that went before us was charged with wreckless driving due to passing someone on that outer part of the road which is only for when you get pulled over or your car breaks down. The judge asks him to explain his case and he says at the corner of Moscow road (its a small town so everyone knows where this is) he passed the prosecutor at the right when the prosecutor was slowed down and turning left onto Moscow road. There is no right lane, and passing via the left lane would've drove him straight into the prosecutor. The judge was at least kind enough to explain that you cannot legally pass someone without using a proper lane (this guy borderline drove off the road and back on it) and the case was dismissed.

A renter was taken to court for putting nails in the wall to hang pictures. They denied putting holes in the wall then added: besides they were only little holes

Ive never heard of anyone reported an ID stolen. I’ve known numerous people who’ve had their ID or drivers license stolen and I don’t know a single one that reported it to police. You just get another one from the DMV

Story 21 is like a tutorial case from a bizarro Ace Attorney game where you play as the prosecutor (do stuff in the court, as opposed to just being in a point and click adventure game that inevitably ends up involving international conspiracies. Although, I suppose the case sets up potential links to one such conspiracy...)

Not a lawyer here, but was riding a city bus, which was hit by a pickup. Well, I drove a 1963 Ford gran torino. It was a big boat of a boat. When I was testifying, the DA asked the usual questions. Then he asked if it was possible to pass the bus without crossing the other lane. Well, I often drove that way if the freeway was jammed. No way could I pass a bus without going over the line. He pursued that line and then rested. Guilty as charged. The DA was SO glad he just followed that line.

There was this guy up in Wisconsin, who took the stand, and admitted he had pointed his own weapon at the defendant, immediately before his bicep became pink mist.

6:28 does this mean every single time I've picked up my mom's or my sister's prescription I've been breaking the law?

Pro-tip: yellow nozzle takes care of most types of grime in power wash sim.

Trying to evict someone because they called the police is the worst thing I've ever heard of

Would love to hear more of these!

Can we get a revamp for family services, laws, and policies? Along with foster parents too both ways? I'm upset

Story 4: can you not renovate if you can see it from a church

On the tree story. OP, they didn't buy you Ice Cream. They bought themselves Ice Cream. They were just gracious enough to share.

Is it a common practice ( I guess this is in the USA) to sue someone just because you tripped on a branch ( or root idk, how do you trip from a branch ??) from their tree ? That is like the stupidest thing I've ever heard.

Representing yourself in court is badass but you only want to do it if you're actually smart and have a landslide victory case if you're not a lawyer

That landlord that trashed the house is something else. That is *disgusting* the state he left it in, especially knowing people were going to be living there. Edit: And yes, I know that's *why* he did it.

The Rittenhouse trial was kind of this pretty much. Like embarrassingly so. Binger was without a doubt the worst prosecutor I’ve ever seen.

Man, dude in the sixth story is a genuine fucking champion, trying to help make sure someone isn't screwed over even if they're on the opposing side.

Thanks for the great stories!!!

"Closing argument?" "Nah the other side said it for me"

6:00 DUDE!! That lawyer for the *opposing side* doing the right thing there was freaking *_ballsy._* What he did there could get him disbarred if it was found out. He could literally lose the privilege of practicing law ever again if he was caught. Lawyers get what is effectively a doctorate over the course of becoming a lawyer and this guy could lose everything if the person he helped had a big mouth. Thats brave and honorable behavior right there. For those who don't know, even though he was preventing someone from getting cheated, by the standard of ethics lawyers go by, he betrayed his clients trust. Losing his license for that would be all but guaranteed if I'm not mistaken. I'm no lawyer, maybe a lawyer can confirm or deny my statement?

Story 12 is a great case study in the importance of defense attorneys.

If a child refuses to go back to an abusive parent, why would the courts even order it? Like why can't the child just go "nuh-uh"? It's literally insane to me that a child can literally say "biological parent is an abuser" and a court will still go "go back to real mommy uwu". What if the kid decides to remain with the foster family?

Just a small critic. The stories are awesome and entertaining but i have a hard time understanding the voice as non native, so i have to read the titles. Unfortunately the videos behind them stress me out and confuse me while i try concentrating on reading / whats happening. This applies also to the "Am i the Jerk" Videos.

Judge: Are you accusing the definition of contact fraud? Prosecution: you’re goddamn right I am!

I appreciate the honesty with these people.

For tires:get yourself what's called a valve core tool. Use it to remove the valve core which keeps the air in the tire. Use this on your own vehicles should Necessity dictate.

#15 -- I love the picture this paints. Poor, poor lawyer! I wonder how he carried on for the rest of that day. Maybe the guy really was injured by carelessness on that street, but there'd be no hope for him. Straightforward detail and memory accuracy is everything in court and you don't have to be nutty not to have it. I know from a family case that this is exactly the kind of straightforward memory-based detail good accident lawyers check and double-check with their clients ab nauseum in case it ever ends up being in a courtroom.

Being able to testify while questioning a witness is the one advantage of representing yourself.

i love how in the background is power wash sim job 2 gameplay

I love your videos I watch them everyday and am I the jerk tysm for your hard work

16:42 im dying 💀

Not exactly what was asked, but once I was defending a bid protest and the main issue was how far away something was from a grocery store. So we had two surveyors claiming different distances. Turns out the plaintiff's "expert" somehow forgot the Pythagorean Theorem, but I didn't. I showed them on a piece of scrap paper that a^2 + b^2 did not equal the length they claimed... The settlement conference came to an abrupt halt.

The way u said "Brian"😂

Story 3 is terrible. I went through this same situation as a child my mother was abusive and me and my brother wanted to live with our father. The court would not grant him custody even though we had no water, electric or food. I was beat daily by my mother until I was old enough to pick where I wanted to go.

Wait wait wait. Did he use the voice of suction cup main for the vice of the mom?

I've heard story 20 before and still do not understand how anyone could think that, unless it was just to get back at OP's mom for breaking up with him, that buying things for people without telling them they'd intended for such things to be paid back, as miniscule as cheeseburgers, Kit-Kats, and birthday cakes, but expecting the recipients to do so is something everyone believes and acts accordingly. I also don't understand why someone would buy inexpensive things like cheeseburgers, Kit-Kats, and birthday cakes and expect them to be paid back. Big things, expensive things, whatever those might have been as they weren't identified, yeah, that one would be expected to pay back if big enough and had been stated beforehand that it was a loan that would need paid back.

The fainting in the last one sounded like an Ace Attorney meltdown moment 😂

Chopping off your own fingers to get insurance money? No sh*t the insurance costs are THAT high...

The voice that you do for the karens / bad buys always sends me 😭😭😭

come for the podcast, stay for the gameplay.

5:56 that’s really nice of the other guy, helping out.

I love the voice you used for the mom in story 3😂😂😂😂

Ngl, the first one was smart

Story 2: Opposing council absolutely did that on purpose

Story 6 was the perfect example of doing your job right in law. Giving justice whether it benefits you or not

The entire #AmberTurd trial was this. 🤣🤣

Weed ls legal here and 11 is still hilarious.

Remembering the guy that specifically said he wasn’t shot until he pointed a gun at Rittenhouse 😂 got the entire persecution’s main point destroyed and kyle was only slapped on the wrist to avoid a riot

Story 6: Restored my faith in humanity.

The guy who had the itemized list the only way he's not going to die alone is if he finds a woman who wants to be pampered and is willing to exchange her body to do so. If he does not find that exact person he is going to be alone forever

story 3 is so on point, family services and family court is useless granted it was a long time ago(1990s) but it took my mother like 7yrs, in CT, to get my biological father barred from seeing my siblings(I actually turned 18 before it ended) despite witnesses to the mental and physical abuse and him doing a brief stint in jail for domestic violence it wasn't till his sister decided to show up, with her credentials, that he finally lost... she came up from DC to testify with 'credentials in hand' it was an ongoing issue his entire life(why she waited that long, I have no fuckin clue) where he would mentally, physically, and sometimes sexually abuse women because it was "his right as a man" or whatever BS(the SA was 70s when things like f'in a blackout drunk chick wasn't R but just normal and consent/rejection from wives was 'not a thing') one of my two siblings is 'semi normal' if her tastes in men does seem a bit sus, the other has enough mental and substance abuse issues to keep a shrink in business for life I have my own issues, but I spent a lot of time being raised by my grandparents on my mother's side due to work schedules and whatnot

I think you should have a link to the posts you are reading from and you should also show the user name of the people you are taking the stories from

Juror speaking. Criminal case. Prosecutor questioning the key witness. The witness's testimony is incomprehensible dribble. Prosecutor finished and I thought to myself, "That settles it, there's no way I can vote guilty." Defense lawyer does cross-examination. All the mysteries and confusion were cleared up. I thought, "Oh, that was helpful. Plenty of evidence pointing toward guilt *now*." (yeah, I know I shouldn't make up my mind until I hear the defense case. My mind wasn't made up. I just clearly understood the prosecution's case now.)

are you...are you pressure washing a fence in a video game?!!