He's an idiot.

or DEAD

You are right, I wonder where the girl's mother is?

The Father is not helping this child. His behaviour was so poor. I wonder why she was not left outside until her time came to testify....this case really broke my heart 😞

I agree with you 100 %, I was thinking the same thing while I was watching the video, the father lied about his doughter is seeing a psychologist!!..

Maybe she'll start a KZfaq channel, and it'll be lit!

Yesss❤❤❤❤ and extremely beautiful

The Plaintiff was very well spoken and the Defendant was so in his head and the Daughter was a major bad influence due to bad parenting.

I couldn’t agree more

I agree, but sadly even social services is not obligated to divulge past dangerous behaviours to an adoptive family, or even to another child services branch in another area of a country, and this has led to abuse and even murder. They should be forced to divulge dangerous crucial information, and be setup to communicate with other branches properly.

@@BirdNerd52 agreed

@@BirdNerd52 and would probably help if her mother was actually involved. They say she isn't involved, that likely doesn't help the poor girl.

@@jessicamcgaughey8551 Always mention the state and county so people are not misled with information. This is not a universal practice.

@@cha-ronfaheemtaylor4556 true enough, here in Canada they are not obligated to divulge past behaviour of those going to foster homes, or divulging it to other provinces to ensure other kids are safe.

Yes I agree

If she's not, she will be. Her dad just keeps bailing her out instead of helping her see that what she's doing is wrong. Now, he COULD be trying to make up for the absentee mother. But he's gonna go broke trying to cover up his daughter's mistakes instead of making her take some responsibility for what she does.

I can believe that

Sad because she didn't start that way.

I don’t think so. Just that lonely weird kid with homicidal tendencies. Hope she got a good therapist

😂

Wow😂😂😂

I’m screaming😂

He may be lost and need help himself. We're human and no one is perfect.

@@babygroot81prech bro

Apparently neither is the mom

How can you forget the mom? He is a man. He cant be her mother too.

I was thinking that same thing smh

He keeps repeating the same shit

I don't blame him. He's so overwhelmed. It must be hard to be a single Dad to a daughter particularly a freaking fire starter.

He literally said he is getting her intervention/therapy.. what else do u want him to do if the kid is a piromaniac..

Little girl needs prison ppl like that dont change

Yeah if he would've kept his cool, he would've only had to pay $350. But let this be an expensive lesson for him.

Right on!

the REAL issue here has nothing to do with money. When you set an entire living room on fire, which could have killed EVERYONE living there, and display HER attitude, the daughter's? the father squawks on and on and on, ignoring the real problem. His daughter, standing right next to him. We can talk all day about praying for her. That young woman needs serious help from the STATE.

Nique Nique Exactly!

Will March Well said! Metaphysical prayers will not cut it. Real physical and psychological work with the help of a therapist is needed here!

Neither one of them will take the blame for the fire.

@@rmills807 Exactly. Neither one wants to accept blame but the fact is they're both to be blamed; daughter for setting the flames, and father for not getting control of her and realizing there's a serious problem.

Don't forget delusional.

Tree.....apple

The child had guts to fake cry when the judge told her to sit down, I bet you the kid wasn't crying when she lit the house on fire!!

Bingo. Let that father and daughter be in front of Judge Judy and they pull this same stunt. Judge Marilyn was already pissed with the both of them, but they ain't seen anything if they saw Judge Judy. Hopefully if the girl's mom is in the picture she get her hands dirty and reins her in immediately, be it therapy or anything else.

She is emotionally damaged. Probably because her mother bounced. Maybe she feels abandoned.

Age is clearly not an indication of maturity 🤦

Lucky it wasn't judge mathis

@@alyssag.5758 yes she is damaged and hurt

Perhaps Paula would be better off if she was taken from her parents and given to the plaintiff.

In the middle of the night with her other kid in the home…. Disturbing

And when were you going to start helping she needed her place back to

He wasn't doing shit but paying his bills now work on getting your daughter some before she burn you up!

What a miserable cunning abusive man!

These guys are a mess. Just being a single father is not a big deal. Being a GOOD parent is honorable.

Foolish and just plain irresponsible as a mother. We don't help others if it can bring harm to our own babies.

It’s sad but true. Plus the plaintiff has 2 young kids too. They deserve to be safe. She can’t watch Paula again :/

Foolish but she has a good heart. She's trying to be a good person for this man doing it alone.

She is trying to help and the little girl needs a mother and she don’t want to abandon her like her mother did

I think she just said that because at the end when she was asked she said “Nah, would you?”

Right! All I kept thinking was “ANYMORE??? Has it landed you in court before??”

I said the same thing to my husband !

I know!!! I couldn't believe he said that.🙄

That one set me off too! I was thinking dude, your daughter destroyed her home, giving her money to fix it isn't charity. You ain't Unicef!!!!

That made me so angry!! And he said it twice!!

Facts

The audacity of that man. That poor kid. Her eyes look soulless, I wonder where she is today because she has major problems and I doubt the dad is equipped to fix any of them. He can’t even be quiet for 2 seconds in a court room and he screamed “liar liar” and the daughter picked it up. Makes me wonder if he burns things himself and that’s where she got it from. She imitated him and gets more irritated as he does.

“Kids do these things” uh , no they do not 😒

Where the videos 😭

And I wope. That AZZ. Again 👍

Yeah, she will and it may kill people next time. Father needs to do something, for real.

Your right !

In all fairness, from what I heard, it sounds like the father having custody of her is a new thing. She previously lived solely with her mother, who was maybe doing drugs, and the daughter was setting things on fire before her father was a part of her life. This behavior probably has just as much to do with the mom and the things she did, as it does with the father's actions.

Yes absolutely. Even more so from the mother if that's who she lived with primarily.

Before we play therapists, know that every situation is different. As a child, I liked lighting things on fire. I would do it in the sink so I could put it out. I wasn't angry; just intrigued. I grew out of it when I accidentally burned my grandmother's countertop. I saw grew, but really was just scared to do it again!

You're right, every situation is different. But in this case, that's why she was doing it.

@@ChroniclesofaRunawayBride That's the difference, for you the fire got out of hand, you got scared, and stopped lighting fires. This girl has lit fires before this incident that got out of hand, yet it didn't scare her into stopping.

Or if we did, we got the shit beat out of us to NEVER, EVER do it again.

Maybe paper in the bathroom sink but definitely not furniture

I definitely lit stuff on fire as a kid but never in someone's home or anywhere near where people were. I did however used to light tiny fires in the park by my house but I always carried water because fire scared me 🤦🏾‍♀️🤣

As a kid ,and access to lighters \matches I kit lots of stuff on fire. Usually my toys,in the alley playing Army...I was a destructive kid took a hammer 🔨 to my toys as well. My parents weren't Rich and I wasn't spoiled by no means. I just liked realistic accidents and took steps to make my toys look smashed after an accident. When smash em crash em toys were the rage ,I had Tonka tuff as bullet's 🤪 yes I regret that I ruined so many things that would be worth big money now . I never started any house fires or fences...just my stuff. Now I am a fixer of thing's.

What you mean kids do these things? Kids do these things if experience bad situations from environment. Kids nowadays reach own decisions at very young age. Too much technology, for instance, where parents feel technology can teach them, so they ignore what they should be doing.

Manipulative…..

I know this is a serious situation but i was dying of laughter when she said that

😂😂😂

She'll definitely be in court again

@@Bangtanlicious-ev3sn it's the father, he's not setting the right example. She'll only get worse if he doesn't get his self together

Well, as I said before, Doug should've asked her about proper courtroom behavior.

Sounds like she's going to be a good American. She has a future in politics.

She’s a DEMON!! A YOUNG SATAN’S ADVOCATE!!!!

@@NONPOINT420 Who are you to judge? Primates, you say? Why do white children, kill their entire families?

@@NONPOINT420 You are absolutely disgusting and obviously soulless and if anyone was raised by primates, it's you.

Lyndia Black don’t address the jackass

He’s a deadbeat.

it makes sense where the daughter got it.

@@CShannon1991 how is he a dead beat.. he’s standing next to his daughter now..

@@eatmycooter6866 A deadbeat as in not teaching his daughter how to act like a respectable human. Here's the definition of deadbeat an idle, feckless, or disreputable person.

@@eatmycooter6866 just cause he’s standing there doesn’t mean he’s not a dead beat he’s obviously teaching her how to be a piece of shit like him

Normal kids play with matches, Normal kids don't set multiple things on fire and try to kill people and lie about "Deodorant".

Lots of kids play with fire out of curiosity; it's just usually once or twice.

@@cindylemons9677 I don’t know any kids nor did myself or my siblings ever play with fire INSIDE. We had enough common sense to do that outside in an environment where it couldn’t kill people.

@@anhenry2998 I did not indicate if playing inside or out. My youngest son did set some clothes on fire in his bedroom at about 5 or 6 years old. I think he tried to burn a string on a new shirt like he had seen his dad do. Kids do crazy stuff at times!!!

@@cindylemons9677 Yea I wouldn’t consider that playing with fire though. Shoot I’ve done that! I try to burn off a string then have to start doing the fire dance 🤣 only time I can ever remember playing with fire was when we had bonfires going and we would set sticks on fire and then wave them around and write on rocks with the burnt part. But only kids who are in the country with bonfires can do that. It really comes down to the parents. When you teach your kids about the damage and destruction fires can cause it should prevent any kid from playing with fire inside at the very least. If it’s a child that doesn’t listen to their parents i would just be sure to never have lighters or matches anywhere the kid can access. Just like this case, you can tell the dad was lacking in the parenting dept so it’s really more on him than it is the little girl.

Yip because even at the end for the interview instead of apologizing she bout there saying the lady is a liar and never come to court Baby your ass will be in court if you ever set another fire.......that lady could have brought criminal charges and she didn't

I think a part of her can't help it.

Update y'all The little girl is now 17 and just got arrested for shooting and killing a man and attempting to kill another....

@@essencewilliams3253 Wow !! I was actually wamdering how they were all doing. D With all due respect, do you have a link to give us ? To justify what youbhavw written ?

They used her middle name on the show because she's a minor

@@essencewilliams3253 i just fckin knew it

judy mann absentee mother......if mom don’t care why should she and the dad pointing fingers at others doesn’t help and teaches her to not take responsibility for her action. I hope someone steps in before it’s too late.

I noticed the same thing. Most likely she was abused as an infant which is why she has no regard for human life at 9 years old. Praying she gets real help because whatever they’re doing is not working

Unfortunately, I fear her mother is out there in them streets and on drugs. You can infer based on his implicit comment about the mother... He just didn't wanna say it out loud in front of the child.

Shes going to be locked up if something does not change

@@aquariangoddessam I agree. It's very sad.

Looking for her deodorant because she knew it was about to get hot in that house; sorry. Poor girl will never have a chance to get her mental health in check if her father makes excuses and blames her actions on other people.

And then her whole little attitude changed when the judge leaned forward and asked if she knew the difference again. That slight eyeroll and the tone of her "yes" was enough for me.

@@Bee-hq1mk And that's what prompted her to throw her hands up

Who looks for deodorant at 1 and why? She was lying

They both need help. Like seriously.

@@mooker217 That part!!!

Something is wrong, her eyes tell all. Maybe some type of abusive?

Look at the little girl eyeing e plantiff when she’s talking

@@Naadeneo She just looks so remorseless, maybe it's neglect

Exactly

I wish my child would pull some shit like this I’d set that ass on fire, and I ain’t talking no lighter

@@JAYYTV_Vids agreed. That right along with signing her into a mental institution to get round the clock care for a bit.

I used to work at a school for dangerous children, some of them were older. I had access to files. One 19 year old, beautiful, quiet, never a problem. Record said she starts fires, judge ordered her to the school when she tried to burn down a psychiatric ward.

@username101 tba Stop his daughter is DANGEROUS. There's a difference in kids being kids and getting into normal things. So you stay awake to watch them. And this child being a known pyromaniac with no empathy on how it affects others.

issues with dad, too. Setting the entire living room on fire? He is in denial of the real problem here. Everyone in the entire BUILDING could have died because of that!

She has a heart of gold, but a brain of mush. You don't let an arsonist come back to your house again after almost killing your whole family.

you feel bad for the girl who was disrespectful the whole time to the judge and put on a baby voice barely audible to seem innocent? She's not innocent; she knows exactly what she's doing. And I can't even be fooled that her dad probably helped her practice.

@@jessicasparkle yes exactly. She is a creepy little girl. The manipulation has been no doubt happening for a long time now.

Defo!

She is a fellow NYer she knew what that meant.

Exactly

well its not often u see that soo

Right

@Mdb lol woman get credit for going above and beyond. for someone to carry a child for nine months is a crazy and dangerous thing to do

Crack rock Chris

Don’t forget PRISONS too. Both of them.

Yep!

Yes she needs help

the parents are also in total denial. I hate making judgements, I do....but is it possible she is becoming sociopathic?

and I fear the dad is too far confused and too far in denial. The real problem is the child, and what she is WILTING into.

Agreed, the Father's attitude was so disturbing as well. The little girl has his horrible attitude.

Just said the same thing . She is already a liar and manipulator . If her parents don’t do something now I can predict her future .

The father is the problem. Passing that craziness down to his daughter.

My mom and dad would’ve whipped my ass day in day out if I ever do that. I couldn’t even come with attitude or throw up hands when they were talking to me. She doing this from early so it needs to be nipped in the bud before she gets even worse

the memories😍😍

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Best comment!!! 🏆🥇

I didn’t even know those long lighters even existed at 9 years old. I didn’t even know what smoking was until I was 11.

It really is because Det. Brought a lil girl in her home and she started a fire at night 😬

The plaintiff's hair and makeup are immaculate.

@@traciegrant makeup, yes. That wig isn't sitting right with me.

this SHOW is scripted ... Judge PHILlis asks questions just like Sally Jessy

@@ezrider1205 Oh ffs where the hell did you come up with that assumption...??? Judge Milian is a fabulous no-nonsense judge who's rulings are all according to the law.

How did they know it was her who started the fire?

@@sonyretroradiofan177 the fire department asked who was in the living room. The plaintiff then told the fire fighters it was the little girl

If they seen her before they would've said tht 😂yea they yelled but y'all reach man shut uppp

Yelling at a troubled child is not a noble way to behave.

The fire dept was wrong for yelling at her.

What is worst than hurting herself or others 🤣

If she goes to therapy it’s Def court ordered otherwise Dad would not be interested. It’s mot helping her either.

If she goes to therapy I’m sure the father asks her about it every time and tells her the therapist is wrong. The father needs therapy most of all

@@Mooe-cb6bv killing others or herself. Obviously.

@@miamyren I was being sarcastic and I said the exact same thing you said😅

She got that from dad. 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

hahahaha so true ! Even the little girl out lasted him.

Sure didn't smh

Lmaoooo it’s true! She started off acting polite but that went out the window quickly.

She started the case by staring down the plaintiff. Respect, accountability, honesty, humility, are all lessons Dad can't teach because Dad doesn't display any of those characteristics himself.

He said she started setting fires at 5 years old..... 5 years old, shes been setting fires for 4 years

Sadly, you are correct . As much as I dislike the girl, she’s a child that grew up in an environment that made her who she is

Facts

@@user-qo9ke7cu6b So sad!!!

@@MisaKeiJune I hope not...

Case 39

@@andrejamal5438 Ugh I hate that movie, scares the crap out of me!!! 😅😂😅

Cyoongi2018 lmao wasn’t that bad.

@@andrejamal5438 facts!!!

Nope I caught that. I also caught that he doesn’t go to bed until Paula is sleep.

Exactly, the fire was retaliation.

So Dr Shonda, I feel like you could be a psychiatrist. If so, do you see this little girl being an inmate in the future? Cause I do. She's got serial killer tendencies and fire is gonna be her signature.

That’s a great point doc!!

😳 I didn’t even put that together ! She probably just wanted to ruin the couch but it ended up bigger then she was expecting . Smh

I agree.

I thought the same thing. I would be very scared of that little girl, it is something like out of a bad lifetime movie!

If something isn't done fast, I'm truly afraid for the plaintiff and her child. I took note of how that child replied to what she learned - to avoid court. That is one truly dangerous little girl. I'm worried about exactly the same thing the judge said about her killing someone because that's one rage-filled bomb waiting to go off.

She's got that whole psychopath staring into space thing down pat

@Nathan Scott True. 😳

There's an obvious issue with her and he's not treating it seriously, but... Do you go to sleep before your kids if you have any? She's 9, not for example 15. We have a 6 and 11 year old and we also go to sleep when they are already asleep, doesn't mean we're scared of them...

I go to bed when I'm tired whether or not my kids go to bed or not. I think he knows what his daughter is capable of doing and he is not getting the services she needs.

Sadly, the father isn’t equipped to handle himself.

I'm sorry but he's not trying. He set a horrible example for his daughter. She mimics everything her dad does, from throwing her hands up, being disrespectful to the judge, attempting to interrupt and then saying the plaintiff is a liar. She's going to end up killing someone if a 3rd party doesn't step in.

@@deannadhunter Yup, agreed. It was very telling that at the end, the daughter responded to the question "What did you learn?" with "She's a liar and I don't want to go to court anymore." The father should have IMMEDIATELY corrected her, but instead he's huffing and puffing in the background repeating how the plaintiff is a liar. They both show a pattern of clinging to any excuse to avoid responsibility. Even if the plaintiff WAS lying, that doesn't excuse your daughter's actions. "Has your daughter done this before? "Yeah but it was like three years ago." "Did she light the fire?" "Yeah but the plaintiff should have been watching her." "While she was asleep?" "She shouldn't have gone to sleep until my daughter was asleep." "Did you agree to pay?" "Yeah but the plaintiff's father yelled at me and I didn't like that". Never just her fault!

@@Bakaferret Note the pattern...yeah but, yeah but, yeah but. 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

He is trying and he needs to try harder. He is upset, and at the wrong person. This lady did nothing wrong

@@nannynewsviews542 Its even worse than that, he painted himself as a victim, complaining that "I helped her!" as if he gave her money to help her with paying off her car or something! Like wtf his daughter set her couch on fire and he does the "I HELPED HER OUT OF THE KINDNESS OF MY HEART" shtick?

Yep yep lol 😆

Yesssss 😂😂😂😂☺️

Lol 😆

LMFOAOO YESS

She still has plenty of time may God protect her and guide . Am so sad poor girl

@@amalmoallin In JESUS CHRIST NAME AMEN

@@errolwilsonvillep6774 yes Amin may God let it be

Poor girl

She's 9. There's always a chance. Also, making an assumption that the dad was on drugs is presumptuous. He just looks like he's in his 50s and likely has grown kids. He's probably tired.

Omg my brother was the same way as a kid now he is a fire fighter. My mom made him be a junior volunteer fire fighter and he was educated on safety. This Dad has to calm down.

Aww, I love that he’s a firefighter now! What a great story

Good job mom!!!

So instead of lighting fires, he's extinguishing them now.

I'm super glad this worked for your son! But it's more commonly a worrisome thing when people who have played with fire become firefighters. Most arsonists are also firefighters; there are an overwhelming amount of articles and studies on the subject - interesting to read! www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.3563183

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@@juliebowes3977 💖💖💖

What's weird to me is you can see and hear the world around you and still believe we are the same. It's chosen silliness at its finest.

Yes they get more credit because society has painted an UGLY picture that black families don’t have active BLACK FATHER’S. That black men are dead beats, in jail or raising someone else’s kid with another woman. So yes, when there is an opportunity to praise them WE (black women) will acknowledge it! 😊

I agree. Almost every child does it once. And the fear and punishment are usually enough to curb that. But its the ones that do it repeatedly that you need to worry about. (I know a child like this. I believe when he is on his on he will be a serial killer. ) The child needs help. The father just needs to understand it is a problem. Because you can tell just how much he loves that child.

@@Astred1213 I don't agree, neither of my children ever lit a fire, nor did my nieces, nor did my brother or I when we were young. Out of all my friends growing up, I know of one case and it never happened again. She was just someone I knew from visiting my Grandmother. None of my school friends or those that lived near me did it.

Thanks for not saying she's a whole lot of other ugly things like some of these other people have said, like saying she needs jail. Jail is not the answer. We have no idea what she's going or have been through when she was with her mother. I hope she hasn't been touched or raped by anyone and that's the reason for her starting fire's.

Every kid does not do this. Wtf are you talking about?

@th1smomentisfate jail is not the answer for everyone.