He only spent 4 years in prison for killing her son what an injustice.

"I'm stronger than that" how he can stand up there and speak so high and mighty about himself after he murdered somebody's child is beyond me. He is absolutely despicable

His lack of humility is proof that he is much more susceptible to a relapse

She pulled his heart out with that last line

It's really sad that he took her sons life due to HIS OWN ADDICTION...It's usually the guilty party that survives these car accidents which is most upsetting 😡

He shut his mouth real quick when she called him a killer.

He stated he done a lot for her like that excuses killing her son 😢

If you take my children to a crack house THERE IS NO WAY IN HELL YOU WOULD GET A CHANCE TO BE IN THEIR PRESENCE AGAIN ! He is not the only one to blame here !

I don’t know how she looks him in the face and it was disgusting for him to talk about “things” he gave her. You can’t talk about that when you took one of the most priceless, precious things she had.

He’s raggedy as hell all of y’all saying it’s her it’s her yeah she knew what he was but that doesn’t excuse him to kill her son that was HIM . And he doesn’t pay his child support he’s a deadbeat and only got sober because of prison time . I bet if he didn’t get any jail time he’d still be smoked out .

He killed her son..... Sending positivity, love, and protection to her

He was raving about what he did for her; that does not negate his murder.

In 2001 that same Son told her he took him and his siblings to a "crack house". In 2008 she was still with him and allowed a crack head/pill addicted man to take her child somewhere. I'm sorry she was also NEGLIGENT! There is absolutely NO WAY HE WOULD HAVE EVER been ANYWHERE NEAR ME, LET ALONE MY CHILDREN!

She shut him down real quick at the end calling him a killer and he didn't know what to say after that. Lol. Well! You gotta suffer the consequences

There is absolutely no way that my child would've been on that trip with him... idk how old he was!! His father would've left alone after I started tripping. 🤦🏾‍♀️🤷🏾‍♀️

That man has a lot of nerve. I can guarantee he will be back to smoking crack in a few years 🤦🏾‍♂️

The people on here must be friends of the defendant. Yes she chose to be with him he chose to drive high which killed her son. She isn't the killer. He is. And he doesn't seem remorseful. Time will tell. Condolences to the family.

Killed her son, high on pain pills … did only 4 years .., that’s privilege at its highest peak because Aint no way

Seeing this open's my eyes to the fact that in all my drinking and driving how fortunate I am that I never had a tragedy like this occur. I am not currently going to any meetings, but I think that I will go back to AA. It is s easy to fall back into that lifestyle.

This is by far the worst episode I've ever seen of Judge Mathis..and I've watched a lot of them.While high he killed her son????!! Only served 4 years???!!! And have the audacity to STILL be talking shit on top of everything else.?? This one officially takes the cake on trifflin.

After loosing a son, I couldn't take the killer of my child to court. She's so brave. This is tragic 😥

I can’t believe what the defendant said at the end smh

4yrs.that's not enough but they always get a slap on the wrist & that's going to be their downfall!!!!

I COULDN'T LIVE WITH MYSELF IF I KILLED SOMEONE'S CHILD

I’m sure her son dying in the accident hurts him and he thinks about it and regrets it every day.

Why didn’t she get charged for negligence for leaving her son with an addict? Like Mathis said he was addicted to crack wayyyy before the pills so there had to be signs that she was ignoring both are bad parents

I’m not a fan of below the belt jabs, but sometimes you have no other choice but to gut punch. The way she called him a ki//er, shut him up real quick. He deserved that one due to the way he was talking crazy at the end.

Him Having my kids in a crack house would be reason for dismissal for me. He'd be long gone with no second Chances.

Only 4 years?

Heart breaking for both

SAD in So Many Ways 😭

This is the 1st I've heard, "I've been clean for 5 years" n it was not followed by a round of applause. That just goes to show how solemn the mood in the courtroom is; as it should be. :-(

She made some poor decisions CLEARLY… but the majority of the comments I see are condemning HER and feeling bad for HIM. That’s… wild!

9:50........Smh....The moment when I realized the defendant needs to show more humility and take more positive steps in repairing the obvious hurt he has caused others in the death of the oldest son. Watching this case is sad because the defendant comes across as not being very remorseful for the death caused by his very own selfish actions and it shows it will have unfortunate lasting implications. You see at the end outside of the courtroom that the plaintiff will only see the defendant as a killer and nothing else. ⚖

All I can say is wow smh

Killed! Omg! So sad & tragic. ❤️ from Phoenix, Az. to all you Judge Mathis fans.

I am so glad you called him a killer, especially since he feels he can NOW control his addiction with no help. I pray that woman finds peace after losing a child in such a horrific way, and by the hands of the man he called his father

Whether you personally feel like you owe her that money or not, give her the goddamn money. YOU MURDERED HER CHILD. SOMETHING THAT WAS CREATED INSIDE OF HER BODY AND WAS BORN FROM HER OWN TEARS, FLESH, AND BLOOD. I would be giving every penny I had for the rest of my life if I did something like that to somebody.

I think he just hasn’t been caught using drugs in 5 years. I don’t believe him at all.

But in 08 you knew how bad his addiction was and you still stayed with him

My sister has the same problems clean from crack 15 years now addicted to pills after a surgery smh

That "you are a killer" statement is her go to for any argument they have

Ima have to pass on this one. Can’t do it. So tragic.

This is one case I don’t want to watch 😞

She knowingly dated a drug dealer ... And he brought pain and suffering to her life, AS EXPECTED.

She shut his ass up when she called him a killer 10:26

I would NOT have been able to sue him or stand in a court room w him. He wouldn't live to see another day after killing my baby!

Damn that’s a heavy title…

Judge a outhouse is a bathroom country life

I'm glad her last statement shut him up at the end! The audacity of him to accuse her of being money hungry after all that he pulled her through. Grrr

He killed her son 🙊

wait 2001 he took the kids to a crack house. in 2008 she still with him. after the crack house incident wow. who really is at fault?

Some folks are just emotionally cold and have a hard time expressing any type of emotion. He's one of those types

Even though the plaintiff knew in 2001 from what her child told her that the defendant went to a crack house to smoke crack at that crack house while the kids were there, she remained with him long enough to be with him until 2008. I don't like to say this but she is also the blame for what happened, because she knew what she was dealing with from the get-go and she should have protected her kids by staying away from that man. SMH

Even if he didn’t owe this child support he shouldn’t have any problem paying it! He’s a disgusting human being and my heart goes out to the plaintiff

He was still talkin crackish

This makes me so sad

You can’t justified the lost of this woman’s son… that money is blood money… remove yourself from this toxic man…

He avoid from talking about it not to remember it because he regret what happened

She knew he was a drug dealer though. When he was buying her all that fancy stuff she knew where the money came from. Sad story though

This guy is ludicrous. You killl my son, you owe me for life /your life!!!!

This case is too sad.

She’s trifling. Karma will meet him for sure

Four WHOLE years for not only illegally using drugs while driving (even if prescribed, its illegal to drive), but he took his step sons life??? My sister got 4 years for attempted robbery. She didnt have weapons, nor did she make it out with anything. It was her first offense.... welll..TN I guess is lenient.

Wheew this is sad. Poor woman lost her son because of this man’s negligence. SMH

So awful 😞

Blew me away

That would have been considered as manslaughter wouldn't it? This is so sad!😢

Horrible story… and she definitely knew he was on drugs while she was with him, she knew he was selling too, she’s equally part of the reason her eldest son is deceased, I’m praying fit them all🙏🏽

nice acting on his part, but not good enough to be convincing. "i don't need it", "It's not for me", "I'm stronger than they are", his dealer must be waiting down the block for him.

How can she be attracted to someone like this .. like remain with him for as long as she did. She is responsible for also placing her child in danger

The most worst thing for a c head to have is a lot of money💯💯💯

Very Difficult 😥

So people are really blaming her because he chose to drive high? If she didn’t let him get the kid the people would bash her for keeping the kid away from him and it wasn’t even his kid so he didn’t have rights . The second son is his not the oldest

She had a child with him after he killed her son in a car accident 🙄🙄 unbelievable

Only 4 years for killing her son is crazy, what an injustice

I don’t know 🤷🏽‍♀️ she’s better than me I couldn’t stand next to my sons killer dad or no dad

Wow...he only got 4 years for killing a child while driving under the influence of drugs. A child who wasn't even his (it would have been worse if he was and only got 4 years). What an injustice. Then for him to have a pompous, arrogant attitude about the folks in NA.... he's better than them. Bastard. How dare you turn your nose down at them??? As you can probably tell, I'm disgusted.

Does he have to talk in dept about every drug every episode?

He right judge you can do anything you put your mind to…and if you think you can’t judge you need NA

I am a licensed social worker and my work is primarily with people who are living with a dependence on Opioids and Benzo. Why was weed ever illegal and these prescription drugs legal. So sad ..

The judge think church and Na/Aa is the only way to fix your problems lmao

Judge Mathis needs to understand that not everyone has to take the same walk to stay sober. Everyone is different. I just wish it was not so hard on these people. They are hard on themselves enough.

I can't even watch this whole case.

He said all females are money hungry, and she returned serve with, and let just consider you a ⚰. He stuttered and walked off.

Sad was his son too yes he was high but I don't think he wanted kill his son she is selfish he pd his time wrong for her call him a killer why didn't she tell her son not to go shame on her

What a strong woman to stand in the same room of the man who killed her baby😢

So you kill this lady child and then cursing her out and calling her money hungry?? 🤔 AFTER SHE LET YOU LIVE ON HER PROPERTY??

I’m not trying to blame the mom, but she knew the man she was married to. I grew up in a house with an alcoholic father, my mom wouldn’t let him drive us anywhere. The only thing I wished for was for my mom to leave my dad, because growing up with an addict parent really affected me growing up

A lot of resentment from the both of them, the both need counseling big time. Two wrong doesn't make it right.

She gets 40$ a week, I get 6$ a month. Lmfao

I’m looking at the plaintiff sideways too why would you let your son go with him knowing that he had a drug habit smh 🤦🏾‍♀️

I AM SPEECHLESS

No forgiveness is possible

Ever body don’t need N/A judge

The least you could do was pay $8k. You literally took a life.

Killed someone and was high but only received 4 years???

Mental and emotional strength is HIGHLY important when you’re dealing with addiction ! I hope he stays clean . Not everyone needs rehabilitation centers to stay UP !! That’s a fact !

The nerve of him to talk to her like that at the end after he killed her child.

Sometimes JM is off the mark. I know people who went cold turkey and don't even know what an AA meeting is. He's never been an addict so he shouldn't act like he knows so much about it,