I have no idea what was going through her head when she adjudicated this case. She dropped so many balls.

And what do you expect the judge to do about it?

@@TopherGrantRight!! Everybody like she dropped the ball, like in reality what can she do about. Drunk driver that allegedly hit a woman?!?! This is a civil case not criminal

Judge Judy has mellowed out now. She’s not as fiery as she once was.

@@mdgraves02she can address the matter coming from a legal perspective at least. I’ve heard her snap on a few people on a couple of different cases, idk why not in this case.

I thought he was lying and if he was the girlfriend needs to get out now. If he can hit a female friend when he is drunk, I would hate to see what he can do to a partner when he is drunk.

News flash lol black people don’t believe in calling the cops so save ur breath… and I do not condone violence.

and yet...the defendant said he called the cops, so save us from your ignorance. @@Orlandoloc83

Absolutely. She also should have sued for the assault + punitive damages. She still could sue for the assault, although the judge would ask why she didn't do that here.

​@@Orlandoloc83- The defendant said he called the police.

And definitely don't drive.......not me!

lol. you dont know anything but full of opinions like most people who never get the full story

Yes. The way she reads them about the things they have be crazy lol

Right?!?!

Omg yes! I really don’t like that she feels poor people shouldn’t have nice things

This is true. It really annoys her

she is classist and a bit racist!

Lmmfao I was thinking that same thing

😂😂no way he thought that was real??

LMFAOOOO

Doug wears a wig too.

@@bunjijumper5345 LMFAOO CHILL

He only said it because she said something about the wig she was wearing, It was a compliment because he thought it was real.

this!

Exactly!! Which is part of the reason, they left him

His girlfriend biting her lips constantly...she is definitely used to his ignorant abusive behavior.

The plaintiff is a bit zesty....not excusing his behavior

JM thinks black women can handle it.

Because it wasn't true 🙄 she was obviously lying. Her story made no sense.

@@sdays59don’t bring up race. Is not even about t that

That’s a criminal matter. Should have called police.

She did her a favor, by not settling that in small claims. She can pursue a criminal case now, if she has enough evidence cuz he will continue to deny it

exactly

Exactly. The only reason “straight” men would insult a gay one

The judge was smiling and very nice to him.

Right? She just glossed right over it. I would have left them too.

We all know what it is. Why would she be responsible for the Lyfts after being assaulted???

She didn't address the drunk driving because this is civil court, not criminal. What they should have done after he insisted driving, was not get in the car with him; they could have also made the decision to call the police once they were on the side of the road.

@@feliciagallo9832exactly, they should’ve called a Lyft or Uber instead.

Right when he need to stay off the liquor and out of these females pockets

That was a funny quote 😂

😂 I thought he said "she's going to have to pull it out of my pockets!" LOL I was listening while I got ready and wasn't 100% paying attention. Good thing I read the comments!

It’s a reason he acts the way he acts… unfortunately people fetishizes men like him and take care of them… She’ll wake up one day…

​@@imartinistWhat does that mean?

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Facts

They all from a different city. I deal with asshole at work all the time but seeing as thou we all work together i would get in trouble if I left them says the arm forces

Yes! A man that hits a woman, is a man that hits a woman.

I’m sure she’s learned by now. This episode was probably filmed back in 2015/16.

she already is .

Her body language kinda seems like she is...

This would have been a great case for Judge Mathis. He would've laid into this drunk Loser..Judge Milian was too lenient and light-hearted with this. These kids are young and immature.

ALL of these episodes are reruns. There's no more people's court

@@pob000 I KNOW. She has a new show.

@@pob000 It's called something like For the People now & she's the judge

She can only address what is being sued for. The rest is criminal, out of her jurisdiction

Huh? She goes off on people all the time for things not being sued for.

The reason the rides were reimbursed is because the rental car was in his name therefore she essentially stole his car which it’s a crime. I’m not saying that it was a bad decision on her part to remove herself from the altercation the only way she could but that is the legal reasoning behind the ruling.

@@shannonpeek5165 I understand what you're saying but I still disagree. It was completely reasonable on her part. She's not going to get out of the car again, where he is still acting out violently and after he just hit her, especially on the side of the highway, at night and in the rain. She really didn't have another option, she did what she had to because her immediate safety was threatened. And giving him back the keys and control of the vehicle after 1. He was already driving recklessly and 2. Is now also enraged in anger and acting erratically, would be completely irresponsible and pose a danger to everyone on the road, including himself. He's lucky the cops weren't called on him because it was definitely warranted and they certainly wouldn't have let him drive in his condition. Not to mention, he probably would have been arrested and the car most likely would have been towed. So if anything, him having to get a Lyft ride probably saved him a lot of money and legal trouble. The way I look at it, her leaving him and taking the car was a direct consequence to his actions and poor behavior.

@@sashabenoit1518 I’m NOT disagreeing with you that she mad the correct choice. But what people sometimes don’t understand is that the correct choice does not always mean it is the legally correct choice. Morally, absolutely but the law doesn’t care about that unfortunately and a judge is bound by the law even if they feel different morally. In this situation, she has other options available to her. She could have called the police and gotten their help. She couldn’t driven the car to a safe location and called a ride share and texted him to tell him where the car was. Instead, she chose to take the car that was legally rented in his name and leave him on the side of road while she left the area and returned home with the rental. It probably would’ve been a little more understandable if she would’ve just used the car to get out of the situation and then left it in a safe location. Then she could’ve rented her own car or arranged other transportation to get back home. She did not have to take his rental to return home in, leaving him stranded in the area with no other option but to use ride share services because he couldn’t rent another car since he already had an active rental. Once again, i do not disagree with her choice that night but legally she was in the wrong by taking the car to return home and leaving him stranded.

@@shannonpeek5165 I do understand that not all choices we make, even if they are absolutely necessary for us or the right thing to do, morally speaking, does not always equate to being legally reasonable. It's just like Judge Milian always says, "It could be the best choice you ever made for yourself and you did what you felt you needed to do for you. But sometimes our good choices, don't cost someone else." I'm 100% with you on that. I also didn't realize that she took the rental all the way home with her and that that caused extra and unnecessary complications because of how far she was. I must have missed that point. So I actually agree that she took it too far in doing that and that the reasonable thing would have been to remove herself from the situation, park the car safely, and then find her own way home from there.

@@sashabenoit1518She could of called a uber instead of driving off with a car thats not in her name you idiott. Stop whining.

its almost as if he has never been friends with a black woman before

@@curiousnarwhal lol 😂 he probably haven’t

Kind of looks like my daughter's hair and she does not have a wig.🤷‍♀

The plaintiff should have gotten out of the car with her friend and booked an uber herself instead of taking the car that's registered to the defendant.

Out of curiosity as a 40 year old man why does this continue from your prespective? And why did you start?

You took the words right outta my mouth (specifically the word “Kin”) ❤

I was looking for that comment too, someone did address it above. I think that since Doug wears a wig/toupee he gets a free pass.

Young folks trying to keep up with the jones.

Yeah, honestly it sounds like everyone was drunk, everyone was throwing hands and pulling wigs, etc. No way to tell who got hit by whom. The only things that were clear are he dropped the phone, and she took the car that wasn't in her name.

She mentioned it was a wig after he said she had nice hair, he only asked after she said that, he was actually complimenting it.

Naw she could of just kept her mouth shut. And said thank you 😂 but why lie , it does look good and she makes them!!

tru, they will NEVER pay you.!

Or just pay for them without expecting payback. If you can't afford to do that, you can't afford to take vacations

💯

Doug is married

So good

I noticed that; she doesnt know her left from her right!! Poor tink tink

Doug is a nice guy I see him a few times at Costco

the ones that throw around homophobic slurs usually have a little hidden zest

Yes, everyone in the comments mad she didn't get on the defendant more about her getting hit in the face. There is no proof aside from her saying he hit her, that he caused it. If all of them were throwing punches, pulling wigs off, etc. she could have been hit anytime, by any of them during that. She also said he threw her phone down and stomped on it, and then it came out the phone was knocked out of his hand by her boyfriend. The only things the judge could rule on were facts. And the only things that were clear were that he dropped the phone, and she took the car that wasn't in her name.