The defendant is just a big liar, if her son was so allergic, she would have at least one medical record stating breathing problems. She would be more credible if she had gone into another rental place, but going back with her husband rendered her testimony unbelievable...

If the mold stuff were true, she has to report it to the landlord and wait for them to remedy the situation. Hotel stay, repairs, etc. You can't just bail.

'i'm just glad it's over' - the classic statement of somebody who tried to defend the indefensible

I am a housing inspector and I get calls all the time from people looking for something so they can break the lease or not pay rent.

I wish rent was $650 here in the Bay Area

She was ready to go back home because she made up with her husband but you can't blame it on her house she full of it

She got sick in December(winter colds), as most of the people on earth do. She was so sick for 2 months, but finally went to the doctor at the end of December?!? Plus, the photos showed rust and soap scum, scratch marks. NONE of them showed mold. The report would have picked up mold that had been cleaned up, so there wasn't any mold to begin with. The Defendant went back to her husband after not being able to pay her rent. She's shameless.

The defendant exaggerated with those pics! Smh

What if she was just sick and passed it on. My house is clean, but sometimes when one person gets a flu.. we all do.

Defendant has the personality of a rock.

I once was stranded out of state at a family member's home who, unbeknownst to me, had a mold issue. That night, I slept sitting up with my son on my chest because he couldn't breathe due to his asthma. No way there was a mold issue and her asthmatic son was just mildly sick for two months. Where are his doctor's visits?

2 months apart from her husband, they both realize they can't do any better. So, they reconcile and live happily ever after. Wonderful story isn't it?

She suddenly complains about being sick from the apartment after two months, leaves, but just happens to go back to her husband. I don't know why tennants can't understand that signing a lease is a legal document and that you are under no obligation to honor it if smething better comes along or you reconcile with your ex.

The plaintiff seems like a nice lady and the defendant was trying to be slick. Mold or not you just don't bail on someone.💯

So the Defendant broke the lease and the Landord gets stiffed? Thats absolutely crazy. She should've gotten the 3 months, considering it was a 12 Month lease. I feel like the ruling was unfair to the Landlord. BTW, I dont agree with JM about her ruling because she did try to mitigate the damages and a Landlord has a right to find a suitable tenant who qualifies, not just anyone off the street.

I have asthma and I’m not waiting two months to move! Asthma is serious. However, I would’ve given the landlord a chance to fix the problem and moved out the right way.

I read the title wrong 😅 i saw horse and not house lol 😭😅

I lived in a college apartment that had black mold growing in the basement. We going see it all over the walls and furniture. I started getting extreme headaches that would go away when I’d leave the house. The landlord and health department wouldn’t do anything until I threatened to sue them. Then I got out of my lease and all my money back.

Plaintiff should have gotten 3 months instead of 2

The defendant looks like a super annoying person.

Her poor child. She is an unhappy person and likely to stay that way.

She should have given the plaintiff all three months rent for breaking the lease

the defendant will never make a good choice...and a very depressing person.

My own son has allergies in certain environments and not others. It's driving us nuts because we haven't been able to pinpoint exactly what it is yet. However, if I were to sign a lease, it's still my obligation to pay - it's nothing the landlord did wrong. The defendant however, may have made her point better if her friend that was staying with her gave testimony about their own experience.

My parents had an old Victorian for 42 yrs at the Jersey Shore, built circa 1883. My sister always called it *The House of Mold*. 😆 I discovered after both parents RIP & I had custody of the home as executrix, SHE WAS RIGHT. The place was closed up for about 6 months & afterwards when I looked around, saw green/blue mold on some surfaces. Maybe because of the old plaster/lathe walls?? Sis always said there'd be mold behind all those walls. Anyway, off topic, I know. But mold can lurk in places you can't really see. Beware of older homes! 😁🏘️

2 months not 3 is BS. Defendant is a sham. She had nothing yet it turned into the Plaintiff’s responsibility to mitigate risk? 2 months in she bailed, come on.

The defendant should be ashamed of herself bringing those jerry-rigged pictures to court 😂😅

I had a similar situation in which I had mold and was getting sick inside the apartment, but i felt better once i went outside. Complained to management and wrote a report on their website about it, they finally came to fix it. See she could have won if she told the landlord about the mold issues, and they didnt try to at least fix the problem for her.

Marilyn acts like: symptoms don't develop over time and that Americans don't avoid going to the doctor as much as possible due to exorbitant prices. Get real.

Have a nice weekend everyone. Watching from Australia

On a side note, the plaintiff's daughter is beautiful ❤

Doug was so nice to the defendant wow

defendant is a liar and scammer

Please don't go in my shower!!! Lol

Water will definitely seep into that "tiny hole" and create mold. Too bad the defendant didn't hire her own expert. This is how poor people constantly get screwed in this country. They don't have the financial means to prove their case.

$1,300 for 2 months rent in New York City is unbelievably low. A Small 1-bedroom apartment in New York City can easy cost 2000 per month

She must have thought by taking a close up like that it would look like when they took a close up of a bug it would be like the old "B" type horror movies.ROFLMAO

I didn’t realize there were so many people out there that talk over other people. That’s not only rude, but very annoying!

9:02 Although the areas in the photos aren’t that big it could be a larger area in the wall behind it. I worked in an ICU where one room smelled really musty, and everyone who entered the room became ill with headaches, upper respiratory problems, and more. Long story short I left because my health became so bad, and wasn’t ill after leaving there. The hospital finally tore out the wall in that room, and it was full of mold, BLACK MOLD!

Where she living at for 650.00 a month? And her husband should kick her out for her comments

Bad ruling Plantiff should’ve gotten all three months. I get what Milan is saying about a reasonable amount of time for renting out , BUT if you break a lease early, you are obligated to pay the remainder of the lease. It does not matter if it’s 1 month or 10.

I love when the judge screams stop talking over me ! When meanwhile she talks over everybody all the time! Yeah she’s the judge , but out of human decency she shouldn’t be talking over people either. And she loves to ask a question and then in the middle of the persons explanation, she starts cutting them off . Absolutely totally rude judge. Period

Didn’t she still get what she was asking for because she kept the security deposit?

She should have gotten the 3 months rent. She wasn't looking for the perfect person. She was looking for someone to pass a credit check. JM wouldn't rent to someone if they were shady.

I'm allergic to mold. Mold grows where I had no idea, even under falling leaves. Where I rented my washer & dryer in basement had mold growing & smell very bad. It got so bad for me to breathe. People ( judges ) and landlords ought to study about mold. I really do not think the woman should pay a cent. Did you hear the plaintiffs daughter answer the judge if she ever seen the apartment? The daughter has never seen the apartment.

Before she rented it out. Landlord should have fixed the problem. I don't care if it's just the size of a sewing pen.

The defendant assumed that it was just a cold that she and her son had and that he was super reacting because of his asthma . She couldn't afford a doctor as she was newly on her own and didn't realize it was environmental until her friend stayed over and reacted the same way. Black mold is serious business. A friend was exposed at work and spent 2 weeks in a coma.

No proof but I suspect that there may be domestic violence at home. Even the landlord made reference to her saying she wanted to be safe Often times the men are controlling and he may have coerced or threatened her to return home. She made up the story because she could not tell the truth to the landlord.

The defendant is lying, in my opinion

Is it just me or does anyone else think this woman should clean the shower.

Psychosomatic allergy, caused by husband deprivation, commonly shared through negative thoughts and words.

Defendant said her son has asthma! If the air quality was as bad as all that, he would've been miserable and you'd think she would have a record of taking him to the doctor or something

The defendant wants to always play the victim role and have people feel sorry for her.

I think the landlotd should of got everything she was asking for she had proof that she listed it at the exact same discounted rate and was trying to get it rented, also but for the simple fact that the tenant broke her lease early she wouldn't of had to pay a realtor to list the apartment so why would she not be entitled to that 🤦‍♀️

$650 in rent sounds delicious😊 i wouldhave sleptin a hass mat suit

So why did the Tennant not clean it off !!!

2 months of rent is 1300!? 😮What city is this?! 🤔🤔

The defendant was trying to leave the landlady holding the bag. She left her husband and then later decided for whatever reason to try to make it work again. Those little issues near the gaps in the caulk could very easily have been cleaned, and I doubt they were enough to make her, her son, and her guest sick for months on end.

Definitely agreed with this decision.

A little ZEP mold & mildew would have cleaned that right up

the defendant has real issues mentally.

Landlady has her deposit too?

She need to be allergic to that no good husband 😂😂

There is such a thing as mildew that isn’t mold. Clorox cleaners will take that away. I think the plaintiff tried to help her and she just stiffed her.. so wrong…

I read the thumbnail as " Running Out on A Sick Horse ". Oh nooooo...sorry.

If there was really mold in those small spots, it was easy to clean 😅 peroxide, baking soda and alittle dish soap works great on walls and ceilings. Obviously if there was alot the whole place would have that nasty smell and everyone would be complaining in the apartments. Everyday mold happens and especially in bathrooms with no exhaust fans, but a quick spray and wipe will take care of it. Black mold is another story but you can smell that even before you move it!

I could do without the Harvey bits of What If.

After only 2 months the defendant leaves the apartment cause of mold....yet she has no medical records of her issues until mere days before her actual moving out. Come on lady,get ur shit together

Plaintiff's daughter is "classy sexy". She understands that less is more.

the defendant is a liar. 🙄

Great case

Liar liar pants on fire 😆😆😆😆😆😆

the husband played her it seems

If the real reason she left was to return to her husband, I can totally understand that… she should have explained it truthfully. And if she and her son were sick for some reason, I’m sorry to hear it. But it doesn’t seem like they were that ill, especially with an asthmatic child, if neither needed medical care until months later. … I hope everyone is doing well today, that all parties are happy and healthy.

If you have asthma and your living around mold you will get extremely sick . One place we were in my mom was constantly sick always in bed

Defendant was pulling at straws with those pictures. She knew she didn't have a case. I think thenbiggest tell on this was she never once messaged or called the landlord within those 2 months besides when she was saying she was leaving. When she said "she never tried to remedy it" no s*** you never told her.

Maybe the newly painted walls had mold.😊

None of this makes any sense from the defendant

It's so infuriating to me when I see these types of defendants come into court looking so upstanding & so prim & proper only to find that they are wolves in sheep's clothing & are as corrupt as the day is long. The defendant moved out of the apartment to move back in with her husband & apparently is still living with him today. If things were as bad living with her husband as she would have us all believe she would have moved out of his place by now, I'm sure. Anyone listening to this case with some measure of common sense knows exactly what happened here. I'm glad that the judge saw through the defendant's lies & ordered her to pay 2 months' rent to the plaintiff, although I believe that the plaintiff should have received the 3 months. It's next to impossible to rent an apartment during the winter months.

$650 a month is cheap. In New Zealand they pay that a week for rent and more, even up to $1000 a week and thats not including electricity and water .

13:05 That's the name of the game anymore & i feel you. Unfortunately.

*Warranty of Habitability*

Like it's going to eat new york

Get rid of the announcer. So annoying! Are we in a legit courtroom or Jerry Springer?

Defendant played herself

Her pictures showing 'mould' were laughable.

Had the defendant gone to the plaintiff and explained that she and her husband reconciled I think she would have let her out of her lease. She seemed to really want to help the defendant out.

Take some allergy pills and chill!

Obvious, she wanted to move back home.

That was fair...

She had no allergies, nor her son, that they caught the flu, since it was wintertime, flu was going around at that time. Lady defendant was a liar cause she decided to go back home to husband and broke the lease, she owes the remaining months. And the photos she took showed no mold.

Bro I've seen that azn girl behind the prosecutor in so many different filmings.

Makes no sense

grifters...so miserable...

Lying little vixen

Looks like Jodi arias

So..... her child was "sick the entire two months" because of "mold" in the apartment, but it was out of the question for her to return the child to his father she stole him from...... better to risk her child's health than let the father "win".

There may have been mold growing BEHIND the wall that is not visible to the naked eye ... there are none so blind as though who will not see...-JM...

Lyn be arguing with the husband over this😂😂

Sounds to me she had a sinus infection and went to her husbands house