TOTALLY agree. She struck me as believable because she didn’t have attitude and her eyes were right on JJ and you could tell she was telling the truth as she understood/believed it.
47 million dollars a year and decent work hours. These type of shows don’t take very long to film. Unlike other shows that film multiple episodes the same day she doesn’t even have to change clothing. She even managed to shave 40ish min off her work day by changing her hairstyle.
@@dinahbrown902 Says who? She attended law school when very few woman did. In addition most of the female students were wealthy WASPs not middle class Jewish girls from Brooklyn. She worked tirelessly as a prosecutor while still making time for her children. She took that job over one in corporate law at a cosmetics company where she would earn a lot more money and have a much less demanding workload. Spousal and child abuse cases were finally taken seriously partially due to her crusading tirelessly. She was appointed to the bench in 1982. She continued to be a dedicated jurist. By chance she was featured on 60 minutes around the time Judge Wapner retired from “The People’s Court.” The producers pursued her and the rest is history. I don’t even watch her that often, a RUclips clip now and then. However I still admire her accomplishments.
The “mhmmm” as she stood there cracked me. That landlord is a piece of work. Every time he talks or smirks makes me sick. At least this lady can get as far away from him now. Wouldn’t be surprised if he tried harassing her when they got back home. This is exactly what my landlord did to my husband and I when he couldn’t get money out of us.
Umm the woman was taking advantage of women in bad situations, probably a trap house, she didn't live there because she knew it was a roach motel with deplorable conditions, she's no Saint, more of a greedy Satan than a Saint 😂 the landlord knew, he's just as dirty as she is and that's why judy didn't help either of them
@Cypruss Tk she figured out a way to make money, and you are talking about taking advantage of what women? But you won't say anything about those big banks and pharmaceutical companies who steals trillions from average people everyday. She is making money in a legit way, there is no taking advantage of people. Anyone can do that.
I think the issue is that she never decreased the rent amount that she was charging those women who lived there. If they had to live in deplorable conditions, their rent should've been free. She expected "the ladies" to pay her while she refused to pay her own landlord, when the ladies were the ones who were truly suffering. So she made profit off of the women who had to live in deplorable conditions and then pocketed the rent money (minus the utility fix). In Judge Judy lingo, she was "made whole."
"She expected 'the ladies' to pay her while she refused to pay her own landlord, when the ladies were the ones who were truly suffering." When you explain it that way, it makes so much sense! The landlord is definitely a scammer, but the defendant certainly doesn't deserve money either.
The way I thought about it was that she fixed the issue (with her money) as it happened, so the women didn’t have an electricity issue. Therefore their full rent was still due. However, since it was really the landlords job, she was right to start taking what he owed her by reducing her rent. Whether he fixed it or she did, do the other women have any claim to a reduced rent? Idk if I agree with JJ
I think this is the first time i've ever seen judge judy say "case dismissed!" and get up to walk out and then sit back down and talk with them for more than 10 seconds
It sounds to me like this lady had a very creative way to make a living, while helping her community. Why does JJ act like she is doing a bad thing?! Kudos to this enterprising woman!
Stuffing 12 women in a home with "deplorable conditions" and making 600% profit is not what I would consider as helping the community. I have no issue with her making a profit, but a 600% return seems absurdly excessive to me.
@@TangentialShark well say a couple of them don’t pay rent for a couple months.. which sometimes happens at recovery houses. That money she’s charging will cover her because she’ll have to make up for the missed rent. Either way where can you stay for a whole month for $400? Not many places 🌚 just give the lady her props for helping people and move on.
Because they shady. Get all kinds of kick backs from government and take every penny the residents get from social security. I worked for a woman who did this. Treated the tenants like crap and i had to go. I couldnt stand it.
Right!!!!! my friend he runs a sober living house and yes he gets some money from the government but like her he charges the people living in his sober living house $400 but he keeps $200 for himself and then he’ll put $200 aside for when these people are ready to move out so let’s say one person is ready to move out And move into their own apartment and they’ve lived in my friends sober living house for six months my friend will literally give that person a lot of their money back and they’ll get $1200 because my friend wants them to have a leg up in life like get furniture for their new apartment or a bed or dressers or food if they haven’t been accepted for food stamps yet or if they want to pay an advance on their rent, they can do, so what is this woman doing to set these women up for success she is literally being a shitty landlord just like this guy she even admitted to Judge Judy that they were not good living conditions when she moved these 12 women into this house and more than likely this house is a three or four bedroom house so she’s cramming three or four women in each bedroom and just imagine 12 women living in a house if anything she should have six people living in the house at most where two people are sharing a room depending on the size of the room. If it’s a smaller room, then she should just put one person in that room and maybe they pay like 25 or $50 extra. But these poor women I agree with you there’s probably three or four of them in each room and they’re all on bunkbeds she’s literally taking advantage of these women that more than likely are just coming off of drugs or they just got out of jail or prison, which I get a lot of of them put themselves in that situation, but still it’s scummy and she’s literally scamming them. She’s no better than her own landlord.
she should ALWAYS hear the counter suits. It is very irritating for us the viewer to not hear it AND those people were promised to be heard by the judge. Not fair.
I'd agree, except she stopped paying rent, if she wanted reimbursement from the court she should have continued paying rent instead of making her own justice by holding it
Since she was running a business out of the house he should have done a commercial lease which would make her responsible for all repairs like all commercial leases, she wanted a business with a residential lease which is illegal
A HALFWAY house does NOT need a commercial license. You need a business license about $50, federal EIN, insurance, basic amenities such as furniture, bedding, beds, toiletries and kitchen appliances. You will not be just splitting the rent among the tenants. You do exactly what this woman did. You need to have money for emergencies, fixing appliances and other basic necessities. And let’s not forget food is provided. The tenants have household chores but food and cleaning supplies are provided. How do y’all think a business person can do all of that with minimum rent?
I don’t agree with the judgement. Just because the tenant made a income and did repairs to fixes the owner property. She should have been repaid for the repairs. It don’t matter if she made millions of dollars what do that have to do with anything. I disagree.
I literally said THE SAME THING!! I honestly believed JJ was biased from the beginning of this case. It’s absolutely ridiculous she made the defendant pay for repairs on HIS house. All because she’s making “a lot of money”, bad call JJ😞
@@jayswifeduhh Not true. The defendant doesn't have to pay the plaintiff back for rent or utilities she otherwise owes him either so why would she get extra money ?
@@jayswifeduhh This lady made bank for 3 months off this property, she didn't pay him any rent but kept collecting the ladies rent. JJ knew this, and didn't make her pay utilities back either.
I think Judge Judy saw her as a hypocrite because she wants to sit there and complain about her landlord but yet she’s not the best landlord she’s literally cramming 12 women in a more than likely three or four bedroom house. I pray it’s a three or four bedroom house, because if it’s a one or two bedroom house, that’s really shitty of her but if it is a three or four bedroom house, she is literally cramming three or four women in each bedroom And charging them $400 a month usually when people rent a room to themselves they pay 400 or $600 a which I get these women have to get what they get because majority of them just get out of prison or jail, and they literally have nowhere else to go, but people like her are taking advantage of that. She even admitted to Judge Judy when she moved those 12 women in the house was not in good condition, and it still wasn’t in very good condition from the defendant said. I totally get she has to make a profit too, and she hast to make a living too but she’s literally making almost $5000 a month off of these women. Literally and sober housing programs usually only put two people to a room but these are actual sober living places and they charge them $200 a month because they have a roommate and they will literally put that money aside. Tell the person is ready to move out and then they give them that $200 a month that they paid and then it totals out to like $1200 or however long they have stayed there, so then it gives them an extra leg in the real world. What is she trying to do to set these women up for success? I guess she’s just doing it herself she’s not part of a program or an actual like facility but she could at least charge these women $200 a month if they’re going to share a bedroom with two or three other women and literally cramming 12 women in a house that’s not OK she should at most have like four or five women living in that house
Sorry, I disagree with Judge Judy on this decision. The issue is not whether she made money, but whether she suffered losses due to the lack of the landlord fulfilling his promise. Simple, he provided a place and made the contract full warranty by saying that he was going to do the repairs. She should have recovered the money she spent to be made whole. You missed the mark on this one judge
I love Judge Judy, but I 100% agree with you on this. The money she made from her customers is completely irrelevant to money she had to expend to improve his property.
She didn't LIVE on the property. That was the whole point. If she lived with her 12 tenants and suffered personal financial loss, then she might have had a chance. If her tenants sued, they would have had a better chance of winning than she did. She was making a huge profit from renting cheaply and then subleasing and charging a higher rate from her 12 tenants
She lost nothing. She was paying $750/month to rent a home then turning around and renting to 12 individuals at $450/person... at an address where she didn't live and that wasn't zoned as a business. Both of em were crooked as heck and probably the only people who lost out were the people in recovery living in the slums.
Think about it, She rented tiny SINGLE dwelling house (means she crammed 12 women in a space that can accommodate 4 people) that were not zoned as commercial (for that reason), and crammed in as many sardines, I mean women as she could fit, 450.00 per, she is a con artist and a third party slum lord. Judy didn't care and emphasizes how much she was gouging them, because she was fleecing women in need.
Don’t y’all love these cases where someone seems to be winning and suddenly the whole scenario change??? I love when JJ listen to both sides fully but she drop the ball in the counter suit.
sure. let's ignore she was operating a business in a property that was not zoned for business. legally she should have been shut down. let's also ignore that she was making thousands of dollars off desperate women while housing them in substandard conditions. How much of a refund where those women entitled to? how much money did she give back to them? i wonder. but yea ok she's the victim here......
Her cleancut blows to impartiality exudes making her one of the most Lawful Good judges of all time. And I mean ALL time. She is a grand result of amazing monitary equity spotting between two parties.
To everyone saying she was entitled to money back... I wonder if the "clean hands" thing is what tanked her countersuit. In the first part JJ asks if the house was zoned for commercial use and the defendant never showed proof it was... Which could mean that she wasn't legally permitted to use the house the way she did. If that's the case, idk if JJ should or even can help her.
I think it's because she was complaining about how bad of a state this house was in she has to spend so much money on it so she didn't pay rent. But like jj said if your going to make the women pay to live there then so should you, I think it's because she made the women pay her hundreds despite the conditions but her herself didn't think she had to pay because of those same conditions she didn't even have to live in. If she had told jj she had to cut the rent down because of the conditions she might have been compensated. But fact is she was making loads, of a property that wasn't worth that sort of money and then refused to pay
I think the law regarding commercial business and leases are different to residential living. if you're renting commercially, and there are repairs to be made, generally the commercial tenant has to make those repairs. what happened here, sounds more like a constructive eviction, she gave him notice, he didnt fix the issue, she vacated, but she took too long to vacate. she didnt technically lose business while there, she only lost business after she left
@@Hudpix16 She didn't lose it, she didn't pay rent for 3 months and still lived there, while still taking the ladies money each month. She pocketed it all. JJ knew that.
Is it just me or did Judge Judy penalize the defendant for running a profitable business? There’s no indication that was doing anything illegal, so making money shouldn’t have invalidated her counter suit.
I think JJ decided that the house wasn't zoned as a business, whatever that means, but the landlord clearly knew about it and condoned it, so that shouldn't have gone against her.
Defendant says the conditions were so bad she didn’t pay rent. Yet she had those women pay HER rent. Significantly more than the rent she refused to pay. She’s a scammer. 🙄
JJ’s nixing her countersuit is not right. Because she made money by renting to those women does not mean she should not be reimbursed for the repairs she made to his house. On top of it all he is a bloody liar. She is a savvy business woman and JJ seems to take issue with the fact she made a profit so she should just accept her losses. Foolishness.
Yeah, she was but I think Judge Judy threw out her counter claim because she is a scummy landlord too. It’s ridiculous that she’s charging these women 12 women $400 a month and the house is more than likely a three or four bedroom house. I really hope it’s a three or four bedroom house so more than likely she’s cramming three or four women in each room that’s not OK. Literally people rent a whole room to themselves for four or $600 a month. She even admitted to Judge Judy that when she moved those 12 women in the house was not in good condition. And she was literally making almost $5000 a month off of these women. She is not a good landlord, either. I do agree the older gentleman he is a scummy landlord, too, but they both are and I think that’s why judge Judy throughout her counter claim.
So what she made money from her business, that's what you're supposed to do... Just because she made money she has to be punished for it?? I understand that she owes a month of rent and she spent money on repairs so they cancel each other out, but to say you don't get anything because you made money is ridicules
I know, sometime Judge Judy just looks for a reason to deny money (since the company that owns the TV show are the ones doing the paying and none of the litigants).
Judge Judy wasnt convinced that the defendant was supposed to be making money, thats why she asked about the zoning. Judge Judys position is always that she doesnt reward illegal behavior or activity. I think had the judge been given proof when she asked that the df business was totally legit then she may have gotten some recovery.
@@keepnit100 I don’t quite understand her stance on the question… if it’s a residential property, then it’s in a residential zoning. But you don’t need to be in a commercial zone if your housing recovery patients. That’s why it’s called a Halfway HOUSE. Same with daycare homes for kids and adults..They’re located in residential neighborhoods 🤷🏻♂️
Two scammers in same case. IF she is collecting rent from all those "ladies" then she didn't lose money but the "ladies" were the ones suffering with the defects of the home as she collected money from them and still paid zero rent. The judge knows a scam when she sees one. Which is probably why the landlord wasn't too swift on fixing up his place.
She actually did pay rent she stopped paying rent because she had to get things fixed that he should have had fixed. I understand about the scammer part she shouldn't be worried about money she claims he owes her she made her money and then some. No one would continue to pay all of the rent in a home or apartment when they have to pay to fix things themselves.
@@anonymousanonymous2577 "She actually did pay rent " WOW GEEZE I don't remember anyone being taken to court because they paid rent fully do you? " she had to get things fixed " Of course she had to get things fixed as SHE WAS COLLECTING RENT - I am sure she refunded no one. "No one would continue to pay all of the rent in a home or apartment when they have to pay to fix things themselves" How long should she be allowed to stay not paying rent? 1 month 2 months 3 months or forever? Just maybe if your landlord is crap you can just LEAVE!!!! No one made her stay there not paying rent - OOOPS she wasn't staying there but her "ladies" she was collecting rent from were. Who or What landlord is going to allow that? If you going to play landlord and collect rent - Yeah you should fix things. That doesn't mean she can take self-help and not pay forever - They have court for that. You think she put rent she wasn't paying in an escrow account? Lets be clear she wasn't doing anyone any favors but herself. She couldn't have done it any worse if she tried. So you defending what here? I suspect you won't admit you are wrong and would keep defending the scam on either side.
@@scamchan Your last point was completely WRONG! She only did not pay rent for ONE month and moved out immediately following the problems she had to fix. You're not as smart as you think you are.
@@SageKayDee " She only did not pay rent for ONE month" Did she lose money by not paying rent and leaving? Again she was collecting rent and not paying any if she left or not. Paying to fix things in the home she was collecting rent from hmmmm wow yeah why not fix things for people you taking money from what a concept. SHE HAD TO FIX or she would need to start refunding money. We know that didn't happen. Fact remain she didn't pay her own rent plus collecting money. She can't have it both ways. She want to be refunded for not paying rent? I think not. Clearly not your brightest moment at trying to be clever but not logical. Moving out quickly doesn't mean free rent. She collected at least $4000 but still didn't pay $800 rent or electric bill on the way out. If she wanted a refund she should have paid her rent and then seek a refund of the repairs. Yet here we are with you ignoring all of that.
@@scamchan You can keep arguing with yourself, you’re obnoxious. Judge Judy ruled so suffice it to say it’s still the landlord’s responsibility to take on the expenses. That’s the law in every civilized part of the world. If she wanted to and should have been refunded for anything, it’s any expenses that went ABOVE and beyond the rent cost. Bye.
defendant did NOT pay rent for the last 3 months. pocketing 4k each month. All becuase Landlord lied to Judge and didnt do repairs. Landlords punisment is to not be paid 3 months rent. Defendant make good profit and lucky that Judge did not make her pay back Month Rent.
@@jdgarcia2004 if the repairs were more than her rent she should be reimbursed. However, he brought her to court for outstanding rent. I suspect if he would have left it alone she would have just walked away. Electrical issues flooding and mold should be a reason enough not to pay rent until it is up to code.
Watching JJ I’m learning how to Shut the Fek up until spoken to and Only answer the question when asked ‼️ I reckon I’ll make a good defendant, plaintiff, witness whatever I’m Ready 🤭
I think JJ did not do right by the defendant. She was providing services to these women. It is not cheap to run a group home. JJ treated her like she was scamming these women.
I kind of agree but I think Judge Judy was thinking that Defendant was still getting her money from the ladies so that is why she didn't acknowledge her counters suit. Kind of like and even Steven. The business agreement was between the Plaintiff and the Defendant not the ladies renting from her. But I get what your saying.
I think she may have heard her out if the property was licensed for the business she's doing, but it's not. You can't really ask the courts for help when your hands aren't completely clean.
she never said that she got less money from her ladies while she was not paying rent... so they pay 400 each for rent but the defendant 0... doesn't sound like a good samarita to me
defendant did NOT pay rent for the last 3 months. pocketing 4k each month. All becuase Landlord lied to Judge and didnt do repairs. Landlords punisment is to not be paid 3 months rent. Defendant make good profit and lucky that Judge did not make her pay back Month Rent.
@jdgarcia2004 is right. If she was playing the rent or reimbursed the plaintiff for the rent owed then you can entertain the counterclaim. But she decided to reimburse herself by not paying rent. Judge Judy has her 'clean hands' rule. Need to come to court having followed the law to expect it to work in your favour
I thought so too, but then realized she was not supposed to be using it as a commercial use. Remember in the beginning. Lol like JJ says "clean hands", & stuffing 12 women in there was crazy
It was obvious that Judy was biased against the defendant from the beginning. The defendant clearly had a lot to say and Judy wouldn’t even entertain hearing out her countersuit. She gave more credit to the case brought by the lying slumlord.
Maybe because the house wasn't zoned commercial, so JJ didn't think she should be running a business there. But if that's the reason, she could have said that.
@@L.SpencerI guarantee you that Judy doesn't know the intricacies of the zoning laws in every city, town, and county. She just took the plaintiff's word for it that the house wasn't zoned for commercial use, and cut off the defendant while she was explaining why she believed it was.
Also she withheld payments because she fixed things. Which is legal and true. But you don't withhold payment and also get your money back. It's one or the other in court.
@@smutjunkies559 The problem is that we don't know the extent of her bills for repairs, because Judy refused to let her plead her case. Judy didn't even mention that her countersuit was dismissed until the defendant stopped her - that's really unusual on this show.
@@AishaBrownIsMe no that's not it, our business had to be zoned by the state for using x-rays which is annually expected and certification is annually renewed. Pretty time consuming process the first time but renewals and annual inspections to be fast. Anyway my point is she would have proof, which if she didn't have a physical copy, you can easily pull up on your stare government website where you have to do a lot of the registration for zoning. So yea if she didn't have any form of proof then she didn't get it zoned.
Yes, the plaintiff that is a landlord he is scummy too but also she is too literally scum too 12 women in more than likely a three or four bedroom house so those women are being crammed into rooms more likely sleeping on bunkbeds and she’s more than likely cramming three or four women in each room and charging them $400 a month people literally pay rent to have a room to themselves for $400-$600 a month she is literally making almost $5000 a month off of these women I get she has to make a profit too. She hast to make a living but she does not need to be charging them $400 specially if they don’t even get their own bedroom, I would maybe get if she put two women in each room, but three or four of them that’s ridiculous. She is a scummy landlord too and that’s probably why Judge Judy threw her case out is Judge Judy was thinking she’s a hypocrite too because she literally even admitted to Judge Judy when she moved the 12 women in the house was not in good condition which I get that’s probably all the women could actually get, because it’s hard for them to rent and just coming out of jail or prison people don’t want them staying with them. I get they have to take what they can get but that’s still ridiculous. Moral of the story they’re both scum landlords
That defendant was taking care of her community and making money. This is called a win-win. Not sure why JJ dismissed her counter claim without reviewing it first. I hope she bought a group home.
Helping people in community? Tf? She rent a home worth of $800 and renting back to 12 other people with $400 each, making $4800 a month. If she really care enough to help people in the community, she would have lease it for $100 each or much be a lot less. Even then it would make more than twice the money of what she pay for in a month.
No one coming with clean hands to this court. Landlord is clearly a slumlord cheaping out on doing proper repairs. But what really gets my goat is the defendant and how much profit she was making. I have lost total trust in charities these days because people like the defendant act all morally self-righteous when they’re just ripping off the most vulnerable and raking in the money!!
This woman (The Defendant) was NOT running a Charity and never claimed such. She was running a business. And that business seemed to be earning her a good living, while she squeezed 12 vulnerable women into a deplorable slum of a house.
@@ceciliajohnson8812 I did NOT say the defendant was running a charity. But clearly she WAS exploiting the women for income AND exploiting them to help her case because she mentioned them SEVERAL times in her defence.
No one forced her to rent a subpar home that wouldn’t accommodate up to 12 people! She as well as landlord where motivated by money. He accepted rent for two different places that he probably new weren’t zoned to run that type of business and she also most likely knew the issue of running a business like hers because she claims she has a license. Just because you have a license doesn’t mean you can skate rules and regulations that are clearly stated when applying for said license. JJ wasn’t going to reward neither of them because they both came to court with ( as JJ puts it) dirty hands!
@@ceciliajohnson8812 yup after I finished part one and part two I literally were like these both are pieces of shit people and she wants to sit there and act like she’s the victim. These 12 women living in more than likely a three or four bedroom house and this woman is cramming more than likely three or four women in each room and making them pay $400 a month to literally share a bedroom with two or three other women which is ridiculous and taking advantage of them because they know that they can’t get an apartment right away by themselves or their family isn’t willing to help them out right away which I get but my friend who runs his own sober living house he gets a little bit government funding, but he will literally charge these people $400 a month and then he will literally split it where he pockets $200 to keep the place running and then he will put the other $200 aside so let’s say a person live there for six months and they finally find their own apartment and are ready to move in my friend will literally give that person $1200 because they technically saved that up for six months because my friend wants these people to succeed, and have this money and it’s their money, but he wants them to have this money so they have a leg up on getting furniture in their new apartment or getting a bed and dressers, toilet paper whatever it may be because he wants it to feel like home to these people to their new apartment and that’s what they should be doing. That’s what this woman should be doing is taking a little profit but also just putting even like $100 aside in these women’s rent, and then give them a little money when they’re ready to move out and where but I do agree. Her landlord is a shitty person but also she is too.
I think people are forgetting that she didn’t pay rent for a month while she was collecting 4000 dollars and therefor 12 people we’re still making the landlord unable to rent it to someone else while also not getting the 800 dollars. The defendant also said she did not pay that part of the rent because she had to pay for repairs herself, which is why I think Judge Judy handled the countersuit like that.
Both of these are shady characters: she is running a 'half-way' house charging very high rent to these women (for probably having to share rooms because I am sure they don't have individual rooms) in what is basically a slum house condition. The landlord didnt care to make the repairs because he knew she would do it and the house was already in crap condition AND THE LADY KNEW IT. She was trying to play innocent meanwhile they were in cahoots.
She was charging like $400 a month for 1/3rd of a room to these ladies and she also stopped paying rent for 3 months and did not pay utilities. She made BANK those 3 months.
Contrary to a lot of the comments, JJ made the correct ruling. Neither of them deserved to get a dime. There both shysters. She made wayyyyyyyyy more than what she was personally paying for the rent. She was running a business out of someone else’s home and had busines expenses. That’s what happens. And he was a horrible landlord as well for not paying for repairs. But I don’t blame him, that’s part of what the money she was making was for. She knew the house was in shambles but still rented to other women until it no longer benefited her the way she wanted.
I totally agree, because yes, her landlord is a scummy shitty person but also she’s no better literally making 12 women live in a house that is more than likely a three or four bedroom house and more than likely cramming three or four women in each bedroom and then living and sleeping on bunkbeds And charging $400 a month she is literally making almost $5000 a month. It’s so ridiculous if she’s going to be cramming three or four people in a bedroom she should be charging people maybe $200 a month she still making almost $3000 a month charging them $200 a month, I get she hast to make a living too but that’s just ridiculous and what is she doing to help these women except give them supposedly a place to live even though they’re getting crammed in a house and bedrooms like cattle my friend he runs his own sober, living house. He gets some funding from the government, but also he does charge the people $400 a month but he’ll keep $200 for himself to keep the place running but also he’ll set the other $200 aside for these people when they’re ready to move out so let’s say a person is ready to move out. They finally got their own apartment and they lived there for six months in my friends, sober living house. He will give them $1200 back to give them a leg up to buy furniture buy food if they haven’t been accepted for food stamps if they want to pay in advance on their rent to the landlord, they can if they need a bed or dresser, and sometimes, my friend even for a housewarming gift he will buy these people couch just to help them out also yeah it’s not an amazing couch but it’s better than nothing but at least he has sympathy and tries to help out his people
I didn't understand JJ's ruling at first but I think I get it now.... but she WAS still unnecessarily aggressive towards the defendant...... I think it was directed more towards the fact that the defendant had, for a few months, collected rent from each of the women even though she, herself, did not pay HER own rent to the owner, citing deplorable conditions. If the conditions were so deplorable that the defendant withheld rent, the women who were the ones actually living in those deplorable conditions, should have been able to withhold THEIR rent from HER. Even though she was not at full capacity because of the conditions, and lost clients, JJ felt her financial losses were balanced out by the financial gains during those specific months.
I think Judge Judy saw them both as pieces of shit landlords because this woman was literally cramming 12 people and more than likely a three or four bedroom house so she was cramming three or four women in each bedroom and charging them $400 a month she was making almost $5000 a month She also did not have the proof that she could be running this so-called business or anything that’s another reason why Judge Judy threw out her case they are both point-blank period both scummy people and scummy landlords she even fully admitted to Judge Judy that when she moved these 12 women in this place was not pretty that it wasn’t very good living conditions when she moved these 12 women in but she wants to complain about her landlord like I get he’s not a good landlord but really
Judge Judy did not make a good call in this case. The fact she made money from the women she rented does not mean she shouldn't be reimbursement for the work done on his house.
Unfortunately in certain states such as Indiana, if you make repairs on apartments or any rental, you are not entitled to your money back. Maybe Judge Judy knew that about that state. I agree she should have gotten her money back but unfortunately some states are more landlord friendly than they should be. My husband and I now have a rule that we will not put any money into a rental and leave it to the landlord we just keep messages of us letting them know what needs to be fixed and depending on if they fix it or not we can take them to court but moral of the story never put money into a rental? People are crappy and some of these states have extremely stupid laws!
@@katbowenchristiangirl_k Indiana is brutal on tenants but will let a landlord run wild.. The worst thing that could happen is the landlord might end up on the news 😑
@@MaseRhea absolutely. My husband and I are wanting to leave Indiana and I always suggest to people that where you move to shouldn’t just be based off of “it’s just so beautiful here” it should also be based off of laws that protect you as a citizen in any situation especially if you’re renting. States that are lenient on landlords but not tenants is one of many red flags to look for. IN MY OPINION for anyone who gets offended by what I said. It’s my opinion based off of experiences of my own. I understand everyone thinks differently.
@@katbowenchristiangirl_k I'm making my escape too lol.. But that's what I always say too, laws are becoming more and more important when looking to relocate. Just when you think Indiana is going in the right direction somebody comes along and knocks us back again. Indiana is a great place to live but if you can help it, it's best to buy instead of rent. Unless you find a landlord who actually cares about their tenants despite what the law says.
@@MaseRhea exactly. So many slumlords here in Indiana. My brother left and moved to Virginia. Said he will never come back to Indiana. And yes buying is a lot better in Indiana. I actually love living in Indiana but the laws here make it difficult. I’m ready to leave and branch out.
She don’t understand that JJ saying she fixed things as a landlord as she made money…. Those ladies dealt with HER so it was her responsibility to fix things even if he didn’t or didn’t reimburse her.
In Part 1 she never showed proof that the house was legally zoned for how she was using it, she just assumed it was because there were other houses in the area doing the same thing... It's possible what she was doing wasn't entirely legal? I wonder if that's why JJ told her no.
Is she though? I have mixed thoughts as $400 is a lot of money to pay for very cramped conditions. As far as I can see they only got a place to sleep. I don't know yes they had a roof over their heads but it doesn't sound like they get any other help.
The Defendant was profiting massively off vulnerable women, and housing them in deplorable conditions. No props to the Defendant for such nasty behaviour as that. The Plantiff and the Defendant were each a piece of work. The Landlord was greedy AND uncaring, while the Defendant did seem somewhat caring about her Customers, but she was greedy for money by charging $400 to each woman for such shameful housing. That's four Customers sleeping in each room. Imagine how cramped that would be!
@@ceciliajohnson8812 she need to make a living too. Plus, she paid for the damages. I don’t think she got over on these women. She just found a place that will benefit her and the women.
Paying $750 rent for a house and charging $400 for each of the 12 tenants is a BIG scam. Those half way house ladies should have been paying half of that if you're trying to help them. Plus it sounds like $400 per tenant was a huge ripoff.
It's not a scam. I rent property and have a mortgage of course the rent has nothing to do with my mortgage. Hospitals lease land and charge for the stay of their patients, I can guarantee you the land lease isn't near what they charge for room and board when they have patients. I was in the hospital for almost 3 months and just the room and board ran $35,000 per month.
That rent probably included food and utilities. It sounds fair to me. I'm sure she had expenses for running the place - insurance, security, food, utilities, probably transportation, etc.
@@peryole Agreed. But this is not a hospital. In a house where one is sharing everything without the benefit of proper staffing. It looks shady to me. If not, and if I had the interest and energy to deal with endless nonsense, it is a pretty good business.
Judy was prepared to throw that honest, upstanding Black woman out from the beginning and then when it was made clear and undeniable that that old white shady landlord was a liar, Judy had no choice but to dismiss his case. However, her pride still wouldn’t allow her to honor the woman’s request and hear her very valid counterclaim. Her biases aren’t as well hidden as she’d like to believe they are.
Is it just me who thinks it’s morally wrong that these ladies was living in a half way house, the lady was charging these other ladies 400$ a month, and she was only paying 750€ a month!!!! And making up to 4800$ a month!!!! That’s crazy!! 😊
That's the first time I've seen JJ sit back down. I'm willing to bet that Sarah would've disagreed with her. I also bet that JJ was looking at it like lady you made 3600.00 and didn't pay rent, it's a wash.
1:00 There are these long tubes with pieces of glass on the end with little wires that you put these things called batteries in, to make artificial light for when you film in the dark.😂😂
@@Mrslynn2475 Yeah they can which means the defendant lost nothing. IF the defendant wants to play landlord then she needs to keep the place up and pay her own rent and sue her landlord the right way.
@@Mrslynn2475 Self help isn't an option - you still owe rent. She can collect from the judge. Two wrongs don't make it right. Defendant needed to pay for repairs SHE PLAYING LANDLORD FOR HER LADIES COLLECTING RENT NON STOP! Fact she would collect rent and not pay it forward is one hella scam way to go out. Don't get it mixed up. She owes the women she collected from that were paying and suffering. Defendant did not stay there to suffer. Huge difference in what you have feelings about.
He’s totally lying. I had the exact same issue late last year. My washing machine somehow malfunctioned and flooded my utility room which is in my basement. The only reason my basement wasn’t “filled” with water like my utility room is because there was carpet so the water was being soaked up. My landlord filed an insurance claim & completely re-did my basement flooring within 3 weeks to avoid mold damage!
So because she was making money, she shouldn't get a refund from the lying landlord? Is it a crime to make money? What she was doing was not illegal. Judge Judy was wrong. If she was collecting welfare, she'd be a problem, but she's making money and that also seems to be a problem.
Oh, he was so smug until those text messages came out!😂😂😂
Lol
Exactly what I was chuckling about too 😆
I know right? Judge Judy wiped that smug look right off. 😂🤣💪
At 2:43 his face changes to oops she caught me
TOTALLY agree. She struck me as believable because she didn’t have attitude and her eyes were right on JJ and you could tell she was telling the truth as she understood/believed it.
She wiped that cheesy smile right of his face. lol
Smug bastard
She also stopped her in her tracks.
“You only get to lie to me once, only once- we’re done!”
I honestly don't know how Judge Judy could keep doing this job all these years. these people would drive me nuts every day .
No principles. Sold Out
47 million dollars a year and decent work hours. These type of shows don’t take very long to film. Unlike other shows that film multiple episodes the same day she doesn’t even have to change clothing. She even managed to shave 40ish min off her work day by changing her hairstyle.
Easy because she works one month out of the year. She says she hears a year’s worth of cases in 1 one month.
This comment is asinine. I’m sure you’d jump if you had this opportunity.
@@dinahbrown902 Says who? She attended law school when very few woman did. In addition most of the female students were wealthy WASPs not middle class Jewish girls from Brooklyn. She worked tirelessly as a prosecutor while still making time for her children. She took that job over one in corporate law at a cosmetics company where she would earn a lot more money and have a much less demanding workload. Spousal and child abuse cases were finally taken seriously partially due to her crusading tirelessly. She was appointed to the bench in 1982. She continued to be a dedicated jurist. By chance she was featured on 60 minutes around the time Judge Wapner retired from “The People’s Court.” The producers pursued her and the rest is history. I don’t even watch her that often, a RUclips clip now and then. However I still admire her accomplishments.
That smirk went out the window and started shaking when the texts came up
I’m cracking up at the end when he asked why he’s not getting the utility money. JJ: What?! 🤣
😂😂😂😂😂😂
😆😆😆
She told him you only get to lie to me once and he smiled, that old man has no sham.
Right he really thought he was going to get something 😂
Yes, her "What?!" was hilarious 😂
The “mhmmm” as she stood there cracked me. That landlord is a piece of work. Every time he talks or smirks makes me sick. At least this lady can get as far away from him now. Wouldn’t be surprised if he tried harassing her when they got back home. This is exactly what my landlord did to my husband and I when he couldn’t get money out of us.
Umm the woman was taking advantage of women in bad situations, probably a trap house, she didn't live there because she knew it was a roach motel with deplorable conditions, she's no Saint, more of a greedy Satan than a Saint 😂 the landlord knew, he's just as dirty as she is and that's why judy didn't help either of them
@@smartwatchonpluto pressed.
"you only get to lie to me once
we're done" 🤣
@@jazzyj6640 lmaooo 😂
@Cypruss Tk she figured out a way to make money, and you are talking about taking advantage of what women? But you won't say anything about those big banks and pharmaceutical companies who steals trillions from average people everyday.
She is making money in a legit way, there is no taking advantage of people. Anyone can do that.
I think the issue is that she never decreased the rent amount that she was charging those women who lived there. If they had to live in deplorable conditions, their rent should've been free. She expected "the ladies" to pay her while she refused to pay her own landlord, when the ladies were the ones who were truly suffering. So she made profit off of the women who had to live in deplorable conditions and then pocketed the rent money (minus the utility fix). In Judge Judy lingo, she was "made whole."
She didn’t pay him for the month of august only… 17 days while the women moved out
"She expected 'the ladies' to pay her while she refused to pay her own landlord, when the ladies were the ones who were truly suffering." When you explain it that way, it makes so much sense! The landlord is definitely a scammer, but the defendant certainly doesn't deserve money either.
Also she didn't have the right type of license to be running it.
$400 ?she moved them out.
The way I thought about it was that she fixed the issue (with her money) as it happened, so the women didn’t have an electricity issue. Therefore their full rent was still due. However, since it was really the landlords job, she was right to start taking what he owed her by reducing her rent. Whether he fixed it or she did, do the other women have any claim to a reduced rent? Idk if I agree with JJ
I think this is the first time i've ever seen judge judy say "case dismissed!" and get up to walk out and then sit back down and talk with them for more than 10 seconds
It sounds to me like this lady had a very creative way to make a living, while helping her community. Why does JJ act like she is doing a bad thing?! Kudos to this enterprising woman!
I don’t think she was looking at it that. She tends to be fair in all cases and in this case, it was just that.
Stuffing 12 women in a home with "deplorable conditions" and making 600% profit is not what I would consider as helping the community. I have no issue with her making a profit, but a 600% return seems absurdly excessive to me.
@@TangentialShark well say a couple of them don’t pay rent for a couple months.. which sometimes happens at recovery houses. That money she’s charging will cover her because she’ll have to make up for the missed rent. Either way where can you stay for a whole month for $400? Not many places 🌚 just give the lady her props for helping people and move on.
Because they shady. Get all kinds of kick backs from government and take every penny the residents get from social security. I worked for a woman who did this. Treated the tenants like crap and i had to go. I couldnt stand it.
Perhaps you should watch the case again.
She is one of the most engaged defendants I’ve ever seen in this show! Honest too this is what people sound like when they’re telling the truth
And I think it's deplorable that JJ wouldn't hear all she had to say.
Neither one was fully telling the truth.
Watching that old man get put in his place after being so smug was just soo good 😭❤️
‘You only get to lie to me once”
I swear if this is how I deal with people I would’ve saved myself a lot of trouble.
Two slumlords suing each other... those poor women in recovery, all this chaos probably made them relapse.
Right!!!!! my friend he runs a sober living house and yes he gets some money from the government but like her he charges the people living in his sober living house $400 but he keeps $200 for himself and then he’ll put $200 aside for when these people are ready to move out so let’s say one person is ready to move out And move into their own apartment and they’ve lived in my friends sober living house for six months my friend will literally give that person a lot of their money back and they’ll get $1200 because my friend wants them to have a leg up in life like get furniture for their new apartment or a bed or dressers or food if they haven’t been accepted for food stamps yet or if they want to pay an advance on their rent, they can do, so what is this woman doing to set these women up for success she is literally being a shitty landlord just like this guy she even admitted to Judge Judy that they were not good living conditions when she moved these 12 women into this house and more than likely this house is a three or four bedroom house so she’s cramming three or four women in each bedroom and just imagine 12 women living in a house if anything she should have six people living in the house at most where two people are sharing a room depending on the size of the room. If it’s a smaller room, then she should just put one person in that room and maybe they pay like 25 or $50 extra. But these poor women I agree with you there’s probably three or four of them in each room and they’re all on bunkbeds she’s literally taking advantage of these women that more than likely are just coming off of drugs or they just got out of jail or prison, which I get a lot of of them put themselves in that situation, but still it’s scummy and she’s literally scamming them. She’s no better than her own landlord.
My exact thought!!
she should ALWAYS hear the counter suits. It is very irritating for us the viewer to not hear it AND those people were promised to be heard by the judge. Not fair.
You should sue.
life isnt fair hun....
I'd agree, except she stopped paying rent, if she wanted reimbursement from the court she should have continued paying rent instead of making her own justice by holding it
@@neojazex She still had a counter suit. I wanna hear it. Go ahead and tell her it is dismissed AFTER I hear what she was gonna try to get.
JJ has already read about the counter suit before starting, so if she says it’s nonsense, she’s not basing that on just what the editors show us.
Since she was running a business out of the house he should have done a commercial lease which would make her responsible for all repairs like all commercial leases, she wanted a business with a residential lease which is illegal
A HALFWAY house does NOT need a commercial license. You need a business license about $50, federal EIN, insurance, basic amenities such as furniture, bedding, beds, toiletries and kitchen appliances. You will not be just splitting the rent among the tenants. You do exactly what this woman did. You need to have money for emergencies, fixing appliances and other basic necessities. And let’s not forget food is provided. The tenants have household chores but food and cleaning supplies are provided. How do y’all think a business person can do all of that with minimum rent?
The what at the end from JJ when he asked why he didn’t get any utility money 😂😂😂😂
JJ is more interested in going to lunch than she is in taking cases!! 🤣🤣🤣
Why Does She Have To Be Responsible For His Negligence Of Repairs Smh
She should go back and sue him in small claims court.
Exactly!!
Unfortunately you can't sue for the same thing twice, but she might be able to appeal the dismissal.
@@MaseRhea she didn’t sue though? Interesting.
@@jazzyj6640 The counter claim is a lawsuit filing
I don’t agree with the judgement. Just because the tenant made a income and did repairs to fixes the owner property. She should have been repaid for the repairs. It don’t matter if she made millions of dollars what do that have to do with anything. I disagree.
I literally said THE SAME THING!! I honestly believed JJ was biased from the beginning of this case. It’s absolutely ridiculous she made the defendant pay for repairs on HIS house. All because she’s making “a lot of money”, bad call JJ😞
@@jayswifeduhh Not true. The defendant doesn't have to pay the plaintiff back for rent or utilities she otherwise owes him either so why would she get extra money ?
@@Naturegurl124 word
@@jayswifeduhh This lady made bank for 3 months off this property, she didn't pay him any rent but kept collecting the ladies rent. JJ knew this, and didn't make her pay utilities back either.
I think Judge Judy saw her as a hypocrite because she wants to sit there and complain about her landlord but yet she’s not the best landlord she’s literally cramming 12 women in a more than likely three or four bedroom house. I pray it’s a three or four bedroom house, because if it’s a one or two bedroom house, that’s really shitty of her but if it is a three or four bedroom house, she is literally cramming three or four women in each bedroom And charging them $400 a month usually when people rent a room to themselves they pay 400 or $600 a which I get these women have to get what they get because majority of them just get out of prison or jail, and they literally have nowhere else to go, but people like her are taking advantage of that. She even admitted to Judge Judy when she moved those 12 women in the house was not in good condition, and it still wasn’t in very good condition from the defendant said. I totally get she has to make a profit too, and she hast to make a living too but she’s literally making almost $5000 a month off of these women. Literally and sober housing programs usually only put two people to a room but these are actual sober living places and they charge them $200 a month because they have a roommate and they will literally put that money aside. Tell the person is ready to move out and then they give them that $200 a month that they paid and then it totals out to like $1200 or however long they have stayed there, so then it gives them an extra leg in the real world. What is she trying to do to set these women up for success? I guess she’s just doing it herself she’s not part of a program or an actual like facility but she could at least charge these women $200 a month if they’re going to share a bedroom with two or three other women and literally cramming 12 women in a house that’s not OK she should at most have like four or five women living in that house
the landlord is such a scammer
HE SMILED AS HE LIED OH MY GOODNESS
Yup.
So is the ratchet tenant taking money from vulnerable women
They both are
@@juanchoja and they both walked away with nothing
Sorry, I disagree with Judge Judy on this decision. The issue is not whether she made money, but whether she suffered losses due to the lack of the landlord fulfilling his promise. Simple, he provided a place and made the contract full warranty by saying that he was going to do the repairs. She should have recovered the money she spent to be made whole. You missed the mark on this one judge
I love Judge Judy, but I 100% agree with you on this. The money she made from her customers is completely irrelevant to money she had to expend to improve his property.
She didn't LIVE on the property. That was the whole point. If she lived with her 12 tenants and suffered personal financial loss, then she might have had a chance. If her tenants sued, they would have had a better chance of winning than she did. She was making a huge profit from renting cheaply and then subleasing and charging a higher rate from her 12 tenants
She lost nothing. She was paying $750/month to rent a home then turning around and renting to 12 individuals at $450/person... at an address where she didn't live and that wasn't zoned as a business. Both of em were crooked as heck and probably the only people who lost out were the people in recovery living in the slums.
In that case, she shouldn't have been collecting rent from her tenants either.
Think about it, She rented tiny SINGLE dwelling house (means she crammed 12 women in a space that can accommodate 4 people) that were not zoned as commercial (for that reason), and crammed in as many sardines, I mean women as she could fit, 450.00 per, she is a con artist and a third party slum lord. Judy didn't care and emphasizes how much she was gouging them, because she was fleecing women in need.
Love it when JJ says "We're done!"
Right but she sat back down which is rare
You only get to lie to me once🤣👏🏽👏🏽🤣
Don’t y’all love these cases where someone seems to be winning and suddenly the whole scenario change???
I love when JJ listen to both sides fully but she drop the ball in the counter suit.
If someone is making money , doesn’t mean that they are not entitled to their legal rights …. !!!!
Exactly!!
The implication is that she housed women in deplorable conditions and profited off of it. JJ doesn't want to reward that, I think.
sure. let's ignore she was operating a business in a property that was not zoned for business. legally she should have been shut down. let's also ignore that she was making thousands of dollars off desperate women while housing them in substandard conditions. How much of a refund where those women entitled to? how much money did she give back to them? i wonder. but yea ok she's the victim here......
She still made the women pay full rent while living in those conditions when she didn't want to pay full rent and she didn't even live there. 🤦
I agree the judge should of let the woman get back all that she spent to fix the house
To have those ladies live like that is horrible.
Her cleancut blows to impartiality exudes making her one of the most Lawful Good judges of all time. And I mean ALL time. She is a grand result of amazing monitary equity spotting between two parties.
To everyone saying she was entitled to money back... I wonder if the "clean hands" thing is what tanked her countersuit. In the first part JJ asks if the house was zoned for commercial use and the defendant never showed proof it was... Which could mean that she wasn't legally permitted to use the house the way she did. If that's the case, idk if JJ should or even can help her.
I think it's because she was complaining about how bad of a state this house was in she has to spend so much money on it so she didn't pay rent. But like jj said if your going to make the women pay to live there then so should you, I think it's because she made the women pay her hundreds despite the conditions but her herself didn't think she had to pay because of those same conditions she didn't even have to live in. If she had told jj she had to cut the rent down because of the conditions she might have been compensated. But fact is she was making loads, of a property that wasn't worth that sort of money and then refused to pay
That was the first house, not the second house she was in it.
Greed of scammers gets them everytime
She wasn't.
JJ said the reason why.
Her tenants still payed though it all.
So she made money even though she refused to pay her rent.
I think the law regarding commercial business and leases are different to residential living. if you're renting commercially, and there are repairs to be made, generally the commercial tenant has to make those repairs. what happened here, sounds more like a constructive eviction, she gave him notice, he didnt fix the issue, she vacated, but she took too long to vacate. she didnt technically lose business while there, she only lost business after she left
She came very prepared and I love seeing it. ☺️
She lost her counter suit
@@Hudpix16 She lost it because JJ didn’t want to hear it. She had a case.
@@Hudpix16 She didn't lose it, she didn't pay rent for 3 months and still lived there, while still taking the ladies money each month. She pocketed it all. JJ knew that.
Yesss! Judge Judy prevails again!
Is it just me or did Judge Judy penalize the defendant for running a profitable business? There’s no indication that was doing anything illegal, so making money shouldn’t have invalidated her counter suit.
I think JJ decided that the house wasn't zoned as a business, whatever that means, but the landlord clearly knew about it and condoned it, so that shouldn't have gone against her.
Defendant says the conditions were so bad she didn’t pay rent. Yet she had those women pay HER rent. Significantly more than the rent she refused to pay.
She’s a scammer. 🙄
JJ’s nixing her countersuit is not right. Because she made money by renting to those women does not mean she should not be reimbursed for the repairs she made to his house. On top of it all he is a bloody liar. She is a savvy business woman and JJ seems to take issue with the fact she made a profit so she should just accept her losses. Foolishness.
Yes!
The defendant was about to explain how it was zoned for her business and JJ cut her off.
It sounded like she was about to hand her proof.
If the defendant is providing housing for the renters, she becomes responsible for the upkeep.
I learned a lot from this case. Always keep your receipts and messages.
She was very polite and well prepared
Yeah, she was but I think Judge Judy threw out her counter claim because she is a scummy landlord too. It’s ridiculous that she’s charging these women 12 women $400 a month and the house is more than likely a three or four bedroom house. I really hope it’s a three or four bedroom house so more than likely she’s cramming three or four women in each room that’s not OK. Literally people rent a whole room to themselves for four or $600 a month. She even admitted to Judge Judy that when she moved those 12 women in the house was not in good condition. And she was literally making almost $5000 a month off of these women. She is not a good landlord, either. I do agree the older gentleman he is a scummy landlord, too, but they both are and I think that’s why judge Judy throughout her counter claim.
“You only get to lie to me once and we’re done!” ❤ JJ
The landlord lied with a straight face smh
Why do people just be lying! 😂😂
So what she made money from her business, that's what you're supposed to do... Just because she made money she has to be punished for it?? I understand that she owes a month of rent and she spent money on repairs so they cancel each other out, but to say you don't get anything because you made money is ridicules
Agreed!!
I know, sometime Judge Judy just looks for a reason to deny money (since the company that owns the TV show are the ones doing the paying and none of the litigants).
Judge Judy wasnt convinced that the defendant was supposed to be making money, thats why she asked about the zoning. Judge Judys position is always that she doesnt reward illegal behavior or activity. I think had the judge been given proof when she asked that the df business was totally legit then she may have gotten some recovery.
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@@keepnit100 I don’t quite understand her stance on the question… if it’s a residential property, then it’s in a residential zoning. But you don’t need to be in a commercial zone if your housing recovery patients. That’s why it’s called a Halfway HOUSE. Same with daycare homes for kids and adults..They’re located in residential neighborhoods 🤷🏻♂️
4:40 he look like he was about to break down and cry 😂😂😂😂
Two scammers in same case.
IF she is collecting rent from all those "ladies" then she didn't lose money but the "ladies" were the ones suffering with the defects of the home as she collected money from them and still paid zero rent.
The judge knows a scam when she sees one.
Which is probably why the landlord wasn't too swift on fixing up his place.
She actually did pay rent she stopped paying rent because she had to get things fixed that he should have had fixed. I understand about the scammer part she shouldn't be worried about money she claims he owes her she made her money and then some.
No one would continue to pay all of the rent in a home or apartment when they have to pay to fix things themselves.
@@anonymousanonymous2577 "She actually did pay rent "
WOW GEEZE
I don't remember anyone being taken to court because they paid rent fully do you?
" she had to get things fixed "
Of course she had to get things fixed as SHE WAS COLLECTING RENT - I am sure she refunded no one.
"No one would continue to pay all of the rent in a home or apartment when they have to pay to fix things themselves"
How long should she be allowed to stay not paying rent? 1 month 2 months 3 months or forever?
Just maybe if your landlord is crap you can just LEAVE!!!! No one made her stay there not paying rent - OOOPS she wasn't staying there but her "ladies" she was collecting rent from were. Who or What landlord is going to allow that?
If you going to play landlord and collect rent - Yeah you should fix things.
That doesn't mean she can take self-help and not pay forever - They have court for that. You think she put rent she wasn't paying in an escrow account?
Lets be clear she wasn't doing anyone any favors but herself.
She couldn't have done it any worse if she tried.
So you defending what here?
I suspect you won't admit you are wrong and would keep defending the scam on either side.
@@scamchan Your last point was completely WRONG! She only did not pay rent for ONE month and moved out immediately following the problems she had to fix. You're not as smart as you think you are.
@@SageKayDee " She only did not pay rent for ONE month"
Did she lose money by not paying rent and leaving?
Again she was collecting rent and not paying any if she left or not.
Paying to fix things in the home she was collecting rent from hmmmm wow yeah
why not fix things for people you taking money from what a concept.
SHE HAD TO FIX or she would need to start refunding money. We know that didn't happen.
Fact remain she didn't pay her own rent
plus collecting money.
She can't have it both ways.
She want to be refunded for not paying rent?
I think not.
Clearly not your brightest moment at trying to be clever but not logical.
Moving out quickly doesn't mean free rent.
She collected at least $4000 but still didn't pay $800 rent or electric bill on the way out.
If she wanted a refund she should have paid her rent and then seek a refund of the repairs.
Yet here we are with you ignoring all of that.
@@scamchan You can keep arguing with yourself, you’re obnoxious. Judge Judy ruled so suffice it to say it’s still the landlord’s responsibility to take on the expenses. That’s the law in every civilized part of the world. If she wanted to and should have been refunded for anything, it’s any expenses that went ABOVE and beyond the rent cost. Bye.
Your only get to lie to me once lol 😅
I think the defendant should have either got the money back for the repairs OR her rent back.
I think in Jude Judy's mind was that the Defendant got paid by the ladies anyways and didnt' pay the Plaintiff. I'm just glad she won.
defendant did NOT pay rent for the last 3 months. pocketing 4k each month. All becuase Landlord lied to Judge and didnt do repairs. Landlords punisment is to not be paid 3 months rent. Defendant make good profit and lucky that Judge did not make her pay back Month Rent.
@@jdgarcia2004 at 1:34 mark she said she didn't pay ALL the rent each month because she was paying for repairs that he was supposed to take care.
@@shannonbrice8012 so they are even?
@@jdgarcia2004 if the repairs were more than her rent she should be reimbursed. However, he brought her to court for outstanding rent. I suspect if he would have left it alone she would have just walked away. Electrical issues flooding and mold should be a reason enough not to pay rent until it is up to code.
Watching JJ I’m learning how to Shut the Fek up until spoken to and Only answer the question when asked ‼️ I reckon I’ll make a good defendant, plaintiff, witness whatever I’m Ready 🤭
I think JJ did not do right by the defendant. She was providing services to these women. It is not cheap to run a group home. JJ treated her like she was scamming these women.
I kind of agree but I think Judge Judy was thinking that Defendant was still getting her money from the ladies so that is why she didn't acknowledge her counters suit. Kind of like and even Steven. The business agreement was between the Plaintiff and the Defendant not the ladies renting from her. But I get what your saying.
12 adults in one house is a slum
@@MEGIDIOT and a $4000 profit per month is pretty good.
I think she may have heard her out if the property was licensed for the business she's doing, but it's not. You can't really ask the courts for help when your hands aren't completely clean.
she never said that she got less money from her ladies while she was not paying rent... so they pay 400 each for rent but the defendant 0... doesn't sound like a good samarita to me
Anytime there’s a counter suit and someone is already winning the case she hardly grants it.. kinda sucks tbh. 😮
Defendant should have won the counter suit.
Agreed. He was the cause.
defendant did NOT pay rent for the last 3 months. pocketing 4k each month. All becuase Landlord lied to Judge and didnt do repairs. Landlords punisment is to not be paid 3 months rent. Defendant make good profit and lucky that Judge did not make her pay back Month Rent.
@jdgarcia2004 is right. If she was playing the rent or reimbursed the plaintiff for the rent owed then you can entertain the counterclaim. But she decided to reimburse herself by not paying rent. Judge Judy has her 'clean hands' rule. Need to come to court having followed the law to expect it to work in your favour
I thought so too, but then realized she was not supposed to be using it as a commercial use. Remember in the beginning. Lol like JJ says "clean hands", & stuffing 12 women in there was crazy
She was running a commercial business. Landlords are not responsible for repairs to commercial businesses
dear judge judy , I LOVE YOU
It was obvious that Judy was biased against the defendant from the beginning. The defendant clearly had a lot to say and Judy wouldn’t even entertain hearing out her countersuit. She gave more credit to the case brought by the lying slumlord.
Maybe because the house wasn't zoned commercial, so JJ didn't think she should be running a business there. But if that's the reason, she could have said that.
@@L.SpencerI guarantee you that Judy doesn't know the intricacies of the zoning laws in every city, town, and county. She just took the plaintiff's word for it that the house wasn't zoned for commercial use, and cut off the defendant while she was explaining why she believed it was.
Also she withheld payments because she fixed things. Which is legal and true. But you don't withhold payment and also get your money back. It's one or the other in court.
@@smutjunkies559 The problem is that we don't know the extent of her bills for repairs, because Judy refused to let her plead her case. Judy didn't even mention that her countersuit was dismissed until the defendant stopped her - that's really unusual on this show.
@@AishaBrownIsMe no that's not it, our business had to be zoned by the state for using x-rays which is annually expected and certification is annually renewed. Pretty time consuming process the first time but renewals and annual inspections to be fast. Anyway my point is she would have proof, which if she didn't have a physical copy, you can easily pull up on your stare government website where you have to do a lot of the registration for zoning. So yea if she didn't have any form of proof then she didn't get it zoned.
Judge Judy is Badass! 💪🏾
The defendant was sharp, she had receipts and presented her case well. Too bad Judge didn't see it that way😏
Yes, the plaintiff that is a landlord he is scummy too but also she is too literally scum too 12 women in more than likely a three or four bedroom house so those women are being crammed into rooms more likely sleeping on bunkbeds and she’s more than likely cramming three or four women in each room and charging them $400 a month people literally pay rent to have a room to themselves for $400-$600 a month she is literally making almost $5000 a month off of these women I get she has to make a profit too. She hast to make a living but she does not need to be charging them $400 specially if they don’t even get their own bedroom, I would maybe get if she put two women in each room, but three or four of them that’s ridiculous. She is a scummy landlord too and that’s probably why Judge Judy threw her case out is Judge Judy was thinking she’s a hypocrite too because she literally even admitted to Judge Judy when she moved the 12 women in the house was not in good condition which I get that’s probably all the women could actually get, because it’s hard for them to rent and just coming out of jail or prison people don’t want them staying with them. I get they have to take what they can get but that’s still ridiculous. Moral of the story they’re both scum landlords
Bro she JJ inspired me to become a judge!! I love this 😂😂😂
That defendant was taking care of her community and making money. This is called a win-win.
Not sure why JJ dismissed her counter claim without reviewing it first.
I hope she bought a group home.
Because she DIDNT PAY HER RENT. Helping people in her community does not exclude her from paying her bills.
The defendant had a business. She treated her like a business owner not a renter.
Helping people in community? Tf? She rent a home worth of $800 and renting back to 12 other people with $400 each, making $4800 a month. If she really care enough to help people in the community, she would have lease it for $100 each or much be a lot less. Even then it would make more than twice the money of what she pay for in a month.
@@jacka3280They still had a place to stay for less than what they would be paying elsewhere…
Rough justice. Sounds like the house wasn’t zoned for commercial use.
Judge Judy is awesome ❤👍🏾
No one coming with clean hands to this court. Landlord is clearly a slumlord cheaping out on doing proper repairs. But what really gets my goat is the defendant and how much profit she was making. I have lost total trust in charities these days because people like the defendant act all morally self-righteous when they’re just ripping off the most vulnerable and raking in the money!!
This woman (The Defendant) was NOT running a Charity and never claimed such.
She was running a business. And that business seemed to be earning her a good living, while she squeezed 12 vulnerable women into a deplorable slum of a house.
@@ceciliajohnson8812 I did NOT say the defendant was running a charity. But clearly she WAS exploiting the women for income AND exploiting them to help her case because she mentioned them SEVERAL times in her defence.
No one forced her to rent a subpar home that wouldn’t accommodate up to 12 people! She as well as landlord where motivated by money. He accepted rent for two different places that he probably new weren’t zoned to run that type of business and she also most likely knew the issue of running a business like hers because she claims she has a license. Just because you have a license doesn’t mean you can skate rules and regulations that are clearly stated when applying for said license. JJ wasn’t going to reward neither of them because they both came to court with ( as JJ puts it) dirty hands!
@@billmoran3219 exactly 👍🏻
@@ceciliajohnson8812 yup after I finished part one and part two I literally were like these both are pieces of shit people and she wants to sit there and act like she’s the victim. These 12 women living in more than likely a three or four bedroom house and this woman is cramming more than likely three or four women in each room and making them pay $400 a month to literally share a bedroom with two or three other women which is ridiculous and taking advantage of them because they know that they can’t get an apartment right away by themselves or their family isn’t willing to help them out right away which I get but my friend who runs his own sober living house he gets a little bit government funding, but he will literally charge these people $400 a month and then he will literally split it where he pockets $200 to keep the place running and then he will put the other $200 aside so let’s say a person live there for six months and they finally find their own apartment and are ready to move in my friend will literally give that person $1200 because they technically saved that up for six months because my friend wants these people to succeed, and have this money and it’s their money, but he wants them to have this money so they have a leg up on getting furniture in their new apartment or getting a bed and dressers, toilet paper whatever it may be because he wants it to feel like home to these people to their new apartment and that’s what they should be doing. That’s what this woman should be doing is taking a little profit but also just putting even like $100 aside in these women’s rent, and then give them a little money when they’re ready to move out and where but I do agree. Her landlord is a shitty person but also she is too.
That finger wag at the end was the perfect way to embarrass the plaintiff
I think people are forgetting that she didn’t pay rent for a month while she was collecting 4000 dollars and therefor 12 people we’re still making the landlord unable to rent it to someone else while also not getting the 800 dollars.
The defendant also said she did not pay that part of the rent because she had to pay for repairs herself, which is why I think Judge Judy handled the countersuit like that.
started stuttering soon as then texts came out 😂
Scammers always get scammed by a bigger scammer 😂
How was she a scammer? People are stupid.
@@tiibbo SCAMMER! You fool.
4:21
I’ve never seen Judge Judy sit back down after a ruling.😂😂
I knew that owner was too smug and Judge caught him in a lie!
Both of these are shady characters: she is running a 'half-way' house charging very high rent to these women (for probably having to share rooms because I am sure they don't have individual rooms) in what is basically a slum house condition. The landlord didnt care to make the repairs because he knew she would do it and the house was already in crap condition AND THE LADY KNEW IT. She was trying to play innocent meanwhile they were in cahoots.
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She was charging like $400 a month for 1/3rd of a room to these ladies and she also stopped paying rent for 3 months and did not pay utilities. She made BANK those 3 months.
She had a lot of patience with these people. More than she usually does anyway.
1:46 - "...to my ladies..." speaks volumes. Lol
Contrary to a lot of the comments, JJ made the correct ruling. Neither of them deserved to get a dime. There both shysters. She made wayyyyyyyyy more than what she was personally paying for the rent. She was running a business out of someone else’s home and had busines expenses. That’s what happens. And he was a horrible landlord as well for not paying for repairs. But I don’t blame him, that’s part of what the money she was making was for. She knew the house was in shambles but still rented to other women until it no longer benefited her the way she wanted.
*theyre
4:04 Judge Judy was on savage mode lmaooo
I’m glad the both didn’t get ANY money
I totally agree, because yes, her landlord is a scummy shitty person but also she’s no better literally making 12 women live in a house that is more than likely a three or four bedroom house and more than likely cramming three or four women in each bedroom and then living and sleeping on bunkbeds And charging $400 a month she is literally making almost $5000 a month. It’s so ridiculous if she’s going to be cramming three or four people in a bedroom she should be charging people maybe $200 a month she still making almost $3000 a month charging them $200 a month, I get she hast to make a living too but that’s just ridiculous and what is she doing to help these women except give them supposedly a place to live even though they’re getting crammed in a house and bedrooms like cattle my friend he runs his own sober, living house. He gets some funding from the government, but also he does charge the people $400 a month but he’ll keep $200 for himself to keep the place running but also he’ll set the other $200 aside for these people when they’re ready to move out so let’s say a person is ready to move out. They finally got their own apartment and they lived there for six months in my friends, sober living house. He will give them $1200 back to give them a leg up to buy furniture buy food if they haven’t been accepted for food stamps if they want to pay in advance on their rent to the landlord, they can if they need a bed or dresser, and sometimes, my friend even for a housewarming gift he will buy these people couch just to help them out also yeah it’s not an amazing couch but it’s better than nothing but at least he has sympathy and tries to help out his people
I didn't understand JJ's ruling at first but I think I get it now.... but she WAS still unnecessarily aggressive towards the defendant......
I think it was directed more towards the fact that the defendant had, for a few months, collected rent from each of the women even though she, herself, did not pay HER own rent to the owner, citing deplorable conditions. If the conditions were so deplorable that the defendant withheld rent, the women who were the ones actually living in those deplorable conditions, should have been able to withhold THEIR rent from HER. Even though she was not at full capacity because of the conditions, and lost clients, JJ felt her financial losses were balanced out by the financial gains during those specific months.
JJ basically allowed the landlord to scam her out of repairs.
The defendant said she didn't pay full rent for some of the months cause of the repairs so I think it all evened out at the end
@@j2zelright either you pay your rent and get reimbursed… no rent and reimburse isn’t happening
I think Judge Judy saw them both as pieces of shit landlords because this woman was literally cramming 12 people and more than likely a three or four bedroom house so she was cramming three or four women in each bedroom and charging them $400 a month she was making almost $5000 a month She also did not have the proof that she could be running this so-called business or anything that’s another reason why Judge Judy threw out her case they are both point-blank period both scummy people and scummy landlords she even fully admitted to Judge Judy that when she moved these 12 women in this place was not pretty that it wasn’t very good living conditions when she moved these 12 women in but she wants to complain about her landlord like I get he’s not a good landlord but really
Judge Judy did not make a good call in this case. The fact she made money from the women she rented does not mean she shouldn't be reimbursement for the work done on his house.
JJ got the countersuit wrong! Why does she not get her money back? TF
Unfortunately in certain states such as Indiana, if you make repairs on apartments or any rental, you are not entitled to your money back. Maybe Judge Judy knew that about that state. I agree she should have gotten her money back but unfortunately some states are more landlord friendly than they should be. My husband and I now have a rule that we will not put any money into a rental and leave it to the landlord we just keep messages of us letting them know what needs to be fixed and depending on if they fix it or not we can take them to court but moral of the story never put money into a rental? People are crappy and some of these states have extremely stupid laws!
@@katbowenchristiangirl_k Indiana is brutal on tenants but will let a landlord run wild.. The worst thing that could happen is the landlord might end up on the news 😑
@@MaseRhea absolutely. My husband and I are wanting to leave Indiana and I always suggest to people that where you move to shouldn’t just be based off of “it’s just so beautiful here” it should also be based off of laws that protect you as a citizen in any situation especially if you’re renting. States that are lenient on landlords but not tenants is one of many red flags to look for. IN MY OPINION for anyone who gets offended by what I said. It’s my opinion based off of experiences of my own. I understand everyone thinks differently.
@@katbowenchristiangirl_k I'm making my escape too lol.. But that's what I always say too, laws are becoming more and more important when looking to relocate. Just when you think Indiana is going in the right direction somebody comes along and knocks us back again. Indiana is a great place to live but if you can help it, it's best to buy instead of rent. Unless you find a landlord who actually cares about their tenants despite what the law says.
@@MaseRhea exactly. So many slumlords here in Indiana. My brother left and moved to Virginia. Said he will never come back to Indiana. And yes buying is a lot better in Indiana. I actually love living in Indiana but the laws here make it difficult. I’m ready to leave and branch out.
The Defendant should’ve been able to recover some of her money!! I don’t agree with Judge Judy for not allowing her a recovery!!
She should have cut her own rent to the Ladies because of the substandard living conditions.
"My ladies upstairs." LOL, she makes it sound like she's running a brothel!
She don’t understand that JJ saying she fixed things as a landlord as she made money…. Those ladies dealt with HER so it was her responsibility to fix things even if he didn’t or didn’t reimburse her.
Ha lady came prepared 😂
This was gold😂😂.
I love when both people act like fools
How did the defendant act like a fool?
this is the first time i’ve seen her sit back down after she said she was done 😂
I applaud the defendent for helping women in need. She seem very genuine. It’s unfortunate that she didn’t get any money back.
In Part 1 she never showed proof that the house was legally zoned for how she was using it, she just assumed it was because there were other houses in the area doing the same thing... It's possible what she was doing wasn't entirely legal? I wonder if that's why JJ told her no.
Is she though? I have mixed thoughts as $400 is a lot of money to pay for very cramped conditions. As far as I can see they only got a place to sleep. I don't know yes they had a roof over their heads but it doesn't sound like they get any other help.
The Defendant was profiting massively off vulnerable women, and housing them in deplorable conditions. No props to the Defendant for such nasty behaviour as that.
The Plantiff and the Defendant were each a piece of work. The Landlord was greedy AND uncaring, while the Defendant did seem somewhat caring about her Customers, but she was greedy for money by charging $400 to each woman for such shameful housing. That's four Customers sleeping in each room. Imagine how cramped that would be!
@@ceciliajohnson8812 she need to make a living too. Plus, she paid for the damages. I don’t think she got over on these women. She just found a place that will benefit her and the women.
Judge Judy should of gave her money 💰
Paying $750 rent for a house and charging $400 for each of the 12 tenants is a BIG scam. Those half way house ladies should have been paying half of that if you're trying to help them. Plus it sounds like $400 per tenant was a huge ripoff.
It's not a scam. I rent property and have a mortgage of course the rent has nothing to do with my mortgage. Hospitals lease land and charge for the stay of their patients, I can guarantee you the land lease isn't near what they charge for room and board when they have patients. I was in the hospital for almost 3 months and just the room and board ran $35,000 per month.
That rent probably included food and utilities. It sounds fair to me. I'm sure she had expenses for running the place - insurance, security, food, utilities, probably transportation, etc.
@@peryole Agreed. But this is not a hospital. In a house where one is sharing everything without the benefit of proper staffing. It looks shady to me.
If not, and if I had the interest and energy to deal with endless nonsense, it is a pretty good business.
@@Jesusluvme that does change everything.
Judy was prepared to throw that honest, upstanding Black woman out from the beginning and then when it was made clear and undeniable that that old white shady landlord was a liar, Judy had no choice but to dismiss his case. However, her pride still wouldn’t allow her to honor the woman’s request and hear her very valid counterclaim. Her biases aren’t as well hidden as she’d like to believe they are.
Lying Landlord
Is it just me who thinks it’s morally wrong that these ladies was living in a half way house, the lady was charging these other ladies 400$ a month, and she was only paying 750€ a month!!!! And making up to 4800$ a month!!!! That’s crazy!! 😊
I believed the defendant the whole time. Only thing I didn’t like was the slumhouse for recovering addicts.
Shut up
I HATE that she doesn’t let people finish their statements. She’s a bully. And it’s sickening.
Twelve people in one small house... What can go wrong 🤔
I believed her from the start just by seeing him
So she doesn’t live in the house. She’s a scammer.
That's the first time I've seen JJ sit back down. I'm willing to bet that Sarah would've disagreed with her. I also bet that JJ was looking at it like lady you made 3600.00 and didn't pay rent, it's a wash.
1:00 There are these long tubes with pieces of glass on the end with little wires that you put these things called batteries in, to make artificial light for when you film in the dark.😂😂
That defendant should be in prison... making so much profit off of battered women
By that logic CEOs and the board directors of most large corporations should be in prison.
By that logic every business owner must be prison....
Tell me you’re an idiot without saying it
"I lost nine women!" It sounds like they died.
They're both scammers.
The defendant should have received her judgment for the repairs that she paid for.
She pocketed thousands of dollars from making poor women live in terrible conditions and she didn’t pay rent for three months. Are you kidding?
@@Hudpix16 I said what I said! A person can charge what you want and make a profit!
@@Mrslynn2475 Yeah they can which means the defendant lost nothing.
IF the defendant wants to play landlord then she needs to keep the place up and pay her own rent and sue her landlord the right way.
@@scamchan the landlord didn’t even keep the place up. He lied about it. The defendant paid for the repairs.
@@Mrslynn2475 Self help isn't an option - you still owe rent.
She can collect from the judge.
Two wrongs don't make it right.
Defendant needed to pay for repairs SHE PLAYING LANDLORD FOR HER LADIES COLLECTING RENT NON STOP!
Fact she would collect rent and not pay it forward is one hella scam way to go out.
Don't get it mixed up.
She owes the women she collected from that were paying and suffering.
Defendant did not stay there to suffer.
Huge difference in what you have feelings about.
He’s totally lying. I had the exact same issue late last year. My washing machine somehow malfunctioned and flooded my utility room which is in my basement. The only reason my basement wasn’t “filled” with water like my utility room is because there was carpet so the water was being soaked up. My landlord filed an insurance claim & completely re-did my basement flooring within 3 weeks to avoid mold damage!
I believed her the minute she opened her mouth. All that laughing he was doing told me everything.
I love JJ but she was totally wrong regarding the counter suit.
where did you go to law school?
JJ sat and explained and they are trying to figure it all until today...😂😂😂
One thing about JJ she's fair and never bias, she didn't pay her last month's rent and he wasn't getting money for utilities even steven.😊
Bologna
So because she was making money, she shouldn't get a refund from the lying landlord? Is it a crime to make money? What she was doing was not illegal. Judge Judy was wrong. If she was collecting welfare, she'd be a problem, but she's making money and that also seems to be a problem.