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00:00Why don't you move out?

00:01To the judge, she tries to appear reasonable.

00:04He didn't let me know that there was a cat.

00:06You say he changed the locks on the door.

00:08But her landlord...

00:09Let's talk about the reason he filed for a protective order.

00:13...got the unfiltered version.

00:14Stop! Leave me alone!

00:16Bring it to court! Do whatever you think you gotta do!

00:19I gotta record it!

00:20Do you think your behavior was outrageous?

00:22No, I don't, Your Honor.

00:24This is Judge Judy.

00:26Miss Brannan, you rented a unit from the defendant

00:30who also lived in a unit.

00:32Is this a two-family house?

00:34It's a...

00:35That's a yes.

00:36Yes.

00:37And you were there with your children and your niece.

00:39How many children?

00:40Three children and my niece.

00:42And in what month did you rent it?

00:43July 1st.

00:44And what was the rent?

00:45It started at $1,300, but the first week we went to $1,325,

00:50so it would include the Internet as well.

00:52And there was an incident that happened

00:54when you couldn't open the door.

00:56Yes, ma'am.

00:57On what date was that?

00:58October 14th.

00:59Had you had any incident with Mr. Brown prior to that?

01:02Yes.

01:03When?

01:03After the first month I moved in.

01:05I went to go and pay him,

01:07and his girlfriend had moved in

01:08within the first month of July

01:10after I had already moved in.

01:12And he didn't let me know that there was a cat.

01:14And a stray cat just coming into my room,

01:16and I asked him by text message,

01:18hey, is there a stray cat?

01:20He's like, no, it's my girlfriend's.

01:21Okay, no problem with a cat,

01:23except for it's very mean.

01:25It scratches you when you walk by and whatnot,

01:28and I mentioned that to him.

01:28Just a sec.

01:29So you had a problem with his girlfriend's cat.

01:31What was your girlfriend's cat doing in her apartment?

01:34I wasn't aware of it, ma'am.

01:35I don't know.

01:36Well, it shouldn't have been.

01:37Do you understand that?

01:38Yes, ma'am.

01:38Okay.

01:39Did your girlfriend take steps

01:40to ensure that the cat wouldn't get out again?

01:43Yes, ma'am.

01:43We keep them locked up,

01:44and we purchased the gate as well.

01:46Great. Perfect.

01:46So what's next?

01:47So that was in July.

01:48The cat can't stay out of my bedroom

01:50because the door doesn't shut completely.

01:52It has no locking mechanism on it.

01:54When I first moved in,

01:55he said the previous tenant had broken.

01:57He would replace it,

01:58and he never replaced it.

02:00And?

02:00It's still broken.

02:01Okay. And?

02:02That's the reason why the cat keeps getting in.

02:04Whenever I brought it to his attention,

02:05I asked him about it.

02:07He was like, well, shut your door.

02:08He didn't have any emotion in it, whatnot, no concern.

02:10And I'm like, I would if my door was fixed.

02:13Shut up at the door to keep the cat out.

02:14So why don't you fix the door?

02:15I don't believe I should have to pay

02:17for the door to be fixed.

02:18Well, it was annoying you.

02:19So I'm just asking you.

02:20You have three children and a niece living with you.

02:22I just didn't have the money to pay for a door

02:23that was his responsibility.

02:24All you have to do is go out and buy a hook

02:26and put a hook on the door

02:28so that you could keep the cat out.

02:30Sure.

02:30Now, you tried to get into your house on October 14th?

02:34Yes. It was about 11.30 midnight.

02:36And you say he changed the locks on the door.

02:39Yes.

02:39Where were your children?

02:41They were in their room sleeping.

02:42And your niece?

02:43In the room sleeping.

02:44Everybody was sleeping.

02:45Just a second.

02:46Did you change the locks on the door?

02:48No, Your Honor.

02:49That's what he says in his answer.

02:51How did you get into the house?

02:53I text my daughter and ask her

02:54to come and unlock the door, please.

02:56Did she unlock the door?

02:57Yes, she did.

02:58From the inside?

02:59That's right.

03:00Okay.

03:00Well, if she unlocked it from the inside,

03:02then what makes you think

03:03that he changed the locks on the door?

03:05My keys would not work.

03:06Both keys for the devil.

03:07Just a second.

03:08You were put out of the house

03:09for a period of time on a protective order.

03:12Yes.

03:12When you came back to the house

03:13and you did come back to the house, correct?

03:16Yes.

03:16Did you have that same set of keys?

03:18Yes, I did, Your Honor.

03:19Did you open the door with that set of keys?

03:21Yes, I did, Your Honor.

03:22So then the door was stuck.

03:24Unless what you want me to think

03:26is that this gentleman

03:28changed the tumbler on the lock

03:29and when you were gone,

03:32he had the locksmith come out

03:33and put a new tumbler in

03:34so that the lock was stuck for some reason.

03:38Or maybe when you came home

03:40at 11.30 or 12 o'clock,

03:42where were you coming from?

03:43From work.

03:44What work?

03:45I am a restaurant manager,

03:46so our restaurant closes at 11

03:48and it was about 11.30 midnight.

03:51Maybe you couldn't see the key very well,

03:53but there's no question

03:54that based on the fact

03:56that after the order of protection expired

03:59and you came back to the house,

04:00your children and niece were in the house,

04:02that the same key that you had opened the door.

04:05But it did not before, ma'am.

04:06I tried it many times.

04:08I really did.

04:08I don't, listen to me.

04:10I don't believe you.

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