00:05I said, well, after purchasing my home, I, you know, I was in between jobs.
00:12May I borrow this?
00:13When you give me the rest of my stuff, I can, I will, you know, if I need to sell it, I'll sell it.
00:20Because he had everything I owned.
00:22But I, I trusted him.
00:24He's my father.
00:25What reason would I not have to trust him?
00:27I, I wouldn't lie about this.
00:30There's no reason for me to.
00:31He's taken my whole life away.
00:33I'm still not following your story, madam.
00:35You want to tell me about this?
00:36Okay, let me, okay, it's not the first time she needed money.
00:39She's an older lady now.
00:41I figured she needed responsibility.
00:43Last time she needed money, she needed $3,500.
00:46I told her to go to her attorney that she's handling the case.
00:50I'll give her the 30.
00:51She was, had a suit for damage.
00:53She got hurt in an accident.
00:53I love this girl terribly, but I want her to grow up and, and, and take responsibility.
00:58So I says, I'll give you the $3,500, but you've got to make sure I get it back.
01:03I have young children.
01:04I've got to make sure they, they're provided for.
01:07Uh, the court case was settled.
01:10I got my $3,500.
01:12Uh, everything was fine.
01:14I get a phone call.
01:15She said, Dad, I need money.
01:16I can't make my, my payments on my house.
01:18I need $2,000.
01:20I says, Dana, I will not give you any money unless I have something in collateral.
01:24By this time I had nothing.
01:25So she, she, I met her at this restaurant.
01:28I was with my nephew and one of my children, my younger ones.
01:32She, I made, let her make the note out.
01:36I give her the five $100 cashier's checks, plus $1,500 in cash.
01:41She went out to the, her car, unloaded the stuff into my van.
01:44Unloaded what stuff?
01:46Uh, stuff.
01:47I mean, she, she had a statue, um, some paintings rolled up.
01:52Mm-hmm.
01:52I had that as collateral.
01:53I didn't even know if it was worth anything.
01:55I just said, I want her to have responsibility.
01:57I can no longer just give her things.
01:59She has to take responsibility.
02:01Okay.
02:02Good.
02:03Stop playing with the papers.
02:04I'm sorry.
02:05Stop playing with papers.
02:06Pardon me.
02:07A couple weeks later, she calls me up.
02:09I have to have my stuff.
02:10I've got to sell it.
02:12I said, Dana, you've left it for collateral.
02:14You've left it for collateral, honey.
02:16You've got to take responsibility.
02:18I was at Lake Mead, Fourth of July weekend.
02:21All the families invited.
02:22All my daughters, my youngest daughter came up.
02:25Mark and his fiancee was there.
02:27She got sick, and they went home early.
02:31I get a phone call that Dana, her boyfriend, and his boyfriend's mother broke into the house.
02:38Who did you get a phone call from?
02:39Mark.
02:39Mark, step up here.
02:42Okay.
02:43You're out on this trip.
02:45Is it your father?
02:45Yes.
02:46Yes.
02:46Stepfather.
02:47Stepfather.
02:47I was on vacation at Lake Mead.
02:49You went home early?
02:50Yes.
02:51And what happened when you went home?
02:52The next morning we were home, received a knock on the door.
02:56It was Dana, her boyfriend, she wanted to come in to the house and get her stuff.
03:05I said, I know nothing about this, my stepfather Frank was on vacation, you'll have to wait until
03:14he gets back.
03:15Um, I tried to close the door at that point, I tried to close the door at that point, they pushed the door in, pushed me to the ground, roughed me up a little bit, came in and start, started taking things.
03:25Um, I yelled at my fiancee to call the cops, she did, they came, uh, the cops stopped them from taking the stuff and they left.
03:35Does that sound familiar to you?
03:38Your Honor, it's twisted.
03:39Did you go to the house?
03:41Yes, after I was told everything was sold.
03:43Just a second, I don't care what you were told.
03:45Did you go to the house when your father wasn't home?
03:48Yes, I was instructed to do so by my mom.
03:50I don't care what your mom told you.
03:53I know.
03:54You're right.
03:56Police were called?
03:57I wanted them to arrest me because then somebody would defend me, somebody would have seen that all my things were there.
04:04Listen!
04:05I believe your father, madam, I believe your father that he lent you $2,000, you acknowledge that he gave you $2,000, and he took things as collateral.
04:14Have you seen the note, Your Honor?
04:16What note?
04:17This is the note.
04:18It only states two items.
04:20Listen.
04:22And here's what he sent me only two months later.
04:24Later.
04:25Okay.
04:25This says that you have two items.
04:41Mm-hmm.
04:42So as held as collateral.
04:44And do you still have these two items in your possession?
04:46The house and took one of those, too.
04:55That's all right.
04:55We went to the house and took one of those, too.
