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00:00How long have you been landlords?
00:01I've been a landlord for 30 years, your honor.
00:03Well, maybe you've been getting away with this kind of nonsense,
00:05but you're not going to get away with this kind of nonsense here.
00:07Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down
00:10our picks for the top 20 times Judge Judy owned people in court.
00:15You are outrageous, madam. Why don't you get a job?
00:19For this list, we'll be looking at various times in which the cold Judge Judy
00:23schooled people in her courtroom. Which of these moments did you find the most satisfying?
00:28Let us know in the comments.
00:30Number 20, kicking out witnesses.
00:33If there's one thing Judge Judy seems to hate more than anything,
00:36it's when people interrupt the proceedings.
00:42I didn't ask you a question.
00:43As she's proven time and time again, she isn't afraid to kick people out of her courtroom,
00:48even if they're witnesses. This case is like a disorderly high school cat fight or something,
00:54with everyone talking over each other to make their voices heard.
00:57Now out. Okay, now out. Just a second. Out.
01:00After countless interruptions, Judy kicks out three different witnesses,
01:05one from the defendant's side and two from the plaintiff's.
01:08She showed up at your door and said...
01:10I opened the door though.
01:12Goodbye.
01:13It's very satisfying to watch such entitled and disrespectful people getting their comeuppance.
01:18Judy takes no crap.
01:20Put your hand down.
01:22Put your hand...
01:23Throw him out.
01:24She let him...
01:24Throw him out.
01:25She let him drive it.
01:27He goes out.
01:27She knew he was going to drive it.
01:29I'm going out, but it's all along her.
01:30Good, he's going out. Nobody hears you except yourself.
01:32Number 19. You are one stupid woman.
01:36Judge Judy's bluntness is what made her a cultural phenomenon.
01:40She popularized the concept of the cold, detached, and aggressive TV judge,
01:45and she has spawned many imitators. But none match up to Judy's scathing frankness.
01:50They don't even leave around no other dogs.
01:52They don't be around no other dogs because I don't want them to get sick.
01:54They're so stupid.
01:57She isn't afraid to call someone stupid directly to their face,
02:00which is exactly what she does to this poor woman.
02:03During a dispute over puppies,
02:05the defendant begins to annoy Judy with her confrontational attitude.
02:09Whatever.
02:10One stupid woman.
02:11Feeling fed up, Judy calls her one stupid woman and threatens to cut her microphone
02:16if she continues to deliver the sass. This type of behavior is exactly how
02:20people blow up their own chances in court.
02:22They shut yours off if you're trying to talk over me.
02:25Yes, ma'am.
02:26So you can save your breath or not. It's up to you.
02:28Number 18. The signed lease.
02:31As we watch more Judge Judy, it becomes increasingly obvious that
02:34people don't know how renting works. In this case, young Mr. Ryber signed a
02:40lease but never actually moved into the house. For him, that meant he didn't have to pay rent.
02:45The plaintiffs and Judge Judy vehemently disagreed.
02:49He never moved into the place.
02:50He signed the lease.
02:52Ryber's father takes to the stand to defend his son, but Judy quickly puts him in his place.
02:57She tells him that signing a lease legally obligates one to pay the rent,
03:01even if they never end up moving into the house.
03:03He did not live at that house, Your Honor.
03:05It doesn't matter whether he moved in or not. Don't you understand? I mean, you're an adult.
03:09The Ryber family doesn't seem to understand this, but Judge Judy does.
03:13Needless to say, this case was a quick and easy one.
03:16This is your son's commitment.
03:18If he screwed up in college, that's not their fault.
03:22Number 17. Out.
03:24As we've learned, Judge Judy doesn't take too kindly to interruptions.
03:29The defendant's witness and boyfriend interrupts the plaintiff's story,
03:32prompting a hilarious, who are you, from Judge Judy.
03:36Once she said that, we had a pretty good idea that it wasn't going to end well.
03:40But he was aware the whole time that it was her husband's.
03:42Prior going to the meeting.
03:43Who are you?
03:45Her boyfriend.
03:46Even the audience laughs at Judy's confused outburst.
03:49Following a mini-argument between the defendants and the plaintiff,
03:52Judy simply kicks the witness out.
03:54She tells him to leave three separate times before yelling a firm,
03:58out, which finally prompts the man to stand and leave.
04:01Go. I don't want to look at you anymore. Go.
04:05Out!
04:05All it took was a firm voice raising.
04:08Then again, we wouldn't want to be yelled at by Judge Judy either.
04:11Number 16. A nonsense counterclaim.
04:14It's never a good sign when a judge dismisses your claim
04:17while they're actively getting up to leave.
04:19That type of body language just screams,
04:22I don't respect any of this and I don't have time for it.
04:24I suggest, sir, that you sue the people who took the car out of impound.
04:29This case doesn't end well for the plaintiff,
04:31as Judy essentially tells him that he sued the wrong person.
04:34He takes it well and Judy turns to leave.
04:37I would sue them.
04:38Yes.
04:38You have an absolute right to do that.
04:40Thank you.
04:41Okay, we're done.
04:42It's then that the defendant raises his papers
04:44in an attempt to inquire about his counterclaim.
04:47However, Judy firmly dismisses it while standing up and telling him that it's nonsense.
04:51Oh, by the way, that's nonsense.
04:53You counterclaim, it's dismissed.
04:54So there.
04:56Number 15. I can tell you rehearsed this story.
04:59We wonder how many people come on Judge Judy thinking,
05:02I'm going to be the person who finally outsmarts her.
05:05Yeah, it hasn't happened in 25 years,
05:07but hey, there's always a first time for everything, right?
05:10Just not this time.
05:12She was partying.
05:13I know you rehearsed this a lot in front of a mirror.
05:15Yeah.
05:16I know you did. I can tell you rehearsed this story
05:20at least two, three hours in front of a mirror.
05:22The defendant begins telling a story,
05:24but Judy sees straight through everything he does.
05:27She calls him out for rehearsing the story beforehand,
05:30and she continuously pokes holes in his tale.
05:32Two minutes ago, you told me you didn't know anybody there, really.
05:36And then you just told me that you were the only one there
05:39who had to get up to go to work the next day.
05:42Even his attempts to woo Judy don't work,
05:44as she directly shuts down his fake charming personality.
05:48Judge Judy is absolutely masterful at sussing out lies
05:51and discovering the truth,
05:52and watching her work is a thing of pure beauty.
05:55We feel bad for her children.
05:57This is my program, not yours.
05:59Nobody cares. This is not an audition for you.
06:02Nobody's going to come and put you on America's Got Talent.
06:05Number 14. Catching a lie.
06:07People are typically bad liars at the best of times,
06:10never mind trying to fool someone with decades of law experience.
06:14I may or may not believe you. Do you understand?
06:17I understand.
06:18Because that's a really hard story to make up.
06:21Judge Judy will always work out a lie,
06:24and when she does, she will have even less respect for you
06:27than she did before.
06:28Judy interrogates Chris Pasquarella
06:30and asks him to repeat a story
06:32that he had previously written in his claim.
06:35How did you get to Los Angeles
06:37with your fiancee and her three children?
06:40I drove there.
06:41In your car?
06:42Yes. No, I drove in the rental.
06:44He mentions his father-in-law,
06:45so Judy calls his bluff and asks his wife
06:48for his father-in-law's phone number
06:50so she can personally corroborate the story.
06:52Get somebody to get your phone,
06:53and we'll get it, we'll get the number.
06:55Chris senses danger, immediately backs down,
06:58and admits that he was lying.
06:59Let's get his phone number.
07:01That's not necessarily true.
07:03It proves immensely satisfying indeed.
07:06Number 13, security deposit.
07:09You have to be really careful with security deposits
07:12because you never know
07:12what might ultimately happen with them.
07:15In this case, Sharon was almost scammed
07:17by her landlords, Harold and Margo.
07:20Sharon gave them a $2,700 security deposit
07:24but only got $1,500 in return,
07:27despite having the place professionally cleaned.
07:30And you did not cash the check
07:31because it was not the full amount,
07:33and you believe that you left the house
07:35in pristine condition.
07:37I did. I had it repainted.
07:39I had vacuumed, cleaned.
07:41Judy is given an itemized list
07:43of all the so-called damage,
07:45all of which she dismisses as mostly nonsense.
07:48I mean, because I'm looking at the list
07:50that you sent to her,
07:51and it's mostly nonsense.
07:53She's also given a few pictures,
07:55most of which show a pristine apartment.
07:58This case is over before it even begins,
08:00and it becomes obvious within the first minute
08:03who's going to win.
08:04Some of the grout was coming out on the kitchen floor.
08:07Yes, Your Honor, there was some damage there.
08:08Fix it!
08:08Number 12, the eBay scammer.
08:11This is one of the all-time
08:12greatest Judge Judy cases.
08:14The plaintiffs claim that they were scammed
08:16by the defendant.
08:17I asked him for my money back,
08:19and he said,
08:20no, I've already spent the money
08:22on merchandise I wanted to get.
08:23And he laughed and told me to take him to court.
08:25They paid her over $450 for two phones,
08:28only to receive photographs
08:30of the phones in question.
08:32Yep, sounds like a basic eBay scam to us.
08:34The only thing is,
08:35this woman decided to fight back
08:37and take it to court.
08:38It states very clearly in the auction
08:40that this is for a photo only.
08:42I sent her the photo.
08:43Show me where it says that.
08:44Judy quickly goes over the story
08:46before calling the defendant
08:47an idiot and a scammer.
08:49Are we understanding each other?
08:50Yes.
08:51You're an idiot!
08:52And a scammer!
08:53Best of all,
08:54she slaps the woman
08:55with the biggest fine possible,
08:57ordering her to pay the plaintiffs
08:59$5,000 in damages.
09:01That's a sweet $4,500 plus profit.
09:04You have to find something else
09:05to do with your time constructively,
09:08other than make children
09:09who are going to grow up
09:10with no moral compass like their mother.
09:12Judgment for the plaintiff
09:13and the amount of $5,000.
09:14That's all.
09:15Number 11.
09:16I know who you are.
09:17Judge Judy calls it a joy
09:19when people try to outsmart her.
09:21We think it's an even bigger joy for us.
09:23The defendant tries outsmarting Judy
09:25by giving her a bogus story
09:27regarding a car.
09:28Do you have a photograph of the car?
09:31Because you have the car now.
09:34That's not an answer.
09:35Luckily, Judy has absolutely no trouble
09:37in seeing right through it.
09:39She simply smiles through the nonsense
09:41like a shark about to pounce
09:42on a juicy meal.
09:43Yeah, well, it was like a local mechanic
09:46like him who don't have shops.
09:48She then unleashes on the defendant,
09:50telling her that she immediately pegged her
09:52as a liar and a trickster.
09:54I know who you are.
09:55I established who you were
09:57before we even started this.
09:59The defendant can only look at Judy
10:01with a smile that depicts both defeat
10:03and a certain amount of respect.
10:05She's upset that she was thoroughly outsmarted,
10:07but she still respects the fierce intelligence
10:09of her opponent.
10:11Number 10.
10:12Case recall.
10:13Here's a tip for any future court goers.
10:16You probably shouldn't mouth off
10:17at the judge following their judgment.
10:19Thank you.
10:19Thank you, your honor.
10:20Thank you.
10:20Come on, get the dog.
10:21Oh, you feel excused.
10:22You may step out.
10:23What did he just say?
10:24In this particular case,
10:25the defendant opens a huge can of worms
10:27when he vocally denies Judy's ruling.
10:30Judy then threatens to withhold
10:31his plane ticket home
10:32if he does not abide by her judgment.
10:35We flew you in from Washington.
10:36Okay, I get what you're saying.
10:37Do you understand?
10:38No, I understand, yes.
10:39Do you know how expensive
10:40it's going to be for you to get home?
10:41It's not often that we see
10:42the inner workings of Judge Judy,
10:44but this little glimpse proves fascinating.
10:46It also proves that Judy is a total beast
10:49who takes absolutely no crap from anyone.
10:52And may we say,
10:53it is highly satisfying
10:54seeing the smug defendant
10:55being put in his place,
10:56knowing full well
10:57that he can't do anything about it.
10:59You abide by my decision.
11:01All we do is zippity-doo-dah for you.
11:03Not if he wants to go home anyway.
11:06Number nine, you are a moron.
11:09Judge Judy really doesn't mince words.
11:11Here, the defendant,
11:12one Kathleen Kreftmeyer,
11:14told her six-year-old daughter
11:15that her father may not,
11:16in fact, be her real father.
11:19And you did that because I don't believe
11:20in keeping secrets from my kids.
11:22Yes.
11:23You're a moron.
11:24This causes Judy to call Kathleen a moron
11:26before going on a rant
11:27about how stupid that decision was.
11:29You are an example of why
11:31people should have to take tests
11:32before they're allowed to have children.
11:34It all ends with one of the best takedowns
11:36in Judge Judy history.
11:37You are one of the most marginal people
11:39that I've come across in a long time,
11:41and you haven't even said two words.
11:43Fool.
11:44We love a good roast,
11:45and this was a roast for the ages.
11:48Number 8.
11:49Breasts or College Fund
11:51This episode concerned defendant Sandy Huynh,
11:54a woman who received some money
11:55for a breast augmentation surgery.
11:57According to Judy,
11:58Sandy has a young child,
11:59no job,
12:00and no future prospects of any kind.
12:02Yet she spent nearly $5,000 for bigger breasts.
12:06You're asking a friend,
12:08a friend to co-sign a loan for you
12:10for $4,800.
12:12You have a young child.
12:13You have no future,
12:15no career,
12:16no nothing.
12:17This really rubs Judy the wrong way,
12:19and she tells Sandy
12:20that it would have been smarter
12:21to put the money into a college fund
12:23than on her chest.
12:24It all ends with Judy telling Sandy
12:26to not have any more children,
12:27the implication being
12:28that she's too stupid to have more.
12:30So yeah,
12:31you could probably say
12:32that Judy knows the value of a dollar.
12:34But some people say
12:35that being an only child is not a good thing.
12:37In your daughter's case,
12:39perfect.
12:40Number 7.
12:41Interrogating a Child
12:43Even children aren't safe from Judy's ownage.
12:46Plaintiff Lisa White claims
12:47that a young child was throwing rocks in the street
12:50and that one of the rocks hit her car,
12:52causing some damage.
12:53Judy proceeds to bring up Dylan,
12:55the little kid who was throwing the rocks.
13:03Dylan tells some blatant lies
13:05and even causes the audience to laugh.
13:07But Judy is not the one for humor.
13:13She proceeds to work the truth out of Dylan.
13:15Granted, it didn't exactly take much,
13:17before slapping his mother
13:18with a $300 repair bill.
13:20Judge Judy is scary enough.
13:28Just imagine being interrogated by her
13:30when you were a kid.
13:31Number 6.
13:32My Children Are Better Looking Than You
13:35Judy can spot a lie from a mile away.
13:37In this case,
13:38Plaintiff Dalton was telling a story
13:39that Judy thought was a load of baloney,
13:41causing her to yell at Dalton
13:43and accuse him of lying.
13:45Once it was all over,
13:49Judy stated that he wasn't cute
13:51or good-looking enough
13:52to get one over on her,
13:53causing Dalton to grin with delight.
13:55What makes the clip even funnier
13:57is the reaction of the woman in the background.
14:04She looks so utterly shocked and horrified
14:06that Judy took a shot at Dalton's looks
14:08and it's just all too relatable.
14:15Number 5.
14:16Take Like Out Of The Dictionary
14:18We all know that the incessant use
14:20of the word like
14:21gets really annoying after a while,
14:23so it's no surprise that Judy
14:24went absolutely ballistic
14:26after hearing it one too many times.
14:39The plaintiff starts every answer
14:40with a long and protracted
14:42like...
14:43causing Judy to snap
14:45and to tell him to completely
14:46take the word out of his dictionary.
14:53She also grows so incensed
14:54at his continued use of the word
14:56that she denies him a drink of water
14:58and he ends up confusing her
14:59with his prolonged and meandering storytelling.
15:10Suffice to say,
15:11it was a little difficult
15:12getting this whole story worked out,
15:13what with all the rambling and likes.
15:16Number 4.
15:17Rocket Science
15:18Defendant Ashley Hunter
15:20did something many of us have done,
15:21pushed her friend into a pool.
15:23Only her friend was holding
15:24her iPhone at the time
15:26and now she wants Ashley to pay for it.
15:33It's a very simple case,
15:34you could almost say
15:35that it's not rocket science.
15:37In fact,
15:37this is exactly what Judy tells Ashley
15:40and just to turn the screw
15:41a little tighter,
15:42Judy asks Ashley
15:43if she knows what rocket science is.
15:51This results in a brilliant
15:53and adorable answer
15:54that has Judy,
15:55Bird,
15:55the plaintiff,
15:56the audience,
15:57and even her own mother laughing.
15:59That alone probably hurt
16:00more than anything
16:00Judge Judy had to say.
16:02Number 3.
16:03Do You Honestly Believe You Have A Case?
16:06Now that is not something
16:07you want to hear in court.
16:08This surprisingly dark case
16:09concerns a 14-year-old boy
16:11who took his mother's car
16:12and went on a joyride
16:13with the defendant's daughter.
16:15However,
16:15they got into an accident
16:16and the defendant's daughter
16:17was killed in the crash.
16:18I mean, do you honestly believe
16:20that you have a case?
16:21The plaintiff,
16:21the 14-year-old boy's mother,
16:23wants the defendant to pay
16:24for both her son's medical bills
16:26and her car
16:27as the daughter was driving her car
16:29at the time of the accident.
16:30There is something very wrong with you.
16:32Because the plaintiff
16:32gave the teenagers access
16:34to both the car and the keys,
16:36she was slapped with a $5,000 counterclaim
16:39called an idiot
16:40and had her son's physical appearance
16:41insulted by Judy.
16:43He was able to come with you to court today
16:44and he doesn't look like he's Mr. Meal.
16:46Number 2.
16:47Stay In School
16:49You should never, ever attempt
16:50to school Judge Judy
16:52because she will throw it
16:53right back in your face
16:54and you will quickly find yourself
16:56on some top 20 list on the internet.
16:58With how many different women
16:59do you have these 10 children?
17:01Um.
17:03I'll give you a second,
17:04just a second.
17:04Let me, I don't want you to make a mistake.
17:05I'll let you think about it for a second.
17:07Judy learns that the defendant
17:08has 10 children
17:09with about 4 different women.
17:15After learning this,
17:16he adds in a little snarky comment
17:18by stating that one of the women
17:19is Judy's daughter.
17:20She went surprisingly easy on him,
17:23but she still stated that
17:24he should have stayed in school
17:25instead of the bedroom
17:26and even referenced
17:27his unfortunate children.
17:32Even easy Judge Judy
17:34is still scary Judge Judy.
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17:55Number 1.
17:56Bring in the dog
17:58And here we have one of the best moments
18:00in Judge Judy history.
18:01The case sees the plaintiff
18:02suing the defendant over a stolen dog.
18:05And the defendant claiming
18:06that the dog never belonged
18:07to the plaintiff.
18:09Is this his dog?
18:10Your vet can't tell you
18:12how old the dog is.
18:13Luckily, Judy has a surprise ace
18:15waiting in the wings.
18:16The dog himself.
18:18Put the dog down.
18:26Judy has the dog
18:27brought into the courtroom
18:28and he immediately runs
18:29to the plaintiff
18:30in a burst of excitement.
18:31Judy simply nods her head
18:32before stating that's all
18:34and walking out.
18:35That's all.
18:35Take the dog home.
18:36Now that's how you end a court case
18:38like a total boss.
18:39If only she had a microphone
18:40that she could have dropped.