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00:00Tell me about that conversation.
00:02Him and I talked about the...
00:04Donna started falling backwards in April.
00:06There was a few things before April that there was issues.
00:10I'd give her notice. She'd take care of it.
00:12Her dad and I were talking about some of the...
00:13Issues? You mean in the house?
00:15Yes. There was...
00:16There was some suspected drug use.
00:19There was other people in the house
00:21that shouldn't have been there.
00:22There was damages that were being seen.
00:24And I wrote her notice and said,
00:26it's got to stop.
00:28When we decided to go ahead...
00:30Because we were actually working on moving them out
00:32when my daughter informed me that she had got Section 8.
00:35So, when I learned that she had Section 8,
00:38I talked to the property owner and I said,
00:40what do you think?
00:41Because you're the property manager.
00:42Yes.
00:42I want to know what the conversation was
00:46with the guarantor on the rent.
00:48I am assuming that, for the purpose of this proceeding,
00:52that Ms. Johnson was not in a position to pay rent.
00:56Correct.
00:57Don't put your hand down.
00:59Was not in a position to pay rent in June.
01:03Correct.
01:03So, you had other issues with Mr. Talley's daughter.
01:07Correct.
01:08Which I understand, Mr. Talley.
01:11I want you to know that I do understand that.
01:14Yes, ma'am.
01:14I would hope that you understand that too
01:17because you have grandchildren.
01:19Yes.
01:20Right?
01:20Yes.
01:21And are keeping an eye on it.
01:23Yes, ma'am.
01:24Or at least trying to.
01:25Trying to.
01:26I find that...
01:27I don't want to hear that you were forced
01:30by this lady to sign a guarantee of the rent.
01:34Did you sign it?
01:35Yes, ma'am.
01:35That's all.
01:36So, at some point, you and the plaintiff
01:39had a conversation about what was going on in the house
01:42and the rent.
01:43Yes, ma'am.
01:44Do you remember when that conversation took place?
01:46Not really.
01:47I remember signing the papers at her house.
01:49No, I'm talking about a conversation
01:51that she had with you about people
01:53that she was unfamiliar with coming in and out of the house
01:57and some damages that were visible.
01:59Yes, ma'am.
02:00You remember that?
02:01Yes.
02:01And that was in May of this year?
02:04Yes, ma'am.
02:05Did you tell her, the plaintiff,
02:08that you were going to pay June's rent?
02:11No, I signed a paper saying I would.
02:13Well, when she said...
02:15I'm sure that issue came up.
02:17Yes.
02:18We're not going to pay rent in June.
02:20It's got to be up by May 31st.
02:21Or be a squatter from June to October.
02:25No.
02:26You've been doing this a very long time.
02:29Did you tell the plaintiff that you
02:31would pay the rent in June?
02:33No.
02:34When she asked you about June's rent,
02:37do you remember what your response to her was?
02:40She told me that the owner of the property
02:43said, come out, go after her dad.
02:44And?
02:45And that's what she told me.
02:46And she said, because you've known her a long time,
02:49the owner of the property, I'm the manager of the property,
02:53said to me, go after her dad.
02:54He's the guarantor.
02:56Yes, ma'am.
02:56And what did you say to her?
02:58Did you say to her, good luck with that?
03:00Yes, I did.
03:01OK.
03:02So that at that point in May, the plaintiff
03:05had information from both the primary tenant
03:09and the guarantor, that would be you,
03:12that there was going to be no rent paid in June.
03:14Yes.
03:15Right.
03:16And that what was clearly going to happen
03:19was that they were going to have to start eviction proceedings
03:22which would have lasted a whole bunch of time.
03:25And during that time, your daughter and her three children
03:28would remain in the house, which is what happens in any event.
03:32You want prorated rent for the nine days in June.
03:36Correct.
03:37That's eight days.
03:37I would let it go.
03:38They were tenants for three years.
03:40It sounds like a very unfortunate situation.
03:43And it seems like that they have enough trouble.
03:45I'm not dealing with nine days prorated rent.
03:48But you say that when they left without paying rent June 1,
03:52by the way, correct?
03:53Yes.
03:54So the boyfriend didn't come through,
03:56the ex-boyfriend didn't come through,
03:58and the guarantor said, I'm not coming through.
04:00So June's rent wasn't paid.