Ms. Pat Settles It 2x20

1. - Hey, y'all. I'm Ms. Pat.

2. - All rise.

3. - And I know the inside of a courtroom.

4. I'm a convicted felon with a GED.

5. Now I'm sitting on this side of the bench.

6. Y'all are killing me.

7. These are real cases with real money on the line.

8. And I'm bringing my own friends to court as my jury.

9. - What is this, "Looney Tunes"?

10. - Y'all may have started this mess,

11. but I'm going to settle it.

12. - I love this courtroom!

13. - All rise, 'cause court is back in session.

14. - The only appeals in this courtroom

15. is when the judge asks you to peel her banana because she

16. is too lazy to do it herself.

17. All rise for Ms. Pat.

18. - Please have a seat.

19. All right, jury.

20. I'm paid to be funny and make these questionable decisions.

21. So I'm going to need your help, OK?

22. - Got it. - Got you.

23. - Well, let's do this damn thing.

24. Get it started.

25. - This is the case of Young versus Young.

26. - Plaintiff Keith Young is suing his brother and employee

27. for $850,

28. the cost of a locksmith and door replacement,

29. after his brother lost a client's key.

30. Defendant Kevin Young says his bro

31. is barking up the wrong tree.

32. It was a crazy canine that caused all the trouble,

33. so he doesn't know him a doggone cent.

34. - The whole truth, nothing but the truth, so help you God?

35. - Yes.

36. - Before I get started, I just want to tell y'all, this

37. is a jury of my peers, OK?

38. They're like my backup singers.

39. They're the Pat-neers.

40. Keith, why are you here today?

41. - So I'm here today because I'm suing my brother, Kevin Young,

42. for $850.

43. I have a dog walking company, and I

44. sent him to a client's house.

45. And during the process, he lost the key.

46. - The key to what? - The client's house.

47. - OK.

48. - Had to call a locksmith.

49. And in the process of the locksmith opening the door,

50. he damaged the door, and he needs to pay up.

51. - OK.

52. Tell me your side of the story, Kevin.

53. - Your Honor, I shouldn't even be here in the first place.

54. - Oh.

55. - I walked my brother's dog for him off a last-minute call.

56. Didn't even realize what kind of dog I was walking.

57. Didn't let me know about that.

58. - What type of dog was it?

59. - It was one of them big-ass swole dog.

60. He drugged me and you know, trying to fight other dogs.

61. - Easy walk.

62. - He was jumping on people.

63. And I felt like I lost the key then.

64. - Mm-hmm.

65. - What?

66. So you had your little-bitty brother walking a big-old dog?

67. You know he can only walk poodles.

68. That thing probably drove him all down the street.

69. What type of boss do you say you are?

70. - I feel like I'm a good boss.

71. Communicate to my walkers, and I'm understanding.

72. But in this case, this is our high-end client.

73. Like, come on.

74. - Oh.

75. - How much did you pay for the locksmith?

76. - $350.

77. - Can I get that receipt, please?

78. So $350 for the locksmith. - Mm-hmm.

79. - Where the other $500 at?

80. - The actual door, because we had to get the door replaced.

81. - Do you have the pictures of the door?

82. - Yes.

83. - Ohh. - Man.

84. - Ooh, don't you feel it?

85. - My thing is, Ms. Pat, I shouldn't even be here.

86. It's the locksmith's fault.

87. I ain't got nothing to do with damaging the door.

88. I just lost the key. - But you lost the key.

89. - OK.

90. - Whose fault is that?

91. Not mine. - Wow.

92. - Why you just didn't call the homeowner and say,

93. hey, I lost the key?

94. - You could have called that damn lady.

95. - I called her and she was pissed off all because of you.

96. You lost the key.

97. - So Keith, does Kevin do this often?

98. Is this the first incident?

99. - I mean, this is the first incident.

100. I feel like if this was anybody else,

101. it was a slap on the wrist.

102. Me, it's the belt to ass.

103. - You're my brother.

104. I got to be hard on you.

105. - He think he's my daddy.

106. That's what it is.

107. He think he my dad.

108. - So y'all brought a witness, right?

109. - Yes. - OK.

110. Come on up here, witness.

111. - This is my dad.

112. - I'm Papa.

113. - I can tell.

114. - Daddy ain't walk nobody dog, you hear me?

115. - Can you please state your name and your relationship

116. to these two young men?

117. - My name is Keith Young.

118. I'm Daddy.

119. And that's the baby.

120. And that's my oldest.

121. - Daddy, who do you think is wrong in this incident?

122. - Kevin.

123. He knows better.

124. I taught them.

125. You make a mistake, you got to pay for that mistake.

126. Sometimes them mistakes cost you.

127. - That's right.

128. Daddy, you married?

129. - Yes, I am. - Oh.

130. I was going to give you to my friend,

131. but go on back over there.

132. - I thought you was looking at me, Ms. Pat.

133. Girl, you better sit down somewhere.

134. Watch yourself.

135. I got a big bite, Ms. Pat.

136. - Ooh! - Sit down somewhere.

137. Sit down.

138. Sit down. - OK.

139. - All right.

140. Can you help me out here, Carmen?

141. - Yes.

142. This bickering is just a doggone shame.

143. - It's just the cost of doing business

144. when you hire a family member and you own the business.

145. - Kevin, you let that bitch drag you, and you lost the key.

146. Pay up!

147. - You did let that bitch drag you.

148. What I love about this case is Black people with businesses.

149. You started something that the community needed

150. and you hired your brother.

151. A lot of times, family members is the worst to hire.

152. But it's nothing like seeing a family do their thing.

153. So I've come to my final decision

154. and I'm going to settle this once and for all.

155. I'm ruling in favor of—

156. —the plaintiff, Keith Young.

157. - Yes, sir.

158. - Kevin, you're ordered to pay Keith $850.

159. Your brother hired you.

160. And by you being careless, everybody paid.

161. - Still love you, bro.

162. - I'm glad you still love him.

163. It's a wonderful thing.

164. Just don't lose no more keys, OK?

165. - You can get your big-back daddy and get up out of here.

166. - Watch out now.

167. - You are dismissed. - Look at Daddy.

168. Look at Daddy.

169. - Look. Look. Look. Look. Look.

170. - Oh my God.

171. - You knew that you hadn't paid your rent in six months.

172. - Have you ever owed a little money,

173. but you still got to go out and have a good time?

174. - That can't be your defense.

175. - He leaned in like a politician, though.

176. - Karlous, I know both of us are ex-criminals.

177. My record is pretty clean these days, so I

178. think I can be a good judge.

179. What you think, jury? - I ain't going to judge you.

180. - Yeah.

181. - Let's get it popping, bailiff.

182. - This is the case of Darden versus Frazier.

183. You may now enter.

184. - Music manager Constantine Darden is suing his client

185. and roommate, Jahad, for $350, the amount Jahad owes for half

186. a VIP tabs from the club.

187. Defendant Jahad Frazier says he had

188. no idea he was expected to pay for the party

189. and was just told to come on through.

190. Besides, Constantine hasn't come through on the rent,

191. so Jahad is countersuing for $3,600.

192. - Do you swear to tell the truth,

193. the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?

194. - Yes, sir. - Yes, sir.

195. - All right.

196. Constantine, tell me why you're here today, baby.

197. - I'm here to sue my former friend/roommate for $350.

198. I manage him.

199. He's a rapper.

200. We went to a VIP section, and he

201. never paid me his half of the $700,

202. which was the full amount.

203. - Was this at a club? - Yes, ma'am.

204. A rooftop.

205. - Did you tell him that it was going to be half?

206. - We agreed on it before we went in.

207. - You made it clear.

208. Hey, we're going to go in here.

209. This is for image?

210. - Right.

211. - I want you to look good, and I need $350.

212. - I just don't believe that suit.

213. - Respect.

214. - His suit make it look like he's lying.

215. - You look nice, baby.

216. Jahad, tell me your side of the story.

217. - I think it's pretty crazy how Constantine

218. is bringing me to court for a section that he decided to get.

219. We made no agreement on going half

220. on a section or none of that.

221. He called me and said, pull up.

222. OK, we're good.

223. Having a good time.

224. The bill comes.

225. He requested me on Cash App, and I denied it.

226. For what?

227. You owe me $3,600 for six months' rent

228. that you didn't pay for a 12-month lease.

229. Why do I got to give you money for?

230. - Oh, OK.

231. Constantine, do you have proof of your CashApp you sent him?

232. - Yes, ma'am, I do.

233. - OK, $350 CashApp request.

234. So when he denied your request, what did you do?

235. - I sent another one.

236. - Double down.

237. - And so what did he do with that one?

238. - Denied again.

239. - You couldn't just say, yo, give me $350?

240. - That's not something you say loud in the club.

241. Then the would have left.

242. You got that 350?

243. Man, our rent ain't even paid.

244. - Why you didn't pay the rent?

245. - I'm paying for everything else.

246. I wasn't staying there for free.

247. I covered utilities, light bill,

248. cable bill, the studio time.

249. - What do studio time cost?

250. - Between $75 to $100 an hour.

251. And we'll book, like, two-, three-hour sessions.

252. - How many times did you pay for it?

253. - At least four.

254. - So you invested about $1,600 in his rap career.

255. - That's rent money right there.

256. - And you paid $700 at the club for the VIP.

257. What you got to say about that, Jahad?

258. - That wasn't an agreement when we moved into the

259. apartment together.

260. All he said was, I'm going to pay my half,

261. and you pay your half, and we're going to put our money

262. together for the apartment.

263. - Is both of y'all names on the lease?

264. - No.

265. - My name is on the lease.

266. - When he paid the first six months,

267. he gave it to me on cash.

268. But the last six, I did it all myself.

269. - Do you have any proof?

270. - Nah.

271. - Ahh.

272. - Do y'all even have a contract as a manager and a client?

273. - We don't, no.

274. - What?

275. - I can't believe this.

276. - Constantine, you can't be nobody's manager

277. without no damn contract.

278. - I'm working on my LLC currently.

279. - You don't need no LLC to have no contract.

280. - Right.

281. - A contract is a piece of paper.

282. "You belong to me."

283. - Don't— don't— don't say it like that.

284. Don't you write that.

285. - I just want to know, why didn't

286. you kick Constantine out?

287. He ain't have no money.

288. And why didn't you fire him as your manager?

289. - Because clearly he know how to have a good time.

290. He got the section; he had the.

291. All you had to do is show up.

292. Don't discount him because his suit ugly.

293. He was doing something right.

294. - But y'all was roommates.

295. - Right.

296. - So you knew that you hadn't paid your rent in six months.

297. - Yep.

298. - So why didn't you take that $700, or $350

299. and put it towards the rent instead

300. of trying to build an image?

301. - Exactly.

302. - Can I ask something of everybody?

303. - Yes.

304. - Have you ever went to the club when you young,

305. you still owe a little money, but you still got to go out,

306. have a good time, enjoy your 20s?

307. - That can't be your defense.

308. - He leaned in like a politician, though.

309. - But a lot of young men make that mistake.

310. I had $180,000 car and no gas money.

311. - OK, jury.

312. Please help me out here.

313. - I feel like in a sense, Jahad is kind of selfish.

314. - Yep.

315. - I think that he watched his homeboy really spent his money

316. and invest in him.

317. And when it came down to having his back

318. like he needed his back, he was not here for that.

319. - I'm with Jahad.

320. I feel like he shouldn't owe the money for the bottles,

321. because if you couldn't pay for them yourself,

322. you should've never ordered them.

323. - OK.

324. So where's y'all relationship now, Jahad?

325. - We keep it cordial.

326. - Is he still your manager?

327. - I don't think so.

328. - Wow.

329. Constantine, where your relationship at now?

330. - I just want my $350 and we can part ways.

331. - OK.

332. All right.

333. I've come to my final decision and I'm going to settle

334. this once and for all.

335. - I'm ruling in favor of—

336. —the plaintiff, Constantine.

337. Jahad, you're ordered to pay Constantine $350.

338. Constantine has your CashApp receipt

339. to prove that he tried to get half of the VIP section.

340. You couldn't prove to me he owed you anything.

341. So therefore, I'm going to give you your $350.

342. Hopefully you don't put it back on him in the studio.

343. - Wow.

344. - With that, I just settled it.

345. Get out of my courtroom.

346. - You are dismissed.

347. - Hey, Constantine.

348. That was a law, suit.

349. - Y'all, what's wrong with you, Doc?

350. - I stayed quiet.

351. I know I got a blue suit at home.

352. - That was so mean.

353. Stop being so damn mean.

354. - She showed up with her granddaughter and her niece.

355. - But it was a breakup trip.

356. - Exactly.

357. - The kids and her were singing "Golden Girls"

358. the whole damn time.

359. - I see why you was crying.

360. - All right, y'all. How y'all doing today?

361. - Pat, you look good. I want to tell you that.

362. When you walked down here and I saw your lashes, like, I said,

363. that bitch is gorgeous.

364. - You gorgeous too, bitch - Thank you, Ms. Pat.

365. You look good.

366. - And with that said, baby, let's get this thing popping.

367. - This is the case of Allen versus Willis.

368. - Plaintiff Nicole Allen is suing her friend,

369. Carlene for $1,526, the amount she claims Carlene

370. owes her after they took a girls

371. getaway trip to Myrtle Beach.

372. Defendant Carlene Willis says this was no vacation.

373. Nicole brought her grandkids without asking her,

374. while Carlene was hoping to have an escape

375. after a messy breakup.

376. She feels she doesn't owe anything for a ruined trip.

377. - The whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?

378. - I do. - Yes.

379. - All right, Nicole, can you tell me

380. what brought you out here today?

381. - Yes.

382. I'm suing Carlene in the amount of $1,526.

383. She was going through a breakup and she

384. wanted to go out of town on a spontaneous trip

385. to Myrtle Beach.

386. She told me when we returned, she would give me my money,

387. because I paid for the trip.

388. And I have not seen a dime since.

389. And I'm here to collect my funds.

390. [all murmuring

391. - Carlene, what's your side of this story?

392. - She knew that I was going through a breakup.

393. Her significant other heard me kind of crying and then he

394. suggested he would pay.

395. - It was already a spontaneous, last-minute trip.

396. And then she showed up with her granddaughter and her niece.

397. - What?

398. - I don't feel like I should pay for an overpriced

399. babysitting trip.

400. I should have been crying and on the beach

401. with mimosas with my sister.

402. - I get it.

403. - Y'all went to Myrtle Beach.

404. Y'all both should be crying.

405. That place is horrible.

406. - Nicole, how did this trip come about?

407. - She called me and said, let's go to Myrtle Beach.

408. I'm going through something.

409. - OK.

410. - I'm thinking in my mind, the kids are on spring break.

411. It's the beach.

412. I can just bring them, make it a one-stop shop.

413. - She's doing all this thinking by herself.

414. She never told me any of this about the kids coming.

415. - No, I did not tell her.

416. I was driving.

417. And I don't have to tell her I'm bringing

418. my grandchild and my niece.

419. - With me, you should.

420. - No, I should not.

421. I'm grown.

422. - Oh.

423. - But it was a breakup trip.

424. Who wants to get away and cry in front of some damn kids?

425. - Exactly.

426. The kids and her were singing "Golden Girls"

427. the whole damn time.

428. - Exactly.

429. I was trying to make you feel better.

430. - I see why you was crying.

431. - Lord Jesus.

432. How long y'all been friends?

433. - 15 years.

434. - Oh, wow. - OK.

435. Do you have any receipts?

436. - I do. Here you go, Wiggins.

437. - Wait a minute.

438. Let the court show that the entire bill was $1,526.

439. You want her to pay the whole bill?

440. - Oh, hold on. We went out to eat.

441. She ain't pay for that either.

442. - I got that part, too.

443. The shade—

444. - Whatever we did, she didn't pay for anything.

445. - Why did you pay for everything

446. when she called you and told you she needed to get away?

447. - Well, I mean, I was going to help

448. my friend if she said she didn't

449. have the money at the time.

450. You can just pay me back when we get back to Georgia.

451. - Carlene, how do you want to get away

452. and you ain't got no money?

453. - Exactly.

454. - So I heard that her significant other heard you

455. crying, so— - Yeah.

456. - And he offered to pay. - Yeah.

457. - Don't believe her, no.

458. He offered to pay for me.

459. - Oh.

460. - This is what I heard.

461. So now when we get there, she's constantly saying

462. that I owe her the portion.

463. So in trying to still enjoy my getaway,

464. I just tell her I'll give it to you when we get back.

465. - Oh. There it is.

466. Indignant.

467. - So you never was going to pay for half the trip?

468. - No. - Wait, what?

469. - Wait.

470. - My God.

471. - Plaintiff Nicole Allen is suing her friend,

472. Carlene, for $1,526, the cost of a girls'

473. getaway to Myrtle Beach.

474. Defendant Carlene Willis counters

475. that it wasn't a vacation.

476. Nicole brought her grandkids, ruining the trip.

477. Ms. Pat is about to sort out this friendship fallout.

478. - So you never was going to pay for half the trip?

479. - No. - Wait, what?

480. - Wait. OK.

481. - She had money.

482. She just don't want to pay because she was mad

483. because she brought the kids.

484. - Exactly.

485. And her dude said he was paying.

486. - Did y'all have any fun, Nicole?

487. - I tried to make her come out and have a good time.

488. She came out, but then she—

489. looking all sad.

490. "I want to go back to the room."

491. - It was my first breakup in my adult life.

492. - Girl, you're too old for that to be your damn first breakup.

493. - My first real breakup, yes.

494. We were together nine years.

495. - Carlene, so your boyfriend name is Bob?

496. - Bob?

497. - Yes, Battery-Operated Boyfriend.

498. - Nowadays, yeah.

499. - So let me ask you this.

500. Why do you expect her to pay for the whole trip?

501. - I mean, because she ruined my trip.

502. I had to deal with this, like, sadness, and gloom.

503. - You signed up for that.

504. - But that's your friend.

505. - You signed up for that.

506. - The point is, it seems as though the trip really

507. wasn't for me.

508. It was a spring break trip is what it sounds like.

509. - I would have let you lay your head on my bosom

510. when we got to the room.

511. - Wait a minute. - What?

512. How dirty was Myrtle getting?

513. - Not the Black "Brokeback Mountain."

514. - All right, I'm going to go to my jurors.

515. Come on, Carmen. Tell me what you think.

516. - I think that you should not have

517. to pay nothing because you didn't

518. want to be around no kids.

519. I don't want her to lose her man and her money.

520. Damn. - OK.

521. Ray J?

522. - Pay half.

523. You had a good time.

524. You was depressed, didn't have a good time.

525. Messed it up, but half is fair.

526. - So before I get out of here and make this decision,

527. anything you would like to say, Nicole?

528. - I went out with you.

529. I love you, but I want my money.

530. You owe me.

531. - I'm not paying you nothing.

532. - Oh, she'll be the judge of that.

533. - OK.

534. - OK, Nicole.

535. You took your girlfriend Carlene out,

536. but she was very ungrateful.

537. But Carlene did not know those kids was coming on this trip.

538. I understand that.

539. Carlene, you only went because you thought the trip was free.

540. - Mm-hmm.

541. - And you only wanted to go on a girls' trip

542. so you can cry.

543. But I've come to my final decision,

544. and I'm going to settle this once and for all.

545. I'm ruling in favor of—

546. —the plaintiff, Nicole Allen.

547. Carlene, you're ordered to pay her $763.

548. Now that's half of the trip.

549. I'm sorry you spent your half of the trip in bed crying,

550. but she came when you needed her.

551. - With grandkids.

552. - It don't matter if she came with a busload of dogs.

553. - It was to cheer you up.

554. Those kids was not in your way.

555. You made them in your way.

556. - Thank you.

557. - You should look at your friend and apologize.

558. - I'm waiting.

559. - Ain't nobody else going to hang out

560. with your boring ass, OK?

561. Now apologize and get this shit back together

562. and go on out here so I can go home.

563. - Aww.

564. - Now get out of my courtroom.

565. And you tell Bob I said, hey.

566. And make sure you put him in the dishwasher.

567. - Will do.

568. - OK?

569. I just settled it. - Thank you.

570. Bye.

571. - And with that said, good night.

572. - Yeah. - Court is dismissed.