Ms. Pat Settles It 2x7

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 gonna settle it.

12. - I love this courtroom!

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

14. - In this courtroom, the law looks like

15. a 5'3" Georgia Peach

16. with a mouth as dirty as the bottom of your shoe.

17. All rise for the Honorable Ms. Pat.

18. - Y'all can have a seat.

19. All right, jury. - Hey.

20. - Hey, hey, hey. - Uh-huh.

21. Y'all about as bright as a light bulb, ain't you?

22. - I'm ready to testify! - Can you follow along?

23. - No objections.

24. - All right, Bailiff, get to bailiffing.

25. - This is the case of Mitchell versus Brown.

26. You may now enter.

27. - Plaintiff Towana Mitchell is suing

28. her daughter, rapper Ceeluxx, for $750

29. to record a rap duo together.

30. But Ceeluxx used the money to record her own song,

31. leaving mom in the dust.

32. Defendant Ceeluxx Brown claims they never agreed

33. to a specific track for a duet.

34. Her mom needs to check her ego and chill out.

35. - Before we get started, I would just like to say,

36. this is a jury of my peers.

37. I get to use them however I want.

38. And if one of you ladies want to take Karlous home,

39. he's available.

40. - Oh.

41. Just wanted to see the whole merchandise.

42. - OK, Towana, tell me why we're here today.

43. - Ms. Pat, I'm here because my daughter

44. has broken a commandment and sinned against her mama.

45. - How?

46. - I gave her money to go to the studio

47. so we can do a project. I gave her $750.

48. She go into the studio, did the song without me.

49. - Ooh. - I wanted to rap.

50. I agreed to pay for studio session,

51. pay for the beats that I didn't get a chance to use.

52. So I want my $750 back.

53. She shouldn't do that to her mama.

54. That's just wrong.

55. - OK, well, Ceeluxx, tell me your side of the story.

56. - Your honor, this whole thing is petty to me.

57. Yes, I told her we would do a song together,

58. and when I went to the studio,

59. I didn't say that that was gonna be the exact time

60. that we was gonna do it.

61. - So did you make the song without your mama?

62. - I sure did.

63. - And what did you do, Mama, when you found out

64. she made the song without you?

65. - So when she went and did it and then came home

66. talking about, "Ooh, look at the new song I made,

67. I heard the beat and was like, "That's my beat."

68. - Ugh, rapped on your beat.

69. - She done rapped on my beat.

70. - Now you got to drop a diss record, though.

71. "I had you. What you gon' do?"

72. - You know what I'm thinking.

73. - Why you go make it without her?

74. - We talked about a family project.

75. That doesn't mean that this was the exact beat

76. we were gonna use for our project.

77. - Yes, it was.

78. - Can you tell me, what was you gonna put on the album?

79. - What was I gonna rap on? - Yeah.

80. - They got me up here in front of DeRay.

81. OK, here I go. - What I got to do with it?

82. - OK, come on. I need some.

83. - All right, Mama.

84. - I love the God angle, cannot lie.

85. And I can't help but ask—

86. I need to hear what your verse sounds like.

87. - Me and her is like oil and water.

88. We don't mix. - I want to hear the oil.

89. I just heard the holy water. - I'm trying to make 'em twerk.

90. She's trying to worship. - Yes. Thank you.

91. - Let me hear what you got, then.

92. - So my song sound like...

93. - Your mama rap better than you do.

94. - They shouldn't be on the same record.

95. - Thank you. And you should know.

96. - Your mother's not finna get on the record

97. with you talking about popping and busting it open.

98. How is that going to work?

99. - Did you record at the studio on your mama's dime?

100. - I did go to the studio. - Spoiled.

101. - That's like a bird turning down bread.

102. Who's going to say no to money. - A bird turning down bread.

103. - All right, I'ma give this to my jury.

104. DeRay.

105. - You should have known when you gave her the money,

106. the minute she was like, "I'ma dress like Wolverine,"

107. that you didn't have a chance.

108. - I'll be a superhero.

109. - I think, mom, you might be just a little bit in denial.

110. At the end of the day, you 54 with baby hair.

111. - Can you just let your daughter

112. just have the shine for now?

113. - I want her to have it. I always—

114. - No, you don't, Mama. Don't say that.

115. That's not true. - This is just 1 out of 50.

116. - Mama, that's not true.

117. You want to get on a rap record with your daughter,

118. and she's not saying anything about the Holy Ghost.

119. Like, you want to change her whole steelo.

120. That's not even her thing.

121. - Your daughter is City Girls, and you are the Sugarhill Gang.

122. Any last words you want to tell me

123. before I make my decision?

124. - I love my daughter. I want her to shine.

125. I'm not trying to be a star. I want her to be the star.

126. But I gave you money for one thing,

127. and you do something else, then the money

128. got to stop until we resolve that.

129. - Anything you want to say before

130. I make my final decision? - I hear what all y'all saying.

131. And, yeah, we still going to do a song.

132. But I don't know when. - What?

133. Are you serious?

134. - I don't want to do no song now.

135. - All right, I've come to my final decision.

136. And I'm gonna settle this once and for all.

137. I'm ruling in favor of...

138. the plaintiff, Towana Mitchell. - Whoa.

139. - Ceeluxx, you're ordered to pay your mother

140. $750 for that studio time.

141. It's not right that you take your mama money

142. and then don't put on the song.

143. I mean, you could have just invite her to a fake studio

144. and say, "Rap, Mama,"

145. and threw that shit in the trash can.

146. I settled it. Good night.

147. Keep rapping, Mama!

148. - I thank you. But I still love you.

149. Come on. - Aw.

150. - Rap is good when it comes with a struggle.

151. Tupac was a struggle.

152. I don't know what all this new shit is.

153. Everybody bragging about, your kid is pretty

154. and all this other stuff.

155. - I want to hear that. - Me too.

156. - Your broke ass didn't contribute

157. to my birthday dinner.

158. - I don't see how y'all order $4,600 worth of food.

159. That's a small house in Detroit.

160. I feel like a ho.

161. - You look like one. - Thank you.

162. - Come on, Bailiff, start bailiffing.

163. - This is the case of Reid versus Christian.

164. You may now enter.

165. - Plaintiff Coco Reed claims her friend

166. Victor ran out on her birthday tab,

167. and now she's suing for $456, the amount her

168. supposed ride or die left her to cover.

169. But defendant Victor Christian says he paid

170. for what he ordered, and Coco is cray-cray

171. if she thinks he's going to bankroll her bougie birthday.

172. - So, Coco, tell me, why are you here.

173. - Your honor, I'm suing Vic Christian today,

174. who I thought was my best friend, for $456.

175. His broke ass didn't contribute to my birthday dinner.

176. I invited ten people.

177. We were all just having a good time,

178. you know, just ordering drinks and food.

179. And then the bill came. The bill was $4,600.

180. - Oh, what?

181. - But he literally pitched in $18.

182. - Ooh, damn.

183. - Well, hell, Victor. I need to hear this.

184. Tell me your part. - OK.

185. Well, let me tell you the truth.

186. So, basically, she went to a restaurant

187. that she can't afford, and other people there

188. was ordering steaks, lobster tails, all that.

189. And I looked at the menu. I knew I wasn't about it.

190. So I bought calamari and a sprite for $18,

191. and that's what I gave her, and she looked at me crazy,

192. and I looked at her crazy right back 'cause

193. I'm the only one with sense, baby.

194. - OK, yeah, literally cents. Literally cents.

195. - This hair just like you.

196. Your lies are faker than your hair right now, Coco.

197. - Hmm.

198. You excited. Your glasses are fogged up.

199. Clean your glasses.

200. - Y'all see the way she talk to me?

201. - Just tell me about the birthday party.

202. - Vic definitely ordered more than just calamari.

203. I don't know why he said that shit.

204. - Can you tell me what he ate? - Can I look at the receipt?

205. - Yeah, it's in your hand. Look at it.

206. - So he definitely got surf and turf.

207. He had a couple of towels.

208. - They charge you for the towels?

209. - Yeah, and he had, like, three waters.

210. - Oh, my God. That's 100 bucks right there.

211. - So wait a minute.

212. Did he order surf and turf, or he ate off somebody's plate

213. who ordered surf and turf? - Exactly. Tell the truth.

214. I asked you, "Could I have some."

215. And you said, "Yeah." - That's a lie.

216. - Let me ask you something, Coco.

217. Did you think all ten of those people

218. was gonna split the bill evenly because it was your birthday?

219. - Yes.

220. - You didn't expect to pay anything?

221. - Not really.

222. I told them before we even got there,

223. I expected for all of us to go out, eat good,

224. and once the bill come, everybody pull out

225. their wallets and contribute to it.

226. - What happened when the bill came?

227. - I showed Vic, and he pulls out his camera.

228. - I sure did. - He started recording.

229. And then everybody started getting riled up.

230. He's embarrassing me in front of all my friends,

231. all my clients, the whole entire restaurant.

232. Everybody's looking at us crazy.

233. - Why would you take a video?

234. - Because I wanted to embarrass them,

235. just like they tried to embarrass me.

236. - Oh.

237. - They were creating a certain narrative about me

238. that I was broke.

239. I live within my means. - Calm down.

240. - OK, I live within my means, Your Honor.

241. - Do we have a recording of this video?

242. - Yes. - Oh, here it goes.

243. - I'm not splitting the bill, shorty.

244. That's crazy. - Ooh!

245. - We come together. We split the bill, period!

246. - We didn't order all that.

247. Exactly. I said it on the video.

248. I didn't order all that.

249. Trying to make me pay for stuff I didn't order.

250. - Did you put this on social media?

251. - I sure did. And it went viral, too.

252. - Victor, how many people saw this video?

253. - 18.1 million.

254. - What? - Ooh!

255. - When this video came out,

256. what was people saying about you?

257. - People were saying they wouldn't pay for nothing

258. they didn't order, for one. - I know that's right.

259. - Yeah, then they also said that she's not my real friend.

260. - How did you feel, Coco, after he posted?

261. - I was very upset. I felt betrayed.

262. Like, as my friend, why would you even do that?

263. The whole world was against me the next day.

264. - You could have just threw a barbecue at the house

265. and told everybody to bring some.

266. No, but you think you're something that you're not.

267. - Exactly. - I am, though.

268. - That's what I been telling her.

269. - I can afford my lifestyle.

270. - So if you making money like that,

271. why don't you just pull out your American Express

272. and pay for your own birthday? - Period.

273. - Why are we in court trying to get $456

274. from your friend who can't even afford

275. to get his prescription updated?

276. - He's the one who made this shit go viral.

277. - Her feelings is hurt, not her pocket.

278. - Exactly.

279. - Shouldn't embarrass her on her birthday.

280. - Telling me you suing him because you was embarrassed

281. because it went viral? - Yeah.

282. - Wow. This is ridiculous.

283. TS Madison, help me with this one.

284. - Personally, I am so disappointed in you,

285. Miss Coco.

286. It was not his responsibility to just take up the slack

287. for your friends, and then y'all embarrass him

288. because he only had calamari. That was tired.

289. - I don't know why you go out to invite everybody

290. and make everybody pay for the meals

291. instead of doing what he did,

292. which is you pay for what you order.

293. You make a choice. - Coco, you are beautiful.

294. You cute. - Thank you.

295. You got it going on. You got your little hair.

296. You got your little pink shirt, little Barbie doll, all that.

297. But your attitude just is nasty.

298. You're wrong. - Thank you.

299. - I don't see how y'all order $4,600 worth of food.

300. That's a small house in Detroit.

301. - OK, before I make my decision, let me ask you,

302. what have this done to your relationship?

303. - I want my money,

304. and if we're friends, we're friends,

305. but, honestly, I don't care for the friendship.

306. - Wow.

307. - OK. - Victor?

308. - When it comes to my friends, the people

309. who I really care about, I don't make excuses.

310. She invited me to her birthday party.

311. I'm going to come no matter what.

312. She's been my best friend since elementary school.

313. This is a whole different girl. - Coco, look at your friend.

314. He knew you before you got them teeth in your mouth.

315. - Period.

316. - He know all of your secrets, Coco.

317. He know what you look like with that wig off.

318. We all know you look like Kourtlyn.

319. 'Cause I do too. All right.

320. I've come to the final decision,

321. and I'm gonna settle this once and for all.

322. I'm ruling in favor of...

323. the defendant, Victor.

324. - Way, nah, girl! We's good with it.

325. We's good with it, baby. Baby, you can kiss it.

326. You want to kiss it now?

327. - You should reverse your decision.

328. - Ain't no happy endings to this, OK?

329. - You are dismissed.

330. - Coco, Coco.

331. - What, you wanted to pay the bill, Ray J?

332. - I would have paid the bill. - Yeah, we know.

333. - I mean, I will pay the bill if I said

334. I was gonna pay the bill.

335. - And, Ms. Pat, you a very rich bitch.

336. - I am here today suing Eddy.

337. He took all of my salon tools, and he's holding it hostage.

338. - Eddie, are those her extensions

339. in your hair right now?

340. - Jury, I need your help. - OK.

341. - I'm relying on y'all to keep my wig straight.

342. - OK. It's crooked.

343. - No, it's straight. And I'm under oath.

344. - How you under oath? - We in here.

345. Ain't we all under oath? - I've been lying all day.

346. I hope not.

347. - All right, Bailiff, start bailiffing.

348. - This is the case of Harris versus Corley.

349. You may now enter.

350. - Plaintiff and hairstylist Catherine Harris

351. is suing the owner of the beauty shop

352. where she worked in the amount of $2,500

353. for stolen beauty supplies.

354. She claims he shut down the shop without telling her,

355. then grabbed her glow-up tools for himself.

356. Defendant Eddy Corley says that it's her fault

357. the shop closed.

358. He's no thief, and she needs to put

359. a wrap on her blown-out ego.

360. - Catherine, can you tell me why we're here today.

361. - I am here today suing Eddy for $2,500

362. because I'm a hairstylist. He's a hairstylist.

363. And he told me that he had a salon space,

364. that he was looking for more girls.

365. We had an agreement that I would rent a space

366. for $150 a week.

367. He owes me for basically leaving the salon space

368. without even letting me know. - Wow.

369. - And he took all of my stuff, and he's holding it hostage.

370. - What?

371. - My salon tools, my décor, and a bunch of my other tools

372. that I use to service my clients.

373. - Eddy, what is your side?

374. - She started out as my assistant.

375. We were great friends.

376. She just moved to Atlanta from Texas,

377. and I was just like, "Hey, you know,

378. I'ma support you."

379. She ended up building up her clientele,

380. and she got the extreme big head.

381. The only reason why the salon closed

382. was because of her being loud.

383. All her clients were being belligerent.

384. We got so many complaints, my lease would not get renewed.

385. - Oh.

386. How long was you there total, at his salon?

387. - I would say almost close to a year.

388. - Did he ever tell you he was getting complaints?

389. - No, this is the first time I'm ever hearing about

390. me and my clients being belligerent,

391. when I had celebrity clients.

392. - Do you think he's jealous of your clients?

393. - I do feel that way.

394. - Your Honor, what am I gonna be jealous of her for?

395. - Oh!

396. - Baby, because you want all of this.

397. - Oh, my God.

398. - Wait, is this crimes of passion?

399. - I was coming to her for a job,

400. and she thought I was trying to holler at her.

401. - I didn't know he was gay.

402. - Wait a minute, you didn't know he was gay?

403. - You didn't know he was gay? - Wait a minute!

404. You didn't know he was gay? - No.

405. - Pat, I seen that turtleneck, I knew then.

406. - Do you have any proof of these missing items?

407. - Yes, ma'am. I had a video.

408. - Oh. - Is that your items?

409. - That was my salon space. - Oh, that looks nice.

410. - Thank you. - That looks real nice.

411. - How do we get to the $2,500?

412. - My signage was very expensive,

413. along with the decor.

414. Mind you, everything that was in that suite

415. was there when I left.

416. - So you just left her stuff in the salon, Eddy?

417. - As I should have. I got my stuff out.

418. The other stylist got her things out of the salon suite,

419. and we were done. - Oh.

420. - Let me hear from your witness.

421. - Hi, your honor. - Why is the shampoo girl here?

422. - This is the other stylist that worked in my salon suite.

423. Her name is Brittney Rolax. - Bowleg?

424. - Rolax.

425. - So when did you find out that the salon was closing?

426. - Eddy notified us a couple of weeks in advance,

427. but I already kind of knew because we were getting

428. complaints about the noise.

429. - You going to tell me this one lady got a whole-ass

430. beauty salon shut down?

431. Y'all didn't do nothing?

432. Because you look like you know how to shake it.

433. And you look like you like to drink.

434. - She just started acting like she was

435. the Beyoncé of the salon.

436. - Please step down, baby.

437. So what did you do with her items?

438. - I didn't do anything with her items, Your Honor.

439. I literally text her and say, "Please come get your items.

440. The salon has closed."

441. And I have proof of that, Your Honor.

442. - OK, well, let me see these text messages.

443. - I text her, letting her know to come get her things.

444. And she absolutely ignored it.

445. - Let me read the text message.

446. He said, "Hey, boo, call me when you can.

447. "The salon is going to be closing in a few weeks.

448. "Please call me.

449. You need to come get your stuff."

450. - I never received that message.

451. - Well...

452. - There's no date and time on this.

453. - Why is there not a date and time?

454. - That was sent to someone else, clearly.

455. - Oh, my God. Really?

456. - Let me ask you this.

457. Have you been using her stuff?

458. - Why would I use her stuff when I have my own?

459. - That's not the question. - You didn't answer her.

460. - Did you use her stuff, yes or no?

461. - Plaintiff Catherine Harris is suing beauty shop owner

462. and former friend Eddy Corley for $2,500

463. for beauty supplies he stole.

464. Eddy says he's no thief, and Ms. Pat needs

465. to put a wrap on this case.

466. - Have you been using her stuff?

467. - Why would I use her stuff when I have my own?

468. - That's not the question. - You didn't answer her.

469. - Did you use her stuff, yes or no?

470. - No.

471. - I don't believe you. - I don't have it.

472. - Where is it, then? Where is her stuff, Eddy?

473. - She's going to have to take that up

474. with somebody else, Your Honor,

475. 'cause I have no idea what her stuff is.

476. - Eddy, are those her extensions

477. in your hair right now?

478. - No, they're not. This is my real hair.

479. - TS Madison, tell me what you think, baby.

480. - Well, you should have took that girl's stuff,

481. you know, if that was your friend at one point,

482. and had kept it safe. - That's right.

483. You was supposed to be her friend.

484. - That all changed when she just

485. completely went ghost on me.

486. She literally just switched.

487. She switched on all of us. - The hate. The hate.

488. - All right,

489. any final words before I go make my decision?

490. - I'm very irritated because, like, that was my friend.

491. And you know how it is to move to Atlanta

492. and start fresh, like, and to put somebody in a position

493. where they don't have anything.

494. That's frustrating.

495. I wish that you would have really thrived

496. in that friendship part and just talked to me.

497. - Eddy, any last words before I make my decision?

498. - At the end of the day,

499. she needed to come get her stuff.

500. Your stuff is gone, and I don't have it.

501. - You ain't no friend. - I've heard enough.

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

503. I'm ruling in favor of...

504. The plaintiff, Catherine, for $2,500.

505. - That's crazy. - Come on, Eddy.

506. You know, you wasn't right, because when

507. it was time to move out of your shop,

508. you only thought about yourself.

509. And stop opening yourself up to these clowns in this city.

510. And I wish you luck while you're here.

511. - Thank you.

512. - You're going to get robbed a few times,

513. but this is your first robbery.

514. You probably got three more to go.

515. And I hope you grow. - Yes, ma'am.

516. - But that said, I just settled it.

517. - You are dismissed.

518. - You see somebody trying, reach out and help them.

519. Don't compete. Because I don't want to be you.

520. And you shouldn't want to be me,

521. 'cause I got cholesterol problems.

522. - Next time on "Ms. Pat Settles It."

523. - We agreed to go to Jamaica for my 35th birthday.

524. She reneged on the trip, so I want my money back.

525. - Her fake innocence is crazy.

526. This, right here—

527. - I created cheesecake cheesecake,

528. not wheeze cake cheesecake.

529. - Can you even cook?

530. - I make noodles.

531. - Noodles?

532. - He wrecked my vehicle, and I deserve my $5,000.

533. - What kind of car did you have?

534. - Brand-new, off the lot, white 2017 Chevy Trax.

535. - Why are y'all calling a 2017 brand new?

536. That car at least in junior high.