03x83 - Lingerie Loyalty

[bunniefuu]

He threw rocks at your car
and damaged it?

Yes.

I saw him going to the back
and throw bricks at the vehicle.

I assume you told the police
your son didn't do anything.

-Because it wasn't him.
-Okay, good.

It was actually
my brother's friend that did it.

[laughs] It gets better.

I don't believe a word
that comes out of her mouth.

Neither should you.

[announcer]
This is Judy Justice.

[theme music playing]

[announcer]
17-year-old Dynasty Muniz

and her boyfriend,
Javante Williams-Ramos,

are suing Tanya Linsinbigler

and her teenage children,
Diamond and Isaiah Tineo,

for car damage and harassment.

[Kevin]
Court come to order. All rise.

Have a seat, please.

Case 3120,
Muniz, Wiliams-Ramos vs. Linsinbigler.

-[Judy] You're Ms. Muniz, is that correct?
-Yes.

-[Judy] This is your boyfriend?
-Yes.

-Your first name is?
-Javante.

[Judy]
This used to be your friend, Diamond.

-[Dynasty] Yes.
-Raise your hand, Diamond.

This is Diamond's mother
and that's Diamond's brother.

-So far, I have parties correct?
-[all] Yes.

-You are the...
-[Jovany] Stepfather.

-You were involved in this?
-[Jovany] I was there.

[Judy] Yeah, I know.

So this involves a whole lot
of threats and posting pictures

and a whole bunch of other things.

But the real meat of this case is
you are alleging that this young man...

-Your name is Isaiah?
-Yes.

...threw bricks at your car
and damaged it.

-Yes, he did.
-[Judy] You want to be compensated.

And defamation of character
because you claim

that Diamond shared a video

that she took of you on the internet.

It's not that she took it from me.

Um, she had gotten a video
from her sister's phone

that I had sent to her sister,
and she had posted it on the internet.

Okay. She says she did that
because you told her boyfriend

that she was cheating on him
or some other such teenage nonsense

that I'm, quite frankly,
not interested in.

Okay.
What I want to know, Javante,

why are you a plaintiff?

I'm a plaintiff
because I was a witness.

Well, a witness is not a plaintiff.

I used the vehicle to work,
to get to work.

[Judy] Who cares? It's not your car.

-So you're not a plaintiff.
-He paid for part of the vehicle.

[Judy] I don't care.
Is his name on the title?

-No.
-No, sit.

Now the case belongs to you.

When did this incident
with the car take place?

On May fifth it began.

-[Judy] When did it finish?
-On May sixth. In the morning.

-[Judy] Now, you are the mother?
-Yes.

[Judy] What I gather is
that your daughter told you

that she had been working
with her friend, doing DoorDash.

-Yes.
-Stand still.

And that the plaintiff
had not given her any money

-for working with her at DoorDash?
-Correct.

-[Judy] Did you contact her?
-I did.

-[Judy] How did you contact?
-I have wrote her and asked her...

-[Judy] Wrote her how?
-Um, through messenger.

-[Judy] Okay. So you texted her?
-[Tanya] Yes.

Did you send any text messages to her
that could be viewed as threatening?

-No.
-[Judy] No. Okay.

Do you have any text messages
that she sent to you

that you want to show me
that could be viewed as threatening

or harassing?

-Yes, I do.
-[Judy] Well, then show me.

So I have text messages from her
where she kept asking me...

Just a second.
Just show them to me.

Okay.
This one here.

[Judy] Okay, so it's clear, Ms. Muniz,
that you owed her money

because you don't deny
that you owed her money.

But you say you're
not giving her any money

because "she disrespected me."
Well, how did she disrespect you?

She disrespected me by...

She was just basically
telling people my business.

She was going to him saying
that I was cheating on him.

And then it spiraled from there
because I had gotten into an argument

with her because of a fact that
I was with her sister all the time.

Who cares?
Did you owe her money?

-[Dynasty] Well...
-The answer is yes.

I didn't know her any money.
That's what I'm trying to tell you.

I offered for her to come out
with me DoorDashing

and she agreed to it.

When I took her out,
I had bought her food and stuff.

And all the money I made that day
went straight to gas

that I had to put in the car
from doing those orders.

I didn't make much.

I told her in the beginning
if I made anything,

and I was going to give it to her
out of the kindness of my heart.

-That's what I do.
-Did she get out of the car to either

pick up or deliver any items?

-Yes, she came out with me.
-[Judy] Yes. You drove.

She got out and either picked up
or delivered the items.

-That's a yes.
-Yes.

[Judy] Then you owe her money.
Okay. That's not part of this complaint,

but I'm just getting the characters.

-Yeah.
-[Judy] Okay.

The mother says, "The disrespect

has nothing to do
with what she earned."

You consider that harassment?
No way.

-[Dynasty] It's just...
-I'm... I'm just telling you,

from a legal perspective,
that is not harassment.

Okay.
Case against you is dismissed.

-You may be seated.
-Okay. Thank you.

Now, I would like you to tell me
what your case is against Diamond.

[Dynasty] Diamond was threatening me
the whole day.

-[Judy] Okay.
-[Dynasty] She wanted to fight me.

She continued sending me
text messages

-as well as when...
-[Judy] Show me the text messages.

[Dynasty] This is where it began.
Where she first started talking.

And this one.

I have...

-[Judy] Who's Star?
-Her sister.

-The one I was friends with.
-[Judy] Who cares?

Nonsense.

Anything else
with regard to Diamond?

That's you.

So after they had damaged my car,

she ended up posting
a photo of me on the internet.

[Judy] Okay.

[Dynasty] And sending out my number
and address.

Okay. There's no allegation
that she damaged your car.

-That was all...
-That was him.

-[Judy] Isaiah?
-Yes.

[Judy] Okay.
So let me see what you claim..

And this is the final harassment.

No, I have more evidence
of the harassment.

[Judy] Okay. So let me see
the next piece of evidence

that you allege is harassment.

This is all teenage nonsense stuff.

Okay.
So what did you post?

Her in her lingerie.

-[Judy] Her in her lingerie?
-That she already posted herself.

[Dynasty]
That's not true, Your Honor.

-I didn't post it.
-Okay.

So let me...
Just a second.

Let me see the photograph
that she posted of you.

I do have one from the screenshot
of someone that had texted me

from her sending out my number
with the picture.

-Did you put her phone number in the post?
-[Diamond] No, I didn't.

[Judy] Do you have those posts
that you made from your phone?

Did you make them from your phone?

She actually sent them to someone
and they sent it to me.

Who sent it to you?

She sent them to,
um, someone.

Just a second. Name!

If they sent it to you,
I need the name.

-My sister's ex-boyfriend.
-[Judy] What's his name?

Um, I don't know
his name like that.

You're a witness.
Stand up.

-What's your other daughter's name?
-Star.

What's her boyfriend's...
ex-boyfriend's name?

I don't know his name personally,

but I know who she's talking about

because she did
send a picture over to him.

-Who sent a picture over to whom?
-Dynasty had sent a picture to him.

-[Judy] To the boyfriend?
-Yes.

-What's his name?
-[Dynasty] I don't know who he is.

-I didn't send a photo over.
-[Judy] Just a second.

-Who took the picture of you?
-I did. I sent it to her sister.

[Judy] Just a second.
Just a second.

You took a picture of yourself...

-Yes.
-[Judy] ...in lingerie.

-And you disseminated it to her sister?
-Yes.

Because me and her sister
would send...

Who cares what the why is?

She posted the video,
which had other people texting me.

[Judy] I don't care.

Don't take pictures
that you don't want to see

on the front page
of The New York Times

and then send them to somebody.
Do you understand?

[theme music playing]

[announcer]
17-year-old Dynasty Muniz

and her boyfriend,
Javante Williams-Ramos,

claimed Tanya Linsinbigler
and her teenage children,

Diamond and Isiah Tineo,
damaged her car

and posted inappropriate photos
of Dynasty online.

So when you're dumb
and you take a picture

that you don't want on the front page
of The New York Times,

put it in your safe,
and then if somebody steals it

out of your safe,
that's malicious.

You sent it to somebody else.
You published it.

You sent that to her sister.
And what her sister did was,

her sister showed it to her boyfriend.

-Do you understand?
-I do.

-[Judy] Good.
-I do now.

I'm not friends with them anymore
because of it.

Good.
So we're finished with you.

You can step back again.
What else do you have against her?

Do you think?

It's the text messages that
I'm receiving from random people.

Nobody has my number.
And they have the picture

that she had posted too.
So you're telling me she didn't

get the number or anything?
She didn't hand out the number

-and somebody just has the video?
-[Judy] Just a second.

-I don't know if you have proof...
-No, I know.

...that she put your number.

Yes, I had submitted a video
from Snapchat

that she had posted at the time.
I can pull it out on my phone.

[Judy] Well, pull it out on your phone.

-Did you send this out on Snapchat?
-No, I posted it on Snapchat.

[Judy] Just a second.

So the answer is,
you posted it to be nasty?

No, it wasn't.
She already posted herself in it.

Just a second. Did you post it
with her phone number on it?

-[Diamond] No.
-[Judy] No?

Never did put her phone number.
It just was her.

Okay, so I want you to watch it.

-Make sure you watch it carefully.
-Here.

Oh. Would you show this to
Ms. Diamond in the rough, please?

[laughter]

Want to read that, that you posted?

Read it.
Can you read?

It says, "Just waiting on you.
Say no more. You know how I do."

-Who do you think posted that?
-I posted the picture. The video.

She's the one that sent that
to the boy through her phone

because her and my sister
was trying to see if he was loyal.

-[Judy] You following that?
-[Sarah] Yes, I'm following.

[Judy] Okay.

-So the friend, sister...
-Star.

Yeah. They came up with a little plan
to test the boyfriend's loyalty,

have her send a picture
to said boyfriend

to see how said boyfriend responds
to her picture slash video.

[Judy] Oh, my God.

She's not swift enough
to make up that story.

-[Sarah] Yeah, yeah.
-[laughter]

Okay. You can step away
from your brother.

You're no longer a defendant
in this action.

Your Honor, she posted the video
which had other people texting me.

I don't care.
Don't take pictures

that you don't want to see
on the front page

of The New York Times
and then send it to somebody.

I didn't send them.
Her sister sent them.

I understand that.
You sent them to her sister,

your friend, Star.
Is that correct?

-Is that correct?
-Yes, but that didn't mean

-that she had to keep harassing me.
-[Judy] She didn't have to.

-[Dynasty] But why...
-[Judy] Just a...

Not everything is a lawsuit, madam.

What I'm telling you is,
if you had taken the video,

put it in a safe,
and she stole it out of the safe,

you have a case.

You published the video
by sending it to somebody else.

That somebody else
showed it to their boyfriend.

-Okay.
-[Judy] Or showed it to 20 other people.

-Do you understand?
-[Dynasty] I do.

But what I'm not understanding
is how you're just dismissing her

with her posting that,

as well as posting a picture
after it with me and my daughter.

Like, my video
did not have my face on it.

As you can see, it was blurred out.
I had it covered.

-So nobody could've told it was me.
-It got more stupid.

It just got more stupid.

And now let's get to
what this case is about,

which is damage to the car.

You, on the sixth of May,

you went over to a place
where she was with your sister.

-Not with her?
-[Isaiah] No.

-With whom?
-By myself.

-[Judy] You went by yourself?
-Yes, ma'am.

What did you go there for?

Because my sister.
I had called my sister,

see what was going on,
and she started with me.

So we started something.
She told me to come to her house.

-[Judy] Who told you to come to her house?
-My sister, Star.

-Your sister, Star?
-[Isaiah] Yes, ma'am.

Oh, the other one.
The one with the boyfriend,

your old friend.

Okay, so your sister, Star,
told you to come to whose house?

-[Isaiah] Her house.
-How old is she?

Um, 19.

-She doesn't live home?
-No.

-[Judy] You live home with Diamond?
-Yes.

So your sister, Star, told you
to come over to her house.

-And?
-We were arguing back and forth

on the phone. She had told me
to come over to her house.

Why were you arguing
with your sister?

Because of some situation
that happened.

What situation that happened?

I don't know what situation it was,
but I called her

and me and her started
arguing on the phone.

What were you arguing
with your sister about?

I don't know what it was about.
I don't know the situation.

-Did you go over to your sister's house?
-Yes, ma'am.

[Judy] Is that where Ms. Muniz was?

-At your sister Star's house?
-Yes, ma'am.

And now you have two geniuses.
You have any other children?

Yeah.

-[Judy] Also geniuses?
-Yeah.

-[laughter]
-[Judy] Okey dokey.

So now you go to your sister Star's house,

and the plaintiff is hanging out
with your sister

and out front, in front of the house,
there starts to be a back-and-forth.

You're shouting out the window.
They're shouting back at you, right?

-[Isaiah] Yes, ma'am.
-Okay.

And what are you shouting
and what are they shouting?

Slurs, like different things.

Are you telling somebody to come down?
They're telling you to come up?

-Yes.
-[Judy] Yes. Okay.

-When did Diamond show up?
-Like, couple of minutes later.

-We...
-[Judy] Okay.

And when did your stepfather show up?

After he heard that I was there.

-[Dynasty] That's not true.
-[Judy] Just a...

Shh!

Stand up.

You are the stepfather.
Your last name is?

Aponte.

[Judy] Mr. Aponte, who told you
that your stepson,

the genius,

was over at your stepdaughter
Star's house?

My wife did.

When you got there,
what did you see?

-[Jovany] I...
-Shh! Shh!

[Judy] When you got there...

Be careful.

When you got there,
what did you see?

I seen a lot of arguing.

[Judy] Between whom
and where were they located?

My son was outside of the house
and they was out the window.

-[Judy] And they were at the window.
-[Jovany] Yeah.

[Judy] So you heard back and forth
and back and forth?

-Yes.
-[Judy] Okay.

And then what happened, sir?

-And, um...
-[Judy] Look at me.

After they was arguing...

[Judy] After they were arguing...
Yes.

I was surveilling the whole time.
That's why...

No, you were watching.

Yes, that's why they
I don't know I was there.

[Judy] Just a second.

You know this is not
going to come out well.

I just want you to understand
it's not going to come out well.

So, Diamond, you showed up later
with a group of friends.

-Right?
-No, they were my siblings.

So if it wasn't your brother
who threw the bricks, as he said,

which one of your siblings was it?

Look at me.

[theme music playing]

[announcer]
17-year-old Dynasty Muniz

and her boyfriend,
Javante Williams-Ramos,

have accused
Tanya Linsinbigler

and her teenage children,
Diamond and Isaiah Tineo,

of damaging her car
and harassing her online.

So you were standing there
and watching?

-Yes.
-[Judy] And listening to them

-arguing back and forth.
-Yes.

Right. And what happened next?
Did you leave? Did he leave?

Did they close the window?
What happened next, sir?

They just kept arguing.

[Judy] Well, they're not still
arguing today, sir.

Now we're in a court.
At some point,

they stopped arguing and somebody left.

Either you left and he left
or they left the house.

-[Jovany] No, my kids left.
-[Judy] At some point, your kids left.

-Yes.
-[Judy] And you stayed?

-I stayed.
-[Judy] Now, you want to tell me,

-why did you stay? [shouts]
-[Jovany] I stayed 'cause...

Something that this
seasoned face believes, sir.

If you went there
at the request of your wife

because she was afraid
there was going to be trouble

and your stepchildren
took themselves out of the situation

with arguing
and yelling and screaming.

They're at the window.
They're outside.

You're going to give me a reason
why you stayed.

I stayed because I heard the cops coming.

Oh, so that your stepchildren
left the premises

-before the police arrived?
-Yes.

[laughs] It gets better.
Now you can sit.

It's your claim that he threw
rocks at your car and damaged it.

-[Dynasty] Yes.
-[Judy] Who saw that?

He did.
From the back window.

[Judy] Now you're a witness.

I saw Isaiah out front of the house
threatening Dynasty.

And while he was threatening Dynasty,
he was trying to break the door.

And while he was trying
to break the door,

another car pulled up
in front of the house.

And that's when Diamond and more...

-More people came out the vehicle.
-And then?

[Javante] And then I saw Isaiah go
to the back where the vehicle was parked.

-And I saw him throw...
-[Judy] The car that you use with her.

But it's her car.
Yes.

I saw him go into the back
and throw bricks at the vehicle.

-[Dynasty] That's when I called...
-[Judy] Did you say anything to him?

-No, we called the cops.
-[Judy] That's when you called the police?

I called them right when I saw him
going to the back because of those.

And then I heard my car sirens go off

and they heard it
in the background as well.

And that's why he stayed.

Well, he showed up afterwards.
He wasn't there.

We didn't see him.

[Judy] I don't care whether he did
or whether he didn't.

I don't believe a word he says.

He stayed
and spoke to the police.

He was the adult, allegedly,
who stayed and spoke to the police.

And I assume you told the police
that your son didn't do anything.

-There was other people there.
-[Judy] Just a second!

I assume you told the police
your son didn't do anything.

-'Cause it wasn't him.
-[Judy] Okay. Good.

-Can I see pictures of your car, please?
-[Dynasty] Yes.

These are all the damages.

-I also have the police report.
-And I'd like to see the police report.

Ooh! Nasty!

So, Diamond, you showed up later
with a group of friends.

-Right?
-No, they were my siblings.

[Judy] I don't care who they were,
your siblings.

Yes.

-[Judy] How many siblings do you have?
-I have eight. Well, seven.

-And how many did you show up with?
-I showed up with four of them.

They were already there.

[Judy]
Clearly, the plaintiff's car was damaged

and clearly it was damaged
by something sharp that day.

I have a witness
that says it was damaged

with bricks,
and I see a picture of broken bricks.

So if it wasn't your brother
who threw the bricks, as he said,

which one of your siblings was it?
Look at me!

If it wasn't your brother
who caused damage to her car

and you showed up
with your other siblings,

give me the name of your other sibling
who damaged the car.

It was actually
my brother's friend that did it.

Oh, well, that's fine.
Then your brother... How old are you?

-Fifteen.
-[Judy] Very good.

You. The mother.

I'm making a judgment against him with...

And you're involved in that judgment.

If you think that
somebody else was responsible,

sue them.
Do you understand?

I don't believe a word
that comes out of her mouth.

Neither should you, by the way.
Neither should you.

[Tanya] I believe that point because
when all that was going on,

he was outside screaming at them
while her ex-boyfriend went in the back

and did what he did.
Her ex-boyfriend disappeared

and now he's not even in the city.

-He took off.
-[Dynasty] Not true.

-[Tanya] And she knew.
-Well, shh.

-[Tanya] Dynasty knew who was all there.
-Just a second. Just a second.

You, unless I heard wrong,
weren't there.

No, but my daughter had told me...

I don't care
what you daughters tell you, madam.

Your daughters
need a little more parenting.

-Yeah, well, she does as well.
-Both. Both for Star

and clearly this one
need a little more parenting.

I don't know about this one,
but it sounds to me as if

this one could use
a little more parenting, too.

-Your Honor?
-[Judy] Can I see the...

I'm finished with this case.

Can I please see the bill
to fix your car?

I think you have the bill over there.

[Judy] $3,339.

Judgment for the plaintiff.
We're done.

Thank you very much.

[Kevin] This court is adjourned.

My son did not do it.
She just wanted to put the allegation

on somebody because she couldn't
afford her own car.

They were angry at the fact that
I was friends with her sister.

-She causes drama.
-I witnessed him break in

and damaging the vehicle.

I forgot everything about the day,
to be honest.

I've been parted ways since,
like, since they did all of this.

Pick wisely who you hang out with
and who you speak to.

I just realized that I was being used
all the way around, you know?

The least believable
thing of that entire story,

and there was a lot,
there was a lot of back and forth,

a lot of details,
but the stepfather...

I know that if my dad pulled up
in his car on me screaming,

causing mayhem and a fight
and an argument back and forth,

he'd say, "Get in the car.
What are you doing?

Have you lost your mind?
Let's go," and would leave.

He wouldn't say that
he was hiding in the bushes,

surveillancing the situation
to see how it was going to unfold.

That's crazy. You say,
"Get in the car.

"What the heck are you doing?
You're 15 years old.

What are you out here
screaming in the street for?"

-So...
-A lot more parenting.

-Yeah, a lot more. For all eight of them.
-Right.

[announcer] Are you a victim of a scam?



[theme music playing]