Yep absolutely. I'd like to know if that's the Plaintiff's baby. Were they friends or a couple? In the middle it sounded like he said they were only friends. Hmm interesting.
I disagree with the ruling on the utilities the girlfriend was home on bed rest when they were gone to work using the utilities more than both of them.
Yeah but the defendant said it himself, he lies and said he was gonna pay and than changed his mind. He works 40 hrs a week and 1 day with his dad, not his fault he looks like a guy that takes advantage of. Bet this ex he moved back in taking advantage
It’s based off the agreement. If they had proof that they agreed to split it 3 ways, that would work, but the only actual agreement was 2 ways. It’s best to always be clear how things would split if someone else moves in.
The pregnant girlfriend's portion should be the responsibility of the plaintiff! The defendant should not have to cover her portion. That is ridiculous that the plaintiff even tried that.
Right? Third roommate moves in & lives there for free (and home all day while defendant is working!), and defendant still has to pay half of utilities. I don't agree with this one.
I so don't agree that he should have to pay for the other guys girlfriend living there and using utilities just because she was out of a job. If that's the case it's her BFs job to cover her part, not the roommate - what's he get out of paying her rent and utilities? Disappointed in this verdict big time
You are wrong, he was the only one on the lease, and therefore in control, it was his apt and the other guy was renting a room in his apt. it is like if you own a house and rent a room to 1 tenant they cannot move in with their partner, but you as the owner do not need his permission to get married and move in with your new wife. The deal was he paid $500 for the room, and that was all, that has nothing to do with what the person on the lease does or does not do. Know if both parties are on the lease then both can move in as a partner unless it is in their lease that they both agree no partner can move in. Based on what this case stated, only one of them was on the lease and therefor it was his apt and the other guy was just renting a room.
@@Zatheris76 you're mistaken. Roll back to the 3:05 mark and listen carefully. When the new lease was drawn up the landlord required that the roommate be added to the lease. At that point the original leaseholder was NOT the only person on the lease, it was in both of their names and the rent and utilities being split 50/50
@@Zatheris76 and again at the 6:15 mark - listen carefully to the plaintiff who states "and again, he was on the lease...." referring to the defendant. If you're in the habit at coming at people with openings like "You are wrong, ...''' you may want to first be certain that you've actually paid attention and listened to what is being presented.
@@ThePracticalDog I addressed that, And they mention it that they requested it but nowhere does it ever say he actually followed through and added himself on to the lease before leaving. Now if you're talking utilities if somebody else moves in they should have to absolutely contribute to utilities but if the agreement is you each have one room for $500 and if one of you brings in a partner the rooms rent doesn't change it is still $500 The utilities should be divided by three or if the other person gets a partner they would steal both be paying $500 per room and dividing the utilities by four. But unless it's specifically stated that you cannot have a partner it's your room and you can do whatever you want with your room unless there's something in the lease or agreement that states otherwise. He should have never had his girlfriend pay part of his $500 if anything if you share your room with somebody else they should have split the $500 50/50, meaning the boyfriend spent 250 the girlfriend spent $250 in one room and the single person spent $500 in his room and then the utilities were split three ways.
The entire time she was there the rent should have been split three ways. Especially the utilities definitely 1/3 there The plaintiff should have been responsible for two-thirds of the rent because he brought her in
I think that verdict was crazy..why did the judge make him to pay utilities when he didn't use it.. and his girlfriend moved in too.. very unfair. There are times where the judges ruling is unreasonable.
@@njh4473 To further incentivize the parties to go on TV and all that involves including the potential embarrassment, The People’s Court - which originally launched in September 1981 with the late Judge Joseph Wapner - apparently pays each litigant an appearance fee as well as the actual judgment. As such, the loser doesn’t leave the studio out of pocket. Today I learned...
I’ve been in situations where my roommate had a girlfriend or boyfriend who are there all the time but claims to just be “visiting “. The plaintiff excuse was she “got” pregnant or didn’t have a job. In the words of Judge Judy….who cares. You are eating the steak. You have to pay for it.
Between the ages of 21 and 23 I lived with different coworkers. Half of those living situations were absolute nightmares. When you have to live with the same person that you see at work all day they end up just tap dancing on your nerves. Even the ones you like can get on your nerves but thankfully my last roommate situation ended up being one of my best friend for 15 years as of now.
I attempted to coexist with a coworker in a 2 bedroom apt. She was looking for a place and my roommate was moving out. 2 years later, I now know that was a poor decision on my part. I barely knew the girl and if I would have paid more attention to her as far as how she carries herself, how she speaks to people, how she manages her life, Her standards (which I soon found were very low)...I would have known not to trust her or to allow her in my space. She was lazy, always had random men over (and then got mad when people started to notice in the building lol smh), always in competition, always needed to be gassed up because she had SUCH low self-esteem, and never held herself accountable for her bad decisions. Living with her was a lot, I became the person to help her get a HOME, a job, a man smfh ALL BECAUSE SHE DIDNT WANT TO DO THESE THINGS FOR HERSELF. Now I also know she used me because I have the drive, determination, and follow through to get what I want in life. Rather than adopted that mentality and gaining those skills she just used me. I learned from that time in my life and now I'm not pressed for friends who are dependent of everyone around them lol
I am one of the rare lucky ones - I have a life long friend that I initially met at work. At one point when I was looking to move from my apartment she told me she was looking for a room mate in her 3 BD house; I lived there for over a year and we had no issues. Then some 15 years later when her house burned down, she moved in as my room mate in the house I owned. We are friends to this day. Having no roommate is ideal, but there are in fact instances where roommates get on fine and have no problems.
There is no way that I would pay still pay half of the rent if my roommate moved in their significant other. The defendant was a nice guy to agree to that. The plaintiff should have paid two thirds of the rent on behalf of his girlfriend since she wasn’t working. I will never understand why people who chose to play house without the funds to do so decide to put that burden on other people. If you want to cohabitate that’s fine but the full cost of that should be on you.
At first... but then by living there for additional months and then a text saying he was moving out due to his own irresponsibility, that was his new acceptance, basically. Plus, he'd have to identify it as a problem to allow the plaintiff the right to address.
If that was the case he should have left when she moved in. Instead he made a new agreement to have her live there and have a lower rent payment. I don’t agree with her on utilities. Again, he needed to try to mitigate his damages. He should have rented it out and if he was unable to get the new roommate to pay for half then he probably could have gotten that.
@@ThejOH007 and that lower rent payment was only valid when she had a job and "helped out with money" - when she wasn't working he was supposed to help cover her end - that's BS. If she's not working for whatever reason and has no money then it's her BF's job to cover her part, not a room mates.
I never understand the “I paid cash, so there was no receipt” excuse. Have you ever bought an item at a store with cash? Did the cashier give you a receipt? 🤦♀️
I wonder if the landlord knew and/or allowed his tenant to sublease the apartment? Because if the plaintiff isn't allowed to sublease, but did so anyway, twice, the plaintiff didn't come to court with "clean hands".
@@4everThoughtful Was the girlfriend's name on the lease, too? I mean, the plaintiff's girlfriend did moved in and started paying 1/3 of the rent until she was put on pregnancy leave shortly afterward. Which then the plaintiff and defendant went back to paying 1/2 each (The plaintiff should have been the one to take over his girlfriend's entire share of the rent), which ultimately led to the defendant stop paying rent and utilities. Basically decided to move out because the plaintiff's girlfriend was living there for free. The irony of that, is the plaintiff referred to the defendant as a "freeloader", when it was because of the plaintiff's freeloading girlfriend, the defendant decided to bail. Now because the plaintiff's girlfriend stopped paying rent due to her pregnancy and no mentioning of a 4th new lease agreement that stated the defendant will go back to paying 1/2 the rent, tells me the plaintiff's girlfriend's name was not on the lease. Therefore tells me that the plaintiff was subleasing to her and the landlord knew nothing about the plaintiff charging the plaintiff's girlfriend rent money to stay there.
@@kaleoy7584 I didn't agree with the verdict on the utilities. Girlfriend just moved in permanently after pregnancy, paid 1/3 after roommate complained. After she was on bedrest, she quit and her BF wanted 1/2 again. I would have been LIVID if you moved someone that WASN'T on the lease and they didn't pay. That's just not fair. I don't blame the defendant for moving. If you want to live with your lover, pay for him/her or he/she should pay.
So ummm the girlfriend just get off scott free because she didn’t have a job? If I lose my job I still have to pay my rent & bills period. The judge should have held her responsible for something
Everyone has a phone with a camera that records video, Record the exchange of money, I’ve done this and it protects you from people “forgetting” the exchange happened.
the number of times "we were friends" was thrown around seemed odd. I would not consider someone I met in 2-3s of a job orientation a "friend". These must be lonely people. P. said the D. moved out because he got a gf but the D. said he left and went back to his parents' home. Sounds like he just wanted out since it became awkward with the P.'s gf/baby situation and 4-5 nights per week....I consider that moved in. Rent should have been split 3 ways with 3 people, you don't pony up for "your friend's" gf.
This verdict! 🙄Plaintiff says because they were friends, yet he is the one taking major advantage of charging him for half yet he is the one with his girlfriend, just because it was not originally agreed on for her to live there the fact was she did end up living there. Defendant should have put his foot down from the beginning and never agreed for such ridiculous thing. His girlfriend, his responsibility.
i like the judge but this ruling sucks. both parties agree they had an agreement then changed it when the girlfriend moved in. she never moved out so why would the defendant pay half? Judge says "I changed my mind" because he should have had the money to pay but still the bills don't add up. In my opinion, he owed march and april 1/3 rent and bills anything else is hormonal not objective lol.
Verdict was fair... only 1/3rd of the rent, because he was 1/3rd of the occupancy. Too bad he agreed to 1/2 the utilities, because he was only owed 1/3rd of those bills, too.
Don't know if all or ANY do this but, if you have someone stay or let someone stay 4 days or more that is most of a week being weeks are 7 days. Therefore 4 days should be recognized as living in that place even if you have your mail or a lease somewhere else. That is more than half of a week so that person should be paying half of the rent for those weeks.
@@Ianisatool Oh yes that’s true! So have I. but not to this magnitude. Also let’s keep in mind that they initially weren’t friends when he gave the grand gesture which is why the judge was stuck on that in the beginning. You don’t know him from Adam and you already started sharing your sandwich, and not too soon after you are giving him a place to live? Your coworker?? That you only knew for a few weeks?? 🤔
No one, absolutely NO ONE, is your "friend" in a couple of weeks time once you are past the age of 7. Friendships take time and trust to develop Within days of meeting him he's spontaneously buying him breakfast and bringing it to work and within a week or two is encouraging him to move in with him. It may not have been a "man crush", but it sure wasn't a "friendship" either - which leaves he was using him to help pay for he and his girlfriend, or he's a creeper But I'm going with man crush!
I disagree on this... He moved his GF in and nullified his own agreement and then to make the defendant pay half of utilities when there’s already another person living there after he left is crazy. The initial story sounds a little suspect to me. I mean, you want who you want but the buying him a sausage sandwich breakfast leading to him moving in........ We know what was REALLY served. 🤣 He didn’t want his gf (who’s really pretty, BTW) to find out.
If your roommate moves their lover into the house..... move. Right now. Don't wait, don't agree to split costs 3 ways. It's no longer your home when that "partner" moves in. It becomes their home and you're a "guest" paying their bills. In this particular case, it's a disaster. She "needs bedrest" because she got casually pollinated? Bollocks. I've been through this. Shared a house with a longtime buddy, everything was great until he suddenly moved HER (and her illegitimate daughter) in. It immediately because "House Of Susan". Her tantrums ruled the house, everything had to be HER way, however minor, and he was too whipped to set her straight, so I quickly moved into a place by myself. Then she was furious that my rent money disappeared, and raged at him more. I lost a once-great friend over this. Never be a single person roommating with a couple.
Behavior overrides everything to me. I guess I missed her beauty when I couldn't figure out why she was there, especially since she was the freeloader who her BF should have sued.
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The name, the grammar, the punctuation, the emojis, the profile pic, this entire comment is 2020 to me. Terrible and needs to pass. All it’s missing is a hashtag.
Hmmmm, seems to me that these two dudes fell in love at first sight, as they nibbled on their sausage McMuffins together, so they moved in together, to share in sweet man love, hehehe. Then, the plaintiff moves his "girlfriend," in and his lover got jealous, and moved out and back to mommy and daddy's, hehehe!!!
This case is a prime example of why someone should never ever do roommates. The moment the defended saw the plaintiffs girlfriend was sleeping there 4/5 times a week he should had said something about it right there especially when she don't have a job. Then gets pregnant, again no jo due to bed rest. That rent should have been split 3 ways from the moment he saw that, job or no job, let the plaintiff pay his girlfriends half. 1 or 2 nights sleeping over I would understand but not 4/5.
I see everyone keep saying don't be housemates with your coworker. But for me, I feel more secure having a coworker as a housemate cause then I can keep track of the person at work haha. It's safer (for me) that way than having a random person as housemate that might steal your stuff or disappear and not paying rent. Lucky me I have been with the same housemate/coworker since 2015 and she is the most trustworthy no drama friend ever.
People who do not love each other and are not committed to each other (i.e. committed to work things out when times are tough) should not attempt to live together, especially if they are friends.
My advice: It’s okay to roommate or date someone at your job, ONLY if you are willing/prepared to quit if it doesn’t work out. It may not come to that, but one should be prepared.
What condition does she have that she's on bedrest in the first trimester? Did she still have that baby, because that sounds like an EXTREMELY DANGEROUS pregnancy. It also sounds, to the rest of us who worked (sometimes manual labor) up until the day before we gave birth, like BS. And it doesn't matter anyway. If there are three roommates, things are divided in thirds. Two thirds are the plaintiff and his gf, one third is the defendant. If his girlfriend can't work because he got her pregnant, that's not the roommate's problem. 2/3 rent utilities etc are the plaintiff's problem.
I moved in with a co worker when I was 21. Everything was great for s few months but then she kept having her bf there all the time...Including times she wasn't home. It ended badly but ended pretty good for her. She ended up marrying my then bf at the time and lived happily ever after 😄
I let a coworker move in cause his girlfriend was cheating, she kicked him out and tore up his I.D which made things hard for him because he didn't have money saved to get a place and winter was coming he literally hanged out at work. So he moved in always paid the rent on time, was respectful and clean the only thing was he played on his X box with other players and would cuzz once in while but it's wasn't a problem, he was a nice guy. The funny part was he told me it's only going to be temporary, 3 years later he moved out and got his own place LOLOLOL We still see each other at work, he's over nights and I work during the day. I told him if something ever happens and needs a place he will always be welcomed back. I lucked out
The defendant was nearly homeless and then complains the place is too small and in the end moves back in with his parents, so his sob story of having nowhere to go was false, he played on the plaintiff's good nature and then tried to screw him...
I'm over here paying over 1k a month on my own for my rent and my 3 vehicles all by myself and he can't come up with 333, I don't know how much he gets paid but it has to be low or he is waisting all his money and that's why he had to move in with his parents. I have not lived with my parents for 12 years and I want to NEVER go back but if I have to I'll just go to a shelter instead 😅
I think the girlfriend should pay a 3rd of utilities because more is used, but as far as rent, if she is in the plaintiff's room she isn't taking up any more space. Now if she has her own room then yeah a 3rd of the rent as well.
It’s kinda of dicey but the original agreement was only between them the girlfriend only came into the picture later. Plus he was the one on the lease.
Not so - from the beginning she was staying there "4 or 5 nights a week" according to the plaintiff, but he keep focusing on "she wasn't fully moved in" and that's BS! If you're sleeping somewhere 4 or 5 nights a week, you live there. That'd be like me telling my landlord I don't need to pay rent because I'm gone 2 nights a week - yea, like that'd go over well! She was living there from the get go - the problem as I see it is that the defendant didn't address that with his "friend" at the very beginning. It's not a room mates job to cover another room mates girlfriend or boy friend just because they're not working - it's the mates job to pick up their slack.
I am BARELY a minute into this, and that’s EXACTLY what I thought. Because no one is that friendly (or should be) to the point where you do that many friendly gestures including let the guy move in with you.
It really didn’t make a difference for the plaintiff if he had an extra housemate or not, I’m sure he doesn’t have one now nor does he want one - just be he and his woman and kid alone . no loss to him if the defendant is gone. The defendant should pay for the time he was a housemate with them, 1/3 of the rent and 1/3 of the utilities for 5 weeks , $416.25 for rent + $125 for utilities , assuming the total utilities is $300 a month .
If you’re staying some place five days a week, YOU LIVE THERE! Plus she didn’t have a job, so how was she maintaining a separate home??? BS
Yep absolutely. I'd like to know if that's the Plaintiff's baby. Were they friends or a couple? In the middle it sounded like he said they were only friends. Hmm interesting.
And it should have been the plaintiff paying his girlfriend's entire share of the rent when she stopped working due to her pregnancy.
@@kaleoy7584 yep
“She ended up getting pregnant” you mean you got her pregnant? Lol sheesh
It's magic! "ended up getting pregnant" - I can't imagine how that happened ... durrr
To me it sounds like she ended up getting pregnant meaning maybe by another man?? Lol
@@valeriealvarez7508 lmfao I didn’t even think of that, probably
You clearly haven't watched Maury!!!
Hilarious dudes be killing me with that! And be serious too , like when they say I’m babysitting when it’s their own kids! 😂
I disagree with the ruling on the utilities the girlfriend was home on bed rest when they were gone to work using the utilities more than both of them.
Yup, the gf was on bed rest because of their actions with her getting pregnant and is no way any fault of the defendant.
Well sometimes I wonder
Yeah but the defendant said it himself, he lies and said he was gonna pay and than changed his mind. He works 40 hrs a week and 1 day with his dad, not his fault he looks like a guy that takes advantage of. Bet this ex he moved back in taking advantage
Yeah but no security deposit, and he was there until April, so good ruling
It’s based off the agreement. If they had proof that they agreed to split it 3 ways, that would work, but the only actual agreement was 2 ways. It’s best to always be clear how things would split if someone else moves in.
The pregnant girlfriend's portion should be the responsibility of the plaintiff! The defendant should not have to cover her portion. That is ridiculous that the plaintiff even tried that.
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Right? Ugh
@@saberxfox9020 zero what?
Takes 2 to tango.
The defendant seems like a sweetheart
I would have had defendant pay 1/3 only because the agreement was broken when he moved in his girlfriend....
Right? Third roommate moves in & lives there for free (and home all day while defendant is working!), and defendant still has to pay half of utilities. I don't agree with this one.
I so don't agree that he should have to pay for the other guys girlfriend living there and using utilities just because she was out of a job. If that's the case it's her BFs job to cover her part, not the roommate - what's he get out of paying her rent and utilities?
Disappointed in this verdict big time
Me Too .
You are wrong, he was the only one on the lease, and therefore in control, it was his apt and the other guy was renting a room in his apt. it is like if you own a house and rent a room to 1 tenant they cannot move in with their partner, but you as the owner do not need his permission to get married and move in with your new wife.
The deal was he paid $500 for the room, and that was all, that has nothing to do with what the person on the lease does or does not do.
Know if both parties are on the lease then both can move in as a partner unless it is in their lease that they both agree no partner can move in.
Based on what this case stated, only one of them was on the lease and therefor it was his apt and the other guy was just renting a room.
@@Zatheris76 you're mistaken. Roll back to the 3:05 mark and listen carefully. When the new lease was drawn up the landlord required that the roommate be added to the lease. At that point the original leaseholder was NOT the only person on the lease, it was in both of their names and the rent and utilities being split 50/50
@@Zatheris76 and again at the 6:15 mark - listen carefully to the plaintiff who states "and again, he was on the lease...." referring to the defendant.
If you're in the habit at coming at people with openings like "You are wrong, ...''' you may want to first be certain that you've actually paid attention and listened to what is being presented.
@@ThePracticalDog I addressed that, And they mention it that they requested it but nowhere does it ever say he actually followed through and added himself on to the lease before leaving.
Now if you're talking utilities if somebody else moves in they should have to absolutely contribute to utilities but if the agreement is you each have one room for $500 and if one of you brings in a partner the rooms rent doesn't change it is still $500 The utilities should be divided by three or if the other person gets a partner they would steal both be paying $500 per room and dividing the utilities by four.
But unless it's specifically stated that you cannot have a partner it's your room and you can do whatever you want with your room unless there's something in the lease or agreement that states otherwise.
He should have never had his girlfriend pay part of his $500 if anything if you share your room with somebody else they should have split the $500 50/50, meaning the boyfriend spent 250 the girlfriend spent $250 in one room and the single person spent $500 in his room and then the utilities were split three ways.
The entire time she was there the rent should have been split three ways.
Especially the utilities definitely 1/3 there
The plaintiff should have been responsible for two-thirds of the rent because he brought her in
Seems like the plaintiff is good at expecting his friend to have money, but is too big of a simp to suggest the girlfriend could do more.
@@murderofcrows7738
Exactly! I totally agree
Exactly. Eff that lazy heffa. Starting to doubt she was actually on "bed rest".
My favorite part is when the women come in with a designer bag posted right at the front of their body lol. It never fails
I thought the same lok
🤣 some people are like that…🙄
The defendant seems pretty remorseful at the end. Hopefully they can move forward as friends.
That was a very nice comment
@@katrinkasanfranciscobayare7364 ty😊
I think that verdict was crazy..why did the judge make him to pay utilities when he didn't use it.. and his girlfriend moved in too.. very unfair. There are times where the judges ruling is unreasonable.
I think the judge is unfair at times
She goes by the law
The defendant agreed to pay it in the lease.
Remember that the defendant does not pay anything the people’s court pays all the judgments.
@@njh4473 To further incentivize the parties to go on TV and all that involves including the potential embarrassment, The People’s Court - which originally launched in September 1981 with the late Judge Joseph Wapner - apparently pays each litigant an appearance fee as well as the actual judgment. As such, the loser doesn’t leave the studio out of pocket. Today I learned...
Defendant walks in empty handed, all bad bro
Coming in empty handed pretty much guarantees they've lost the case even before it begins.
"When she's on bed rest, whose bed is she resting on?" LOLOL🤣
The defendant is dressed like he just coming from the gym. Lol
Lmfao seriously tho
@Virgo Wizard ooooo are you his boyfriend why are you so pressed lmfao
People come to court with "shit happens" caps ON.
Glad they are showing cases on TH-cam.. full ones too.
Harvey levin what a flatbread and silly boy he spoils the show
Bad judgement...if a roommate moves in another person, he is not liable to pay the agreed amount as its a violation of lease agreement.
The defendant looks perfect for the role of a goodlooking Lex Luthor.
Lol that's too funny
The lex Luthor from smallville was cuter
And good looking doesn’t include a unibrow....
Right after softball practice.
I thought the same thing!
Do people always think when they live in a roomate situation, it is okay to move in another person? This happens alot.
5:51 when the defendant and judge both say ‘ummmm’ at the same time lol
You mean 5:50, 51 just misses it.
Judge is wrong this time!!! So the pregnant girlfriend gets a free ride on his "friend"... sad!
I’ve been in situations where my roommate had a girlfriend or boyfriend who are there all the time but claims to just be “visiting “. The plaintiff excuse was she “got” pregnant or didn’t have a job. In the words of Judge Judy….who cares. You are eating the steak. You have to pay for it.
Plaintiff lied, at first he said she moved in after the guy left, his story changed quick.
He says “she got pregnant” as if he had nothing to do with it
Maybe he didn’t 🤔 she could have cheated 😂
Between the ages of 21 and 23 I lived with different coworkers. Half of those living situations were absolute nightmares. When you have to live with the same person that you see at work all day they end up just tap dancing on your nerves. Even the ones you like can get on your nerves but thankfully my last roommate situation ended up being one of my best friend for 15 years as of now.
I attempted to coexist with a coworker in a 2 bedroom apt. She was looking for a place and my roommate was moving out. 2 years later, I now know that was a poor decision on my part. I barely knew the girl and if I would have paid more attention to her as far as how she carries herself, how she speaks to people, how she manages her life, Her standards (which I soon found were very low)...I would have known not to trust her or to allow her in my space. She was lazy, always had random men over (and then got mad when people started to notice in the building lol smh), always in competition, always needed to be gassed up because she had SUCH low self-esteem, and never held herself accountable for her bad decisions. Living with her was a lot, I became the person to help her get a HOME, a job, a man smfh ALL BECAUSE SHE DIDNT WANT TO DO THESE THINGS FOR HERSELF. Now I also know she used me because I have the drive, determination, and follow through to get what I want in life. Rather than adopted that mentality and gaining those skills she just used me. I learned from that time in my life and now I'm not pressed for friends who are dependent of everyone around them lol
I am one of the rare lucky ones - I have a life long friend that I initially met at work. At one point when I was looking to move from my apartment she told me she was looking for a room mate in her 3 BD house; I lived there for over a year and we had no issues.
Then some 15 years later when her house burned down, she moved in as my room mate in the house I owned.
We are friends to this day.
Having no roommate is ideal, but there are in fact instances where roommates get on fine and have no problems.
Hope you learned a few lessons here.
All the best for the future ❤
The guy saying she got pregnant was the plaintiff.
The defendant got her pregnant!
WTH he moves in his girlfriend but the other guy still pays half?
There is no way that I would pay still pay half of the rent if my roommate moved in their significant other. The defendant was a nice guy to agree to that. The plaintiff should have paid two thirds of the rent on behalf of his girlfriend since she wasn’t working. I will never understand why people who chose to play house without the funds to do so decide to put that burden on other people. If you want to cohabitate that’s fine but the full cost of that should be on you.
Idk about him paying half of the utility bills for months he didn’t live there
The reason being is the way he payed for the utilities was like it being part of the rent.
Wow that's awesome they both agree that everything will get taken care of but will remain friends. And the defendant was honest about it all.
They keep talking about this woman being unemployed and pregnant, yet she has no shame clutching that Chanel bag 😅. Priorities 🤷♀️
Good for the defendant for being a nice guy.
I just don't agree with judge this time I think because of the girlfriend living there not just coming around he broke the agreement
At first... but then by living there for additional months and then a text saying he was moving out due to his own irresponsibility, that was his new acceptance, basically.
Plus, he'd have to identify it as a problem to allow the plaintiff the right to address.
If that was the case he should have left when she moved in. Instead he made a new agreement to have her live there and have a lower rent payment. I don’t agree with her on utilities. Again, he needed to try to mitigate his damages. He should have rented it out and if he was unable to get the new roommate to pay for half then he probably could have gotten that.
Yes
@@ThejOH007 If she's there "4 or 5 nights a week" then she IS living there even if she is still keeping her own place.
@@ThejOH007 and that lower rent payment was only valid when she had a job and "helped out with money" - when she wasn't working he was supposed to help cover her end - that's BS. If she's not working for whatever reason and has no money then it's her BF's job to cover her part, not a room mates.
Why does he pay half when the plaintiff admitted the rent being divided by three and why does the girl friend lives for free
She was using the gas & electric as well
She should have charged him only a third of the utilities the girlfriend was definitely living there the whole time
I never understand the “I paid cash, so there was no receipt” excuse. Have you ever bought an item at a store with cash? Did the cashier give you a receipt? 🤦♀️
Receipts aren’t always mandated, so it is possible that businesses can refuse to provide you with a receipt, especially if not requested
@@aliciacb8284747274 then don’t do business with that company or person.
@@elvickRULES okay…
So the guys were getting along until girlfriends got involved. The story of life.
Mmmmm....now I want a sausage biscuit and some hash browns.
I wonder if the landlord knew and/or allowed his tenant to sublease the apartment? Because if the plaintiff isn't allowed to sublease, but did so anyway, twice, the plaintiff didn't come to court with "clean hands".
The defendant's name WAS on the lease. He stated his name was on it but he failed to recall if he put up a security deposit.
Thats true
@@4everThoughtful Was the girlfriend's name on the lease, too? I mean, the plaintiff's girlfriend did moved in and started paying 1/3 of the rent until she was put on pregnancy leave shortly afterward. Which then the plaintiff and defendant went back to paying 1/2 each (The plaintiff should have been the one to take over his girlfriend's entire share of the rent), which ultimately led to the defendant stop paying rent and utilities. Basically decided to move out because the plaintiff's girlfriend was living there for free. The irony of that, is the plaintiff referred to the defendant as a "freeloader", when it was because of the plaintiff's freeloading girlfriend, the defendant decided to bail.
Now because the plaintiff's girlfriend stopped paying rent due to her pregnancy and no mentioning of a 4th new lease agreement that stated the defendant will go back to paying 1/2 the rent, tells me the plaintiff's girlfriend's name was not on the lease. Therefore tells me that the plaintiff was subleasing to her and the landlord knew nothing about the plaintiff charging the plaintiff's girlfriend rent money to stay there.
@@kaleoy7584 I didn't agree with the verdict on the utilities. Girlfriend just moved in permanently after pregnancy, paid 1/3 after roommate complained. After she was on bedrest, she quit and her BF wanted 1/2 again. I would have been LIVID if you moved someone that WASN'T on the lease and they didn't pay. That's just not fair. I don't blame the defendant for moving. If you want to live with your lover, pay for him/her or he/she should pay.
So much for taking into account that he didn't mitigate his damages🤣
How do you get another person to move in when all of his belongings are still there? That part I didn't get
So ummm the girlfriend just get off scott free because she didn’t have a job? If I lose my job I still have to pay my rent & bills period. The judge should have held her responsible for something
Everyone has a phone with a camera that records video,
Record the exchange of money,
I’ve done this and it protects you from people “forgetting” the exchange happened.
Wow thanks for the tip Bob Barker.
The Complainant is a Con Job. Why should the defendant pay for the gf ? 😤😤😤
Plaintiff
the number of times "we were friends" was thrown around seemed odd. I would not consider someone I met in 2-3s of a job orientation a "friend". These must be lonely people. P. said the D. moved out because he got a gf but the D. said he left and went back to his parents' home. Sounds like he just wanted out since it became awkward with the P.'s gf/baby situation and 4-5 nights per week....I consider that moved in. Rent should have been split 3 ways with 3 people, you don't pony up for "your friend's" gf.
Living with someone that you work with would absolutely be ridiculous and awkward. 🤣
It's like seeing the person 24/7. 😵😳
Defendant seems so chill.
This verdict! 🙄Plaintiff says because they were friends, yet he is the one taking major advantage of charging him for half yet he is the one with his girlfriend, just because it was not originally agreed on for her to live there the fact was she did end up living there. Defendant should have put his foot down from the beginning and never agreed for such ridiculous thing. His girlfriend, his responsibility.
I lived with the defendant prior to this guy. Pretty cool dude
i like the judge but this ruling sucks. both parties agree they had an agreement then changed it when the girlfriend moved in. she never moved out so why would the defendant pay half? Judge says "I changed my mind" because he should have had the money to pay but still the bills don't add up. In my opinion, he owed march and april 1/3 rent and bills anything else is hormonal not objective lol.
He should have just moved in some jobless women too. See how sexist the judge can be.
Verdict was fair... only 1/3rd of the rent, because he was 1/3rd of the occupancy. Too bad he agreed to 1/2 the utilities, because he was only owed 1/3rd of those bills, too.
Don't know if all or ANY do this but, if you have someone stay or let someone stay 4 days or more that is most of a week being weeks are 7 days. Therefore 4 days should be recognized as living in that place even if you have your mail or a lease somewhere else. That is more than half of a week so that person should be paying half of the rent for those weeks.
While sausage egg mcmuffins are tasty I prefer a sausage egg mcgriddle personally 😋
I just prefer the sausage stuffed in my mouth ;)
The McGriddle is better
I prefer the plaintiffs sausage..🤭🤭🍆😅
@@ShabogBoo978 that’s what she said😂😂
Sounds like a man crush.. lol
Cause it totally is! Lol look at the defendant 🤤(minus the almost unibrow)
I absolutely got that vibe too!
Not really. Friends help each other like this all of the time. Stop making it out to be more than what it really is.
@@Ianisatool Oh yes that’s true! So have I. but not to this magnitude. Also let’s keep in mind that they initially weren’t friends when he gave the grand gesture which is why the judge was stuck on that in the beginning. You don’t know him from Adam and you already started sharing your sandwich, and not too soon after you are giving him a place to live? Your coworker?? That you only knew for a few weeks?? 🤔
No one, absolutely NO ONE, is your "friend" in a couple of weeks time once you are past the age of 7.
Friendships take time and trust to develop
Within days of meeting him he's spontaneously buying him breakfast and bringing it to work and within a week or two is encouraging him to move in with him.
It may not have been a "man crush", but it sure wasn't a "friendship" either - which leaves he was using him to help pay for he and his girlfriend, or he's a creeper
But I'm going with man crush!
I disagree on this... He moved his GF in and nullified his own agreement and then to make the defendant pay half of utilities when there’s already another person living there after he left is crazy. The initial story sounds a little suspect to me. I mean, you want who you want but the buying him a sausage sandwich breakfast leading to him moving in........ We know what was REALLY served. 🤣 He didn’t want his gf (who’s really pretty, BTW) to find out.
If your roommate moves their lover into the house..... move. Right now. Don't wait, don't agree to split costs 3 ways. It's no longer your home when that "partner" moves in. It becomes their home and you're a "guest" paying their bills. In this particular case, it's a disaster. She "needs bedrest" because she got casually pollinated? Bollocks.
I've been through this. Shared a house with a longtime buddy, everything was great until he suddenly moved HER (and her illegitimate daughter) in. It immediately because "House Of Susan". Her tantrums ruled the house, everything had to be HER way, however minor, and he was too whipped to set her straight, so I quickly moved into a place by myself. Then she was furious that my rent money disappeared, and raged at him more. I lost a once-great friend over this. Never be a single person roommating with a couple.
The girlfriend is lazy and a freeloader, should have been 333 from the get go
Plaintiff's girlfriend is so beautiful and has an equally beautiful and infectious smile.😍
Yes
The Asian lady isnt cute lol
HUH?!
Behavior overrides everything to me. I guess I missed her beauty when I couldn't figure out why she was there, especially since she was the freeloader who her BF should have sued.
Very generous of the plaintiff of the move his girlfriend in and have his roommate Help pay for it.
The defendants eyes were constantly half closed and drifting , I think I know why he never had any money.
Bingo
😂😂😂
If he is getting kicked out of his place....Maybe juuuuussstttt MAYBEEEE he shouldnt move in with you..hmmm ya think!!!??!!🤔🤔🤔🤔🤑🤑🤑🤑🤗🤗🤗🤗🤣🤣🤣🤣🤭🤭🤭😏😏😏😒😒😒🙄🙄🙄🤥🤥🤥🤥🤢🤮🤧🥵🥶🥴😵🤯🤠🥳😎🧐😳😕😓😢😫🥱😤😤😤😤😤😡😡😡😡😠😠😠😠🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠
The name, the grammar, the punctuation, the emojis, the profile pic, this entire comment is 2020 to me. Terrible and needs to pass. All it’s missing is a hashtag.
Hmmmm, seems to me that these two dudes fell in love at first sight, as they nibbled on their sausage McMuffins together, so they moved in together, to share in sweet man love, hehehe. Then, the plaintiff moves his "girlfriend," in and his lover got jealous, and moved out and back to mommy and daddy's, hehehe!!!
Wow 5 days a week. She should pay too
This case is a prime example of why someone should never ever do roommates. The moment the defended saw the plaintiffs girlfriend was sleeping there 4/5 times a week he should had said something about it right there especially when she don't have a job. Then gets pregnant, again no jo due to bed rest. That rent should have been split 3 ways from the moment he saw that, job or no job, let the plaintiff pay his girlfriends half.
1 or 2 nights sleeping over I would understand but not 4/5.
exactly!
Another comment. The plaintiff doesn’t realize how cool the housemate he had. Some housemates will teach you the meaning of the word “drama”.
Think they work in IT?
The gf probably had a good lunch. Meat stuck between her teeth.
Defendant is paperless! Oh, boy! 🍿🍿🍿😂😂🇺🇸
I feel sorry for the defendant
I see everyone keep saying don't be housemates with your coworker. But for me, I feel more secure having a coworker as a housemate cause then I can keep track of the person at work haha. It's safer (for me) that way than having a random person as housemate that might steal your stuff or disappear and not paying rent. Lucky me I have been with the same housemate/coworker since 2015 and she is the most trustworthy no drama friend ever.
Wow these guys responded so good and mature!.. Wonder if girls in same situation would behave like this 😂
Defendant looks like a random NPC in GTA!
Wow I can't believe the judge made that decision. Poor defendant get a backbone please
Hey! It's One Punch Man!👍(for my anime fans😏)
People who do not love each other and are not committed to each other (i.e. committed to work things out when times are tough) should not attempt to live together, especially if they are friends.
My advice: It’s okay to roommate or date someone at your job, ONLY if you are willing/prepared to quit if it doesn’t work out. It may not come to that, but one should be prepared.
That's why you couldn't pay me enough to have a roomie - can't stand living with frauds
The defendant looks like a slow Channing Tatum 🤣🤣
Not even close
😂😂😂
she was laying around the house unemployed getting screwed and prego
Judge Judy would never allow a defendant to stand before her with his hands in his pockets
What condition does she have that she's on bedrest in the first trimester? Did she still have that baby, because that sounds like an EXTREMELY DANGEROUS pregnancy. It also sounds, to the rest of us who worked (sometimes manual labor) up until the day before we gave birth, like BS.
And it doesn't matter anyway. If there are three roommates, things are divided in thirds. Two thirds are the plaintiff and his gf, one third is the defendant. If his girlfriend can't work because he got her pregnant, that's not the roommate's problem. 2/3 rent utilities etc are the plaintiff's problem.
They'd make a cute couple.
I moved in with a co worker when I was 21. Everything was great for s few months but then she kept having her bf there all the time...Including times she wasn't home. It ended badly but ended pretty good for her. She ended up marrying my then bf at the time and lived happily ever after 😄
He shouldn’t have to pay may if he got his stuff in April lol
I dont think u r supposed to wear that kind of t-shirt w those kind of dress pants. Red flag!!!!
Fashion police? Decent looking pants and decent looking shirt so they look fine to me. I've seen so much worse attire on these court programs.
Who made that rule? Only insecure people worry about what others think of their clothing choices.
He DOES owe but plaintiffs girlfriend should pay too. I hate when they do that.
So they were hook ups that decided to move together, he got jealous he got back with his ex and sued, got it
If I'm not mistaken, the girl in the black leather jacket behind the plaintiff has been in this audience a number of times over the past few years.
I let a coworker move in cause his girlfriend was cheating, she kicked him out and tore up his I.D which made things hard for him because he didn't have money saved to get a place and winter was coming he literally hanged out at work. So he moved in always paid the rent on time, was respectful and clean the only thing was he played on his X box with other players and would cuzz once in while but it's wasn't a problem, he was a nice guy. The funny part was he told me it's only going to be temporary, 3 years later he moved out and got his own place LOLOLOL We still see each other at work, he's over nights and I work during the day. I told him if something ever happens and needs a place he will always be welcomed back. I lucked out
does anyone else have a problem with the plaintiff bumping uglies with the girlfriend WHILE LIVING WITH THE DEFENDANT???
The defendant was nearly homeless and then complains the place is too small and in the end moves back in with his parents, so his sob story of having nowhere to go was false, he played on the plaintiff's good nature and then tried to screw him...
I'm over here paying over 1k a month on my own for my rent and my 3 vehicles all by myself and he can't come up with 333, I don't know how much he gets paid but it has to be low or he is waisting all his money and that's why he had to move in with his parents. I have not lived with my parents for 12 years and I want to NEVER go back but if I have to I'll just go to a shelter instead 😅
I think the girlfriend should pay a 3rd of utilities because more is used, but as far as rent, if she is in the plaintiff's room she isn't taking up any more space. Now if she has her own room then yeah a 3rd of the rent as well.
It’s kinda of dicey but the original agreement was only between them the girlfriend only came into the picture later. Plus he was the one on the lease.
Not so - from the beginning she was staying there "4 or 5 nights a week" according to the plaintiff, but he keep focusing on "she wasn't fully moved in" and that's BS! If you're sleeping somewhere 4 or 5 nights a week, you live there.
That'd be like me telling my landlord I don't need to pay rent because I'm gone 2 nights a week - yea, like that'd go over well!
She was living there from the get go - the problem as I see it is that the defendant didn't address that with his "friend" at the very beginning. It's not a room mates job to cover another room mates girlfriend or boy friend just because they're not working - it's the mates job to pick up their slack.
Plaintiff was hot for the defendant.
I am BARELY a minute into this, and that’s EXACTLY what I thought.
Because no one is that friendly (or should be) to the point where you do that many friendly gestures including let the guy move in with you.
Well baldy is kinda cute ijs
@@dantefreely5850 kinda?? 😏🤤
@@joshuaafrifa8134 ok he is. He could definitely get it 😘
@@dantefreely5850 just saying! 🤗🥰. Lol I know why I clicked 😛
Coworkers in my opinion should not date ,fool around, move in ,hang out etc. 99% of the time it goes bad
It really didn’t make a difference for the plaintiff if he had an extra housemate or not, I’m sure he doesn’t have one now nor does he want one - just be he and his woman and kid alone . no loss to him if the defendant is gone.
The defendant should pay for the time he was a housemate with them, 1/3 of the rent and 1/3 of the utilities for 5 weeks , $416.25 for rent + $125 for utilities , assuming the total utilities is $300 a month .
His girlfriend is so much better looking than him.
At least the defendant owns not being good with money. So many people screw their roommates/land lords and then blame THEM for not paying their rent.
God bless everyone on here🌺🐦