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Plaintiff is suing for rent due and emotional distress. Defendant is countersuing for rent refund.
EPISODE DESCRIPTION
Parties have been friend for years. Defendant moved in with plaintiff after a car accident that killed his girlfriend. Eventually they became a couple. Plaintiff claims defendant was in bad condition, started using hard drugs, she helped him with his addiction, he started to get better towards the end of his stay with her; she also claims they fought a lot, he was controlling and mentally abusive. Defendant claims they broke up because he found her in bed with another man, naked; plaintiff denies they were naked. Defendant claims that although he left the house he kept paying his part of the rent because of her kids; plaintiff claims it was because his name was on the lease, not for the kids.
ABOUT Judge Mathis
Judge Mathis is a former Detroit-area district court judge. He listens to diverse litigants plead small-claims cases in his TV courtroom. A regular segment, Ask Judge Mathis, features the judge answering viewer questions to advise people with legal situations that they face. Prior to entering the legal world, Mathis was involved with gangs and spent time in jail as a young man before turning his life around.
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