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[4]
Please be seated.
[5]
Hello, Your Honor.
[5]
Hello.
[7]
This is a case of<i>
Yarlborough/Jones v. Triplett.</i>
[10]
Thank you Jerome.
Good day everyone.
[12]
AUDIENCE: Good day.
[13]
JUDGE LAKE: Ms. Yarlborough,
you were here previously
[16]
in this very
courtroom to prove
[19]
that the late Chi-Lites'
member, Creadel Jones,
[21]
was your biological father
[23]
and that Michael Jones
[26]
is your brother.
[27]
The results from
that case prove that
[29]
Creadel Jones is your father.
[33]
Now, you and Mr. Jones
[36]
stand united
together to protect
[38]
your father's legacy
and musical estate
[41]
by proving that Mr. Triplett
[43]
is not your sibling.
[46]
JUDGE LAKE:
Mr. Triplett, you state...
[46]
Yes, Your Honor.
[48]
...you've always known that
Mr. Creadel Jones
[50]
is your father and
you hope that once
[51]
the DNA results are revealed
[53]
Ms. Yarlborough and Mr. Jones
[55]
will welcome you
with open arms.
[58]
Yes, Your Honor.
[59]
So Mr. Jones, tell me,
why do you doubt
[61]
Mr. Triplett is your brother?
[64]
MR. JONES: He claims that he's
like, two weeks older than me.
[67]
As far as my life, I know
my mother and father
[69]
was always together.
[71]
From 1964 to 1974.
[74]
We went on trips together.
[76]
My father was there,
my mother was there.
[78]
I'd never even
heard of Mr. Triplett.
[81]
Plus, uh, my dad signed his
name on my birth certificate,
[84]
as well as my brother Irving's
birth certificate.
[86]
JUDGE LAKE: So you're
saying growing up
[88]
you never ever had
any idea there was...
[93]
This man would be two
weeks older than you?
[96]
Right.
[96]
JUDGE LAKE: You grew
up thinking
[97]
you were the oldest child?
[97]
Yes.
[99]
For 50 years.
[100]
Fifty years?
[100]
Fifty years, I'm...
[102]
You're saying your father
signed your birth certificate?
[102]
Yes.
[105]
Do you have evidence of that?
[107]
Yes I do, Your Honor.
[107]
Jerome, may I see that please?
[110]
Thank you. So this is
your birth certificate
[113]
and your brother's.
Both of which list
[116]
Creadel A. Jones as father.
[119]
MR. TRIPLETT: Yes.
[120]
JUDGE LAKE: So, Mr. Triplett,
[121]
is Mr. Jones on your
birth certificate?
[123]
MR. TRIPLETT: No, he isn't.
[124]
He is not?
[124]
No.
[126]
I've always been told that
[127]
Creadel was the only
father that I've ever had.
[130]
JUDGE LAKE: Your entire life?
[130]
MR. TRIPLETT: My entire life.
[132]
And you were told you
had brothers and sisters?
[134]
Yes. Yes.
[137]
So, Mr. Jones, I mean
let's be clear, he is
[142]
a music legend.
[143]
<i> Incredible contributions
to the music industry.</i>
[147]
<i> You were told that
you were his child?</i>
[149]
MR. TRIPLETT: <i> Yes.
I've only met him twice.</i>
[151]
The first memory of
meeting him, I was
[154]
maybe eight or nine.
[155]
He pulled up in a car and he
[158]
kinda patted me on the head
and handed me $100
[160]
and went up to
talk with my mom.
[162]
And I left.
[163]
Um, then the other
occasion was uh,
[165]
he came but this time my
relatives were there
[168]
and he uh,
[170]
spoke with my relatives.
They knew him
[172]
and I guess these
other gentlemen. I didn't
know who they were.
[174]
And I was able to recognize
from the first time
[177]
that I met him, that
that was the guy that
[179]
my mom pointed out
to me was my father.
[181]
You knew,
"This is the man that
[184]
"I was told was my father?"
[184]
Yes.
[185]
Did you have a conversation?
[185]
Not at all. No.
[188]
And if he's just two
weeks older than you
[191]
and you've never heard...
[191]
I've never heard of him.
[193]
Never heard of him.
[194]
Mr. Triplett or his mother.
[194]
And your parents were married?
[196]
Yes, they were married.
[196]
Did your mother ever
[198]
say anything about your
[200]
father potentially
having another son?
[203]
No.
[204]
So, Ms. Yarlborough,
[206]
you once stood in this
very same position
[209]
as Mr. Triplett.
[209]
MS. YARLBOROUGH: Right.
[210]
Mmm-hmm.
[210]
And your paternity
was doubted,
[212]
and it was proven
in this courtroom that
you are, in fact,
[215]
Creadel Jones'
biological daughter.
[218]
Did you ever hear
[219]
that in addition to yourself,
there were other children?
[223]
I mean, the only ones
that I've heard of were
[225]
Mr. Jones and his brother,
[227]
and Koby when I got here
[229]
but I've never heard of him.
[230]
I don't know where
he comes from.
[232]
We just been through this
and now here we are again.
[234]
You know, somebody claiming
that they're, you know,
[237]
a wife or whatever
[238]
and I mean, if you are,
that's fine.
[240]
Maybe you think it's a lot of
money here. I don't know.
[243]
You think this is about money?
[244]
You think...
[244]
I do.
[246]
And I'm upset because,
[248]
I mean, I hear this,
I hear everybody
[250]
telling me what they had
[252]
and the experience that
they had with him.
[253]
The only memory
I have of my father...
[255]
I mean, my mother told me
that when we were kids
[257]
and growing,
he was in the house.
[259]
He was there when
I was born.
[260]
He took care of
me and my sister.
[261]
When he went on the road
he sent my mom
money for us.
[264]
And my older sisters and
older cousins have
[267]
memory of him
but I don't.
[268]
My only memory of him
[270]
<i> was at 11 years old</i>
[271]
<i> when he came to visit
me and my sister.</i>
[273]
<i> That's it.</i>
[274]
<i> I would rather have...</i>
[277]
(SNIFFLES)
I would rather have had
[279]
a memory of him, I mean...
[281]
I would... I want to know
what his voice sounds like.
[284]
I couldn't care less
about royalty rights,
[286]
I want to know what his
favorite color is. I want...
[289]
I want a father and
I don't know
[290]
who he is or
what he's claiming
[292]
but it's just like,
maybe he saw us
[294]
on the last show
so that's my...
[295]
That's what I'm thinking.
[296]
And now he think that
there's a lot of
[298]
royalties here and he
want in. I mean...
[300]
You're correct.
It was the last show,
[303]
you're right, um, that
[305]
led me to this show
[307]
so that I can find out
if he's my father.
[309]
It's not about money.
I don't need the money.
[311]
Not at all.
I just want to know
[313]
if he's my father.
[314]
To me,
we all look like our dad.
[318]
But, you're... To me there's
no resemblance there.
[320]
MR. TRIPLETT: That picture
there was shown to me
[323]
<i> and everybody that I know</i>
[324]
<i> always said that
I look like him, so...</i>
[327]
JUDGE LAKE: <i> Who's told
you that over the years?</i>
[327]
<i> My family.</i>
[329]
Your family?
[329]
Yeah.
[330]
And so after witnessing
[332]
their appearance
in this courtroom
[334]
previously...
[334]
TRIPLETT: Mmm-hmm.
[336]
...you felt it was important
to get the answers
[338]
you needed as well?
[339]
Right. Also most of
my family have, uh,
[342]
they died of cancer.
[344]
And so, the issue for me
was also for health
reasons as well.
[348]
And so...
[348]
MR. JONES: That ain't
what I got though.
[350]
So, I'm saying
what I see now...
[350]
Okay.
[352]
...there's no resemblance.
There couldn't be.
[354]
Okay, Okay.
Time will tell.
[356]
Yeah, it will.
[367]
JUDGE LAKE: Your father has
[369]
an incredible legacy.
[371]
It would not be unheard of
[372]
for people to just
want to attach
[374]
themselves to it.
[375]
But if this is what
he's been told...
[377]
He didn't just come up
with Creadel Jones
[379]
out of the wind.
[379]
Exactly.
[381]
Well, I mean,
he has the evidence
[383]
that shows the royalties.
[384]
And even all... It lists
all the siblings,
[387]
all of our father's estate.
Even the possible ones.
[390]
So this evidence
shows what, Mr. Jones?
[392]
That evidence shows that
my name, Angela's name,
[396]
and my brother, Irving,
we are the rightful heirs.
[398]
JUDGE LAKE: So the heirs...
[400]
MR. JONES: <i> That have been
proven to be the children
of Creadel Jones.</i>
[403]
This evidence, you're
saying does not list
[406]
Mr. Triplett's name anywhere?
[406]
Correct.
[408]
Not even as a possible heir?
[408]
MR. JONES: Not
even as a possible...
[411]
It's making me think like,
[412]
he's coming out
of the woodworks
[413]
like anyone would if they
knew it's about some money.
[416]
Since you believe
this is about money,
[418]
I have an expert.
Mr. Fred Buggs
[420]
from WBLS in New York.
[423]
Hello, Mr. Buggs.
Thank you for joining us.
[426]
<i> Well, Judge Lake, how are you?</i>
[428]
We are here on another
paternity matter
[431]
connected to the legendary
[433]
Creadel Jones of
the Chi-Lites.
[435]
We want to understand
the value of this estate.
[438]
Can you shed light
on that for us?
[440]
Sure can. You had
a couple of great
[442]
stand-up singing groups
during the 70s.
[445]
Temptations, Four Tops,
Chi-Lites out of Chicago.
[449]
<i> Bunch of number one songs
on the R&B charts.</i>
[453]
<i> With the amount of sampling</i>
[455]
<i> that has been done
throughout the years,</i>
[457]
the publishing has got to be
[459]
well, well into the
millions by now.
[463]
JUDGE LAKE:
And so you feel like
[465]
this is commonplace
for there to be
[468]
a fight over royalties
[470]
and that fight would
often include siblings,
[473]
offspring that may not have
[476]
been recognized earlier.
[478]
You know, in these cases,
[481]
we think about the 70s
[482]
and we speak safe sex now
[485]
but during the 70s
[487]
there was a lot of
[488]
free-spirited
[490]
activities taking
place then so,
[493]
uh, now we are finding,
[495]
there are more family members
[498]
than initially
reported at the time.
[501]
Well said. Thank you so much
[503]
Mr. Buggs for joining us.
[505]
Thank you much, and all
the best to the families.
[508]
JUDGE LAKE: So what
his expert testimony
[512]
confirmed is that...
[514]
First of all, the situation
[515]
you find yourselves
in at this time
[518]
is not something we
have never seen before.
[521]
I mean, it's been told
that he has about
[523]
32 kids,
which I don't know
[525]
if that is so or not.
[527]
Thirty-two?
[527]
Thirty-two.
[528]
AUDIENCE: Wow.
[532]
JUDGE LAKE: I've another
independent witness
[534]
I'd like to hear from.
[535]
Jerome, would you please
escort Mr. Jones
[537]
into the courtroom?
[537]
Yes ma'am.
[545]
Mr. Jones, thank you
for joining us today.
[547]
IRVING JONES: Thank you
for having me.
[548]
We're here, of course
[550]
discussing the paternity as it
relates to Mr. Triplett.
[553]
We have established that
[555]
Creadel Jones, is in fact
listed as father
[558]
on your birth certificate?
[558]
Correct.
[560]
Do you or do you not
believe Mr. Triplett
[562]
could possibly be
yet another sibling?
[566]
I believe it's a possibility.
[568]
You do?
[568]
I do.
[569]
Please explain to
the court, why.
[571]
I haven't seen
my dad, our dad,
[573]
since I was
three years old, 1972.
[577]
<i> I ran across an ad
at work one day</i>
[580]
<i> featuring one of the
Chi-Lites members.</i>
[582]
I looked at that, in that
magazine, read the
[585]
article and thought
about Dad.
[587]
I wondered,
"Was he still alive?"
[588]
I sent an email to
their PR agency,
[592]
um, telling them who I was
and that I hadn't
seen my father
[595]
and that I wanted to find him.
[596]
She told me she would
forward the email
[597]
to the proper person.
[599]
Later that day, I get an
email back telling me
[602]
she sent the email
to Marshall.
[603]
Marshall Thompson.
[605]
And he asked for us, for me,
to send a picture.
[607]
He wanted to see me.
[608]
So I took a picture,
snapped it, sent it to him.
[611]
I get an email back saying
"Today is your lucky day.
[614]
"Marshall wants you
to call him."
[616]
He saw the picture.
[617]
Evidently, he saw the face.
[619]
(CHUCKLING)
[621]
And, it's possible
you know so,
[623]
I called him after
I talked to my mom.
[624]
Nobody, in my family knew
I was even looking for Dad.
[627]
I didn't tell Michael.
[628]
I didn't tell my mom.
[630]
I didn't tell nobody.
[632]
I wanted to go find
him, you know.
[635]
So, once I called Marshall,
[637]
I told him who I was.
[639]
He asked me,
[640]
was I...
Was Barbara my mother?
[643]
I said "No, my mama's Ruby."
[646]
And he said,
[647]
"Oh, Ruby. I remember!"
[651]
Came back to his head.
[652]
But that's the first time
I heard the name Barbara.
[654]
And I found out
[656]
Barbara, was his mother.
[657]
AUDIENCE: Ooh.
[658]
So that's why I believe
it is a possibility.
[661]
JUDGE LAKE: I see.
[661]
Because Marshall
connected the dots.
[664]
For me, at the time I didn't
know about him, I didn't
[666]
even think about a kid.
Didn't know if there was any
other kid, period.
[669]
I just knew the three that
he had with my mom.
[671]
But to this day,
[674]
after learning about her
and this case,
[677]
I believe it is a possibility.
[680]
JUDGE LAKE: So, Mr. Jones,
[682]
in light of
[684]
the testimony we've
all just heard.
[686]
Does this change
your mind at all?
[686]
No.
[689]
It doesn't?
[689]
No.
[690]
Why?
[690]
He don't look like me.
[693]
So you're basing this on...
[693]
I'm going by,
[696]
he look like me, she look
like me,
[698]
my other sisters and
brothers look like me
[701]
and we all look like our dad.
[703]
He has no resemblance.
[704]
JUDGE LAKE: Your father's
genes are very strong.
[704]
MR. JONES: Very strong.
[707]
How about you,
Ms. Yarlborough?
Does it make you feel
[709]
differently to hear
this man say that
[711]
his mother was brought
up to him years ago?
[716]
Um, a little bit,
[718]
but that makes me
doubt the motives
[720]
of the person that
gave the story.
[722]
And, and I don't believe that
[724]
he cheated on my mother
'cause they were together.
[726]
Oh, come on man, you...
[727]
I'm not gonna believe that.
[728]
I'm not gonna believe that.
[730]
JUDGE LAKE: I will not speak
[731]
poorly about the deceased
[733]
nor will I say that I have
first-hand information.
[737]
But what we do know
[738]
as a music legend
[740]
<i> that there were, of course,</i>
[743]
<i> many opportunities and access</i>
[746]
to probably many
different women
[748]
that would have been
interested in dating him
[751]
and sharing his time.
[751]
I understand that.
[753]
And so as I listen to
Mr. Triplett's story
[755]
what I find fascinating
[756]
is that he was told that
this was his father
[759]
but he had no real contact
or connection with him.
[763]
He didn't really pursue
the relationship but instead
[765]
did what a lot
of young people say
[769]
as they enter my courtroom.
[771]
They say, "Well if he didn't
really care enough
[774]
"to have a relationship
with me, then I just
[776]
"decided to go on
with my life
[778]
"and try to do me."
[779]
But as he got older he
began to think, well,
[783]
"I really don't want
to leave this earth
[785]
"without knowing
who my father is."
[789]
That's it.
[790]
"And now that I'm older,
wiser, more experienced,
[794]
"I can handle the result."
[797]
And the sad part is,
[799]
if Creadel Jones
[801]
is not his biological father,
[805]
where else does he turn?
[807]
He's never been
given another name.
[810]
That's the only man
has ever been told...
[811]
I was told was my father.
[813]
The only man.
[814]
Well, I think we
can move forward
[818]
by getting the results
and I have them. Jerome?
[821]
(AUDIENCE CLAPPING)
[825]
These results were prepared by
DNA Diagnostics
[828]
and they read as follows.
[842]
In the case of<i>
Yarlborough/Jones v. Triplett,</i>
[847]
pertaining to Torlan Triplett,
[850]
it has been determined
by this court,
[855]
Mr. Triplett,
[857]
Ms. Yarlborough,
[858]
Mr. Irving Jones
[860]
and Mr. Michael Jones,
[868]
you are related.
[869]
MR. JONES: Oh!
[884]
MR. JONES:
I apologize, brother.
[885]
It's all right, It's
all right, it's all right.
[887]
How you doing sister?
[889]
Okay, come on down.
[891]
(AUDIENCE CLAPPING)
[896]
How you doing, brother?
All right, all right.
[896]
(MUMBLING)
[901]
All right, all right man.
[903]
How do you feel Mr. Jones?
[906]
(VOICE BREAKING)
Really emotional.
[909]
Apologetic.
[911]
MR. TRIPLETT: No need,
there's no need to apologize.
[915]
And now I got a,
a big brother.
[917]
(LAUGHING)
[920]
JUDGE LAKE: Yes, you do.
[924]
You been used to being the
big brother all these years?
[926]
Yup.
[926]
Now you got one!
[927]
Yeah.
[927]
I love that.
[930]
How about you Ms. Yarlborough?
[932]
I accept him. I have no,
[935]
no problem with accepting him.
It is what it is.
[938]
JUDGE LAKE: Mr. Jones?
[939]
This means a lot
to you to help
[941]
bring clarity to this?
[943]
It does, it does.
[944]
It's nice to know that
[946]
I get to know my father
from their point of view.
[950]
Um, and I get to know
who he was as a man
[953]
and not just some
picture on an album cover.
[957]
But, ultimately
as we talk about
[961]
your father being
a music legend
[966]
and part of his
legacy was of course
[968]
his music and what
he left behind.
[971]
But I think an even more
important part of his legacy
[976]
are the people
and the children
[978]
he left behind.
[980]
You get to know your father
[982]
because you all can share
[984]
the stories and the
information that you have
[988]
so that you can better
understand who he was.
[991]
I think it is gonna be one
amazing family reunion
[994]
when y'all finally plan it.
[995]
(EVERYONE LAUGHS)
[998]
And I hope you all
celebrate one another
[1000]
and your father
[1002]
and his legacy. I wish you
all the very best of luck.
[1005]
Court is adjourned.
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