Is Tenant a Squatter or a Victim? | Part 1 - YouTube

Channel: Hot Bench

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night I met him.
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This is the one that I had a bad
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feeling about him.
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The way he approached me is
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really scaring me.
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Let me give the reason why I did
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not trust him.
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>> Judge Patricia: I would love
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to hear the reason.
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>> Okay, this is the thing,
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okay?
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I told you I am super-duper busy
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person, okay?
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I'm very workaholic.
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I never asked government for a
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self-employment, even one cent.
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I prefer work like animal.
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This is me.
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>> Judge Patricia: Good. Okay.
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Gotcha. Got who you are.
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>> This is my mentality.
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I told him I'm really busy.
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You have to follow my time.
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So when you want my place, of
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course you follow my time, not
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follow your time, because I'm
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very busy.
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>> Judge Patricia: How do you
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get to the point where you don't
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like him?
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So far you're doing all the
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talking.
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>> He came to my door with the
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short pant.
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It's very disrespectful, with
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the towel.
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"I want a shower.
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Give me the key."
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>> Judge Patricia: Wait, wait,
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wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
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So you're saying the day he came
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to meet you to rent the
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apartment, he came in shorts
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with a towel to take a shower?
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>> Second.
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>> Judge Patricia: Oh, the
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second time?
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>> He knocked my door.
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When I was super busy.
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>> Judge Patricia: What did you
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say to him the first time you
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met him, before you were super
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busy?
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>> I wasn't ready.
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"I'm not going to give you any
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key."
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He came with his towel to knock
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my door.
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>> Judge Patricia: Okay, stop.
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Did you go to the house the
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first time dressed like this,
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sir?
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>> Your Honor.
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>> Judge Patricia: Yes or no.
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That's a yes!
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That's a yes!
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You went like that?
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>> No.
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>> Judge Patricia: Well, how did
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you go?
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>> Judge Patricia: Did you go to
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the house the first time dressed
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like this, sir?
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>> I had slacks, shirt on, and a
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tie.
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>> Judge Patricia: I don't
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believe that.
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>> I had slacks, shirt, and a
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tie on when I met her.
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>> Judge Patricia: Why did you
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go with a tie?
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>> Because I run a Latin dance
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social.
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>> Judge Patricia: Uh-huh.
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>> And the attire is basically
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what I have dressed.
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>> Judge Patricia: But you don't
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have a tie on, and you're in
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court.
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So wait.
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You go look at an apartment with
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a tie but you come to court
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without one?
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>> No, no, ma'am.
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They grabbed me and they said
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"We're starting," and I didn't
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get a chance to grab my tie.
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I do have one.
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Anyway, I showed up very
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professional, and I asked her if
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I could give her a check 'cause
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she says, "I don't have keys."
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>> Judge Patricia: We're not up
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to that yet.
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>> Okay, no problem.
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>> Judge Patricia: We're not
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going to get there for another
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week.
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>> The answer is no, I never
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showed up with a towel.
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>> Judge Patricia: So, ma'am,
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I'm going to ask you to just
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answer some questions 'cause I
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think you're a little talkative,
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so I want to get to the point.
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So now, you meet on him on the
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first day.
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Do you agree to let him rent
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your apartment?
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>> He dressed okay.
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>> Judge Patricia: I'd like to
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get past the towel and the
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clothes.
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>> Mm-hmm.
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>> Judge Patricia: So you meet
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him on the first day.
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Do you agree to let him rent
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your apartment?
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>> No.
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>> Judge Patricia: You tell him
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to come back?
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>> Yeah, come back.
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>> Judge Patricia: When he comes
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back, you say he comes back
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basically dressed for the beach.
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He's got a towel and he wants to
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take a shower.
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>> And insists to me, "Give me
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the key."
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>> Judge Patricia: Do you ever
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give him the permission to rent
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the apartment?
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>> No.
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>> Judge Patricia: So you tell
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him, "I don't want to rent to
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you.
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So long."
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>> No.
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>> Judge Patricia: What do you
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say to him?
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>> No, "I wasn't ready for you."
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>> Judge Patricia: Okay, "I'm
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not ready for you. Go."
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Now you leave to go --
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>> "Follow my time."
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>> Judge Patricia: Stop.
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Okay. Stop.
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Now you go and you tell
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Mr. Welcker, who's your friend,
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you say to him, "I'm going away.
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Here's the key.
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If people come, you show them
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the apartment."
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Correct?
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>> Not really, because...
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>> Judge Patricia: What's
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incorrect?
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>> ...his job is actually help
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me to get my mattress from my
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storage to my apartment.
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>> Judge Patricia: Okay, but do
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you ever tell him anything about
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showing the apartment?
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>> Yeah, but not for Mr. Luna.
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>> Judge Patricia: I didn't say
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that.
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I said you gave him the key and
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you said, "If anybody wants to
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see the apartment, show them the
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apartment."
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Correct or not?
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>> Only one that I want.
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Okay, actually, Mr. Ernest is
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allowed to stay in my place.
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>> Judge Patricia: Okay.
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Do you ever tell him not to let
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Mr. Luna rent the apartment?
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>> Yes.
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>> Judge Patricia: You do?
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You never put that in your
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papers.
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You never said, "I told him not
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to rent to Mr. Luna."
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>> Because he never --
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>> Judge Patricia: So let me
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stop you now, because you're in
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Arizona now.
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You've got the key.
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Are people calling you about
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seeing the apartment?
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>> I have the key, ma'am, but
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nobody was calling me.
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>> Judge Patricia: How do you
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come to meet Mr. Luna?
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>> I was expecting him,
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specifically only Mr. Luna.
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>> Judge Patricia: Why were you
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expecting him?
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Did he call you to see the
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apartment?
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>> To look at the lease
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contract.
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>> Judge Patricia: What did he
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tell you when he was coming to
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look at the lease contract?
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>> He told me, "I'm here to rent
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a room."
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>> Judge Patricia: And had he
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told you that he had met with
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the plaintiff before?
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>> Yes, ma'am.
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>> Judge Patricia: And did he
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tell you that the plaintiff said
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he could not have the room or
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did he say the plaintiff said he
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could rent the room?
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>> They both seemed to be at
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odds with each other,
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personality.
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>> Judge Patricia: How do you
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know?
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Did you see them both together?
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>> Separately before they were
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both together.
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>> Judge Patricia: I'm telling
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you, there's something else
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going on here that I can't