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YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT SHE TOLD JUDGE JUDY!
A Car Title Loan Goes Sideways
Imagine standing in Judge Judy's courtroom.
The air is tense.
A dispute over a car title loan is about to unfold.
The Plaintiff Seeks Justice
Ms. Klepper is the plaintiff.
She is suing Ms. Johnson.
Ms. Klepper wants a judgment for $5,000.
This is the maximum amount allowed.
The case involves a title loan.
It was taken out on a car.
The car was in Ms. Klepper's name.
However, Ms. Klepper says it belonged to Ms. Johnson.
The original loan was around $1,500.
It has now ballooned to over $5,000.
Ms. Klepper wants her money back.
The Defendant's Side of the Story
Ms. Johnson is the defendant.
She has a different account.
She claims the $1,500 title loan was for Ms. Klepper.
Ms. Johnson says Ms. Klepper and her three children lived with her.
This was for two or three months.
Ms. Klepper did not contribute to bills or rent.
Ms. Johnson lost her job during this time.
She states the title loan was to cover bills and expenses.
Ms. Johnson also claims Ms. Klepper asked her to take out the loan.
She says Ms. Klepper promised to pay $100 every two weeks.
Judge Judy Probes Ms. Klepper's Employment History
Judge Judy begins questioning Ms. Klepper.
She asks about her current job.
Ms. Klepper works for ACMC.
She does patient registration.
She has been there for about six months.
Judge Judy asks about her previous employment.
Ms. Klepper worked at Fairview help services.
She did the same job there.
She was at Fairview for almost a year.
Judge Judy continues to press for her work history.
Before Fairview, Ms. Klepper worked at US Bank.
She was in collections there for two years.
The Gap in Employment
Judge Judy asks what happened to the US Bank job.
Ms. Klepper says she relocated to Atlanta, Georgia.
Judge Judy asks if she went to Fairview after relocating.
Ms. Klepper says no.
There was a gap between jobs.
She was between jobs for a couple of months.
Judge Judy asks if that is when she moved in with Ms. Johnson.
Ms. Klepper denies this.
When Ms. Klepper Moved In
Judge Judy asks when Ms. Klepper moved in with Ms. Johnson.
Ms. Klepper states it was mid-March of 2018.
She explains why.
Her child's father was having issues.
She found out devastating news about him.
They were constantly fighting.
Ms. Johnson reached out to her.
Judge Judy clarifies that Ms. Klepper needed a place to go.
Ms. Klepper agrees.
They had been friends for over seven years.
Ms. Johnson offered her a place to stay.
Ms. Klepper's Pregnancy and Maternity Leave
Judge Judy asks if Ms. Klepper was working when she moved in.
Ms. Klepper says no.
She was pregnant at the time.
She had not been working for about four months.
This was between jobs.
She was at Fairview.
She went on maternity leave.
She was seven months pregnant when she left Fairview.
She never went back to Fairview.
Fairview did not pay her on maternity leave.
After her daughter was born, she got hired at ACMC.
Her daughter was a couple of months old then.
Ms. Klepper was out of work for approximately five months.
The Car Title Mystery
Judge Judy shifts focus to the car.
She asks about the car purchase.
She asks why it was in Ms. Klepper's name.
Ms. Klepper says Ms. Johnson had already bought the car.
Ms. Johnson used her own money.
But the car was titled in Ms. Klepper's name.