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THIS EXCUSE DID NOT GO WELL IN COURT!
A Broken iPhone and Conflicting Accounts
Imagine a courtroom filled with accusations.
A broken iPhone is at the center of it all.
Mr. Huckabee is the plaintiff.
He claims the defendant's son is responsible.
The defendant is Mr. Wilson and Ms. Lynch.
Their son, Stockton Wilson, is also present.
Mr. Huckabee is suing for the destruction of his daughter's iPhone.
The Defendant's Initial Defenses
Judge Judy notes the parents have alternate defenses.
The first defense suggests Stockton was only one of two boys responsible.
They imply Mr. Huckabee is picking on Stockton.
This is because he couldn't get the other boy.
The second defense is that the daughter shouldn't have had a phone in school.
Mr. Wilson confirms this second defense.
Judge Judy asks if this defense is appropriate.
Mr. Wilson says it's about what they're saying didn't happen.
Judge Judy wants to know who came up with that defense.
Mr. Wilson clarifies it was a school policy.
He says it was not their defense.
Judge Judy acknowledges this.
She eliminates that defense.
Stockton's Version of Events
Judge Judy asks Stockton his name.
He introduces himself as Stockton Wilson.
She asks if he knows the young lady.
He says yes.
They have gone to school together for about two years.
Stockton says he likes her.
Judge Judy asks if he takes a phone to school.
He says no.
He states it's against the rules.
Judge Judy clarifies it's against the rules to have it out during school hours.
She asks if he remembers the day the phone got misplaced.
He says yes.
He remembers the incident.
Judge Judy asks him to tell his version.
Stockton explains he saw a phone on the floor after sixth period.
This was in his Spanish class.
Everyone had left.
The period was over.
He picked up the phone.
He was hiding it in his hand.
He was asking people if they knew the owner.
Everyone told him no.
Then Isaiah came in.
Isaiah said it was his phone.
Judge Judy asks if he knows Isaiah.
Stockton says yes.
She asks if Isaiah is a friend.
He says no.
She asks if he likes him.
He says no.
Stockton explains he was outside in the quad.
He was asking people as they went to class.
Isaiah came up to him.
Isaiah said, "That's my phone."
Isaiah tried to grab it.
The phone dropped on the floor.
Isaiah then picked it up.
He smashed it.
He threw it in the trash.
The Police Interview
Judge Judy asks if someone from the principal's office discussed the phone with him.
Stockton says yes.
She asks if he told the principal the same story.
Stockton says no.
He explains they interviewed him with police.
Judge Judy asks what he told the police.
Stockton says they told him that if he didn't say he broke the phone, he would go to jail.
Judge Judy cuts him off.
She wants to know what he told the police.
Stockton says he told them he broke the phone.
She asks if he told them how.
He said he just threw it on the floor.
This happened outside.
She asks if he told them why.
She asks if he mentioned Isaiah's name.
He says yes, to the police.
He told them Isaiah tried to grab the phone.
That's when it broke or cracked the first time.
He then said he threw it on the floor a second time.
Judge Judy asks if Isaiah is still in school.
Stockton confirms Isaiah is.