Miss Davis,
you're in court today hoping to right your wrongs. When your
2-year-old son,
Jayvion, was born, he had four possible fathers,
including the defendant. You hope today's result help
you find your son's father and heal your broken heart. Mr. Smith, you argue
that Miss Davis actually told you you were not
her son's father. And you say you just had
a brief sexual relationship and you don't
want to take care of a child that isn't yours. Yes, Your Honor. So, Miss Davis,
please explain to the court why is this result today
so important for you and for your son? I mean, Your Honor,
as a child I had very... Excuse me. A very bad childhood, I went through 13
different foster homes, (VOICE BREAKING)
I've been to four different, um, group homes, and I didn't grow up
knowing who my father was until I was 18 years old. And my son's only two. I mean, it's not his fault
that I decided to make... Well, practically,
a hoe of myself when I was of that... When I was of that age. Sorry. (SOBS) It's okay. (DAVIS SNIFFLING) Take your time. (SOBS) And it just means
everything to me for my son to know
who his father is. I mean, my son's my world. I would do anything
for that little boy. JUDGE LAKE: All right.
Mr. Smith, I just
want to ask you. You did have a relationship
with Miss Davis, you acknowledge that,
am I correct? Yes, Your Honor. And so why are you doubtful that you potentially
could be Jayvion's father? 'Cause she said
I wasn't, Your Honor. She told you you weren't? Yes, I asked if I
could be the father and she told me no,
Your Honor. Now, Miss Davis,
we said that there were four potential fathers. Yes, Your Honor. I need you to walk me
through that. There are four
potential fathers and each of
the individual men, I actually met
on a chat line, within days
upon each other. I made a calendar. JUDGE LAKE: Okay. Jerome, let me have
that evidence, please. Thank you. So this calendar shows
you were intimate with potential father
number one on the 12th of November. That would be, uh,
my ex-boyfriend. So this is the guy you'd been
in a relationship with? Yes, Your Honor. For how long? Maybe a steady year. So you had sex with him
on the 12th and the 13th? Yes, Your Honor. JUDGE LAKE:
And then, in orange, potential father number two,
we see is Mr. Smith,
the defendant. Yes, Your Honor. Now tell me
about that relationship. I don't think I can
call it a relationship. We met on the chat line,
I hung out with him and I spent a week
with Mr. Smith, that is actually
the time around
that I conceived my son. It was mainly just sexual. It looks like
there was a lot there. (AUDIENCE LAUGHS) (APPLAUSE) Okay. Now, Mr. Smith,
she comes to see you, and you all basically spend
a solid week being intimate. Were you using protection? No, Your Honor,
it was just a fling. You know,
a holiday fling,
you know. It was a holiday fling? Yes, Your Honor. So when she went home,
did you try to stay
in touch with her? No, I think she changed
her number on me, Your Honor. Oh, really? Yes, Your Honor. You did? Yes. Oh, well, explain!
So you get back home, and you, what,
you go back to your ex? After that week
with Mr. Smith, yeah, I did
go back to my ex. It wasn't satisfactory
so I didn't really feel the need to go back. (AUDIENCE MURMURING) It wasn't satisfactory? No, Your Honor. I'm gonna leave that alone. (AUDIENCE LAUGHS) Um... So, the man in blue,
potential father
number three. Who's that? Another man, which I was
intimate with only once. Where'd you meet him? Same place I met Mr. Smith,
on a chat line. (AUDIENCE MURMURS) So that was just
a one-night fling? Yeah, we talked
for a few weeks but we only
hooked up once. And then,
two days later, potential father
number four. Who is that? Potential father
number four, Your Honor, he was a one-night stand,
I don't remember his name. (AUDIENCE GASP) You don't even
remember his name. Do you know where he is? No, Your Honor. (SMITH EXHALES) And now, after having
this experience, that you voluntarily
participated in, you're not feeling
too good about yourself. No, I mean, I know
I made mistakes, Your Honor. But I don't consider
my son a mistake. (AUDIENCE APPLAUDING) That's a good thing. But you understand
this type of sexual behavior is what lands you here,
in this courtroom. Yes, Your Honor. And you need to change
that behavior. You understand that, right? Yes, Your Honor. All right,
take me to the point where you find out
you're pregnant. When I found out
I was pregnant, I was just randomly
thinking to myself that, you know,
I haven't had my period
in almost two months. I had told my
then boyfriend,
now ex-boyfriend. At that time, did you remember that you had slept
with all of these men? Yes, Your Honor. In such a close proximity? Yes, Your Honor. And so did you have any idea
who your child's father was when you found out
you were pregnant? No, Your Honor. What did you do?
Go about just
calling each one? Did you notify any of them? No, Your Honor. The then boyfriend
I was with, I had actually told him, "You know,
there's a very good chance "that this baby
I'm pregnant with "is not your baby." So, and that's the man
that's in green? Yes, Your Honor. The boyfriend
now ex-boyfriend. Yes, Your Honor. He said, "It's not mine". We... I actually got number one and number three
both tested, and they both
came back negative. So did him not
being his child contribute to
the relationship ending? Yeah, it caused
a lot of issues. And we just both
called it quits. And you also had potential
father number three tested? Earlier this year I actually
got him tested because that's when I finally
got in touch with him. So you basically,
at this point, after it wasn't
your ex-boyfriend's, now you have to do
a process of elimination. So now we're left
with Mr. Smith and potential father
number four? Now, I remember you saying with potential father
number four, you don't know where he is. I don't even know his name,
Your Honor. You don't even know his name. (AUDIENCE GASP) Wow. So why are you convinced
that Mr. Smith is
your son's father? Number one
has been eliminated, number three
has been eliminated. And Mr. Smith is
right there at the... Around the conception date. So in my heart,
I have a feeling that he is. I mean, I've always
had the feeling, I just... Honestly, I didn't
want Mr. Smith to be my son's father. Really? Yes, Your Honor. Okay, why? Well, I mean, to be blunt,
he's a mama's boy. He still lives at home
with his mama. He don't work. He's very immature,
he's like a boy himself. If I'm such a mama's boy, then why did she
get me here? If I'm such a mother's boy. (AUDIENCE CLAPPING) Have you ever
asked Mr. Smith... Mr. Smith, has she ever
asked you to take a test? No, she hasn't, Your Honor. She skipped me
and went to them. I guess I was the last
option, Your Honor. (AUDIENCE MURMURING) But first you told him
he was not? Yes. Now you see why I don't
think I'm the father, because that was
kinda slutty if I think. (AUDIENCE CLAPPING) What is your feeling? Because she did not
come to you first, that fuels your doubt
that you're not the father? 'Cause the truth is,
if the calendar is true, you slept with her
for a week or more, right during the window
of conception. So you have
to acknowledge that, right? SMITH: Yes, Your Honor. But I still feel like
he doesn't look like me or favor me
whatsoever, Your Honor. JUDGE LAKE:
Have you met Jayvion? Yes, I only met him once,
Your Honor. And what was
your experience? I felt kinda scared,
Your Honor,
'cause I felt like he didn't know me
and I felt like a total stranger,
Your Honor. DAVIS: Your Honor? May I say something, please? Yes. Why doesn't he know you? You've told me yourself.
'Cause you said, you felt it
in your heart that he might be yours.
Why didn't you step up then? You had... Your father
passed away, okay. 'Cause there are other guys.
Other guys you slept with. And I'm the father? I think you're just
leaning on me. This would be a gold digger.
Get me for my money or what I got. What do you have I need? You want me to boss, huh? 'Cause the other guys
don't want to be there. I thought you didn't
have nothing. To her, I don't. But she don't know
what I have, Your Honor. So what if she just
wants to know who her child's father is after she admittedly
made a lot of mistakes? Maybe she just wants to know
for her child's sake
and for her sake. Is that all right? Don't you want to know? Yes, Your Honor, I wanna know
'cause I never had a father. 'Cause he died when
I was three years old, of prostate cancer,
Your Honor. That should be
your motivation to step up. JUDGE LAKE: So it is
important to you. Yes, Your Honor. And if it's determined
that Jayvion is your son, I'm sure you want
to be there for him. Yes, Your Honor,
I want to make up for
the two years I missed. JUDGE LAKE: Two years? Yes, Your Honor. So how long have you known
that you could be
a possibility? In terms of being
the biological father. After she told me,
Your Honor, I was
confused about it. How long ago was that
you told him, Miss Davis? The first time
or the second? The first time! The first time my son was
around five months old then I told him
he was a possibility. When Jayvion was
five months old? Yes, Your Honor. So it's been like
a year and a half
after that? Yes, Your Honor. And you've only
seen him one time? Yes, Your Honor. But if you knew you were
a possible father, you just didn't want to make
any connection? What was it? You didn't wanna get... Your Honor, it was
because we lived in
two different cities and I don't drive,
Your Honor. Okay, so you had
transportation issue. Two different cities
or two different states? Two different cities. Well, don't some buses run
in between the two cities? Yes, but they cost a lot,
Your Honor. (INDISTINCT TALKING) JUDGE LAKE:
So, for a year and a half, you've known you may
have a son, but you have not made your way
to go see him except one time? Yes, Your Honor. And so, for you, Miss Davis,
if you believe, in your heart, after your
process of elimination, that Mr. Smith is truly a possibility, have you made your way
to bring your son to go see his father if
his father couldn't make it? Your Honor, just getting
a hold of Mr. Smith is hard. No, Your Honor... He lives at his
mama's house,
call his mother! (AUDIENCE LAUGHS) You don't have that number? I do. So why is it so hard
to get in touch with him? He doesn't answer his phone. You see, what I'm trying
to get at is... What I'm trying to get at, we've had a two-year mystery
going on here. We've got a baby boy
that's two years old. Your Honor... And you all
have been in contact,
in the same state. I'm just trying to figure out
why hasn't this happened? Your Honor, it's not
hard to reach me because I always
answer my phone. If I don't answer, she could send me
a text message.
That is not hard. So, what I'm trying
to get at, Miss Davis, is did you really think,
after the process
of elimination, eliminating potential father
number one and potential father
number three, did you really think
Mr. Smith was the most credible option left
or did you think maybe number four was it? And that's why you just
really haven't been
pressing him on, trying to establish
a relationship. Um, no, I'm very positive
that Mr. Smith is the father. And knowing that
he is the father, I would actually like for him to be put on my son's
birth certificate as listed... As his father. Because it actually
does mean a lot to me. JUDGE LAKE:
And what is that? This is my son's
birth certificate. Jerome. Hand me that. Who's on
the birth certificate now? Uh, me. And no father listed? No. (AUDIENCE GASPING) And I'm sure... You know,
having gone through what you've been through
in your life, as you talk about, going to foster home
to foster home, that has to hurt.
You don't want that
for your baby. I want my son to have
the closest to perfect life
as he possibly can. But even after the results
come back, Your Honor, I still don't see
Mr. Smith stepping up. So, me and my son
will continue to live
how we've lived, me taking care
of him, 110%. Your Honor, I don't see
how I won't step up. I already stepped up
for my one child. I got a daughter
that's five, Your Honor. And I'm there in her
life every day. DAVIS:
She lives in Cincinnati. So you have a child that
you do see and you do parent? Yes. Yes, Your Honor. And if, in fact, Jayvion
ends up being your son, you're gonna step up
to the plate for him as well. Yes, Your Honor. Yes. Well, I'll tell you what,
this court is gonna
make sure you do so. 'Cause I'm sitting here... (APPLAUSE) Still trying to figure out
how two able-bodied
grown people, in the same state can sit up for two years with a baby not knowing
who his father is, and just not do
something about it. I'm ready for the results,
I don't wanna wait
any longer. And I don't want Jayvion
to wait any longer. Thank you, Jerome. JEROME: You're welcome. These results were prepared
by DNA Diagnostics and they read as follows: In the case of<i>
Davis v. Smith</i> pertaining to
2-year-old Jayvion Davis, Mr. Smith, you... In the case of<i>
Davis v. Smith</i> pertaining to
2-year-old Jayvion Davis, Mr. Smith, you... ...are not Jayvion's father. (AUDIENCE GASPING) I'm like so hurt, Your Honor. You look crushed. Yes, Your Honor. Yeah, I can see that
in your eyes. Because even though
you consistently said, "I doubt it, I doubt it," there's a disappointment
that I see in your face. Yes, Your Honor. So we've been through
potential fathers
one, two, and three, and you said the last guy,
number four, you used protection. Are there more? There's no easy way
to ask that question but it needs to be asked
for Jayvion's sake. There shouldn't be no shame
in your game right now, this is about the truth. Are there more? No, Your Honor. So without
a shadow of a doubt,
knowing what we know now, potential father number four would have to be
Jayvion's father. Yes, Your Honor. But you don't know his name. No, Your Honor. (AUDIENCE MURMURING) (EXHALES) The only thing I know
about him is that
he lives in Columbus. JUDGE LAKE:
That's just sad. Mr. Smith, I commend you for coming
to court today. Yes, Your Honor. I... And I wish you
the best of luck. JUDGE LAKE:
Ms. Boyer, Ms. Fields you've both brought
the defendant, Mr. Sandifer, to court today,
to prove that he is your biological father. But you each believe that you
are his only daughter, and the other is not,
am I correct? Yes, Your Honor. JUDGE LAKE: All right. Mr. Sandifer, you state,
you do not believe that either is your daughter,
but actually hope that one is,
and one is not. Yes, Your Honor. JUDGE LAKE: Okay. I will start with you,
Ms. Fields. Ms. Boyer, you may
have a seat. So, Ms. Fields,
start from the beginning. About two years ago,
I sent him a message on Facebook, asking him
if I could borrow some money, and he responded with, "Maybe
I need to find my real dad," that he wasn't even my father. That's not true.
I was upset, Your Honor and at that point in time
because she just kept on aggravating me
about money, money, and that's the only time
I've ever heard from her, is when it was money. But you've never done
anything for me. With me... What do you mean,
I've never done anything? You've never done anything... I carried you to the park, I carried you to the fair... When, when, when? When? You don't
remember all this? You were such a small child. All I remember
is you saying... You don't remember
a lot of things. Mr. Sandifer, so you said, you had been there for her,
her whole life. No, ma'am, not her whole life. So you'd been there in
what capacity? I would say half of it. And you acted as a father? No, he did not.
He did not raise me. I did the best I could
as a father. My grandparents raised me. JUDGE LAKE:
All right, so Mr. Sandifer... Yeah, yeah, they adopted you Because I could not be
financially supported. I didn't know
nothing about it. Because you're
not on my birth certificate. You didn't do
anything for me. I rest my case,
I'm not on your
birth certificate. So who is your father? I don't know, I don't know.
If you're not, I don't know. But I've been lead
to believe my whole life,
that you're my father. You introduced me as your
child, why change now? Why do you have doubts,
specifically? For one reason, Your Honor: my name's not on her
birth certificate. She doesn't have
no comparisons to me or any of my family. You are my father,
you are my father, I don't compare to you,
because you were never
around me. I have doubts, young lady. All right, tell me about your
childhood, Ms. Fields. Growing up, I was...
Him and my mother were married from the time I was four
until about the time
I was nine. JUDGE LAKE:
This hurts you. It's okay. JUDGE LAKE: Take your time. I was adopted
by my grandparents because my mother couldn't
afford... She couldn't afford
to take care of three children by herself.
My grandparents stepped in to help me. That's a lie, right there. Let her finish Mr. Sandifer. Because she was working
in a bar and a burger place. She could not afford it. Three children by herself,
you didn't help! Why should I help
when I wasn't the father? How did you know
that you weren't the father? Why not get a DNA test then? That's why we're here. Why not do it then
if you had doubts? (AUDIENCE APPLAUDS) (INDISTINCT ARGUING) How old was I?
You're the adult. I'm the child. How am I supposed to do this?
You're the adult. Why didn't you ask? Act like it. Why don't you ask? Ms. Fields,
continue on please. I'm listening. My grandparents adopted me. They did everything
they could for me. They took care of me. They did more than what they
were supposed to do. Yeah, they forced
me out of the picture... Because you were never
in the picture. How could they push you out
of the picture, when you were never
there to begin with? Then why did you call other
men "Dad" all the time? Your mother's
married right now. And you're calling him... I call him "Dad", because he raised me from
the time I was 13. Bull-hockey, girl. No, he didn't raise you. He bought my senior pictures. Then why did you always
come to me for money and not them
if he's your dad? I go to them. I go to them. But you're my father,
you're supposed to do for me. (INDISTINCT ARGUING) You are my father. Introduce me as your child. Then I should get what I need. (INDISTINCT ARGUING) JUDGE LAKE: Okay, uh... Family, ladies, gentlemen. Let's settle down
a little bit, because I do want
to understand this. Ms. Fields, your childhood. When I was 13 years old, January, my grandmother
passed away. Right after that I lost
my grandfather. On my grandfather's death bed, he specifically asked my dad
if he would take care... Take care of his girls,
stating me and my mom. He said, "Yes." If he wasn't my father,
why would he... Your mother found
another man in her life. So why would I need
to be in the picture? He took care of me! Okay, so Mr. Sandifer,
did you date her mother? Did you have an intimate
relationship with her mother? Yes, Your Honor,
then she come up pregnant. And I was always told by
friends that Samantha was my child. But when the baby
was born, I was there. Now wait, this is what
I'm trying to understand. You said you were
at the hospital. And were you there
because you thought that you were about to have
a baby with her mother? I was there for a friend. You weren't even
at the hospital. Oh, yes I was. And your mother had some other
guy she was dating at that time. He was there and he said,
"Oh, I got me a new daughter, "I got me a new daughter." I don't remember this. Well, of course you didn't
you was a baby! (AUDIENCE LAUGHS) Yeah, you wouldn't
remember that. Right, right. JUDGE LAKE: Mr. Sandifer,
there's another guy there. Yes, Your Honor, there was. And he was saying,
"I have another daughter, "I have another daughter," Yes, Your Honor. Speaking about Ms. Fields. Yes, Your Honor. FIELDS:
My mother was good to you... Then why were you there
as a friend, instead of as a potential,
or new father? I didn't know if I was
the father, because she slept
with so many different men. So she slept with
different men? (AUDIENCE GASPS) You were the one that stayed
in the bar looking for women. So what? And your mother
was one of them. She worked at a bar. She had two jobs
to support me
and my sisters. She hung out
there afterwards. Okay, just because she hung
out, does that mean she's sleeping with
other people? You hang out at a bar,
are you sleeping with
everybody in the bar? If I get the chance! (AUDIENCE LAUGHS) He told the truth. I guess he told that! He's a womanizer,
he's a womanizer. Ms. Fields. All your life, you were told, that Mr. Sandifer
was your father. Your biological father. Yes, Your Honor. And were you ever told,
it could be someone else? Never. Never. Not until
I was 23 years old and he told me that on
a Facebook message. Tell me about
your relationship with Ms. Boyer. We don't have a relationship. We don't have a relationship
like sisters should. Y'all have a lot better
relationship than me and you do. Of course, because
I fought custody for her
and everything. And you would've never
done that if it wasn't... How could I when you
was adopted out from under me, Samantha? You weren't there before I was
adopted out from under you. When I was nine years old,
you could've done something. What did you
want me to do? Act like a father. I was there for you Do what you had to do
to get custody of your child. There was no other man in
your life to be your father. Do what you had to do... I took the responsibility
to man up! You didn't! Responsibility
to man up? When? When you were
at the bar drinking? I wanna hear from Ms. Boyer. Please, stand up, ma'am. Ms. Fields, you may
take a seat. Thank you for your testimony. Ms. Boyer, explain to the
court why you're
here today, exactly. I am here today to prove
that Mr. Sandifer is my father. I have proof otherwise,
Your Honor. (AUDIENCE GASPS) You have proof that she
is not your daughter? My name's not
on the birth certificate. JUDGE LAKE: I'd like to see
that, Jerome, please hand me
that evidence. But, Your Honor, he was in
a relationship with my mother when I was born
and he lived with us until I was five years old. This is a copy of Ms. Boyer's
birth certificate. The reason there is another
man on my birth certificate, Your Honor, is because
my mother was married, and separated. And tell me I was the father. But because she was still
married, back 30 years ago, you had to put your husband on
the birth certificate. Mr. Sandifer, you were
there when Tuesday was born? Yes, Your Honor. Were you there
again as a friend or were you there
because you thought
you were the father? I raised her for eight years, until me and her
mother separated. I paid child support
religiously then this child
would call me up, and tell me there's no
food in the house, mama's gone, we don't know
where she's at. Bring me some money
or some food. I would call my lawyer,
Your Honor, she says, "Next visitation,
Mr. Sandifer, "pick your daughter up
and don't take her back." I said,
"Well, I'll go to jail." She said, "Don't worry about
that, I'll get you out." So, we went to court,
judge gives her mother three opportunities
to show up... She never showed up to court? Never showed up. And you were awarded full... Yes, Your Honor. After that entire
legal battle, did you believe Ms. Boyer
was your biological child? Not really, Your Honor,
because I still
have doubts, just because
of the paperwork. If you're not my Dad,
why did you fight for me? Because I love you
and I manned up. Why did you leave me
when I already had custody, and go back to your mother? That's what I don't
understand. I didn't go to my mother. You did. I lived with my brother. You went to Georgia! When I went to
visit him, though, when he brought me back, You were at your mother's. I was 14 years old. Right. We pulled up to the house, and the house was abandoned,
there was no one there. Everything was gone. You had moved
to California. I found that out by going to
my grandmother's house. No, no, no, no. That's wrong, that's wrong. So, I went back to Georgia, with my brother... I come and pick
your butt up, Tuesday. Yes, that was after I had been
there for almost two years. You decided you thought
things were better on the other side
living with her. I didn't want to move
to California... JUDGE LAKE: Mrs. Boyer. Ultimately, do you believe
he abandoned you? Yes, Your Honor. I have never abandoned you. Just tell me how you feel.
What do you feel? When I was ten, he got a divorce and I was
left with my grandparents. You quit school on me. I quit school because I had no
one to sign me up for school because you wouldn't
sign over rights so someone could sign
me up for school. Why should I sign
over my rights? Well, how could I go to school
if no one could register me? But Your Honor, when he had
a woman that had children, I was in his life. When there was a woman
without children, I was left
at my grandmother's. You're an adult now, Tuesday. Yes, but I have three kids
that need you. They don't have another
grandparent in their life. You know I'm there
at least twice a week. At least. Yes, but you don't
do things with them like you used to. I work. I'm so tired I barely
have time for myself. I spend as much time as I can, you can't say that I don't. Yes, but, their other grandparents... I went to Huntsville
this last summer. Right and they enjoyed that, but their other grandparents
have passed away, and they have no one else. They need you in their life. I need you in my life. I believe you are my dad. And that's why I want
to prove it. I mean, the difference
between me and Samantha, okay, is, I'm 5'1", she's 5'10". I look like him, she doesn't. And there's a picture of me
and him when I was a child. That was right after
he got custody of me. JUDGE LAKE: That's such
a cute picture. SANDIFER: Thank you,
Your Honor. May have not been
the best dad in the world, but I tried my darndest.
I worked my butt off so hard, and tried to do things
for y'all when I can and when
I can afford it. I don't have an education... (AUDIENCE APPLAUDS) So pretty much, Ms. Boyer,
you blame him because... Yes, Your Honor. ...you feel like
this relationship, or lack of relationship, caused you to drop out
of school. Yes, Your Honor. What's the last grade
you completed? Seventh grade. So, you're suing him
for the cost of
a GED program, because you believe
he owes that to you. Something I already paid for? That way, I can help my kids
with their homework. So, you believe he owes you another GED test,
because the last time he paid for it,
you were so distressed because of your relationship,
you were not able to effectively study and pass. And that's why you're suing
him today for that. Yes, Your Honor. Yes. Okay, I think I'm ready for
the results. Jerome? (SIGHS ANXIOUSLY) Ms. Boyer,
I will start with you. These results were prepared by
DNA diagnostics. And they read as follows... In the case of<i>
Fields/Boyer v. Sandifer,</i> when it comes to 31 year old
Tuesday Boyer, it has been determined
by this court Mr. Sandifer, you are not her father. (AUDIENCE GASPS) BOYER: Oh, wow. JUDGE LAKE: You okay, sir?
You need to take a seat? Yeah, I'm fine, I'm fine. BOYER: I was sure
he was my father... God, almighty. Sorry, Your Honor. Mmm. Mmm. Mmm. My kids need a grandparent
so I got to find... You got one.
You got a father still. You still got a father. (AUDIENCE APPLAUDS) I would love for you
to be in their life. Mr. Sandifer, did you really
want to be Ms. Boyer's father? Yes, Your Honor. JUDGE LAKE: I'm so sorry. Are you ready for the next
result with Ms. Fields? Yes, Your Honor. These results were also
prepared by DNA diagnostics, and they read as follows. In the case of<i>
Fields/Boyer v. Sandifer</i> when it comes to 25 year old
Samantha Fields, the court has determined... In the case of<i>
Fields/Boyer v. Sandifer</i> the court has determined, Mr. Sandifer, you are not her father. FIELDS: Oh my, God. (FIELDS SOBS) I presumed Samantha wasn't but I never thought
Tuesday would've. I'm still here for you,
girls, any time. (AUDIENCE APPLAUDS) And your childrens too,
I'm still their grandfather. Ms. Boyer, the basis of your
suit was that your father,
the man that raised you was responsible for
providing you with an education and unfortunately I cannot award you any money
for an additional test, because there have been
no facts presented that he was at all negligent. Your claim is denied. Yes, your Honor. Mr. Sandifer,
you have indicated
you will still be here for the girls
and their children and I think that's
commendable. Yes, Your Honor. And ladies, take advantage
of Mr. Sandifer's offer, do the work
and just help move forward (SANDIFER SOBS) I think your dad
could use a hug. (AUDIENCE APPLAUDS) I'm sorry, girls. It's okay. It's okay. I'm so sorry.
