Miss Martin, you say
that the father of
your four kids treats your newborn baby
like an evil stepchild. Yes, Your Honor. Because he doubts paternity? Yes, Your Honor. Furthermore, you claim that
his behavior has forced you
to take the kids and leave him. Yes, Your Honor. You're asking the court
to award you $3,100 for the next six months
of child care expenses. Yes, Your Honor. I should be paid. All right, Mr. Blackman. You argue that Miss Martin
has confessed to cheating with another man
and it has left you unsure which of you fathered
your youngest child. Yes, Your Honor. JUDGE LAKE: Now, Miss Martin's
lover has also been tested <i> and we will meet him
in a moment.</i> RAYAL: <i> You said her lover?</i> Miss Martin's lover. Your lover? That's what he was
at the time. All right, so, Miss Martin,
when did your relationship with Mr. Blackman start
to go downhill? When I stopped feeling
loved and appreciated,
like... We have five kids together. Six, with his daughter,
is also my stepchild. I just never felt loved,
appreciated. He always called me fat,
you know, "You lazy,
you nasty, "you don't do this,
you don't do that." But how can I when I got a man
saying all these things to me? I only say what I see. You expect to come home... I only see what
I come home to. Hold on, now. You expect to come home
to a cooked meal and
all of this and... Sometimes. I never even got
a back rub. I... I... I carried and beared
three... Four children
for you. You never got a... That's
the only way I would get some
is to give you a back rub! Exactly. So, what type
of man are you though? Don't say that. What type of man
does that make you? Don't say that. Okay. Well, what about when I get
tired of coming home, seeing you with nasty
feet hanging off the couch? The kids running up to me
telling me they're hungry... Oh, Mr. Blackman, really? He would feel... Yes, yes. When you got all these kids,
a pedicure is the last thing
on your list. (JUNENE SCOFFS) (AUDIENCE LAUGHS) Now, you're
in this because... I gave him an ultimatum,
I was ready to get married. I felt, like,
after six years, why're you not ready?
That's because you're
exploring your options. Maybe you're looking
for something better,
I don't know, but if that's the case,
then let me go. JUDGE LAKE: So you left? Yes, and he begged me to come back
and now he wants to
get married. I asked you to come back
because it was around
Christmas time and I ain't never spent
a Christmas away
from my children. I didn't beg you
to do nothing. He could have had
his kids without me. So you left and while you were gone,
you met... I met Treandos. All right.
Mr. Stevenson? Yes. JUDGE LAKE: <i> Tell me
about that relationship.</i> JUNENE: <i> I met him,
we got drunk, we had sex.</i> And I liked it and
he made me feel good. Better than he made
me feel ever. JUDGE LAKE: So, you were with
him for about three months? Mmm-hmm. Now, did you feel guilty?
Did you miss home? I didn't feel guilty
because he did a lot. He cheated.
He's no saint. I didn't claim
to be no saint. But we got past that. I was faithful to him. We were trying to build
a life together that
you claim... He thought that we got past it
but I was still dealing with
a lot of hurt and pain. I wanted to make it
work for my kids. You see, Your Honor, she
only wanted to make it work
for her kids, not for me. That means she couldn't... You wasn't trying to
make it work for me. So, you were in
an intimate relationship
with Mr. Stevenson? Yes, Your Honor. Did you go back
to Mr. Blackman? RAYAL: Yes, she came back. Yes, I did. Um... JUDGE LAKE:
Why did you go back? Because I loved him. I was not in love with him
but I loved him and I thought
we had a fighting chance. So, you went back.
At that point, were you
faithful to Mr. Blackman? Yes, Your Honor. He's shaking his head no. Well, let's just say
I don't believe that. That smirk you did after the
statement "I was faithful"
did not look truthful. Thank you. So, what's the truth? I was not faithful to him
because I caught feelings
for Treandos. All right. So you weren't
faithful to him? Mmm-mmm. You were still sleeping
with Mr. Stevenson? JUNENE: Yes, Your Honor. <i> I was dropping him off at
work, dropping the kids off
at school,</i> and I would go
to be with him for
the rest of the day. So, when the van gassed up... And you were intimate
with Mr. Stevenson and also Mr. Blackman? Yes, Your Honor. Around the same time. And you were trying
to say, Mr. Blackman? Well, I was trying to say that
we have a van that goes
out from time to time. JUNENE: It broke down. And the first time
it broke down, it needed a fuel pump. This by two,
three days. Then the second time,
it went out for a whole
week and a half. I'm talking to her on
the phone. "Why you ain't
trying to get home?" "Oh, I'm worried about
somebody stealing the van." I go out there,
give the battery a charge. Didn't have to change nothing. Give the battery a charge,
the van start right up. Oh. So, you're saying
she got out there and said the van broke down,
and was out there, hanging out and being
with Mr. Stevenson? RAYAL: Yes. But pretending to you
she had a breakdown,
and had no way to get home. Exactly. Is this true, Ms. Martin? Yes, Your Honor. JUDGE LAKE: All right, so you
find out you're pregnant. Do you tell Mr. Stevenson
and Mr. Blackman? I told both of them. No, she tried to pass
the baby off on me first. She go to come tell me
some mess about, "We can't
afford no baby, "and I got pregnant
on such and such month," and then she tell me
the sex of the baby. I look at her and say,
"You know this ain't
my baby. "There's no way." She say, "Well,
it's a possibility..." But it is a possibility. We had sex. All right. So, did you
tell Mr. Stevenson that he may be
the father, too? Yes, Your Honor. What was his reaction? He was happy for
a minute, and then he just disappeared. <i> He completely disappeare.
I didn't hear from him fr
another four, five month.</i> JUDGE LAKE: Happy for
a minute, then disappeared? Mmm-hmm. Jerome, I think it's time
we meet Mr. Stevenson. Yes. Please escort him
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the notification bell. Mr. Stevenson,
thank you for being here. When Ms. Martin told you she was pregnant, what was your
initial reaction? First I was happy,
then I just disappeared. She said that.
That's exactly
what she said. Why did you disappear? She kept calling me
a deadbeat daddy,
this and that. I got tired of
listening to her. JUNENE: Because he wasn't
there. That's what you was. He brought a used
car seat to the hospital. Who did? Mr. Stevenson. Who did? Okay, not to be funny
but what's wrong with
a used car seat? It had stains all over it. When was he
at the hospital?
What... He been to the hospital? Yeah, he been
to the hospital. (AUDIENCE MURMURING) JUDGE LAKE: This is news
to you, huh, Mr. Blackman? After the baby was born,
he came to the hospital. On my children's life. I ain't never know this man
came to no hospital. After the baby was born,
me, my mother and my granny. Well, what part... You forget
to tell me that part, huh? No. I didn't think
it was important. You didn't think
it was important
because it was. Hold on! She said she didn't
tell you that part because she
didn't think it was important. JUNENE: Nobody stepped up.
He was there. But he had to go
back home for the kids. After I had the baby,
Mr. Stevenson came. He was just like,
"Oh, I want a DNA test." And he wants the baby
to have his name. But he didn't want to sign
the birth certificate. But drilling me about
a last name, or a name, and I gave him Blackman. My baby name is Ramere
Jeremiah Blackman. So, you gave him
Mr. Blackman's last name? Jerome, please hand me
that evidence she has. Ain't nobody signed
the birth certificate. My name is
the only one on there. JUDGE LAKE: Well, you want
to give your child a name... So, why were you so stuck
on giving him my name? (AUDIENCE LAUGHING) I mean, you just telling me... That's a fair question,
Ms. Martin. Why his name? Because I thought
the baby was his. In your heart,
you thought it was his? Yes, Your Honor. And, Mr. Blackman,
do you believe Ramere
is your baby? Mr. Blackman, do you believe
Ramere is your baby? Your Honor, it's
a possibility. Well, if it's a possibility,
then why do you treat him
like crap? Ms. Martin, how does he
treat Ramere differently? He don't touch him.
He won't even look
at him. Like, if he in the same room,
he just acts totally blank. If the baby started crying
and I stepped out of the room, he'll say to the kids, "Tell your mama
to come get that baby." Your Honor, it's true... My daughter is four. She's told him
to his face, like, "Why you treating the baby
like this, Daddy? "Get your baby.
Hold your baby. Why you
doing my mommy like this?" All right, now,
listen. Mr. Blackman,
I'm trying to understand, are you truly treating
this child poorly? If you compare it
to the way I treat my
other children, yes. All right, so, Ms. Martin,
you've brought a witness.
Please stand, ma'am. And state your name. My name is
Gloria Blackman. I'm Mr. Blackman's sister. (AUDIENCE EXCLAIMING) JUDGE LAKE: Here as
Ms. Martin's witness. Uh, my brother, he's so far
removed. That's a baby. As far as I'm concerned,
neither one of them
did anything. I did everything from the day the baby
was born to right now. So, Ms. Blackman, let me ask you, do you
believe Ramere is your
biological nephew? I do. I think he looks like,
uh, the child... The
youngest before him. I think he looks
just like him. I think he has
my brother's nose. Uh, I... You know. And I see it makes you
very emotional just to
talk about the child. Well, it's like...
I feel so hurt
for both of them. They're just like...
It's crazy. It's not my fault.
I didn't tell her
to go lay with this man. JUNENE: So what? You had... I didn't treat
you like... You cheated a million
and one times, Rayal. GLORIA: It's still
about the baby, Rayal. You bring all kinds
of women around my kids. It's still about the baby. My kids come and tell me
how they're sleeping
in the bed with you and another woman. How do you think
that made me feel? Mr. Blackman. GLORIA: I didn't know that. And you know what?
He's acting hard. He loves this woman.
He just frightened. Is going to kill him and it's
breaking my heart for
both of them because I love them so much.
They have such beautiful
four children together. And is just like...
This stuff is just killing me. JUDGE LAKE: All right,
Ms. Blackman, thank you
so much for your testimony. You may be seated.
Now, Mr. Stevenson, have you been around at all
since the baby has been born? She won't even
bring him around. I seen him twice. At the
hospital, and when she came to
my house about a week later. Other than that,
I haven't them. You took the baby
to the man house? TREANDOS: She sure did. He needed a father.
You didn't want to be there. She sure did. JUDGE LAKE: So she brought
the baby to your house? Yes, ma'am. And then after that,
what happened? He started on him all over
again after he bragged
"my baby" this. Because... "My baby" that. Because at the same time,
she started calling me
a deadbeat daddy. I got tired of it. JUNENE: What were you doing? You didn't do anything.
Came to the hospital
empty-handed. And then she text
my phone and tell me, "The baby ain't yours,
no way." JUDGE LAKE: Ms. Martin,
from where I sit, it does sound like
you perhaps have been
playing both sides of this equation when it's convenient
for you. That's not true. If both of these men
could be your child's father, and you've had them
both at the hospital and you've let them both
spend time with the child
since he was born, why don't they both
understand that? And you're only suing
one of them. Because he treated me like
crap and he was the reason
I had to leave my house, because it was too
stressful for me. And I feel like he owe me
for moving expenses and my bills
and everything. You are suing for $3,100? Yes, Your Honor. Until I'm able to get up on my
feet, being that we do have
these other kids together. What's getting me
is you standing here,
suing Mr. Blackman... Suing Mr. Blackman. ...but you're mad at
Mr. Stevenson, because he brought
a used car seat up for a baby that he wasn't
even sure was his. And I told him
he could have
kept it. I left it there where it was. Well, for a woman with so much
nerve that you can tell people to take their car seat
and take their this, why don't you have enough
money to move yourself, and you gotta rely on
his sister to pay for
your child that you lay down and made
with two different men and don't know
who the father is, and you're sitting up here
talking about, "They not
man enough to do this," and, "He's not man
enough to do this," when you're not woman enough
to know that when you lay down
with men, and have a baby and don't
know which one is the daddy, you're going to be the one
responsible till you figure
out who's the daddy! Now, we got arbitration. You suing this man... Got all the receipts. Every receipt. 'Cause you've been
through this before. And he got what he needed. Hold on! He got
what he needed. From whom? Ms. Blackman. Thank you. JUDGE LAKE:
And it sounds like to me if there's somebody here
that needs to be filing suit, it's Ms. Blackman. Your case is dismissed. And the worst part about it
is the only people that have
truly paid for these mistakes is Ramere and Ms. Blackman. Because he's a baby
and he's not getting
treated right, because he doesn't...
The man that he was
living with doesn't know if he's
the father, so he's
treating him like "that baby," which is
wrong. Dead wrong! All the way wrong! I didn't want my
kids to see that. No, be quiet.
I'm sick of all
of you. That's wrong. Now, this one over here, he comes up to the hospital,
trying to offer something,
it ain't good enough. 'Cause it wasn't. He tried! He doesn't know if the
child is his or not, he's trying to figure it out.
You called him a deadbeat. "This ain't good enough."
Next thing you know,
he's gone. You're jeopardizing your son
being able to have a father. He... Ain't nobody
done nothing. Like... Ain't any one of them
stepped up, period. Hold on. You gotta understand that the only reason why
you were in that situation
was because why? Why? Because I put myself
in that situation... That's it! That's it. Let's go to the
results. Jerome. These results were prepared by
DNA Diagnostics and they read
as follows. In the case of<i>
Martin v. Blackman/Stevenson,</i> and whether Rayal Blackman or Treandos Stevenson is Ramere's father. Mr. Stevenson, you are his father. (AUDIENCE EXCLAIMING) (SOBBING) Come here. You know
you're driving me... (SOBBING LOUDLY) Be all right, okay?
Promise me you're gonna
be all right. Mmm-hmm. Be all right, Rayal,
please. Be all right. I'm sorry, Rayal. Mr. Blackman? Yes, Your Honor. Our kids, they're the ones
going to be affected by this. You know? (SIGHS) I just want this
to be over with. Mr. Stevenson,
how do you feel? I feel okay. I know... I know the results now.
That's all I was waiting on. And I hope you understand
that your son has been
under... He's destroyed a family,
that's what he needs to
understand, Your Honor. Please make him
understand this. She destroyed your family. But you lay down with her.
You all sit there
and talked about me. Keep it real. If we're going to keep
it real, let me tell you
something. You all can dish it out
but you sure can't take it. Can't take it in. Now, you have cheated
and done your thing, and you know it, you didn't
deny it when she said it. Now, I'm not saying
she's right, but you got a taste of
your own medicine now, and it's brutal. All of you have had a part
to play in this mess. And all of you have to figure out how to clean it up
for Ramere's sake. <i> The court will offer
counseling for you</i> and we are going to refer you
to more resources in
your home state, because this is not
going to be overnight. Whether you like it or not,
you're his village. Figure out how
to make it work.
Are we clear? ALL: Yes, Your Honor. Court is adjourned. Ms. White, you claim your daughter's
low self-esteem and struggles with her weight
have led to promiscuity and questions of paternity. Ms. White, you admit
you are unsure who fathered your three-month old daughter
but say you blame your mother
for many of your problems. Now, both possible fathers
have been tested <i> and are waiting outside
of the courtroom.</i> So, Ms. White, when did you find out
about your daughter's
promiscuous behavior? Well, Your Honor,
it's been since she's been
12 or 13 years old. She create an anger
problem toward me. Uh, misbehaving in school. Uh, she used to have low
self-esteem, she said because
of her weight problem. I say she look
beautiful to me. But... And she questionable
about, you know, her weight. You know, it's not where
she wants to be. Well, she can do
something about that. You know, she can
go to the Y. So, Christy,
I have to ask you. Have you felt uncomfortable
regarding your weight? It's like everywhere you go,
you have to be a certain size, and, um, it's like sometimes
when I went to school, I wanted to wear
True Religion. Uh, Rock Republic.
I wanted to wear
stuff like that but, you know, I couldn't
fit into it. And, you know, as
my mom says, she offered
to take me to the Y, but when I went
up to the Y, I got teased on
up there and, uh, it was an incident where,
uh, you know, I went
in there to exercise, and boys were throwing
candy and water on me. (AUDIENCE MURMURS) I just felt like even though people could
tell you you're beautiful,
you know, but if I don't feel it,
I don't feel like
it's true. Is that why you started to sleep with young men, boys, to try to get that feeling of "I'm beautiful,
someone loves me,
I'm accepted?" Yes, Your Honor, I did.
Um, I just... I wanted someone to, you know,
Valentine's Day
I wanted a gift. I wanted to walk
in parks, I wanted all of that
and I never got it. So, you were dating
and sleeping with more than one guy... Yes, Your Honor, I was. ...at the same time? Yes. And, Mom, you've been
very concerned? Yes, because my daughter,
she's finding love in
all the wrong places. I'll wake you up... (AUDIENCE APPLAUDS) She want to feel love,
she wants boyfriends, but you don't find them
like that going on craigslist. MocoSpace. You know,
you jeopardizing
your life, you getting into cars
at nighttime sitting
in a strange car with people I've never
seen before. All right, so at some point, you found out
you were pregnant. Yes, Your Honor. Tell me what
happened. I was going to
my friend's house,
um, you know, I felt as though she was
my real friend, she had my best
interest in mind. So, I was going out
with one guy and, you know, if she
didn't feel like he
was good enough, she would introduce me
to another guy. And you know, if he
wasn't good enough,
it was another guy. So, you know, I always
did it to please her. You know, I didn't want to
lose her as a friend 'cause I don't make
many friends. Were you sleeping with these guys that she was
introducing you to? Yes, Your Honor. And that's why, Your Honor,
she doesn't know who
the father of her child be. I mean, I was dating
Mr. Langford. He wasn't the guy
that I was looking for. <i> And so you started dating
Mr. Clopton as well?</i> I wasn't dating him.
That was just like
a one-night stand. But obviously, you slept
with them during that same
period of conception? Yes. Were there any other men
you were with during
this time? There was a other guy
that I had met at her
house also. Did you sleep
with him as well? Yes, Your Honor. Okay. Now, before anybody
comes in here and
tells me anything, I want you to know, number one, you're beautiful. You're a beautiful
young woman. (AUDIENCE APPLAUDS) But it's only so much people can tell you that. You have to believe
it yourself. Okay? KATHIE: Yeah. Now, I want you to come
sit next to me here and then we're gonna bring in
two of the possible fathers. And Jerome, will you please
go get Mr. Langford and
Mr. Clopton. Yes. Hello, gentlemen.
Thank you so much
for being here today. Please state your name
for the court. My name is
Phillip Langford. Mr. Langford.
And your name, sir? My name is
Corey Clopton. JUDGE LAKE: So, Mr. Langford,
I want to start with you. You were in a relationship
with Ms. White? Yes, ma'am. Please tell me a little bit
about your relationship. We were dating for
about a month and, um, after a month, she had
some trust issues with me, after the fact that
me and another of
my friends had... Had a threesome
with her. Was that during the time
of conception? Yes, ma'am. I was... So you are one of
the possible fathers? Yes, ma'am. Now, Mr. Clopton, what
is your relationship
to Ms. White? I met, uh,
Christy White
at a party. Mmm-hmm. She started
coming to me and started saying
let's have sex and stuff. The other guy,
they ain't have on no condom. Hold on. The other guy? Yes, ma'am. What other guy? The other guy
she used to date. So, she asked you
to come in the room, after you were intimate
with Ms. White and you
left out, this other gentleman
came in the room? Yes, ma'am. Ms. White, they're both claiming
that they had sex with you
on nights when other guys
also had sex with you. That's not true,
Your Honor. That's not true? That's not true. But you do say that you had
sex with both of them? Yes, Your Honor. During the time
of conception? Yes, Your Honor. And you say there's
a third guy? Yes, Your Honor. Now, Ms. White, you, and understandably so,
you seem upset by this. I'm very upset, Your Honor. I just met Phillip
last year. He's so sure that
he's the baby's daddy, he even put on Facebook
a picture of my grandbaby alongside his picture. I don't know Corey. This is my first time
I'm ever seeing him. Mr. Clopton? Yes... Yes, Your Honor. But, going down there
to Ms. Miller house, <i> multiple partners</i> <i> I've heard that she's had
sex with down there.</i> That's a rumor,
or may be a rumor,
I don't know. But I'm here for Kristinah
and for my daughter. Kristinah did not
choose her family. None of us chose
who our family would be. And if either one of
these young men
is the father, I want you to stand up, help me, because
I've been there. Have either of these young men
been there during her
pregnancy and the birth? Have either of these young men been there
during her pregnancy and the birth? Phillip, he came
to the hospital, he tried to come
at one time, but the other
young man, Corey, I've never really
saw him before. But at least,
Phillip has tried
to be there, but... So, Mr. Langford, you have
tried to step up and
be a father? Yes, ma'am. So, Mr. Clopton, have you? I didn't even know
she was pregnant. You never knew
she was pregnant? KATHIE: That's not true. No. Till they came
and told me. Why you say it's not true. Because he met my daughter
at the train station and said, "Why you trying
to pin this baby on me?" And I believe my daughter.
I'm her mother, I believe her. What happened, Christy? I... I posted it on Facebook
after I came from the, um... After I came from the doctor,
I posted it on Facebook. It said, like I... I've just
found out I'm pregnant. And he commented on it.
And he was like, who do you
think the father is? You posted it because
you didn't know who
the father was and you just wanted
to let it... No, I wanted to let
my friends know 'cause I told everybody that
I was going to the doctor
that day. Did you know
who the father was
when you posted it? No. Oh. Oh. All right, I want to hear
from Ms. Miller. Jerome, can you please
escort Ms. Miller into
the courtroom, please? Sure. I blame this young lady for everything that happened.
This happened at her house. The threesome and all the
orgies happened at this young
lady's house. You're wicked. And I thought you were
Christy's friend. You're
no friend of Christy's. And I want you to know that.
I always respected you. But you allowed this to
happen at your house. Hold on. You put her life
in danger. There's diseases.
There's AIDS out there. You knew what was going on. Well, she grown up, I can't... Ms. Miller... JUDGE LAKE:
Hold on one second. KATHIE: You're her friend. Thank you for joining us,
first off. Now, secondly, we have heard that there
has been a lot going on
at your house. Exactly. None of which has been positive. KATHIE: Exactly I want to understand from you. Christy says you set her up
on dates with guys. If you don't like them, then you set her up
with another one. What is going on over there? Well, Your Honor,
I didn't set her up
with nobody. Christy came over,
and she was talking
to my other friend. Before she met Mr. Langford,
she was talking to
my other friend. And she was telling him
she wanted to have sex
before she even knew him. She would just say,
"I just want to have sex
with anybody." And I was there when
they had a threesome
at my house. Yes, ma'am, it happened
at my house. I was there,
in the room. Yes. But you're supposed to be
her friend. In the room? (ALL ARGUING) You could've called me. I can't control that.
That's a grown woman. I can't tell nobody
what not to do
and what to do. But it's at your house... (ALL TALKING AT THE SAME TIME) We're not children. But it's at your house. My momma would tell Christy
all the time, and Christy'll know.
My momma would say, "Christy, you ain't gotta
sleep with these guys.
I don't feel like..." She's like, I don't feel like
you should sleep
with these guys. Hold on. Hold on. Look, at the end of the day, you all can argue back
and forth across this aisle, but this is her choice, and she admits that
she's sleeping with men for the wrong reasons. She already said that. Yes. And ultimately, you know
this is your responsibility. Yes, Your Honor. You know that. Yes. 'Cause any friend that
stands by and watches you having sex with man after man
after man after man, that's not your friend. Now today, we're gonna
break this cycle. 'Cause you can't
keep doing this. You're 18 years old, sleeping with men. You all using sex like
it's a spectator sport. I don't care if another
person in this world ever tells you
you're beautiful. One thing's for sure, everybody's beautiful
in the bed with their
legs in the air. You hear me? Yes. That's the okie-doke. You get it? Yes, Your Honor. You're too smart
to fall for that. You're too beautiful
to be in that. But you gotta know it
for yourself. Do you get what
I'm saying? Yes, Your Honor. But you're gonna
get it together. Starting today.
Are we clear? Yes, Your Honor. Okay. You all are not
making it better
for yourselves. You're rushing into adulthood,
don't know what you're doing. We all, as Ms. White said, we don't choose our families,
we can't choose where
we come from, but the moment you make
the choice to engage
in activity that can produce
a human being, is the moment
you have made the direct
or indirect decision that it's time
for you to grow up, because now you gotta
raise somebody. KATHIE: Yeah. You all got a lot of
growing up to do.
All of you. I can't believe young
people your age, and I'm looking at you,
you all are people's parents. (SPORADIC TITTERING) I'm not laughing,
I'm scared. Because this whole thing
can repeat itself. When you look at
your beautiful baby girl, can you imagine her in a room
with guy after guy after guy? No, Your Honor. Can you even imagine that? No. Is that what you
want for her? No. So, what you gonna
to do about it? I'm going to job court
to get my high school
diploma. And I'm gonna do
better for her. Okay. Ms. White,
are you okay? Just want to know
who the daddy is
of my grandbaby. It's about her. I've heard no...
Nothing about love. I love that baby. I love her so much. She need her daddy
in her life. I'm hoping Phillip
is the daddy,
so we'll know the daddy is here.
I can touch him. Please let it be him. And if he's not the father? She still have a father. Her granddaddy and me. That's all she needs.
She will be taken care of,
regardless, Your Honor. We love her. Now, the first thing
we need to do is determine whether
either of these two men is the father of
beautiful Kristinah. All right, Jerome.
You have the results? Here you go,
Your Honor. Thank you. The first result relates to Mr. Clopton. In the case of<i>
White v. White,</i> when it comes to
the paternity of three-month old
Kristinah White, Mr. Clopton you are not the father. Good. Good. Good. (EXHALES) JUDGE LAKE: You all right? Excuse me, I'm sorry. JUDGE LAKE: Please, say what
you want to say, young man. I'm sorry with everything
that is going on, I'm going through
a lot right now. Listen, I could see it
in your face when you
walked in this courtroom there was a lot
on your mind. I'm gonna get to
these other results and then I'm gonna talk to you
young people because you all are not making it
better for yourselves. You're rushing into adulthood,
don't know what you doing. Now, I'll go to
the next result. These results relate
to Mr. Langford. In the case of<i> White v. White,</i> when it comes to
the paternity of three-month old
Kristinah White, Mr. Langford, you are her father. KATHIE: Ahh! (CRYING) (INDISTINCT) Cool. Cool. Made you emotional.
You're happy? Yeah, I'm happy. Yes. Yes, Your Honor,
I'm happy. How do you feel, Christy? I just feel like Mr. Langford is very
childish and immature. Girl, let me
tell you something. I'm looking at these
two young men and truthfully, they were the last two
I expected to cry, and both of them
broke down in tears because at some point
they understood what
was at stake. I look over at you, and you're dry-eyed
and bushy-tailed. I don't know if it's just that
you hold everything in because you just don't know what or how to express, but I have to challenge you to take a deep look
at yourself and your behavior.
