-do you want to be in a
relationship with Ms. Wilson?
-No, Your Honor. He's lying, because
she's over there. When she's not here
he would be telling you yes. -[Judge Lake] So, hold on...
-[overlapping arguing] [Wilson] Yes, 'cause you here. Ms. Wilson, I need to ask you
this as a woman of age and maybe even experience, you know a man
will tell you a tale, right, when he's speaking
with the wrong head and not using
the right head? So, why do you think
he was telling you all that? That's what I'm trying
to figure out 'cause he told me that he
didn't want to be with her. He said he had to wait on her
to do the divorce. He can't just do it,
he had to wait for her
to do the first divorce move. Oh, Jerome, have you
ever heard about that
kind of divorce? [laughing] I've been a family lawyer
for just about 20-something years, never heard of
that kind of divorce. Your Honor, as a woman,
and, I'm not even being funny,
right now, because I have nothing against
her, I wasn't married to her. You're worth more than this. You're worth more
than somebody who doesn't... He could have been with you. She's not
in the picture, but... I was seeing him
every other week. But, hold on,
I want to ask you this now, at the moment you
find out you're pregnant, you tell Mr. McKnight, you say he attended
an ultra sound appointment, was he there when
Shakirah was born? I was on the phone with him
when I was having her. He told me that the truck
that they have, the tire blew. So, he came the next day. Let me see that evidence. -Thank you.
-You're welcome. So, this is a picture
of Mr. McKnight -in the hospital room with you?
-Yes. -That's you in the bed?
-Yes. -And you shot that
picture of him?
-Yes. I'm sure you had a good time
shooting that picture. She couldn't wait to send
me that, Your Honor. Trust me, I know. So, Mr. McKnight,
is that you in the picture... -Yes, Your Honor.
-...on your phone... -In the hospital room with
your mistress Ms. Wilson?
-Yes, Your Honor. Were you texting your wife
to say you were just gonna
be a little bit later? No, I don't even know, I don't
even know what I was doing. -So, you came to see the baby?
-[Ramon] Yes, Your Honor. 'Cause you knew
the baby could be yours? No, Your Honor,
I just went to be nosey. [Judge Lake] Oh... Hold on, did you just say you just went to be nosey? -Yes, Your Honor.
-No, Your Honor, that's a lie. You had to look to see
if it looked like you, that's what you had to go do. Tell him, Your Honor,
tell him. Tell him, Your Honor. Tell him, Your Honor. [Judge Lake]<i> Clearly,
through the testimony,</i> <i> you didn't tell your wife
you were there.</i> No, Your Honor. Did you sign
the birth certificate
while you were there -being nosey?
-No, Your Honor. He told me he was gonna
come back and sign
the baby birth certificate. -And you believed that?
-Yeah, I did. I did. I did. Ms. Wilson, we got
to work with you. So, now, Shakirah's here, under father's name, for the birth certificate,
just blank. Just blank, yes, Your Honor. -[Judge Lake] Mr. McKnight.
-Yes, Your Honor. Sounds like, to me,
you had a good hunch that you could be
Shakirah's biological father. That's why you took your li'l
self to that hospital. So, since that time, what have you done
for this child? -I haven't even seen...
-He's lying. He's seen her two weeks ago
at the hotel. He gave me $200. And he's seen her. So, you've tried
to go see the baby? <i> No, I came to him.</i> <i> -Ms. McKnight.
-Multiple times.</i> [Tiffany]
I wasn't there, Your Honor. I was gonna say
it looks like you didn't know he had seen
and spent time with the baby. Oh, no, not at all. It's numerous times
he's seen my baby. I've been dropping in... What has he been expressing
to you, Ms. McKnight? Basically, what he's
been expressing to me was that he had
no contact with her,
that he hadn't seen her. I was actually
encouraging him to make contact
and to see the baby, because I don't believe
in deadbeat fathers. He's not a deadbeat
to my children. Uh, and I didn't have
a father growing up, so I wouldn't want no child
to grow up without a father. So, I had encouraged him... Like I said earlier, if I wasn't the adult
in this situation, then there would
be no situation. She could say... Mr. McKnight has been
to the Friend of the Court
numerous times because of the situation, so-- Ma'am, I'm talking, excuse me. Hold on, Ms. Wilson,
hold on, Ms. Wilson. If they wanted
to reach out to him, they've had multiple ways. But he live in a room, boo-boo,
he gotta have an address. -He has an address.
-No, he don't. Just because he lives
somewhere else doesn't mean he doesn't
have a relative's address-- Hold on, hold on, hold on.
Listen, listen, listen. -There is many ways
to receive mail.
-Listen. -It's called PO Box,
relatives...
-Well, he don't have that. -He don't have that.
-You don't know... You're not his wife, ma'am. [Judge Lake]
Ms. Wilson. Ms. Wilson. Ms. Wilson. Ms. Wilson. This is the part that
I want you to understand. You not gonna out-do her. It don't matter whether
she's here, gone, living up the street,
down the road, next door, you are married
until you are divorced,
they are married. You will not out-do her. There's not enough
talking, yelling, talking over her. He ain't got no address,
he ain't got... Yes, he does. He's got
their marital home address, that's still his address. That's just how it goes. If you want more episodes
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the notification bell. You know, as you talk, I can understand how a young woman,
when you say you suffered
such a tragic loss, how you can be in
a position to want to believe somebody cares about you and wants to be with you. And you want to
believe that person's lies. 'Cause I do believe that
Mr. McKnight was telling it, 'cause he's telling the same
tale most married men tell when they have no, absolutely no intention
of leaving their family. It's always what
the wife ain't doing, and what he don't like
about her, and what this... You ain't nothing but
momentary therapy. You cheaper than
the psychologist
or the psychiatrist. 'Cause the hotel is cheaper
than the bill
for the psychiatrist. So I'll just go have sex
with this other little girl and I talk all my nonsense, and then I go back
and be a husband to my wife and to my kids. Men been doing this
from the beginning of time. And women too. And it does bother me
that you believe it, 'cause I can see how
emphatic you are. And it's like you're
gonna tell her something
she don't know. You already did
when you called her. But a phone call through
Messenger is not a divorce. And, as you can see, he had the right to file
papers to get a divorce all the time if he wanted
to leave his wife. He didn't do it. You gotta stop this,
you really do. We not gonna do that,
'cause you are better
than that. And his wife
told you that too. You better than that. And how you can sit up in
this courtroom, Ms. McKnight, and empower this young woman, I think, speaks volumes
to your character. Because you don't
have to be this kind. Thank you, Your Honor. May I also tell you that
I just buried my mother
three days ago. And that speaks to how
passionate I am about getting this
situation resolved. Nothing in me wanted
to get on a flight after burying my mother. But I do want closure
from this situation. And I want the best for
her child, believe it or not. If she is
my children's sibling, <i> I want my children
to have a relationship
with their sibling.</i> <i> I'm not the type of person</i> that she's trying
to paint me to be, I love-- I do love my husband. I just understand when
it's time to move on. So... -Mr. McKnight,
-Yes, Your Honor. -You say you have,
very real, doubt...
-Yes, Your Honor. ...and I'd like to understand
what that doubt is. A while ago, um, I went through
Ms. Wilson's phone. She had texted some gentleman and she was telling
the gentleman that, "Oh, your granddaughter
is doing fine." So, how are you telling everybody that... -You saw a text in
Ms. Wilson's phone...
-Yes, Your Honor. -...that said, "Your
granddaughter is doing fine"?
-Yes, Your Honor. And that was not your father? No, my father is deceased, so it wasn't my father. So, what you're saying is -it wasn't anybody
from your family?
-No, Your Honor. Ms. Wilson, were you sleeping
with some other man? Yes, Your Honor. -You were?
-But I only slept
with him two times. But it only takes once. So, tell me about
the relationship
with this other guy. Me and him were
high school sweethearts. And, um, I was seeing him. I seen him two times, you know, while,
you know, we had sex. Did you ever tell Mr. McKnight
about this other guy? No, but, I told the other guy
about McKnight. And, this is a third man in addition to the co-worker
you were having sex with
before you met and had the sex
with Mr. McKnight. We was having sex with her
at the same time. No, no, Your Honor,
that's a lie. -Are you smiling about that?
-Yes, he is. Yeah, he's smiling.
Yes, he is. -That's a lie, Your Honor.
-My face is made like that. No, that's a lie. Mr. McKnight, you believe that the co-worker is Shakirah's
biological father? To be honest, Your Honor, I don't know
who the father is. I can't even say it's his.
I don't know. Your Honor, the other
co-worker, he's passed, he's not even here.
He's deceased. Well, I'm sorry to hear that. Unfortunately, that does not
preclude him from being
the biological father. But I slept with him
way before I met Ramon. I stopped messing with
the other employee
way before I met Ramon. So, he has nothing
to do with it. But Mr. McKnight testified that he and the guy
were sleeping with you
at the same time, 'cause they would
talk about it. No, that's a lie. I seen his car
when I was coming over. -I seen him leaving.
-That's a lie, Your Honor. So, you pullin' in
and he pullin' out? Yes, Your Honor. I shouldn't have
said that like that. That's a lie. Your Honor, that's a lie. Literally and figuratively,
right? Well, this is
definitely confusing. Ain't lying about that. -So, Mr. McKnight.
-Yes, Your Honor. What are your hopes? Do you hope you are
Shakirah's biological father? No, I hope I'm not. -But...
-That's a lie. But, Your Honor, if I am, I would step up
and take care of my child, because I have five children
from 18 all the way to three. So, I take care
of all my kids. Do you want to salvage
your relationship
with your wife? Um... I do, but... I just gotta work on-- I gotta work on
getting me right first. I don't wanna, I don't wanna, I don't want to go back,
and then, you know, I don't want
to go back to her, and if I'm not right, I don't-- I'd rather work on me first. If you were the man you know you could be
or you want to be, would you want to make
your marriage right
with your wife? Yes, Your Honor. Ms. McKnight, if the child is not
his biological child, could you give him a chance to try to get
himself together? I'll always be his friend,
Your Honor. But I would have to
strongly, strongly consider and weigh
all the possibilities before I would commit
to staying in the marriage,
Your Honor. That's fair. Ms. Wilson, if Mr. McKnight is Shakirah's
biological father, as you have testified,
what are your hopes? I want him to be a father. She's one years old,
he's behind. Because she doesn't have
a relationship with him? No, not at all. I know who my parents is,
they've been together
for 39 years. I know who my mother
and father is, so I will want my daughter
to know who her father is. And have you prepared
yourself if he's not? Yes. And, so, if he's not, where do we go from there? Then, there's no more
me and him. It's done. So, you're saying if Shakirah's not
his biological child your relationship
with Mr. McKnight is over? Yes, yes. Do you know where
the other possibility is? No, he's the only possibility.
Him and the other guy. [Judge Lake] All right. At this point, I think we're
ready for the results. Jerome, may I have
the envelope, please? These results were prepared
by DNA Diagnostics and they read as follows. In the case of<i>
Wilson v. McKnight...</i> When it comes to one-year-old Shakirah Wilson, it has been determined
by this Court... Mr. McKnight, you... are the father. [grunts] Thank You, Your Honor. He knew he was the father. Mr. McKnight, that is
your beautiful baby girl, you are the father, that is your sixth child. You'll be all right. You'll make it,
you made her. -You made her,
you'll make it.
-Exactly. His reaction, in this moment, I want you to see it. He almost passed out because he didn't want
to be tied to you. -Okay, so...
-No. I've seen this too much. His wife was right.
He made her, so he gotta
find a way to pay and be a part of her life. But that doesn't mean you have to
come along with it. You gotta draw a line, because I can't see a man who has made it clearer from the beginning
of a hearing to the end that he has absolutely
no good intention for you. You don't need to be
bothered with that. It's not worth your sanity, your self-esteem, or your integrity. Right? So, you have learned
the tough lesson of what it means to be
involved with a married man. You're right, Your Honor. [Judge Lake]
And he's still married. And, Mr. McKnight,
this is the culmination of a whole bunch of thinking you did with the wrong head. Ms. Bido,
you say you were furious when the defendant
asked you for a DNA test on your seven-month-old
daughter Iliana. Now you claim that request... Yes. ...has broken up
your happy home. (AUDIENCE MURMURING) Mr. Bolton, you state
you have reason to believe Ms. Bido's child may not be
your biological daughter. You say you are desperate
to discover the truth because you've already grown
to love her as your own. AUDIENCE: Aw. Yes, ma'am. Mr. Bolton, this is not your
first time in this courtroom. That's right. AUDIENCE: Oh! Here's what happened
previously. So how convinced are you now
that Mr. Bolton is? I'm very convinced,
'cause I only slept with three men
at that time. If he is mine,
I will step forward and do 100, 110%,
even better. I actually got myself involved
in this young man's life. <i> Most men wouldn't.</i> <i> I'm actually taking him
on the weekends when
it's available.</i> JUDGE LAKE:
When it comes to
four-year-old Micah, Mr. Bolton, you are not his father. Mr. Bolton,
so what has happened
since you were last here? Since last time
I was in court, and I was very
devastated to find
out the news about the young boy
not being mine, but in the same sense, I was happy because
Ms. Bido was pregnant
with a child... A child that's
supposed to be mine. See, Your Honor,
here's the thing. When the baby
was born, I cut the
umbilical cord. The doctors
wiped the baby off <i> and they gave Ms. Bido
the baby at first.</i> She was still fatigued
from delivering birth. JUDGE LAKE:
Understandably. So they gave
me the baby. The doctor that
gave the procedure
to deliver the baby, he handed me the baby
and he looked at me. He said, "Are you sure
this baby's yours?" (AUDIENCE GASPING) What? And I looked at
the doctor, I looked
at the doctor... And I'm like,
"What do you mean?" He said,
"'Cause this
baby's white." I'm looking at him like,
"What do you mean,
this baby's white?" Jerome, have you
ever heard of such? But... It's a first for me. This is the reason.
This is the reason here. JUDGE LAKE:
Let me see your evidence.
That's a picture of... This is a picture of Iliana
when she was first born, and when the doctor
made that comment, this is the reason
why we're here, right there. Okay, Your Honor,
let me just say this. We are...
That was stupid. We're mixed. I'm Dominican and black,
he's Puerto Rican and black. People in my family have
different color eyes. My eyes are hazel. My father's eyes are green. He told me that
when he was a young boy, when he was a baby,
as a matter of fact, his eyes were blue
and then they turned green, so I don't see
where the doubt is. The doubt began because
people continuously said, "Oh, she's white.
Oh, my God, she's so white.
Oh, she's so white." What's wrong with that? When the doctor asks you... BOLTON: Look... (APPLAUSE) ...you know,
before "Congratulations," "Are you sure
this is your child?" That's doubt. That's... They doubt.
She mine, I know.
She his, I know. JUDGE LAKE: But that's what
I'm saying, for the father, that can be overwhelming. BIDO:
It can be overwhelming,
it can be overwhelming, but you have
to know your mate and if you know
that you have a loyal,
faithful, loving woman, then anything anybody say... So Mr. Bolton, did you know
you had a loving, faithful,
loyal woman? I did, but that's
the relationship. I mean, if you look
at the baby,
the baby's, man... The baby's white
with blue eyes... JUDGE LAKE: <i> So until you were
in the delivery room,</i> <i> you had no doubts
about Ms. Bido.</i> You didn't feel
like she was cheating. BOLTON:
I didn't have any doubts until at first,
the doctor said something. When we brought Iliana home
from the hospital, we had friends and family
come over to see the baby. They looking at the baby like,
"Oh, she's beautiful,
she's beautiful. "Is she yours?" (LAUGHTER) BIDO: That's not what
they said, Your Honor. What they were saying...
Maybe on his side, but my side,
they did make some comments, but of course, I defended,
that's my daughter, you know, so I see him
all the time in her. I see a little bit
of my features, but mostly, I see him. Your Honor, maybe two weeks,
when Iliana came home, the same boss that
we work for, we both
work for him, he came to the house
and brought a stroller to the home as a gift. And he's from Alabama,
you know, he's... You know, country guy,
you know. But he looked at the baby
and he was like, "Rico, is this baby yours?" I look at him like,
"What you mean?" He says,
"This baby's white." So I'm like, "Wow." So now the doctor,
your family members, and your boss... Yeah, people in public. ...are all just
openly asking you. Yeah, is this
baby mine? Even when I go to
the grocery store,
Your Honor. When I go to the
grocery store,
they're looking at me. "Oh, it's a
beautiful baby, she's
gorgeous. Is she yours?" And it's only
because she's... The skin color,
the blue eyes, you know,
it's like, wow, but... BIDO:<i>
But how come nobody
say that when I'm around?</i> BOLTON: <i> Even still,
you know, this is...</i> This has, like,
happened before
all my life. This situation here
is like, when I
was younger, I was dating a
stripper and she had
a baby, all right? She disappeared. What reason, I don't know,
but when she finally
came back, we figured out that baby
wasn't mine. Got my name off
the birth certificate finally. Second time this has
happened in my life, a young lady got pregnant, but come to find out she was dealing with
somebody that I knew. She didn't know
we knew each other. She got pregnant,
we talked, me and the guy, we talked and we trying
to find out what's going on. She got an abortion
immediately because she didn't know
who the father was. And the third time
was when I came on the court to find out
the DNA test for Micah, and found out he wasn't mine,
so it's like, I have strong reason
to get a DNA test to figure out
what's going on. So in your lifetime,
three times... Yes, ma'am. ...someone has claimed you're
the father of their child. Yes, ma'am. But you weren't. I wasn't. And now, you're here again. JUDGE LAKE:
So, Ms. Bido, you tell me
you're a faithful, loyal woman and I have no reason at
this point not to believe you. He hasn't presented
any testimony that would say otherwise. However, I have to ask you. During the last couple
of years... How old is Iliana?
She's seven months? Last year and a half or so, have you slept
with anybody else? Um, we actually broke up
last year around August, and it was due to
infidelity on his behalf... But, Your Honor,
she as accusing me the whole time
that I was cheating. I got a couple of buddies
that I hang out with. He was. Before. I got a couple buddies
I hang out with. They do things on the side. Your Honor. Now, by my association
being with them... I saw the texts
from the females. ...being with them,
I'm getting accused daily. So it's like I felt like
I was pressured, getting
pushed to the point where I should cheat
just to make you happy, because this is
what you're doing, you're putting pressure on me. That was your logic? Yes, that was... I mean, that was my logic,
'cause every day she's saying, "Hey, you're a cheater,
you're a cheater." So look, I cheated,
I did and I admit to that. She left.
She... She left. She went to go stay
with a relative. BIDO: Your Honor,
he didn't admit to cheating. I saw the texts
from the female, all right, and I confronted him
like a woman should. She found the texts. I'm gonna confront,
I'm gonna confront, and when I found
the information,
and me and the woman, we also talked because
I believe that a man
will lie to you or anyone that's gonna play
that deceitful role is gonna make you
believe whatever, so I talked to the woman
and I believe her. And I gave him a chance
to tell his story. Yeah, but when she left,
she had sex with another guy. I gave him an...
That's right, I did sleep
with somebody, but I did it the right way.
I left you first.
I was single. (APPLAUSE) Hey, well, Your Honor... And during the time
you broke up and you left him, did you sleep
with someone else
without using protection? I did, I did, I did,
and let me tell you,
it wasn't like that. I left him and it wasn't like,
"Oh, hey, I'm single, let's go
party," you know? It was more like,
I was hurt, it had
been a month later. I just went out,
hanging out, and, um,
one thing led
to another. I saw a guy I liked,
but we actually slept
together twice. Your Honor? The first time was
unprotected, the second time
was protected, after that, as a matter of
fact, um, I spoke to him after that
but we never had any type
of relationship or anything. She wasn't answering my phone
calls for a while after we... Why should I? You know,
I cheated on her, okay? So now we're working
on something, trying
to get back together. When we finally
get back together, this is when she's admitting
that, "Yeah, I slept with
somebody." BIDO: Your Honor. 'Cause at first, she said it's none of my business
when I went to go see her. Exactly. Now she's telling me
out of mouth, "Okay,
this is what happened." Your Honor,
he continued to
badger me about it. She's admitted in open court
that she slept with
someone else one time, at least,
without protection. Right. And, Mr. Bolton, you believe that this man
could be the father. BOLTON:
Yeah. When she came back together,
we got together, we moved back in
the same house together. But in the midst of this, she's still going out there
to her family's house, doing their hair,
coming back home,
and guess what? Middle of the night,
I pick up the phone.
Text messages from this guy. So I have reason to believe,
okay, you tell me you stopped
messing with him, I still think that
you're still with him. You saw texts... Still messing with him. Your Honor, he saw
text messages from the guy, he never saw me respond. Even goes to
the point like this. And then I didn't... She delete... She delete pictures out
the phone, you know
what I'm saying, 'cause when you plug
a phone into a laptop, the USB charger,
the backup pictures are still in the phone. Pictures of him and his baby
are still there, together. So I'm like,
"Whoa, this...
What's going on?" Pictures of him and... His baby. ...his baby
are in her phone. In her phone,
and it looks
like this. His daughter looks
like my daughter. AUDIENCE: Oh! So... I mean, but how often
is it that babies
can look alike? But, Your Honor,
I just want to show you
this evidence right here. Let me see
that evidence, sir. But I don't think
she looks like the
other man's baby. BOLTON:
Okay, that's Iliana
and that's me. <i> Iliana's pink,
Caucasian, white.</i> <i> And you see me.</i> BIDO: <i> Really?</i> I'm brown.
No blue eyes. I mean, the only thing
I see is the nose. If he felt like that,
Your Honor, why stay
for seven months? Why even take
care of her? Why sign the
birth certificate? Your Honor... Why is it that every time
I call you, you run to her? If you felt like that,
you should've been said that. Your Honor... You don't wait seven months
and tell somebody like that. We supposed to get married
and everything. What you mean? Yeah, but... When he told me that,
we were in the bed and the first thing
he say to me is, "Oh, you know I love you,
right?" You know somebody gonna
say something messed up after
they something like that. And then after that, I don't
even know how we got to it. All I know is he was like,
"Oh, I don't think she's mine,
I want a DNA test." And, yeah, I lost it
and I wanted him to get out so we got to arguing... Not only did she want me out,
she kicked me out. I was like,
either I'm gonna leave
or you're gonna leave. Yeah, you right,
I did kick you out... She kicked me out. ...'cause I told him, either
I'm gonna leave, go to my
family far from them, he was like, "No, I don't... "I don't want y'all to be
that far from me." But she's not yours, right? You do understand
that after you admitted you slept with somebody else, that fueled his doubts. BIDO:
I understand that, but you can't always
be moved, Your Honor, by what other people say. You have to stand upon
what you see as a person. A lot of people felt
like he wouldn't make it, we wouldn't make it,
we wouldn't be okay. And, yeah, we're going
through something right now
and even him as a person, people felt like they
didn't believe in him,
but I believe in him. I believe in him
still to this day. I believe that, you know,
he is a good man and he
is a good person. Your Honor, when I first
asked about the DNA test, she was really,
like, really upset. Yeah, I went crazy. She did kick me out, she did do that. But since I'm staying
at other places, I come home to the house just to check on my daughter,
make sure everything is okay. She tells me,
"Put her down if you don't
think she's yours," okay? Yeah, of course. So I'm like... Every time I see your face,
I'm gonna get mad. I'm mad now. I'm like, why did
you get upset? I'm just saying. She's a loyal female,
like she said earlier. If it was such a problem,
why'd you catch an attitude when I asked for a DNA test and you knowing that
I went to court last time? Who wouldn't have an attitude
when you know for a fact that you've been faithful? Hey. Why not? Okay, that's fine. So, Ms. Bido, it's not just
about you being faithful. You have to take a person along with
their life experience. That's... So... No, no, hold on. When you're in a relationship,
that's how people come. Everybody has their
own baggage, or as my granny used to say,
that's his red wagon. I understand that. And you got your
own red wagon. I understand that, Your Honor. That's the things you pulling behind you when you
come into a relationship. I'm not saying
that is right, Ms. Bido, but I'm telling you
that is real. BOLTON:
I understand that, Your Honor.
Here's the thing, right? When she left, her and this
other guy was messing around. When she came back around,
we was living together, okay? And I feel like,
you know, maybe she still been messing with this guy. 'Cause all of a sudden,
like she said, we been
together five years, it's the first time
she ever got pregnant. She comes back around,
poof, baby. I'm like, "What's going on?" JUDGE LAKE:
All right, so the timing
felt strange to you as well. Yes, ma'am. So I've witnessed so much emotion and... And that's because
I know the stakes
are really high today. You even submitted a video and it really shows how committed he is to her. (ILIANA COOING) Muh, muh, muh, muh, muh, muh. (ILIANA SQUEALING) What else you wanna say? Say hello. (ILIANA COOING) Bye-bye. See y'all later. BOLTON:
I love Iliana. Ever since she was born,
you know, I always been there. From the time
she got pregnant, the day in labor
at the hospital. And I just really want
to be a father to... <i> To this child here.</i> <i> I've been there
since day one.</i> <i> The baby shower.</i> JUDGE LAKE:<i>
You're worried, still.</i> I am, just because, yeah, my past,
and you know, this... And the last time
you were in court... It's like, the signs.
The last time I
was in court, I mean,
it came out,
"not yours." But the signs are there,
there's too many
people saying it. I need to be sure. And that's... That's
what's so heartbreaking
about this situation. I understand
about people's past. Everybody has a past. Stop pushing rewind. Stop making other
people pay for what
other women did. I'm not...
I'm not those women. If I was like that, then I shouldn't be
with anybody, 'cause just like you hurt me
and think about the five years we've been together,
Mr. Bolton. The things that you've done
to me before this. That wasn't the
only infidelity, but every
time you have a doubt, here I am proving myself. Why you signed
the birth certificate? Why did you stay so long
and then turn around and say, "Oh, she's not mine"? Do you have any idea
how that hurts? Of course I'm gonna flip out. I don't hurt you like that
and even when you hurt me, you know that I find
the strength to still say something to encourage. (APPLAUSE) Whose choice is it,
ultimately? BIDO: It's his choice. Yep. And who has to do that work? He does. Exactly,
so let's get to the results, because the truth is always
a great starting point. (BIDO SPEAKING SPANISH) JUDGE LAKE:
These results were prepared
by DNA Diagnostics and they read as follows. In the case of<i>
Bido v. Bolton,</i> when it comes to the paternity
of Iliana Bolton and as to whether Mr. Bolton
is her biological father, it has been determined
by this court, Mr. Bolton, you are her father. AUDIENCE: Oh! (BIDO SPEAKING SPANISH) But what'd I tell you? BOLTON:
Your Honor, can I ask
Ms. Bido a question? Yes, you may. You don't got
no question for me. BOLTON: Everything speaks
for itself 'cause that's
what you told me. Actions... (APPLAUSE) You gotta say yes. Lorelein Bido,
will you marry me? Yes.
