You may be seated. Hello, Your Honor. Hello. This is the case of<i>
Humphries v. Moseley.</i> Thank you Jerome.
Good day everyone. AUDIENCE: Good day. JUDGE LAKE: Ms. Humphries,
you are in court to prove that Mr. Moseley fathered your
2-month old son, Tyler, while he was separated from
the mother of his children. Mr. Moseley, you say,
she's going after
the wrong man. And that she should be
pointing her paternity finger at her ex-boyfriend, Mr. Cook, because he's
the baby's father. MOSELEY: Yes, Your Honor. JUDGE LAKE: You say
this paternity claim
by Ms. Humphries has put your current relationship and your whole family
in jeopardy. Yes, Your Honor. So, Mr. Moseley, what is
riding on today's results? Me and Ms. Robinson
been together for a minute, we have rocky ups and
downs in our relationship. If this is our child, then
you know, she gonna leave me. And I don't want her
to leave me. Were you in
a sexual relationship
with Ms. Humphries? Yes, I was. JUDGE LAKE: Was it during
the window of conception,
when Tyler was conceived? No. It was not. In your estimation. No, Your Honor. Is that true,
Ms. Humphries? HUMPHRIES:
No, Your Honor. It was... Because at that time
when I got conceived,
we were sexual, that was like
the end of August,
beginning of September. Were you having sex
with anyone else
during that time? Yes, Your Honor. You were. Was that sex
also unprotected? Yes, Your Honor. It was. So why are you
so certain Mr. Moseley
is your child's father? Because like I say,
we were sexual. When I found out
the day I conceived. And that was
like the August... I mean, the end of August,
the beginning of September. But you were also were
having sex with the other guy during that time as well. Yes. Do you consider him as
a potential father as well? I mean, he could be
but I was more sexual
Mr. Moseley. You were having
more sex with him? HUMPHRIES: Yeah. JUDGE LAKE: But you do
understand it only takes once. Right. All right, Mr. Moseley, do
the dates add up in your mind? As she says she was intimate
with you at the end of August,
beginning of September? Is that true? Your Honor, I'm not
going to lie to you. I wasn't even
paying attention, I was there for the sex. (AUDIENCE GASPING) So, I don't know.
You know, I just did it. JUDGE LAKE: Okay. MOSELEY: This too
much talking for me. This all I'm saying,
Your Honor. You seeing my beautiful kids,
right here? I'm not saying
this young man is ugly,
but come on now. Come look at
the pictures, you know. HUMPHRIES: I mean,
that don't matter. I got light skin,
y'all see this? It don't matter. I got light skin... You're saying that
your children look like you. And you're saying that
you don't look anything
like Tyler. MOSELEY:
No, I don't. I mean
look at my children. They got my same chin. They got
the big cheeks like me. <i> Not only that, they was
by the same woman,</i> <i> and they still don't
look like her, you know.</i> JUDGE LAKE:<i>
And that leads
you to doubt.</i> Yes, a lotta doubt. JUDGE LAKE: Okay. And then this has also
put your relationship with
Ms. Robinson in jeopardy, because you've got this baby
that's potentially out there that you could've fathered
while you all were separated. Yes. But I'm sure in the separation
it wasn't part of the protocol for you to have a child. No, it wasn't.
No, it wasn't. At the same time well,
all I could say is this, I feel like it's her fault
too, Your Honor. Yeah, she shouldn't
never broke up with me. She shouldn't never
broke up with me. If she never broke up with
me, I wouldn't never did
what I did. Oh, so it's
Ms. Robinson's fault? (AUDIENCE LAUGHING) Ms. Robinson,
this is all on you. JUDGE LAKE:
I'd like to hear from you. So, Mr. Moseley says
this is all your fault. No. This would not be happening
if you had not left him. JUDGE LAKE:
So you can blame yourself. ROBINSON:
No, this is his fault. This is his fault,
and this is her fault. And my thing is this, he's been doing
things with women. This just a pinch of it. Compared to what
I've been going through in the last seven
and a half years. She was one...
We'll get into it, because she contacted me. Out of all the people
that he messed... (STAMMERING) Out of all
the people, Your Honor,
that he messes with... She contacted me. She left me a message
on Facebook, Girl... "Tell my lying
baby daddy, um... "Oh, he can see this,
with your lying behind." HUMPHRIES: Yeah. So I hear... I mean,
you on my page. Yes. I can contact you. So been saying
for all this time Girl, first you... That this is his child. So we, me and him, are
bickering because of this. You brought me into this. I had nothing to do with
whatcha y'all had going on. But you kept
involving yourself. Why? ROBINSON: No. JUDGE LAKE: Ladies. Ladies. How can she know
when I'm... JUDGE LAKE: Ladies. (STUTTERING) Let's calm down. Look, you do understand
why Ms. Robinson is so upset. HUMPHRIES: She always gonna... HUMPHRIES: I don't. They have
two children together JUDGE LAKE: So you don't think
she has a reason to be mad. HUMPHRIES: No, I don't. JUDGE LAKE: And why? HUMPHRIES: Because
she knew about this. JUDGE LAKE: You felt
like she knew? ROBINSON: No, I did not. Yes, you did. I did not. I wouldn't be
sitting up here... Wait a minute, Ms. Humphries. She did. JUDGE LAKE: You say she knew
about your relationship? Yes, she did.
It's on Facebook. She blocked me
on Facebook, like... She plays both men. That's what she's doing. HUMPHRIES: Okay. She's playing... HUMPHRIES:
Why're you mad? ROBINSON: She's
playing both sides. HUMPHRIES: Why is
this your business? She's telling one man... She telling one man,
he's the father, then she's telling him,
he's the father, But I know who it is. But she did send me,
Your Honor... She did send me, uh,
a week ago on Facebook. That James is not
the father calling... Because you keep doing this! Stop doing this! JUDGE LAKE:
Let's see that, Jerome. Stop trying to be all up
in my business. You put me in the... Tyler don't belong to you! This is a post. ROBINSON: Yes. From Facebook? That she posted on my... Of course, why would
I think anything different? No, that's the only way. JUDGE LAKE: It says, "To satisfy your curiosity,
he's not my child's father. "Please get that
through your thick skull." So you basically said
in this Facebook post, that he's not
the child's father. But you're saying
you said that. Only because she keep
running her mouth. I don't want her in
the picture of nothing. You do admit that
there's another man? Uh-huh. You admit to that? Yes. And you slept with him
during this window,
but you just said you were sleeping
with Mr. Moseley more. HUMPHRIES: Yes. And it's your testimony
that you don't understand why Ms. Robinson
is all up in arms? I don't. Because she knew
about the relationship? Right. JUDGE LAKE:
Was it your understanding that
they were on a break as well? They were not
together at the time? Yes. So in your mind
you were sleeping with
an available single man? That's it. JUDGE LAKE:
So, Ms. Humphries, what is the nature
of your relationship
with Mr. Moseley now? Um... We still sexual. We still like... We friends! (AUDIENCE EXCLAIMING) Oh, you still having sex with Mr. Moseley now! HUMPHRIES: (CHUCKLES)
Right, ma'am. Yes. JUDGE LAKE:
But Mr. Moseley... (CHUCKLES) I can see by the
look on your face that
she's telling the truth. She telling the truth. So you still have sex
with Ms. Humphries? I have, yeah. And still gonna continue
to once this is done. Yes. ROBINSON: See?
Yes. Drama. No, it was the truth. And you say that
without any reservation, "Yes, I am." But you stand here saying,
your family's on the line. It is. And you don't want
Ms. Robinson to leave you. But you saying you having
sex with Ms. Humphries. Listen, listen. I...
Your Honor, I love Tamika,
all right? Okay. I'm not in love with her,
but I do love her, okay. I used to be
in love with her. But, like, I kinda drifted off
you know what I'm saying? You know, I wasn't... I never had a father
in my life to actually
teach me certain things. And I know I shouldn't
put this in the picture, you know, my mother taught me
characteristics of a man, she never taught me
how to be a man.
You feel me? But you making babies
and then you denying, and you don't want to take
care of the ones you have. (AUDIENCE CLAPPING) That's the thing. Take care
of the ones you have. You're going
back and forth. So I'm confusing you now? I'm definitely confused. Definitely confused. In the big huge state
of mind of confusion. And I'm tired. JUDGE LAKE: So ultimately... You say you... You say
you love Ms. Robinson, but you're not in love
with Ms. Robinson. But you want
your family with her. You want her
to stay with you. Yeah, I wouldn't mind.
'Cause, I mean, things change. I never know,
I might change. But you can't fault me. I'm not saying nobody can
fault me for the way I am,
you know what I'm saying? JUDGE LAKE: No,
let me say something because I find this
very interesting. Because I have heard,
as I have counseled, represented families, men,
women, as a family attorney, I hear so often,
you know men,
they don't talk. They don't...
He just doesn't talk,
he won't talk. He won't say... He's talking now,
but you're not listening. He's telling you... Exactly how he feels, and how he's gonna operate. Don't get me
wrong, I feel bad.
But at the same time JUDGE LAKE: I don't...
Look, of course, you feel bad. Mr. Moseley, it doesn't take a
rocket scientist to figure out that you're a little bit lost,
and a lot conflicted. We get that. (AUDIENCE CLAPPING) And then the problem
is these women actually
sleep with you. They keep sleeping with you. She knows you
sleeping with her. And she knows you
sleeping with her. And they both know
you probably sleeping
with somebody else. (AUDIENCE EXCLAIMING) All right, Jerome,
I'd like to talk to Mr. Cook. Can you please
escort him in? (AUDIENCE WHISPERING) JUDGE LAKE:
Mr. Cook, thank you
for joining us today. So do you believe you are
Tyler's biological father? To tell you the truth,
Your Honor, I do not know. I mean, I would love
to be his father. But them two, they,
they perfect for each other. 'Cause they both liars. They both liars,
they perfect for each other. JUDGE LAKE: Yes. I'm a liar, and I care
for both of y'all. They both are lying. Especially him. HUMPHRIES:
I told both of y'all... ...from the beginning MOSELEY: I ain't a liar. COOK: He a liar too. HUMPHRIES:
Please, don't ruin it. Hey, I ain't a liar, dawg. I'm real, bro.
I ain't a liar. I tell the truth too much. JUDGE LAKE: Listen. Listen. The day I went
to take the DNA test, I see him
and he telling me, "Hey, me and Shanita haven't
been having sex in months." But I just heard y'all say
y'all having sex. MOSELEY: Hmm. So how... What is this? You all have not
had sex again at all. No, ma'am. Oh, Lord. Jerome,
check that plate. 'Cause, you know, sometimes
people think it says
"Boo-Boo the Fool." But it doesn't. ROBINSON: Exactly. It says Lauren Lake. MOSELEY: So what you want us
to lie or something? Let me tell you something. Y'all know y'all lying. Both of you can't even
keep a straight face. ROBINSON: It's so obvious. COOK: If they ain't having
sex, why she calling him
baby daddy on Facebook? Because, man. God. COOK: Y'all liars. Y'all perfect
for each other. ROBINSON: Baby daddy. ROBINSON: Baby mama,
I love you. Baby daddy... Baby daddy, I love you.
Baby mama, this, that. ...I love you. Baby mama. HUMPHRIES: Okay... Sound like both of y'all... HUMPHRIES:
...what is y'all point? Y'all shit spies, man. Let's get some order. COOK: That's your baby, bro. Let's get some order. Mr. Cook, have you
been in the child's life? COOK: Yes. You have? Yes. What have you
done for Tyler? Um, I bought Tyler stuff
for his baby shower. I was there when
Tyler was born. JUDGE LAKE: <i> You were?
At the hospital?</i> COOK: <i> Yes.</i> <i> Yeah, but he wasn't there.</i> <i> He wasn't at
the baby shower neither.</i> <i> When Shanita... Ms. Humphries
told me she was conceived,</i> which was September first. We eliminated Mr. Moseley
from even being a candidate for being Tyler's father. So in your mind
he was ruled out? Yes. And it was between
you and who? I don't know.
I don't know. Anonymous. Did she tell you,
you were definitely
this child's father? Still to this day. She still would tell me that I'm this child's father.
ROBINSON: She said again
today it was James. COOK: But my thing is... Now it's definitely his. So wait, Ms. Humphries,
are you telling him
that he's the child's father? And you're telling Mr. Moseley
he's the child's father. ROBINSON: Wow. COOK: But... I'm the only one that's doing
something for the child. She's not lying now. She's telling the truth. I'm the only one that's doing
something for the child. I keep Tyler more
than even her. So Ms. Humphries, why are you, why is that your approach? Because I was having
unprotected sex with Mr. Cook, and I was having unprotected
sex with Mr. Moseley. But you didn't
tell either man that the other one
was a possibility. I did. Uh-huh. JUDGE LAKE: You did? Well, he says you said,
Mr. Moseley was
not a possibility. That's after the fact,
I ruled out... But I'm smarter than
that, Your Honor. 'Cause I found video
on her phone of them
having sex at the end. (AUDIENCE EXCLAIMING) So... Wow. It don't matter, I'm not with
neither one of 'em. I could do what I want. I'm not saying that you can't. But I can. ROBINSON: You keep getting
yourself in trouble... I ain't no trouble,
I don't get no whooping
at the end of the day. Okay, I don't, I do not. You getting a whooping... I don't. That's the whooping. You getting
your feelings hurt,
that's what it is. COOK: They perfect for
each other. ROBINSON: They are.
I know they are. And if it was somebody
you cared about? Your feelings
should be hurt too. I care about that one... But he ain't got
no other babies coming
into the world right now. HUMPHRIES:
You don't know that. Y'all talking about
this whole thing
like it's a game. COOK: Mmm-hmm. I mean,
it really is shameful. COOK: 'Cause I know what it
feels like to have a father. And I know the feeling like
to not have a father. I just lost
my father a year ago. You know, she wasn't
there for me through
none of this process. Instead she was
satisfying Mr. Moseley. ROBINSON: Yeah. And he says for her,
why am I going through stuff. COOK: The whole year. JUDGE LAKE:
So while you're grieving
the loss of your father, you're saying Ms. Humphries
wasn't there to support you. But you were there to support
her and Tyler. All the time. All the time. With every bone in my body,
I just had Tyler the weekend before we got here,
Your Honor. HUMPHRIES: 'Cause
I had to threaten you. COOK: You don't even know
if I'm his daddy for real. It don't. You just sitting here
and told this man
that he's the daddy. And now you're going to put
all the responsibility on me? What do you mean? Because... It come out my pocket,
I spent my money. You try to make it seem... For you and Tyler.
What do you mean? Because I threatened you. Everything you did, Nate, I
had to threaten you to do it. No, you didn't. (ALL TALKING OVER EACH OTHER) All right. All right. All right. All right. Girl, were you there
from the beginning? At the end of the day
it is painfully clear, that Ms. Humphries
you have two men, that think they are the father
of this child potentially. Two men that were there, around the time
the child was born. We just need the results. But I don't see it,
Your Honor. (AUDIENCE CLAPPING) JUDGE LAKE:
These results were prepared by DNA Diagnostics
and they read as follows. Ms. Robinson,
I know this a lot for you. If you need to sit down, it's up to you. (SNIFFING) I know out of everyone here, this matters a lot to you. It does. (SOBBING) In the case of <i> Humphries v. Moseley.</i> When it comes
to 2-month-old... Tyler Humphries. Pertaining to whether
his biological father is Mr. Moseley or Mr. Cook. It has been
determined by this court. JUDGE LAKE: It has been
determined by this court. His biological father is... Mr... Cook. (AUDIENCE CHEERING) JUDGE LAKE:
Congratulations, Mr. Cook. Thank you. God, thank you. (AUDIENCE CLAPPING) Does it feel good
to finally know for sure? COOK: Mmm-hmm. And now you know that, everything you've done
for this child has
not been in vain. I can just...
I can feel your spirit
as you sit next to me, that you want to do
the right thing. You desire to do
the right thing
by this child. And that's why you were
doing the right thing
by his mother. Even when she wasn't
doing the right thing by you. Ms. Humphries,
when I read that result, your reaction was interesting. It was as if... It wasn't just that
you didn't expect it, it was that that wasn't
the result you wanted. ROBINSON: Yeah. Understand that you're not
the first woman or the last
to have a thing for a man... That's never going
to do right by them. Because at the end of the day,
he stood in open court and even though
he might have said, "I'm not in love with her
today, but I love her." He stood there and said,
"I don't want her to leave me,
I want to be with her." I have yet hear him say,
"I need Ms. Humphries
in my life." (AUDIENCE CLAPPING) Don't give yourself
away for free. You a beautiful girl. But most importantly,
let's put Tyler first, okay? HUMPHRIES: Yes, Your Honor. I wish you all
the very best of luck. Court is adjourned.
