Please be seated. Hello, Your Honor. Hello. This is the case of<i>
Harrington v. Daye</i> Thank you, Jerome.
Good day, everyone. AUDIENCE: Good day. Mr. Harrington, you claim
you are not the father of Ms. Daye's one-month-old
daughter, Nalani Daye, and want her to stop
pinning her baby on you. You say your
sexual relationship
with the defendant ended before she got pregnant. Ms. Daye, you say you would never
attempt to pin a baby
on a man without being sure
he is the father. You believe
the DNA results will put an end
to all of the rumors. Is that correct? Yes, Your Honor. So, Mr. Harrington, you say she's pinning
a baby on you. Yes, Your Honor. JUDGE LAKE: Explain. Nalani is not my child. Uh, this is the reason though. Because there's
other contenders, and she's
a promiscuous person. She like to be,
you know what I'm sayin',
she a party person. (AUDIENCE EXCLAIMS) (SCOFFS) So, she do whatever
she feel like she wanna do, and she knows I'm a good father
to the child
I already got with her. You know, I'm a good person
and I take care
of my responsibilities. So you think this is just
an attempt to get
a good dad for her child? Yeah. JUDGE LAKE: Ms. Daye. Those are
strong allegations. If he is not
the father of my child, I am the Virgin Mary. (AUDIENCE LAUGHING) (LAUGHS) There's no other possibility. I have not been messing around
with anybody else... HARRINGTON:
"The Virgin Mary." ...right the time that
we were messing around. So you are 100% positive
Mr. Harrington is your child's
biological father. Yes, ma'am. Yes, ma'am. JUDGE LAKE:
No doubt in your mind? No doubt
in my mind. So, talk to me about your
relationship during
the window of time Nalani was conceived. We were living together
in September. So, we got into it, broke up. <i> Um, my middle child,
the other child
that we have together,</i> <i> um, was having seizures.</i> So she was in
and out of the hospital. When we was
in the hospital,
at the hospital, we had did it. So when we did it, I think, I really do believe
that's the day... At the hospital? Yes, ma'am. Yeah, we did it
in the hospital. I ain't gonna lie.
(SNICKERS) Okay. DAYE: After that... Yeah, we did, but, at the end of the day,
it wasn't in November, when she... I also didn't get pregnant
in November either. Okay. I didn't conceive
in November. All right. Whatever. So, tell me when
you found out
you were pregnant. DAYE:<i> When I found out
that I was pregnant, um,</i> <i>I went to go and take an MRI.</i> I was doing a brain study,
went to go and take an MRI. When I went
to go take the MRI, um, before you take it,
they have to give you
a pregnancy test 'cause it can affect
your pregnancy or whatever. So when I went to go
and take the pregnancy test, <i>they came back and they told me
that I was pregnant.</i> So, when I found out
about that, um, it took me to, um, actually get on my
first appointment
to figure out when my due date was,
and the timing,
and different stuff. So, once I did figure
that out, I told him. That's not true at all. First of all,
she didn't even tell me. She didn't even tell me
that she was pregnant. I had to find out through
an anonymous texter that... How did you find out
she was pregnant? HARRINGTON:
An anonymous texter, I swear. We got into a conversation.
I got the texts right here. JUDGE LAKE: Let me see those,
please, Jerome. Let me see the texts. These? Look. Let me see it. You making 'em up. You about to see. I swear to God,
why would I make something... Why would I
make that up? I don't know. I mean... You trippin' out. JUDGE LAKE:
So, you say you got a tip from
an anonymous texter. DAYE:
Anonymous text. A text comes through
to your phone and it says, "How your
baby momma pregnant "and her and your sister
hiding it from you? "It might be Guy1 baby though." (AUDIENCE EXCLAIMS) <i> You write back,</i> <i> "Who is this?</i> <i> "So you just an
anonymous tipper, huh?"</i> HARRINGTON:<i> Yeah.</i> DAYE:<i> It's your baby.</i> HARRINGTON: Yeah,
that's exactly
what I said. JUDGE LAKE: 'Cause you
questioned this at first. I was driving on
the way back from work. "Yup, can't tell you
who I am. "She won't tell me
nothing else <i> "and she was blanking Guy2."</i> <i> And then you
write back, "Word."</i> HARRINGTON:<i>
Yeah, I said, "Word."</i> That's how you found out
she was pregnant. HARRINGTON:
Yeah, that's exactly... Never mind Guy1 and Guy2. Yeah, that's how
I found out. Then I go, I asked my sister.
I called her. I was like, "So I heard you was
hiding the pregnancy."
She was like, "She didn't... "Cayla didn't
want me to tell you "and she was also
sending it to the daddy." And I'm like, "How, when
she ain't talking to me?" So, I try to call her, she not answering
the phone. He's tryna...
tryna flip it around. I don't answer
his call on a daily, on a regular basis. I don't answer the call. So... HARRINGTON:
Yes, she do ignore my calls. That's why she be trying
to hide my child from me too.
Come on. For him to say
that I was trying
to hide because I didn't pick up
the phone or something like that... But you never told me
you was pregnant though. I did tell you
I was pregnant. No, you didn't. You told...
I found out in January. I found out
in January too. That's when
I went to go... No, you didn't... You Honor... HARRINGTON:
Lord have mercy. I found out... When I found out
that I was pregnant, So all them missed periods,
and you... It was in January. All them missed periods,
and you... Okay. When I went to go
and do my MRI... You already got
two other kids. ...for my brain study... So, when I found out, I was already
four months pregnant. So, at the time you found out
you were pregnant, you all weren't together? No. We were not together. JUDGE LAKE: And so, did you
immediately call him, or did you tell his sister
and neither one
of you all told him, and the anonymous tipper
had to tell him? Um, I probably told
his sister before I told him. You probably what? But even if it was something
that I did not tell him, it was only a week,
probably like
a week's span of time. HARRINGTON:
You know how you sound, right? And... How do I sound? Like somebody
telling the truth? Like you trying to cover up... Uh, like what
you do all the time. But the guy... Work around a lot. The guy who... You working around
a lot right now. ...sent the message... HARRINGTON:
You lying. Trying to keep a man. Oh, so what're you
lying about? I don't lie This not being
your baby, right? It ain't my baby. If you want more episodes
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the notification bell. The tip was true that
you were pregnant, but you're saying there was
no Guy1 and Guy2? No. It wasn't. There is... Lie number one
and lie number two. There is a Guy1
and a Guy2, but not a Guy1 and Guy2
potentially to be
my child's father. JUDGE LAKE: But you believe
you were pregnant before you started
talking to these guys? DAYE: I know I
was pregnant before then. JUDGE LAKE: I wanna go
to the birth of Nalani. And I want to understand,
once he finds out
you're pregnant... DAYE: Mmm-hmm. ...are you supportive
of this pregnancy,
Mr. Harrington? Are you at the
doctor's appointments? Do you come
for the birth? Yes, I was there for the birth
because I was saying to myself, "Okay, if I am
a possible father, "I don't want to have
missed the birth." So, I was keeping it
real with myself. All right. I was being real
with myself. Uh... Okay. Wrong! JUDGE LAKE: All right. 'Cause he told me that he
just wanted to make sure that I knew that he
was gonna always be there. I am always gonna
be there for my child. But you can't be pinnin'... You know what I'm sayin',
you tryin' to pin
this child on me. So, you showed up
for the birth, you showed up for
the birth as the daddy? No. I didn't even sign
the birth certificate. How? You didn't sign
the birth certificate but you wanted to give her
your last name? If it's mine. If it's mine. How? How? I said, "If you're sure
this is my child,
give her my last name." No, you did not. I did say that. You said, "Are you gonna give
her my last name?" You weren't there! So, hold on.
Let's get some order. So, Ms. Daye, I wanna
understand this. You believe he accepted
the baby at the hospital. He did. No, I did not. He accepted the baby. JUDGE LAKE:
He never expressed anything to you, that this is not my baby? DAYE: No, ma'am. JUDGE LAKE: Got it. You have a witness.
I'd like to hear from her. Ma'am, please stand. (HARRINGTON MUTTERS) Step to the podium.
State your name for the court. Ebony Hall. Ms. Hall, what relationship
are you to Ms. Daye? I'm her sister.
Her older sister. Her older sister.
And what do you know about the birth of Nalani
that would indicate, since you are her witness... Nothing. ...that Mr. Harrington
is Nalani's biological father? Because when he came
to the house with her, he asked her not
to be named Nalani. <i> He wanted her
to be named Naya.</i> JUDGE LAKE:<i> Oh.</i> HARRINGTON:<i> They just
trying to make this...</i> HALL:<i> He don't want
to admit nothing,</i> because his girlfriend
told him that if he's the father
to this baby, that he would have to...
They would break up. They actually did.
They broke up. And he don't wanna
go home to his mama. We didn't break up. I'm still here.
I'm still there. (OVERLAPPING ARGUMENTS) I'm still here. But she don't
even know them. JUDGE LAKE: Hold on. What you're saying
is you believe this is
an entire concocted story because he doesn't want
to break up
with his now girlfriend. Now girlfriend,
and go back home to his mother's house. They don't understand. Because he
don't have no job. When he get with a girl,
he moves in with the girl. And so, thank you
for your testimony.
You can have a seat. Mr. Harrington. They're saying you're denying this baby
because you have
a new girlfriend. What is your doubt? I wasn't even
finished in her, Your Honor. I wasn't finished. We was doing...
We was doing... (AUDIENCE EXCLAIMS) I was like a chauffeur.
I was in and out,
you know what I'm saying. So, that's the reason why. (LAUGHING) You didn't complete
the sexual act... I didn't. ...so you don't feel like you could've
impregnated her. HARRINGTON: And I'ma
tell you because
the conception date... So you're saying
her conception date is wrong. It isn't right because I went to only one of her appointments
or whatever. JUDGE LAKE: Right. And the doctor said,
"Yeah, August 3rd, 2018
was her due date." And then we see
when she conceived it, 'cause I know they got
the little calculators online. Understood. HARRINGTON: Can I please
step to the monitor real quick? Oh, you brought
an exhibit. Yep. Step over to it. You gonna start showing
where your ears look alike? (SINGS INDISTINCTLY) Your hair look alike. I put in August 3rd, 2018
as the due date. I hit the... So, wait a minute. How did you even get
what the due date was? You heard it
at the appointment? Yes. So the doctor said it. The doctor said that. All right. So you put that
into a conception calculator. Yeah. And I hit "generate." HARRINGTON:<i> And November 10th.</i> How are gonna have
a baby in November when I left in the middle
of October? And in the previous testimony, Ms. Daye, you did admit
that you weren't intimate
with other guys until November, because you were with him
September, October. Yes, ma'am, I wish
that I had the messages, 'cause I went back
to look at it. I didn't even chill
with nobody until November the 15th. That... Hold on.
"Chill" and "have sex." Does "chill" mean
"have sex, on November 15th"? No, no, no, it doesn't. Because I wasn't
messing around, I didn't mess around
on that day that I did
hang out with my friend. HARRINGTON:
How you know you don't... Are you... Because I know what I do. HARRINGTON: Okay. But, earlier
in your testimony, you indicated you
had conceived in September. Yes. September or October. 'Cause you were four months
when you found out in January. Right. JUDGE LAKE: That would put
you in September. But with this
conception calculator, what Mr. Harrington says is true in the sense that
if the due date was the 3rd... DAYE: Mm-hmm. ...your conception date window <i>would be around
that second week of November.</i> DAYE:<i> But when you
look at stuff like that,</i> they don't put up in there
that you're actually
pregnant for 40 weeks. They don't
calculate like that. HARRINGTON: Yes, they do. No, they don't. The bottom line is this, the doctor, they project. Right. JUDGE LAKE: We do understand that no one can calculate biology... DAYE: Right. ...because that's why
they give us a window... Right. Right. ...of conception. So, when was Nalani
actually born? DAYE:<i> She was born
on the 24th of July.</i> All right, so that is even... That's only just
a little over a week early... DAYE: Mmm-hmm. ...than what the projected
due date would have been. Right.
And even in October, I was still living
with him in October. Which makes this
even more complicated, because you said you all
were still being
intimate in October, that's when Mr. Harrington even admitted that
that was during the time when he was still
completing the sexual act... HARRINGTON: No,
I wasn't completing
in October. DAYE: You wasn't? I wasn't. DAYE: You wasn't? I wasn't. You wasn't? I... I know when... DAYE: Are you serious? I know... No, you
obviously don't. JUDGE LAKE: Mr. Harrington,
you can step back over
to the podium. How you gonna tell? How you
gonna tell me that I was... No, you don't... Because I know. I was the one
who ended up pregnant
from your actions. Okay. JUDGE LAKE: Look, even when
we calculate the weeks, there is never
an opportunity, even for doctors... HARRINGTON: Okay. ...to understand
this completely. 'Cause the truth is,
it is hard to calculate since you all were
having sex one month, and then the next month,
you're broken up. You've moved on. That's a window of time
that leads us straight
to this courtroom. This is what we do. Mm-hmm. Exactly. This is why
we do it. So, the stakes are high
because you have
another child together. HARRINGTON: Yeah. JUDGE LAKE:<i>
Nalani's one month.</i> HARRINGTON:<i> Look at E
hold her, okay.</i> So, what're your hopes? HARRINGTON: I hope to just
get to the truth. 'Cause, if it's my child, I'ma step up,
'cause that's what I do, and if it ain't mine,
I'm just gonna move on. I just wanna be
in my child's life. All right. And your
hopes, Ms. Daye? I just hope
to get the truth. I hope he not the father. 'Cause the way he acting. HARRINGTON: Really? I don't...
how do you deny
and deny and deny? And you're denying
for these girlfriends. Hold on. I wanna be clear
about your hope. DAYE: My hope... So now you hope
he's not the father after you said
he was the father all day? DAYE: I know
he is the father. So, let's just be honest
before we open this envelope. Could it come back
some other way? No. It cannot. I know that it's only... Could be only
one other person... HARRINGTON: You don't know?
You don't know? DAYE: No, I didn't... Fascinating testimony,
Ms. Daye. We've been waiting
all day for this. Your Honor, no. No, I'm... I think people
are getting confused
with what I'm trying to say. I'ma let that testimony
speak for itself. (AUDIENCE LAUGHS) So, the real truth
ultimately is that you are here
'cause you belong here. DAYE: Right. Let's get the results. (AUDIENCE APPLAUDING) We get it.
We get it now. These results
were prepared
by DNA Diagnostics and they read as follows. In the case of <i> Harrington v. Daye,</i> when it comes to one-month-old Nalani Daye, it has been determined
by this Court, Mr. Harrington, you are not the father. Told you! DAYE: What? Told you, bruh. DAYE:
Are you serious? Told you. Can I Milly Rock? JUDGE LAKE: No. No, you can't. HARRINGTON:
Sorry. My bad. No, you can't. You know why? 'Cause you have
another child with her, so you're not gonna
clown in here... Okay. ...because that's acting a fool
and that's what I don't do. But, I told her.
I told her this. JUDGE LAKE: You need to... You need to Milly Rock yourself
to the drug store
and get some condoms. Oh, I am. I... JUDGE LAKE: Hold on. HARRINGTON: I'm... JUDGE LAKE:
So don't start clowning. All of you men
running around here telling me,
"I'm a chauffeur.
I'm a chauffeur." Yeah, you are.
You driving yourself right
to<i> Paternity Court.</i> If you think... I did. JUDGE LAKE: Now, hold on! No, if you think, because, just because
you don't "finish," that you can't
get a girl pregnant. Just this time, it wasn't you. But if you keep it up, it will be you
with another woman. You have got
to understand that. Yeah. JUDGE LAKE: Now, moving on,
Ms. Daye, you were so certain... DAYE: Right. You said you
was the Virgin Mary. DAYE: Right. And I did not see you
come down from the heavens and land there
at that podium. DAYE: Mmm-hmm. So, you still are
Cayla Daye. Right. So, now we're here.
We got the answer. Do you know
who Nalani's father is? 'Cause that's
my real question. If it... JUDGE LAKE: Do you know
who Nalani's father is? Yes, ma'am. JUDGE LAKE: Okay. 'Cause, at the end
of the day, this is
a beautiful little girl. She deserves her daddy. DAYE: Yes. It's all out now.
We ain't got to lie about it. We ain't got to act
like it didn't happen. It happened
because she's here. <i> You gotta get
outside of yourself now.</i> You gotta be the mother
that you need to be. Right. It's gotta be
no shame in your game and you gotta
be like Guy1, Guy2. And I don't care if it's Guy22, you gotta figure out
who your baby's father is. She deserves it. We have counseling
and resources for you. I wish you the very best.
Court is adjourned. JEROME: Take a seat
right here. Wow.
