Please be seated. Hello, Your Honor. Hello. This is the case of<i>
Brown v. Brown.</i> Thank you, Jerome. You're welcome. Good day, everyone. Miss Brown, you claim
that after 21 years,
you were stunned when in a heated argument,
your sister blurted out that the man you believed
was your dad, might not be
your biological father? Yes, Your Honor. Now, you say your mother
then admitted your sister's
angry statement was true. Yes, Your Honor. Now, Mr. Brown,
you say Miss Brown's
mother cheated on you throughout
your relationship and you even once found
a naked man hiding
in her bedroom closet? Yes, Your Honor. You blame her for
your daughter's current
pain and confusion? Yes, I do, Your Honor. So, now, Miss Brown... Please tell the court how did
all this confusion surrounding
your paternity begin. All my life
I always thought
Mr. Brown was my father. But what really
triggered me off was on my 21st birthday,
when I made 21, my daddy called Andrea
and said, "Look, tell Olivia
'Happy birthday,' "I'm sending
her some money." She comes to me,
"Why's my daddy
sending you some money? "That's not your daddy." But, also growing up,
as a child I had to deal with the rumors
and the jokes
from our family, even my own brothers
and sisters. Mr. Brown, what do you
have to say about this? When Olivia came
into this world,
they handed her to me. And for all of her life,
I am her father. And I told her mamma,
"You need to sit her down
and talk with her "and try to work
on this here, in fact,
and let her know the truth." If it's not, you know.
We had our problems,
I know we fought. We had ups and downs
with our arguments
and beak-ups. But, I loved Angel
and I loved the kids. And I stuck in there
because I love my kids. (AUDIENCE APPLAUDING) So, Miss Brown, tell me
about these rumors and how
you heard these stories. I would go by
my cousin's or my auntie's
and they would always say, "Oh, well, that's not
your daddy. You don't
look nothing like him. "You're red and he's dark."
That's what really hurt me. So I went to my mama,
and I'm like, "Okay, Mom,
what's going on? "I need to know the truth.
Is my daddy,
my biological father?" "Oh, well, um, I don't know.
'Cause I was with
two different men. "I was with your daddy
and another man
at the same time." Nah. But I don't personally... JUDGE LAKE: All right,
I wanna hear from your mother. Ma'am, please,
step up to the podium. It was more
than two men. Thank you for joining us. Did you tell your daughter
that there were two possible
men that could be her father? ANGEL: Yes, Your Honor. What happened,
me and my other spouse
I had before him was together
for seven years. And then after that,
I got with him, but I was seeing
both of them after that. MR. BROWN: I didn't know that.
See, I didn't know that. Yeah, you did. No, I didn't.
I didn't know that. Yeah, you did. JUDGE LAKE:
The bottom line is,
Miss McIntyre, there was a time when
you were seeing both men... At the same time. MR. BROWN: You told me
you broke up with him. After I got pregnant
with Olivia, I left
my other spouse alone, and I end up with him.
A couple years later,
I got pregnant with Andrea. JUDGE LAKE: At what point did
you decide or did you realize that Olivia, your daughter,
may not be Mr. Brown's
daughter? After I had Olivia,
Your Honor, Olivia's complexion
started changing. That's what made me think
she wasn't from him, but deep down in my heart,
Your Honor, I say he is her father. I am. When I got with Mr. Brown,
my other spouse I was with,
Your Honor, seven... Seven years... It took me seven years before
I got pregnant with her and I didn't get pregnant
until me and him got together. So, in your mind,
you say to yourself, "I've been with this man
seven years, I have never
gotten pregnant. "Then I ended up
seeing Mr. Brown, starting
a relationship with him, "next thing you know
I'm pregnant, "this baby has to
be Mr. Brown's." This is what
you initially thought? Yes, Your Honor. And it wasn't until
she started growing up
and her features changed and you started feeling
like she didn't look much
like her father... You look like your mama.
She's got her mama's
features. To me... JUDGE LAKE: ...that maybe
she could potentially be
your previous spouse's child? Yes, Your Honor. JUDGE LAKE: Now, Mr. Brown.
Please go ahead. When I met Angel, we met
and a lot of things changed. She said it was just
one guy, you know. When I met her,
she was outside the club kissing this dude
when I walked in the club. That's the guy that she says
is the baby's daddy. My daughter's daddy. And me and my sister
then was there for
the Halloween party. When I left,
I left with her. I went to her house with her.
And I stayed there that night and a couple of nights
after that. It was all good. Okay, so you're saying you had a sexual relationship
that wasn't committed... Yes, we had... And I cared about Angel.
I knew Angel
since I was a kid. JUDGE LAKE: Okay. She and I
knew each other. Me and her brother
were best friends.
We grew up together. When she told me
she was pregnant, and she said Olivia was mine,
I believed that in my heart. But after she was born,
you also say you remember
those rumors. I told her aunties,
all of them, cousins, "y'all need
to stop saying that
to that girl." And I been telling them that,
but that girl was six, seven,
eight years old. I always say,
"Don't say that to her,
leave her alone! "That's my baby,
you leave her alone!" Then her and her
get into it, and I told Angel,
"You need to sit down
and talk with that girl. "If you feel she's not mine,
you need to tell her the truth
and come clean." I told Angel I wanted
a DNA test a few times
and you told me... ANGEL: You know why... Wait a minute. What did you tell me? You said, too,
she wasn't your daughter when me and you
had our argument. What did you say?
"If you get a DNA test "and it'd come back negative
or positive, you would
never see her again." So I said,
"Don't worry about it." No, I never
told you that. Yeah, you did. You's a liar! Another lie.
Another lie. Let's get some order. Tell me this,
did you sleep
with my brother? (AUDIENCE EXCLAIMING) MR. BROWN:
Answer that for me! (SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY) Did you... Did you sleep
with my brother? I slept with your brother,
say it if you want.
Go there. Why do you always try
to push your brother
on me, huh? Let's get some order!
Let's get some order. He dead and gone,
he can't stand up
for himself. If he was here,
he would tell the truth. I went to the house, I said,
"Bro, what's going on
with you and Angel?" When I was in Vegas,
go to work, I come home from work,
working my job at night, I came home to you and him
sittin' in the kitchen. He got on my robe,
you got on his robe,
he holdin' Andrea... You're a liar! And I'm like, "What in
the hell going on here?" You're a liar!
Don't even go there! Tell the truth, man! That's why we here today.
That's why we here today... Why do you always try
to throw your brother
on me? Because me and my brother
stopped talking
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the notification bell. Mr. Brown? Yes, Ma'am.
Yes, Your Honor. You feel
like Miss McIntyre was basically
sleeping with other men
in addition to you? Was. Not think. Was. All right. So, that's your contention. I caught that load
in the closet,
in the house, man. Naked dude. You know, when
I came by the house. Who was in the closet? The guy that she said
is supposed to be
Olivia's father. I went over,
me and some of my friends
went out drinking. I said, "Look,
don't take me by my mom, "'cause she be
trippin' about me
coming in late." I was old enough,
but I was staying
with my mother. JUDGE LAKE: Okay. So, I said,
"Drop me off by Angel." He took me there,
I knocked at the door, she opened the door
and the lights was low,
the music down, and I'm like, "This is the way
the house be when me
and you here kickin' it." You know what I mean?
I'm like, "Man,
what's going on?" She, "I don't know,
what you mean,
ain't got nothing going on." I say,
"Man, what's going on?" So I walk through
the whole house. And I walk through
all the rooms and
I got to that last room and I'm like,
"Man, something going on." I open the closet,
dude's standing there. "Uh." I said, "Bro, you can go,
me and her first." We argued and she... I left, we got back together,
that's how much
I love this woman. He lies. He lies. We got back together. We got back together.
Even through that. Her sleeping
with my brother,
I still got back with her. You know why?
I love them. And I wanted this to work.
No matter what it took. This is what I want. JUDGE LAKE: So hold on. What happens when
you ask your mother? Every time I come to ask
my mama anything, oh, she brush it off,
"Oh, don't come
questioning me." Another reason
why I doubt it,
is because of my name. When I ask my mama where
my name come from,
'cause it's so odd, nobody have Olivia. She always tells me,
"Well, um, that was your... "your daddy mama,
stepmother name." The man that's a possibility,
his mama name is Olivia. You want to know,
is he your biological father? Yes, I want to know. Because I'm tired
of people laughing
and saying it. I'm tired of my own sister
telling me, "Oh, well,
that's not your daddy. "That's my daddy" He's not! He is not! Ma'am, please step up
to the podium. He's not your daddy.
This is my daddy. He doesn't even
look like you. (INDISTINCT YELLING) Hold on.
Let's get some order. Hold on one second.
Wait, wait, wait. Jerome, stand between
the two podiums, please. So we can
respect each other.
Thank you. Now, Miss Brown. You are the person
that told your sister
that he wasn't her father? Yes, Your Honor. Now, how is it
that you know that? Your Honor,
I'm not sure... Let me tell you
something about Andrea... ...but you can look
at both of us. Look at me and my father,
we look just alike. Andrea is bum. Andrea is a hater. Andrea is
jealous of me. We look just alike. Hater? I'm not jealous
of you, neither. Miss Brown,
you gotta let her talk. You're a hater.
You're a hater. You gotta let her speak! Miss Brown, no.
So the point is, is you don't
know it for certain. You are going off
of the physical appearance. You don't believe that
you share the same father. Your Honor,
I am not a DNA tester,
I am not a computer. I cannot tell. But you can look
at a person... If you look
at me and my father, we look exactly alike. And then you look at
my brother and my sister, on my father's side,
we all look just alike. She don't look
like any of us. She swears that
she look like one of
my aunts on my dad's side. You don't look
like my aunt. Did you also hear, growing up,
the family rumors, the things
that your sister... My grandmother said it
all the time. Like, "Andre,
that's not your child. "No, it's not your child!" My mama said that.
My mother said it. "It is not your child." We barely even see... My father himself said
he has his doubts. You get the fact
your father admits,
in open court, that he signed
the birth certificate. Yep. Yes, I did. JUDGE LAKE: And that
he regards and accepts and loves your sister
as his daughter.
You know that, right? Yes. And I tell her.
I tell her! She jealous. JUDGE LAKE: She has
his last name and you're saying you don't
have any biological proof. You're just going off
of appearances and rumors? Mmm-hmm. But you do state
that you've heard
your father express doubt about
her paternity? Yes, Your Honor. Please share that
with me. My father and I were
in an argument, and he said himself, he was like,
"Well, your mom,
she's a ho." Or whatever like that. JUDGE LAKE: Oh,
let's speak respectfully. ANDREA:
I'm sorry, ma'am. But he's like, "Oh, well,
this and that about your mom, "and I know that Olivia
may not be my child."
Or whatever like that. "But that's still
my daughter. I love her." That's right. But, no!
She's using you.
I'm your daughter, and she needs to
find her own daddy
and claim him. Because my dad
is my dad... Just like you do, my mama. Only time she talks to you
is when she wants something. I don't have to talk
to my daddy every day. She's not calling you,
she don't have your number. In order for you
to get in touch with her,
you gotta go through me. I got a job. I got a job. When she wants
something from you, that's when
she's calling you. "Oh, well, Dad,
can I get this,
can I get that?" And when you say
you don't got it, "Oh, well, all right, Daddy,
I'ma talk to you later." And she just hang up
in your face, no "bye,"
no "I love you," no nothing. I reach out, I come to
your house to visit you.
What do she do? "Oh, I don't want
to go out there.
That's a long trip. "I don't feel like being
'round these people, "I don't wanna be
around that people." She don't even claim
my other brother and sister
that my dad have. "Oh, that's not my family,
I don't know them." And my brother
has two kids, "But that's not my nieces.
I don't know them." "That's not my family." JUDGE LAKE: All right.
Now, hold on. I hear you.
And I see how emotional
this is making you. You're upset,
because what
you feel like is, your sister
is claiming your father when it's convenient
for her. ANDREA: Yes ma'am. When she wants something.
But you don't feel like, the love
that your father gives to her
is reciprocated by her. Not at all. No, Your Honor. You don't feel like
she gives it back to him. That makes you angry. Very. Okay. I appreciate
your testimony,
you may be seated. Is it true
that you do not
accept your father, Mr. Brown's other children,
the other parts of his family? First of all, Your Honor,
I don't know them people. They don't call me. Only person I know
is my sister,
on my daddy's side. And she don't even
look like him.
So how Andrea... She mixed!
Her mama's Caucasian. It don't matter. She looks like me! No, she don't. That girl don't
look nothing like you. All right. So, Miss Brown,
the bottom line is, you don't
have a relationship with a lot of the people
on the side of... I don't have a relationship
with them 'cause I'm not
a big phone person,
Your Honor. And, I have a job. I don't have to
pick up the phone to call my daddy every time
I need something. I know how to go work,
and find a job. Andrea is a bum. She a hater
and she jealous of me. I'm not a bum, neither. She got a job! When I talk to my daddy,
it is not for money. My daddy know I don't talk
to him every day 'cause
I be working, I be busy. I don't have time, I don't
sit around on the phone,
texting all day. I go to work. Okay. There was a point,
Miss McIntyre, where you also
were very emotional when your daughter
was speaking. Do you feel like you regret
that your daughter isn't
as close with the man that you raised her to
think her father was?
What was that emotion about? They're sisters. And they shouldn't
get along like that. That's right. You know, they should
love each other. 'Cause I didn't raise
my children like that. You don't be saying,
knocking your sister. All right. So your point is,
is regardless
of the paternity issue, you want your girls
to be sisters
and to act as such. Yes, Your Honor. I think that's fair. Well, you know what,
everyone, this has been very emotional
and challenging
for all of you. I think it's time
for the results. (AUDIENCE APPLAUDING) Jerome. Your Honor, can I say
that no matter
what the results are, I want the court to know
that I love my child and I'm not
giving up on her
for nothing. I'ma be the man
that's been in her life for
these 21 years till she die. (AUDIENCE APPLAUDING) I just want her
to be happy. Jerome. That's it. I think you all have waited
long enough. Yes, we have. Yes. These results were prepared
by DNA diagnostics
and they read as follows. As it relates
to the paternity of
Miss Olivia Brown... Mr. Brown... is... Not your father. Oh! I'm sorry, baby.
I'm sorry. (SOBBING) It don't matter. It don't matter, baby.
It don't matter, mama,
listen to me. Hey!
It doesn't matter, baby. Baby,
your mama's sorry. Baby, I'm sorry. Baby, listen to me.
I love you, mama. It don't matter.
Please. No, but that means
it's okay for them
to talk to me stupid! But you needed to stop that.
I been told you
to talk to them. And I told you to stop them
from doing that to that girl. Yeah, I told that to them. (SNIFFLING) And you need to
get along with your sister,
for real. Y'all got to work it out,
Andrea. She don't worry about it. She happy.
That's what she wanted. I'm sorry, Drea. You know what?
That's our fault.
We done this. We did this. We did. I'm sorry. Being young and stupid.
Do you know what?
Do you know what? That's the only one
hurting right now. Her pain is the only thing
that I gotta worry about. And that's the one
that needs our attention. It ain't about
you and me no more. You need to console her,
and if she don't want it,
guess what? You got me.
This shoulder always there.
I'ma still be your dad. I'ma still love you.
I'ma help you. If you need something,
come on to me. It's okay.
I still love you. MR. BROWN: Don't you
say that to her no more,
you hear? For real. Don't do that. You all sisters, and I want you all
to be together. You got to come over Daddy's,
we gonna talk. Ah, Daddy,
you messin' up
my makeup. Oh, stop it.
You still beautiful. I'm sorry I couldn't deliver
the news you wanted. But I am happy
that I could
give you the truth. Thank you. Going forward, I'm hoping
that maybe you all can come together
as a family unit and walk through
this situation together. You have people who love you
and who support you and I know
you can do it, okay? Okay. I wish you all
the best of luck and stick together. Court is adjourned. (AUDIENCE APPLAUDING) I'm still gonna try
to find out
who is my father and I think we should
just grow stronger
and get closer and spend
more time together,
and learn how to get along instead of every time
we get in the room, there's all the bickering,
going back to the past. Just move forward,
and just get strong.
