Mr. Milner, you claim
the defendant Ms. Heath
deceived you into believing that you fathered her
three-month-old son, Zecharrio Milner Jr. Yes, Your Honor. You say, you love her son, and would be devastated to find
out that you've been loving
another man's child, <i>which is why, you have
petitioned the court
to order a paternity test.</i> Is that correct? Yes, Your Honor. Ms. Heath, you admit there
was another man. But claim Mr. Milner signed
the birth certificate
acknowledging paternity and therefore there's no reason
for a test to be ordered. The court must determine if
there is enough evidence
to warrant ordering a paternity test. So, Mr. Milner, why do you
believe Ms. Heath has been
deceiving you this entire time? I feel like she been deceiving
me, because when I first met
her, I told her straight up,
what I want. And that is I want a family,
I want to be a family man. I'm done running the streets.
I'm really tired of that. And I feel like as soon as
I said that a light came up
above her head, like, bing, I got me a duff,
you hear me? I finna gonna pluck this man
for whatever I can. And that's why I'm here,
I really need this test. Oh, you thought like,
like a light came
on like, I can use him up. I got one...
I can tell anything to. Yeah and get away with
it, yeah. Your Honor,
that wasn't the case. Um, when I met Mr. Milner,
yes he did say he wanted
a family, of course, I wanted the same
thing, I have other children,
you know. This was not a part
of the plan, you know
I didn't just... Man. Just see him and was like
"Oh I got somebody "that's gonna sit here and do
the family things
and take care of my kids." So, Mr. Milner, I want to
understand this,
why do you have doubt? After everything that happened,
we got ourselves an apartment. She sitting there, we watching
TV, her head is in my lap. Me and her is talking real
well, next thing I know, she
just bust out the tears. I mean, she goes straight
to crying. I don't know if the baby
yours or not. (IMITATES CRYING) That's not true, Your Honor.
That's not true, Your Honor. So, I'm lying. He doesn't have it correct. JUDGE LAKE:
Okay, how do you see it? How I don't have it correct? Um, I kept trying to make sure
with the doctor that I have the
conception dates right. Um, when the date
got moved back. I was like, maybe you know,
in my head, I was like maybe it could be
another, uh, the other
gentleman. JUDGE LAKE: I thought you all
were in
a committed relationship. It happened prior
to Mr. Milner, that's why
I don't understand it. I understand his doubt, but I
don't understand
the fuel to his fire as like I cheated on him.
I did not. Oh, so you're saying, it could
be another guy, before him? Prior to him. So I went ahead
and told him, 'cause
I've never lied to Mr. Milner. I was honest with him
from day one,
about any and everything. What am I lying about? (STAMMERS) I'm sorry.
I'm sorry. The gentleman that he always
claims has nothing to do with
the matter, like it's always something
about me, but I'm always
catching stuff on him. Lemans Mebane works
for this court, and Ms. Mebane, in the process
of taking the statement
from Ms. Heath, it's in the record that you
heard her say testimony that differs than what she is
presenting in court today. Yes, Your Honor. What did she tell you about
her relationship
with the other man? She told me that sometimes
they used condoms,
and sometimes they did not. (AUDIENCE EXCLAIMS) Your Honor, I have a situation
to where I cannot just
not use condoms. So, I have condoms on
the whole time. Ms. Mebane, when you took that
statement, you asked her simply, did she
use condoms the entire time? Correct. She said "sometimes
and sometimes not." Correct. She said "sometimes, we did,
and sometimes, we did not."
Exactly. Thank you very much. MEBANE: You're welcome. So, Ms. Heath, did you ever
tell the other man that he
could be the biological father? No, ma'am, when I called him,
I strictly asked him
about the condom. Period. Point blank.
He was like, "no, you made sure
that I used condoms." (STAMMERS) We stopped messing
around before this,
all of this transpired and he said,
that nothing happened
with the condom. So, I was like, I won't contact
you, I won't say anything
to you. The other gentleman
is married, ma'am. Yes, he's married, (AUDIENCE EXCLAIMING) And I didn't know.
Yeah, he's married. Married? Your Honor, while I was
messing with this gentleman, I was not aware that
he was married until my relative came to me
after I had already started
a relationship, "relationship" because we never
treated it as such. She said, well, you know,
he still messing
with his wife. I was like, "Well, why you
didn't tell me this, prior," 'cause I don't mess
with married men. That is not my cup of tea. Is it that you don't believe... this... married man could've been
Zecharrio's biological father, <i> or is that you didn't want
him to be?</i> Both. JUDGE LAKE:
Because he was married. It was both, Your Honor,
because that man,
he had too much going on. So, can you tell me with
one hundred percent certainty, one hundred percent, that you know Mr. Milner
is your child's biological
father? With time, Your Honor,
I can't. (STAMMERS) I cannot be sure
on anything and I have
to be honest with myself. And I've been honest
with Mr. Milner. I don't know for sure,
I can't be for sure, that's why I need this test
today, because you know, even though, he say he'll
be there for him, every time we get into
an argument, it's like,
well, I don't. "He's not mine, it's an ex.
He's this, he's that." And I'm tired of hearing it,
I am. In the case of<i>
Milner Sr. v. Heath,</i> When it comes to
three-month-old,
Zecharrio Milner Jr. it has been determined
by this court, Mr. Milner, you... are the father. Hey! Yeah! (SMOOCHES) (GIGGLES) Yeah. Oh, wow, I haven't seen you
smile like this, Mr. Milner. I feel good, feel great. (LAUGHS) How does it feel to finally
get the truth, Ms. Heath. It feels good, it's closure,
I can live my life
peacefully. And we can be happy
how we were. Mr. Fisher, you claim
you made the biggest mistake
of your life by signing
the birth certificate
for two-month-old Sophia. You say your fiancee
dropped a bomb on you
just one month ago, and admitted you may not
be her father. -Is that correct?
-Yes, Your Honor. Ms. Doyle, you admit
to making the biggest mistake
of your life by cheating on Mr. Fisher, but stand in court
hoping and praying he is Sophia's father.
Is that correct? -Yes, Your Honor.
-Mr. Fisher, you say today's results
mean everything to you. Explain. I love Britanny,
and I love Sophia
to death. They're my world, but she lied to me. <i> She kept the truth from me,
and it kills me.</i> <i> I hope I am
Sophia's father.</i> <i> I love her to death.
That's my baby.</i> -So, you say you love her.
-[Fisher] Yes, Your Honor. [breath quivering] And so, you decide
to settle down, and you had this
beautiful relationship. It felt perfect to you. It's everything.
Everything I've
ever wanted. And then, Ms. Doyle,
how do we end up here? What happened? Um, one of his
family members... I was on vacation with
one of his family members
in Florida, and another one of his
family members that he was
with at the time, had texted me
and he said, "Trey is cheating on you."
We call him Trey,
but this name is John. So, me, I was hurt. And so, I went
to be by myself
at the pool area, where I was at
at the time, and a guy walked up to me. And he was like,
"You look like you need
somebody to talk to you, do you want to go
to my camper and talk?" -So...
-[audience exclaiming] So, I go back
to his camper with him, and then we talked about it,
and then one thing
led to another, we were... He kissed me
and then we had sex. -Unprotected sex?
-Yes, Your Honor. [audience] Hmm. Did you ever find out if Mr. Fisher was actually
cheating at that time? Yes, Your Honor.
Me and him talked about it, and the family member
admitted that it was a lie, -that he did not cheat on me.
-[audience exclaims] So, the family member
sent a text and lied. -[Doyle] Yes, Your Honor.
-And you went and had
revenge sex? -[Doyle] Yes, Your Honor.
-And the whole time
it was a lie? Yes, Your Honor. And, Mr. Fisher,
as you stand here, I can see how difficult
it is to hear your fiancee describe the night she had sex
with another person. And you knew
nothing about this until after
Sophia was born? Yes, Your Honor. [audience exclaims] I felt guilty.
Like, it was inside of me saying, "Hey, I need
to tell him just so that he knows." Mr. Fisher, how do you
remember that night? We just had fun
all day that day. Just holding Sophia
and spending time with her. Just quality time. <i> And she started
looking at Sophia,</i> <i> and started crying,
and kept crying,</i> <i> and she told me
she cheated on me.</i> I tell her I love her, she is my world,
so is Sophia. But I shouldn't
have to stay and take care of
some other man's baby because that's what
a man is supposed to do. [applause] But I'll stay
and take care of her. Because I know she thinks
that I'm the father, and I'll still hold her
like she's mine. Have you prepared
yourself, Mr. Fisher? Have you said, "Let me prepare
myself either way. <i> Let me just think about
how I will behave,</i> <i> how I will
take my next step</i> if I'm not Sophia's
biological father?" I haven't really
thought about that
part yet, honestly. That's a beautiful,
amazing baby right there. That's my world. <i> She's what keeps me
going every day.</i> [audience]<i> Aw.</i> Before I go to the results, Ms. Doyle, is there anything
you'd like to say to Mr. Fisher? I'm sorry that it happened. And if she's yours,
then I hope that... Let me tell you this. You ain't gotta be
guilty about it no more. I know about it,
and I know you're sorry. Just don't hoard
on me no more. That's my baby
no matter what,
and you're my wife. I love you. When it comes
to two-month-old Sophia Fisher, it has been determined
by this Court, Mr. Fisher... You... Are the father. [Fisher] Oh, my God. [Doyle] Yay! [Fisher crying] -Thank you, God.
-[Judge Lake] Aw. You can stand there
with him if you like. How does it feel,
Mr. Fisher, to know that that is your
beautiful little baby girl? Well, I think we're
gonna be getting married -when we get back home.
-[Judge Lake] Aw. Mr. Cohen, you say
your wife brought
another man into your home and had sex with him
under your roof. -[audience exclaiming]
-Yes, Your Honor. You claim your trust
has been shattered and you're enduring
the ultimate betrayal of not knowing
whether or not
Kyrie is your son. Today's DNA results
will determine the fate
of your marriage,
is that correct? [Quari Cohen] Yes, Your Honor. So, Mrs. Cohen,
what is the current status
of your marriage? Um, right now
I'm trying to save
my marriage because we are
on the verge
of divorce. I want to prove to him
that he is the father
of our one-year-old son. He's my high school sweetheart,
we met in the 10th grade. We started dating,
we've been together for
seven years, married for three. And I just really want
to prove to him
and his family members that he is the father
of our one-year-old son. Mr. Cohen,
how did you find out your wife was cheating? In April, me and Jasmine,
we broke up, we said we was gonna be
done with each other for good. We were still living
under the same roof
in the same house. Going into May,
we began to have sex again,
all that good stuff. I went through
Jasmine's phone one day
after we got back together and her phone was locked,
she had a passcode on it. So, me, I had to get
in that phone. I said, "Okay, what can I do?" I used all Jasmine's
ten fingers, all her finger
to unlock her iPhone. How? She had a lock
on her phone
with her finger. Right. So, how did
you use her finger? She was asleep
at the time and I put the...
I put her finger
on the phone, and she continued
to stay asleep. [Judge Lake] Wow. All right. [Quari] Yeah, so... As I was
going through the phone, I decided to check messages,
I was checking phone logs, photos, everything. So, I was, like, "Oh,
my wife's not cheating no more.
We're about to be happy." I was about
to lock the phone. Right when I was
about to lock the phone, I opened up
the notes in her phone and I see my name
at the top. I was, like, "Let me
click on this note,
why is my name there?" I clicked on the note
and there was two other names
under my name. I instantly realized that was the people
Jasmine had been
intimate with because my name
was first which I took
Jasmine's virginity, and there was
another name under it, of a guy who I knew
she slept with while we... Like,
we was on a break,
this was when we was younger. But then there was
a third name, I knew
nothing of that name. So, me, I went straight
to Instagram, -typed in the name, and...
-You were busy. [audience laughing] And you were doing this all
in the middle of the night? It wasn't even
actually night.
It was daytime. -Oh, all right.
-Yeah. -Go ahead, Inspector Gadget.
I'm, I'm...
-[audience laughing] So then you go to Instagram
and what happened? I went to Instagram,
I typed in the guy's name, and his name
popped up first, so I clicked
on that picture, and it was the guy. -I went in his DMs--
-How do you know
it was the guy? I actually... I went
into his DMs and I was, like,
"You're havin'
a baby, sir." And he replied
back to me, acting like he knew
exactly who I was. He was, like, "No, I only
slept with her one time. That's not my child. She told me nothin'
about her being pregnant
or anything." Then he blocked me
so there was no... To be fair,
I was already pregnant
when I slept with him. In the case of<i>
Cohen v. Cohen,</i> when it comes to fifteen-month-old
Kyrie Cohen, it has been determined
by this Court, Mr. Cohen, you... are the father. [Jasmine] I told you. [Quari] Oh, my God.
I'm so happy. I owe you an apology.
Be quiet. You can stand
with your wife, you can
stand with your husband. [audience] Aw! You initially appeared
in<i> Couple's Court</i>
due to cheating allegations, but this case was referred
to me by the Cutlers due to paternity doubts. JUDGE LAKE: Mr. Jones... Yes. You claim that after 48 years
of trying to become a father, your dream became a reality, but that initial excitement
turned into a nightmare as your wife admitted
that she had been unfaithful. You now believe
four-year-old Tymari
is not your biological child, but will be crushed if the
DNA results are negative. Is that correct? Yes, Your Honor. JUDGE LAKE: Mrs. Jones,
you state you did cheat
on your husband, but claim that you are certain
that Tymari is his daughter. You say today's DNA results
will determine the future
of your marriage and family. Is that correct? Yes, Your Honor. JUDGE LAKE: Mr. Jones, tell me
what your household has been
like due to paternity denial. Your Honor, my household's
been upside down. I'm sleeping on the couch. Your Honor, I never said it,
but I always had
some type of doubt. Ever since I found out
she cheated, I always had a doubt. I never said... JUDGE LAKE:
And you haven't said anything. I never said nothing,
but I look at her, and I was trying to see me.
I'm trying to see me in her. JUDGE LAKE: And so you
stepped up... So you don't see you in her? TYRONE: Sometimes. (AUDIENCE SIGHS) KHMARI: This is new to me. 'Cause I thought that he knew, 'cause we... This is...
He never brought this up until a little while, like, (STAMMERS)
a couple of months ago. I mean, I've... JUDGE LAKE: That he didn't feel
Tymari was his child. Yes, yes. That's what I was under
the impression of. JUDGE LAKE: So, why do you
think you're here today? I'll argue with him
and I would say petty stuff. I mean, she cheated on me, I never thought, you know,
that I'd have a baby, but... So, you stepped up as a dad
to do the right thing. TYRONE: Yes. I did the right thing, yes. JUDGE LAKE: And for the past
four years, you've been there
for Tymari. TYRONE: I ain't leave yet. JUDGE LAKE: But the truth is,
as you look at this
beautiful baby, every day you're studying
her features... Right. ...going, "I don't see me." Right. Right. At 48, I had the baby, and it's like my world's
turned upside down. Every time we argue,
she say she ain't mine. (AUDIENCE GASPS) JUDGE LAKE: Oh, she tells you. TYRONE: Yeah. Are you telling him, Ms. Jones? All right. I'm gonna be
totally honest. Yes, I did tell him, but that was in
the heat of the moment. I did, you know,
mess up in the past around the time
of conceiving. And, we all are human,
we all make mistakes. I regret it. I'm very ashamed. Um, I'm embarrassed. But, it is a doubt
in my mind as well. But I really don't believe
that another man could just... I mean,
I know it takes one time.
Don't get me wrong. But I don't think that another
man just randomly can just
overpower my husband's sperm. It just can't happen. (AUDIENCE LAUGHING) I'm sorry. I, I... You find out
your wife is pregnant. And what goes
through your mind? TYRONE: I couldn't believe it. I didn't think I could have
a baby at that age. I was 48 years old. JUDGE LAKE: So, you didn't
think you could even produce
a baby at 48 years old. No, 'cause my lifestyle,
you know, I was... You know, I was in the streets,
hanging out,
doing a lot of things. And I thought,
maybe, you know... JUDGE LAKE: You even submitted
a chart to the court to outline why you believed you weren't this child's
biological father. (KHMARI SCOFFS) Wait. (LAUGHS) JUDGE LAKE: So, you have
a sexual timeline, where you basically say you
lost your virginity in 1981, and you've had 33 years
of an active sex life, and no one has
ever gotten pregnant, until 2014... Yes, Your Honor. ...which is your wife. Yes. That's a long time. (AUDIENCE LAUGHING) In those 33 years, Mr. Jones, you're saying, "I've never
impregnated anyone." Nobody never told me. And you've had multiple women. I've had multiple women. KHMARI: Your Honor. Having sex unprotected. Unprotected. Hi, Dr. Gater. Hi. JUDGE LAKE: Thank you so much
for being here today. We are here talking about
the paternity as it relates
to beautiful baby Tymari. And Mr. Jones has
expressed a real concern about his sperm count. And we need answers. So, we called upon you. DR. JAMEELAH: Okay. Can you talk to us about
what a semen analysis, sperm analysis does? What can you determine
from a test like that? So, a semen analysis
is typically used to look at a man's ability
to father a child. And it looks at key components
of health of sperm. And those would be
the number of sperm, the shape of the sperm,
and the motility, or the sperm's ability
to move. JUDGE LAKE: All right. DR. JAMEELAH: So,
in Mr. Jones' case, we did a semen analysis, and basically, on a normal
semen analysis, you expect to see about
20 million sperm
per milliliter, and you expect to see
normal shape,
and sperm that can move. In Mr. Jones' case, he had well under
one million sperm. And, in fact, when they looked
under the microscope, there were only three
motile sperm that were seen. (AUDIENCE EXCLAIM) Oh, my God. JUDGE LAKE: Three? DR. JAMEELAH: Three. So, for a 70-year-old man, let's say, you'd still would
expect to see
millions of sperm. So, that's much lower
than that. And even for someone
who's had a vasectomy, that's someone who, you know,
you'd expect to see no sperm. So his sperm count is actually
closer to someone
who had a vasectomy than even someone
who's 70 or 80 years old. JUDGE LAKE: So, Mr. Jones,
when you hear
the testimony from Dr. Gater, Does that further your doubt?
Does that... Yes. Yes, Your Honor. It does. So, the truth is this would be
a miracle, Dr. Gater... DR. JAMEELAH: Yes. ...if this baby was his biological child. DR. JAMEELAH: Yes. KHMARI: And God can
produce miracles. Please. God, please. DR. JAMEELAH: Yes. JUDGE LAKE: Yes, he can. DR. JAMEELAH: He can. Please, I pray. I pray. In the case of<i> Jones v. Jones,</i> when it comes to
four-year-old Tymari Jones, it has been determined
by this court, Mr. Jones... You... Are the father. (CHEERING AND SHOUTING) KHMARI: Yeah, baby! Can I hug him? Can I hug him? Hey. JUDGE LAKE: Yes. (CRYING) KHMARI: Thank you, Lord. JUDGE LAKE: That's awesome. KHMARI: Oh, God. Oh. Oh, my heart feels so good. JUDGE LAKE: You could stand
over there with your wife,
Spider-man. (ALL LAUGHING) Okay? She said it shot like a web. Oh, I'm so happy for you both. (TEARFULLY) Thank you. I'm so happy. You'll are gonna make me cry,
my lash falls off. Hold on. I'm so happy for you all. I'm happy myself. (ALL LAUGHING)
