Please be seated. Hello, Your Honor. Hello. This is the case of<i>
White v. White.</i> Thank you, Jerome. You're welcome. Good day, everyone. Ms. White, you claim your daughter's
low self-esteem and struggles with her weight
have led to promiscuity and questions of paternity. Ms. White, you admit
you are unsure who fathered your three-month old daughter
but say you blame your mother
for many of your problems. Now, both possible fathers
have been tested <i> and are waiting outside
of the courtroom.</i> So, Ms. White, when did you find out
about your daughter's
promiscuous behavior? Well, Your Honor,
it's been since she's been
12 or 13 years old. She create an anger
problem toward me. Uh, misbehaving in school. Uh, she used to have low
self-esteem, she said because
of her weight problem. I say she look
beautiful to me. But... And she questionable
about, you know, her weight. You know, it's not where
she wants to be. Well, she can do
something about that. You know, she can
go to the Y. So, Christy,
I have to ask you. Have you felt uncomfortable
regarding your weight? It's like everywhere you go,
you have to be a certain size, and, um, it's like sometimes
when I went to school, I wanted to wear
True Religion. Uh, Rock Republic.
I wanted to wear
stuff like that but, you know, I couldn't
fit into it. And, you know, as
my mom says, she offered
to take me to the Y, but when I went
up to the Y, I got teased on
up there and, uh, it was an incident where,
uh, you know, I went
in there to exercise, and boys were throwing
candy and water on me. (AUDIENCE MURMURS) I just felt like even though people could
tell you you're beautiful,
you know, but if I don't feel it,
I don't feel like
it's true. Is that why you started to sleep with young men, boys, to try to get that feeling of "I'm beautiful,
someone loves me,
I'm accepted?" Yes, Your Honor, I did.
Um, I just... I wanted someone to, you know,
Valentine's Day
I wanted a gift. I wanted to walk
in parks, I wanted all of that
and I never got it. So, you were dating
and sleeping with more than one guy... Yes, Your Honor, I was. ...at the same time? Yes. And, Mom, you've been
very concerned? Yes, because my daughter,
she's finding love in
all the wrong places. I'll wake you up... (AUDIENCE APPLAUDS) She want to feel love,
she wants boyfriends, but you don't find them
like that going on craigslist. MocoSpace. You know,
you jeopardizing
your life, you getting into cars
at nighttime sitting
in a strange car with people I've never
seen before. All right, so at some point, you found out
you were pregnant. Yes, Your Honor. Tell me what
happened. I was going to
my friend's house,
um, you know, I felt as though she was
my real friend, she had my best
interest in mind. So, I was going out
with one guy and, you know, if she
didn't feel like he
was good enough, she would introduce me
to another guy. And you know, if he
wasn't good enough,
it was another guy. So, you know, I always
did it to please her. You know, I didn't want to
lose her as a friend 'cause I don't make
many friends. Were you sleeping with these guys that she was
introducing you to? Yes, Your Honor. And that's why, Your Honor,
she doesn't know who
the father of her child be. I mean, I was dating
Mr. Langford. He wasn't the guy
that I was looking for. <i> And so you started dating
Mr. Clopton as well?</i> I wasn't dating him.
That was just like
a one-night stand. But obviously, you slept
with them during that same
period of conception? Yes. Were there any other men
you were with during
this time? There was a other guy
that I had met at her
house also. Did you sleep
with him as well? Yes, Your Honor. Okay. Now, before anybody
comes in here and
tells me anything, I want you to know, number one, you're beautiful. You're a beautiful
young woman. (AUDIENCE APPLAUDS) But it's only so much people can tell you that. You have to believe
it yourself. Okay? KATHIE: Yeah. Now, I want you to come
sit next to me here and then we're gonna bring in
two of the possible fathers. And Jerome, will you please
go get Mr. Langford and
Mr. Clopton. Yes. Hello, gentlemen.
Thank you so much
for being here today. Please state your name
for the court. My name is
Phillip Langford. Mr. Langford.
And your name, sir? My name is
Corey Clopton. JUDGE LAKE: So, Mr. Langford,
I want to start with you. You were in a relationship
with Ms. White? Yes, ma'am. Please tell me a little bit
about your relationship. We were dating for
about a month and, um, after a month, she had
some trust issues with me, after the fact that
me and another of
my friends had... Had a threesome
with her. Was that during the time
of conception? Yes, ma'am. I was... So you are one of
the possible fathers? Yes, ma'am. Now, Mr. Clopton, what
is your relationship
to Ms. White? I met, uh,
Christy White
at a party. Mmm-hmm. She started
coming to me and started saying
let's have sex and stuff. The other guy,
they ain't have on no condom. Hold on. The other guy? Yes, ma'am. What other guy? The other guy
she used to date. So, she asked you
to come in the room, after you were intimate
with Ms. White and you
left out, this other gentleman
came in the room? Yes, ma'am. Ms. White, they're both claiming
that they had sex with you
on nights when other guys
also had sex with you. That's not true,
Your Honor. That's not true? That's not true. But you do say that you had
sex with both of them? Yes, Your Honor. During the time
of conception? Yes, Your Honor. And you say there's
a third guy? Yes, Your Honor. Now, Ms. White, you, and understandably so,
you seem upset by this. I'm very upset, Your Honor. I just met Phillip
last year. He's so sure that
he's the baby's daddy, he even put on Facebook
a picture of my grandbaby alongside his picture. I don't know Corey. This is my first time
I'm ever seeing him. Mr. Clopton? Yes... Yes, Your Honor. But, going down there
to Ms. Miller house, <i> multiple partners</i> <i> I've heard that she's had
sex with down there.</i> That's a rumor,
or may be a rumor,
I don't know. But I'm here for Kristinah
and for my daughter. Kristinah did not
choose her family. None of us chose
who our family would be. And if either one of
these young men
is the father, I want you to stand up, help me, because
I've been there. Have either of these young men
been there during her
pregnancy and the birth? If you want more episodes
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the notification bell. Have either of these young men been there
during her pregnancy and the birth? Phillip, he came
to the hospital, he tried to come
at one time, but the other
young man, Corey, I've never really
saw him before. But at least,
Phillip has tried
to be there, but... So, Mr. Langford, you have
tried to step up and
be a father? Yes, ma'am. So, Mr. Clopton, have you? I didn't even know
she was pregnant. You never knew
she was pregnant? KATHIE: That's not true. No. Till they came
and told me. Why you say it's not true. Because he met my daughter
at the train station and said, "Why you trying
to pin this baby on me?" And I believe my daughter.
I'm her mother, I believe her. What happened, Christy? I... I posted it on Facebook
after I came from the, um... After I came from the doctor,
I posted it on Facebook. It said, like I... I've just
found out I'm pregnant. And he commented on it.
And he was like, who do you
think the father is? You posted it because
you didn't know who
the father was and you just wanted
to let it... No, I wanted to let
my friends know 'cause I told everybody that
I was going to the doctor
that day. Did you know
who the father was
when you posted it? No. Oh. Oh. All right, I want to hear
from Ms. Miller. Jerome, can you please
escort Ms. Miller into
the courtroom, please? Sure. I blame this young lady for everything that happened.
This happened at her house. The threesome and all the
orgies happened at this young
lady's house. You're wicked. And I thought you were
Christy's friend. You're
no friend of Christy's. And I want you to know that.
I always respected you. But you allowed this to
happen at your house. Hold on. You put her life
in danger. There's diseases.
There's AIDS out there. You knew what was going on. Well, she grown up, I can't... Ms. Miller... JUDGE LAKE:
Hold on one second. KATHIE: You're her friend. Thank you for joining us,
first off. Now, secondly, we have heard that there
has been a lot going on
at your house. Exactly. None of which has been positive. KATHIE: Exactly I want to understand from you. Christy says you set her up
on dates with guys. If you don't like them, then you set her up
with another one. What is going on over there? Well, Your Honor,
I didn't set her up
with nobody. Christy came over,
and she was talking
to my other friend. Before she met Mr. Langford,
she was talking to
my other friend. And she was telling him
she wanted to have sex
before she even knew him. She would just say,
"I just want to have sex
with anybody." And I was there when
they had a threesome
at my house. Yes, ma'am, it happened
at my house. I was there,
in the room. Yes. But you're supposed to be
her friend. In the room? (ALL ARGUING) You could've called me. I can't control that.
That's a grown woman. I can't tell nobody
what not to do
and what to do. But it's at your house... (ALL TALKING AT THE SAME TIME) We're not children. But it's at your house. My momma would tell Christy
all the time, and Christy'll know.
My momma would say, "Christy, you ain't gotta
sleep with these guys.
I don't feel like..." She's like, I don't feel like
you should sleep
with these guys. Hold on. Hold on. Look, at the end of the day, you all can argue back
and forth across this aisle, but this is her choice, and she admits that
she's sleeping with men for the wrong reasons. She already said that. Yes. And ultimately, you know
this is your responsibility. Yes, Your Honor. You know that. Yes. 'Cause any friend that
stands by and watches you having sex with man after man
after man after man, that's not your friend. Now today, we're gonna
break this cycle. 'Cause you can't
keep doing this. You're 18 years old, sleeping with men. You all using sex like
it's a spectator sport. I don't care if another
person in this world ever tells you
you're beautiful. One thing's for sure, everybody's beautiful
in the bed with their
legs in the air. You hear me? Yes. That's the okie-doke. You get it? Yes, Your Honor. You're too smart
to fall for that. You're too beautiful
to be in that. But you gotta know it
for yourself. Do you get what
I'm saying? Yes, Your Honor. But you're gonna
get it together. Starting today.
Are we clear? Yes, Your Honor. Okay. You all are not
making it better
for yourselves. You're rushing into adulthood,
don't know what you're doing. We all, as Ms. White said, we don't choose our families,
we can't choose where
we come from, but the moment you make
the choice to engage
in activity that can produce
a human being, is the moment
you have made the direct
or indirect decision that it's time
for you to grow up, because now you gotta
raise somebody. KATHIE: Yeah. You all got a lot of
growing up to do.
All of you. I can't believe young
people your age, and I'm looking at you,
you all are people's parents. (SPORADIC TITTERING) I'm not laughing,
I'm scared. Because this whole thing
can repeat itself. When you look at
your beautiful baby girl, can you imagine her in a room
with guy after guy after guy? No, Your Honor. Can you even imagine that? No. Is that what you
want for her? No. So, what you gonna
to do about it? I'm going to job court
to get my high school
diploma. And I'm gonna do
better for her. Okay. Ms. White,
are you okay? Just want to know
who the daddy is
of my grandbaby. It's about her. I've heard no...
Nothing about love. I love that baby. I love her so much. She need her daddy
in her life. I'm hoping Phillip
is the daddy,
so we'll know the daddy is here.
I can touch him. Please let it be him. And if he's not the father? She still have a father. Her granddaddy and me. That's all she needs.
She will be taken care of,
regardless, Your Honor. We love her. Now, the first thing
we need to do is determine whether
either of these two men is the father of
beautiful Kristinah. All right, Jerome.
You have the results? Here you go,
Your Honor. Thank you. The first result relates to Mr. Clopton. In the case of<i>
White v. White,</i> when it comes to
the paternity of three-month old
Kristinah White, Mr. Clopton you are not the father. Good. Good. Good. (EXHALES) JUDGE LAKE: You all right? Excuse me, I'm sorry. JUDGE LAKE: Please, say what
you want to say, young man. I'm sorry with everything
that is going on, I'm going through
a lot right now. Listen, I could see it
in your face when you
walked in this courtroom there was a lot
on your mind. I'm gonna get to
these other results and then I'm gonna talk to you
young people because you all are not making it
better for yourselves. You're rushing into adulthood,
don't know what you doing. Now, I'll go to
the next result. These results relate
to Mr. Langford. In the case of<i> White v. White,</i> when it comes to
the paternity of three-month old
Kristinah White, Mr. Langford, you are her father. KATHIE: Ahh! (CRYING) (INDISTINCT) Cool. Cool. Made you emotional.
You're happy? Yeah, I'm happy. Yes. Yes, Your Honor,
I'm happy. How do you feel, Christy? I just feel like Mr. Langford is very
childish and immature. Girl, let me
tell you something. I'm looking at these
two young men and truthfully, they were the last two
I expected to cry, and both of them
broke down in tears because at some point
they understood what
was at stake. I look over at you, and you're dry-eyed
and bushy-tailed. I don't know if it's just that
you hold everything in because you just don't know what or how to express, but I have to challenge you to take a deep look
at yourself and your behavior. I have a celebrity trainer in your hometown. I want you to meet with him, and he's agreed
to help train you and help you start managing
and working towards your
fitness goals. You understand? Yes. And I also have
a facility they work with that
specializes in programs
that relate to self-esteem. They're gonna help
you with a nutrition plan, and they're gonna help you
get started on your
workout plan so you can engage in
positive activities and most importantly, begin to associate with people that are doing
positive things. Do I have your word that you are going
to take advantage of what I'm offering you? You have my word. Court is adjourned. (AUDIENCE APPLAUDS) I feel like Judge Lake
really understood where
I was coming from with my low self-esteem issue. And she was right. I need
to choose way better friends
than Laura.
