Please be seated. -Hello, Your Honor.
-Hello. This is the case of<i>
Wilson v. Dean.</i> Thank you, Jerome.
Good day everyone. [audience] Good day. Mr. Wilson, you've opened your case today
to prove that Ms. Dean's
17-month-old daughter Jakiah is not your
biological child. You say
you moved her
into your home, laid out
the red carpet only to find out
she was rolling around -with other men
in your home.
-[audience exclaims] -Is that correct?
-Yes, Your Honor. Ms. Dean,
you say Mr. Wilson
has turned his back on your daughter and he welcomed her
into the world and signed
her birth certificate. You claim Mr. Wilson
is her father and his denial
is hurting you
and your daughter. -Is that correct?
-Yes, Your Honor. So, Mr. Wilson,
why don't you believe that you're the father
of Ms. Dean's daughter Jakiah? Your Honor,
I don't believe
I'm the father because I have been fooled
by multiple females
in the past. -Oh.
-What do you mean?
You planned this. And I have been
going down this rodeo for far too long. I signed on
the birth certificate. Um, I'm...
I'm not there physically. I just can't
handle it because she... Just no consistency. I just want...
I just want the
answers today, so I can
just have closure. So, Mr. Wilson, you saying
you've been fooled once,
you've been fooled twice, -but you're not gonna
be fooled again.
-Correct, Your Honor. And, Ms. Dean, you say this
is unnecessary. -That this child--
-[Tavana Dean] It really is. -Go ahead. Explain.
-It really is. He's been
not only belligerent and lying,
him and his family, is lying, because not only
did we plan this baby, we had concessions.
I had my period. -You had concessions?
-You know, we... We was literally
getting down, doing things
besides just... -Oh, that's a concession.
-Yeah, a concession. -[audience laughs]
-Okay. -So, when I say
we having a concession...
-Wait-- ...I mean, everything... Everything... Over and... Okay, so, hold on.
Mr. Wilson, I need you to talk to me
about these concessions... -Yeah, concessions.
-...that you
were having. Yeah, let's talk about
concessions we had. Um, she was on
my Facebook page, liking my comments... -So, what?
You was my boo.
-...and my pictures and she... She hitted me up, like,
"What you up to?" And this, that,
and the other. At the time,
I was taking care
of my stepfather. had my own house, car, work,
and things of that nature, and because I had a
previous relationship with her
in the past, I was single,
she was single, we decided to meet up, and we met up in... Um, we actually
planned the baby. The baby
was just not
a "coincidence." I asked her
could she have
a baby for me... So, now you
deny the daughter -that you "planned."
-...because she knew what I had
been through in the past
with not having kids, how desperately
I wanted to have a kid, and she had me
under the impression that she was willing
to go through
with it with me... And I did.
You don't see the baby? -And then, you know...
-[audience laughs] I... [chuckles] I see the baby,
but I don't see me in the baby.
I see the ex
in the baby. -[audience gasps]<i>
-She posted
a Facebook picture</i> <i> of the baby with him</i> and it looks like
his baby, not mine. Who is with him? [Judge Lake]
Oh! So, hold on. I don't...
I don't wanna
jump ahead. -Excuse me,
Your Honor.
-So... No, no. I wanna understand
what you're saying. So, you
actually say
"I wanted -"to have
this baby together."
-[Janeiro Wilson] Yes. And, so, where did
everything go wrong? -If you planned it.
-Her story was
not "consistent," -the word
she used, yeah.
-[Judge Lake] Okay. It was not consistent
as her storytelling. As the truth
kept coming about, the lies kept
adding up to it. -[Judge Lake] All right,
so take me to--
-He is lying, Your Honor, to your face. Hold on. Ms. Dean,
when you found out
you were pregnant, take me to that day. I had my period
in February. We conceived in March,
you feel me? -When you found out
you were pregnant--
-I called him, he was acting like
he was happier
than two jaybirds. All right,
so, you called
Mr. Wilson and he was happy. Yes, and then
when the baby
came out, you couldn't tell him that
that wasn't his kid at all. [Judge Lake] Okay. So, tell me,
Mr. Wilson, you've been informed
of the pregnancy. Were you there
at the birth? -What happens when
Jakiah was born?
-No. Stop taking, Ms. Dean. I asked Mr. Wilson
a question. I had to be there
at the birth, Your Honor, 'cause I cut
the umbilical cord
for her to have the baby. <i> So, I had to be there.</i> <i> -So, you were there
at the birth?
-Yes, I was.</i> Did you go to
doctor's appointments
for the baby, too? She never
followed though
with them. All right,
but at the birth,
you came... -[Dean] He lying.
-I came. ...and you cut
the umbilical cord. I did. One, two, three. -Did you sign
the birth certificate?
-Yes, I did. <i> -You did?
-Yes, ma'am.</i> <i> So, you
accepted this baby</i> <i> -as your own?
-I did.</i> And at that time
when you did that, -you believed
you were the father?
-Didn't have no doubts. And you basically thought
you all had brought <i> the plan to fruition
and you had said together</i> <i> that "We're gonna
have a baby</i> <i> and here's my baby</i> -that I've been
wanting to have"?
-Correct. All right.
So, you're
a proud dad, -this is
a beautiful moment...
-[Dean] He lying. -...and you're blessed.
-[Wilson]<i> Yes, ma'am.</i> [Judge Lake]<i>
So, where does it
go wrong?</i> Well, we're trying
to build a relationship while she's pregnant and in the mix of us
building a relationship,
she's getting bigger. She's whispering,
I hear echoes, she's always
in a different room
at her apartment, and I'm, like,
"Why you never
around the kids?" She said,
"I can't talk now -'cause my ex is here."
-[audience gasps] And why is he there
11 o'clock at night if the kids got school
in the morning? And he knew exactly
what was going on
with the other guy. He just don't wanna
take responsibility
and be a man -and stand up.
-[audience gasps] He came over to visit. -He is lying.
He came over to--
-He was there for 30 days? He came... He lying.
It was no 30 days. -How was it 30 days when
we was having...
-[woman] Concession. -Concessions all that time.
-[audience laughing] He is lying, bro. -[audience applauds]
-Stop lying. You is making
me upset. I apologize, but he is
sitting here lying. Janeiro haven't help me
since day one. Ever since
that baby came out,
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the notification bell. Janeiro was supposed
to be living with me. I asked Janeiro
to move in with me... I wouldn't have
moved in with her when I had
a bigger home,
Your Honor. -What do you mean?
-I had a three bedroom,
two bathroom. She was in
a two bedroom apartment and one bathroom
in a four duplex -that was not...
-What do you mean? -[Dean] You proposed to me
in that duplex.
-And I have my step-father. [Dean] What are you
talking about? You're on, uh, trial. I didn't ask you
three days ago? -No. No. No.
-That proposal
mean nothing? -You lying, baby.
It's okay.
-No. [audience laughs] -You on trial.
-[Wilson] Yeah. Okay? Just in case
you didn't know. I'm aware of that,
Your Honor. -You are on trial.
-I work at the court. -Clearly, you don't.
-[Judge Lake] And, look, look, and if you have
too many concessions... -[audience laughs]
-[Dean] Yeah, concessions. ...you're gonna
end up on trial. Lord. So, at some point,
Mr. Wilson, was it something about the relationship between
she and her ex -that made you
start feeling like...
-[Wilson] Yes. -...Jakiah was not
your biological child?
-Yes. I-- What was it? I didn't have doubt
until she told me, "I didn't have sex with him.
He's just laying on the couch." Okay, I went
with that. When I ran into him
at the bus stop, I said,
"This is a coincidence." Now I can man up
and ask him face-to-face. What's the story on his end? If it adds up to what
she's telling me then I have no doubts. But he said
the complete opposite of what she's
giving me, and I asked him, I said, "Is you all
having a child together?" He's like, "Yeah." I say, "What you all
supposed to be having?"
He say, "A little girl." He went into details. -So, there,
that fueled my doubts.
-Lying. Wait a minute,
this was before -the baby was born?
-Yes, before. So, why did you sign
the birth certificate? [Wilson]<i>
I'm gonna tell you why.</i> -[Dean]<i> Please.
-When the baby was born</i> <i> it was so light and bright.</i> <i> I was, like,
"He's so dark, she's dark.</i> <i> It's no way
he's the father."</i> I still didn't have doubts, until she caught me on FaceTime with him on the phone and they both confirmed
that I wasn't... -And said what?
-[Dean] You is lying. -I don't even mess with...
-She was, like, "Bring me back my baby," 'cause I was
like telling her I'm not, you know,
releasing her right now. -There you go.
-She say, "Bring me
back my baby. It's not your baby,
it's his baby." [blabbering] Like, the...
[speaking indistinctly] -I said, "Janeiro."
-He was, like,
"That's right, That's my baby,
bring back my baby." She said, "Yeah, yeah,
I did it again. I did it again. Bring me back
my baby." I looked at the baby,
Your Honor, I said, "It's a possibility
this could be my baby, but it's in fact,
her baby." And until I know
it's my baby, I'm gonna
give back her baby. -I'm no gonna hold
the baby up.
-That's not what you said. -Not gonna take it away
from her mom.
-He lying. I'm giving it back to her. -That ain't right. No.
-From there, I dropped the baby off
at a couple of weeks and I haven't
seen the baby since. And how long
has it been? The baby
it's, like, 17 months now. And how long has it been
since you've seen her? -Seventeen months.
-Yeah. [Dean] He haven't
did anything, and then he moved away, changed his number,
blocked me, same time, -and then he...
-But you told him
he's not the father. I only told him that
because he would not
give back my child. Why would he
just have the baby? He had the baby, trying to take the baby so he can be
with someone else. He... He used me. She watch too many
Lifetime movies,
Your Honor. -No, he used me,
Your Honor.
-[audience laughs] After I had that baby,
Your Honor, he proposed to me, told me that we were
gonna get married, moved in together. He lied,
took the baby... -[audience gasps]
-...tried to move away... Well, tried to...
He had the baby
in his care. -He never took her
'cause I gave her to him.
-So, okay. So, this is the point
I'm getting at. Now, you look
at this picture.
It just looks like <i> a little daddy
kissing the baby.</i> -[Dean]<i> It just came out
of the womb.
-That's too new.</i> [Judge Lake]
Oh, so cute. But that looks like
a daddy kissing his baby. You sign
the birth certificate, then you go
pick the baby up... And then he disappeared,
don't forget that. -With the baby?
-Disappeared. -With the baby?
-Disappeared. -[audience laughs]
-So, at some point
you didn't know where he was
with the baby? No, I had no idea
where he was. -How many days
was he gone?
-Months. Approximately, about
a week and a half. -Okay, I wanna unders--
-No. -Approximately, you're lying.
-Hold on. You should ask
your brother. You see how
he put his head down. -Shame.
-All right,
I wanna hear from you, Ms. Faithful. -Please stand.
-Ashamed of making
the baby with you. -"Supposedly."
-I guess. I guess. -State your name
for the court.
-Janese Faithful. And your relationship
to Mr. Wilson is? -This is my brother.
-That's your brother.
All right. What do you
know about this? -When this baby, when she...
-[Dean] You didn't answer
the question, did you? When she
was pregnant
with this baby, yes, I asked
my brother, "Why you dealing
with her again? She did this to you
nine years ago. Why you getting yourself
in this situation?" We had just
lost our father... -You know what my problem was.
-...so he grieved
into this baby. -He was in grievance...
-Okay ...and it was
attachment instantly. <i> Like, "This is my baby."</i> <i> I think that
she's attaching
to him financially.</i> It's not for looking for
the father of this child. It's about
what this baby
can get from this man. She knew
what she had done. When my brother
had this baby, we were...
We were gonna take it and do what we needed
to do for the baby. She came
to my home... -[Dean] Lying.
-...looking for my brother with her family, throwing things
at my window. -That's 'cause you all
took my baby.
-"Bring me back my baby. -That's not his..."
-You all took my baby and won't tell me
where you was at. -That's why...
-She called my family... I wasn't home
at the moment,
thank God, because if I was, I would probably have
an altercation with her family -about them
popping up like that.
-I see you. But I heard her father said, "That's not his baby. Where that baby at?
Where that baby at? That's not his baby." How he gonna
take a baby
that's not his? Oh! Through all of that -my understanding is...
-[Dean arguing indistinctly] Let's get some order. My understanding
of this is somehow Jakiah ended up
staying with Mr. Wilson for an extended
amount of time. When they didn't
bring her back during the timeframe
you approved of, Ms. Dean, you then went
to the house, but in the process
of you going to get your daughter, someone from
your family said, -"This is not
his baby, anyway."
-No. My family
didn't have
any contact... We have no contact... I don't even
got Janeiro number now. -He is lying.
-But my point is, has it ever been stated -that Jakiah...
-No. ...is not his child? -No, it has not.
-[Wilson] Yes, it has. Not... Not by me. All right,
thank you so much, uh, Ms. Faithful.
You may be seated. Mr. Wilson, you say you have
always wanted a baby, and I can see
as you look
at that picture, I can see
how you just
stare at it, <i> -because you wanted
to have a baby.</i>
-[Wilson]<i> Yes.</i> And this baby
was new life, as you celebrated
and had to say goodbye -to your father.
-Correct. -This meant
something to you.
-[Wilson] Mmm-hmm. -Can you tell
the court--
-[Wilson] It was a chance for me to live again. It was giving me purpose because I was
so attached to my father... Um, I don't
say stepfather,
he's my father, and she knew all that,
what I had been through even in my
past relationships, so I thought
that she was willing to give me something that she kinda
even regretted
not giving me in the beginning
of our relationship when we had history. And I didn't
have no doubt that we planned this.
It should have been that. But somebody
was not committed
and consistent, <i> and it was not me.</i> <i> I'm more...
I'm more gut feeling.</i> It's almost, like, -mama's baby's,
daddy maybe...
-Yes, it is. ...and it's almost, like, I'm more convinced
she's not, than she is. She didn't ask
to be here. I asked,
but the mother must have not been one hundred. -How? 'Cause I had...
-You know? I got pregnant... So, I just
want to know... If the baby is not mine, I would like
my name removed off
this birth certificate. -Sure, no problem.
-[Judge Lake] All right. And if she is yours, I want-- [Judge Lake]
Listen, listen, listen. We all know
where we are now and this is just a ball
of confusion, negativity,
and dysfunction. I don't even know
how you all got together much less decided
y'all was gonna
make a baby together, but we're here now and we need
to get these results. Jerome, I'm ready. [audience applauding] These results were prepared
by DNA Diagnostics and they read as follows. In the case of<i>
Wilson v. Dean...</i> when it comes to... seventeen-month-old
Jakiah Dean... It has been determined
by this court... Mr. Wilson... you... -are not the father.
-[chuckles] [audience exclaims] Ms. Faithful, stop. [Janese Faithful]
Thank you, Jesus. I apologize
for taking you
though this, but I am
gonna find out
who her father is -and I'm gonna...
-You gonna find out? -No, when I say find out--
-You gonna find out? I'm gonna bring him
on this courtroom, like I did you at. Oh, good luck. -Yeah.
-Listen. Okay, Listen. -He might still be
on the couch.
-That's enough. That's enough.
That's enough.
That's enough. -Boy, grow up
-That's enough. [Judge Lake]
The real truth is, you have
literally downgraded and verbally abused Mr. Wilson over this baby
that ultimately
is not his. And the truth is, when I read
the result, you weren't
that surprised. I was actually happy 'cause I don't gotta deal
with neither one of them. -Excited.
-Likewise. -[Judge Lake]
Well, listen. Listen.
-Exactly. Listen. Because you knew... -No, I didn't know.
-...that there was
a real possibility that it could
be somebody else's... Hey, we say it
all the time. You can stand up here
and lie all day if you want. Everybody can lie.
Plaintiffs, defendants. Everybody can tell a lie. -The DNA is not gonna lie.
-I know. When the DNA
was read... -[audience applauding]
-...you went through your... "Thank you. Thank you." Like you was up
accepting an award
or something. -[Wilson chuckles]
-It was, like, oh, no, no, no, no, no. -We have been through
an entire hearing.
-[woman] Yeah. [Judge Lake] If you act the way you acted
in this courtroom, you're not gonna
get the response that your daughter deserves, and I'm saying to you, I realize this,
you are trying to make your point
and make people understand what you have to say, but I'm going to need you
to take a step back
and look at yourself and just say,
"I want to get this father for my child. I want my child
to know her father." -Just stop.
-[Dean] Mmm. Just take
a breath -and just think
about your little girl.
-[Wilson] Mmm. We have counselling
and resources for you. We want you
to stop this cycle and find out who you need
to be in contact with and bring him
back to this court... -[Dean] I'm gonna do that.
-...so we can get
a daddy for this baby. -Okay? All right.
-Okay. Court is adjourned.
