Welcome to a special edition of Couples Court.
We're taking a break from hearing cases
to look back at some of the outrageous moments
that have taken place in our courtroom.
JUDGE DANA: There have been moments of joy,
moments of shock and moments of heartbreak.
And with heartbreak, a lot of other things gets broken,
busted and torched in the process.
Just take a look at this.
I go back to the front of the house,
and I look and that's when I see a woman.
(AUDIENCE EXCLAIMS)
I instantly punched the window out.
I get out of my car and I, I hit him.
Banged on the door three times and he didn't answer.
So I went to the door and I just kicked it in, honey.
And they say, "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned."
But it's our experience here at the Couples Court
that men get little hot under the collar
when they think they're being cheated on.
Yeah, where there's smoke, there's often fire.
And in this case, Mr. Harmon was so certain that his fiance was cheating,
that he took out his anger on her wedding dress.
Watch this.
MS. POWELL: I proceeded to go into the bathroom
and found my dress laying there burnt.
I was like, "What happened to it?"
You know he's like, "Oh, well, um,
"see what happened was I got it caught on a cigarette."
Mr. Harmon, did you burn her dress?
Yes, I did.
Okay, why did you set the dress on fire?
MR. HARMON: Because I was mad.
It wasn't intentional, it was out of spite.
JUDGE KEITH: What was running through your mind as you were building up...
Just her seeing her ex-boyfriend
and her lying to me,
her with her co-worker, the hidden galleries in her phone.
That gets to me sometimes, you know, I think about it.
So I just took it and you know, set it on fire.
So when I stumped it out, I just threw it in the bathroom,
so she come home look at it 'cause the first place she goes,
she's always in that mirror.
He was hurt and he was hot,
but it was definitely not the right thing for him to do.
We have an update from them. Watch this.
We were recently on Couples Court here about a month ago.
Because he thought I was cheating and I was not.
Yeah. Yeah.
He pretty much trusts me now.
Right.
He knows I was not lying.
Right.
Thank y'all for everything.
We really support y'all.
We are really with the movement and thank y'all.
(LAUGHS)
Give me a kiss. Come in here.
Now, that wasn't the only case where suspicions of cheating led to a fire.
Ms. Jones got fed up with her husband's questionable behavior
and she took out her anger on his wardrobe.
She said I'm smelling like sex.
She went crazy, burnt all my new clothes.
I just bought everything.
She went into the back and went crazy on it.
All right, Ms. Jones, did you do what he's saying you did?
Yes, I did.
(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
JUDGE KEITH: That's like straight out of Waiting to Exhale, isn't it?
Yeah. Yeah.
Oh, man.
Ms. Jones says as soon as they got home,
they started counseling and they are taking things day by day.
There was another case that was outrageous for a number of reasons.
Here's a reminder.
MS. TURCHI: She was so basic.
I'm bad, she's not so it didn't even cross my mind
that this could be a woman that he's like involved with.
So, Mr. Pearson, your girlfriend knocks on the door
and finds you living with another woman. How does that happen?
Your Honor, this was the friend from the past.
Okay, she was down on her luck.
She came to me last minute asking me if she can stay with me.
And she's still living with you?
No.
Okay, so when she was living with you, were you ever sexually active with her?
No.
I am trying to figure out why you didn't tell your girlfriend?
I thought it would be a quick turnaround, like maybe 90 days.
How long does it take to get on your feet?
Ninety days?
Your friend would have stayed there for three months
without you telling your girlfriend?
I mean, ain't that the probationary period?
That's like, that's like 90 days.
Ms. Turchi, what do you hope for this relationship?
I hope that he's not cheating.
Like, maybe he did little bit in the beginning
when we first met, that's fine.
But once we established a relationship,
like there's no reason to cheat after that.
You've got all this, why would you mess that up?
JUDGE DANA: Well, there it is.
The lie detector determined that he was being deceptive.
I can't believe you would do this to me for some (BLEEP).
Well, just because someone made a mistake doesn't mean the relationship is over.
So, what do you think?
Is it over between Ms. Turchi and Mr. Pearson?
I just found out that he was, in fact, lying and cheating on me.
I just feel like now our relationship will be even stronger
and now I know the truth. I'll be using that moving forward.
Thank you, Couples Court.
As we saw, people get outraged after the truth is revealed.
And as we have seen in our courtroom,
there are often three sides to every story.
Ms. Perkins brought her photographer husband to court
after she found seductive photographs
of a half-naked woman taken in their bed.
Take a look.
Mr. Curier, did you sleep with this woman?
MR. CURIER: No, Your Honor, I did not.
JUDGE DANA: So you're just lying on the bed up in your house
on your white sheets taking pictures?
JUDGE KEITH: With a half-naked woman.
With a half-naked woman, yes.
That's like a picture you'd post on Instagram
saying that thank you for working with this person here.
You are not buying any of this.
MS. PERKINS: No.
Have you ever had sexual relations with Mr. Curier?
No. I mean, it was just harmless flirting.
I got to go with the lie detector test and these pictures.
They all indicate that you had sexual contact with Ms. Adams.
Ms. Adams, so what really happened when you took these pictures?
Jerome, you are my friend
but I mean, you have to be honest sometimes.
So what happened?
Did all have sex?
Yeah.
(AUDIENCE EXCLAIMS)
Whoa, I was not expecting the mistress to come clean.
Did the couple stay together? Let's find out.
Me and him decided that we would just call it quits and get a divorce
and continue to work as parents together and co-parent.
It's unfortunate that Ms. Perkins and Mr. Curier
couldn't salvage their marriage.
True.
We have to take a break.
And we will have more outrageous Couples Court moments when we come back.
NARRATOR: Coming up...
And because I'm in crazy mode, I'm, like, looking now
and today we're bringing you some of the wildest, most outrageous moments
that we've seen and heard in our courtroom.
Cutler, people have dozens of reasons for cheating.
But one of the most outrageous reasons I've heard
comes from an online article saying that most men cheat
because the women looked really hot.
In the case of Viney v. McKellep,
the defendant used similar excuse for past infidelity.
Well, like I said she's a porn star... (CLEARS THROAT)
...so...
(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
Oh, yes, Mr. McKellep.
We'll get more into that case later.
But first, let's look at some of the outrageous things
people have brought to court as evidence.
This is what I'm used to.
You know what I mean? This is what I married right here.
This is her now, you know what I mean? While I'm at work.
JUDGE KEITH: Okay, so it looks like you've got handprints on top of the car.
Why would the top be dusty and not the side?
Well, she's, um...
You know?
Oh.
This is mine, my size, a 10.
This is the size I found, a 4.
AUDIENCE MEMBER: Wow.
I haven't worn size 4 since I was 19 or 20 years old.
And because I'm in crazy mode, I'm, like, looking now
and, you know what I find is a bra.
Yeah. In the car.
Those were pretty crazy.
But do you remember in the case of Thomas v. Mooney,
I had to call my own mother to make sense of the evidence.
Take a look.
I found some lotion.
(AUDIENCE EXCLAIMS)
Some sweet smelling lotion.
JUDGE DANA: Oh.
This is the type of lotion I found.
He said that's his mom's lotion.
And his mom is 70 and disabled.
And this is the type of lotion my mom use.
JUDGE DANA: Okay, let me see that.
Okay.
(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
Hello. Mom?
JUDGE DANA'S MOTHER: Hey, hello.
JUDGE DANA: Mom, I'm in court. I got a case in front of me.
Me and Mr. Cutler are having a dialogue
about whether or not a mature woman
would use a fruity scent.
What kind of lotion would you use, Mother?
JUDGE DANA'S MOTHER: Well, I use the classic lotions.
The ones with the subtle or mild fragrance.
So would you use a fruity scent like strawberries or peaches or anything like that?
JUDGE DANA'S MOTHER: No, that's for young women.
(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
I'm too old for that.
JUDGE DANA: Thank you, Mama.
Now, we're not done.
After the break, we will have more Couples Court moments.
We'll be right back.
NARRATOR: Up next...
He was messing around with my friend's daughters.
So welcome back to today's special update edition of Couples Court.
We have a multiple choice question for you.
According to a recent study,
36% of men and women who admit to cheating,
claim they had an affair with,
A, their brother or sister-in-law
JUDGE KEITH: B, a neighbor.
JUDGE DANA: C, a co-worker.
JUDGE KEITH: D, a member of their church.
JUDGE DANA: The answer is "C". A co-worker.
36% of men and women admit to having affairs with a co-worker.
Additionally,
17% of people have admitted to cheating
with a sister or brother-in-law.
JUDGE KEITH: These next couples were accused of infidelity
a little too close to home.
JUDGE DANA: In this case, Ms. Barker accused her husband
of sleeping with one of her family members.
We get into an argument.
Instead of us putting hands, I like to take a walk
and walk it off, you know?
I come back after calming down.
I check in my kid's room.
Mr. Davis is in my kid's bed with my family member
in his boxers, Your Honor.
Mr. Davis, you're shaking your head no.
That morning I was cleaning up in the kids' room, just getting all the toys up.
In some kind of way, I dozed off and I woke up and she was under me.
JUDGE DANA: Wait a minute.
(AUDIENCE GASPS)
But when I woke up, when I woke up,
Ms. Barker came in the room going crazy on us.
Mr. Davis was asked,
"Have you had sexual intercourse
"with anyone of your wife's family members?"
What was his response?
OFFICER: His response was, "No."
What did the lie detector determined?
The lie detector determined that he was being deceptive.
(AUDIENCE GASPS)
MS. BARKER: I'm just done.
I'm done with the marriage. It's over. I'm done with it. It's over.
Our staff touch based with Ms. Barker
and she says finding out the truth was all she needed to move on without him.
Earlier on, we took a quick look at the case of Viney v. McKellep.
He admitted cheating with a porn star
and his longtime girlfriend also accused him
of cheating with someone close to her.
He was messing around with my friend's daughters.
(AUDIENCE EXCLAIMS)
And he always looks for her on Facebook.
Always searches for her.
I don't know why. I want to know why.
We want to know why, too.
(AUDIENCE LAUGHS)
When I disappeared the five weeks,
this was the person in 2015 that I did cheat on with.
Oh.
And I told you this.
No, you did not.
I told you...
What else are you hiding?
I told you before.
(SIGHS)
Okay, so him telling you today is the first time you're hearing this?
Yes.
How long ago did this happen?
2015.
(CRYING)
The court followed up with the couple
and Ms. Viney told us that she and Mr. McKellep are still together
and are talking about finally getting married.
She's been in love with him for such a long time
and I do hope they can work it out.
Our next couple came to court
because Ms. Wells believed her boyfriend was spending
too much quality time with his clients.
Mr. Mapp insisted that he's just a club promoter
but was he mixing business with pleasure?
Are there any other women in particular that you are concerned about?
His female business partner.
AUDIENCE MEMBER: Uh-oh.
JUDGE KEITH: Okay, and why are you concerned about her?
Well, she came about two years ago, um, out of nowhere,
and now all of a sudden they are best friends and they are always together.
They took a business trip that was supposed to be one day.
It ended up being three days.
That's the truth though. We added some extra stops.
But nothing inappropriate happened.
You believe that they are actually intimate.
Yes.
You asked Mr. Mapp, "Since 2015, up until now,
"have you had physical sexual contact
"or intercourse with your business partner, Ms. Alceley."
What was his response?
Your Honor, he pleaded the fifth
and refused to answer the question.
It makes no sense. Why do I have to be asked a question
that is so obvious. Like it ain't no way.
MS. WELLS: You could have answered the question.
MR. MAPP: Like, ain't no way.
I think this is the first time this has happened in this court.
How do you feel about the fact that he pleaded the fifth and refused to answer...
He's probably guilty.
MR. MAPP: Ain't no way.
After the case, we had his business partner take a polygraph test
to see if their relationship extended from the boardroom into the bedroom.
And we have results right here.
We asked Ms. Alceley,
"Since becoming business partners up until now,
"have you had physical sexual contact
"with your business partner, Mr. Mapp?"
JUDGE DANA: What was her response?
JUDGE KEITH: She said, "No."
And the lie detector determined that she was being deceptive.
Let's see if that information has made a difference in their relationship.
Our relationship is way too strong.
It's too strong to let a few bumps in the road mess up anything.
I'm done with the games and I just want to make it work.
And we live happily ever after.
Now, this next case,
Mr. Taylor found an outrageous sex tape of his wife with another man.
But when he came to court,
he still had hopes of reconciling his marriage.
MR. TAYLOR: At this time of our lives, man, that was my best friend,
that was my lover, that was my homie,
that was my other half. We did everything together.
I was adopted. I ain't had a chance
to really experience a real good family life like most people,
so she knows that's something I really want structure in my life
is to build and have a family.
So, your belief in that she is lying
and that she is cheating has driven, literally driven you from your home with her.
Gone. Yes.
I was in Mr. Taylor's corner.
He really wanted his family back.
But then, Ms. Jackson dropped a bombshell.
JUDGE DANA: Yes, she did.
But we're gonna save that until after the break.
Stay with us and don't miss the outrageous conclusion to this case.
NARRATOR: Coming up...
Couples Court is back and we're wrapping up
with one of the most outrageous cases we've had in our courtroom.
JUDGE DANA: Taylor v. Jackson.
Ms. Jackson was a woman who was clearly caught
between her lover and her husband. Take a look.
Mr. Charles, when was the last time
that you were intimate with Ms. Jackson?
This morning.
(AUDIENCE GASPS)
Ms. Jackson, were you intimate with Mr. Charles this morning?
See her reaction.
JUDGE DANA: Quiet.
Yes, Your Honor.
JUDGE DANA: "Yes, Your Honor."
MR. TAYLOR: Life goes on.
You chose, you made your decision.
I can't keep on trying to rescue you from your own decisions.
You got to live with them.
I couldn't believe she did that.
You want to reconcile with your husband
but you are still sleeping with the man you made the sex tape with
and you bring him to court?
Well, apparently that was the last straw for Mr. Taylor.
He told a member of the staff that the relationship is over.
That's all the time we have today.
Thank you for joining us.
There's one last thing I want to do.
What's that?
Well, all the couples who come into our courtroom have these great selfies.
So you want to take a selfie?
I think it's called "usie."
Okay, let's take an usie.
And while we take our usie,
please enjoy some of the best usies we've seen this season.
Thank you for joining us and don't forget to follow us
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Smile, Mr. Cutler.
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