Charleston Man and Woman Appear on "Judge Judy"

On Monday August 31, 2009, a Charleston man and woman appeared on "Judge Judy" The trial: Jones vs. Casdorph was taken place in Jude Judy's Court Room in Los Angeles, California. Judge Judy Scheindlin, wearing a black judges robe, presented herself to be a confident, criticizing, and tough judge. On the other hand the plaintiff and the defendant weren't so lucky. The plaintiff, Samantha Jones, 23, appeared to be a little frustrated. The red shirt she was wearing definitely matched her sassy attitude. The defendant, Christopher Casdorph, 29, seemed a little nervous but got more confident as the trial went along.


The plaintiff, Samantha Jones, claims that Casdorph owes her money for fines that she had payed for him and damages to her car that he created. She gave Judge Judy pictures of the dent that he kicked into her car and the bank statements of the money he owes her. The defendant, Christopher Casdorph, claimed that she did pay for his fines but they were living together and they did it to make a better life for their son. He also admitted to kicking her car and making dents into it.


Judge Judy is hard to read sometimes, considering her sarcastic attitude towards things. Judge Judy seemed a little persuaded by Jones' evidence considering she gave her pictures of the damages and bank statements. Judge Judy seemed to be on Casdorph's side. The reason for this is because at one point in the trial she looked at Jones and said, "He sure doesn't look like he lies." So she definitely took his side on a few things. Judge Judy also pointed out that he has to be a good parent because otherwise he would not have full custody of an 8 year old.


So in the comments that she had said about Casdorph we can tell that she is on his side. Even though Judge Judy was taking up for Casdorph she still has to be lawfully fair. Therefore she told him that he has to pay for his fines that he had and for Jones' car damages, which all together was $1, 300.00.


The reaction from the plaintiff was she just wanted the car damages taken care of, and that she hopes that he can become a better father. The defendant was just happy that the trial was over with and he just wants to be able to see his son.


Judge Judy is usually very harsh when it comes to her court room. During this trial she was about mediocre when it came to her sarcastic and demanding attitude. She only got frustrated a couple of times. The first time she got a little aggravated was because Jones kept bringing up that they fought all the time. She finally just said listen I don't care about your fighting, we have established that you all were fighting so let's get on with the hearing. The second time was when Casdorph was not answering a question and he seemed a little confused by it. She finally said Hey it's not that hard of a question either yes or no. So she wasn't her usual self but she was still pretty intimidating.