Hard Times

[@susanstribe4914]

Nope. Ain’t nobody sharing a room with my kids. Sleep on the sofa!

[@Tina-wb2hm]

Sleep on the floor. She paid her way. No u didn't. 250.00 a month girl Bye

[@perfectlyimperfect9129]

Same here

[@momjeansasmr]

I would NEVER let an adult share a room with my young children. wtf

[@ericbedenbaugh7085]

Especially an admitted addict.

[@Brien84]

Especially with a former drug addict!

[@shelberz1]

Agreed

[@tbyrd2926]

Exactly… not ever!!

[@jazminami]

I was looking for this comment… that’s ridiculous and dangerous for so many reasons

[@ShanetteLewis]

if you can’t afford the electricity in a smaller home why would you get a bigger one?!

[@King82005]

Simple. Because she has kids of different genders growing up needing more space. Sometimes you have to have faith make moves and hope solely for the best of things to work out. Not alll of us are loaded w/funds.

[@magicworld3242]

Where I live. They'll cut your electric "OFF" before it gets 1300 bucks.

[@jvillebil13]

But you probably pay your bills.

[@keiariabailey8739]

Mine will cut off after 1 missed payment 😅 they give no grace lol

[@emilyquill4976]

It doesn’t seem like the power company realized it was them all three times. They kept opening new accounts and getting balances every time they moved.

[@Live4ever96]

Some places can't shut off the electricity if it's too cold and you have kids

[@SheWaterRose]

There are also some places where they are prohibited from shutting your service off if you have certain health conditions requiring life-saving equipment.

[@ashb7846]

The way the judge said “good for you👏” when the defendant said she pays her bills now 😂 Like, lady, we all struggle, but you don’t get extra points for doing what you should have already been doing. Congrats on being sober, that is huge and I’m glad the judge gave a sincere response there, but following through with responsibilities is the next logical step, not a perk of sobriety you can choose. It’s like parents who want a pat on their back when their kids are well fed, that’s not you being great, that’s you doing your minimum job requirements of life.

[@sunflowermama4297]

On a side note. I don’t care who she is. I would not allow any other adult, other than maybe a grandparent to sleep in the same room with my kid. That’s way too trusting of an individual - let alone someone with a substance abuse history. SMH

[@corporateraider77]

I absolutely hate when people use their kids as an excuse for everything.

[@alfreddavis9116]

That's too many people in one house. As the boyfriend I could not deal with this madness.

[@myalaynaangel]

Well you're not the boyfriend soooooo.... thank God!

[@Sacra898]

@@myalaynaangel lmao

[@matthewfournier6478]

The boyfriend needs to be a man and get a real job that pays the bills.

[@KevinFinnerty-c4n]

Plaintiff LIED!! Said bill was all paid off, then when asked for statements said she was on a PAYMENT PLAN. Caught in a lie pays no price

[@mahailiabrown3972]

Right she should have gotten ut dismissed because she did lie about that

[@yakyim2114]

Noo she didn't lie. she said after she and her bf paid off their separate overdue bill the defendant's bill under her name transferred to her because she still lived there.

[@eph2vv89only1way]

That's not what she said. The balance was transferred to her and she was put on a payment plan. So the defendant is considered paid off by the company

[@Catloudan]

Drug addict mooched off her.

[@IH8YALLL]

I’m surprised they’re letting the defendant chew gum

[@SherryDunaway-zm8vp]

It kills me how irresponsible & immature people are!

[@newsflash7609]

Damn. You have three kids of your own and you're living in another person's how, sharing a bedroom with a 4 year old. That's rough.

[@newbeginning8095]

Make better decisions

[@keiariabailey8739]

@@newbeginning8095wow that’s so helpful 😒

[@moniqueengleman873]

Don't do drugs kids. It truly ucks your life.

[@myalaynaangel]

They fell on Hard Times...

[@karlacairns-ef4rn]

Her kids weren’t there

[@stephanieellis7302]

They just be putting all their broke a** business out on the street. 😂😂😂😂

[@BiterAvid]

How does the plaintiff win while she plain lied about paying that bill when she has paid ZERO. I don't get this all. Plaintiff is a Schluubb.

[@Nicolebear1985]

All jokes aside im glad she got her kids

[@missa1goins]

I was helping her get ahead but I really need her to help me with the cost of living, smh!

[@reniejackson8368]

she provide the place the least she was supposed to keep up her food water and help with at least utilities or something so you should at least have your own

[@missa1goins]

@reniejackson8368, then say we were helping each other during hard times.

[@missa1goins]

@reniejackson8368, say we were helping each other during hard times. The plaintiff had past due bills and could use the extra 250 from the defendant. The cases with someone helping someone else get ahead or on their feet by letting the person live with them are ALWAYS benefitting in some way it's not I was helping, out of the kindness of my heart. Getting something in return isn't from the heart jmo

[@missa1goins]

They both benefit from each other not just the defendant being helped out

[@saramichele7366]

Letting a stranger sleep in the room with your children is SO dangerous! Man or woman+

[@paigesimpson3808]

The plantiff is trashy for doing that. She's not a friend at all. Just a user who doesn't care about people around her. "When she got her kids back she became selfish" Lady you put your electricity in HER NAME when it's obvious she couldn't swing it.

[@shantejones4836]

The plaintiff let her stay rent free!!!! wtf is wrong with ppl. How is that not enough??!!

[@paigesimpson3808]

@shantejones4836 then she shouldn't have offered in the first place to help her. She had a delinquent bill and decided to bring in another person in her home who she knew would have trouble paying.

[@de4700]

Yes with friends like that you don’t need enemies

[@3lephantZombi3]

Idk I'm confused!!! I think JM should've called the electric company to confirm that she no longer has a balance. Plaintiff sounds SKETCHY!!!!

[@someoneoutthere2159]

I would never let someone else use my name for their bills!

[@shivonneharris5109]

In the winter some states/city won't cut off your electric bill during the winter months

[@Gotanewcaseofcrabs]

@@shivonneharris5109 that’s your takeaway. smh

[@Sophie-mm7ow]

In most states, it's illegal for the electric company to shut it off during the winter. Unfortunately, Texas is not one of those states. An 80 year old man paid his bill, and they still turned it off because they said he didn't pay it. We had a very cold few days and temperatures in the lower teens at night. A neighbor stopped by and couldn't get him to answer the door, so they called the police. The man was deceased. He froze to death. The family later proved that he had indeed paid the bills and sued the company. Companies should be required to contact a family member or someone else prior to turning off the electricity in the winter and summer.

[@shivonneharris5109]

@@Sophie-mm7ow right. Thanks for agreeing

[@chuck9380]

Why is it so many adults in a place and folks still struggling to pay a small amount of bills. Also the plaintiff lied 🤥 about the balance being paid off when asked to see a paid off bill now it’s on a payment plan 😆

[@alandrosstettina1843]

WTF?? Both women are to blame. This is weird.

[@Gotanewcaseofcrabs]

Defendants eyebrows look like comma symbols 😂

[@shivonneharris5109]

That's your takeaway.smh

[@16MedicRN]

😂😂😂 I can't unsee it now

[@Gotanewcaseofcrabs]

@@16MedicRN 😂😂 for sure! 😂

[@babsdolson]

the way she says hoooommmeee

[@bjohnson1149]

"At this point" I"m annoyed with this plaintiff. As for the defendant she has made one big mess of her life and dragged her kids down with her.

[@jessicabarnes2348]

Moral of the story get EVERYTHING in writing! You never know when you will need it smh!

[@NellieKAdaba]

True

[@slmel7]

Absolutely DISGUSTING RULING! Plaintiff is a liar and 100% owed that bill! Shame on Milian!

[@simpleman3009]

Yeah she definitely agreed to pay it

[@loribryant884]

I'm not sure I agree I think I may have just split it 🤔

[@rowan64official]

Yeah I do not understand how the plaintiff wins this. She's the deadbeat.

[@Itsgonnabemay77]

Wait how did no one catch this. She was in a relationship with my brother-in-law. If he’s your brother-in-law that means he’s married to your sister so are they sisters? Was he cheating on her sister? What

[@Ch.Maloney260]

Probably husband’s brother because that’s also your brother in law

[@perfectlyimperfect9129]

13:23 I would NEVER put any adult in my kids room!! The couch is good enough if id even allow that!!

[@symonephillips7841]

Plaintiff lied .. yes? She said it was all paid off until she had to show proof of a zero balance but it’s on a payment plan ?

[@Peepeepoopoo5543]

Hard times thats for sure

[@trekgirl65]

Plaintiff is strange and a liar, she knew she had a previous balance from the place she lived with her BF. Then she is trying to get Defendant to pay her bill. Shame. Always get agreements in writing, a piece of paper and a pen, or pencil.

[@yoyolo8465]

Toilet paper will do per JM.

[@the2ndQT]

I think it's fair that the defendant rented a $250 room sharing with plaintiffs daughter in Section 8 space without telling govt that additional people were living there.

[@trekgirl65]

They found out when this originally aired.

[@Myopinionmattersthemost]

I doubt it was a section 8 space because she moved into a larger unit. Section 8 doesn't allow you to do this unless you add more folks on your lease and request your voucher to increase bedroom allotted

[@wilmamalone1256]

I didn't hear anything about sec 8😊

[@Hatokirei]

They can't pay an electric bill in a smaller home so they move to a larger one? They let someone stay in their kids room? The plaintiff is pissed that the defendant started to take care of her own kids and not the plaintiffs? Are they taking crazy pills?

[@mikeyh0]

Being a former freeloader I am amazed that people stay for months! I could only manage a few days.

[@gummybear-wx1vr]

😆😆😆

[@carolmckinney96]

sounds like she was getting food stamps for kids that were not living with her. PPl like that disgust me. My son and his wife and 2 kids desperately needed help and made a few dollars too much. Wow $100 too much did not go far for a family of 4. I worked overtime to help them for months until he got a raise. He was in the police academy and couldnt work an extra job due to having to study all the time. She seems to take advantage as it's hard to get food stamps for one person if you have money coming in and working like she was! My friend retired from public service in food stamps department, she agrees with me on this. She only worked in the dept for 39 yrs so she would know!

[@dianabohanan9347]

She says she appreciates what the plaintiff did for her, but she doesn't sound very appreciative to me.

[@roslynbernstein3181]

You think that she should pay more than $250 And food stamps when she's sleeping in a bedroom with a 4-year-old? And I'm sure that your house is not the lap of luxury. 250 and all her food stamps seems sufficient

[@babsdolson]

keep reaching out to your older kid

[@hijabibeautiful]

How do you have in laws but not married? It’s annoying when people do that. All these “fiancés” but no ring and no wedding date in sight. These women are delusional

[@keiariabailey8739]

Who cares? It doesn’t affect anyone’s life but them.

[@missa1goins]

And on the case of rotten renting JM didn't like the plaintiff saying in-laws, then I read this comment.

[@juliatanner3247]

I'm not married. My sister's husband is my brother-in-law. See how that works?

[@hijabibeautiful]

@@juliatanner3247 you read my comment and thought that’s what I was referring to? You’re being intentionally dense just for an opportunity to be bitchy. Must be triggered by what I said lol

[@hijabibeautiful]

@@keiariabailey8739 a hit dog will holler won’t it? 😂

[@burtmann3921]

Scammer plaintiff, defendant got played

[@sussybaka551]

Next best thing aside from JJ! LOVE Judge Milano!

[@maryellenbeale2188]

The moral of the story is don't let people move into your home. It usually doesn't end well

[@Idontwant1]

The Plaintiff was really nice. Letting the Defendant stay for low rent. The Defendant should have been a lot nicer to her in return.

[@myalaynaangel]

Love those African style drums!!

[@thefonzkiss]

wtf

[@LiloBlue-c2p]

The judge was not having it

[@wandabellamy6120]

💐🌸The moral to this story is: U can't Help everybody out even tho u feel u want to try & save the World u just can't...Point, Blank, Period 🌺🌹

[@w.w.8215]

The drug addict refused to pay the electric bill. No matter how much so claims she's clean, she will always be a USER. Shame on her for going on national tv and cause more harm to her daughter for embarrassment.

[@kents1911]

Ungrateful

[@ninosimone]

I hate when irresponsible adults have kids … poor kids .

[@shantejones4836]

The defendant is the most ungrateful person ever

[@babsdolson]

i was barely hoooommmeee

[@simplysheba5145]

Electricity bill is the biggest bill in the house . It fluctuates between summer and winter. plaintiff feel sense she let her live rent free at the first house let’s stick her with the bigger bill instead of a gas or trash or cable bill smh no such thing as free handout . Rent free my ass

[@missa1goins]

Yes this

[@ktracey2001]

Has the plaintiff heard of heap?

[@johnmoya383]

Plaintiff a bit slippery. 70s makeup

[@cableguy6843]

I think the plaintiff got over on the judge

[@SmashbrosBackroundbattles]

Get rid of Harvey, what an annoying turd.

[@WonderingHead]

'I am a drug addict' present tense?😮

[@grouphomegoddess]

Laughing and key keying....FOH. girl bye...poor kids

[@BiterAvid]

Free electric for everyone all the time. Just put the bill in the name of all your friends. I do not get this ruling at all. That is plaintiff's bill. End of.

[@Catloudan]

Druggies burnt bridges

[@Degorff]

The only person who needs to step up is the guy who took dougs place, he should step up and out he is an ass telling her she needed to step up. ID-10-T form.

[@Aaaykaay]

Ratchets!!

[@shelberz1]

Interesting

[@tamekadavis6641]

😮

[@DarrellPeterson-z4q]

Heather wins!

[@grouphomegoddess]

Blonde hair blue Eyed huh???. Ur eneegy is different Marilyn

[@thefonzkiss]

Get back to the group home, momma.

[@nordiq21]

Another episode where Judge is rude and condescending

[@Mimi197-f2z]

Get lost then

[@Spicy248]

❤❤

[@broeheemed32]

Well.... that didn't take long. Not even a minute in, and I couldn't care less about the plaintiff or what she wants. Another single mother with 100% custody and moves in "new boyfriend" to pay the bills and play "new dad", even though the children have a father who guaranteed is paying child extortion payments for children that he isn't allowed to co-parent. It's never about what's right for the children, just about what the MOTHER wants. ~~ Now it's two minutes in, and there's no respect for the defendant, either. ANOTHER single mother, this one a doper, that plans to get her children BACK as if it's her "right" as a mother to have custody. Guaranteed she doesn't pay a nickel for the years she doesn't have custody. "I don't think either of you are much of a planner". Of course they aren't.... they're single mothers on foodstamps.

[@coquigirl0789]

So it doesn’t matter that she’s been 2 years clean and rebuilt her life along with getting her children back, she’ll always be a “doper”? by the way getting her kids back was NOT easy to do, CPS and the courts don’t just give kids back to their parents. They have to work for it. People like you, that can’t even consider for 1 second that people have the capacity to change and grow, truly make me sick.

[@newbeginning8095]

Wow look at these freeloading folks!!! Look at the nice sympathetic tone and attitude the judge has!!! If they were Black, her whole tone would be completely different!!!

[@mikeyh0]

But your tone remains the same. If you don't like JM, don't watch.

[@newbeginning8095]

@ I can watch what I want to watch and call her bullshit out. She is a racist prick, and I’m a fan!! But she is racist

[@newbeginning8095]

@ Especially when my tax dollars are supporting them!!! Losers…

[@heyokakoyeh]

I hate cases like this. Shame on JM for using situations like this for profit and public entertainment. The glee in JM's voice when she hears about women struggling over $1000 is disgusting.

[@keiariabailey8739]

They brought the case to her..not her fault grown adults are stupid asf.

[@joelfrankel708]

lol what????? Its not her faul tthese idiots exist and wanted to go on tv!!

[@Mimi197-f2z]

Lmao #1 this show isn't on anymore. It's been over for 2 years. #2 The judge doesn't pick anyone the people themselves apply to be on the show! #3 ignorant comments make you sound real stupid.b

[@heyokakoyeh]

@Mimi197-f2z lmao back atcha! Like you needed to point out that this episode is 10 years old? SMH 😂

[@heyokakoyeh]

@Mimi197-f2z holding a mirror up to your #3 😂

[@adrianknight1406]

All I know is had the defendant been black Milian would've torn into her something serious, particularly upon finding out that she lost her 3 children due to drugs. But here she glossed over it, continuing on about the bills. Whatever man.

[@sheltiemomstefanie2564]

Oh you really think she’s racist like that ? I don’t think so. She just didn’t want to run her through the mud.

[@Ralphbo-u6l]

Blah Blah Blah don’t take some long to play the race card . If that all some look for that’s all they will ever see.

[@loribryant884]

​@Ralphbo-u6l He seriously devalues REAL racist problems 😒

[@loribryant884]

That's rich coming from someone who has stated they are racist and has demonstrated real sexist comments as well. You're a liar and an attention seeking troll 🧌 as usual

[@hijabibeautiful]

It’s been years of you commenting about how much you dislike JM lol boy stop watching. All you’re doing is putting more money in her pocket and giving her more views and helping her get new shows and royalties on the old ones