Taking an Advantage

The plaintiff rented an apartment for his son, and when he moved out, the defendant stole the security deposit. The plaintiff insists his son didn't cause any damage, so he's suing. The defendant claims the plaintiff's son was reckless, and the apartment was trashed when he left.
#PeoplesCourt #RealityTV #Court

[@julieswenson6934]

The dad immediately popping up and offering to buy his son's neighbor a new mat rather than let his son resolve it proves his dad has probably been covering for him since he was little.

[@trekgirl65]

Plaintiff dad still does for his adult son, instead letting the man settle his own adult issues. Sad dad will always do this and not let son become a man and be an adult.

[@ismaelrodriguez6420]

Exactly what I was thinking. This 28 year old man, still acts like a child and daddy comes to the rescue to cover for his irresponsible behavior.

[@mattandrews3874]

Dear plaintiff's girlfriend, you should not be laughing and smiling the whole case, he's bad news, run as far as you can.

[@shesuniqueinherownwaybenja7647]

She's just happy to be seen on TV 😂but your 100% correct 💯

[@simplyme456]

Guess she don't mind raising a grown man child

[@lescobrandon9693]

She has eyes for the father. Caching.

[@trekgirl65]

Wrong person, that is the Plaintiff's son's girlfriend. Get some reading glasses, they will help you see better.

[@Bih1stOfAll]

​@@trekgirl65They are both considered "the plantiff" bc they are presenting the case together 🙄

[@soloseraphimheartsong3710]

That’s what a spoiled adult looks like.

[@vivianpatton5692]

NO thank U !

[@marleonetti7]

well theres that , and then there is the fact that this judge actually validated a word claiming it is the name for a female body part . um , no judge , that female body part starts with a V , not a P and u will never hear a doctor or a patient refer to this body part as the one starting with a P . that word is a slang word and u just said it was the actual word for a body part without clarifying that it is a slang word and not the legitimate word for that .

[@justinmccullough3381]

💯

[@TheMilanW]

The son is basically 30yo, Dad needs to let him be a man and take accountability

[@crystalshaw8744]

Good luck with all that.

[@stephenbladt99]

Yes !

[@vivianpatton5692]

The son acts like a 12 yr. old . It's about time He grew up & face real Life.

[@feliciagallo9832]

Tired of man babies and the parents who make them.

[@JamesBrown-nr8or]

The dad seems like an enabler

[@rn6710]

Very much so.

[@trekgirl65]

He is and will never let the man be a man, making him a forever child in a man's body.

[@MsBizzyRae]

He absolutely is!!

[@Begotts]

That’s why this kid is the way he is… Daddy’s taking care of him

[@fahimabemberry9756]

Kid? That's not young. He is a MAN

[@gaylewhauwhau3972]

Hes not a kid !! Hes a full grown 28 yr old Man 🙄

[@Tokoywz42]

Imagine being 28 and having your dad fight your battles

[@mistiinseattle]

The dad is still speaking for his little boy even on the way out.

[@rn6710]

So true.

[@34stzoo]

My son is 25 years old and he lives on his own pays his own bills. The only thing his mother and I do once in a while is to make an additional plate at dinner in case he comes by. I will never tell another parent how to raise their kids, but he's setting his son up for failure!

[@XFiorentti]

I absolutely agree. You can tell the son trashed the apartment and the dad just completely jumps in to protect hid son. He's a 28 year old man and still needs his dad to serve as co-signee...that's an indication that his son has been a problem for a while.

[@pipesmoker4238]

The son already failed😢

[@gene5148]

Exactly, I was wondering if he was mentally challenged or slow in some way. My son moved out and got married at 24

[@sassyfassy8594]

The girlfriend needs to give him back his glasses and tell him to find a life.

[@MsBizzyRae]

Best comment!!😂

[@home1drm485]

The FATHER is clueless.....and the apple doesn't fall far from the TREE

[@TheRheality]

What in the "HE GROWN AS HELL" is going on here??!!! This ain't no kid, this a grown ass man child!!

[@cantgetbettathanthis]

Frfr 😂😂

[@sph1226]

I'm glad the judge told him that he has a serious problem, because he says that he was irate/frustrated/angry quite often as an excuse, as if it's an acceptable excuse. He's acting like a toddler who was irate because they got woken up out of a nap.

[@trekgirl65]

Cause dad still cuddles his son.

[@Bih1stOfAll]

​@@trekgirl65 *coddles

[@deborahfrance9807]

A nap lol 😂😂😂😂

[@shesuniqueinherownwaybenja7647]

This clearly explains why the plaintiffs son acts so entitled because his father keeps paying his way instead of letting him find his own way. The son is extremely immature, behavior just sucked. I would have been pist with any of my children behaving like this

[@Sunintheam8]

Girlfriend would be dodging a bullet if he would have eyes for someone else.

[@maureensmith-pinkard460]

Judge Milan teaching the son about apartment maintainence the way his dad should've done🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️

[@sherreefelstead4013]

I've looked at apartments that had male tenants, and I have to say they were pretty disgusting. But they were young frat boys, not a 28 year-old man who's behaving like a spoiled, entitled kid.

[@ChampionArgos]

It's crazy to me how many landlords think that they get to keep the whole deposit if there even a penny in damage.

[@stephenbladt99]

Yes the girlfriend should be running! He cannot take care of a goldfish!

[@AlessandroCalzaStudio]

Not a very smart man if you can't even realize what type of son you have

[@cpedersen474]

Dad didn't let the kid speak, neither did Doug. Doug is a gem.

[@stevelozano9523]

This plaintiffs son seems to not have grown up if he looks to cry to pappy to bail him out of the problems he creates.

[@oldageisdumb]

In all fairness, the dad was on the lease, I believe

[@bunji_beans]

Hilarious that plaintiff dad is calling the defendant petty when it sounds like having his son as a renter was a huge pain

[@mikeyh0]

And some people claim that kids are growing up so fast these days. Well, maybe in sexual matters but not in character. Girl friend sees Daddy's money.

[@OOOGhost-girlOOOshhhhh]

His son is lucky to have a parent that helps him . Cause some parents might not after 18….

[@lukerinderknecht2982]

Dad should have stopped enabling him years ago. He's not doing the son any favours.

[@meadow8787]

That child with his daddy is a serious piece of work. Good luck to the world. So was this daddy's place or baby boys? One of thems

[@3l3llala13]

For photo evidence, people need to take picture of both a close-up and a wider zoomed out pic to show the context.

[@howardhudson9592]

Very immature plaintiff, gf defending him and laughing through trial, dad covering for son

[@18missmm]

It's a dangerous combination. Gf better wise up and leave before the bf's anger turns on her and his daddy covers up whatever he does to her.

[@Hatokirei]

Man I really hope that GF runs far away from that guy. He still acts like he's a teenager and he has to get his daddy to resolve his issues. If the dad takes his money away, I wonder if that would wake her up.

[@blurrble5]

Dad is definitely babying his adult son

[@elvickRULES]

Good grief, parents let your near 30 year old children fly on their own. But I guess if they’ve been failing at being parents for nearly 30 years it’s not going to matter.

[@projectionv.accountability1010]

Somehow that lady thinks that man child is a catch... he is not.

[@Tbubbless]

That dad is enabling his GROWN son’s behavior.

[@suvariboy]

The son is a very immature 28 year old.

[@stratfordbaby]

Don't really believe he's 28.

[@vivianpatton5692]

@@stratfordbaby Let's say he is , just NOT n Wisdom .

[@andrewjones-ex5xo]

This guys an adult letting daddy pay for everything. Thats why he's so shocked when the judge asks him a question cuz he's never had to answer for anything...daddy does it all

[@lindaalvarez8855]

The son is not in college. He's a grown man & should act like one.

[@teairathomas663]

The landlord was definitely over charging I'm glad the judge made a fair ruling!!!! I need a dad like that rent is not cheap

[@GigiRulesTheRoost]

If the guy had to pay out over 300 bucks then he should be able to take that off the deposit. Ridiculous.

[@GeeBee909]

The apt manger is not too swift, because he should KNOW that as a mgr. you ALWAYS photograph the apartment BEFORE the tenant moves in. Then, when they move out you photo it AFTER, so you have BEFORE and AFTER photos as a record. So much time is wasted here on something that could been avoided had he taken both sets of photos. It would have made his case so much easier.

[@34stzoo]

12:20 As outrageous as those quotes sound it's becoming the norm! I got a bid a few months back to have my bathroom remodeled. We were supplying the new shower tube, vanity, and plumbing materials. Basically, we wanted the demo of the old cast iron tube, the surround, and removing the toilet just in case we decided to put down a new floor. He quoted us 8K for the work. The bathroom is 5' X 7' nothing special about it. The contractor quoted us $1,3000.00 to remove the cast iron tube and, a $170.00 dump fee. He charged us $270.00 for a vapor barrier (which is a piece of Visqueen on the front door of the bathroom), and he quoted us $2,200.00 for the plumbing trim. For all you who don't know that consists of installing all your plumbing fixtures, which would only be a shower. Basically every step on the demo we were charged an additional $170.00 dump fee. The rest of the bid was crazy! So, $25.00 to replace outlet covers is not a strange number. I know people who will not touch anything electrical and would pay someone to come to their home and replace an outlet cover. I would do it for $25.00 FYI I have the ability and resources to do the work myself, but didn't have the time. After that bid, I made time, and the whole thing from start to finish cost me $5K.

[@hottuna2006]

How the judge arbitrarily decides what's reasonable and what isn't is mind-blowing. If the plaintiff has issues with the costs, it's up to them to provide evidence that the prices were bloated by maybe submitting estimates done by other companies.

[@marys4565]

I'm making calls to replace a tub surround and fixtures. I'm cringing thinking about the cost ( noone has been out for estimate) I recently had a shut off valve replaced and it cost just shy of $200.

[@34stzoo]

@@marys4565 Yeah, it's crazy what they're charging for simple work. I work building maintenance for a high-rise office building. Part of my job is to get bids for projects. At times I can't see it, I can't justify the cost. It's crazy what these contractors are charging and it's not even my money at stake. Not everyone has the skills or tools to take care of home issues. I repaired my drier, washer, and oven at least three times which saved me thousands of dollars on replacement and repairs. The only way we can stop it is not to call them. The defendant's bid is not too far off.

[@iris-nx1wt]

We got a quote for a 4x6 bathroom about 2 years ago. They wanted 30k. I said no, thank you. I also got 3 qoutes to put up a wooden fence in our backyard. 7k, 10k, and 20k. The 7k guy disappeared ofcourse so I said I will keep what we have. Some of the prices are ridiculous.

[@mickm6309]

Good morning all from sunny Melbourne, Australia.

[@adrianknight1406]

What are they saying about that No bull tour with Scottie pippen etc..

[@mickm6309]

@@adrianknight1406 Not very much, Basketball isn't very big here, I used to go watch it when I was younger, but it really didn't take off. Australian Rules Football is the biggest sport in Australia, especially the Southern States. The AFL is the top competition and it is an expansion of the VFL which was started in Melbourne, games between top Victorian teams can attract a crowd of 70,000+ fans, a Basketball game would get around 5,000 fans.

[@michelehemlokhexwhite4310]

Gmornin! Also in Melbourne! Noble Park to be exact 😊

[@mickm6309]

@@michelehemlokhexwhite4310 I'm the other side, Werribee.

[@thatonepossum5766]

@@mickm6309 is that American football, or rest-of-the-world football? (Genuine question)

[@jamesjemmy]

Doug said “How’s he doing now” while he’s standing right there… catch the shade 😂💀

[@3vrodriguez]

What a big baby. What a turn off 🙄

[@florcanela49]

Daddy's paying for everything, so I don't care! 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@maureensmith-pinkard460]

Why would someone leave their belongings outside your door? 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@jennifer_mertens]

So when Brett tries to take of things himself, he turns nasty and leaves threatening notes on the bulletin boards or threatens the neighbors. The way he deals with things is so juvenile because Daddy takes care of all of his issues. Basic skills are learned/taught when you're a teenager, not when you are almost 30 years old. It's actually sad.

[@stefaniegood3921]

This guy is so used to daddy paying for everything. I got my first apartment at 22 by myself and paid my own rent and other bills. He's 28 and daddy is still paying for his apartment and fighting his battles. This guy needs to let his son stand on his own two feet.

[@simpleman3009]

Dad needs to let the son stand on his own two feet 🐾

[@Cindylovesrobert]

My son bought his own house at 19. And this guy is 28, and daddy is stii taking care of him. Thats stupid.

[@susanwixom8978]

Son is a wuss. Still needs daddy to take care of things.

[@oscarmejia9235]

Daddys little boy thinks he can do anything he wants 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@Speakingthetruth2024]

The loser son is probably living in daddy’s house right now don’t have have a job and daddy’s paying his bills

[@18missmm]

Plaintiff's son looks scary. His stare is unnerving. And the defendant looks like he lied about the repair rates to get a lil revenge on them both!😂

[@antdogg5041]

This dude 28 years old and Daddy still leasing his apartment, that tells you everything you need to know. Brett is a spoiled brat and his pops is an enabler.

[@zoeg7985]

What’s with the father not letting his son learn about responsibility? A 28 yo not being able to rent an apartment, and getting involved in petty things by offering to pay for the mat his son’s dog pooped on, making excuses left and right instead of chastising his son for acting like an irresponsible teen, suing and enabling his adult son’s bad behavior? C’mon dad be a better father and role model. In the real world actions have consequences!

[@mnelson2008]

Brett is a child. He will forever have people cleaning up his messes.

[@Itsjustleia]

Tell me you’re privileged without telling me you’re privileged

[@deloragooden8001]

28 and having your father speak for you and behaving juvenile. Then that girlfriend smiling like a clown and she's about to be clowned by this clown

[@eura542]

whoever did daddy's boys' eyebrows must have done it on purpose 🤣

[@uncleishy]

Dad needs to let his "little boy" grow up!!!

[@HHH-ye1ro]

5:35 why on earth would you leave expensive pairs of boots and sneakers outside your apartment? The inside of your apartment is a much better place to store those.

[@krullfamily5]

Daddy never said “no”. Son is a spoiled brat and needs to grow up.

[@alyssahamlett]

Oh, her construction family is also movers and master estimators. For how much moving costs? She's just a master of everything, isn't she? 😂

[@elvickRULES]

Shame nobody in her family is humble then she’d be good at being humble. Lol

[@aerotaken5357]

Probably not, but she is smart enough to research things before these cases and know the value of the things that she rules on. Anybody with common sense know it doesn't cost $350 to dispose of some old junky furniture. You break it down & toss it in the back of a pick-up truck & drop it at the dump, where they charge by the pound. A pick-up full of wood costs less than $20 in dump fees.

[@alyssahamlett]

@aerotaken5357 I love how u speak for all..I had a double hand amputation do I get to charge by the hr or pound to break down someone else's trash smh shits not free and not everyone is capable, nor should we have to be if she did what she ×as supposed there wouldn't be 350$ to tlk about in the 1stplace ..she's talking out her ass n so r u

[@aerotaken5357]

@alyssahamlett Yes, she should have taken care of her business. But he was inflating things, trying to make it punitive so he wouldn't have to give her money back, and the judge knew it. Both of them can be in the wrong and both deal with the consequences.

[@elvickRULES]

@@aerotaken5357 she’s often wrong. She used GameStop trade in prices for stolen games value and they notoriously undervalue everything and have a high mark up for maximum profit. Selling directly you’d get more. But she’s an idiot and finds games stupid so doesn’t care and the guy got ripped off coming on the show for his issue.

[@HHH-ye1ro]

If you look up “man child” in the dictionary, here is is…😢

[@joeys9299]

This guy is 28, why is his dad so involved in all these details? I get the father was a co-signer but the son needs to be more responsible in all of this.

[@user-ot4nr6vk7e]

Uuuhhhmm...she CLAIMS to come from "a construction company"😮😅. Contractors DO charge outrageous amounts for things 😮

[@oldageisdumb]

The plaintiff (son) is a real problem. He’s making a tough life for himself

[@jackiewelch85]

Why are people so hell bent on saying why doesn't she just give him a dog since since she has so many? Because they're she hers, she doesn't want to and doesn't have to! What planet are yall on

[@TEX686]

Pathetic, daddy will always be bailing this guy out for the rest of his life and he'll never take responsibility for any trouble he gets himself into🙄🙄

[@barbaraness4507]

The landlords prices were extremely inflated!

[@user-hs1zr6mc5d]

At 28 he has to have somebody hold his hand. That blank stare is not because of glasses. How entitled he is. He should be embarrassed. The defendant also should be ashamed for trying to rip them off.

[@davidwhite3180]

Dear Judge we ALLLLLLL know you come from a family of construction 🚧

[@Emriv]

The problem is dad, is solving his “grown” sons problem 👎🏾👎🏾👎🏾👎🏾👎🏾

[@lulusgm1]

Dad is the problem son will never take accountability with him covering all his tracks

[@coreyhardisty5312]

I didn’t think the guys estimates were crazy. $25 to replace outlet covers? How is that jacking up the price or bloating the estimate? Yeah they cost 99 cents but you have to at least pay $20 for someone’s time. Jesus

[@oldageisdumb]

I feel like she was overly hard on the defendant. The plaintiff (son) seems like he was an obnoxious tenant who behaved (and treated the apartment) like a child. Let the defendant inflate the prices a little to teach the plaintiff a lesson. All she did was show the plaintiff he can get away with acting like that. Poor judgement.

[@arielbleen6616]

This is what happens, ladies and gentlemen, when you don't make your children take accountability themselves. You end up with a 28 year old man child.

[@carriegarcia4173]

The dad is paying for his apartment so what does that tell you about the the plaintiff. He is a selfish rude pos. He definitely didn't respect or care about that apartment.

[@michelehemlokhexwhite4310]

I didn't think 25 bucks to replace multiple outlet covers was as excessive as JM made out!

[@elvickRULES]

I agree. If you’re going to pay someone it would cost more than doing it yourself. But I wouldn’t pay someone for that personally.

[@mickm6309]

Definitely not in Australia, but houses are a lot cheaper in the US.

[@aerotaken5357]

Outlet covers cost about $1.25 each & literally take 30 seconds or less to screw in the one screw.

[@vivianpatton5692]

I only heard them talk about 1 outlet .

[@Radsinqer]

The landlord did not properly inform the tenants of damages or the reasons for taking the entire deposit. Are there laws that the judge is ignoring regarding that? In Oregon, the landlord has to pay twice the amount if they don't notify you of damages within thirty days even if there are actual damages.

[@_theonlyme_]

Not every state has the same landlord/tenant laws.

[@Radsinqer]

@_theonlyme_ thanks captain obvious. That is precisely the reason I asked about it.

[@stratfordbaby]

Some of the stuff on the moulding is WEAR AND TEAR. A chair could bump a wall. A box could bump a moulding. Get real buddy.

[@adrianknight1406]

Why would someone choose to destroy where you live regardless of if you rent or paying mortgage. I couldn't be a landlord.

[@mickm6309]

My sister and brother-in-law decided to rent their old house out when they left Melbourne to move to Brisbane. For 20 years they rented it out mostly to people working at a nearby Airforce Base and never had any problems. People here buy and rent houses for tax breaks, we have a system of Negative Gearing here. (Negative gearing is a tax concession that applies when the cost of owning an investment outweighs the income it generates. The owner can then deduct that net loss from their overall income and lower their total taxable income, and therefore reduce their tax bill.) They are now selling the house because of changes to laws and because the last tenant did $30,000 damage to the house.

[@MOAB-UT]

I could. It's simple. Take detailed pictures upon move in day. Have renter sign the back of each photo. Same drill on move out day. Make the contract very clear and to the point. List things out- spell out in simple language e.g., Apartment will be returned in exactly the same condition or there will be a charge of $X dollars for A, B and C. He can spell out how much the property is worth and have the renter sign it. Case closed! Always assume you are going to court.

[@Tony_417]

It’s tough being a landlord when you squat in a house and refuse to pay rent.

[@loribryant884]

Maybe start with not cheating when keeping the deposit 🤷

[@mickm6309]

@@Tony_417 That is what we believe is happening at my sister's house, I went around there one morning and the back door was opened, rang the police and after 2 days they checked on it. The house was furnished by the Real Estate Agent and someone had definitely been sleeping in the bed.

[@johneisleytiu5110]

Doug wanted to hear an answer he wanted to hear. And maybe what he wanted was the answer that came from HIS Young Adulthood The fact is, most of the younger people now are very simplistic of their rooms. They want this "aesthetic", and want minimal things possible. It's kind of good that most of them dropped the hoarder mentality that the older people had.

[@KalEmberTTV]

im very surprised they won some of their deposit back, they did not deserve it

[@stratfordbaby]

Yes, yes they did. The landlord was overcharging the damages significantly. YOU ARE THICK.

[@randimadrid24]

Daddy has spoiled this little man waaaaaay too much! He is definitely an entitled brat and thinks he deserves everything. I truly hope the girlfriend is paying close attention because she's in for a long life of waiting on him hand and foot. So when things don't go his way or he gets told no. He will whine and cry to his daddy and daddy will fix his problems!! Grow up baby boy!!

[@MarioLopez-gn8wq]

Why does the judge say i know the price because of family coming from construction? Those prices sound okay and fair. If you want cheaper, do it yourself or get someone that you will end up in court for a bad job. Small jobs are more expensive because they're not worth it for people to do. One hour job no one does it so they need to do minimum four hours.

[@deserthare1]

Knew there would be an issue the moment i heard his name was Bret

[@omeryang656]

I'm getting "entitled little sh*t" vibes from the son

[@boomer891]

Sad dad enables son and it will not end

[@natalieperoutka3850]

Oh, shut up, Doug.

[@joemancurreri6635]

Daddy will be taking care of the "kid" forever. that son is a problem.. and daddy is covering for him.

[@frankgiuliano380]

the son is a problem.. that's why daddies still taking care of him. he needs help. the girl friend better run while she can. and daddy will be covering for this punk forever,

[@stratfordbaby]

Given the neck tattoo on the little boy, I believe the Defendant.

[@Kimberly-pf4iy]

This girlfriend better be paying attention to her boyfriends actions and attitude. Since he's so disrespectful and vulgar towards one woman, he will be that way with her, and I'll bet he already is. It sounds like Daddy dear sees no problem with his son's behavior.

[@brianheyward147]

You almost 30 years old and your Diddy has to cosign for you to get an apartment? And you leave a note like an entitled teenager? Bruh!! I love my kids, but they got to get off my back and walk at some point. He might be someone's husband or dad one day and he can't take care of his business?

[@MsBizzyRae]

The son is a jerk because his dad is a jerk. You are enabling him to be irresponsible and aggressive by excusing him being irresponsible and aggressive. The girlfriend needs to run before he shows that immaturity on her

[@snapperkc9317]

The 27 year old BOY has hit his maturity max. SMH The boy need some Tuff Love by his Daddy…time to let Junior grow his own wings.

[@helyntavita7908]

Make yr son be responsible for his own crap, or he'll forever be a big baby.

[@GigiRulesTheRoost]

foolish dad and son and DEFINITELY the girlfriend. Run girl run!

[@spacepanda9037]

Brett has the fave of a liar i wouldnt believe anything he would say