Electricity Scam Goes Haywire | Part 1 

I’m blaming my weight gain on this channel , I cannot watch a single episode without snacking on something 😅

Rigging electricity is criminal. I can't believe she'd come on national TV and admit that he did that. The son is totally responsible. The plaintiff has a very entitled attitude.

I hate the face scrunching the plaintiff keeps doing whenever Judge Judy mentions her son doing something wrong. It’s almost like she thinks her son is innocent of everything and couldn’t possibly do anything wrong.

This is embarrassing to bring to court as a landlord. How’re you suing your tenants for smth you and your son were responsible for lmao

Sue your son, babe.. not the defendants

This plaintive doesn’t appreciate hearing from JJ that her son’s actions are tantamount and rise to the level of criminal!

Ugh something about that woman just irritates me!!!!

My husband and I moved into a rental in 2020 and the first power bill was for only $4, we immediately called them. It took a few months to fix bc of the pandemic shut down, but we definitely got it fixed as soon as we could, we did not wait on the landlord. In this case the landlord’s son is responsible, he broke the law, but as the tenant I would have investigated why I was not getting bills.

The way she smiled while she said her son is a criminal is so WEIRDDD

This landlady is absolutely insane. Her rotten son should be in jail, but she's scheming to get these people to cover it. Ridiculous.

2:00 Now that is bizarre that they got NO utility bills. If I was them, I would have been asking what was going on. It's a bit crazy to think they would have NO UTILITIES for months. But that's her problem, not theirs. They don't have to chase her for it.

gotta come to court with clean hands

If you look at it closely, she's disagreeing with judge Judy a lot. Especially when it bout her son. She's just as guilty as he is

If she knew her son rigged it and she would've had to because it was her property, she should've called the power company and had it fixed before they moved in.

Why did she laugh when the Judge stated "someone" rigged the electricity. Did she think her son committing utility theft/fraud was somehow funny? Who thought it would be a good idea to bring this to a nationally televised court?

I agree with JJ's position about the electric bill, however, if I lived somewhere for several months and never received a bill for the electricity, I would be asking why? That is pretty irresponsible of the tenants.

Every time Judge Judy brings up the actions of the Plaintiff's son, the plaintiff gives an expression like she's referring to a mischeivous toddler.

I don't know what "rigged the electric" means, but clearly the defendants should have wondered at some point why they weren't getting any bills and they never took action to put the bull in their own name. That seems strange to me. Especially when the lease says they are responsible for all utilties. So they just thought the electricity was free?

You can tell she thinks it’s okay that her son was stealing from them 😂

Where ya at lunch crew? 😅

The defendants should be able to get all their rent money back. The place was clearly not able to be legally rented out. Im guessing the plaintiff knew about the rigged wiring before renting to the defendants.

Excellent tenants but she brings them to JJ on national tv for an electric bill when the service was hooked up illegally by her own son. WTF.

Seriously this is the same as holding or buying a stolen item without prior knowledge, however when informed its theft. They had no bills and should've informed the utility companies why not. They should've payed something towards the bill.

EVERY apartment/ house I’ve EVER moved into I had to either call or go to the said utility company to put it in my name. That’s moving 101.. I don’t understand how they never went to get anything turned on in their names. The landlord probably told them about the rigged electric and they were ok with it until the power company finally found out.. I think they’re both to blame

I get what JJ is saying but I would think it was odd if I knew I was supposed to pay utilities but I never got a bill. After maybe two months I would call and find out what’s going on.🤷🏽‍♀️

Haha I love the sneer on the plaintiffs face everytime JJ mentions her criminal son. Apples don't fall far from their trees!

If the language in the lease suggests the defendants should have been paying electricity and therefore were negligent in not looking into it, then I would order in the plaintiff's favor but ONLY AFTER she submitted a copy of a police report stating that she turned her son over for fraud. If one person is going down EVERYONE IS GOING DOWN. You can't protect your son's criminal behavior and still be rewarded. Absolutely not.

I'm guessing the Plantiff's son learned how to rig things from her.He became a scammer because the mom is a scammer.😖

To watch JJ is the reason I wake up in the morning.

Clean hands!

This land lady is nuts!

Rent is so cheap in the US. I'm jealous.

This plaintiff is a couple of French fries short of a happy Meal.

They used the electricity. Any lease I ever signed, that says responsible for all utilities, I knew I had to call and make a transfer. They played the “huh, we didn’t know” game. Her son should have to pay for his part and they should have to pay for their use.

Everyone needs to get their utilities under their name. Why wouldn’t they call?

The mother is deflecting responsibility of her son onto strangers who paid what they owed. She's the reason her kid is a loser.

Who moves to a home and doesn't put the utilities in their name BEFOREHAND. The tenants assumed someone else was paying . Judy blew it on this one

how do you live for months using the electricity and not wonder why you're not getting bills for use? the defendants are a bit ridiculous. they should have to pay for the electric they used

Not sure about this case! Looking forward to part 2!

How dare she bring this to court

The cheek of the plaintiff is outrageous.

They ate the steak for two years... in any other case JJ would have called the defendants ridiculous for using power and water and thinking it came out of the air for free just because they never got a bill.

I didn't know stealing electricity was a thing. Sounds dangerous.

I heard of someone quite a while ago turning the box upside down, and it started running backward.

Find your son! He’s the crook- period! Get over it lady 😒 its all on your sons dirty hands

He rigged it the month before he moved out.... yeah ok and I'm a unicorn! 😂😂😂

Hey lunch crew great to see you beef dip and french fries ❤

judge judy is savage

According to our City Hall when I didn't get a water bill which comes every 3 months and I didn't pay it, I was fined $10.00. They told me I need to pay my bill whether I get one or not. Who keeps track of bills they don't get is what I want to know? I was royally pissed but you cannot fight City Hall as I found out. They send out a small card in the mail without any envelope and if it gets lost it's still our responsibility to pay a bill we know nothing about or didn't get. Apparently this woman isn't going to collect, I wish I could have recourse like the Defendants did. I have enough going on in my life to keep track of bills I DON'T get. I worry about paying the ones I DO get and pay them right away. The City got away with total B.S. on the lack of getting my water bill.

If they knew that the lights were rigged they are complacent and should be held 50% responsible.

The landlord should have checked to make sure the utilities were put in the tennants name the day they moved in. Those tennants weren't stupid. The utility companies don't give you free service through the goodness of their hearts. If they didn't put the utilities in their name the day they moved in, the landlord should have had them shut off and taken out of her name.

Her son was a THIEF and that mother thought it was a joke. Disgusting

When you move into a place you are supposed to call or even go down to the electricity office and get it in your name.

This lady is one of those that if she thinks it than it's truth no matter whom says she's wrong.

Good Evening Jesse.... Again.... Thanks NYPD

The landlord should have contacted all utilities to disconnect them. Then it's on the tenant to re-establish service. The utility company will want the tenant's credit info.

You can’t have 2 different accounts at the same address at the same time.. The plaintiff would have to first pay the utility bills. Then turn the utilities off to get them out of her name, so the defendants could turn them on in their name. Being a landlord she should know that already.

The defendants didn’t get any bill and the plaintiff is at fault. And her son for scamming the electric company

That woman is accustomed to getting her way.

Plaintiff has a ton of nerve to sue her tenants for something her son did illegally

Both parties are responsible. Like the defendants, straight of said, they never got any utilities that means they didn’t even attempt to try and turn on the utilities in their names.

Learned a new word today: "gravamen" 1:08

Get your criminal son to pay up lady!

3 freezers full?? BS...

WHO IS HER SON. I JUST NEED TO ASK HIM A QUESTION FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE😂😂😂

As an electrician I can tell you that sometimes there is a shut off box ahead of the electric meter. So it is possible to disconnect the wires going to the electric meter and then install new wires that go to the electric panel. This bypasses the meter. This way you can steal electricity.

They’re all dirty in this case

That plaintiff was something else. Just accept the fact your son did something illegal and HE owes you money for the electricity HE ILLEGAL RIGGED!!! Oh my lord🤦🏼‍♀️

I had my first apartment and I thought I had the water bill in my name on autopay. At the end of the year lease, I got a bill from the Renting company for 12 months worth of water because I apparently never paid it. Never got a bill in the email for it. It was being sent to the owner of the property and they made me responsible for it. They could have brought it up when I dropped off the check or called or emailed or anything? I paid for it and know better to check now, but that rental company really screwed up at the end there.

Those poor tenants 😩

Is the plaintiff rocking an 80s poodle perm? 😅

Whenever I have rented a house or flat I was the one to call gas / electric / water / broadband… etc to set everything up. How would the utility companies know to send me a bill otherwise?

nguoi phu nu toc xoan that su toi thay nguoi nay rat qwuen vba khong the thay nguoi do kha la mot dieu gi do khac biet

Judge Judy, watch a single without snacking The Good Doctor

Ex dolo malo non oritur actio.* _*An action cannot arise from fraud._

You have to love the mental gymnastics of feeling that the defendants are responsible for bills they never received, but her son performing a blatantly criminal act is of no issue at all. She also believes the defendants were excellent tenants. Lady, the problem is your son, and you just embarrassed yourself on an international stage.

Sue your son!

plaintif's body language screams psycho to me

Lol my uncle’s house meter failed while he was on a cruise during the winter. The house still got electricity thankfully as it was winter , he was not home and the house had electric heat, but the meter stop measuring the watts correctly. So he comes home, all is good. He pays the bills as they come in. Now, he didn’t realize it was not measuring what he was actually using I.e. it ran slower than it was supposed to. The first bill was low. It made sense, they were not home. But he doesn’t pay a whole lot of attention after that. 6 months later the electric company goes to house, discovers the meter issue and then tries to back bill him. Problem, no one has a clue how much wattage he used in this period versus what he paid. The electric company tried to scare him into paying but he didn’t bite. They dropped it when he got a lawyer, because no one could definitively prove what he used in that time period versus what he paid was incorrect.

The landlord puts this all on the defendants for not calling the power company. If the electric bill is in HER name then why didn’t she notice she didn’t receive a bill right after her son moved out and the new tenants moved in? Anytime I have moved I have always received one more bill afterwards. They may have assumed it was part of the rent. At my last apartment cable and water was included. Some places have electricity included. I have had neighbors who didn’t transfer the electricity over for their new apartment and the manager sent them a notice about it. If they should have known then so should she.

That woman is a damn fool trying to sue them over what was her and her son rigged up. Lol

Million dollar problem, just look at these so-called parents! She knew her son was a crook and a criminal! She had the audacity to come on TV knowingly uphold her crooked son!

The plaintiff looks dirty.

The plaintiff reminds me of the crazy Tupperware lady

The plaintiff is really strange.

Where the H*** a you find an apartment for $800 a month??? My apartment is $2300 a month! Where is this dream land of $800 rent?

the plaintiffs cara de fucci lmao

Sorry if you’re grown enough to have SIX children you should have enough common sense to ask about the electric bill. You didn’t pay electric for 2 years but sure did use it?!

The look on the face of the Plaintiff smugly says she's done nothing wrong and her son has done nothing wrong. Hope he was arrested after this was broadcast.

4:27 nods in agrence to her son jimmying the wires. 4:31 the look of digust on her face when hearing her son should be arrested for doing something illegal.

I wonder if the hydro company charged her. I am guessing the hydro company would have disconnected the service and "fixed" what her son did. Maybe they fined the owner too.

Have to come to court with clean hands. To paraphrase from another judge cant ask the the court for your money because you got bad bag of coke or something. Cant remember the exact quote but it was something she said a lot with different phrasing.

I am here too

The plaintiff is insufferable.

They didn’t have an electric bill in 3 years????

After 2 months you know you have a bill to pay.

Why is she even in court... Her son is/was the theif

I don’t like the way the plaintiff said “Page 2”.

Plaintiff's facial expressions are pretty annoying.

Chicken sandwich for me. Whatch’yall having?