Tossing Out A Tenor 

The defendant didn't want peace, she wanted power.

Proud of the plaintiff for standing up for herself in a foreign country.

I highly doubt the dependent was so calm when she asked her to stop singing that Sunday morning

So, an opera singer and woman who meditates moves in together? That's sitcom gold!

The defendant strikes me as a liar.

This is exactly why I have always made sure that I am able to afford living by myself.

She can do her yoga on the roof🤷🏾‍♀️

The landlord looks like she is difficult to live with

A DJ and an opera singer could've been a great Collab.

The defendant wants peace and silence but lives in New York. 😂😂😂

The landlord is clearly a nut. You feel like she practice outside but you can practice being a “dj” in the house. She dodged a bullet moving out sooner.

I can’t believe the defendant is a Real Estate Agent. She knew that withholding the rent was unscrupulous, a direct violation of our code of ethics. Smdh

I have to agree with Judge Marilyn, it's so strange that neither of them could ever come down to a common ground in regards to the plaintiff's singing.

An hour flies by so quickly she could've used headphones.

I'm glad she got her security deposit back

She wanted peace on her terms. When you rent to someone, that person has certain rights to be able to use that living space for their enjoyment to a reasonable degree. This lady is the perfect example of someone who should just be living alone and not have renters in her property

The plaintiff Nicola Mills is a very talented british soprano. Shame on the defendant who withhold her security deposit.

The defendant is soooooo full of herself like omg.

I loved the way the plaintiff presented her case.

If she pays rent yes she can sing for an hour. Maybe they could have worked out a specific time schedule. Might have been beneficial for both.

"I'll tell you what right you have.... ZERO!!!!!!!!!!" God, I love this Judge! :-)

The defendant has an attitude problem and is a liar. The exaggeration (1-3 hours of singing for 30 days), text messages conflicting testimony and knowledge of real estate laws weakened her credibility. She likely assumed that the plaintiff would not sue. Depending on the state laws, she could have doubled her damages.

“It’s not belting”. Oh she was offended by that.

The defendant, in all her arrogance, thought that she would be able to manipulate the roommate situation, and take advantage of the plaintiff. As a roommate paying rent, one gets to “live” as long as it doesn’t put other tenets in harms way.

I was split until the end. You don't tell someone to move out "ASAP" and then keep their money.

Blondie gives me Mega Karen vibes. The Opera singer though... 👀 on the spot belt out and sounds beautiful without any warm-up..💓💓💓💓💓

So, the defendant not only kicked the plaintiff out with 2 weeks' notice but was, also, going to keep her deposit as "rent" money. I am glad that the Plaintiff won.

That accent 😍 so lovely

Not go sing on the roof 🤣🤣

The plaintiff is incredibly adorable 🤗🤗🤗

Y'all never heard of ear plugs? Noise cancelling headphones?

Am English speaking it was nice to hear another English voice standing up for her rights well done you ❤

If you want to be so controlling about your space, make enough money to afford to live alone!!! No one should have to walk on eggshells or bend to your every whim when they’re paying rent.

"I don't feel safe here" 😳 Oh please!!! I've lived in a few situations which were very unsafe, NONE of which were a result of a house mate SINGING! Just as well she never rented to a gangsta rapper. The defendant drips of entitlement, narcissism and greed.

This case was cut and dry. The defendant is dumb as rocks for letting an opera singer rent her space if she didn't want any noise during her meditating. I mean, come on. What the hell did you expect? 🤦‍♂️

I once rented a room in a house and the landlord’s sister who was also living in the house and was the unofficial caretaker kept making remarks about me taking phone calls in the house. That the walls were thin and she could hear me from across the hall. She insinuated I should make or take calls outside. One time i was on the phone in my room basically whispering like a child sneaking a phone call and she passes my room on way to hers slams her door and says for goodness sakes loud enough for me to hear. The next day i gave my notice till end of the month and left. Day i was leaving she shamefacedly asked me she hoped I wasn’t leaving because of her 🙄. Some people just can’t live with other people but should not be renting out their home

I will certainly be sure never to use the blonde as a realtor!! She did not make herself look good...

Wow I am so triggered by the landlord’s behavior. The judge made a good call

I bet the defendant finds fault with many roommates. God help her roomies. Defendant was going to cheat her out of another month's rent if she stayed a day longer. She knew what she was doing!

I love the plaintiff's English accent.

If you "want alot of peace around you" dont rent to an Opera Singer

My nephew had to practice his clarinet and I couldn't concentrate on my grad school work.i got noise canceling headphones. Problem solved.

I'm not at the stage of my life to have roommates, but if I was, I would love to have an opera singer and a dj for roommates.

The defendant presents herself as a very difficult person and flat out lied about the final argument

God, I love Judge Marilyn. No-nonsense straight shooter. Marvelous.

I just can’t imagine being annoyed hearing opera lol I would feel like I’m a king

There had to have been something else going on. Its way too petty to kick her out over her practicing. An hour a day and that's it?

She's someone who should not have roommates. Some personalities need to be in control, which is fine... if you live alone.

I had roommates and it was a complete disaster. I got rid of them all and got a young couple to move in. They paid rent on time, gave me gifts, bought groceries and cooked. It was great until the fighting started. I sold that place, moved 70 miles south and bought a doublewide to live in while I looked for a better place. I'm still in that doublewide. There's alot of space and the lot rent is $600/mo. The neighbors are nice, and I'm in for the long haul. No roommates required.

Having dealt with tenant the last few years, if them signing opera for one hour a day is the worst thing they did, I would purchase earplugs for this time, if neccesaey.

Just use earplugs, people. I live in a 17 story tower in concrete. I don't have one specific neighbor that is noisy, but there's always going to be someone using a drill. So I sleep with earplugs. When even that isn't enough, I put my earlplugs and my headphones with my music above that. Someone could be drilling in my living room, I'd be sleeping in my room.

La la laaaaa laaa lalalalalala 🎶🎶omg I would die 😂

She could be my alarm clock.

Defendant shot herself in the foot! LOL

And this the first time this dude was nice to both! Lol

Yey finally a UK lass and she won

Crunchy hair is so gross , what's up with that home perm

For small claims court in England, check out Judge Rinder.

plaintiff NEEDS! her own apartment!

5:27 What a nice lady! She didn't even want to speak ill of her after all this.

Girl, that Yoga and Meditation aren't working, you're not doing the work on yourself. I wish a lot of sucess to the opera singer

Plaintiff was precious! I'd love an opera singer roommate

I guess you won't be saying 🤷 ASAP any more.😅🤣

Her daughters really do sing. They're called the Schlesinger sisters.

Not to generalize, but most Americans have a lack of appreciation for opera. Even Judge Milian's "gun finger in the head" zany reaction is typical, though may have been taken as offensive, along with the "belting" reference to which the plaintiff objected.

Defendant needs to just live alone

It would be annoying to listen to that every day! They should have an agreement on what time was good for both.

How hard is it to come to an agreement about times that either the singing or the meditation and Olga happens? Like my God this should have been such an easy thing to manage. Shows how people can’t talk to each other anymore.

She can sing for an hour a day jeez🙄

Does anyone else see Pauly D little brother in the audience behind the plaintiff

She can sing.....😍😍😍😍😍

when Harvey interviews the people watching on the sidewalk, seems like that last woman who he held the microphone to would be a MUCH kinder landlady!

I’m glad the Plaintiff won

Glad Milian stopped the plaintiff from stating that she left the day AFTER rent was due... She would end up having to pay the whole month..

She gave her a 2 weeks notice and complained that she had to pay her rent…DONT EVICT HER

From what I know, here in Canada, anytime you do more than chill in the house (run a home based business, have a dog, practice singing/playing an instrument, etc) you should mention your requirements while applying for the place, as you are asking someone to limit their freedoms to accomodate your choises. It sounds aweful put that way, but it is about managing expectations... What if the plaintiff had tenitis? Should she have to suffer for 60 days because the defendant did not mention her singing needs?

The moment the defendant walked in with a smirk on her face...a karen smirk

I love how the judge preps her tone and shouts ZERO!😂

The hardest thing to do is to live with other people. Always ideal to live on your own.

How sad to travel to the United States and wind up in court over a living situation. I wish both of these ladies well. And regarding the defendant, maybe it would be helpful going forward if she advertises for a roommate with a quiet lifestyle.

every time someone tells me they're going to move in with a roommate (or, god forbid, multiple roommates), I advised them to spin up youtube and watch Judge Judy and The People's court episodes about roommate issues.

Pretty interesting case

The defendant needs to be living on her own.

As if Doug is so naïve that he thinks England doesn't have Small Claims xD.

She was only there for three months, come on, that's not that bad! I'd enjoy some opera singing though.

Earplugs, earplugs people! They work wonders and could have avoided this situation.

I love the plaintiff’s accent and the defendant is gorgeous 😍😍😍😍 but,I knew the plaintiff was going to win because she got wrongfully evicted 💯

Did anybody else shout “zero” with the judge? 🤣 just me? She had some nerve kicking her out then trying to force her to pay rent. If you like peace, make more money so you can afford to live alone.

6:00 her impression is priceless lol

Yes, David. I don't blame you for keeping an eye on her after that amazing back stretch.

New York must be packed full of people cause every case from New York is ppl renting rooms and basement wow

My wife can get all the high notes, and sometimes she shows off, one day we were going down the road and listening to CDs and all of a sudden I hear this high shrill, and I slammed on the brakes and swerved off to the side of the road and I thought something had happened to her, and I get stopped and looked over and she was alright, and kind of smirking, then I told her not to do that when I'm driving, we'll have an accident! 🤣

I can barely live with my own children 🤣

I used to live near Time's Square which is where all the theaters are. I had an opera singer neighbor. I could hear her through the wall. I rather enjoyed it.

As a lifelong patron of the Opera, if I owned a house she could live rent-free for a season discount, lol!

This is hilarious! Why would you rent to an opera singer if you meditate and light candles and shyt? Lol

The defendant was lying throughout most of the case. Admitting portions of what she said and denying the crucial stuff. Then she tried to steal her security deposit. She should have been made to pay interest. She knows better

I hear! No pun intended, I hear the shower makes a great sound booth. And that is a perfect excuse. Just say everybody sings in the shower and a shower can take about an hour. He he he.

I doubt the defend is AT ALL like that calm in real life. Also, when she put her arms behind her back and stretched... I was creaped out!!!

Namastay in charge of the entire apt. 👑