Podcasts · The People’s Court Podcast

'Not Standing by His Wife' & 'You’re a Downward Dog' & 'Taking a Long Time to Do a Bad Job'

22 Oct 2026 · 43 min · S1 E1073

First, the plaintiff says he and the defendant were friends, and that one day the defendant came to him in desperate need of money. He claims the defendant never repaid the loan and has left him struggling to afford food. He is suing for the amount owed. The defendant says he repaid everything and alleges the plaintiff is a hothead who once bashed his own head into a brick wall and fled as police arrived. He is countersuing for pain and suffering.

Then, the plaintiffs say the defendant, one of their yoga students, borrowed money for car repairs after her vehicle was vandalized. Once her car was working again, she allegedly refused to repay the loan. They are suing for the money owed. The defendant claims one of the plaintiffs offered to check the repairs but later charged her an excessive fee without her approval. She says he held her car “ransom,” but she retrieved it using her spare key. She believes this is why she is being sued.

Plus, the plaintiff says she hired the defendant for home repairs and mistakenly paid him in full before work began. She claims his work was sloppy and incomplete, so she’s suing for a refund. The defendant insists he only has about an hour of work left and deserves full payment for what he’s done.

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