Man Denies Being "Sugar Daddy" and Wants Money Back | Part 1

Added: 2026-05-11

[00:00:00]Mr. Croft, Ms. Ozdemir, you two have very different takes on what happened in this case, and on the history of your relationship.

[00:00:08]Mr. Croft, you are suing Ms. Ozdemir for $4,950 for unpaid personal loans.

[00:00:15]Correct.

[00:00:17]You claim that Ms. Ozdemir was a friend, who you sometimes helped out with little gifts.

[00:00:22]But when you found out that she was in need of a car, this was a bigger ask.

[00:00:27]And so you agreed to loan her the money to get a car.

[00:00:29]$3,000 to buy it.

[00:00:32]Once she got it, you said that she didn't have the funds for insurance, so you covered the cost of the insurance policy, at least for a while, for another $1,500.

[00:00:41]But when it came time to pay back the money, she wasn't willing to do it.

[00:00:45]So you would like your $4,950, which includes a car, insurance, and a little bit of money for car repairs that she incurred after purchasing the car.

[00:00:54]Ms. Ozdemir, you have told us that this was a sugar daddy-sugar baby relationship, and part of the deal was that he bought you stuff, and that you thought that this was a gift.

[00:01:06]And you claim that what happened here was that you told him eventually that you were in another relationship that was going to have to force a stop to the sugar daddy-sugar baby situation.

[00:01:16]And that he got mad and then said, now it was a loan, not a gift, and I want my money back.

[00:01:21]So you claim that he was giving you money of his own volition as a gift, and you do not owe him anything.

[00:01:27]All right.

[00:01:28]So, Mr. Croft, let's start out with this.

[00:01:29]How did you meet Ms. Ozdemir?

[00:01:31]RICHARD: I met her where she works at a club.

[00:01:33]OK.

[00:01:34]Accurate? - Yes.

[00:01:35]You're a dancer at a club?

[00:01:36]CHELSEA: Mm-hmm.

[00:01:38]JUDGE JUAREZ: How did you see her again after you met her?

[00:01:41]We formed a relationship.

[00:01:43]I went to her house.

[00:01:44]We went-- I'd hang out with her.

[00:01:48]Maybe we would go to lunch or dinner.

[00:01:51]All right, what was the nature of the relationship?

[00:01:53]And let me preface this by saying, the nature of the relationship is important factual information for us to discern exactly what happened.

[00:02:01]Were you dating?

[00:02:03]Was this a romantic-- you were just strictly friends?

[00:02:05]No, romance, no intimacy.

[00:02:07]JUDGE JUAREZ: No romance, no intimacy.

[00:02:09]Do you agree with that? - Yes.

[00:02:10]JUDGE JUAREZ: OK.

[00:02:12]So you told us that you had helped her out in the past by paying for things.

[00:02:16]And you said, like, for groceries.

[00:02:17]But then you said, "And by paying her rent here and there."

[00:02:20]That's when it starts to seem a little different.

[00:02:23]RICHARD: So she was in a relationship with someone who was paying half the rent and he moved out.

[00:02:29]So all of a sudden, she didn't have funds one month.

[00:02:32]And so I helped her out.

[00:02:33]I gave her money.

[00:02:35]JUDGE JUAREZ: OK.

[00:02:36]So this was, like, covering a specific situation.

[00:02:38]Yeah.

[00:02:39]JUDGE JUAREZ: Not like, oh, hey, let me pay your rent this month.

[00:02:41]No.

[00:02:42]All right, Ms. Ozdemir, is that accurate?

[00:02:43]CHELSEA: Yeah, he would help me with things.

[00:02:44]I never asked.

[00:02:45]I never even asked for this car.

[00:02:47]I never once begged or complained.

[00:02:50]It just I think he wanted to see me just have something to have on my own.

[00:02:55]JUDGE JUAREZ: But you didn't come to him and say, oh my God, I'm $20 short for my bills this month.

[00:03:00]If I can't make this utility payment, I'm going to be in the dark.

[00:03:03]OK.

[00:03:04]Di you milk this?

[00:03:06]No, actually.

[00:03:08]So that breakup that he's talking about, he told me that I should finally give him some of his time, since I'm not in a relationship anymore.

[00:03:17]So I said OK.

[00:03:19]So it started off with going to lunches and then a night in Atlantic City, which was the in-person conversation regarding him considering that he had a lot of thought for my driving situation and said that he would gift me this car.

[00:03:32]Why did he have a lot of fault for your driving situation?

[00:03:35]CHELSEA: Because he would pretty much be the one I was seeing all the time.

[00:03:38]He'd take me to the store, take me to the bank.

[00:03:40]He was driving you places.

[00:03:42]So it was really a benefit to himself to not have to drive you if he got you a car?

[00:03:47]That's what I'm assuming.

[00:03:48]He never said that.

[00:03:49]I mean, we've heard this one before.

[00:03:50]OK.

[00:03:51]So, Mr. Croft, is this accurate?

[00:03:52]No.

[00:03:55]If I didn't want to take her somewhere, I would just-- JUDGE JUAREZ: Not take her. - Not take her.

[00:03:57]I mean, she works at Wawa, which is maybe, like, five or six blocks.

[00:04:01]So she'd have to walk 5:00 or 5:30 in the morning to go there.

[00:04:05]And then she always had problems getting to the club to make money.

[00:04:10]But I had no regular driving routine to pick her up and deliver her someplace.

[00:04:15]OK.

[00:04:16]Did you often give her rides places?

[00:04:18]RICHARD: I may have taken her to the club once or twice if she was in a jam time-wise.

[00:04:22]JUDGE JUAREZ: OK.

[00:04:23]One thing in the evidence package.

[00:04:24]JUDGE JUAREZ: Yeah.

[00:04:25]Page six.

[00:04:26]It says, "Hi, Rich, I'm sorry to ask, but is there any way I can borrow $100 from you?

[00:04:31]If you can maybe send it, I want to grab some dinner and make sure my bank account doesn't go into negatives because I paid my electric and Wi-Fi."

[00:04:39]It also says, "I'm working this weekend, so I know I owe you the car, and I owe the breeder the last $300."

[00:04:45]What is "So I know I owe you the car" mean?

[00:04:48]She owes me the money for the car.

[00:04:50]JUDGE JUAREZ: OK, so this was after the money for the car?

[00:04:52]RICHARD: Yeah.

[00:04:53]JUDGE JUAREZ: Do you have relationships like this with other friends?

[00:04:55]RICHARD: I have a lot of friends.

[00:04:57]A lot of friends. Are they all-- Male and female.