Woman SUES Ex Husband After Her Jeep Gets STOLEN During Marriage!

Added: 2026-05-12

[00:00:00]You and Mr. Dean were married for the first time in what month and year?

[00:00:05]>> July of 2013.

[00:00:07]>> You and Mr. Dean were then divorced.

[00:00:10]>> That is correct, your honor.

[00:00:11]>> In what year?

[00:00:12]>> December 12th, 2019.

[00:00:15]>> You and Mr. Dean were remarried.

[00:00:18]>> This is correct.

[00:00:18]>> What month and year?

[00:00:20]>> October 1st, 2022.

[00:00:23]>> And you separated again. And that marriage was anulled in what year?

[00:00:27]August in 2023.

[00:00:30]>> Now, you purchased a car, >> correct?

[00:00:32]>> In what month and year?

[00:00:34]>> October of 2019.

[00:00:36]>> While you were married.

[00:00:37]>> We were separated at the time. We were not living together.

[00:00:40]>> But you were married.

[00:00:41]>> Correct.

[00:00:42]>> So, this automobile was purchased during the course of your first marriage.

[00:00:47]>> That is correct.

[00:00:48]>> Do you have a copy of your divorce decree?

[00:00:50]>> Yes, I do. And does that divorce decree award you the automobile?

[00:00:57]>> Yes, your honor, it does.

[00:00:58]>> I'd like to take a look at it.

[00:01:07]So, you were awarded in the divorce the Jeep Cherokee.

[00:01:12]>> Correct. That is correct.

[00:01:13]>> And then you remarried October of 2022.

[00:01:17]>> That's correct, your honor. The Jeep Cherokee, which is the subject of this case, was stolen on what date?

[00:01:25]>> From what Dennis told me, the car, he realized the car was stolen on December 19th, 2022.

[00:01:31]>> While you were still married, >> correct?

[00:01:33]>> Now, you were remarried in October of 2022.

[00:01:38]>> Yes.

[00:01:39]>> And where did you live?

[00:01:40]>> In Pasadena.

[00:01:41]>> What address?

[00:01:42]>> 780.

[00:01:44]>> And you both lived there together?

[00:01:46]>> Yes. Had you lived there before during your first marriage?

[00:01:49]>> No.

[00:01:50]>> Had you lived there while you were separated?

[00:01:52]>> Yes.

[00:01:53]>> When you remarried and you were living at 780, was the plaintiff living with you?

[00:01:58]>> Yes.

[00:01:59]>> So, she moved into your residence?

[00:02:00]>> Yes.

[00:02:01]>> So far, is that correct, Miss Dean?

[00:02:03]>> That's correct, your honor.

[00:02:04]>> And you had no other residence?

[00:02:06]>> No.

[00:02:07]>> So, you moved into 780?

[00:02:09]>> That's correct.

[00:02:10]>> Mr. Dean, until what date did Miss Dean live at 780? Month and year?

[00:02:17]>> January of 2023.

[00:02:19]>> That is false, Cheryl.

[00:02:20]>> Justice.

[00:02:20]>> Okay.

[00:02:21]>> I'm not asking you anything.

[00:02:22]>> Okay.

[00:02:24]>> January of 2023. And what happened in January of 2023, sir?

[00:02:29]>> She moved uh back east.

[00:02:32]>> East to where?

[00:02:34]>> Uh North Carolina while we were still married.

[00:02:37]>> Okay. The car was stolen in December.

[00:02:42]>> Yes. December 14th.

[00:02:43]>> December 14th. So several weeks before she left.

[00:02:48]>> Yes.

[00:02:48]>> Tell me the circumstances surrounding the car being stolen. First, she was going back east.

[00:02:54]>> Yes.

[00:02:55]>> And she asked you to take her to the airport.

[00:02:58]>> Yes.

[00:02:58]>> Just a second. Did you drive her to the airport?

[00:03:01]>> Yes, I did.

[00:03:02]>> On what date? It was a week prior to the car being stolen, which was December 7th, 6th or 7th. She asked me to take her to >> Mr. Dean, >> when you took her to the airport, what car did you take her with?

[00:03:17]>> In the Jeep Cherokee.

[00:03:18]>> Did you have another car?

[00:03:20]>> Yes, I did.

[00:03:21]>> Why did you take the Cherokee?

[00:03:22]>> Because it was big enough to put all her luggage in.

[00:03:25]>> So, she asked you to >> Yes.

[00:03:28]>> Okay. Now, when you left for the airport, where had Mrs. Dean spent the night before?

[00:03:35]>> At our residence.

[00:03:36]>> At your residence together.

[00:03:37]>> Yes.

[00:03:37]>> And what was the reason that she was going back east?

[00:03:41]>> To visit her friend in Houston >> before she went to visit her friend and you were living together as a married couple.

[00:03:50]>> Yes.

[00:03:51]>> Had she given you or did you have any indication that she was leaving you?

[00:03:56]>> Yes.

[00:03:57]>> Tell me about that. Um, we had prior uh disagreements as far as where we wanted to live. She wanted me to move back east. She wanted to have another child, which I didn't feel comfortable with.

[00:04:10]Um, >> did you have a child together?

[00:04:12]>> No.

[00:04:13]>> Who has children?

[00:04:14]>> We both do.

[00:04:15]>> From prior relationships.

[00:04:17]>> Yes.

[00:04:17]>> Yes.

[00:04:18]>> Okay. So, you had been arguing?

[00:04:20]>> Yes. It was >> just Oh, okay.

[00:04:21]>> We had been arguing. The night before she left, you were still sharing the same residence.

[00:04:27]>> Yes. So you took her to the airport in her jeep.

[00:04:30]>> Yes.

[00:04:31]>> At her request because it fit all the luggage. And then after you took her to the airport, what did you do with the jeep?

[00:04:37]>> I parked the jeep in a gated parking in my residence.

[00:04:41]>> How long was she away?

[00:04:42]>> About a week.

[00:04:43]>> When she was coming home, who picked her up at the airport?

[00:04:47]>> I was supposed to.

[00:04:48]>> And did you pick her up at the airport?

[00:04:50]No, I I did not because uh she says that she wasn't coming back because her car I had told her about her car being stolen and then I told her that I once I found out that it was stolen I uh got a police report done.

[00:05:04]>> So while she was away for that one week >> Yes.

[00:05:08]>> her car was stolen.

[00:05:09]>> Yes.

[00:05:10]>> And it was stolen from where?

[00:05:12]>> Under the gated parking of my residence.

[00:05:14]>> It was in the gated parking.

[00:05:16]>> Yes.

[00:05:16]>> Okay. Do you have a police report?

[00:05:18]>> Yes, I do. I'd like to see it.

[00:05:26]>> There it is. Place for >> Okay. So, the car was stolen.

[00:05:40]>> That's correct, your honor.

[00:05:41]>> Now, I got the dates and I got everything. And the car was stolen. And >> uh the car was stolen due to his negligence. No, you say negligence. The car was stolen out of a gated area.

[00:05:52]First of all, even if it was stolen as a result of his negligence, you don't get your money differently. My husband is trying to be helpful and there's a leak in the faucet in our kitchen that has just been redone.

[00:06:07]>> And I said, "Well, I have to call somebody to fix this little leak. It's dripping and I don't want it to get any worse." And my husband said, "You don't have to call anybody. I have my toolkit right here. I'm going to fix it. He's a lawyer. He doesn't know about plumbing, but he goes under the sink and he jiggles and jiggles and turns things and there's a flood and it not only floods out the kitchen, but it floods the apartment below. And I say, "Get out. I don't want to know you anymore. You're always doing things like this. You think my husband's responsible if the house is in my name? Get out of here. Can I explain my situation or what happened, your honor, please?

[00:06:49]>> You can. So, now you have about two minutes to tell me your theory of the case.

[00:06:54]>> When he did take me to um the the place, I did tell >> not the place to the airport.

[00:06:59]>> To the airport, I did tell him not to move my vehicle, not to drive my vehicle. He moved my vehicle because he has an unregistered vehicle that is in uh the previous divorce decree. And he uses that vehicle. He switches out his Infinity plates to drive that vehicle to and from work. I told him I told him not to move my vehicle because I know he likes to move that car. So he so the police officers who rides back and forth the street doesn't see it. True. And when he moved my vehicle, he left the keys inside my car. My car cannot start without a push start. So he took out the the garage the garage opener. And the reason why is because they were doing maintenance work at his apartment compass at the time where the gate was left open overnight. That's how my car got stolen because the lady who did take my car, she had access to easily get inside of it and the keys were inside my vehicle to where it she was able to steal it. Think about my husband who I'm fighting with all the time fixing the sink and causing a flood in an apartment or a house that is mine. I can't sue him, but it sounds to me from what you tell me that you knew he had been playing around with license plates while you were still together. That's what you just told me. That's what he does.

[00:08:05]>> No, that's not true.

[00:08:06]>> Listen to me, sir. It may not be true, but that's what you just told me.

[00:08:10]>> I sent text messages. So, >> that's true.

[00:08:12]>> That's what you just told me.

[00:08:14]>> That's correct, your honor.

[00:08:15]>> Okay. You have no case against him. It's It's unfortunate that your car was stolen and it was found, I understand.

[00:08:21]But it was found >> total >> total >> total. Yeah.

[00:08:24]>> Well, that's not his fault. Case is dismissed. We're done.

[00:08:27]>> I told him not to drive it, not to move my car cuz I know that's what he did. He did it anyways. My car got stolen. Uh, I didn't leave the key in the car.

[00:08:33]Actually, I had put it in my bag and took it upstairs, but uh, she just went with that cuz that's all she had on.

[00:08:40]>> Um, I just hope that I never have to see him again.

[00:08:42]>> I just want peace and just to be left alone and get back to my regular life.

[00:08:45]>> Can you imagine how the courts would be flooded with lawsuits? If married people could sue each other for negligence, >> be more backed up than it is right now.

[00:08:56]>> Oh, it would put a complete stop to the justice system.

[00:09:00]>> Yeah. Anyway, >> I don't even think that in this case he was negligent. I mean, there was debate as to whether or not he left the keys in the car. That can be viewed as a little bit negligent.

[00:09:09]>> But they were a married couple who cohabited together until a couple of days before the car was stolen. And the place where he lived evidently, which was under construction, somebody left the gate open.

[00:09:21]>> Well, that's the person who she ought to sue for leaving the gate open, which allowed her car to be stolen.

[00:09:27]>> Not her husband.

[00:09:28]>> Agreed.

[00:09:28]>> Ridiculous, >> bro. This case honestly felt less like a car theft lawsuit and more like two people who never should have remarried in the first place because from the very beginning you can tell this marriage was already broken. They got divorced once then remarried then immediately started fighting again about where to live having another child and their future together. That Jeep was just the final explosion after months of tension. And seriously, the moment she said, "I told him not to move my car," I already knew where this was going. Because this wasn't really about the stolen Jeep anymore. This was about trust. She clearly didn't trust him at all. She basically told the court, "This man swaps license plates, moves cars around, does shady stuff." And Judge Judy instantly caught that contradiction.

[00:10:17]Like, wait. If you already believed your husband was irresponsible and doing sketchy things with vehicles, why are you still living together? Why remarry him? Why leave your car with him? That's what made the case fall apart. Now, look, if he actually left the keys inside the Jeep, yeah, that's careless.

[00:10:35]No question. But legally, that's still her husband. They were still married, still living together, still sharing the same home. He didn't steal the car. some random thief stole it after the apartment gate was left open during construction. And honestly, Judge Judy's plumbing example destroyed the whole lawsuit. If your spouse accidentally causes damage while trying to help you, you usually don't sue them like they're some random stranger off the street.

[00:11:01]That's why this case felt more emotional than legal. You could tell she was done with him. Like completely emotionally checked out. The I hope I never see him again at the end. Yeah, that marriage was dead long before the Jeep disappeared. And the craziest part, the judge almost seemed more annoyed at the relationship itself than the stolen car because both of them kept exposing how toxic the marriage already was. One person saying he moves plates around, the other saying she wanted another baby and move across the country. Bro, that relationship was already total before the Jeep was. If you enjoyed this breakdown and want more real courtroom drama reactions, support the channel, subscribe, and drop your opinion in the comments. Was the husband actually negligent?