Blocked On Social Media After Pregnancy Test (Full Episode) | Paternity Court

Please be seated. Good Morning, Your Honor. Good Morning.

This is the case of Jackson v. Williams. Thank you, Jerome.

Good day, everyone. ALL: Good day. Ms.

Jackson, you claim Mr Williams is a good for nothing man who would rather ignore his responsibilities than take care of his nine-month-old daughter, Amani. You say the DNA test will prove that Mr Williams is your daughter's father. Is that correct?

Yes, Your Honor. Mr Williams, you claim you made a huge mistake by having a one night stand with the plaintiff. You say Ms.

Jackson is a promiscuous nuisance who is trying to ruin your life. And there is no way you are her child's father. Is that correct?

Yes, Your Honor. So, Ms. Jackson, what do you mean by good for nothing man?

Mr Williams know this baby is his. He's been running for nine months now. So you say he's done nothing for the baby?

Nothing. You haven't done anything, Mr Williams? No, Your Honor.

This is not my baby. She knows she is sleeping around with other men. And she is trying to put a baby on me that's not mine.

So. . .

(AUDIENCE COOING) Oh, she's beautiful. Thank you. So you just, admittedly, haven't done anything.

No, Your Honor. So, Ms. Jackson, take me back.

How did you all meet? Well, me and Mr Williams have been talking on social media on and off for about two years now, up until May 28th of 2016. What happened on May 28th, 2016?

Well, that was the Memorial Day weekend, Your Honor. I had been drinking. And so was Mr Williams.

(AUDIENCE MURMURING) He contacted me on Facebook, asked me what I was doing. I told him I was just chilling. He asked me, could he come through.

That's a lie, Your Honor. She contacted me. On Facebook, because.

. . He contacted me on Facebook.

And asked me what was I doing. I told him, I was just chilling. He said he was in the area.

I told him to come through. So, I got into the car with him. We went on talking.

And one thing lead to another. We had sex. Just like that?

Just like that. Did you use protection? No, Your Honor.

Oh. JUDGE LAKE: So, you have sex. Is this a relationship that continued after that?

Did you all say, "Well this was nice. Let's go out on a date maybe? " No, Your Honor.

At some point? No? No, Your Honor.

What happened after that? I was due for my cycle to come. And, it didn't come.

I have a tracker on my phone which lets me know when my cycle is due. So, I reached out to Mr Williams on Facebook and let him know that it was late. He brushed me off and said he would call me back, but never called back.

So, you hadn't talked to him since the car? Yes. He says he's going to call you right back and never called you back?

Never called me back, Your Honor. Did you do that Mr Williams? No, Your Honor.

I did not call her back. She been blowing my phone, I mean blowing my phone through the Facebook app. Because she never had my phone number.

So. . .

(AUDIENCE EXCLAIMING) Then keeps saying that her cycle didn't come on, and things in that nature. But you had sex with her without protection, right? Everybody else did too, right?

Everybody else? Everybody else like who? Who is everybody else?

JUDGE LAKE: Well. . .

Who is everybody else? I want to know, like Ms. Jackson.

Who is everybody else? She knows who everybody else is. Your Honor, after the fact of me telling him that my cycle was late, I contacted him again when I found out that I was actually pregnant.

. . He blocked me off Facebook.

(AUDIENCE EXCLAIMING) JUDGE LAKE: Oh! So, as you were trying to reach him to say, "Hey, we had unprotected sex," "I found out I am pregnant. "You could be a potential father, "he's blocking you on facebook.

Yes, Your Honor. And you don't have his phone number. No, Your Honor.

So, what do you do? I created a fake page. Created a fake page?

WILLIAMS: Pages. JACKSON: A fake page, and reached out to him again. WILLIAMS: Pages.

Pages. To let him know I was indeed pregnant. JUDGE LAKE: And did you ever get any response?

No. So you were ignoring this. WILLIAMS: Yes, fake pages.

I won't allow disrespect. You calling me about something and you disrespecting me, that's a no-no. And you creating all these fake pages.

. . Wait.

Hold on, hold on, hold on. You got rules now? After you done drove up to a girl's house and let her get in the car, and y'all have a conversation for two seconds and then you sleep with her without protection, and now you got standards?

(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING) Come on, now. Go ahead. Oh, yeah.

After she. . .

(ALL LAUGHING) After she started hitting me up on these fake pages, kind of disrespecting me, talking about what I need to do, she sound. . .

The baby ain't much here yet, and she is talking about child support. I'm like, child support, and you just said you were pregnant? So she's looking for a handout.

And so you felt like she was. . .

Chasing you down about the baby because she needed support for the baby. And you felt like she was targeting you. Yes, she was targeting me.

The reason being, she stated. . .

That she had sex with another dude right the next day. Behind me. So, then she, once she told me that I said, "Why are you chasing me down?

" How did you find out that she had sex with another man? She told me. She told me.

What happened? Tell me the story. She was like, "Eric, I am going to be honest with you.

"I slept with another dude the next day, right behind you. " Without no protection. So, once she stated that, I said, "How you going to put this on to me, "talking about this as my baby, and you're talking about child support.

" And I told her, "Go to child support. " Child support isn't going to hurt a man who is going to take care of this child. I'm going to take care of the responsibility that's mine.

JACKSON: Oh, that is not how that went. So how did it go, Ms. Jackson?

I called him, yes. And I did tell him I was with somebody else. -The day after?

-Yes, Your Honor. And you didn't use protection? No, Your Honor.

So, did you tell this other man you were pregnant as well? Yes, Your Honor. Did you tell this other man it could potentially be his baby as well?

No, Your Honor. Did you put this other man on child support? No, Your Honor.

So why is it you're choosing Mr Williams? Because this man has never gotten anyone pregnant and doesn't have any kids. We have to go by the facts.

And the fact is, if it has not been proven that the other man is unable to father children, then you can't say for certain that it is Mr Williams' baby. You've never been provided any medical information about this other man? I talked to the other man about being pregnant.

As a matter of fact, his family interacts with my daughter. Really? Why?

Because I told the other man that he was the father when Mr Williams didn't want to step up. So you put Mr Williams on child support, but the other man's family helps you with the child? Yes, Your Honor.

What you up to? I just went with who ever was going to stand up, Your Honor. No, you went with both.

You didn't go with one or the other. You got Mr Williams on the hook talking about child support from him. Did you go down to the child support office?

Yes, I did. And gave them his name? Yes, I did, Your Honor.

So, you playing two sides of this particular field? Yes, Your Honor. And have you been responsible for child support all this time?

Like, mine was the only name on the sheet. So Ms. Jackson, when you went to the child support office, why is it that you only put Mr Williams' name on the paper work?

If you knew in fact this other man was a possibility and his family was involved with the child, why not also give the child support office the other man's name? Because, Your Honor, I didn't tell the other family about Mr Williams. So, wait you are getting Mr Williams in a legal situation because of your inability to own your own mistakes?

Yes, Your Honor. That's not fair. See, these are the issues as a young woman you have to understand.

That perpetuates the cycle of paternity issues. Right? Right.

Because I see too often men come into this courtroom saying, "Why she named me? " It's not that they aren't equally involved in the situation for having unprotected sex, but as the woman, you know that if you had sex with more than one man in the window of conception, you have at least the moral obligation to be truthful with the child support office about that. (AUDIENCE APPLAUDING) So, as you stand here as plaintiff, saying he's a no good for nothing man, you have been a no good woman.

(APPLAUSE CONTINUES) And at the end of the day, the child, Amani, is suffering. It's not fair. Your Honor, I take care of my responsibility as a man.

I take care of my son. You know, I felt like she tried to put me in this situation so I'd lose my CDL license, that's how I take care of my son. Your Honor.

Your Honor. What. .

. What sense would it make? I can't even get out of it, I am so disgusted.

What sense would it make for her to jeopardize your CDL license? Because that would the very money you gonna pay to take care of her child. JACKSON: Thank you.

What sense would that make? Your Honor, can I say something? Please do.

And I hope it makes some sense, because neither one of y'all got any sense right now, this faulty logic y'all are living off of is a hot mess. (AUDIENCE APPLAUDING) JUDGE LAKE: Go ahead. What do you have to say?

A couple of months into my pregnancy, I got a phone call from a friend asking me, did I see the post that Mr Williams had posted on Facebook. I told her no. So, we got off the phone and went on Facebook, and I see he posted a baby shower invitation with him and another woman who was pregnant at the time.

So, you had another woman pregnant at the same time Ms. Jackson was pregnant? JACKSON: Yes.

Yes. You know what, this right here, this is just messy. It's messy.

Now, you got one woman pregnant. That means this rendezvous you had with Ms. Jackson is nothing new for you.

You riding up on houses and having one night stands in cars, and just making babies like they're muffins. Oh, yeah, he get around the city. I only have one son, Your Honor.

Only have one son. Oh, yeah. That doesn't mean you are not engaging in the behavior that could lead to you having more.

You say you only have one son but you may have a daughter today. Hello. It's a possibility, but I doubt it.

A strong possibility. JUDGE LAKE: So, tell me about your doubt. The situation, how it went down when I had met her, right, it was commonplace, like, when she jumped in the car it was like a route, it's like, she said go here, go here, and back in right here, so I'm gonna.

. . I was saying to myself.

. . No, that is not how that went down.

First of all, I didn't even get in your car. . .

Oh, you saying she does this regularly. Because when she got into the car she told you where to pull. .

. WILLIAMS: Yeah. .

. . in the cut.

It's not how it went down. How it went down is I came downstairs and I actually, was standing outside Mr Williams' car having conversation with him. He was like, "Well, you can get in the car," and I got in the car.

And he got all aggressive trying to pull my pants down, and that's just how it went down. That's incorrect. No, that's correct.

That's how that went down, honey. JUDGE LAKE: But the point is this. You agreed.

It was consensual. You wanted to have sex with him. I mean, did you?

Yes, Your Honor. Okay, so. .

. This is both of you all creating a situation, that leads you here. The next night, you're with somebody else.

Was that in a car too? No, Your Honor. So, let's focus on this baby right now.

She's nine months old. Hasn't really had a father in her life. Mr Williams, what are your thoughts about this baby?

I hope the baby ain't mine. The reason being, because of the mother. You know, she got all kinds of child support.

I am not scared of the child support. If she wants me to take care of the whole fam, no, if the baby is mine, I will take care of the baby. Take care of my whole family?

She said this thing to me like, one time like, she was like. . .

Somebody got my baby something, so they have to get all my babies something. I never told him nothing like that. If I get my baby something, like if I get my son something, I get him something because I take care of him.

Damn. That's just not me, just to take care of the whole family that's not mine. I wasn't put on this Earth to take care of this man, this man, I gotta take care of my responsibility first as a man, then take care of my kids too.

Yeah, but part of your responsibility is to not make any more kids with one night stands or with women you are not committed to or not married to, or you don't plan to have a relationship with. I don't understand how driving in front of a woman's house, inviting them in the car and then having unprotected sex allows you to then say, later on, "You know, I am not really into this child support stuff. " Yes, you are!

You like child support. You obviously do. (AUDIENCE APPLAUDING) You obviously like taking care of babies because you keep trying to make them.

I'm not trying to keep making no babies. Right. So, your behavior needs to reflect that sentiment.

Correct, judge. You all old enough, you really old, both of y'all old enough. You all know how to use some protection.

I will be very careful next time. Trust me. So, Ms.

Jackson, before I get to the results. . .

The other man who is a very real possibility in this situation. Has he been informed now? Yes, Your Honor.

JUDGE LAKE: And I have to ask you this respectfully. Because of the behavior you have testified to, are there any other possibilities? No, Your Honor.

All right. Jerome, I am ready for the results. Here you go.

Thank you. These results were prepared by DNA Diagnostics, and they read as follows. .

. In the case of Jackson v. Williams.

. . but the other man's family helps you with the child?

Yes, Your Honor. JUDGE LAKE: When it comes to nine-month-old Amani Jackson, it has been determined by this court, Mr Williams, you. .

. . .

. are the father. I told you.

I told you. I told you. (AUDIENCE APPLAUDING) You said you don't mind no child support, so we are not going to have any problems.

It won't have no problems. I apologize for everything, dealing with the situation the way I had. I'll make sure I take care of my responsibility as a man and take care of Amani.

JUDGE LAKE: Good. (AUDIENCE APPLAUDING) And you have to understand, when you create a situation where you can potentially make a child, when the woman then is pursuing you and you are avoiding her purposefully, you are not running from that woman, in that instance you are running from your own child. And Ms.

Jackson, that behavior, Ms. Jackson. .

. Running around having sex with anybody telling you you're cute? And you letting them pull your.

. . Uh-uh.

No, you are better than that. I am. And you're a mother.

And you don't want Amani running around in men's cars letting them pull her pants down, do you? JACKSON: No, I don't, Your Honor. Right?

So that means. . .

Right? WILLIAMS: Yes. Because you the daddy.

Yes. You don't want that for your daughter, do you? No, judge.

So, you have to teach her different, but you also have to live different. We have counseling and resources for you both. Take advantage of it and figure out how to co-parent, and how to be the best mother and father Amani could have.

She needs it. I wish you the best of luck. Court is adjourned.