Top 10 Times Judge Judy Owned People in Court

You should always dress nice for court, even if it’s a court made for daytime television. Unfortunately, no one told that to Mr. Gordon, who showed up in a t-shirt that read “Beer Equals Fun.” Judy tells him that it’s a ridiculous shirt before completely eviscerating him in a speech that would make an Oscar-winning screenwriter weep with joy. Think Aaron Sorkin, minus the walking. Judy proceeds to go on a two-minute rant about proper court decorum, and even brings up the defendant’s mother’s funeral in her argument. Sure, maybe she’s over reaching, but hey, this is Judge Judy we’re talking about. It’s not like politeness makes for good TV!

Here’s a tip for any future court-goers – you probably shouldn't mouth off at the judge following their judgment. In this particular case, the defendant opens a huge can of worms when he vocally denies Judy’s ruling. Judy then threatens to withhold his plane ticket home if he does not abide by her judgment. It’s not often that we see the inner workings of “Judge Judy,” but this little glimpse proves fascinating. It also proves that Judy is a total beast who takes absolutely no crap from anyone. And may we say, it is highly satisfying seeing the smug defendant being put in his place, knowing full well that he can’t do anything about it. Not if he wants to go home, anyway.

Judge Judy REALLY doesn’t mince words. Here, the defendant, one Cathleen Kreftmeyer, told her six-year-old daughter that her father may in fact not be her real father. This causes Judy to call Cathleen a moron before going on a rant about how stupid that decision was. It all ends with one of the best takedowns in “Judge Judy” history – “You are one of the most marginal people that I’ve come across in a long time and you haven’t even said two words.” We love a good roast, and this was a roast for the ages.

This episode concerned defendant Sandy Huynh, a woman who received some money for a breast augmentation surgery. According to Judy, Sandy has a young child, no job, and no future prospects of any kind. Yet she spent nearly $5,000 for bigger breasts. This really rubs Judy the wrong way, and she tells Sandy that it would have been smarter to put the money into a college fund rather than on her chest. It all ends with Judy telling Sandy to not have any more children, the implication being that she is too stupid to have more. So, yeah, you could probably say that Judy knows the value of a dollar.

Even children aren’t safe from Judy’s ownage. Plaintiff Lisa White claims that a young child was throwing rocks in the street and that one of the rocks hit her car, causing some damage. Judy proceeds to bring up Dylan, the little kid who was throwing the rocks. Dylan tells some blatant lies and even causes the audience to laugh, but Judy isn’t one for humor. She proceeds to work the truth out of Dylan – granted, it didn't exactly take much – before slapping his mother with the $300 repair bill. Judge Judy is scary enough. Just imagine being interrogated by her when you were a kid!

Judy can spot a lie from a mile away. In this case, plaintiff Daulton was telling a story that Judy thought was a load of baloney, causing her to yell at Daulton and accuse him of lying. Once it was all over, Judy stated that he wasn’t cute or good looking enough to get one over on her, causing Daulton to grin with delight. What makes the clip even funnier is the reaction of the woman in the background. She looks so utterly shocked and horrified that Judy took a shot at Daulton’s looks, and it's just so all too relatable.

We all know that incessant use of the word “like” gets REALLY annoying after a while, so it’s no surprise that Judy went absolutely ballistic after hearing it one too many times. The plaintiff starts every answer with a long and protracted “liiiiiike,” causing Judy to snap, and to tell him to completely take the word out of his dictionary. She also grows so incensed at his continued use of the word that she denies him a drink of water, and he ends up confusing her with his prolonged and meandering storytelling. Suffice to say, it was a little difficult getting this whole story worked out, what with all the rambling and “likes.”

Defendant Ashley Hunter did something many of us have done – pushed her friend into a pool. Only, her friend was holding her iPhone at the time, and now she wants Ashley to pay for it. It’s a very simple case. You could almost say that it’s not rocket science! In fact, this is exactly what Judy tells Ashley, and just to turn the screw a little tighter, Judy asks Ashley if she knows what rocket science is. This results in a brilliant and adorable answer that has Judy, Byrd, the plaintiff, the audience, and even her own mother laughing. That alone probably hurt more than anything Jude Judy had to say.

Now that is not something you want to hear in court. This surprisingly dark case concerns a 14-year-old boy who took his mother’s car and went on a joyride with the defendant’s daughter. However, they got into an accident and the defendant’s daughter was killed in the crash. The plaintiff, the 14-year-old boy’s mother, wants the defendant to pay for both her son’s medical bills and her car, as the daughter was driving her car at the time of the accident. But because the plaintiff gave the teenagers access to both the car and the keys, she was slapped with a $5,000 counterclaim, called an idiot, and had her son’s physical appearance insulted by Judy, all of which seems fitting.

You should never, ever attempt to school Judge Judy, because she will throw it right back in your face and you will quickly find yourself on some Top 10 list on the internet. Judy learns that the defendant has ten children with “about” four different women. After learning this, he adds in a snarky little comment by stating that one of the women is Judy’s daughter. She went surprisingly easy on him, but she still stated that he should have stayed in school instead of the bedroom and even referenced his “unfortunate” children. Even “easy” Judge Judy is still scary Judge Judy.

And here we have one of the best moments in “Judge Judy” history. The case sees the plaintiff suing the defendant over a stolen dog, and the defendant claiming that the dog never belonged to the plaintiff. Luckily, Judy has a surprise ace waiting in the wings – the dog himself! Judy has the dog brought into the courtroom, and he immediately runs to the plaintiff in a burst of excitement. Judy simply nods her head before stating “that’s all” and walking out. Now that’s how you end a court case like a total boss. If only she had a microphone that she could have dropped…