November 20, 2025 • 10 mins
Two roommates join us in the court room this morning after the defendant decided to turn the heat on in their apartment without consent of the other roommate... who should have to pay the bill?
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hey.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Today on Judge Joe Show, plaintiff Raith doesn't think he
should have to pay this month's bill after defendant Brandon
turned on the heat.
Speaker 3 (00:12):
In their apartment.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Brandon argues, they've always split the bills fifty to fifty
and that's all. He owes, even if you did turn
the heat on. Who's right, who's wrong, and who's free?
Loading all rise for Judge Joe Show on ninety three
to three FLZ.
Speaker 4 (00:35):
Hey, Ray, Hello, how has it been before I even
pick up Brandon? How has it been in the apartment lately?
Speaker 5 (00:46):
I mean it was fine before, and it's gonna be
fine after this, I think, Yeah.
Speaker 4 (00:53):
Brandon, Yeah, would you agree we'll be fine after this?
I mean you obviously, you guys live with each other.
You guys are pretty cool in close enough to where
you want to come on and do this.
Speaker 6 (01:04):
Yeah. And I don't know what he means by it's
going to be fine. That's a super general statement. As
you know, last week it got like really cold, like
in the forties, and so our apartment followed suit and
it got like sixties, like low sixties in there. And
I'm a grown man and so is he. So I
(01:25):
wanted to turn the heat on, and he didn't, so
I just turned it on anyway, and I got it
up to a humane seventy degrees. And he believes in
his mind, and now he wants me and this makes
no sense, but this is what's happening. He now wants
me to pay the entire bill, as if the bill
was zero before and now and now, So I'm I'm
(01:48):
supposed to be responsible for the whole bill. As you know,
it's hot again. We have the ac cranking, so apparently
that's on me too. So none of this means we're
we're two adults, we have jobs. We're splitting the bill.
Speaker 4 (02:01):
That's it.
Speaker 6 (02:02):
We're splitting it. It's fine, all right.
Speaker 4 (02:03):
So this is what we're gonna be real quick, because
I already know how the jurors are going to work
with this, and no one's allowed to say. And and Terry, uh,
maybe you want to run in there and just fill
her in because she's on the phone with someone. I
don't want to hear from anyone that says, let's have
a brand and play the difference. Okay, Yeah, this need
(02:27):
to be clear cut. Either they split it or brand's
got to play the whole pay the whole entire thing
eight hundred four ninety three ninety three. You can eight
hundred four ninety three ninety three as always, you could
text in it ninety seven seven two zero. What do
(02:52):
you think, Ashley's we're getting some jurors on the phone.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
I think they.
Speaker 7 (02:59):
See I'm somebody who listen. I'm all about balance. I
have my window open. And when I did have a roommate,
and I had three roommates, I was someone like I
was paying it. I'm gonna see what you have to
pay it. Got to fork it up, you do.
Speaker 5 (03:14):
It's it was sixty something degrees in the house. You
do not need the heat on. There's people all over
wear and shorts and tank tops at sixty.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
Everybody's body's different.
Speaker 4 (03:22):
Yeah, but to be fair those people, if you were
doing that, you're a psychopath.
Speaker 5 (03:25):
Yeah, everybody's body is different. Okay, whatever. What I'm telling
you is it's in the mid sixties. And I said,
don't put the heat on because it's in the mid
sixties and you want to put the heat on. M hm,
that's that's that's insane.
Speaker 3 (03:42):
I cross examined the witnesses, Joe or the plaintiffs real quickly.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
Let me think about that.
Speaker 3 (03:50):
Yes, so typically, what do you to keep the temperature at.
Let's just say it's a regular average throughout the year
temperature around seventy seven degrees outside ray. If you can answer,
what do you guys keep it at?
Speaker 5 (04:04):
Keep it in a lower seventy seventy five area, depending
on Okay, Oh that's not true.
Speaker 6 (04:09):
That's not true.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
Seventies seventy okay.
Speaker 5 (04:15):
Okay, so put on, we keep it about seventy it's
in the mid sixties, and why is the heat off?
Speaker 6 (04:20):
That's still being okay, so this is this is what else?
If it's in the MIDI what is the heat? The
heat is not even working that hard, so we're not
going to get so since I'm I'm only heating it
up five degrees, this bill is not I am not
on the hook for the whole bill. Everyone's pointing out, well,
it's only mid sixties. You turn the heat on. Now
(04:42):
it's your whole bill. And I'm like, that's my exact
All of a sudden, you need it a little warm
two days, a little warmer for two days, and now
I'm on the hook for the whole bill. It's insane.
Speaker 5 (04:51):
But what I do? What I do know is you
don't work in age back and the heat was running.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
But like so yeah, let's let's let's talk to the
right now. Let's talk to the jurors right now.
Speaker 4 (05:06):
And if you are just turning on your radio, remember
it's your civic duty. We have a ton of people
calling in. But you know, if it keeps ringing, we
will pick up roommates. Obviously pretty cold last week, Brandon
was cold, Brandon turned down the heat. They split the
bills right in half. Brandon cold, turns down the heat.
(05:31):
Ray goes, listen, you did it. I don't want it on.
You're paying the whole entire bill for you know, Tico
or whatever. Mercedes, Hello, Hello, what do you think?
Speaker 8 (05:46):
I think it's crazy that he wants them to pay
the entire bill. Like if they had conditions, Mercedes, go ahead,
If they had.
Speaker 9 (06:01):
Conditions that they agreed upon beforehand, that it would make sense.
But if you are agreeing to live with someone, you
just kind of have to compromise.
Speaker 1 (06:11):
Let's move on to Alyssa. Alyssa, go ahead.
Speaker 10 (06:15):
So I have questions, did you already get the bill?
And then having the heat on for like two days
three days really affect the bill that much.
Speaker 4 (06:23):
Well, I'll answer that I don't think that. Doesn't it
take like a month to get the bills, so they
don't have it. Let's say, you know, let's use our
imagination right now and say sure in a month that
it will go up that much. Alyssa, If it does
go up that much, should Brandon then be stuck with
(06:44):
the whole bill?
Speaker 10 (06:45):
I don't think you should be stuck with the whole bill. No,
they should still split it. But if it's only it
doesn't get that cold for that long, it wasn't very
long that it was, you know, that chilly, So I
don't feel like he should have to pay the whole bill.
Speaker 4 (06:59):
Okay, all right, thank you Melissa for that. Let's move
on to Courtney. Now, Courtney, what do you think?
Speaker 9 (07:05):
Hello? I feel like you choose your roommate and you
are responsible for your fifty percent regardless of how much
it cost.
Speaker 1 (07:13):
What is then the etiquette?
Speaker 4 (07:15):
Like? How does that conversation go? What should have happened?
What are you think?
Speaker 1 (07:20):
Courtney?
Speaker 4 (07:21):
Like?
Speaker 9 (07:22):
I live I live with my kids and they love
to keep the house freezing. So even during like the
little cold days that we did have, my house was
freezing so like at the end of the day, like
I don't want to be cold, but they want to
be cold. If he's turned on the heat in his house,
he's entitled to turn on the heat in his house. Like,
(07:43):
you still need to pay your portion of the bill.
It doesn't It doesn't change the circumstances of him paying
what he used to pay.
Speaker 1 (07:51):
Yeah, thank you, Courtney.
Speaker 5 (07:53):
Having kids is not the same as roommates though.
Speaker 9 (07:56):
Yeah, I did choose my kids.
Speaker 5 (08:02):
Probably they probably didn't choose you as well.
Speaker 4 (08:05):
All right, thank you Courtney. Ladies and gentlemen, we uh,
we have come to our decision.
Speaker 1 (08:17):
Listen.
Speaker 4 (08:17):
We got to come to our decision right now. At
the end of the day. This is a lot of
money at stake. Brandon and Raffi arguing over who should
split the or who should pay for the bill. Rather,
Raffi wants the whole entire bill paid by Brandon since
he turned on the heat. Brandon says, listen, you know,
deal with it. We got to split it like we
(08:38):
always do, Ladies and gentlemen. The decision will be made
by Ashley. Really, yeah, because lately I've been getting yelled
at on my decision, so you gotta.
Speaker 1 (08:51):
Go oh no, can I can it be it? When
no one wins? That's not how that works. Draw, you
want to draw?
Speaker 7 (09:02):
No, Judge Judy said, you don't get the money.
Speaker 1 (09:04):
You don't get the money. Am I, Judge Judy? I
am today.
Speaker 3 (09:07):
Oh God, you did the wrong decision.
Speaker 1 (09:09):
I did not. You guys are both in the wrong.
You should have roommates, get a good live by yourself.
Speaker 4 (09:15):
You're judge Booty, which I'm trying to do a play
on black more so it sounds like but never mind.
Speaker 1 (09:23):
I was like, I got to be Booty. Yeah, Judge Booty,
what do you think? I think they're both in the wrong, honestly.
Speaker 3 (09:29):
But you can't play middleman day in here.
Speaker 1 (09:30):
Ash Judge Joe Brown.
Speaker 3 (09:33):
We're not Judge Joe Brown. Judge jo.
Speaker 1 (09:38):
It's draw.
Speaker 3 (09:40):
You want me to make the decision, Judge. I think
that he should have to pay the whole amount, damn it.
And here's why, because you did it without consent. You
turn that thing up and there must be consent. Do
you disagree?
Speaker 1 (09:53):
I do what I.
Speaker 7 (09:57):
How about you guys just have a little like a temper.
So every time you want to change the timber, do
you say how long you changed it?
Speaker 8 (10:04):
For and what you change it to.
Speaker 4 (10:05):
And we figured out, all right, this is what we're
gonna do Raffi and Brandon. Jed made the decision that
means Brandon is ordered to pay the whole entire bill.
With that said, With that said, we will do an
appeals court now because I'm sure that a lot of
people are going to complain.
Speaker 1 (10:22):
Let's get Brandon and Raffie on at a later date.
Speaker 4 (10:24):
YEP, the appeals court will happen nine seven seven two zero.
Speaker 1 (10:28):
If you do not like Jed's decision,
Hey.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Today on Judge Joe Show, plaintiff Raith doesn't think he
should have to pay this month's bill after defendant Brandon
turned on the heat.
Speaker 3 (00:12):
In their apartment.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Brandon argues, they've always split the bills fifty to fifty
and that's all. He owes, even if you did turn
the heat on. Who's right, who's wrong, and who's free?
Loading all rise for Judge Joe Show on ninety three
to three FLZ.
Speaker 4 (00:35):
Hey, Ray, Hello, how has it been before I even
pick up Brandon? How has it been in the apartment lately?
Speaker 5 (00:46):
I mean it was fine before, and it's gonna be
fine after this, I think, Yeah.
Speaker 4 (00:53):
Brandon, Yeah, would you agree we'll be fine after this?
I mean you obviously, you guys live with each other.
You guys are pretty cool in close enough to where
you want to come on and do this.
Speaker 6 (01:04):
Yeah. And I don't know what he means by it's
going to be fine. That's a super general statement. As
you know, last week it got like really cold, like
in the forties, and so our apartment followed suit and
it got like sixties, like low sixties in there. And
I'm a grown man and so is he. So I
(01:25):
wanted to turn the heat on, and he didn't, so
I just turned it on anyway, and I got it
up to a humane seventy degrees. And he believes in
his mind, and now he wants me and this makes
no sense, but this is what's happening. He now wants
me to pay the entire bill, as if the bill
was zero before and now and now, So I'm I'm
(01:48):
supposed to be responsible for the whole bill. As you know,
it's hot again. We have the ac cranking, so apparently
that's on me too. So none of this means we're
we're two adults, we have jobs. We're splitting the bill.
Speaker 4 (02:01):
That's it.
Speaker 6 (02:02):
We're splitting it. It's fine, all right.
Speaker 4 (02:03):
So this is what we're gonna be real quick, because
I already know how the jurors are going to work
with this, and no one's allowed to say. And and Terry, uh,
maybe you want to run in there and just fill
her in because she's on the phone with someone. I
don't want to hear from anyone that says, let's have
a brand and play the difference. Okay, Yeah, this need
(02:27):
to be clear cut. Either they split it or brand's
got to play the whole pay the whole entire thing
eight hundred four ninety three ninety three. You can eight
hundred four ninety three ninety three as always, you could
text in it ninety seven seven two zero. What do
(02:52):
you think, Ashley's we're getting some jurors on the phone.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
I think they.
Speaker 7 (02:59):
See I'm somebody who listen. I'm all about balance. I
have my window open. And when I did have a roommate,
and I had three roommates, I was someone like I
was paying it. I'm gonna see what you have to
pay it. Got to fork it up, you do.
Speaker 5 (03:14):
It's it was sixty something degrees in the house. You
do not need the heat on. There's people all over
wear and shorts and tank tops at sixty.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
Everybody's body's different.
Speaker 4 (03:22):
Yeah, but to be fair those people, if you were
doing that, you're a psychopath.
Speaker 5 (03:25):
Yeah, everybody's body is different. Okay, whatever. What I'm telling
you is it's in the mid sixties. And I said,
don't put the heat on because it's in the mid
sixties and you want to put the heat on. M hm,
that's that's that's insane.
Speaker 3 (03:42):
I cross examined the witnesses, Joe or the plaintiffs real quickly.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
Let me think about that.
Speaker 3 (03:50):
Yes, so typically, what do you to keep the temperature at.
Let's just say it's a regular average throughout the year
temperature around seventy seven degrees outside ray. If you can answer,
what do you guys keep it at?
Speaker 5 (04:04):
Keep it in a lower seventy seventy five area, depending
on Okay, Oh that's not true.
Speaker 6 (04:09):
That's not true.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
Seventies seventy okay.
Speaker 5 (04:15):
Okay, so put on, we keep it about seventy it's
in the mid sixties, and why is the heat off?
Speaker 6 (04:20):
That's still being okay, so this is this is what else?
If it's in the MIDI what is the heat? The
heat is not even working that hard, so we're not
going to get so since I'm I'm only heating it
up five degrees, this bill is not I am not
on the hook for the whole bill. Everyone's pointing out, well,
it's only mid sixties. You turn the heat on. Now
(04:42):
it's your whole bill. And I'm like, that's my exact
All of a sudden, you need it a little warm
two days, a little warmer for two days, and now
I'm on the hook for the whole bill. It's insane.
Speaker 5 (04:51):
But what I do? What I do know is you
don't work in age back and the heat was running.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
But like so yeah, let's let's let's talk to the
right now. Let's talk to the jurors right now.
Speaker 4 (05:06):
And if you are just turning on your radio, remember
it's your civic duty. We have a ton of people
calling in. But you know, if it keeps ringing, we
will pick up roommates. Obviously pretty cold last week, Brandon
was cold, Brandon turned down the heat. They split the
bills right in half. Brandon cold, turns down the heat.
(05:31):
Ray goes, listen, you did it. I don't want it on.
You're paying the whole entire bill for you know, Tico
or whatever. Mercedes, Hello, Hello, what do you think?
Speaker 8 (05:46):
I think it's crazy that he wants them to pay
the entire bill. Like if they had conditions, Mercedes, go ahead,
If they had.
Speaker 9 (06:01):
Conditions that they agreed upon beforehand, that it would make sense.
But if you are agreeing to live with someone, you
just kind of have to compromise.
Speaker 1 (06:11):
Let's move on to Alyssa. Alyssa, go ahead.
Speaker 10 (06:15):
So I have questions, did you already get the bill?
And then having the heat on for like two days
three days really affect the bill that much.
Speaker 4 (06:23):
Well, I'll answer that I don't think that. Doesn't it
take like a month to get the bills, so they
don't have it. Let's say, you know, let's use our
imagination right now and say sure in a month that
it will go up that much. Alyssa, If it does
go up that much, should Brandon then be stuck with
(06:44):
the whole bill?
Speaker 10 (06:45):
I don't think you should be stuck with the whole bill. No,
they should still split it. But if it's only it
doesn't get that cold for that long, it wasn't very
long that it was, you know, that chilly, So I
don't feel like he should have to pay the whole bill.
Speaker 4 (06:59):
Okay, all right, thank you Melissa for that. Let's move
on to Courtney. Now, Courtney, what do you think?
Speaker 9 (07:05):
Hello? I feel like you choose your roommate and you
are responsible for your fifty percent regardless of how much
it cost.
Speaker 1 (07:13):
What is then the etiquette?
Speaker 4 (07:15):
Like? How does that conversation go? What should have happened?
What are you think?
Speaker 1 (07:20):
Courtney?
Speaker 4 (07:21):
Like?
Speaker 9 (07:22):
I live I live with my kids and they love
to keep the house freezing. So even during like the
little cold days that we did have, my house was
freezing so like at the end of the day, like
I don't want to be cold, but they want to
be cold. If he's turned on the heat in his house,
he's entitled to turn on the heat in his house. Like,
(07:43):
you still need to pay your portion of the bill.
It doesn't It doesn't change the circumstances of him paying
what he used to pay.
Speaker 1 (07:51):
Yeah, thank you, Courtney.
Speaker 5 (07:53):
Having kids is not the same as roommates though.
Speaker 9 (07:56):
Yeah, I did choose my kids.
Speaker 5 (08:02):
Probably they probably didn't choose you as well.
Speaker 4 (08:05):
All right, thank you Courtney. Ladies and gentlemen, we uh,
we have come to our decision.
Speaker 1 (08:17):
Listen.
Speaker 4 (08:17):
We got to come to our decision right now. At
the end of the day. This is a lot of
money at stake. Brandon and Raffi arguing over who should
split the or who should pay for the bill. Rather,
Raffi wants the whole entire bill paid by Brandon since
he turned on the heat. Brandon says, listen, you know,
deal with it. We got to split it like we
(08:38):
always do, Ladies and gentlemen. The decision will be made
by Ashley. Really, yeah, because lately I've been getting yelled
at on my decision, so you gotta.
Speaker 1 (08:51):
Go oh no, can I can it be it? When
no one wins? That's not how that works. Draw, you
want to draw?
Speaker 7 (09:02):
No, Judge Judy said, you don't get the money.
Speaker 1 (09:04):
You don't get the money. Am I, Judge Judy? I
am today.
Speaker 3 (09:07):
Oh God, you did the wrong decision.
Speaker 1 (09:09):
I did not. You guys are both in the wrong.
You should have roommates, get a good live by yourself.
Speaker 4 (09:15):
You're judge Booty, which I'm trying to do a play
on black more so it sounds like but never mind.
Speaker 1 (09:23):
I was like, I got to be Booty. Yeah, Judge Booty,
what do you think? I think they're both in the wrong, honestly.
Speaker 3 (09:29):
But you can't play middleman day in here.
Speaker 1 (09:30):
Ash Judge Joe Brown.
Speaker 3 (09:33):
We're not Judge Joe Brown. Judge jo.
Speaker 1 (09:38):
It's draw.
Speaker 3 (09:40):
You want me to make the decision, Judge. I think
that he should have to pay the whole amount, damn it.
And here's why, because you did it without consent. You
turn that thing up and there must be consent. Do
you disagree?
Speaker 1 (09:53):
I do what I.
Speaker 7 (09:57):
How about you guys just have a little like a temper.
So every time you want to change the timber, do
you say how long you changed it?
Speaker 8 (10:04):
For and what you change it to.
Speaker 4 (10:05):
And we figured out, all right, this is what we're
gonna do Raffi and Brandon. Jed made the decision that
means Brandon is ordered to pay the whole entire bill.
With that said, With that said, we will do an
appeals court now because I'm sure that a lot of
people are going to complain.
Speaker 1 (10:22):
Let's get Brandon and Raffie on at a later date.
Speaker 4 (10:24):
YEP, the appeals court will happen nine seven seven two zero.
Speaker 1 (10:28):
If you do not like Jed's decision,
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