Hot Bench (2014)
A panel of three judges hear court cases, argue the merits of the case amongst themselves, and render a verdict.
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11x01 Little Pink House (1)
09 September, 2024 10:00 pm
A woman sues her uncle, saying he evicted her from his land, then blocked in her RV with boulders and logs.
11x02 Crumblin' Down (2)
10 September, 2024 10:00 pm
A family's fight, caught on video, appalls the judges, and they must determine who is responsible for the reported theft and property damage.
11x03 Mold'N Girls
11 September, 2024 10:00 pm
A tenant says her friend and landlady neglected to address household mold issues, which gave her COPD, and demands compensation for rent.
11x04 Lease Adden-dumb
12 September, 2024 10:00 pm
A renter says her subletter was up to "demonic" activity, citing souvenir masks from his world travels; he just wants his deposit back.
11x05 Updo No Good
13 September, 2024 10:00 pm
A woman treats herself to a new hairstyle for the first time in years and is devastated when her hair starts falling out; the stylist says she didn't follow aftercare instructions for the chemical relaxer
11x06 One Flight Stand
16 September, 2024 10:00 pm
After a plane crash at a flight school made the local news, a student who had paid in full wants his money back, but a strict policy says refunds will only be given under extenuating medical circumstances.
11x07 Godmother May I
17 September, 2024 10:00 pm
A mother spends thousands of dollars on a spa-themed birthday party for her 6-year-old, but the party planner backs out suddenly, saying the godmother hijacked the event from her.
11x08 Sans Francisco
18 September, 2024 10:00 pm
A group of young men planned a San Francisco trip to commemorate their friend's passing, but, the day before, the plaintiff received a photo of his friends on the train en route; he wants his money back.
11x09 Re-Lease Me
19 September, 2024 10:00 pm
A landlord doesn't return a woman's rent deposit in full, saying her dog "scooted" on the rugs, leaving an odor; the former tenant thinks she can recoup three times the amount by suing for punitive damages.
11x10 Truck It! That's a Wrap
20 September, 2024 10:00 pm
A food truck owner is unhappy with the vinyl-printed graphics she purchased for her truck; the designers of the wrap blame her for her countless revisions and the third-party installer for the reportedly poor application.
11x11 BBs, RVs & Caddys
23 September, 2024 10:00 pm
A vehicle window shatters mysteriously in a driveway, but security footage captures nothing but a cat; the owner accuses his neighbor of sniping the window with a BB gun.
11x12 Wristbanned
24 September, 2024 10:00 pm
A rap fan buys a music festival ticket from a scalper and takes a trip across the country to see her favorite acts perform, only to discover that her entry wristband has already been claimed.
11x13 El Cami-No
25 September, 2024 10:00 pm
A car owner blames his mechanic for major damage to his transmission, but the mechanic says it was his racing that ruined it; the owner denies racing the car.
11x14 I'll Be Your Shelter
26 September, 2024 10:00 pm
A woman expects some help with the rent after she helps her friend out of a pinch by letting her stay in her one-bedroom apartment.
11x15 Metal Mayhem
27 September, 2024 10:00 pm
A mechanic takes more than a year to repair a truck and agrees to a partial refund when the client gets tired of waiting -- but now the client wants all of his money back.
11x16 Walkin' the Dog
30 September, 2024 10:00 pm
A pit bull mix is accused of escaping an apartment and violently shaking a little dog; the little dog's owner sues for veterinary bills, but the defendants say she is trying to make them pay for pre-existing cancer ....
11x17 Pain Pill Predicament
01 October, 2024 10:00 pm
An elderly man accuses a woman, who ran pharmacy errands for him, of pocketing some of his pain pills; she says he whacked her car with his cane as she tried to leave, and she wants him to pay for the dents.
11x18 Rent Rift; Well, I'll Be Damages
02 October, 2024 10:00 pm
An apartment complex owner says her tenant never caught up on rent before moving out; a woman sues her ex-boyfriend for the cost of damages she never got repaired on a car she doesn't own anymore.
11x19 Dear Sis I Hit a Deer
03 October, 2024 10:00 pm
A woman takes her sister's car late at night to buy beer and blames a deer for damaging the car; her sister accuses her of drinking beforehand and taking her keys without permission.
11x20 Best Friends For-Never
04 October, 2024 10:00 pm
A man who moved in with his best friend from high school says he fell behind on rent trying to keep up with his friend's lavish lifestyle, so his friend offered to cover him; the friend says he made no such offer ...
11x21 Over the Hedge
07 October, 2024 10:00 pm
A man was cutting down hedges on property he says his family owns when a neighbor told him to stop: she says the hedges were on her property and blocked her view of his unsightly mess.
11x22 U-Turn on U-Haul
08 October, 2024 10:00 pm
A woman says her kindly old neighbor became verbally abusive after she lent him $2,000 to get out of a cryptocurrency scam; he says he's a perfect gentleman, and the money was not a loan...
11x23 Tiny Home Tales
09 October, 2024 10:00 pm
A baker opened his tiny home to an old friend and her boyfriend, who he says paid rent by stealing and selling packages, and the full extent of their behavior is displayed in his video evidence.
11x24 It Wasn't Rent to Be
10 October, 2024 10:00 pm
The plaintiff says that his friend's behavior became "weird" after they moved in together, and that he left abruptly without paying rent, so he is charging him late fees.
11x25 No Horsing Around
14 October, 2024 10:00 pm
A woman loans money to a fellow horse lover whose previous mare had passed away.
11x26 A Ruff Attack
15 October, 2024 10:00 pm
Plaintiff says a neighbor's pit bull attacked her Jack Russell terrier.
11x27 Vanity UnFair
16 October, 2024 10:00 pm
A woman claims the house painter she hired ruined her vanity with paint splatter; the painter says he has no idea what she's talking about.
11x28 NOLA Moolah
17 October, 2024 10:00 pm
A man says he helped his friend who had been robbed and stranded, and paid for his hotel room; now he's suing his friend for repayment.
11x29 Paint My Ride
18 October, 2024 10:00 pm
A man accuses a paint correction specialist of damaging the artwork on his 1932 Ford Roadster; the specialist claims the plaintiff didn't properly dry his paint job.
11x30 Family Fallout
21 October, 2024 10:00 pm
When a woman faced eviction, she turned to her sister, who helped her out with a loan and now sues to collect repayment.
11x31 Man's Best Fiend
22 October, 2024 10:00 pm
A father of seven says his neighbor's pit bull slaughtered 13 of his animals.
11x32 Knight Court
23 October, 2024 10:00 pm
A man says his mother is holding his car hostage as a means to maintain contact with her young grandson; she says she wants the car gone.
11x33 Loan of Contention
24 October, 2024 10:00 pm
A woman says her ex's mother demanded that she make his car payments while he was hospitalized; after his discharge, he assumed the payments were gifts.
11x34 Lickity-Split on the Permit
25 October, 2024 10:00 pm
A homeowner says his contractor dropped the ball on getting permits, and now there are engineers who have been paid but can't do anything: he wants his money back in full.
11x35 Pit Bullying
28 October, 2024 9:00 pm
The defendants' pit bull got loose, and the plaintiffs let him into their house as a kindness, then he attacked their little terrier mix.
11x36 Plea for the Car Key
29 October, 2024 9:00 pm
A young woman purchases a 20-year-old car, and it breaks down on the way home; the seller promises to repair it for free, but the buyer loses the key.
11x37 Real Housewives of the Trailer Park; Sisterly Loan for a Home
30 October, 2024 9:00 pm
A tree trimmer next door accidentally lets a branch fall on a woman's carport awning; a teenager dips into her inheritance to lend her older sister money
11x38 Furry Bar Brawl
31 October, 2024 9:00 pm
A woman's pet dog attacked a man's service dog, so he wants her to pay for its surgeries and re-training.
11x39 Striking Out
04 November, 2024 10:00 pm
A sports card collector who is so excited to purchase two of his dream cards that he declines the seller's offer to have them authenticated before purchasing them.
11x40 Sneak Attack
05 November, 2024 10:00 pm
After his release from jail, a young man goes to his ex-girlfriend's house where, he says, two guys beat him up at her direction.
11x41 Sold Short
06 November, 2024 10:00 pm
A web developer says she learned that a marketing program was a scam, but the defendant's policy says she must finish the program to qualify for a refund.
11x42 Move My Property, Don't Take It!
07 November, 2024 10:00 pm
A woman accuses her niece of stealing her property instead of moving it into storage while she was in the hospital
11x43 Exes & Loans
11 November, 2024 10:00 pm
A man says his girlfriend left him and then presented a bill for everything for which she paid in the relationship.
11x44 Somebunny's in Trouble
12 November, 2024 10:00 pm
A family's pet rabit was attacked in their back yard by two dogs whose owner says they should just buy a new rabbit instead.
11x45 Don't Have a Fit, Bud!
13 November, 2024 10:00 pm
A woman who createf an app for a fitness instructor she met online says she never got paid; he says the app never launched.
11x46 Getting Kitty Wit It
14 November, 2024 10:00 pm
A rpper paid a lump sum upfront for a record producer to produce five of her songs; she says only one was ever produced, and she wants a refund.
11x47 Not in Kansas Anymore
15 November, 2024 10:00 pm
A woman in need of a fresh start moved into her sponsor's house, but when her son misbehanved, the sponsor's husband reprimanded him and the arrangement quickly fell apart.
11x48 The Nipsey Hustle
18 November, 2024 10:00 pm
Two sisters are ready to fight each other because one accuses the other of stealing their favorite rapper's memorial programs to sell.
11x49 Full Moon Rising
19 November, 2024 10:00 pm
A man let his couch-surfing best friend move into his house with him, but, years later, he sues him for nonpayment of rent and accuses him of sexual assault.
11x50 Evicted by a Snake
20 November, 2024 10:00 pm
A dog hotel owner sues his employee/tenant - a woman with a pet python - for lost rental income, damage to his residence, giving no notice and leaving her belongings behind.
11x51 Terrible Tenant Troubles
21 November, 2024 10:00 pm
An 11-year tenant is on the hook for unpaid rent, late fees, utilities and repairs; the landlord contacted her family about her debts.
11x52 The Auntie-Hero
22 November, 2024 10:00 pm
A man says he paid his aunt to add a phone for his son to her plan, but when the son ran away to his great-aunt's house, the payments stopped.
11x53 Hold Your Horses!
25 November, 2024 10:00 pm
A horse lover who provided a young woman with a free stall and discounted rent in her home says the tenant ruined her riding area by spreading the wrong kind of footing material.
11x54 The Flames of Discord
26 November, 2024 10:00 pm
A woman who discovered that her new roommate wanted a live-in caregiover says the position was too demanding and she was barred from getting her belongings after move-out; the resident countersues, saying the woman set fire to her garage.
11x55 The Opioid Odyssey
27 November, 2024 10:00 pm
A woman says she lent her van to a friend for some errands, but it was never returned; the "friend" says she made a down payment of $1300 worth of pain pills to purchase the van, and therefire she couldn't "steal" something that belonged to her.
11x56 Trust Me
02 December, 2024 10:00 pm
A man says his sister is denying their mother's last wishes by withholding rent she collected on the house they inherited; the sister says she incurred costs for 20 months while a squatter paid no rent, and the brother signed a quit claim deed.
11x57 Don't Goof on My Roof
03 December, 2024 10:00 pm
A single mother sues a contractor she says was negligent and unprofessional while working on her roof, causing heavy raint to leak into her home; he says she made the job site unconfortable for his workers and fired him before he could finish.
11x58 I'm Too Sexy
09 December, 2024 10:00 pm
A man knowingly allows an unlicensed hairstylist to braid his hair then says that disqualifies her from being paid; in a single hour she sends him a dozen texts demanding payment.
11x59 Scratch 'n' Dash
10 December, 2024 10:00 pm
A man admits he pulled a knife on someone who scratched his car but says his son believes he is an action hero, and he was trying to keep up that persona.
11x60 Fowl Play
16 December, 2024 10:00 pm
The plaintiff claims her reputation was damaged when the defendant publicly accused her of stealing chicken from a food drive.
11x61 A Cabin in the Woods
17 December, 2024 10:00 pm
A husband and wife claim they were unfairly evicted from a home that froze because it had no heat.
11x62 Tenant Tango
06 January, 2025 10:00 pm
The owner of a nonprofit social services organization sues his subletter for nonpayment of rent, while she says his business partner advised her to withhold payment while they sorted out a problem with the building's owner.
11x63 Hardly Davidson
07 January, 2025 10:00 pm
An octogenarias sues his friend for the "value of the lost time with a motorcycle" which he was supposed to repair and return.
11x64 Making Up a Cosmetic Excuse
08 January, 2025 10:00 pm
A woman who values education gave her niece a loan for cosmetology school, and now has to sue for repayment; the niece says she should be allowed more time, but how does she explain going on a trip to Hawaii instead of repaying her aunt?
11x65 That's What Friends Were For; Roomie Resentment
09 January, 2025 10:00 pm
Longtime friends have a falling-out over unpaid loans; ex-roommates' record-keeping is spotty.
11x66 Bills and Thrills
13 January, 2025 10:00 pm
A good Samaritan says his jobless, homeless friend picked fights with gate guards, neighbors and other houseguests.
11x67 Tit for Tattoo Table
14 January, 2025 10:00 pm
A tattoo artist sues the owner of his workspace for theft and pain and suffering; after a graffiti tag portending violence was left on the door, the owner asked him to leave and a scuffle ensued,
11x68 Petty in Pink
15 January, 2025 10:00 pm
A pink Tesla driver tries to recover her out-of-pocket repair costs after a woman scrapes her parked car.
11x69 My Neighbor Ruined My Car
16 January, 2025 10:00 pm
A nurse's neighbor offered to fix his car's body damage for far less than an official body shop, but the job stretched on for months, and the nurse is disastisfied with the quality.
11x70 Cabinet Chaos
20 January, 2025 10:00 pm
A lawyer says his girlfriend called him in hysterics because the young man they hired to paint their kitchen cabinets was botching the job; they paid him $250 to stop and go away -- but now they're suing for their money back.
11x71 Ex-cuses Ex-cuses
21 January, 2025 10:00 pm
Ex-wives battle over the cost of a virtual reality headset they bought for their son -- an expensive Christmas present.
11x72 Up in Vapes
22 January, 2025 10:00 pm
A door-to-door vacuum salesman reportedly promised his boss an investment return on his tobacco-free vape company, but the boss says that when the money didn't come fast enough, he asked him to hand over the remaining product, and he didn't.
11x73 Doodle Days
23 January, 2025 10:00 pm
Ex-friends scrap over the botched sale of a goldendoodle puppy: When the buyer refused to pay for a TSA-approved pet carrier, the seller brought the puppy back home, then refused to hand it over.
11x74 Tenant Compliance or Tenant Defiance
27 January, 2025 10:00 pm
A substitute schoolteacher sues her former student and his mother, who she says were great landlords for years -- until they started harassing her; the son says he felt the need to pepper spray her in self-defense.
11x75 Batteries Not Included
28 January, 2025 10:00 pm
The plaintiff's father bought him golf-cart batteries from the defendant and passed away shortly after; then, the plaintiff says, he discovered that the batteries were defective; the defendant says they were improperly charged.
11x76 Train Gang Trouble
29 January, 2025 10:00 pm
A car sale and accusations of dishonesty drive a wedge between two members of a tightknit ladies group.
11x77 Hitch a Ride for a Loan
30 January, 2025 10:00 pm
A young man at a new security job says he helped a down-on-his-luck co-worker with a series of 31 loans, but now feels he was played for a fool.
11x78 Dept. of Water & Powerless
31 January, 2025 10:00 pm
A woman rented an apartment from an Alaskan fisherman who she says failed to remedy a slew of egregious issues; he says the evidence of his due diligence was on a phone that he dropped into the ocean.
11x79 A Rocky Tour
03 February, 2025 10:00 pm
A booking agent wants reimbursement from a tour manager who she says failed to pay her musical artist in full; he says his artist is the one who was shorted.
11x80 No Re-Collection
04 February, 2025 10:00 pm
A man says he found a business partner instead of a girlfriend on a dating site, and she ghosted him after taking his investment in her technology IP; she says she has no recollection of him or his money.
11x81 Security Refund Rant
05 February, 2025 10:00 pm
A tenant says she left her rental exactly how she found it, while the landlady says the damages were abundant and outrangeous.
11x82 High Voltage Hustle
06 February, 2025 10:00 pm
A bike rider says a motorcycle repair shop owner botched a paint job and damaged his Harley; the repairman says he told the plaintiff there was extensive existing damage.
11x83 Sign of Disrespect
10 February, 2025 10:00 pm
A grad student says her former classmate didn't pay her in full for a sign she made for his YouTube podcast, so she's suing him for five times the amount, citing emotional distress.
11x84 Show Me Your Kitties
11 February, 2025 10:00 pm
A Maine Coon cat breeder promised the same kitten to two families; to make it right, she offered to find the plaintiffs a similar cat from a different breeder, but they now say the replacement kitten was sick.
11x85 Co-Worker Catastrophe
12 February, 2025 10:00 pm
A human-resources manager sues his former co-worker for unpaid loans and lost wages: he says she accused him of being a "sugar daddy" at work, which directly led to his termination.
11x86 Space Invader
13 February, 2025 10:00 pm
In the aftermath of a parking war, two neighbors bring their car damage dispute to court; the defendant denies doing anything to the plaintiff's car and says she is a Leo, and therefore very honest.
11x87 Bumper to Bummer
14 February, 2025 10:00 pm
The plaintiff has photos of his car damage and another driver's admission of fault, and thinks that should be enough to win his court case, but he went to a back-alley repair shop and has no receipts. Can he prevail without this key information?
11x88 Sibling Quibbling
17 February, 2025 10:00 pm
A woman says her brother was supposed to repay her using a settlement check that he won in an unrelated dispute; he says he hasn't received the check yet.
11x89 I Don't Rolls-Royce That Way!
18 February, 2025 10:00 pm
A woman says her luxury vehicle was towed when her mechanic left it parked on the street; he says he lost his garage years ago, and she knew it.
11x90 Not Letting Subletting
19 February, 2025 10:00 pm
A woman says she subleased a co-worker's apartment, but when she moved in, the co-worker was still living there and showed no signs of leaving, so she moved out; each party says the other broke the contract.
11x91 You Can't Buy Me, Love
20 February, 2025 10:00 pm
A man says his younger ex-boyfriend accepted a car loan but refuses to repay him; the younger man denies that they were "dating" and says he eventually had to Google "how to get rid of a sugar daddy."
11x92 Boulevard of Broken Leases
21 February, 2025 10:00 pm
A woman says she overpaid rent for a year because her landlord didn't tell her how much was paid by a rental assistance organization; the landlord denies receiving overpayments.
11x93 Careless Car Care
24 February, 2025 10:00 pm
A couple say their mechanic received money from their insurance company, outsourced their car repair to someone else for a lower price, then pocketed the difference.
11x94 Love Don't Live Here Anymore?
25 February, 2025 10:00 pm
A woman put her baby daddy's car in her name, but after she broke up with him, his payments stopped coming; he says he shouldn't owe for a car that she kept.
11x95 Lights! Camera! No Action
26 February, 2025 10:00 pm
A videographer says he was hired to highlight a store's grand opening with a short social media reel, then the business owner started demanding all five hours of his footage.
11x96 Fair the Truth Lies
27 February, 2025 10:00 pm
When a drone pilot returned from a trip to Peru, he found that he had a new roommate, who he says didn't pay his share of the utilities.
11x97 The A/C Unit Has Me Boiling
03 March, 2025 10:00 pm
Despite a handyman's attempts to repair and replace a defective A/C unit, the homeowner refuses the replacement and demands a refund, leaving both parties in a heated dispute.
11x98 Fast Cars, Slow Refunds
04 March, 2025 10:00 pm
A man says he paid for a remote-control race track but never received it; the hobby shop owner argues that his website clearly states that orders can take up to 30 days and accuses the customer of launching an online smear campaign.
11x99 Car Flopping
05 March, 2025 10:00 pm
A car-flipping venture takes a dramatic turn when the financier accused the mechanic of abandoning repairs and not repaying a loan; the mechanic fires back, saying his partner refused to cover final repair costs.
11x100 Bullets & Beats
10 March, 2025 9:00 pm
A musician says a childhood friend did not complete payment on a car and returned the vehicle after it was shot up; the defendant says it was shot up because of the plaintiff's dangerous lifestyle.
11x101 Dodging Your Deposit
11 March, 2025 9:00 pm
A landlord accuses an ex-tenant of being chronically late on rent, skipping out on the last two months and leaving behind a trail of destruction; the defendant says the plaintiff was rude, uncooperative and secretive.
11x102 Mechanic Mayhem
12 March, 2025 9:00 pm
An SUV-owner says a mechanic botched a job, leaving the vehicle in worse shape; the mechanic blames the plaintiff's wild modifications and reckless driving for the mess.
11x103 RV There Yet?
17 March, 2025 9:00 pm
After getting a secondhand RV without keys or paperwork, a homemaker stops making payments; the seller sends a mechanic to repossess it and the homemaker calls the police, accusing the mechanic of pulling a gun on her.
11x104 Gucci, Rent & Flea Markets
18 March, 2025 9:00 pm
When the defendant found herself with nowhere to live, the plaintiff offered her a place to stay, then another friend moved in, turning the household into a whirlwind of chaos and shrinking the defendant's living space.
11x105 Car Rental Remorse
19 March, 2025 9:00 pm
The plaintiff rented his car to a stranger through an app, then the car was returned damaged, and the stranger vanished.
11x106 Tick-IT Girl
20 March, 2025 9:00 pm
11x107 Have a Mice Show
24 March, 2025 9:00 pm
11x108 Nanny McPay Me
25 March, 2025 9:00 pm
11x109 Auto-Matic Disaster
26 March, 2025 9:00 pm
11x110 Leaky Promises
27 March, 2025 9:00 pm
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