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ANNOUNCER: Today on Chrissy's Court,

Cynthia Taylor is suing friend Gigi Moisé

for impound fees and a key replacement,

after Gigi got Cynthia's car towed

and lost the key.

Gigi is countersuing

for unpaid cat-sitting fees

because, well, you'll find out.

The people are real.

The cases are real.

And the judgments are legally binding,

no matter how unqualified the judge is.

- This is Chrissy's Court.

[dramatic music plays]

- All rise...

to the Honorable Judge Chrissy Teigen.

- Hello, hello!

PEPPER: Hi. - Hello, Mother.

Ah, you may all be seated.

- They're our case of the day.

- Thank you. [singsongy]: Case of the day!

PEPPER: Yeah.

CHRISSY: So, Cynthia? - Yes.

- You are suing Gigi?

- Yep.

- Uh, Cynthia, explain your case.

- Oh, yeah, I had a family emergency.

And Gigi had offered to check up on Smoogler,

my kitty. - Can I see a picture of Smoogler?

- Yes, you may. Here. - I don't know why, but I just love animals.

Oh, Smoogies!

Super cute cat.

- Yeah, he's my baby.

- And, Gigi, your sole job is a caretaker for animals?

- Yes. I do watch dogs. - Okay.

- I love all animals, you know what I'm saying?

- Okay, so, Cynthia, continue.

- In-in leaving so quickly,

'cause of an emergency in the family,

I forgot to get his treats for him.

- "Treats"? - Yeah.

- So, Smoogler has specific treats

that Smoogler must have. - Yes, he does treats-- dry food, wet food.

And he has, like, a water fountain water bowl and...

- [laughs] Okay, high maintenance.

CYNTHIA: He's-- that's my baby. - A running water bowl,

a running water bowl constantly running.

- I didn't even know cats had to be taken care of,

so this is all new to me. I thought you could just

leave a cat for, like, a week. - Right.

- A month. [laughs] - Yeah. I mean, a year.

- He doesn't drink the water if it's not running.

- Well, Smoogs has fine taste, and I think we would all do that

if we had the option... granted to us by Cynthia.

- Anyways, uh, so I told her to take my car

and go to Petco and get the treats for him.

And she took my car

and she ended up venturing off to visit a friend,

and parked my car in a red zone.

It got impounded.

That cost me $678.20,

which I have the receipt for you.

- Yes, I would love to see the receipts. - Okay, all right.

And then she lost my keys.

PEPPER: Oh.

- My God! Okay.

Gigi, you are countersuing for $1,400, the amount

Cynthia owes for watching the cat Smoogler

for seven days straight at $200 a day.

Holy shit. $200 a day?

- It's like a Beverly Hills cat.

- Well... I'm about to learn a ton of shit, I think.

So, now I want to hear your side.

- I feel like I need to get paid.

My time is not for free.

Gigi, what do you typically charge?

Did you charge her less than what you would charge a...

client? - I have some receipts here, you know, for the time

I had her cat and the cat food

and the cat box I had to bring to my house.

- What is she talking about? - I had to go to big measures

to get that cat in my house and make the cat

feel comfortable. - You took my cat to your house?

- Well, yeah, honey.

- Gigi, I asked you to go check on my cat once a day.

- I should charge you for the bite marks.

CYNTHIA: Oh, my God. - Let me go through Gigi's fees here.

- Hello, hello. - She says there's a one-time fee of $73.

- Hello. - A $875 overnight fee.

- And she got a $25 discount. She got lucky.

- You had to buy a cat box? - Yeah,

it needs to litter somewhere. - She wouldn't have to

if you hadn't taken him anywhere.

- And my house smells like litter.

I forgot to add the cleaning lady.

- Oh, God. - How about that?

- Okay, what is this "break fee"? - Um, my break fee.

- So, you get paid for working and then also get paid

for not working? - Yeah.

- [laughter] - Oh,

Mom's loving it, personally.

Okay, but, Gigi, you know

you know... - What?

- You owe for this car and the impound fees.

- I'm gonna say I didn't know where I parked,

I lost the keys, and I didn't know what happened.

And that was it. - Wait, where did you go?

- I went to a friend's place and,

like, I got kind of wasted and I lost my keys and my phone.

- Honestly, that happens to me a few times a month.

GIGI: Tell me about it.

And when I came back, the car was gone.

How do I know she didn't have a copy,

she had her boyfriend take it,

and then just hid the car... - [scoffs] Serious?

- and then charge me for this fee...?

- Yeah, there's no guessing game on this.

Like, we actually have paperwork for it, so... - Oh, okay.

It wasn't my fault that the red zone was there.

I didn't know it was there.

- I mean, the impound was your fault, though.

- You know, it could've been.

But I don't feel like it is! - It was!

- I didn't see the red zone.

- "It could've been"! [laughs]

GIGI: I didn't know where I parked, okay?

But, you know, I had a hard time taking care of that cat,

so I actually had to borrow some of her watches.

- Watches are also involved in this now?

- Well, she didn't know about those yet.

- What is... what's the watch deal?

- So, I needed money because of her cat needed some stuff,

and I didn't have the money to cover it,

so I actually took two watches and pawned them.

- Are you serious? My watches in the drawer?

- Sure did. - Those were my grandmother's watches, Gigi.

- I pawned them-- I got the receipts right here.

- Those were heirlooms. - Hold on, Cynthia?

I want to let you know that we actually have the watches.

They're safe and sound.

- At least I didn't sell 'em.

- Uh, that's an actual felony you committed by stealing

the watches. - [laughter]

- Um...

Okay, so, wow, this is a lot to take in.

[suspenseful music playing]

Okay, so, Cynthia, I am going to award you these watches back.

Gigi, I have to, I'm-I'm gonna dismiss this countersuit.

But we're doing you a solid here...

[laughs] on letting the felony go.

And, uh, you, you owe for this car.

I'm gonna rule in favor of the plaintiff for $838.20.

But, Gigi, I appreciate your spirit.

- I need to get paid. - Court is adjourned.

- Can I get the watches back?

- Thank you guys very much.

- Thank you very much. [gallery clapping]

[funky music playing]

- She just stole two watches.

Part of it is, like, the confession alone, like,

the confidence in saying, like, "Yeah, I took those watches."

- I'm scared of her. - [laughter]

- She shouldn't have got that car

and the watches and her money.

I got nothing but a felony washed off.

I could've done that myself.

- Would I ever let her, uh, watch my cat again?

No, and I wouldn't recommend her to anyone.

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