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00:00Mr. Giulio, you and the defendant were roommates.
00:02You signed the lease together.
00:03What was the term of the lease?
00:04Terms of the lease, Your Honor, were...
00:06Were it six months or a year?
00:07One year.
00:08A year and one month, actually.
00:09Thirteen-month lease?
00:10Mm-hmm.
00:11It ended up going month-to-month
00:12because of the notice to vacate form
00:15was not filled out in the proper time frame.
00:17So they charged you for the extra month
00:18and they kept your security?
00:20That is not why they kept the security deposit.
00:24Just a second. Let me tell you.
00:25There are only certain things that I find
00:27that I'm going to consider today
00:30because you have lots of complaints against each other,
00:32most of which I don't care about.
00:34When you signed the lease,
00:36each of you were responsible for one-half of the rent.
00:38Yes, correct.
00:39How much was the rent?
00:40$1,850.
00:42$1,761 even split.
00:45Per person?
00:46In total, split evenly is $1,850.
00:49Listen, when I'm looking at you,
00:51you'll know that I want you to respond to me.
00:53Do you understand?
00:54Yes.
00:55And if you speak out again,
00:56I'll rule in his favor, you can go home.
00:58Got it?
00:59Perfect. Okay.
01:00And I would assume that you also agreed
01:02to split the utilities.
01:04Correct.
01:05Because that's what roommates do.
01:06Yes.
01:07Because utilities are all different,
01:09so you decided that each of you
01:10would put certain utilities in your name.
01:13You put what in your name?
01:14I put the gas and electric bill,
01:16which is called Xcel Energy.
01:18And what utilities did you put in your name?
01:20It was water, sewer, and trash.
01:21And then I also paid for the internet that we had.
01:24Now, was the agreement when you put these utilities
01:28in each of your names,
01:29because you don't really know what they are,
01:31that each of you would pay half the gas and electric bill?
01:34Yes, that's what I understood.
01:35And was the agreement that each of you
01:37would pay half the water, sewer, trash, and internet?
01:41No, it was not.
01:42What was the agreement?
01:43The agreement was that he would pay for heat and electric,
01:46the Xcel bill that he just talked about,
01:48and I would pay for the sewer, water,
01:50and trash, and the internet.
01:52Okay, did you, for the first six months
01:55that you were living there,
01:56pay the entire water, sewer, trash, and internet?
02:00Yes.
02:01You have proof of that?
02:02Yes.
02:03I'd like to see it.
02:05I also have evidence, too, Your Honor.
02:07So on there, you will see it is labeled A-U-M,
02:12and those are the bills that are there.
02:16Just circle, you're paying all the water,
02:19sewer, trash, and internet.
02:20Correct.
02:22I have the account ledgers.
02:23Just a second.
02:24I'm not looking at you.
02:26Circle.
02:32And you as well, circle all the gas and electric
02:35that you paid.
02:36I have it highlighted, is that okay?
02:38Yes.
02:42Right there.
02:45And if I may, Your Honor?
02:46Shh, no.
02:47Okay, since I don't do math,
02:50because I don't like to do math,
02:51you two guys are gonna go outside,
02:53and you're going to add up all of the gas payments
02:55that you made, and you're going to add up
02:57all of the water, sewer, trash, and internet you paid.
03:00Now, if those come out to be just about the same,
03:04then I don't have to consider that.
03:06If they don't, then if there is a major discrepancy,
03:09then we will address it, or you can address it.
03:12We will address it, or you can address it.