Judy Justice

See, he picks up the brick there.

He punched me in my face.

He's refusing to leave.

Just a second, he was leaving.

He's telling me, "Come at me, bro, come at me."

Oh, that's ridiculous.

You both behaved badly. You're lucky it wasn't worse.

This is Judy Justice.

Danny Martinez and his fiancée, Alexandra Sanchez-Mar

are suing Brandon Alvarez for trespassing and an assault.

Court, come to order, all rise.

-Have a seat please. -Good morning, judge.

We have case 1033, Martinez, Sanchez-Mar versus Alvarez.

-Thank you. -You're welcome.

Your last name is Sanchez?

-Mine. -My fiancée.

-And you're his fiancée? -Yes.

Why don't you have a seat for a moment?

Because this case is really about you, Mr. Martinez,

your fiancée was witness to these events

and may have been, according to you, traumatized by them,

but this really involves the two of you.

-That'd be a fair statement? -Correct.

Let me see if I understand,

-you have in your home a music studio? -Yes.

Is it in the basement or on the main level?

It's in my son's room.

-How old is he? -He's four.

-And that's where you do-- -That's where I record.

That's where you record.

-You had a friend? -Correct.

You and your friend were doing music together?

That's correct, Your Honor.

And at some point you became acquainted,

because you were acquainted

-with this friend... -With the artist, uh-huh.

and you decided that you and your friend

would like to use his son's room,

that doubles as a recording studio

to work with him and record some music?

-Correct. -So you started to work together

and then you and your friend had a falling-out?

-Correct. -Prior to you having a falling-out,

according to your answer and counterclaim,

-you purchased a microphone-- -That's correct.

to use in recording.

You acknowledge that he purchased a microphone

that he brought to your son's room-slash-playroom.

After you and your friend decided after this falling-out,

and you were aware that there was a falling-out?

-Yes. -You stopped going to the studio?

-That's correct. -Your Honor, if I may,

I've only-- I had been to the studio about two or three times.

It's just, I work a lot, I work 12-hour shifts.

No, no, no, listen to me,

don't give me a lot of editorializing.

If anything that I said is wrong, tell me. Don't enhance it.

I don't need enhancing right now,

I'm trying to set the stage of what this case is about.

-Correct. -Okay?

Correct.

So you and your friend split up and you decided

that you weren't going back to the studio anymore,

or you decided that you would continue working

with this friend. Let's-- 'cause I feel peculiar about it,

let's call your friend Steve.

-Correct, well, sure. -

Now I feel more comfortable.

-So you continue to work with Steve? -Yes.

At some point, you wanted your microphone back.

That's correct.

And you communicated that fact to Mr. Martinez?

That is correct.

Mr. Martinez said he sort of felt uncomfortable,

'cause he's still working with Steve.

So he says he gave the microphone

-to Steve to give back to you? -Yes.

-Your Honor, that-- -

I'm just telling you what's in here.

-Okay. -According to you,

Mr. Alvarez, this is your claim,

trespassed on your property

in order to get his microphone back,

and in the process assaulted you seriously

in front of your fiancée,

which is why she was standing up next to you,

and your four-year-old son?

- Yes. -Traumatizing them.

Yes.

Mr. Alvarez has a cross complaint.

He says he did in fact come to your house,

because you stopped returning his calls,

to retrieve his expensive microphone

and you, in fact, assaulted him

and he's got a counterclaim for that assault.

That's what this case is about.

That's correct.

-Alright. -That is correct.

So we have a claim of assault, a claim of assault

and also you want your microphone back,

-and-- -Uh-huh.

And you have a claim of trespass?

Did you get your microphone back, by the way?

I received my mic, but not my other piece of equipment.

I don't care about other piece of equipment.

From whom did you get the microphone?

Well, the person that you claimed,

that I'm not friends with anymore, Steve,

-I'm still friends with Steve. -Steve, that's it.

-Mm-hm. -You got it back from Steve?

Yes.

Did you get it back from Steve before or after

this altercation between the two of you?

After the altercation.

Okay, so after the altercation,

how much after the altercation, a day, two?

It was a week, it was a week. It was a week.

A week, so now we're just talking about assault.

So on what day, sir, do you allege this assault took place?

May 15th, 2021.

-What time of the day? -One p.m.

-At your home? -At my home.

Fiancée and son were there?

-Yes. -I'm listening.

Okay, so they ended up, Steve and Brandon ended,

oh, May 15th?

-Get to May 15th. -May 15th, I--

-I just laid out the case. -At 1:00 p.m.--

Just a second, was it clear to you?

Pretty clear.

-Was it clear to you? -Very clear.

Got it, I just want to know, because you're my ears

to the tens of millions of people who are

All I want is what happened, you had the microphone,

you gave it to Steve, you shouldn't have given it to Steve,

should've given it directly back to him, it was a mistake.

-You cut him off. -Yes.

You didn't return his calls.

Now he comes to your house May 15th, 1:00 p.m.

Pick it up from there.

May 15th at 1:00 p.m., he...

Me and my fiancée are in the yard, we're hanging out.

We noticed Brandon pulling up to the gate,

right off the bat saying, "Yo, rebel, what's my mic at?"

Pulled up to what gate? Is there a--?

It's a side gate that leads to our home,

-we live in a side home. -Okay.

Pulled up to the gate, was anybody with him?

He had a driver with him.

Somebody was driving the car?

-Yeah. -Okay.

So he immediately lets himself in.

You mean opened the gate?

Yeah, he opens the gate, immediately lets himself in,

immediately started asking for his equipment.

I respond by telling him, "I don't have your stuff,

you know, Steve has your stuff, you need to leave,

'cause, you know, no one let you in."

As I'm walking towards him, I'm telling him.

As you're walking towards him?

As I'm walking towards him,

he's continuing to refuse to leave.

No, no, tell me as you're walking towards him,

what he said to you and what you said to him.

I'm telling him, "Get outta here."

He's saying, "No, give me my stuff."

At that point, you know.

Now at that point?

I'm trying to shove him out.

Okay, so we're going frame by frame.

-Yes. -He's in your yard.

He's let himself in, he wants his stuff.

-You say, "Get out of here." -Yes. Yes.

-You start shoving him out. -Yes.

Is that what you said?

Yes.

How did you start shoving him out?

I just put one hand on him and tell him,

"Hey man, get out of here, you need to leave."

Okay, well, first you picked up two hands,

did you pick up two hands, that's what you picked up first?

It was one hand.

One hand, you put your hands on him?

-Yes. -And say,

-"Hey, man, get out of here?" -Yes.

And then what happened?

And then he's refusing to leave,

he's still refusing to leave.

Just a second, what happened next?

I try to keep shoving him again.

Okay, just a second, so you're shoving him now

with one hand or two?

I believe with two hands.

Okay, so now you're shoving him back towards the fence?

Towards the fence.

-Telling him to leave? -Yes.

-What's next? -At that point,

he gets very aggressive.

No, just a second, just tell me what happened.

You're shoving him now with two hands back towards the fence