and philosopher Maria Zambrano once said,
"Extremism destroys the very principles it affirms."
Hello and welcome to<i> Case Closed.</i>
"Extremism destroys the very principles it affirms."
Think about that.
People tend to take things to extremes.
Let's see how this relates to our first case of the day.
Please bring out the litigants.
This madwoman ruined everything. She destroyed my business.
I can't stand her anymore!
This man is living proof that things need to change.
Hello and welcome.
Hello, ma'am.
Luis, you're suing Martina.
Yes, ma'am.
Who she is, why are you suing her,
and what do you demand?
I'm suing this madwoman
because she's running my business to the ground.
I run a butcher shop. I'm suing her for $100,000.
I run a butcher shop out of a shopping mall
that once belonged to her father.
I signed a contract with him six years ago.
I've run a successful business for the past six years.
Her father passed away.
Our contract expires in 2020, but she expects me to leave now.
So you signed a lease agreement with her father,
who owned the shopping mall.
It's a ten-year lease.
He passed away.
Yes, but you've run your business for six years now.
However, you claim she's ruining your business.
-Yes. -How so?
She's adopted views that contradict my business.
Right across my shop, she opened up a vegan restaurant.
Can you imagine?
I run a butcher shop and deli.
She's started attacking my business.
She allows her friends to loiter in the parking lot
and hold daily protests against the shop.
-It's a free country. -She calls my clients murderers.
With all due respect,
if you or anyone in the audience eats meat,
she considers you a murderer.
Can you imagine?
This can't keep happening.
These people throw themselves
on the floor before my shop, covered in meat and blood.
She placed speakers outside her restaurant.
It's my restaurant!
She plays sounds of animals being butchered.
She calls my clients murderers!
The worst part is... and this seriously worries me.
I need to move out of that shopping mall.
This girl needs a shrink!
One day, she and 30 other crazies branded themselves
out on the parking lot.
They branded themselves like they were livestock.
Like cattle!
-This is what cows go through! -You're crazy!
I saw what happened that day.
They even uploaded pictures onto social media!
I brought copies.
Let's see.
You probably shouldn't.
Unbelievable!
They used a metal rod?
Like cattle, ma'am!
They did it as a means of "protesting."
These animals don't have a voice!
And you're going to give them one?
Tell me something. Back when her father died...
He was an honest man.
I bet he's rolling in his grave right now.
Did she ever talk with you at any point
and tell you what her philosophy was?
Yes. When her father died in January,
she showed up told me all about her crazy ideology.
It's common sense!
She wants me out, but I brought a copy of the contract...
She wants you to leave... but you signed a lease.
That lease is still in place.
There are four years left on that lease.
What's she offering you in return?
Absolutely nothing.
She just wants you to leave.
Yes, because we don't agree.
Come on.
Her protests are driving away my clients.
I've lost over 50% of my clientele.
It's disconcerting to be called a murderer
as you walk in to the deli.
No one wants to deal with that.
They want to buy their meat in peace.
Sales have gone down drastically.
I'm having issues with my family.
I don't know what to do anymore.
I'm suing her for $100,000, so I can get out and leave.
So you need $100,000 in order to relocate your business.
Right, I have machinery.
Is that the estimated value of the contract?
It's an estimate.
Ideally, I'd like to relocate elsewhere
and bring my equipment along.
I hope my clients will follow. I have to start from scratch!
Understood.
How do you respond, Martina?
Here's my response.
She branded herself like an animal!
I'd like to countersue this man, because he's crazy.
I talked things out with him. I'm a pacifist.
I spoke to him right after my father died...
How can you call yourself a pacifist?
You branded yourself like some cow.
Cows endure that pain! They have no voice!
Don't tell me what cows endure or don't endure.
You've never spoken to a cow, nor can cows talk to you.
What a cow feels or doesn't feel is irrelevant.
I'm in the business of human beings.
Human beings are animals just like cows.
But we talk and think.
-They're mammals, too! -Listen to me.
You inherited a shopping mall from your father, correct?
Your father previously owned it.
That shopping mall needs to meet certain business quotas.
Exactly!
You have leasing contracts with different businesses.
I have a new vision for the shopping mall.
All of the other current shops are vegan.
They sell vegan clothes. No animal products anywhere.
He's the odd one out!
I told him what my vision was and gave him five months...
Talk to my attorney.
You're disrespecting the business
and the contract your father had him sign.
Contracts have value.
Your philosophy can't distort or violate
pre-existing lease agreements.
If you want him to leave
because his philosophy differs from yours,
you need to make him a reasonable offer.
"If you leave,
I'll pay you the value of the remaining four years."
Then he can go.
But all this,
"We don't share the same philosophy!
I branded myself for the animals!"
That isn't business-savvy.
How can you run a shopping mall
without knowing a thing about business?
They know this is a big movement.
That's why they left.
They're smart!
Oh, please.
Are you hungry, sweetie? Are you okay?
Are you okay?
Yes, I'm fine.
I feel great because I haven't caused any suffering.
Do you eat well?
What do you eat, exactly?
I eat tofu, hummus, and legumes.
Instead of eating meat, I get my protein from legumes.
That way, I don't cause harm towards animals.
I don't ingest the aggression and trauma
that floods an animal's body when it's killed.
Whenever you eat meat,
you also ingest that animal's energy.
That makes you reactive.
I eat vegetables.
Vegetables are living beings. You're killing plants.
For shame.
Plants don't have hearts. They aren't mammals.
Yes, but they can disrupt...Yes.
I brought evidence that he's an aggressive man.
He's violent.
We've argued on multiple occasions,
but the last time we fought was a Sunday.
When I walked into my restaurant the next morning,
the first thing I saw were my plants covered in blood.
Blood! And a sign.
You can see it there.
"We're alibe too."
They misspelled alive. Wow.
-I have great penmanship! -"Alibe" with a B!
I know you did it!
You're the only enemy I have!
I know he did it! Who else could've done it?
You destroyed some brain cells during the branding process.
This breaks my heart.
That meat used to be a life!
Who brought a copy of the lease agreement?
-I did. -Bring it here.
"Alibe" is killing me.
I'll be honest with you.
It has me in stitches.
She has no evidence...
So this is the lease agreement.
You pay $3,000 a month.
Okay.
Perfect.
And it expires in 2020.
Very well.
Let's bring out the witnesses, please.
They each brought a witness.
They'll each get a chance to testify.
Hello.
Who are you here in support of?
Mrs. Martina.
So what's your statement?
-What's your name? -Tony.
A year ago, I was working for Mr. Luis.
He hasn't sold a steak in ages,
because lots of markets have opened out in the area.
The competition is killing him!
-You mean opened up. -Yes. Sorry about that.
He doesn't sell much.
He fired nearly half the employees and me
due to a drop in sales.
This happened before or after she...?
This has nothing to do with the vegans.
Tell her why I fired you.
Why'd you fire him?
He was giving out bad service.
He didn't do his job well.
I also found out he was vegan.
I had the enemy working for me!
Now he's in cahoots with her.
Makes sense.
I should've guessed he was vegan,
because he's skinny and sallow!
-You said it, not me. -I should've known he was vegan.
Hello. What's your name?
My name's Camila and I'm here in support of Mr. Luis.
I worked for this crazy bitch...
You're so ungrateful!
I gave you a job!
I worked at her café for four months.
Let her talk.
She's obsessed with saving animals,
yet she mistreats her workers!
She was abusive.
She'd have me wash dishes, scrub the floor...
all for just $200 a week.
Then I started working for Mr. Luis.
He pays me $450 a week and he gives me meat.
-He's helped me! -Right.
Mr. Luis isn't the one who put up that sign, I did!
Oh!
He sent you!
It was me!
Hey...
Alive is written with a V.
V! Like vegan!
Just so you know.
She's a tyrant!
She wants to protect animals, but she mistreated me!
Oh, Lord.
My courtroom has turned into a kindergarten.
People don't know how to write anymore.
They don't know how to eat right, they brand themselves...
It's a madhouse.
Please welcome Attorney Angel Leal
and Dr. Carolyn Maldonado.
Good Lord.
We're all going crazy. That's all I can say.
These are absurd and ridiculous times.
Dr. Maldonado, I have a question for you...
regarding strict vegans.
Do vegans suffer from any vitamin deficiencies
or health issues?
Do they have to take vitamins and supplements
to balance their diet?
Many do suffer from deficiencies.
Lots of people adopt vegan diets without doing their research.
There are ways to do this right. Take protein, for example.
Vegans have to make sure they eat tofu
or other forms of protein.
We build muscle and bone from protein.
Calcium is mainly found in milk and yogurt.
Sure, leafy greens have calcium, but not the same amount.
We need calcium to build strong bones.
A deficiency could cause osteoporosis or osteopenia.
Vitamin B12 is only found in animal products.
A B12 deficiency could cause anemia
and neurological issues.
So you're saying this diet can be done
without any ill effect on one's health
given that the person knows exactly what to eat
and how much of it to make up for the absence of meat.
Yes, and it isn't easy.
Okay.
Mr. Leal, let's talk about the legal aspects of this case.
First of all, a lease agreement was signed.
There are four years left on that lease.
That's right.
She isn't really offering him much
by just asking him to leave.
That's right.
There are implicit and explicit terms and conditions.
That location is explicitly being leased
to house a butcher shop.
As owner and representative of that shopping mall,
she should know it's prohibited to allow activities
that might interfere with the butcher shop's operations.
Activities such as the protests taking place in the parking lot.
Activities she's participating in, too!
Exactly.
It's also implied that leaseholders have the right
to enjoy and manage full use of their locale.
She's also infringing on those rights.
Therefore, we're looking at serious issues
in terms of compliance with the lease agreement.
On her behalf.
Alright, here goes.
It's time for my ruling.
You probably don't get it, so I'll spell it out for you.
This man used to pay $3,000 a month for that space.
According to the contract your father had him sign.
$3,000 a month for the next four years
would total up to $144,000.
Money you would've received.
You aren't offering him anything in exchange for his leave.
If you were so interested in promoting the vegan cause,
you should've written him a $25,000 check
and told him to leave.
Your skull's empty, though. You don't have a brain.
-He knew... -I rule in your favor.
Pay him $100,000 in 30 days.
It's final. Case closed!
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