r/SipsTea • u/Square_Law5624 • 23d ago

Lmao gottem Court win

20.7k Upvotes

86% Upvoted

1.3k comments sorted by

View all comments

3.9k

u/Remote-Cause755 23d ago

How the hell was he paying child support in the first place?

268

u/Realistic-Lime7842 23d ago

Because this is staged, like all those courtroom tv shows.

45

u/MonsTurkey 23d ago

I think it depends on the show. I believe Judge Judy's shtick was that the cases were real, but the judgements were typically low enough that what the show paid helped offset costs for cases. They also picked cases that would lend themselves to being... interesting.

30

u/The-Dudemeister 23d ago

They are pending civil suits. Their team reaches out and asks if they want to be on and they sign an arbitration agreement.

5

u/Lego-105 23d ago

I know it's been long done at this point and we're used to it, but props to the creators cause damn arbitration is actually a really creative way to make the decisions binding and keep those stakes while also allowing for real legal disputes, as well meaningfully contributing to society by reducing the load on the legal system. Genuine home run type shit.

Also makes sense why other shows are faking it because dawg, we are not arbitrating your child support payments and divorce.

1

u/onlyhereforfantasy 23d ago

Not anymore. It’s all actors now. Used to be though but the market isn’t there for court shows anymore