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...HE PULLED A STUNT THAT HAD ALL OF AMERICA TALKING.
Judge Alex: I WATCHED "SURVIVOR"
THE SEASON THAT YOU FAKED YOUR GRANDMOTHER'S DEATH...
Fairplay: YEAH.
Judge Alex: ...AND IMMEDIATELY BECAME, LIKE,
THE MOST HATED PERSON ON REALITY TELEVISION.
Fairplay: AND I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU
THAT I WILL NOT BE LYING TODAY.
Announcer: NOW JONNY FAIRPLAY SAYS
THERE'S NOTHING FAKE ABOUT WHAT HIS FRIEND OWES HIM.
Fairplay: I USUALLY DO APPEARANCES
FOR $1,000 AN APPEARANCE.
Judge Alex: HOW MUCH IF YOU DO POORLY?
Coach Mike: UH...NOTHING.
Announcer: TODAY JUDGE ALEX TAKES ON A TALL ORDER.
AT THE SAME BAR TWO WEEKS EARLIER.
Judge Alex: REALLY? [ LAUGHTER ]
Coach Mike: SO, WE ANNOUNCED JONNY'S SHOW AT THE MIDGET SHOW.
Judge Alex: WHY WOULD I BELIEVE THAT HE WOULD COME
ALL THE WAY TO WHERE YOU LIVED ON THE PROMISE THAT
GET PA,
AND IF YOU DON'T MAKE ANY MONEY, "HEY, SORRY, DUDE. GO BACK."
HE DOES NOT NEED TO PAY JONNY ANYTHING
BECAUSE HE DIDN'T MAKE ANY MONEY
FROM JONNY'S PERSONAL APPEARANCES.
Mason: ALL RISE!
MR. FAIRPLAY, YOU'RE SUING YOUR FRIEND COACH, HERE,
BECAUSE YOU SAY HE HIRED YOU TO DO PERSONAL APPEARANCES
AND YOU DID THOSE PERSONAL APPEARANCES
AND NOW HE REFUSES TO PAY YOU.
Fairplay: YES.
Judge Alex: AND, COACH, YOUR VERSION IS
THAT YOU HIRED HIM TO DO PERSONAL APPEARANCES,
BUT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PAID OUT OF YOUR PROFITS
IF YOU PROFITED, AND YOU DIDN'T PROFIT,
SO YOU DON'T OWE HIM ANY MONEY.
-Coach Mike: EXACTLY. -Judge Alex: OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
SO TELL ME ABOUT THIS, MR. FAIRPLAY.
BY THE WAY, I KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
ILL NOT .
Judge Alex: I WAS GONNA TELL YOU THAT I DON'T KNOW
HOW THAT BODES FOR YOUR CREDIBILITY HERE TODAY.
Fairplay: AND I DON'T WANT THIS TO AFFECT YOUR DECISION,
BUT IN PERSON YOU ARE A VERY HANDSOME MAN.
Judge Alex: WHY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
USUALLY WHEN A LITIGANT IS
TRYING TO WIN ME OVER FOR THE CASE,
IT'S USUALLY A FEMALE THAT COMPLIMENTS ME
TO GET THAT BENEFIT, BUT I'LL TAKE IT.
-I APPRECIATE IT. -Fairplay: YOU'RE WELCOME.
Fairplay: THANK YOU.
Judge Alex: I DON'T SEE WHERE IT PLUGS IN AT, BUT...
[ LAUGHTER ]
Fairplay: YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW.
Judge Alex: OKAY.
WELL, AS FAR AS THE "SURVIVOR" INCIDENT,
MPLOYE.
I HAVE MY OWN GYM, MY OWN TRAINING CENTER
IN TACOMA, WASHINGTON.
ALSO AM A GENERAL CONTRACTOR. I'M A PROMOTER, ALSO.
Judge Alex: AND YOU PROMOTE WHAT?
Coach Mike: I PROMOTE PRO-WRESTLING AND ENTERTAINMENT.
Judge Alex: OKAY. SO, IN WHAT CAPACITY DO YOU TWO KNOW EACH OTHER?
Fairplay: I'VE KNOWN COACH SINCE 2000.
I ACTUALLY LIVED IN PORTLAND, OREGON.
I RAN A WRESTLING PROMOTION.
I WAS THE WRITER, PRODUCER, AND "BAD GUY" COMMENTATOR.
I ACTUALLY LIVED IN PORTLAND, OREGON.
I RAN A WRESTLING PROMOTION.
I WAS THE WRITER, PRODUCER, AND "BAD GUY" COMMENTATOR.
Judge Alex: THIS IS BEFORE YOU WENT ON "SURVIVOR"?
Fairplay: YES. SURVIVOR WAS 2003. THIS WAS 2000.
Judge Alex: OKAY.
THE COACH WITH THE MOST.
HE'D COME UP TO THE CROWD
AND HAVE EVERYBODY DO JUMPING JACKS,
AND THEY DIDN'T LIKE THAT, AND THAT'S VERY GOOD, YOU KNOW,
FOR A HEEL PERSONA TO ELICIT THAT RESPONSE.
Judge Alex: HE WAS A WRESTLER?
AND HE WOULD HAVE THE AUDIENCE DO JUMPING JACKS?
Fairplay: THEY WOULD NOT DO JUMPING --
HE REQUESTED THAT THEY DO JUMPING JACKS.
Judge Alex: IT'S KIND OF LIKE WWE MEETS RICHARD SIMMONS OR SOMETHING.
Fairplay: YES.
Announcer: COMING UP,
DOES COACH MIKE COME UP A LITTLE SHORT?
Booker: THERE'S NO SIGN THAT SAYS "JONNY FAIRPLAY" OR...
Judge PROMOTING MIDGET WRESTLIG
AT THE SAME BAR TWO WEEKS EARLIER.
Judge Alex: REALLY?
Announcer: AND LATER, DID COACH MIKE DO ENOUGH
TO PROMOTE JONNY'S COLORFUL SIDE?
Fairplay: SO, HIS IDEA TO MAKE MONEY THAT DAY
AND HE WOULD PRINT THE PICTURE AND I WOULD SIGN IT.
Judge Alex: PRINT OUT A BLACK-AND-WHITE PICTURE
HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATE COACH MIKE FOR $900
FOR UNPAID PERSONAL APPEARANCE FEES.
BUT COACH MIKE SAYS HE DOES NOT OWE JONNY ANY MONEY
AND I TOLD HIM, I'M LIKE, "HEY, THERE'S SOME FRIENDS
"IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST I'D LIKE TO SEE.
"HOW ABOUT $750 FOR THE ENTIRE WEEKEND
PLUS HOTEL AND AIRFARE?"
WITH AN OUTFIT LIKE THAT."
AND HE STARTED LAUGHING, AND COACH MIKE CHIMED IN
AND SAID, "WELL, HE'S JONNY FAIRPLAY FROM 'SURVIVOR.'"
AND I JUST KEPT KIND OF BLOWING HIM OFF A LITTLE BIT,
WE ANNOUNCED THE SHOW --
Judge Alex: [ LAUGHS ]
WE ANNOUNCED THE SHOW AT THE MIDGET --
WE ANNOUNCED JONNY'S SHOW AT THE MIDGET SHOW.
Announcer: COMING UP,
WAS COACH MIKE SETTING JONNY UP INTENDING ON MAKING MON.
I HAD NO IDEA -- LIKE I SAID,
THEY WERE SAYING 4,000 TO 5,000 PEOPLE.
Judge Alex: CALL TOLL-FREE 1-800-282-2333 TO VOHOUSE TO?
BECAUSE WE HAVE RADIO STARTING AT 5:00 A.M."
SO, I WAKE UP AT 5:00 A.M.
AND I'M LIKE, "ALL RIGHT, COACH MIKE, WHERE WE GOING?"
AND HE WAS LIKE, "WE DON'T HAVE ANY RADIO.
Judge Alex: THE GUY WHO KNOCKED HIS TEETH OUT?
-Coach Mike: EXACTLY. EXACTLY. -Fairplay: THANKS.
Coach Mike: HE WOULDN'T ANSWER, SO I WAS IN THE "BIGFOOT" --
HIM.
Judge Alex: WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
DIDN'T YOU SUE BONADUCE OVER THAT INCIDENT?
Fairplay: YEAH, AND I --
Judge Alex: I'M KIND OF FIGURING
Judge Alex: YOU'RE A PROMOTER, RIGHT?
Coach Mike: YOUR HONOR, I HAVE FLIERS RIGHT HERE.
Judge Alex: LET ME SEE WHAT YOU HAVE.
THAT'S OKAY. Pn: GO BACK OVER THERE, SIR.
Judge Alex: OKAY, SO, YOU --
YOU PASSED OUT THESE FLIERS IN ADVANCE.
Judge Alex: OKAY.
FairplWELL, LIKE I SAID,IMAGINE THERE'ONE OF THE LADIES,
SHE SAID SHE CAN'T HAVE US ON HER SHOW ON THE FRIDAY
BECAUSE THEY DON'T FILM,
BUT SHE KNOWS WE'RE GONNA DRAW A LOT OF PEOPLE
BECAUSE OF ALL THE EXPOSURE SHE'S SEEN ON THE INTERNET.
THEY HAD A BUNCH OF STORIES ON IT, ALSO.
AND IT WAS THE NUMBER-ONE STORY ON Q13's NEWS FOR TWO WEEKS.
Judge Alex: SO WHY DIDN'T ANYBODY SHOW UP?
Coach Mike: I DON'T -- ALSO, THAT DAY,
IT WAS LIKE IT WAS GONNA MONSOON RAIN THAT DAY.
Announcer: COMING UP,
WHY DIDN'T JONNY FAIRPLAY DRAW A BIGGER CROWD?
Booker: I'M WALKING. I'M LIKE, "JONNY, WHERE ARE YOU?"
AND HE'S LIKE, "I'AKING MONEY.
I HAD NO IDEA.
LIKE I SAID, THEY WERE SAYING 4,000 TO 5,000 PEOPLE.
Fairplay: HOPEFULLY $750.
Booker: AND THEY CAN'T EVEN SET IT UP FOR, LIKE, TWO HOURS.
Judge Alex: HERE WE GO. LET ME TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
WHAT IS YOUR ARGUMENT FOR NOT PAYING HIM
THE $750 APPEARANCE -- $750 APPEARANCE FEE