Emmy(r) Award-winning Judge Cristina Perez, of Cristina's Court, imparts ten "laws" to empower women.

With her quick wit, charm, and genuine compassion, Judge Perez has not only redefined the role of intimidating TV court judge, but also gained the trust and respect from a new generation of young women. In It's All About the Woman Who Wears It, Judge Perez lends the same candid voice, humor, and understanding that she applies in Cristina's Court to ten impactful laws. Together, these laws can teach women that the real essence of being sexy comes from a strong sense of identity. They address the problems women commonly face that prevent them from realizing their full potential for happiness. Sharing personal experiences that have made her the confident woman she is today as well as the many real-life lessons imparted from her cases, Judge Cristina's words will resound among this new generation of women who take a no-nonsense approach to life and, above all else, want to be true to themselves.

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Cristina's Court has won the Emmy award for Outstanding Legal/Courtroom Program for the secnd yar in a row.

The show starring Cristina Perez and produced by television legend Peter Brennan picked up the statuette last night at a ceremony at the Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles.

Cristina stunned the television world when it picked up the first-ever Emmy Award for Outstanding Legal/Courtroom Program a year ago. That win was the biggest news to come from last year's Emmy Awards, because it was the first court show Emmy, and generally assumed to have been created in order to give Judge Judy a prize.

Last night's announcement proved that Cristina's Court's first Court Program Emmy was no fluke. The win was suspected a few weeks ago when the Emmy producers decided-- after the votes were counted-- to remove the popular category from tonight's televised awards show and stick it with the the technical awards that were handed out hours ago.

The second Emmy does come with bittersweet cheer. The Fox Television Stations Group canceled Cristina's Court in February to make room for a court show featuring Republican politician Jeanine Pirro, which had been running to lower ratings on Fox's CW Daytime lineup. Republican adviser and Fox News president Roger Ailes is also chairman of the Fox Stations Group.

Cristina's executive producer Peter Brennan, who created the tabloid television genre with A Current Affair, was the original producer of Judge Judy.

“CRISTINA’S COURT” NOMINATED FOR 2009 DAYTIME EMMY FOR "OUTSTANDING LEGAL/COURTROOM PROGRAM"

 

2008 Daytime Emmy Winner Looks for Back-to-Back Wins

 

LOS ANGELES, May 15, 2009 – “Cristina’s Court,” hosted by Cristina Perez, was nominated for its second Daytime Emmy.  In its debut year, Cristina’s Court became the second highest-rated new show in U.S. syndication.  In only its second year, Cristina’s Court won the first-ever Emmy award for Outstanding Legal/Courtroom Show.  Cristina’s Court is poised to once again prove that quality is golden.

 

            Regarding the announcement, Cristina commented, “We are very excited!  What a privilege to be named along with the other nominees.  I’ve had an opportunity to work with amazing people that brought their personal best everyday to Cristina’s Court.  We appreciate the academy’s recognition of that quality hard work.  Personally, I am blessed that I’ve been able to make a strong connection with viewers.”  

 

            “Cristina’s Court” is executive produced by court veteran Peter Brennan, who launched “Judge Judy” and “Judge Joe Brown.”  Peter Brenan stated, “This is wonderful.  Cristina is amazing.  She brings a special life to each show and has the uncanny ability to bring out the best in all people before her.  Her on-air presence, engaging personality, legal expertise and ability to relate to people brought a new dimension to the court genre.”

 

            Cristina is considered an ultimate crossover host, who while being a hip, professional, multicultural woman, always seeks to introduce traditional values into the lives of people young and old.  Consequently, she appeals to young and old audiences everywhere.  With a passion for law, family and culture, Cristina was the first television judge ever to crossover from Spanish-language to English-language television and previously hosted Telemundo’s highly-rated “La Corte de Familia,” which was one of the highest rated Spanish-language programs in the U.S.  She made her television debut with “La Corte Del Pueblo” (“The People’s Court”), on Los Angeles’ KHWY-TV.  A 2008 Syndicated Network Television Association survey ranked Cristina second (behind Oprah Winfrey) among adults age 18-34 as the “most trustworthy” host on TV.  In the “most influential” category, she is ranked fourth in two separate demographic groups.  Cristina is ranked in the top 20 or better in all of the demographics surveyed, proving her ability to transcend gender and age in attracting viewers.  Cristina is in development for several fresh, new programming concepts and is writing her second book (Penguin Books) which is expected to be released in early 2010.

 

 

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Dear Cristina's Court fans,

On Monday 11/10 and Tuesday 11/11, a special two part episode entitled "Bad Night at Woodforest: Anatomy of a Hate Crime" aired on Cristina's Court. This was an emotional case that certainly had a profound impact on the litigants as well as those of us present in the courtroom as the case unfolded. I personally feel that this was a very important and symbolic case and that it touched a lot of people.

The plaintiff, a young black man named Lloyd Sams, personally brought this case to us. He wanted us to make his story public, and not for negative reasons such as revenge or to humiliate the teenage defendants. He wanted redemption. He and his father were clear that their appearance on the show had to have a  purpose, specifically that they just wanted to make things right and not to attack the defendants since they knew this would serve no purpose. Admirable in light of what this family went through. We respected their wishes.  Does that surprise you? Doesn't it seem as if that should be the point of the case? It surprised me at first too.  But these are rare human beings.

I won't go into all the points of the case because it is already described in great detail on my myspace blog with the same title as the case. Please take a moment to read that blog if you haven't done so already.

The details of what transpired on that night in Woodforest are very disturbing. Yet Mr. Sams and his father made a valid point: the criminal system had already tried and punished the teenage defendants and made them own up to their crimes. The plaintiffs felt strongly that their appearance on Cristina's Court should rise to a higher purpose. They wanted to show us how everyone involved is a human being and in that way they were all victims.

This case also affected me personally because it reminded me of the prejudice that my father faced shortly after he immigrated to this country to New York with my mom in 1963.  An educated man, my father looked for a job wherever he could.  His English was not the best, but good enough. People judged him by his last name and appearance instead of seeing his worth as a human. He recalls being turned away the moment the potential employer looked at him or heard him speak. He finally found a new job with a watch Company in Manhattan that made pieces for weapons during the war. My father worked for this company for over five years doing "piecework" on an assembly line, and during that time he experienced plenty of discrimination by the other employees who had been working there for a long time. When my father came along, the senior workers were threatened by this "new one man work force".  You see, my father the future surgeon, was very good with his hands.  That's why he worked so fast.  It was easier to discriminate against him out of fear than to join in and support him for making the team so productive.  Instead of respecting him for the good job he was doing, they made fun of him because he made too many pieces.  They would chastise him, saying things like, "Of course he has to work fast!  He can't speak English very well so that's all he has to do." 

Presiding over the case of Mr. Sams and his ordeal that night at Woodforest struck a personal chord with me because of the discrimination my father faced and still does. But beyond that, it affected me as a woman, a Latina, a wife, a mother, an American and above all, a human being who sometimes finds it hard to believe the kinds of things that people are capable of doing to one another.

Based on the emails and comments I have been receiving from all of you, I know that I am not alone in these feelings. I want to thank each and every one of you who have taken the time to comment on the Woodforest case and let you know that I have read and appreciate all your feedback. I am blessed to be able to help others for a living and when you take the time to share your thoughts and feelings about the show, I am extremely grateful to you all.

Thank you for watching, and see you in court!

 

Sincerely,

Judge Cristina Perez

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A RAPE IN TROY

It happened in the city of Troy at the moment of her greatest need.
Tiffany's friends deserted her.

The 22-year-old New York telemarketer admits she was drunk at the club
that night. 

"I passed out in the back of my car," she told TV's Cristina's Court.
"They somehow separated from me and ended up in another car. I was left
alone in the back of my car. I was raped as a result of that
separation."

Tiffany Degraffenreid was in court suing her onetime friend,
24-year-old tiffany Moore for rent, saying Moore skipped out of their
lease in shame over the rape incident.

"I was raped after the club," Degraffenreid said. "We all went out
together. A girls' night out. I mean at the end of the day it's the
guy's fault because he did it to me, but there is fault. Every female
knows you go to a club together you leave together.

"There's alcohol there. You're not going to leave your girl in her time
of need and they both did. She still to this day can't admit she left
me in the club and is using this to flip it on me like she's the
victim. I'm the victim here."

The case airs on Cristina's Court Thursday October 30. 

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     She claims she put the "super" in the word supermodel, and she
still knows how to bring a courtroom to a hushed silence.

     Janice Dickinson was less than a minute into her case when her
confession brought the proceedings to a standstill.

     "I became an alcoholic because of unresolved issues from my
childhood," said the 53-year-old reality star.

     "My dad was a bad guy. He was a pedophile. He used to make my older
sister have sex with him. I held this secret for 16 years."

     Dickinson told the story of her addiction in TV's Cristina's Court
where she was sued for defamation by a male model from the Janice
Dickinson Modeling Agency.

     Model Brian Kehoe,22, claimed Dickinson had taken perceptions from
her reality show -- that he was an alcoholic -- too far and it was
damaging his name in his industry. Dickinson kicked Kehoe off her show
this season after he suggested another cast member take cocaine to lose
weight.

     "I said pack your bags and get out of my house," Dickinson
said."The girl was only 18 and you should have seen the look on her
face. My 14-year-old daughter was in the house.

     "I know the signs. I became a model in the late 70's and went to
New York City with $14 in  my pocket. Behind the scenes in the fashion
industry there are always lines of champagne free champagne, gorgeous
champagne. I grew up with no money so the minute I hit those trays of
champagne I began knocking them down.

     "After hours, it was the cocaine and the ecstasy, but I didn't
realize that the problem was developing. i didn't realize I had the
problem until I went into rehab in 1982."

     Dickinson said the worst part about her addiction was the
humiliation. "Humiliation of myself, losing clients, lying to people,
lying to myself. I've been to rehab twice. In  1982 for cocaine
addiction and 1993 for pill addiction."

     Judge Cristina denied the defamation claim because Kehoe could not
prove damages, but praised the former supermodel.

     "When I asked you who you are, I thought you were going to tell me
was, 'I'm a supermodel' .The first thing you said was, 'I'm a mother.'

     "You are a tough lady who has fought drug abuse and alcohol abuse.
That's what you really stand for and that's admirable."

    The case airs on Cristina's Court Monday November 3.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Emmy Award Winning Judge is Voted Influential, Trustworthy among Viewers 

Judge Cristina Perez of Fox's Cristina's Court Ranked Second behind Oprah

Los Angeles, CA October 24, 2008– Compared to some veteran television personalities, Judge Cristina Perez may still be seen by as a newcomer on daytime syndicated television. But, in just two years Judge Perez of Fox's "Cristina's Court" earned a Daytime Emmy -- the first ever awarded in her category -- and she has now earned votes of confidence from viewers as a trustworthy and influential television personality.

Recently released research data from the Syndicated Network Television Association ranked Cristina second (behind Oprah Winfrey) among adults age 18-34 as the "most trustworthy" host on TV. In the "most influential" category, she is ranked fourth in two separate demographic groups. Cristina is ranked in the top 20 or better in all of the demographics surveyed, proving her ability to transcend gender and age in attracting viewers to "Cristina's Court."

Competition was formidable, with viewers surveyed citing household names like Oprah, Dr. Phil, Tyra, Ellen as well as fellow TV judges Lynn Toler, Alex Ferrer and Joe Brown. Judge Perez is grateful to be included on all of the lists and understands her responsibility as a television personality who is trusted by viewers as a positive influence.

"While I'm grateful for this recognition, this really isn't about me. I love what I do, I love the law and I love helping people and looking out for their welfare. It's my job to bring out the truth and best in people in legal situations that affect us all. I feel blessed that I've been able to make a connection with viewers," Cristina said.

The Emmy award winning show Cristina's Court airs weekdays on the Fox network and its affiliates throughout the nation. For more information on the show visit: www.cristinascourt.com or Cristina's official website at www.cristinaperez.tv.

 

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WHATEVER
HAPPENED TO BABY DOE?

A Secret Buried in
a Haze of Distrust and Delusion

The truth about the fate of Baby Doe lies either in a dry tomato patch
behind a modest suburban home 30 miles north of Houston,
or in the fertile fields of the McClendon clan's imagination.
  
The lead McClendon, 50-year-old Roger, is determined that a murder was
committed by the common law wife of his twin brother, Robert. He
believes 42-year-old Christine Trent reached her eighth month of pregnancy and
then got rid of the baby in her back yard.
           
"I saw her and she was about eight and a half months pregnant – me
and everybody in the neighborhood," said Roger. His sister, Anita
Lenorman, a former law officer, and their mother a formidable matriarch named Mary, are equally convinced.
           
So much so that they have a running website dedicated to the message
that Christine Trent murdered Robert's baby.
           
Though he was absent because of a bipolar medical condition, Robert's
presence hung over the courtroom like a shroud as his family tried to validate their crusade on his behalf.
           
This eerie Hitchcockian drama played out in television's Cristina's
Court and will be broadcast over two days, Monday and Tuesday, November
3 and 4.
           
Roger brought Ms Trent to court claiming the bond money he had to pay
out to free his ill brother from jail after Ms Trent reported Robert to police
for violating a restraining order. Trent countersued for libel, pointing to the McClendon's accusatory website.
           
The judge read several passages from the website: "You preface it by
saying a beautiful baby was born, born into love with a family, and
then you say this story would be a reality if it had been born to another mother
than Robert's girlfriend who ' probably swaddled the baby in a plastic
bag while her big sister dug a hole with a shovel she borrowed from the
baby's grandmother.'
    
"The baby was then put to rest permanently in a hole in the
garden area of their home with the intent of the crime never being
discovered. This was the final resting place of Robert's baby."
    
"I was not pregnant, your honor," Ms Trent said. "My tubes have been tied for 20 years."
           
"I guess when you are not pregnant you just collect baby items, because there's a car seat, baby wipes, diapers, toys," said the McClendon sister, Anita, telling the judge the family even had baby showers.
           
"I would like to know where it went," said Roger. "It just disappeared."

"There was not one," said Ms Trent.
           
"She had my whole family believing that she was going to have a
baby," said Roger.
           
"We have everything that shows that there's a pregnancy. She's big, she's getting maternity clothes, she's getting baby items."
           
The McClendon family has twice had the back yard dug up and scoured by
cadaver sniffing police dogs, video of which was presented in the courtroom.
           
Private investigator David  Luther supervised the dig said no traces of human remains had been found.

Judge Perez read from hospital records the day Christine Trent visited the
emergency room in August 2005 and from a report submitted to the court by the attending physician.

Conflicting notes at first seemed to lead to more confusion. "The doctor told us that Christine appeared pregnant and complained of irregular bleeding, but fetal monitoring was not ordered because she was 'not' pregnant. Yet there is a doctor's note quoting Christine saying 'It's been a while since I felt the baby move.'
           
Judge Perez then stunned the courtroom when she read further from the doctor's notes.
           
""The doctor basically said,  ' I believe that patient was convinced that she was pregnant. The condition is called 'Pseudo-syesis' "

An imagined pregnancy. Dr Mark Heard,a fertility specialist, explained to the court that though rare, the condition called pseudo-syesis often manifests itself with real-like symptoms such as swollen stomach. He concurred with the hospital doctor in diagnosing Christine Trent with the condition.

Christine Trent shook her head in denial.
           
In summation, Judge Perez told the McClendons: "You did this not with malice, you did this because you love your brother, but it was done in error because you convinced yourselves."
   
She told Christina Trent: "Christine I think the first thing you have to do is admit what happened, because the more you deny it the less you're going to help yourself."
 
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THERE GOES THE BRIDE…

A furious fiancée called off the wedding and demanded the not-to-be groom pay all the costs because of a problem with the ring.

He didn't buy the one that pleased her. In fact, he didn't buy any ring at all.

"Can I just get my ring? I just want my ring!" demanded the don't-wanna-be bride, Angela Perkins, a Detroit teacher. She filed suit for $3757 in TV's Cristina's Court against ex-fiance Stephen Corbitt, a health care worker.

Angela said the final straw was when Stephen spent the $1400 she loaned him on stuff for himself instead of the expensive ring she selected.

Until then, all the wedding plans were going smoothly, she said. "It was great. Whenever I asked for something he provided it. The ring was pretty expensive that I picked out and he didn't complain about the price."

But he didn't get around to buying it.

Judge Cristina told the couple they had a communication breakdown because of their opposing personalities. Angela was "the organizer, the walk down the straight line."

Stephen;s "the one that walks like this…you always need someone to keep you in line. It sounds like you two are perfect for each other."

Angela's mother, Priscilla Wiggins, interrupted : "Judge, your honor, they both would be two educated fools. We don't need that."

The case airs on Cristina's Court Wednesday October 8, 2008.

 

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