I wouldn't go near Judge Judy.

First of all, I have some personal experience with being on a talk show. I won't say which one, none of you would know it anyway, it was a Canadian affair. However, the reasons I wanted to do the show were noble and I hoped what I had to say would help educate people. This was back in the early 90s before talk shows went nuts, well actually it was as talk shows started getting nuts. Anyway, long story short, I was blind-sided in front of a whole studio audience. I host used things I had said and completely twisted them.

Judge Judy is really just a different kind of Jerry Springer.

Are you prepared to have this defendant (in a desperate attempt to get off or to divert attention from himself) blurt out in the court room about some off-colour content he claims you're shooting? All you need is for JJ to see a picture of a model she thinks isn't 18 and you've got another whole mess on your hands.

I just don't think the justice or the $2K is worth the potential harm and bad-exposure it could bring you. If I were you, I'd turn around and start running towards Timbuctou and get as far away from this one as you can.

Michael