
Instead, he received sharp words from Sheindlin and lost the case. When he failed to make his car payments, the boyfriend tried to pass the nearly $5,000 debt onto the man. Something she dealt with a lot on “Judge Judy,” Sheindlin disapproves of co-signing on loans.įor example, in one episode she said “…I’ve got a message for all you single people out there, in the audience, so listen to me very carefully - Aside from no joint bank accounts, no joint credit cards, no joint Visas until you’re married, take this home with you: NEVER co-sign on anybody’s behalf for anything, and I mean NOT EVER,” according to IMDb.įurther reinforcing this idea, in 2015, she ruled in favor of a father who served as a co-signer on his daughter’s boyfriend’s car loan. Learn: Whoopi Goldberg and 14 More of the Wealthiest People on TV Never Co-Sign on a Loan

For example, she scored a 9,719-square-foot mansion in Newport, Rhode Island, for $9 million in 2018 - a sharp discount from its list price of $12.5 million in 2017 and $15.8 million in 2012, according to .įind Out: Celebrities Who Are Richer Than You Think
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Don’t OverpayĬonsidering the size of her fortune, Sheindlin definitely knows how to manage her money. In total, Celebrity Net Worth cites her net worth at $440 million. Specifically, Sheindlin sold the rights to her library of “Judge Judy” episodes for an estimated $100 million in 2017, according to Forbes. CBS bought out her ownership of “Judge Judy” reruns to keep her from selling them to other networks, which didn’t sit well with the sharp-tongued host.

Tensions with CBS were partially to blame for her move to Amazon, Sheindlin revealed in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. See: 20 Richest Women in America Right Now Know Your Worth Read: Judge Judy and 9 of the Richest TV Hosts of All Time

In honor of the premiere of “Judy Justice,” here’s a look at some of the top financial lessons you can learn from Sheindlin both in the courtroom and her personal life.
