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"Judge Judy has presided over her fair share of bizarre money disputes -- and now the TV star (a.k.a. Judith Sheindlin) has been named as a defendant in an odd lawsuit involving a set of china plates worth half a million dollars.\r\nIn the midst of a divorce, Judge Judy producer Randy Douthit allegedly sold Sheindlin, 70, a set of Christofle china and flatware for $50,000 without the consent of his estranged wife Patric Jones.\r\n\r\nClaiming the china was shared, community property in the divorce -- and that the goods were worth a whopping $514,42.14 -- Jones is asking the TV judge to return the china and flatware  or pay her the six-figure sum, according to TMZ. Asking for punitive damages as well, Jones also claims that Judy was part of conspiracy with Douthit to avenge Jones.\r\n\r\n&amp;#xA0;&amp;quot;I have not seen any complaint by the former Mrs. Douthit,&amp;quot; Sheindlin told TMZ. &amp;quot;However, I don&amp;apos;t owe this lady a cent.  And if this 50-year-old woman would spend her time more productively at trying to find a job, instead of abusing the judicial system with frivolous lawsuits, we would all be a lot better off.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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