The conversation reveals a dispute involving Skylar's whereabouts and communication. The father is accused of instructing his daughter to use a separate phone to avoid her mother's monitoring. Text messages and timestamps are scrutinized, with the father denying accusations of illegal actions. The court examines the communication exchanges and the father's alleged involvement in recording conversations and physical assault. The father denies these accusations, expressing fear of being falsely incriminated by the mother.
Okay, so she's on the right and the blue and you're on the left in the gray and these would have been on Wednesday, May 14th when Skylar was suspended. Skylar was crying, she told me not to tell her mom where she was, she was upset because she was basically scared. Move this to the evidence, your honor. Any objection? No objection. Without objection, I have a petition to give it, what's the number please? 25. 25? Yes. We'll be receiving it.
Do you believe I have to call 911 because you wouldn't tell her where Skylar was? No. Not that I know of, I told her where she was. After reviewing Skylar for a long time, her non-wife Skylar was asking you, saying I'm worried, I haven't heard from her, she turned her location off. I told her within two hours. Because my daughter was very upset. She was afraid. She told me that her mom was being cheated, sir. That's not a question I asked you.
I'm sorry, I'm not supposed to say this. And then you texted Skylar, right? Mm-hmm. Skylar, did you do the petition 24? Yes, I did. I can't read the second page. Yeah, some of them are screenshots. What I want to know is if these are texts between you and Skylar. I don't know if it's a screenshot. This is my text. Okay. You did a text with her from April 28th, 2025 through May 23rd, 2025? It looks like it, yeah.
Okay. Yes. Okay. I would move to admit Exhibit 24, Your Honor. Any objection? Objection. What's the objection? I haven't seen this before, I haven't reviewed it, I can't read it. And this climate is the best evidence rule. I asked for an exhibit yesterday or this morning. I just haven't reviewed this. Okay. So, you have it now, and I agree. Two of you did do what I asked you to do before, or at least just knew how to do it.
I did. You didn't send me anything. You sent me an email with nothing attached. Okay. Either way, the Council has not changed its decision. And the bottom line is, these are text messages between the parties. No, between him and Scott, Your Honor. He just confirmed it was between him and Scott. Oh. Okay. To the extent that they're his statements, I'll receive them. But to the extent Scott was saying something in this, I'm not receiving that. I'm more asking about his statements, Your Honor.
Okay. So, what's the objection as to his statements coming in? Best evidence rule? Well, that's what's been in the text that's lowered up. I just can't decipher them. Well, if I can't read them, then they get no weight at all. That's fair. Because of the weight. That's fair. I can't give any weight because I can't read. But to the extent that there are legible ones in there, and they're his statements, I'm going to receive them. I'm not going to consider any of the statements that Skyler reportedly made in this text exchange.
I can make it clear, Your Honor. Are you in the gray messages on the left-hand side of this, and Skyler is the blue on the right? I'm blue. I can barely read it. He just wants to know. I just want to know. I'm just looking at it. Yeah. As far as what's in the text. So, I'm just going to look at it in the future. He knows what he's – he knows who's who. I'm just double-checking.
Okay. Yeah, that's good. Okay. You're gray, and Skyler is blue. Okay. So, I'm going to receive – You're gray. Is it 24? Is that it? Yes, Your Honor. But I'm only receiving to the extent that those are his statements. The ones in gray, shaded in gray, are what I'm receiving. I'm not going to consider anybody else's statements here in addition to the 24. I'll take that one, sir, please. Thank you. Thank you. You texted your daughter past 2 a.m.
on a school night. Any messages? I don't know. I couldn't read it. If I look at the timestamps in here. Ask me a question, and I'll have it to you, too. That's all right. I don't know. Okay. So, you texted your daughter all past 2 a.m. on a school night. Isn't that right? No, I don't know. Okay. And you told your daughter not to text you on that phone, right? Yes, I did. You called your daughter on another phone so that her mother won't be able to see what you text her about, right? Absolutely not.
That's what you told her in your text messages with her, right? No. I bought her a phone because she asked for a phone. You said, you can't talk to me about anything on mom's phone. She watches everything you do. You should just text me on the other phone, right? I simply got her a phone because she asked for a phone. Okay. So, that's what you told her. You got her the phone so you could text her without misbelief of being aware of what you said to your daughter.
Absolutely not. Okay. I never bought her a phone. I never bought her a phone. You haven't texted her. That would be incorrect? Ms. Cueva is... No, that's not the question I asked you. If that's on page 12, you telling Skylar not to text you on the phone her mom bought her because her mom can see everything you do and Skylar should text you on the phone you bought her. You're saying you didn't, you're not... Yes, because she gets upset about my daughter's mother.
Yes. Okay. And that's... All right. Court's indulgence for one minute. I didn't ask you a question. I didn't ask you a question. Okay. Go ahead. I need to text both of them and know where I am. And these text messages on page one start off at 2.14 in the morning, right? You start texting your daughter at 2.14 in the morning on April 28th. I'm asking for you to take additional notes that April 28th was a Sunday night of 2025.
She was at my house. Your daughter texted you at 2.14 in the morning from your house on a school night? She was at my house Sunday and Monday. I don't even text her on Monday. She was in her bunk bed. I was texting her. She was in her bunk bed texting you at 2.14 in the morning at your house? Mm-hmm. Okay. You told her about Natalia... Yes. ...being a criminal and asked for advice on her... Yes, I asked for advice because she's friends with her.
Okay. And you directed your son Matthew to illegally record conversations and physically assault me, right? No. I didn't... I didn't... I don't know how to explain that. That was a yes or no question. Did you ask him to record conversations at his mother's house? Yes or no? What he told me was? Yes or no. Did I ask her to record illegally or no? Did you ask him to record? I said, just tell me what Mom is saying because I was afraid that she would put me in jail because she puts me in jail all the time for fun.