Did These High-Dollar Lawsuits Pay Off?

Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel

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4.9 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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📈 Are you making these 4 common investing mistakes? Get our free Investing Guide and find out. Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively, McDonald’s hot coffee, Gwyneth Paltrow on the slopes—we’re breaking down the most infamous (and expensive) lawsuits in pop culture history. After running the numbers, were they really worth the cost? Tune in to find out! Next Steps: 🛡️ Find financial services you can count on with RamseyTrusted® 🎥 Watch our video Money Motives Hidden in Shocking True Crime Stories. 🍸 Follow Smart Money Happy Hour on TikTok: @smartmoneyhappyhour 📱 Submit a Guilty As Charged question for Rachel and George! Leave us a voicemail with your question at 877-306-1517 or send a DM to @rachelcruze or @georgekamel on Instagram! Be sure to type “GUILTY?” at the top of your message so we don’t miss it. 💵 The simplest way to budget. Download the EveryDollar app for free! Connect With Our Sponsors: Get 20% off when you join DeleteMe. Get up to 40% off with code SMARTMONEY at Cozy Earth. Today’s Happy Hour Special: 🍹 Paloma Mocktail Recipe: The Wooden Skillet 1 grapefruit, juiced 1/2 blood orange, juiced 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice 1/4 cup club soda 2 sprigs fresh thyme Kosher salt Instructions: Use the grapefruit or blood orange to rub the rim of the glass. Pour kosher salt on a plate and turn the glass upside down to turn the glass rim in the salt. Add grapefruit juice, orange juice, lime juice, and club soda to a lowball glass. Add as much ice as desired. Garnish with fresh thyme and/or grapefruit slice. Explore More From Ramsey Network: 💡 The Rachel Cruze Show 💰 George Kamel 🎙️ The Ramsey Show 💸 The Ramsey Show Highlights 🧠 The Dr. John Delony Show 🪑 Front Row Seat with Ken Coleman 📈 EntreLeadership Ramsey Solutions Privacy Policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	We cannot stress enough that we are not actual lawyers.
0:08.3	We are not attempting to give official legal advice in any way, shape, or form, but sue us for wanting to talk about lucrative lawsuits anyway.
0:15.4	They should not be taking advantage of.
0:16.8	Do not, no, don't you be suing me?
0:18.5	I think America is land of the free, and sometimes that means we are free to sue whoever we want for whatever we want.
0:26.2	I never fell for it.
0:27.7	But the fact that people did is just so funny to me, and that includes your brother.
0:36.1	Hey guys, I'm Rachel Cruz.
0:38.0	I'm George Camel.
0:39.8	And this is Smart Money Happy Hour.
0:48.5	Well, this is the show where two friends who have to be money experts talk about what you're talking about.
0:52.5	Everything from pop culture, current events, and money.
0:54.9	But first, let's talk about what we're sipping on. It is a citrus paloma moktail. Paloma meaning grapefruit. Did you know that? Delicious. I did not. Fun fact. Yeah, that is good. I think. I just made that up, I think. Paloma, isn't that what... But a Paloma is a grapefruit-based cocktail.
0:53.6	Pooke and Jets named their daughter. I love that that was your first connection point. Paloma, but is it called... Is it grapefruit? Is that really, like, the name of it? Yeah, I believe so. Interesting. They named their kid grapefruit. Okay. Hey, who am I to judge? We're going to give you our rating and reveal the cost per glass at the end of the episode, so stick around for that. Oh, man, are we about to, like, get in it? Do you know I love Judge Judy? Really? It is one of my favorite. Oh, I shouldn't say it's like one of my favorites to watch. But especially if you're on an airplane and I'm traveling, and you can go on Southwest and do the live TV. Southwest has Judge Judy Seasons.
1:44.2	I know. It's just like it always happens to be live. It's always on TV. Yes. And I will watch and shoot her on an airplane and be so happy. She's entertaining. She's funny. Yeah. She's sassy. I hope we're sassy and funny on today's episode because we're talking lawsuits.
2:01.4	We'll see.
2:02.2	Even though our God-given names are neither judge nor Judy, we aren't totally lacking in this area because I have been sued famously for a car accident from 2014 that took three years to resolve.
2:14.8	Which is pretty wild.
2:16.0	I know the stress of getting sued.
2:18.2	We live in a very litigious society.
2:20.2	We do.
2:20.6	You got to be careful.
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