{"id":698,"date":"2026-09-18T12:54:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T12:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truecrime.rcdbs.com\/?p=698"},"modified":"2026-09-18T12:54:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T12:54:44","slug":"a-5000-mattress-a-restraining-order-and-the-questions-that-ended-rebecca-elbraders-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truecrime.rcdbs.com\/?p=698","title":{"rendered":"A $5,000 Mattress, a Restraining Order, and the Questions That Ended Rebecca Elbrader\u2019s Case"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The case opened with a mattress and quickly became about far more than property. Rebecca Elbrader told Judge Judy that her former boyfriend, Thomas Kidd, was keeping a mattress she had brought to his apartment. She also described an alleged assault, a camera beside the bed, police-held phone evidence, and a series of messages exchanged after Kidd told her to leave. By the end of the hearing, a judge had dismissed her case, Kidd had a three-year restraining order, and the mattress had become the last physical link between two people the court was trying to keep apart.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.igallery.blog\/assets\/af9d6b2312d54a5376d2a4e19eed7f6a\/2026\/0815\/832fd790-fe1e-4832-95af-e938082cf357-image.webp\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Relationship Behind the Property Dispute<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The proceeding was identified as Elbrader versus Kidd, case 4019. Judge Judy summarized it as a case involving two claims brought by Rebecca Elbrader against Thomas Kidd, her former boyfriend. According to Elbrader\u2019s account, the relationship had been brief, but Kidd gave her a key to his apartment and she spent many nights there while maintaining her own home.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.igallery.blog\/assets\/af9d6b2312d54a5376d2a4e19eed7f6a\/2026\/0815\/28abd879-507f-4f3f-adb7-b23712c56bdb-image.webp\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The first claim involved the mattress. Elbrader said she was dissatisfied with the sleeping arrangement at Kidd\u2019s apartment and brought over an older, larger mattress. When asked when this happened, she placed it at approximately June 4, 2024, two days before the incident that became the central dispute.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.igallery.blog\/assets\/af9d6b2312d54a5376d2a4e19eed7f6a\/2026\/0815\/b41265c0-f82a-4076-adf6-979e4b5ac668-image.webp\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The background was unusually domestic. Kidd had reportedly moved into the apartment earlier in 2024 without a bed. A twin mattress associated with Elbrader\u2019s daughter had been lent to him, but Elbrader said that mattress was not the larger one at issue in court. She also acknowledged that she had not bought the older mattress and had paid nothing for it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.igallery.blog\/assets\/af9d6b2312d54a5376d2a4e19eed7f6a\/2026\/0815\/d814f8b3-8798-481d-aa4e-6d295725cf91-image.webp\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">That admission immediately weakened the property claim. The dispute was not supported in the transcript by a purchase receipt or a clear record showing that the mattress had been sold or loaned under specific conditions. Instead, the court was left with a former couple who had shared access to an apartment and domestic belongings, followed by a breakup in which an ordinary household object became a contested connection between them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.igallery.blog\/assets\/af9d6b2312d54a5376d2a4e19eed7f6a\/2026\/0815\/aae38c28-6831-44e8-bd0d-bebc5349263e-image.webp\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What Elbrader Described About June 6<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The second claim was considerably more serious. Elbrader alleged that Kidd assaulted her on June 6. She testified that she woke up at Kidd\u2019s apartment after sleeping there the night before, and that she had also slept there on June 4, the night she said she used the new mattress. Kidd was at work, she said, and she decided to clean the apartment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.igallery.blog\/assets\/af9d6b2312d54a5376d2a4e19eed7f6a\/2026\/0815\/4b31e1e8-ccba-4aed-bae3-68c9d415f0ef-image.webp\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><br>While cleaning, Elbrader noticed a small camera on a nightstand beside the bed. She said she had not seen it before and was concerned that it might be recording her without consent. Rather than unplugging it, she covered it with a cup. When Judge Judy questioned why she had not simply disconnected the camera, Elbrader explained that she did not want to touch Kidd\u2019s property. The judge pointed out that placing a cup over the camera still involved handling property in the apartment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.igallery.blog\/assets\/af9d6b2312d54a5376d2a4e19eed7f6a\/2026\/0815\/45259f68-da4d-41f4-bf8e-3562bcd55ac3-image.webp\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Elbrader said the cup belonged to her and had come from her home. She also acknowledged bringing dishes and towels to the apartment. These details led to sharp questioning because they complicated her attempt to distinguish between cleaning ordinary household items and interfering with something she regarded as Kidd\u2019s personal property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.igallery.blog\/assets\/af9d6b2312d54a5376d2a4e19eed7f6a\/2026\/0815\/8efcad3b-04ef-4150-bbd5-db5e2a451017-image.webp\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The sequence after that was not fully established in the transcript. Elbrader said she and Kidd exchanged text messages while she cleaned. She could not produce the complete messages from the phone she had been using because, according to her testimony, police had taken that phone into evidence. She said Kidd had lent her the phone, while the phone she currently had was her old one. During the hearing, the court reviewed messages displayed on another device.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.igallery.blog\/assets\/af9d6b2312d54a5376d2a4e19eed7f6a\/2026\/0815\/3fcf6678-5913-4287-8d97-458afb4d6276-image.webp\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Elbrader first indicated that she was at the apartment when Kidd returned from work, then clarified that she had left after he asked her to go because he was upset. She said the reason was the excessive number of messages, not the camera. She later said she returned at approximately 4:30 p.m., before going to work at 7:00 p.m. When asked about medical treatment, she identified July 19 as the date she saw a doctor. Judge Judy noted that the visit occurred weeks after June 6 and did not answer what had happened on the date of the alleged assault.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.igallery.blog\/assets\/af9d6b2312d54a5376d2a4e19eed7f6a\/2026\/0815\/f5b85606-ac58-42e1-96a2-f96e4c9b165a-image.webp\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The transcript records an allegation, not a proven assault. In his post-hearing remarks, Kidd denied that any assault had occurred and said law enforcement had not charged him with anything. Neither side\u2019s statement, by itself, supplies an independent resolution of the disputed events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.igallery.blog\/assets\/af9d6b2312d54a5376d2a4e19eed7f6a\/2026\/0815\/4a80a36d-dfd8-4c06-9516-5918d440547e-image.webp\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Messages That Changed the Courtroom Narrative<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The text messages gave the hearing its clearest picture of the conflict after Kidd wanted the relationship and contact to end. Judge Judy repeatedly returned to the same pattern: Kidd telling Elbrader to go home while she continued writing to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">One message attributed to Elbrader began, \u201cI love you, Tommy,\u201d and continued with statements that her home was unsafe, that people living nearby were becoming less intimidated by her, and that she needed her \u201ccrew\u201d to come to her. The transcript identifies \u201cTommy\u201d as Thomas Kidd.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.igallery.blog\/assets\/af9d6b2312d54a5376d2a4e19eed7f6a\/2026\/0815\/4339aac7-7cda-43e7-869c-989fb8e6f751-image.webp\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;Kidd\u2019s messages, as read in court, included repeated instructions such as \u201cGo home, Rebecca\u201d and \u201cOut of my apartment.\u201d Elbrader acknowledged that she understood what he was saying. She also acknowledged that she went home and later returned after Kidd finished work. Those exchanges became important because they shifted the hearing away from a simple question of who owned a mattress and toward the issue of continued unwanted contact.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.igallery.blog\/assets\/af9d6b2312d54a5376d2a4e19eed7f6a\/2026\/0815\/8be876d7-c2ab-49a5-9a68-fd5a1d0395da-image.webp\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Elbrader estimated that Kidd filed for a restraining order around June 30, after the June 6 incident. At the separate protection-order proceeding, her phone was taken into evidence. Judge Judy was told that Kidd ultimately received a three-year restraining order, and Elbrader confirmed that it was not mutual: the order directed her to leave him alone. She also said that she had raised her account of the alleged assault during that proceeding, but the other judge did not grant her a protection order.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.igallery.blog\/assets\/af9d6b2312d54a5376d2a4e19eed7f6a\/2026\/0815\/5644d5e1-af0b-4777-baf0-89767e6d38cc-image.webp\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Protection Orders and the Question of Notice<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Kidd\u2019s counterclaim alleged that Elbrader tried to damage his reputation through communications with his employer and probation officer. Judge Judy asked to see those communications, particularly anything sent after the final protection order was issued.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.igallery.blog\/assets\/af9d6b2312d54a5376d2a4e19eed7f6a\/2026\/0815\/0122f017-5097-44c3-88b0-fd183022ad1f-image.webp\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The hearing referred to a temporary order issued on June 26 and a final order issued on July 17. The temporary order was described as ex parte, meaning Kidd went to court without Elbrader being present. The judge then examined whether the messages being offered were sent before or after the final order, because the question of notice mattered.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.igallery.blog\/assets\/af9d6b2312d54a5376d2a4e19eed7f6a\/2026\/0815\/83d7c5e7-9883-40cc-95eb-72d3dfc5aaa8-image.webp\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The closing discussion explained the distinction carefully. A temporary protection order may exist before the other person appears in court, but the person bound by it must have notice of the order before a violation can properly be found. Once the order has been served, it must be followed. The transcript also refers to a stalking injunction that had been issued but remained unserved.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.igallery.blog\/assets\/af9d6b2312d54a5376d2a4e19eed7f6a\/2026\/0815\/c4dad2d7-e854-47d3-b9c8-5866f0561d26-image.webp\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Judge Judy read some of the emails and told Elbrader that her next step should be seeking help from a mental-health professional. Elbrader responded that she had four psychiatrists and three psychologists, including one connected to a former employer. Judge Judy then dismissed Elbrader\u2019s case.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.igallery.blog\/assets\/af9d6b2312d54a5376d2a4e19eed7f6a\/2026\/0815\/57dae3b4-bb2d-4c62-a608-e92dd07549d4-image.webp\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Mattress Exchange and the Final Ruling<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The court\u2019s practical solution was to remove the mattress from Kidd\u2019s apartment so it could no longer function as a reason for contact. Judge Judy told Kidd to obtain a new mattress and place the old one outside on Sunday. If Elbrader still wanted it, she could arrange to collect it with a police officer escort. Without that escort, she was not to go to the apartment; the mattress would be considered gone.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.igallery.blog\/assets\/af9d6b2312d54a5376d2a4e19eed7f6a\/2026\/0815\/2f857725-8816-4f47-b7aa-d85234fbcb37-image.webp\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Elbrader objected that the item was not merely an old mattress. She identified it as a Serta Perfect Sleeper worth $5,000. Judge Judy rejected the valuation as central to the immediate decision and repeated that the mattress would be placed outside for supervised retrieval if Elbrader wanted it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.igallery.blog\/assets\/af9d6b2312d54a5376d2a4e19eed7f6a\/2026\/0815\/1e143dc7-31d9-4ce4-b6c3-a566bb24bd3a-image.webp\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The case ended with Judge Judy dismissing Elbrader\u2019s claims. The judge said she did not believe the assault allegation and referred to the fact that the other judge had not granted Elbrader a protection order. The portion of the transcript provided does not show a separate detailed ruling on every element of Kidd\u2019s counterclaim, so that issue should not be overstated.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.igallery.blog\/assets\/af9d6b2312d54a5376d2a4e19eed7f6a\/2026\/0815\/47a38928-b377-486e-aab0-34de42c3065b-image.webp\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What the Transcript Establishes\u2014and What It Cannot Prove<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The SRT establishes that this was a sharply contested dispute between former partners involving a mattress, repeated text messages, a camera found beside a bed, a phone held as evidence, an assault allegation, and protection orders issued in June and July 2024. It records the judge\u2019s dismissal of Elbrader\u2019s case and the instruction that any mattress retrieval take place with police assistance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The transcript does not include a complete police report, medical records, the full unedited message history, or independent witness testimony. It therefore cannot independently prove every accusation made in court. What it does show is how a private relationship became a public legal conflict\u2014and how the court treated the mattress not as a standalone object, but as part of a continuing connection that the protection order was intended to end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.igallery.blog\/assets\/af9d6b2312d54a5376d2a4e19eed7f6a\/2026\/0815\/96daa650-4989-400d-8530-c32570bf15d0-image.webp\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FAQ<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who sued whom in the case?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rebecca Elbrader sued her former boyfriend, Thomas Kidd, over the mattress and alleged damages connected to an assault claim. The transcript also identifies a counterclaim by Kidd alleging defamation of character.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When did Elbrader say she brought the mattress to Kidd\u2019s apartment?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She testified that she brought it approximately June 4, 2024, two days before the June 6 incident discussed in court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What did Elbrader say happened on June 6?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She said she was cleaning Kidd\u2019s apartment, noticed a small camera on a nightstand beside the bed, covered it with a cup, exchanged messages with Kidd, and later alleged that he assaulted her. Kidd denied the allegation in his post-hearing remarks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What protection order did Thomas Kidd receive?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The transcript states that a final order of protection was issued on July 17 and that Kidd received a restraining order lasting three years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How did Judge Judy resolve the case?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Judge Judy dismissed Elbrader\u2019s case. She directed Kidd to put the mattress outside and said Elbrader could retrieve it only with a police escort if she still wanted it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The case opened with a mattress and quickly became about far more than property. Rebecca Elbrader told Judge Judy that her former boyfriend, Thomas Kidd, was keeping a mattress she had brought to his apartment. 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