and what about brian scher? rame martinez built had to be torn down and rebuilt from scratch. scher estimates that correcting martinez's shoddy work has cost him two years and over $300,000. in serious debt and deep distress, scher is suing martinez but doesn't know if he can hang on to the house. we caught up with contractor richard martinez to try to get some answers. >> hi, richard martinez? i'm grace kwan from msnbc. do you remember we spoke on the phone and you wanted to sit down for an interview to tell us what happened with the brian scher and chris jackson? you told us you had a side of the story you wanted to tell us. do you want to explain your side of the story? >> he's a thief. >> who's a thief? >> brian scher is. you know he is. >> really? what about chris jackson? >> they both took advantage of me. you see the situation i'm in now. >> i want to hear. please, tell me. they took advantage of you how? >> because they saw me in my situation wearing a cervical collar and they took advantage of me. >> oka