Judy Bench

Dame Judy Bench is a character in *Privates*, a segment of *It's All Been Done Radio Hour*. She is a wealthy socialite from a rich family. She is approximately thirty-eight years old in the first two seasons.

**First appearance:** *Privates* #1.01 "Ex Marks the Spot Chapter 1"

**Number of appearances in *Privates*:** 9 (first two seasons)

**Actor:** Kristin Green

## **Personal Details**

Dame Judy is a very physically attractive person. She has a dainty, petite nose that is almost freakishly small. Sometime between summer 2018 and September 2019, she dyed her brunette hair red ("Ex Marks the Spot Chapter 1").

At home, she likes to keep her bushes neatly trimmed so they don't obscure her window. She has a female pet leopard named Spot ("Ex Marks the Spot Chapter 1").

Her title 'dame' has not been elaborated on in the story.

Judy is more of a planner than an improviser. Though she thinks Jake Cotton's improvisations often don't work, she trusts him when he does it ("Ex Marks the Spot Chapter 6").

## **Prior** **Relationship with Jake Cotton**

Judy met Jake at her 18th birthday party. Nine teen boys tried to get a date from her that night, but Jake was the only one who did. Judy claims he's always been the one for her, ever since that day. Though she has been pursued by many boys for more than her brains and body ("Frank in the Bank, Jake in the Bed").

Judy loves Jake, but never felt like she was getting what she needed from him, despite him giving her 'plenty.' He spent too much time at work, and she always found him in his office. Jake thought she was too controlling and nosy. He did like that she seemed to have a bit of a screw loose. They often were talking about two different things at the same time, out of sync with one another. Their sex life, on the other hand, was very good, Sometimes, she gave him quick blowjobs.

In the summer of 2018, things ended (not for the first time) badly between them. Emotionally, speaking; it never got violent. Judy didn't find Jake easy to replace, and claims not to have found anyone else as of September 2019 ("Ex Marks the Spot Chapter 1").

Both Judy's mother, Cordelia Bench, and Cordelia's boyfriend, Frank Berry, thought the two made a good pair ("Ex Marks the Spot Chapter 2").

Judy likes butt stuff and is disappointed Jake only likes receiving, not giving, but says she can get past it ("Ex Marks the Spot Chapter 5," "Ex Mas"). She ties him up with ropes, leaving rope and lipstick marks on him after sex ("Frank in the Bank, Jake in the Bed").

## **Prior** **Relationship With Dame Cordelia Bench**

Cordelia is Judy's mother. Her father has not been mentioned, but Cordelia is not currently with him. Jake Cotton thinks Judy and Cordelia share some similarities, including both being forceful in getting what they want. Cordelia always liked Jake.

Cordelia coveted Judy's pet leopard for its pelt, and had tried to buy it many times. Judy refused ("Ex Marks the Spot Chapter 1").

Cordelia loves Judy.

Cordelia's butler, Theodore, adored Judy and never considered Jake good enough for her ("Ex Marks the Spot Chapter 2").

Judy doesn't seem to care much for Frank Berry, and thinks Cordelia and Frank deserve one another ("Ex Marks the Spot Chapter 5"). Judy is also willing to join her mother's blackmailers, further indicating tension between them, though Cordelia had just secretly sold off Judy's pet Spot ("Ex Marks the Spot Chapter 6").

## "**Ex Marks the Spot"**

Dame Judy goes to her ex, Jake Cotton, claiming that her pet leopard, Spot, is missing. She had just had Spot groomed yesterday. Now, she came home this evening and Spot was gone, so she went right to Jake. He agrees to take the case with the hope it might bring them back together, but he says she doesn't want to begin again, despite finding him not easy to replace. Jake initially suspects Judy's mother, Dame Cordelia Bench, but Judy can't believe her mother would do it ("Ex Marks the Spot Chapter 1").

As Jake begins investigating, both Cordelia's butler, Theodore, and Frank Berry tell Jake that Judy is acting strange lately, distracted ("Ex Marks the Spot Chapter 2").

Judy is waiting for Jake in Timbuktoo. She tells him that she arranged the whole ordeal to test his love for her, and says that her leopard is safe at home. She also says she can see now that he does truly care about her and she wants to get back together, and maybe even have a baby. He reluctantly agrees ("Ex Marks the Spot Chapter 5")

Unfortunately for Judy, she overplays her hand when she tries to get Jake to abandoned Frank and Cordelia, and he figures out that she is involved with the bad guys. Judy genuinely thought her leopard had gone missing, but instead, Cordelia sold Spot after being blackmailed. Judy joined the blackmailers and came with Theodore the butler to Timbuktoo. She may also have been willing to let Jake drink poison, declining the beverage herself.

Jake swipes her gun, reveals the plan, and she is left to face justice. She regrets involving Jake, calling it always a mistake to do so ("Ex Marks the Spot Chapter 6").

## **Season 2**

Judy did not spend long in jail. Her mother dropped the charges against her, saying Judy was only blackmailing the blackmailer, not stealing for her directly. Judy returned home to her mother's estate before Christmas that year.

Jake is invited to Christmas dinner, where he learns Judy is free. She insists she doesn't want to get back together with him, but that very night, she gives herself as a gift to him, saying she wants to take him back. A dazed Jake is too stunned by other occurrences to turn her down. Judy says his fees from working for Cordelia will be enough for the couple to have a comfortable life, especially after she inherits the rest. As Jake leaves for the night, she promises that she will be over later ("Ex Mas").

Someone clued Judy into the fact that Jake would be returning home the morning of December 26th to change his shirt, and Judy claims that someone wasn't Frank Berry. She is in Jake's apartment wearing lingerie the detective describes as "some getup" when he arrives. She seduces him into sex, during which she ties him up, kisses his collar, and he goes down on her for at least eight minutes. She was bad the way he likes her to be, and she left him wanting more, which she promises to do later. After sex, Judy has noon lunch plans with her mother at the 13th Street Club, which is fourteen minutes away from Jake's apartment ("Fellow the Money," "Frank in the Bank, Jake in the Bed"). Judy interrupts Jake at work a second time after a "little birdie" told her where to find him ("Round in Circles").

Through phone records, Jake connects Judy to Frank and thinks she's trying to sabotage his case ("Dirty Laundry").