In her answer to Chaplin's cross-complaint, Lita Grey denied that she was a "spendthrift". In proof she told how she went bargain hunting in junk shops after Chaplin refused her permission to buy a $20 baby bed and mattress for one of their children. Her best hat, she said, was a $2 felt picked up at a bargain sale in San Diego. She also denied infatuations for other men.