When Fulk returned to Jerusalem, a fierce quarrel broke out between him and Hugh, count of Jaffa. Alternative reasons are give: either Hugh was seen as being too close to his near relative, queen Melisande, or he was extremely arrogant and refused to follow Fulk's instructions. One day when the king's court was thronged, Walter Garnier, lord of Caesarea, accused Hugh of treason, of conspiring with accomplices against the king. It was said that Fulk, who was present, put him up to it. Hugh denied the charges and submitted to the judgement of the court. There seemed to be some evidence against Melisande