YOU SAID:
I told to your mom that she was in the closet
INTO JAPANESE
私はあなたのお母さんに彼女がクローゼットの中にいると言った
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I told your mother that she was in the closet
INTO JAPANESE
私はあなたのお母さんに、彼女がクローゼットの中にいたと言った
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I told your mother that she was in the closet
You've done this before, haven't you.