03-28-2012, 11:59 AM
(03-28-2012, 11:42 AM)abridgetoofar Wrote: I agree that the effectiveness is questionable, but this extreme behavior would definitely warrant a restraining order. If you ask them to leave you alone and they go to great lengths in order to harass you, then a restraining order should be pretty easy to get.
My partner suggested that also. As I told her- we were already through a round of legal crap ten years ago. I asked him to leave my home- he was renting from me. Wouldn't do it- so I had to evict him. Meanwhile- he filed charges against me for harassment. It was just a mess.
Quote:On top of that, calling people and posing to be yourself in order to get personal information about you is most definitely fraud and is very very illegal.
Even so... in order to enforce any of these laws would involve me going to court, collecting up the evidence and witnesses, etc. Which is all putting more energy into the situation, rather than directing it elsewhere.
Quote:Even if you don't go for a restraining order or press charges for fraud, the police would pay them a visit and tell them to stop if you explained what was going on. Do you think that would shake them up enough to realize that you are serious in not wanting to be contacted?
Well I'm not even exactly sure where he lives- I don't have an address. What I do have is an old contact list of his with some contact info for his family members. I could get in touch with them- or tell him that I will if I ever hear from him again. But whether or not he gets "shaken up" I am pretty sure the response would be spite and vengeance. That's how he operates.