Any charges possible

[Dixieredneck]

I have two friends I'll refer to as A and B. A works at a Christian daycare as a teacher and on social media is constantly posting about marijuana including posts saying she is smoking it and pics of bongs she wants, etc. Friend B doesn't think it's right she's working with children and posting that stuff and smoking weed so she emailed A's employer and let them know and sent pics of her posts where A is saying it's time to wake up and bake up and stuff like weed don't cheat on you weed don't lie to you. B told them they should drug test her and they ended up firing her instead. A is now claiming that she was wrongfully fired and that B defamed her harassed her and made false allegations (again there's pics showing with her own words about smoking weed). A keeps telling B she is pressing charges but legally can she press charges when it was actually true things? A is also claiming that she doesn't smoke weed (yet again 9/10 posts are weed related) and that she could pass a drug test. So my two questions are 1) can B get in trouble for reporting to A's employer things that are true?
2) if some how A really doesn't smoke weed and just posts the stuff acting like she does can she still press charges? Cause to anyone looking at her page you'd think she's a huge stoner

-not sure if it matters but recreational marijuana is not allowed in my state, it is still considered illegal to smoke weed-
Thank you!

 

[Eekamouse]

B really should keep her busybody nose out of other people's business. That kind of stuff comes back on a person and unless she's Polly Purebred herself, she's going to get a well-deserved lesson in karma sooner or later.

 

[Dixieredneck]

True and I somewhat agree but since she works at a daycare with a dozen 1 year olds it is putting people's children at risk when they are thinking that their kids are in good hands.

 

[Just Blue]

B really should keep her busybody nose out of other people's business. That kind of stuff comes back on a person and unless she's Polly Purebred herself, she's going to get a well-deserved lesson in karma sooner or later.

Too add to this : If what B said about A was truthful ...Then no. S/he has a good defence regarding legal problems.

 

[Just Blue]

True and I somewhat agree but since she works at a daycare with a dozen 1 year olds it is putting people's children at risk when they are thinking that their kids are in good hands.

Unless A is stoned while caring for the children they are not at risk. Pot does not = danger to children.

I personally do not smoke/do other drugs. Do NOT like it.

 

[Chyvan]

they ended up firing her instead.

A needs to file for unemployment.

 

[quincy]

I have two friends I'll refer to as A and B. A works at a Christian daycare as a teacher and on social media is constantly posting about marijuana including posts saying she is smoking it and pics of bongs she wants, etc. Friend B doesn't think it's right she's working with children and posting that stuff and smoking weed so she emailed A's employer and let them know and sent pics of her posts where A is saying it's time to wake up and bake up and stuff like weed don't cheat on you weed don't lie to you. B told them they should drug test her and they ended up firing her instead. A is now claiming that she was wrongfully fired and that B defamed her harassed her and made false allegations (again there's pics showing with her own words about smoking weed). A keeps telling B she is pressing charges but legally can she press charges when it was actually true things? A is also claiming that she doesn't smoke weed (yet again 9/10 posts are weed related) and that she could pass a drug test. So my two questions are 1) can B get in trouble for reporting to A's employer things that are true?
2) if some how A really doesn't smoke weed and just posts the stuff acting like she does can she still press charges? Cause to anyone looking at her page you'd think she's a huge stoner

-not sure if it matters but recreational marijuana is not allowed in my state, it is still considered illegal to smoke weed-
Thank you!

You did not mention your state name or the state name of A and B. State names are important on this site as laws vary in significant ways from state to state.

I agree with the others that this is a matter for A and B to manage on their own.

That said, B did not defame A if what B sent to A's employer was a copy of A's own words and images posted online. Defamation is the communication of FALSE statements of fact not true statements. B would only be at risk of losing a defamation lawsuit filed against B by A if what B sent was false information about A that injured A's reputation.

But, even IF the information sent by B to A's employer was false, the EMPLOYER could do what he wanted with the information, including firing A.

If the employer (or anyone) decides to report A to the police for suspected drug use based on the text and images posted online, it will be up to the police to decide whether to investigate and charge A and then, depending on the results of the investigation, up to the prosecutor to decide if any charges should be pursued.

 

[cbg]

And, regardless of whether A does or does not smoke weed, A was not wrongfully terminated.

 

[LdiJ]

True and I somewhat agree but since she works at a daycare with a dozen 1 year olds it is putting people's children at risk when they are thinking that their kids are in good hands.

I see...so if someone drinks while they are off duty then they are also dangerous around children 24/7? So someone who smokes weed sometimes is dangerous 24/7 as a result? So someone who drives over the speed limit is automatically dangerous around children 24/7 So anybody who ever does anything that is illegal in your state, even if its legal in other states is automatically dangerous around children 24/7?

Aren't you being just a bit sanctimonious?

 

[Zigner]

What state is this occurring in?

 

[quincy]

What state is this occurring in?

That is still a mystery.

LdiJ, anyone who writes about marijuana use and posts pictures online of themselves smoking marijuana (or drinking alcohol or driving faster than the speed limit) shows a serious lack of sense if they are working in a school or daycare (or in any professional position).

Marijuana was said by Dixieredneck to be illegal in whatever state it is that Dixieredneck resides (I assume somewhere in the South).

People have gotten fired for far less than that.

NOT that I believe Dixieredneck should be involved in A or B's affairs.

 

[cbg]

Personally I'm leaning towards Dixieredneck = B.

 

[LdiJ]

That is still a mystery.

LdiJ, anyone who writes about marijuana use and posts pictures online of themselves smoking marijuana (or drinking alcohol or driving faster than the speed limit) shows a serious lack of sense if they are working in a school or daycare (or in any professional position).

Marijuana was said by Dixieredneck to be illegal in whatever state it is that Dixieredneck resides (I assume somewhere in the South).

People have gotten fired for far less than that.

NOT that I believe Dixieredneck should be involved in A or B's affairs.

I agree that its monumentally stupid to boast about extra curriculars, particularly illegal ones if you are a teacher or anyone that works with children. I just think that Dixie's attitude that someone is automatically dangerous to children if they do something like that on their own time is more than a bit sanctimonius.

 

[quincy]

I agree that its monumentally stupid to boast about extra curriculars, particularly illegal ones if you are a teacher or anyone that works with children. I just think that Dixie's attitude that someone is automatically dangerous to children if they do something like that on their own time is more than a bit sanctimonius.

I agree that boasting of illegal drug use does not automatically make someone dangerous to children. I am not sure I would want a monumentally stupid illegal drug user watching MY children, though.

Offhand I do not see that B did anything wrong by reporting A's online postings, as long as what was reported was what A wrote and pictured and B did not add words of her own or embellish facts or create false facts in the reporting.

I suspect, as does cbg, that Dixieredneck is B and could be suffering right now from backlash for reporting A. If Dixieredneck is not A or B, Dixieredneck should not be interfering.

 

[eerelations]

I agree that boasting of illegal drug use does not automatically make someone dangerous to children. I am not sure I would want a monumentally stupid illegal drug user watching MY children, though.

"Monumentally stupid" being an operative phrase here.

My SIL smokes weed occasionally ("occasionally" meaning four or five times per year) and she never does it at home. She does it on her occasional girls' night out four or five times per year, away from home, when her son (my nephew) is being cared for by her husband (my brother), who knows where she is and what she's doing, while he's caring for their son.

My SIL is a terrific mother (like really, the best, better than my mother - who was pretty darn excellent BTW - and from what I hear, better than her mother), and these occasional nights out have no effect whatsoever on the well-being of her son. She is therefore not monumentally stupid. But if she publicized it on social media? I might have a different opinion.