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EasyTarget123

Junior Member
Illinois

:confused: my ex boyfriend has been harrassing me through his friends and any time he gets a new girlfriend about a picture i have on facebook of the two of us. the picture is us standing next to one another. at first it was because he was tagged in the photo, so i removed all things linking him to the photo, and then it was beacuse he was in it, he has had 3 girlfriends since we broke up and each time they have contacted me and threatened me on his behalf. most recently, on december 26th, he drove his current girlfriend of 3 months to my house with some friends to beat me up. she had been threatening me for 2 months and i had replied to her threats with jokes or saying i didnt have time to deal with her or telling her i would call the cops. well on december 26th, they were driving passt my house at a dangerous speed and i had a family party going on. my ex was the driver as i stated before. they had been calling me restrictedly all night and sending me threats on facebook saying i'd know when they were going to come for me. i have witnesses to the calls. finnally my older sisters friend called the cops because they almost hit a car. the cop took the information, but all he did was call them. even after they called and texted me while he was there. he said that since they were in a different town he couldnt go to their house. The officer did instruct them not to contact me anymore. but they started contactinng my younger sister until she pissed them off by correcting the grammer in their threats and insults to her. To this day, they still talk about me on their facebooks. i want it to stop, once he gets a new girlfriend its going to start all over. and im not even friends with him on facebook. Should i file harrasment charges against my ex, who is clearly provoking the situation each time? And if i do, should i pursue a restraining order, temporary or permanent?
 


Perky

Senior Member
Illinois

:confused: my ex boyfriend has been harrassing me through his friends and any time he gets a new girlfriend about a picture i have on facebook of the two of us. the picture is us standing next to one another. at first it was because he was tagged in the photo, so i removed all things linking him to the photo, and then it was beacuse he was in it, he has had 3 girlfriends since we broke up and each time they have contacted me and threatened me on his behalf. most recently, on december 26th, he drove his current girlfriend of 3 months to my house with some friends to beat me up. she had been threatening me for 2 months and i had replied to her threats with jokes or saying i didnt have time to deal with her or telling her i would call the cops. well on december 26th, they were driving passt my house at a dangerous speed and i had a family party going on. my ex was the driver as i stated before. they had been calling me restrictedly all night and sending me threats on facebook saying i'd know when they were going to come for me. i have witnesses to the calls. finnally my older sisters friend called the cops because they almost hit a car. the cop took the information, but all he did was call them. even after they called and texted me while he was there. he said that since they were in a different town he couldnt go to their house. The officer did instruct them not to contact me anymore. but they started contactinng my younger sister until she pissed them off by correcting the grammer in their threats and insults to her. To this day, they still talk about me on their facebooks. i want it to stop, once he gets a new girlfriend its going to start all over. and im not even friends with him on facebook. Should i file harrasment charges against my ex, who is clearly provoking the situation each time? And if i do, should i pursue a restraining order, temporary or permanent?

Seriously, why haven't you removed the picture? You're only instigating the problems by leaving it there. If the harassment was really that bad, you would have removed the picture a long time ago.
 

marshalAK

Member
First thing you do is stop responding to anything coming from them. Your reacting to them is egging this on and is indeed making you an easy target. Your job is to document everything and SAY NOTHING. That goes for your family, friends, relatives or whomever they try to contact.

If I were the judge hearing the RO (and yes, I'd get one), I'd be wanting you to demonstrate what you've done to minimize the situation, not escalate it.

Why on earth did you respond with joking to their threats? And why haven't you taken that photo down? You know what's happened with the last 3 gfs.
 

Just Blue

Senior Member
Illinois

:confused: my ex boyfriend has been harrassing me through his friends and any time he gets a new girlfriend about a picture i have on facebook of the two of us. the picture is us standing next to one another. at first it was because he was tagged in the photo, so i removed all things linking him to the photo, and then it was beacuse he was in it, he has had 3 girlfriends since we broke up and each time they have contacted me and threatened me on his behalf. most recently, on december 26th, he drove his current girlfriend of 3 months to my house with some friends to beat me up. she had been threatening me for 2 months and i had replied to her threats with jokes or saying i didnt have time to deal with her or telling her i would call the cops. well on december 26th, they were driving passt my house at a dangerous speed and i had a family party going on. my ex was the driver as i stated before. they had been calling me restrictedly all night and sending me threats on facebook saying i'd know when they were going to come for me. i have witnesses to the calls. finnally my older sisters friend called the cops because they almost hit a car. the cop took the information, but all he did was call them. even after they called and texted me while he was there. he said that since they were in a different town he couldnt go to their house. The officer did instruct them not to contact me anymore. but they started contactinng my younger sister until she pissed them off by correcting the grammer in their threats and insults to her. To this day, they still talk about me on their facebooks. i want it to stop, once he gets a new girlfriend its going to start all over. and im not even friends with him on facebook. Should i file harrasment charges against my ex, who is clearly provoking the situation each time? And if i do, should i pursue a restraining order, temporary or permanent?

Is there an IMPORTANT reason you still have his pic on FB? Don't you think if the pic is causing this much strife in your life the smart thing to do is...pull it down? You are not with this guy anymore...why have it on your site??? :confused:
 

EasyTarget123

Junior Member
i did have the photo down, but its not my photo, is a photo fromm a friends party and they still have it up. its not my ddecision to take pictures from their birthday down. furthermore he still has a copy of it on his profile and i was insturucted by the officer not to take it down because it would be giving into their threats...


i need to know if i should file charges against him since doing what he asked did not help since i was harassed after it was down...
 

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