Legal Question in Criminal Law in California

I live in California and an old friend from Canada found me on facebook. after a few weeks of catching up she abruptly turned on me and began plagerizing email conversations and tried forwarding them onto my fiance through facebook. my fiance and myself immediately blocked her but she's somehow gotten ahold of her email address, cell phone number, and work address and continues to try and contact her in order to sabotoge my relationship. do i have a harrassement case against her? what can i do to stop this expecially with her being in canada?


Asked on 8/24/10, 2:11 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Canada is most likely part of the Hague Convention. Is she doing something illegal? I cannot tell from your question. First, I would let Facebook know what this old "friend" is doing. I do not know what you mean by "plagerizing email conversations." I need to know exactly what she is doing. Remember, if she is spreading old truths, that is not actionable. However, if she is spreading lies about you or your fiancee, that is defamation. Although you could sue her for defamation, the cost of a defamation lawsuit is usually a lot more than it is worth.

I would find out where she lives in Canada, then I would call the local Mounties, and ask the Mounties if she is doing anything illegal, and if so, press charges with her local officials.

If it is not illegal, or the Mounties are not interested, I would ask the Mounties if any arm of the Canadian government would be interested in prosecuting such conduct. If not, you can contact the FBI or Homeland Security and see if they are interested. I am willing to bet that they will not be interested.

Thus, I would have your fiancee explain to the employer that a crazy person is trying to contact your fiancee, have the employer return all of her mail to sender - unopened, do not answer her calls, delete her as a Facebook friend and report her misconduct to Facebook, and mark the emails as spam. Good luck. Aimee Morris can be reached at 619-991-0548.

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Answered on 8/30/10, 1:06 pm


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