Legal Question in Civil Rights Law in Florida

I am being accused by a woman who has been harassing me for a very long time, both her and her boyfriend. They made a false police statement that I backed my car and hit her causing injuries to her knee and that she had to have multiple stitches which was unfounded. Also, that I had jumped out of my car and threatened her with a unknown object( which she wrote on the statement that she thought it was a revolver)The police knocked at my door and demanded to see my drivers license, at approximately 10.30pm, I was fast asleep in my bed when they woke me up. They asked me if I had injured this woman and I told them I did not even know what they were talking about. Lucky,I had camera's installed in my home due to this harassment and when I showed it to the police, we rewound the tape and the proof was there that I had not left my property at all. They wrote on the police record that no crime was committed and that the case was closed. Yesterday, I found out that she went back to court to get a restraining order against me and once again wrote that I had hit her with my car, and her injunction was denied. The problem is, is that I am the victim here not her. This woman will just not leave me alone. If I see her she screams obscenity to me, or she causes a scene in the store if we bump into each other. Her house is in foreclosure , she is 5 months pregnant, drinks all day and does not have a job. She has a minor child and apparently she is under scrutiny with Child Services. I do not have the money to take her to court but my question is, is how can I stop this. I tried to get a restraining order against her but was also denied.


Asked on 11/18/10, 3:36 am

1 Answer from Attorneys

Shelly Schellenberg MI & FL private practice

If it's not practical for your to move, then at least keep your security cameras rolling, and stay out of the stores she frequents. She will soon have a newborn baby to deal with, and a whole host of new problems to take her focus away from you.

And.... You need to stop knowing so much about her. You have way too many recent details about her personal life. This fact makes things look like you may be "keeping tabs" on her, because you enjoy the drama or are actually inviting her behavior.

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Answered on 11/23/10, 4:50 am


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