Title: Rapist filing for paternity after divorce.

Question:
Connecticut. I don't know how to phrase this in a way that isn't crude. Please forgive my language.

To make a long story less long, ex-wife was raped by a stranger in 2006. We were actively trying to get pregnant at that time. Sometime after, she was pregnant. We made a decision that no matter what, she was our daughter.

The rapist was caught, found guilty, and sentenced to 88 months (about 7 1/2 years) in prison. While in prison, he tried to force an in-utero DNA test. We had to hire an expensive attorney to fight him. Two years later, he again tried to force a DNA test and establish paternity from prison, and again the attorney stopped him. Both times took months, a lot of money, and a lot of mental anguish, especially for my wife. The judge did order the rapist to pay our legal fees and criminal restitution. To date, she has received less than $500 in restitution from him and the attorney has received less than $200 of his fees (she did receive a small amount of money from the state victim compensation fund, as well, but I don't believe that came from him). We still owe thousands of dollars to him.

Fast-forward to end of 2014, we have since had a son and now filed for divorce. The divorce was finalized in March of this year. We were blunt with our attorneys about the situation, but because the judge had declared me the legal father the first time we went to court, we were told there was nothing to worry about. We split custody and I pay child support for both children every month, on time, in full. The rapist got out of prison in 2014, before we divorced.

Now, he's somehow found out that we've divorced and has once again filed to establish paternity, even though he was shot down twice and even though I am legally and actually her father. The problem is, there's some fucked-up law that allows him to challenge paternity now that we're divorced, and there's nothing we can do now, we will have to go to court and possibly have a DNA test forced on us. Even if we remarried tomorrow, we've already opened the door for him just because we divorced, and there's nothing we can do to close it again. No one told us this, not the divorce attorneys, not the attorney who handled the first two paternity petitions, in fact they all assured us he could never challenge paternity ever again because I am her legal father.

We cannot afford to hire another attorney again. We are still recovering from the divorce, we still have legal fees from 2006 we're paying off, and she hasn't seen a dime of restitution in almost two years. If we can't fight this, there's a possibility he'll win just on default and everything he says will be taken as fact.

Is there anything we can do to stop this? Permanently? My ex-wife's cousin is an attorney (maritime law, so not what we need) but capable enough to know the motions, and my ex-wife has written and filed things herself, so we might go it ourselves. But we don't know what to file to end this once and for all. Motion to dismiss?

No one outside of my wife's sister knows anything about this. Very little made it to the news and its of utmost importance we keep it that way. Thanks.

Answer:
 Have you considered filing charges alleging his whole case is just to make the courts victimize her again on his behalf?

Don't take this lying down.

Go on the offensive and be clear that you will hold the state responsible of they allow him to continue harassing you and your family over a child he would never have rights to regardless of paternity.

Maybe even go to the press.

He's already been proven guilty of the rape so it wouldn't be libelous to drag him out into the light where the community could deal with him as they see fit.

I bet a convicted rapist using the courts to further abuse his victim would get some coverage, public outrage and maybe, if you're lucky, some vigilantes.


Title: (WY) Employer sent W2 with incorrect wage amount, when I asked for corrected W2 by next week, he told me to cease contact unless its through his lawyer...

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 what boxes on the W2 are wrong? Just 1? Or 3 and 5 as well?

End of the day if you can't get a corrected one, you file based on your records and when you get a CP2000 letter you dispute it.Answer #2: Try posting on r/tax


Title: Facebook post from another farmer in an organization I belong to. They are located in Quebec. Don't know them personally but it's a tight knit organization that looked to share ideas and problem solving issues. Posted everything they posted below.

Question:
Looking for some advice - hold on to your hats for this one. So we had three people come to the farm yesterday presenting as if they were going picking apples and pumpkins. They never presented themselves as doing a photo shoot, because we normally charge a fee for photo shoots and have them sign a waiver and agree to rules. As the afternoon went on the group raised some red flags with some of our staff, who eventually figured out something strange was going on. The group had disappeared for some time and someone went looking for them. They were questioned as they were leaving and said they were just doing a school photography project.

After they left we quickly pieced together everyone's observations, did some quick searching online and determined that they were in fact filming for a pornographic website. I have tried to contact the website, stating we were not asked permission and do not consent that any of the imaging be used. One of the 'stars' has posted pictures on social media saying she is at a pumpkin patch, doesn't name us and we are not clearly identifiable (unless you really know the farm). We have contacted twitter to have the photos taken down.

These people are purposefully hard to contact so I feel like the online contact form I fill out is likely to go unread. Up until now nothing has been published that links us to them, however I worry what is to come. Mostly I'm angry that they deliberately deceived us and any family with young children could have seen something completely inappropriate.

What should we do next?

Answer:
 Disclaimer: IANAL but I own an adult business in Canada and am very familiar with the laws regarding porn, obscenity and indecency in Canada.

Folks like this piss me off because they give my industry a bad name. This is exactly the reason why old bible-thumpers with more shame than teeth try to run every sex-positive business out of town.

Your/your friends' farm needs to contact a lawyer. Unfortunately these shitbags have opened you/your friend up to a few potential problems (if you all had not gone digging, there's plausible deniability, but now that you know the owness is on you to follow it through) not the least of which could be contribution to the delinquency of minors, public indecency, criminal indecency, and you better pray to whoever you like that all the actors on set were over the age of 18.

Your lawyer will better be able to advise you, but it may also be worthwhile to file a police report against the production company for trespassing on your site. As you say, there is a process in place for photoshoots, this was not completed, therefore - trespassing.


Title: San Diego, CA- I have a tenant from hell.

Question:
I’ve got a month-to-month tenant, we’ll call him Roberto, who rents an a room (an addition to my father’s house with his own entrance and bathroom). The rest of the house is rented by a family and there is a studio in the garage rented by a woman and her daughter. Back in January, Roberto was served with a 30-day notice because we need to make upgrades and repairs to the room.

He didn’t pay February so he was served a 3-day in February. After a lot of back and forth and him basically playing games, we got our eviction papers ready to file with the court... only for the courts to close due to COVID-19. Now Roberto is terrorizing the other tenants- taking photos of them, intimidating them, banging on their doors, yelling at them, texting me nonsense (honestly we have reason to believe he’s on meth or something). He’s hostile and now my tenants are afraid to do their laundry in the laundry room (which is located right outside his bedroom door) for fear he is going to approach them. He is careful not to do anything physical, but he is provoking the hell out of everyone. Last Friday he called the police... to tell them the tenant from the main house broke into his room to leave a blanket in there (WTF- he’s paranoid) and he’s told me before that someone broke into his room and tampered with his phone to delete text messages... yeah ok buddy.

Yesterday the tenant in the main house called the police because Roberto kept barking at her while she was inside her home while watching her through the window. Police have been no help other than telling him to leave them alone and telling her to call if he keeps bugging. When the tenant called me to tell me the police were there I sped over to speak with them but unfortunately arrived right after they left. Roberto started yelling at me “you just missed the show!” And I told him “don’t speak to me- you’re not authorized to be over there” because he was on the side of the property that’s rented by the other tenant. He yelled at me “shut the fuck up bitch” so I called the police for them to come back out. While I was waiting in my car, Roberto kept yelling at me and whistling for my attention, so I ignored him. Then he starts texting me kissy emojis and a photo of what appears to be a portion of his ceiling ripped out and along with it “I’m going to file a complaint because this fell on my head”. The police never arrived and I had to leave. I’m at my wit’s end and now worried that I have to send someone to fix the ceiling. What can I do? I just want my tenants to live in peace and do right by them. Please help.

Answer: Have your tenants call the police every time.Answer #2: No way I'd try a cash pay-off. This guy doesn't sound like the type of guy who would worry about anything he signed. Wait for the courts..Answer #3: Without the ability to have an eviction handled through the court system you're down to two options. You can get the police to detain him (which just kicks the problem down the road) and doesn't seem probable to happen unless he actually injures someone or you can get him to voluntarily leave. A cash offer to him for him to vacate might be your best bet.


Title: Different drug (marijuana) policies being followed for employees in the same organization

Question:
The organization I work for has a drug policy that states if your position requires you to drive then you are subject to random drug tests. However, if your position doesn’t require driving you are not subject to random drug tests. You can get drug tested for other reasons (i.e. reasonable suspicion or getting hurt at work that requires medical attention). Also, everyone is drug tested when they are first hired.

This sets the stage for the basic policy. I recently found out that for new hires in states that marijuana is legal, as long as they have a current medical card, they can fail the marijuana portion of the drug test without any discipline. My understanding is that this is the same for associates that driving is required for their job. The company is only doing this in states where marijuana has been legalized. If an associate were to fail a drug test for marijuana in a state where it wasn’t legal they would be subject to discipline which could include termination.

If the policy/handbook hasn’t been updated are they allowed to make exceptions in instances like this? Or even if the policy were updated are they still allowed to treat their associates differently? I’m not familiar enough with labor law and I’m not sure how marijuana still being illegal federally affects any of this. I would be really interested in someone’s opinion.
Topic:
Business Law

Answer: Yes they are allowed to do that, and it's really the insurance company who is behind it - they are offering them a lower car insurance rate if they drug-test all drivers.


Title: Apartment flooded and made uninhabitable by the city and now land lord is seeking rent from me

Question:
San Diego, California

A city water main break in the street sent water into my apartment and before the main could be shut off the whole apartment had about 1-3 inches of water. The city came and assessed everything and put me in a hotel, at no cost to me, until the damages can be repaired (2 months). Initially I was told the property owner would be seeking rent, for the time the repairs took, from the city. However, I was just informed that the city will not be compensating the property management company for loss of income, rent for the unit, during the time the repairs take and now it seems I am responsible for rent. I don't believe this is accurate because the whole apartment is completely gutted from 3 feet down, just concrete and pipes, and the conditions are very uninhabitable. am I taking crazy pills or is the property management company just thinking its easier to pick a fight with me rather than the city?

Answer: If you’re being put up in a hotel for free and aren’t  incurring any additional costs during repairs, why would you think you don’t have to pay the rent? Answer #2: You are still responsible for rent. Nice and Simple.


Title: [california, usa] I am a homeowner with lodgers/tenants, and I am hoping to move my girlfriend into my house.

Question:
It has been brought to my attention that one of the lodgers is upset that she will be moving in and will be seeking a rent reduction in the near future. Our lease states the lodgers and my self are the tenants. The subletting clause allows for subletting of any room with permission from the landlord. The lease is month to month.

Now for the backstory. I purchased the house last year and brought in two friends as tenants/lodgers. From then until now my girlfriend has been staying with us up to 5 nights a week for some weeks but is generally over as often as possible as my house is the best place we have available to spend our time together. I started telling the lodgers at least a month ago that she would be moving in. In that time we have started moving her cloths into my room but we have not stepped into her being at the house full time. There has been no issues raised with her spending so much time at the house up until I caught wind that this could be an issue. At no time did either of the lodgers express any concerns to me about her moving in or spending so much time at the house. Because of this pleasant history I did not expect this issue to arise. Since it appears her moving in will be an issue, I want to be sure I am crossing all t's and dotting all i's as a landlord and I want to be sure that I am being fair to everyone involved including myself. From my understanding of our lease (I am no expert, this was my first attempt at drafting a lease) the issue of subletting would be between the tenant that wishes to sublet and the landlord. Since I am both parties in this case I am currently of the opinion that what I am doing is legal but that doesn't always mean fair in my eyes either. These lodgers are my friends but my priority will always be myself and my girlfriend/so (of 5+ years).

If it matters the lodger that is expected to raise the issue is currently 2+ months late on rent. I have never charged  a late fee because I respect them as a friend and understand their financial position. I do realize that I was asking for this issue when I decided to rent to my friends. Any advice or opinions will be greatly appreciated. I can't stress enough that I am very much undecided on my approach but I would tend to err with the law as that is really the only enforceable option.

Answer:
 Do you have a lease with the lodgers stating anything that could possibly limit your ability to have your girlfriend move in?

Being a landlord doesn't jive with being a friend.  You need to be firm with your tenants, and if they don't pay on time, serve them a notice to cure or vacate.


Title: Etsy Theft + Defamation = Sticky Situation

Question:
This is going to be long, so please bear with me. TL;DR at the bottom.

On Monday, December 3, 2018, I received a personal message via Instagram. A follower of mine had found that a shop on Etsy had taken images from my hand drawn journal, traced over the images, and was selling them in their shop. Not only did she trace them to resell as her own original artwork, she also translated them in Italian. The artwork is the exact same, the words are the same, just translated. She then sent me screenshots of the sheets, and you can very obviously tell that they were from my journal and traced. The most obvious proof of this is that one page titled The High Priestess has a misspelling - the word Priestess is missing the first "e". This was an unintentional mistake in my journal, but one that anyone could/would easily correct. This, I believe, shows the person had no care for what they were doing. They were just attempting to make a quick profit using someone else's work but claiming it as their own.

Once I was notified, I sent a message to the seller of the shop first. The message read as follows:
"Hi, I go by Static Chaos in the tarot world. I would like to ask you to please remove my copy you have of my tarot pages. Yes, you've made them black and white, and yes, you've erased and traced, but they are still very much mine. I have not given you any permission to sell my journal pages in any way."
I then attempted to reach out via Instagram. I was instantly blocked, unable to comment, view, or contact. At this point, it was obvious that she not only knew what she was doing was theft, but she had no intention of stopping. As such, I made the decision to file a DMCA against both the English and the Italian translated version she "created" of my pages. Along with that, I took the time to contact other artists that I could find that were stolen from as well. Of course, how they choose to handle things is in their hands. Later that evening, I received an email from Etsy stating that "In accordance with their Intellectual Property Policy, they removed the material specified as infringing and contacted the affected members."

On Wednesday, December 5, 2018, I received correspondence from Etsy alerting me that "Etsy received the following counter notice, as set forth by the DMCA and their Intellectual Property Policy." In this counter notice, this shop owner has agreed to the following statements:
\-I swear under penalty of perjury that I have a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled by mistake or because of misidentification of the material.
\-I consent to the jurisdiction of Federal Court for the judicial district in which I am located, or if my address is outside of the United States, for any judicial district in which Etsy is located, and that I will accept service of process from the person who provided the original notification or an agent of such person.

The fact that the shop owner is located in Italy complicates things. However, if I am reading this agreement properly, she is consenting to the judicial district in which Etsy is located, meaning I may not have to fight against European laws. I come to this assumption seeing as Etsy's main office is located in Brooklyn, NY.

Seeing as Etsy's main office is located in the US, I would assume that would make this case a fair bit easier. However, as I am not as well versed in these situations, I do ask for your help and advice.

1. Am I correct in this assumption that I would not have to fight against European laws?
2. As I believe (with proof) beyond a shadow of a doubt that my design was stolen, copied, and sold for profit, what is the next step?
3. As far as Etsy is concerned, would/should they be held liable as well as the shop owner?

Attached are images of the listing that the shop had posted. It has since been taken down, as per Etsy's DMCA guidelines, but if I do not respond within 10 business days the shop owner will be free to repost and sell them again. I also ask that you look at these links to my blog, directly showing my journal. There are many photos in progress. There are many photos that I have labeled as finished. I'm sure I can get a timestamp for them as well.

[http://static-chaos.tumblr.com/post/141819726899/this-is-the-first-page-of-my-new-tarot-journal](http://static-chaos.tumblr.com/post/141819726899/this-is-the-first-page-of-my-new-tarot-journal)
[http://static-chaos.tumblr.com/post/141847199599/the-first-and-second-pages-of-my-tarot-journal](http://static-chaos.tumblr.com/post/141847199599/the-first-and-second-pages-of-my-tarot-journal)
[http://static-chaos.tumblr.com/post/141931652629/decided-to-work-on-one-more-page-because-i-have-no](http://static-chaos.tumblr.com/post/141931652629/decided-to-work-on-one-more-page-because-i-have-no)
[http://static-chaos.tumblr.com/post/141926092369/leafmoldandearth-static-chaos-knocking-out](http://static-chaos.tumblr.com/post/141926092369/leafmoldandearth-static-chaos-knocking-out)
[http://static-chaos.tumblr.com/post/141986491184/elementallycharmed-static-chaos](http://static-chaos.tumblr.com/post/141986491184/elementallycharmed-static-chaos)
[http://static-chaos.tumblr.com/post/142045446904/i-swore-to-myself-id-take-a-break-today-and-start](http://static-chaos.tumblr.com/post/142045446904/i-swore-to-myself-id-take-a-break-today-and-start)
[http://static-chaos.tumblr.com/post/142183482374/the-hermit-and-the-wheel-of-fortune-i-really](http://static-chaos.tumblr.com/post/142183482374/the-hermit-and-the-wheel-of-fortune-i-really)
[http://static-chaos.tumblr.com/post/142239883854/justice-and-the-hanged-man-13-pages-down](http://static-chaos.tumblr.com/post/142239883854/justice-and-the-hanged-man-13-pages-down)
[http://static-chaos.tumblr.com/post/142332056719/death-temperance-and-the-devil-now-a-well](http://static-chaos.tumblr.com/post/142332056719/death-temperance-and-the-devil-now-a-well)
[http://static-chaos.tumblr.com/post/142460335134/intuitive-rose-static-chaos-i-did-it-i](http://static-chaos.tumblr.com/post/142460335134/intuitive-rose-static-chaos-i-did-it-i)
[http://static-chaos.tumblr.com/post/142404729189/the-tower-and-the-star-i-think-this-is-the-only](http://static-chaos.tumblr.com/post/142404729189/the-tower-and-the-star-i-think-this-is-the-only)

The above links were the ones specifically were sold in the shop. The ones below, however, are the remaining pages of the journal. The post has since been removed, but she shared an image on her Instagram inking one of them (the Queen of Wands) and mentioning it would be in her shop soon.

[http://static-chaos.tumblr.com/post/142881146984/i-finished-one-half-of-the-cups-suit-it-took](http://static-chaos.tumblr.com/post/142881146984/i-finished-one-half-of-the-cups-suit-it-took)
[http://static-chaos.tumblr.com/post/143122595574/and-just-like-that-the-suit-of-cups-is-complete](http://static-chaos.tumblr.com/post/143122595574/and-just-like-that-the-suit-of-cups-is-complete)
[http://static-chaos.tumblr.com/post/143668230304/whoop-halfway-done-with-the-wands-suit-im](http://static-chaos.tumblr.com/post/143668230304/whoop-halfway-done-with-the-wands-suit-im)
[http://static-chaos.tumblr.com/post/144447798459/im-pleased-to-announce-that-i-finished-the-suit](http://static-chaos.tumblr.com/post/144447798459/im-pleased-to-announce-that-i-finished-the-suit)
[http://static-chaos.tumblr.com/post/144436661899/the-wands-are-almost-done-come-on-self-you-can](http://static-chaos.tumblr.com/post/144436661899/the-wands-are-almost-done-come-on-self-you-can)
[http://static-chaos.tumblr.com/post/144992551429/blacklilydivination-static-chaos-i-think-i](http://static-chaos.tumblr.com/post/144992551429/blacklilydivination-static-chaos-i-think-i)
[http://static-chaos.tumblr.com/post/145458579074/finished-the-first-half-of-the-swords-only-21](http://static-chaos.tumblr.com/post/145458579074/finished-the-first-half-of-the-swords-only-21)
[http://static-chaos.tumblr.com/post/145436858834/youre-a-mean-one-mr-grinch-still-working-on](http://static-chaos.tumblr.com/post/145436858834/youre-a-mean-one-mr-grinch-still-working-on)
[http://static-chaos.tumblr.com/post/145493232579/i-seriously-relate-to-the-9-of-swords](http://static-chaos.tumblr.com/post/145493232579/i-seriously-relate-to-the-9-of-swords)
[http://static-chaos.tumblr.com/post/145755001913/i-finished-the-swords-i-just-want-to-shout-it](http://static-chaos.tumblr.com/post/145755001913/i-finished-the-swords-i-just-want-to-shout-it)
[http://static-chaos.tumblr.com/post/146516147814/dudes-drawing-cogs-not-easy](http://static-chaos.tumblr.com/post/146516147814/dudes-drawing-cogs-not-easy)
[http://static-chaos.tumblr.com/post/146518637939/seriously-i-wish-this-headache-on-no-one-but](http://static-chaos.tumblr.com/post/146518637939/seriously-i-wish-this-headache-on-no-one-but)
[http://static-chaos.tumblr.com/post/152860575669/for-the-first-time-in-months-ive-begun-working](http://static-chaos.tumblr.com/post/152860575669/for-the-first-time-in-months-ive-begun-working)
[http://static-chaos.tumblr.com/post/155140121094/it-is-finished-i-cant-even-believe-it-i](http://static-chaos.tumblr.com/post/155140121094/it-is-finished-i-cant-even-believe-it-i)
[http://static-chaos.tumblr.com/post/155137110059/home-stretch-am-i-really-on-the-last-page](http://static-chaos.tumblr.com/post/155137110059/home-stretch-am-i-really-on-the-last-page)

I'm attempting to get the funds together to file the copyright on my journal, as I know I need to do that to go any further. But now the shop owner has emailed me, claiming that she is getting a lawyer because I have defamed and slandered her shop. In all actuality, none of what I have said publicly has been false. It has all been 100% factual. I'm honestly just lost on where to go from here. Could anyone help me out?

TL;DR
Etsy shop stole photos of my original journal, traced the pages, and has sold them in their shop. Looking for advice going forward with their counter notice against my DMCAs.
Topic:
Intellectual Property

Answer:
 The next step is supposed to be a copyright infringment lawsuit, which can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees or take a lot of work to learn how to file yourself.

However, for us mere mortals, there are other options that can help.

You can hire a lawyer to send a letter asking them to stop and threatening to sue. This is a lot less money, and while there's no guarantee it will work, I've heard people are a lot more likely to respond or be intimidated by a letter from an actual lawyer. (do not pretend to be a lawyer though, a lot of people do that and they're caught very easily and it's a very serious crime.)

The other option that's worked for me before is to search this person's store and see if you can identify other stolen stuff. If you find other stolen stuff, report that stuff to the original creators as well as instructions on how to dmca it. Etsy will look into the situation and likely remove the store if there are too many dmca complaints.


Title: Return trip from hell with little or no compensation or resolution from AA - what is our next step?

Question:
This is going to be a pretty lengthy post so please bear with me. We went with group of 15 friends went to Montego Bay which was a blast but coming home really ruined any stress free times that we had while we were there. I was supposed to leave Montego Bay with our group on 5/18 to return home 5/18 at 11p but we were delayed 15+ times and I didn't get home until 5/20 at 3:30am.

I am just looking for advice on my next steps because AA has only offered a $175 voucher for future travel when I am basically out $1100+. No one in our group is getting anywhere with AA at this point.

TL;DR - flights delayed multiple times, cost me a day and $$, trying to see what my next steps are after AA shutting us out.

*This was their initial email to explain what started the whole string of delays, they're basically taking responsibility for the whole thing:*

**May 19, 2019**

**Hello:**

**We are writing to follow up with you about the situation you encountered as a passenger on our flight 1720 on May 18, 2019. Due to a delay in the flight arriving into Montego Bay, our flight crew would have exceed the maximum number of hours they could remain on duty prior to arriving in Philadelphia. With no other alternative, we made the decision for the flight to make a stop in Miami, where another crew could continue to Philadelphia. Although we would have preferred to replace the crew before leaving Montego Bay, so that the flight could continue nonstop, we did not have a "spare" crew available.**

**Subsequently, we also had an unexpected maintenance item arise causing a further delay in Miami. While our agents worked hard to minimize the inconvenience, we know that many of our customers' important plans were significantly disrupted. I am truly sorry.**

**In appreciation for your patience, we'd like to send you 15,000 AAdvantage® miles, however we need your AAdvantage account number. Simply reply back to this email with your account number and we'll add the miles for you.**

**Not an AAdvantage member? Sign up for an account at** [**https://www.aa.com/goto/quick-enrollment**](https://www.aa.com/goto/quick-enrollment)**. After your account has been successfully created, reply back to this email with your account number and we'll add the miles for you.**

**Upon review of the circumstances, we are reminded that our responsibility to provide our customers with quality service is a major priority, one that we can't afford to overlook. Please be assured that we'll do our best to provide a smooth trip the next time you fly with us. We will look forward to the opportunity.**

**Sincerely,**

*This is my email to AA's customer relations:*

**I was part of a party of 15 flying home from MBJ. Our flight was scheduled for 2:37pm 5/18. We left the resort at 10:55a. I rec'd a text that 1720 was delayed from 2:37p to 3:45p with more texts delaying the flight to 5p, then 6:15p, then a text we will miss our connecting flight in PHL and it was rebooked on AA4879 to depart (5/19) at 1:35p. 1720 was delayed until 7:20p, then 7:45p, then 8:20p, again until 9p, then 9:15p and all of these delays were caused by lack of crew. A flight arrived with a crew that was about to work over the 24hr allotment, so we were rushed onto a different plane to the MIA airport since customs was no longer open in PHL. We arrived in MIA at 12:15am 5/19 and we were told that we will not be going to PHL until 6am 5/19 and that it was too late to get us a hotel and that we would be spending the night in the airport, with no blankets or pillows. Flight from MIA to PHL scheduled for 6am 5/19 flight 1720. We all got on the plane and rec'd notification that the flight was delayed until 6:30am, then 6:45a, then 7a, then 7:30a, and after being delayed until 8:30a, was asked to get off plane and take all belongings and would have breakfast sandwiches supplied (which was soggy lunch meat sandwiches at 8:30 in the morning). After being delayed until 9a, the flight was delayed until 3p so we now missed our flight AA4879 out of PHL at 1:35pm 5/19 and was told that they had no flight out of PHL to BUF until Tuesday 5/21. We finally asked to be rebooked to flight 1670 out of RSW at 5:18p. Rented a car, drove 2½ hrs to RSW, 1670 delayed until 6pm. Arrived PHL at 9:20pm and ran to flight 4366, delayed for 2 hrs arrived in SYR at 1a. My husband drove 3 hrs each way to pick us up from SYR to BUF. I spent money on food while delayed, my husband and I missed work 5/20, I missed work on 5/21. Missed a show on 5/20. 42 hours no sleep or shower. Terrible ending to our vacation because of AA not having enough crew to get us home on time.**

*This is their reply:*

**May 30, 2019**

**Hello Mrs.:**

**Thank you for writing in to Customer Relations. My**

**After reading your comments, it is painfully clear that we simply "dropped the ball" on this occasion. We are disappointed that things did not go as smoothly as we both would have preferred. At the same time, we are glad you took the time to let us know what happened. It gives us an opportunity to improve our service.**

**Mrs., we hope you will give us another chance to provide you with the kind of service you have every right to expect from us. We are continually refining our products and services to make every aspect of your travels with us as convenient and pleasant as possible. Please know that we are continuously striving to provide the best level of service possible.**

**We would like to be sure that you fly with us again soon, and we have made arrangements for a $175 eVoucher (via a separate email) for you to use toward the purchase of a ticket to travel with us.**

**Mrs., when you settle into your seat next time, we are confident that your experience will be more enjoyable than the one you described in your correspondence.**

**Sincerely,**

*My reply to that:*

**I am out way more than a $175 voucher will cover.**

**I lost a day by not taking off at my scheduled time and getting home before midnight on 5/18. I had to purchase food and drinks while our flight was delayed, I had to add stress to my life after a wonderful and stress free vacation. I had to take a red-eye flight to Miami and sleep on garbage bags on the floor of the airport. I had to get my hopes up that I might make it to PHL on time to make my connection to get home Sunday afternoon to only board and be delayed numerous times and then get deboarded and delayed again. I had to take it upon myself to rebook another flight to get me to PHL by renting a car and driving 3 hours to another airport to only be delayed once again in RSW and then delayed AGAIN in PHL to SYR and not getting in until almost 1am 5/20. My husband had to drive almost 3 hours to pick me up at an airport that I wasn't even supposed to be at and then drive us 3 hours home getting home at 3:30am. I missed a day of work on 5/20 and my husband missed his work day as well on 5/20. I missed a musical show that I was supposed to take my daughter to in the evening of 5/19. My luggage didn't arrive in BUF until 5/21. I figure that I am out a day of my life, unexpected food and beverage purchases, rental car charges and fuel, my husband's time to pick us up, mileage on our car and fuel as well, a day's pay for each myself and my husband, and then we had to go and pick up my luggage.**

**$175 isn't going to even come close to what I lost.**

Their reply basically telling me to go pound salt:

**June 2, 2019**

**Hello Mrs.:**

**Thanks for writing us back. I'm sorry to hear you are not satisfied with the complimentary voucher we provided.**

**The voucher was intended to make up for the inadequate service you experienced. Our goodwill represents an amount we believe to be fair and reasonable considering the circumstance you described. I'm happy to consider any other details you'd like to provide.**

**Mrs., all of the terms and conditions of a nonrefundable ticket are fully disclosed prior to purchasing the ticket. We require that each customer acknowledge and agree to the terms. By agreeing, you state that you have fully acknowledged and are aware of the rules that surround the ticket you are purchasing. One of the terms states that American Airlines is not liable for out of pocket expenses that one may incur when we do not operate flights according to schedule. I am sorry. Nevertheless, you have my assurance that we will continue to focus on the on time departure of our flights and our customer service standards.**

**Mrs., I know you didn't have the best experience traveling with us recently. I do hope that you give American Airlines another try.**

**Sincerely,**

*And I’ll reply until the end of time:*

**You have the list of expenses that I incurred during the series of delays. You have heard my horror story about sleeping on floors and not showering while stuck in various airports. Renting cars and driving hours to other airports to get home quicker. My husband driving 3 hours to get us from an airport that I wasn’t supposed to ever be at. Missing work because of the delays and my husband missing work because after picking us up at the other airport and getting home at 3:30am and all you are offering me is $175? I am out close to $1100 or more if you count the show that I was supposed to take my daughter to that Sunday evening that I wasn’t home for.**

**This trip was booked through AAA Travel Agency and was amazing until all of these mechanical delays as well as insufficient crew delays. I cannot tell you how disappointed I’ve been thus far with AA’s response to their self created issues.**

**Please look into this further and put me in contact with someone that can help me get this straightened out.**

**Thanks for your time.**

Answer: Read the contract or carriage. They transported you from point A to the point B you requested. They have likely met their obligation to you. Check you travel insurance policy to see if you were delayed long enough to have any expenses covered.Answer #2: Take the $175 and get out. You lost a day of work, and maybe some gas money, and although I imagine it sucked that you had to eat airport food and sleep on floors, the airline held up their end of the deal by getting you from place A to B, even if it wasn't on time. They don't actually have to provide you with anythingAnswer #3: Where's the $1,100? If it's just lost wages, I imagine the terms of the ticket mean you're hosed.


Title: Can the police threaten to murder me?

Question:
Had a (tiny) joint in my  (19M) hand as I was walking down the street with two friends. Had just left a park after cops pulled up when we were about to smoke. On my way out, I dropped it. He pulls over and gets out. Stops us. Says to me, "I saw you drop something over there. You two \[my friends\] are going to sit right here \[nearby bench\] and you're going to walk over there and pick it up. If you try to run, I will shoot you in the back."

&#x200B;

He didn't mean a taser. Had his hand on his gun, and I didn't see any taser on his belt at all. Can the police just threaten to kill people like this? I'm white, and it sickens me to think about what could've happened if I was any other color.

Answer:
 You can complain to the officer’s department if you’re so inclined.

This wouldn’t appear to have anything to do with race.


Title: [VA] Mistakenly wrote odometer value (-12 mi) when regestering a vehicle and DMV agent said it is a federal offence

Question: I purchased a vehicle and went to DMV to get it registered on my name, the seller wrote in the title that the vhecle has 95012 miles, when I filled up the application I wrote 95000 miles by mistake. The dmv agent went ahead and issued a title with (not-actual) odometer. after she handed out the title to me I asked why it is labeled not actual and told me that because I rolled it back in the application and that is federal felony. it is clear that's an honest mistake but will this get me in trouble?

Answer:
 No.  See [49 U.S.C. Chapter 327](http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/49/subtitle-VI/part-C/chapter-327).

For criminal penalties to apply, the violation must be both *knowing* and *willful*.  In other words, you have to have the intent to violate the statute and defraud a buyer.

While potential civil penalties can apply for any violation at all, a discrepancy of 12 miles is obscenely unlikely to get prosecuted, much less a damage award.

The [applicable federal statute](http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/49/32709) on the civil penalty states that:

> (3) In determining the amount of a civil penalty under this subsection, the Secretary shall consider—
> (A) the nature, circumstances, extent, and gravity of the violation;
> (B) with respect to the violator, the degree of culpability, any history of prior violations, the ability to pay, and any effect on the ability to continue doing business; and
> (C) other matters that justice requires.

Taking all that together, it's very unlikely that such a trivial discrepancy would trigger an attempt at civil prosecution.

Frankly, the DMV agent was a huge dick here.  Now that the title is marked with odometer discrepancy, the vehicle's value will be affected because future buyers won't know that the difference was only 12 miles.  IMO, a better solution would have been to allow you to re-do the paperwork with the correct mileage.  There's not likely to be any recourse for this, but it was still a dick move by the DMV agent.


Title: Robbed at College

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 You're inability to research tuition costs isn't your school's problem. You're paying the extra tuition for a renewable energy degree, that's fairly common.

Study hard and look for a good job you'll be making good money soon and won't have to worry about this mistake you made.


Title: [AB] Obstruction of Justice charge

Question:
Hello, looking for opinions and suggestions.  Was charged with obstruction mid August and have court Sept 26th.  This is the story...

On summer holidays.  Floating down the river in a tube with my cousins. Having some drinks and whatnot. See a sign that says 'Rafters last chance' so we figure we better get out!  We pull out on a beach in this Provincial Park named Red Lodge.  There's a campground there.  One of my cousins goes to get my truck which is parked up the highway outside of the Provincial Park Boundary and returns with it where we get out of the water.  We aren't being loud or disrupting anything, simply just trying to leave.  Literally moments after we get out of the water a park ranger (could be a Conservation Officer or a Peace Officer but not sure.. never identified himself) comes ripping by and is pretty rude and confrontational from the get go.  Starts shouting how many open liquor cans he sees and threatening tickets for that and because my dogs off the leash.  He grabbed my cooler and sets it on the tailgait of his truck and demanded we tell him our names.  I told him my info but just used a different last name.  He went in his truck and was there for a while so this is when I made things worse.  I took my cooler back and left in my truck and my cousins ran.. I get out onto the highway and think I'm in the clear but sure enough there's a white Ford with red and blue lights flashing behind me so I pull over.  I'm obviously not going to get into a police chase.  Turns out it's the park guy and at this point he's so pissed off he's shaking.  Demands me to turn over my keys and give him my license and registration and I tell him no because I still don't even know who he is.  Just pissing him off even more.  He calls cops to the scene which take a while because we're pretty far out into the country.  When the cops showed up I was 100% reasonable and told them all the truth.  I did had to do a Breathalyzer and I blew a caution which is between .05 and .08 I guess so my truck got impounded and license suspended for 3 days. Then they slapped me with the obstruction charge for lying about my name (didn't mention the fact I tried escaping from the guy).

That's basically it.  From chatting with a couple police officers I got the impression it wasn't going to be too serious as this is a first offence and whatnot but I'm realizing I may need a lawyer.. not too sure how to go about everything.

Thanks!

Answer:
 Every decision you made in that chain of events was basically the worst one possible. Let's break that chain and make a good one here: hire a lawyer!Answer #2: Unfortunately by law you must provide your name and date of birth upon request to a peace officer. When you refused to provide you licence/registration and pink slip you also broke provincial law.

You most definitely need a traffic attorney/paralegal for this.


Title: Help please

Question: While at school police brought dogs and found half a roach and a speck of marijuana in my car. Police pressed no charges, but I was suspended from school and not allowed to return. I am being made to finish my work from home and am being subject to drug testing and all the while my school has been letting my situation known by all through the PA system. What can I do and can they do these things to me?

Answer: You can focus on your schoolwork and not possess/use illegal drugs. You got off light. Consider this a wakeup call. Everbody already knew you smoke and got punished. They are making an example of you.


Title: Are home owners responsible for their pets actions?

Question:
I live in the US/California- Neighbors dog killed my dog, their dog jumped our fence and singled out my dog and killed it.

Do I have a small claims court case to get my money back for the cost of my pet, days off for burial and cleanup of murder scene.

Answer:
 In general, yes.

California requires you to send a demand letter prior to small claims.  Have you done that?Answer #2: As in, your dog was killed on your property?

Yes, you have a small claims court case for:

- Cost of dog and cost of any treatment incurred in an attempt to save its life;

- Reasonable end-of-life costs (including burial)

- Cost of replacing the fence

- Cost of materials and time used in cleanup

Days off is going to be a little trickier, but if the facts above are correct, this should be fairly slam-dunkish for you unless you were baiting their dogs or otherwise engaged in reckless behavior that caused them to leap the fence.Answer #3: The only things you can claim are

-- Current market value of the dog (not the amount you paid) -- for a pedigree dog, that's a dog of the same age and breed; for a rescue, it's zero.

-- Vet bills associated with the attack.

-- Property damage.

You will not get time off work or anything else unless you can prove the other owner intended for your dog to die.

I'm sorry for your loss.


Title: Grandparents Sell House from Under Father

Question:
So 3 years ago, Dave got divorced. He had a one and two year old, and his parents offered to help him buy a house. He had 50,000, which was left over from his ex-wife buying him out of the house they shared during their marriage.

His parents put in 185,000, and he put in 50,000, for the house that he lives in currently with his daughters, now 3 and 4. The agreement was verbal, and consisted of partial ownership by Dave and his parents, seeing as how they all put money into the property. At some point, that changed to include a waiting period to put Dave's name on the paperwork until his divorce became final.

During the time of living in the house, any renovations or upkeep of the property have been done solely by Dave, as his parents live in California, and he lives in Colorado. About a year ago, Dave confronted his parents about their long term goals with the house, and how he had gained no financial security since being in a home that he should partially own. They came back saying that they never would have agreed to put his name on anything, then or ever, and that actually the agreement was that once he could prove to them that he could handle insurance and taxes on the house, they would give him the property.

A week ago or so, Dave and his dad had a phone conversation.  Dave proposed to give them the 185,000 that they had put down, and then the house could be his. Dave's dad agreed. Today, Dave got an email from his mom saying that on May 1, 2019, the house would be up for sale, and then after the fact he could have his 50,000 back. The house has gone up in value 100,000 in the time Dave has lived there, and done all the work without any financial help from his parents. In the discussion on the phone, Dave's dad threw out that Dave should be appreciative because he had a roof over his head with no rent for 3 years. He then also said that the 50,000 Dave put down should have been considered an "investment".

My question is, does Dave have any legal grounds for small claims, or something? A verbal agreement is so hard to uphold without proof... but he has the phone conversation recorded with his dad, and the emails from his parents over the last year detailing their changing perspectives. Isn't what they're doing illegal? If he wasn't their son, if they helped a man buy a house under false pretenses, wouldn't there be legal grounds to sue or something? I just don't know the legal terms.

Answer:
 Dave likely has a pretty good case, and his lawyer will be able to tell him how to proceed with it.  This is far beyond small claims.

I'm not a lawyer, and this is just a guess, but I'd say the parents might be able to force a sale, but part of the proceeds of the sale would go to Dave, based on his original investment (find the paperwork for that) and the work he's done (start making a list of repairs and improvements, and find as many receipts as possible for materials and such).

It's possible that Dave might be able to buy the property when it's offered for sale, using his share of the proceeds to pay part of the sale price.  This is something to discuss with a real-estate lawyer tomorrow (assuming he can't reach one today).

If he doesn't know a real-estate lawyer, his divorce lawyer can probably recommend one.  Lawyers tend to know each other, and usually know who is good at a particular specialty.


Title: Girlfriends aunt and uncle going to charge for labor on work they're helping with on their mother's house that they're trying to sell.

Question: My girlfriends grandmother passed away a few months ago... So we've been working on the house to try to get ready for it to sell... One of my girlfriends uncle and aunt live out of state and have been coming up every couple weeks to help work... They're keeping track of their gas to make it down and the hours of labor they're putting in on the house and are going to try to charge my girlfriends mom and other uncle for it... Is this legal? Do my girlfriends mom and uncle have to pay? Do they have any ground to stand on?

Answer: Yeah if you invest into the property then you can get compensated for it.  But if one heir does it, everyone should (track their time & driving).  Then you take the amount to compensate each person that contributed out of the sales price, prior to doing the even division.Answer #2: Most states allow reasonable compensation from the estate for rehabilitating property before sale. That being said, they need to substantiate their request with receipts for expenses and an hourly rate needs to be reasonable with respect to their skill and time should be recorded. This is how it is done in most states.


Title: A 1stA activist stands in front of the state owned Georgia Welcome Center holding a sign that says, "God Bless the Homeless Vets". The building manager doesn't like this, so she calls the police who threatens trespass. Is that a violation of his rights?

Question:
The sign is cardboard, and he looks like a homeless man soliciting. The building manager accuses him of that, but he assures her that he is not soliciting. In fact, he is not soliciting.  He is only there to exercise his first amendment right.

The police say he must leave or he will be arrested for trespass.

YouTube video: https://youtu.be/5wsqEB1rpH8

Answer:
 There are some fine-grained legal distinctions between public places and private property operated by a public service. It may be that the guy was, in fact, trespassing - even though the Georgia Welcome Center is operated by the Georgia government on behalf of the public, that area, on the grounds of the visitor's centre itself, may not be free for the public to use at will the way a park or the street would be.

This isn't all that unusual. Most public services have some kind of employees-only area, and more generally, we still expect public buildings to do things like kick out loiterers or disruptive patrons. Someone performing a "first amendment" audit by trespassing in this way does not understand what the first amendment actually protects.

(You also can't use the first amendment to justify going through the police evidence locker, even though that's a public service too.)


Title: Is this sexual assault or rape?

Question:
Location: Victoria Australia.

Before I say what happened I only want to know weather what happened to me was against the law. I have no interest in perusing this in any legal capacity. I'm only interested in knowing for myself so that I know if the way I wish to evaluate and interpret what happened is legally accurate or not.

Many years ago I went out drinking with a close friend. I got very drunk, i have little tolerance to alcohol, she was no where near as drunk as I was. I was so drunk I was vomiting, I couldn't walk and I had to be carried around by her and some of her friends.

I remember stumbling back to her place and offering to catch a taxi the rest of the way back to mine. She said I was being silly and that I should crash with her.

I remember flopping onto her bed (a futon) fully clothed in the way that you just collapse onto a bed when you're really drunk. She told me that I should take of my pants but I was too drunk to comply. So she did it for me, she took off all my clothes except my underwear.

She climbed into bed and we cuddled with each other. I was completely okay with this. But that cuddling turned into heavy petting. I remember at first I was okay with it but I became more and more uncomfortable. I remember thinking that it had gone to far, that I should stop it, but i didn't know how. I remember thinking about some of the things that i was studying at uni just to take my mind off it. In my opinion I was too drunk to remember how to say "no" or "stop". So i just let her continue.

Eventually I realised that she wasn't going to stop until she got off so I took her hand and placed it inside of herself (my hand went inside her too, does this count as penetration?) and started to help her get herself off.

After she had gotten off I felt super-uncomfortable. I remember crying and shaking for a bit.

I don't know how to describe it. On the one hand I did participate in this, on the other hand I believe I was far to wasted for any reasonable person to believe that i had capacity to consent. I know I wouldn't ever look at someone that wasted as an appropriate target of sexual advances and I know I would personally condemn anybody who would - but i still can't help feel as if it was all my own damned fault or that I need to be more upset about this then I am for it to count.

The law says alcohol can impair someone's capacity to consent. but I'm not clear on exactly what that means. The most anybody has told me is that it's up to the court to interpret and apply that.

Does (partial) participation always indicate capacity?

Is there a legal standard for how drunk someone needs to be before they can't consent anymore?

Are there any other extraneous variables that could effect weather or not this counts in a legal sense?

At the end of the day I want to know weather I can truthfully say  "what this person did to me legally counts as rape/sexual assault" I want to know so that if I do choose to tell someone about it I can know what it was and what it wasn't.

Thank you very much for reading through all of this. Any comments or advice is more than welcome.

Answer:
 > I took her hand and placed it inside of herself (my hand went inside her too, does this count as penetration?) and started to help her get herself off.

You actively participated. That both suggests you had the mental capacity to consent, and that you did in fact consent. Answer #2: The intersection between "drunk sex" and rape definitely exists, but the Ven diagram is not a perfect circle. Drunk people absolutely can consent to sexual activity, even if they would never do so while sober.

Typically the line is drawn at "incapacitation" - where they are so impaired by alcohol that they are either unable to resist physically (I.e., passed out and comatose, as if they were sleeping), or unable to understand mentally what is going on around them and appraise the situation - i.e., blacked out or irrational.

Some jurisdictions (although I don't know about Oz), also have a concept known as the "mistake of fact" as a defense. If it seems like you're able to consent, and you participate in the act, and the only lack of consent was in your mind without any outward expression; how could your parter know that you didn't consent? Thus, some jurisdictions treat it as a defense.

It sounds like you got drunk, it lowered your inhibitions, and you actively and conciously participated in sexual activity you later regretted; but did not verbalized a lack of consent or make a physical gesture indicating that lack of consent. That'd be extremely difficult to prosecute.


Title: I was wrongfully accused of rape

Question:
So, first and foremost, I will tell you that this was a few months ago. I can talk about any aspect of this case because the charges have been dropped. Which is why I am coming to you all for advice.

A few months ago I met a girl, let's call her  Crazy. I met Crazy when I was at work, in a retail store. I am the only on that works the entire store, and she seemed friendly enough. She added me on Facebook and began messaging me. A LOT.

After a week or so I tried to ask her to stop and she showed up to my work. She showed me a false ID when I asked her to present it and come to find out she is 16 when Her parents showed up to ask me to help convince her to stay in school because they said she has taken a liking to me. I don't want anything to do with her so I politely tell them no.

My girlfriend posted pictures of us on a date a few days later and not 40min after theyre postes Crazy starts posting statuses along the lines of "he will necer be mine" "i hate my life" etc. then 8 days after the pictures were posted detectives show up at my work and arrest me, tell me I'm being charged with raping a minor when I've never even HUGGED this girl. I posted bail ($1500) an hired a lawyer ($15k) and gave her all the messages and video of this girl still talking to me after the date of the alleged rape. I was just told today that the state dropped the charges. I plan on suing the girl, her mother, and father for putting me through this hell. My question is where do I go from here.

Defamation of character, loss of work, bail, cost of defense, purgery, falsifying a police report, emotional damage, are any or all of these possible? I couldn't even sleep with my girlfriend for months after this happened I was so scared. I want to go after this girl and her family for everything. Where do I start?

Answer:
 You talking to the attorney you already hired that knows the case.

They have a better grasp of the case details to give you a good answerAnswer #2: You start by talking to the criminal defense attorney you hired and asking him to recommend a good civil litigation attorney. Then you go consult with that civil attorney, and if you like what you hear you hire him and do what he tells you.


Title: Need legal advice over child custody

Question: My friends ex recently ended things with her leaving her and their child to move out while he stayed in their home. He had already stated to her he only wanted to see the child on the weekends and that he would be fine paying child support. In the past 4 weeks he has only seen the child 2 days and had began saying inappropriate things he wanted to do with the mother. After declining his advances he went off on my friend saying he will take her to court and take her child away because he has a full time job and she doesn't. She doesn't have a full time job yet because she became pregnant before turning 18 and was moved in with him and from there he did not attempt to help her become independant and was controling would not allow her to have her name on any bills or know any financial. I could use any advice anyone can give me pls to help her out. Location WV.

Answer:
 They would need a good reason to give him full custody (like the mother being unfit)

The fact that she doesn't have a full time job won't get him full custody, it will probably just raise his child support lol.

Your friend needs to get a family lawyer and file for full custody and child support.

It sounds like they cannot work out visitation, so the court will help them work it out.

Also- he illegally evicted his own child and child's mother, so that will not look good for him.


Title: How can my house mates and I legally mess with the city inspectors that have been harassing us for the past few weeks?

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 So you live like complete disgusting slobs and you want to harass public servants doing their job?Answer #2: The city can fuck you more ways than you can annoy them. To the point where police get involved and your cars get impounded and you go to jail. Do not pick a fit with a city unless you have a legitimate grievance then address the grievance only. Answer #3: This is not /r/pettyrevenge.

Look elsewhere for the help you seek- that's not what we're here for.


Title: [Texas] Someone said they would pay me 30 bucks to mow their lawn. After I finished, they refused to pay. Do I have any legal defense?

Question: Basically the title says it all. We agreed on 30 bucks, and after I finished mowing the lawn, he refused to pay and mocked me. What can I legally do?

Answer: You can sue him for $30.


Title: Friend's cousin wrongfully implicated in Kidnapping case. What to do next?

Question: [deleted]

Answer: You are too far removed from the case to have all of the true facts and thus I doubt we can do much help here. You are getting third or fourth hand opinions on the matter.


Title: How can I remove a Prosecutor from my case if i'm the plaintiff?

Question:
We called yesterday and he straight up called me retarded, a b****, annoying and other things I don't remember. I just argued with about a subsection in the U.S code and he just snapped. I called back  asking for a new prosecutor and he said, "The case belongs the United States now you retard. Its mine." (I recorded this time)
Is there a specific motion I can file to remove him (I asked on yahoo and they said I can't because i'm the plaintiff) I feel like this man will sabotage my case.
Thanks

Answer:
 You have a strange post history in this sub.

And a prosecutor called you on a Saturday of a three day weekend?Answer #2: This didn't happen and no you can't regardless.


Title: Was lied to by a girl who said she didn't have any STDs after explicit questioning. Now I have something that I wouldn't have had I known the truth. Do I have any legal recourse for restitution?

Question: So I've known this girl for a while and we had a relationship in the past but she moved away a few years ago and obviously met other people. Well she was the last person I slept with and when she left I had no stds. When she came back this week and was very sexually aggressive I was excited but cautious. I asked if she was clean, since she had been traveling, and she said she was tested in April and it came back clean. So I asked about anything since then and she said she's had one partner, a boyfriend, and she hasn't been tested since she's been with him. I asked again to be sure if she was being truthful and even asked if her ex boyfriend had anything. She said she didn't know but ultimately said she was clean so we engaged in sexual activity. A week later she's over and we're about to get dinner. I made a comment about being at the doctors (for something legitimate) but then joked about them telling me I had herpes. She somberly replied "that's normal" which caught my attention. I asked her why she said that and if she had herpes and she said she did. Well I freaked out. I hyperventilated and asked why she lied to me. She said her doctor told her she didn't have to disclose it until she was in a long term relationship. ?? What?? So apparently she did know something about her ex-boyfriend and even visited a doctor. I demanded she bring me home and was shaking the whole way back. She said having herpes was normal and I just couldn't get over how manipulated I was into believing she was clean. She lied and she admitted she lied on the way home and now I have to contend with this for the rest of my life. Is there anything legally I can do in Georgia?

Answer: Do you actually have herpes? At no point during your narrative do you say that you went and got tested and it came back positive.


Title: Son is an 18yr old high school student driving my car that was last registered 3yrs ago in a different state, no auto insurance, at-fault accident, totaled both cars. Google can't tell me who is liable for what?

Question:
Title says it all.

Our son is 18. Driving mine and my wife's car that she is still paying for through a bankruptcy. He failed to yield. Totaled both cars (the other car looked like a 2012 Charger). No insurance. No title. No tag. He's a senior in high school.

Edit: the bot told me to tell you that I'm in Alabama.

Edit 2: I should've mentioned that this is our third vehicle. My wife and I have new cars that we drive and this one is our old car.

Answer:
 Is your question whether he's liable or you and your wife are liable?

Or do you think someone else is somehow liable?


Title: Accidentally flipped off a cop - can I be ticketed?

Question:
So in short, I was driving and a car pulled out and almost ran into me; I swerved to avoid while holding down the horn. At the next light the car (a gold Dodge Charger I believe) gets up next to me and rolls down the window. So I'm assuming this guy is about to start screaming at me (this is Texas, people don't take being honked at well even if they are at fault) so I decided to get the first line and threw my middle finger up, telling him to f*ck off. Not a great idea, I know, but people almost hitting my car makes me mad.

About a second later I saw the gear on the dash and realized it was an unmarked police car.  He maneuvers behind me and flips open his computer on the dash, I assume to run the plates, which are totally clean BTW. He followed me a mile or two down the road, all the while I was making sure not to speed at all, before turning at the next major intersection.

I'm in TX in Collin County. Can I be ticketed for this through the mail? I was never pulled over and I actually believe I didn't do anything illegal, and that the officer was actually driving recklessly since he almost ran into me.

Answer:
 Doubt you'd get a ticket for that. They would have pulled you over at the time if they were going to write you for it.

The only time I've heard of someone getting a ticket for flipping a cop the bird was when someone did it while riding on a bicycle through an intersection. The cop wrote him up for improper signaling.Answer #2: No, Texas cops aren't allowed to be victims of disorderly conduct (gesture) which is what you are explaining.Answer #3: Check out Ira Robbins' legal study of the matter:  [Digitus Impudicus:  The Middle Finger and The Law.](https://www.wired.com/images_blogs/threatlevel/2010/03/middlefinger.pdf)

In general, such expressions of displeasure are protected by the First Amendment, and arrests or citations based on disorderly conduct laws are almost always overturned on appeal.

In addition, patrol officers generally do their paperwork on the spot:  if they drive away and you aren't holding a citation, there's not going to be a citation.


Title: Age of Consent

Question: I live in Arkansas and this girl at work flirts with me all the time, even asks me sexual things,  touches me etc. She’s around 16-17 & I’m 20 would it be illegal to date/have anything sexual to do with her?

Answer: Arkansas age of consent is 16. Probably not a great idea to shit where you eat, but not illegal.


Title: Employer told IRS I received money I haven't received yet

Question:
Quick background, I was suspended from work for 90 days 5 years ago. I finally got it overturned last year, with an award of all back pay from the suspension.

Well I get my w2 saying I received my back pay, and I have an image of the check dated 12/30/16. But the kicker is I still haven't received that money / check yet, even though it's 2/10/17.

Is there a way to get my employer in trouble for this? They harass me so I wanna give some back ...

Edit: forgot location; I live in NJ

Update 1:
So I went to my employer to "sign" the release cause they were not sending it to us for review. Long story short the release still wasn't ready a week later. I asked who I can file a complaint with for him intentionally withholding my pay, and was told. I wrote an email laying out everything that happened with it and remedies requested. He responded saying that I am represented by 2 attorneys, one for the federal lawsuit and one for the illegal suspension, to talk to them. Basically he's not accepting my complaint. But here's the kicker, he cc'd  the guy I was fileing the complaint about. So now the guy I tried to file a complaint about knows I tried to file a complaint and has it in its entirety. I emailed someone else with the complaint and have yet to here back from them about it. We finally received the release and by page 3 of 9, which they call it a settlement, it's talking about how I can't sue them and it's also a gag order. Obviously we refused to sign. But now it must go through the csc for review and force them to pay, but that will take untold amount of months to happen. It's their position that I didn't try to "mitigate my losses" by looking for another job during my suspension, and that's why I must sign a "settlement". I signed an affidavit that I did look for employment, which is good enough. As the law states the burden of proof lies with them to prove I didn’t.

Answer: In trouble? No. I would just ask them to reissue the w2 showing the correct amount.Answer #2: Why not just ask the attorney representing you in the harassment claim?


Title: Alabama: I want to put a sign on family property near a house for sale that's not ours warning that it's a house of horrors. I have my reasons.

Question: [deleted]

Answer: I really would suggest you seek the help of a licensed therapist.  Good luck.


Title: Parents want to place retraining order on my friends for me

Question:
Title says it all. They said they don't want be to be hanging out with them because they always catch me drinking/smoking. I don't know what to do, how should I feel
IL. Won't let me edit title for misspelling but meant restraining *

Answer:
 > I don't know what to do

Stop hanging out with them.

> how should I feel

Glad that your parents are taking an interest in your life and trying to keep you away from bad influences.

Also, is this related to when you were [arrested?](https://np.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/5k9yeq/false_arrest_case/)Answer #2: You JUST got in trouble with the law. Quit hanging out with these people.


Title: Help, please

Question:
Hello everyone,
    So i have no way to approach or what to do here. If there is even anything to do.
My little sister is 17, shes a junior in high school and today she was Groped on the chest and the butt by another student, he said to her "shut up you know you like it".
As soon as i was told that i just saw red. I have since tried to calm myself but I'm still in a whirlwind.

I have tried to get in contact with the school to no avail and i do not want to push her or drill for information and just do no good.

Im just at a loss, and i am furious. I want to see action taken in this and i just am at a loss of words, so i am sorry everyone.
Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you:

Answer:
 Unless you are also her guardian, YOU have no right to act on her behalf with the school.  At 17, she can escalate this herself.  Your parents can also escalate it on her behalf.  The school cannot and will not involve you in any of this, so you need to take a step back.

Secondly, you need to leave this up to her.  If SHE does not want to escalate this, respect that.  Your role is to SUPPORT her in HER DECISION.  Sexual assault takes away power and agency from the victim, and one of the best things people around the victim can do is to respect their wishes and restore that power and agency.

So leave this up to her and your parents.


Title: Company refuses to pay for property damage their employees caused because 6 months have passed since incident

Question:
My business is located in Tennessee, the Company is located in Texas, and the incident occurred in Oklahoma. The Company unloaded a fence from their vehicle and struck our bus with it, causing a little over $3,000 of damage. My understanding is that the Company has regions that self-insure up to a certain amount, so I'm dealing with the Company rather than a third-party insurance. The Company required that we provide them with three repair estimates from three locations before they would proceed in any way.

The incident occurred May 23. Our buses travel nationwide and summer is our peak period. I spoke with the regional manager who was handling the case a couple times via phone and then emailed him August 30 to let him know the vehicle was still on the road and had not yet made it back to our shop for repairs. He replied that he needed 3 estimates. We did not get three estimates together until October 25, which I emailed to him that day. After a few weeks of no response I followed up via email again.

I called the regional manager today and he said they had "closed that case" because we took too long to get the estimates to them; he said that for this reason they would not pay the damages. Is this legal? Is he right? Any suggestions on how we should proceed would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

EDIT: Thanks for the quick responses everyone, I think I'll reach out to our insurance and depending on how things go from there consider small claims court.
Topic:
Insurance

Answer:
 Sue them? SoL is 2 years for property damage.

Okla. Stat. § 12-95(A)(3)Answer #2: Your vehicle was damaged. You chose not to go through your personal insurance and instead deal directly with the insurance of the people who damaged your vehicle. They noticed that you had no lawyer or insurance yourself; thus, they are giving you the runaround.

Either go through your own insurance who will happily tell the opposing company to pound salt with their "need for 3 estimates" OR get your vehicle repaired and sue directly in small claims courts for the damages.

Answer #3: The only way to force them to pay is sue them.Answer #4: File suit. Document the nonsense they are trying to pull.

This guy is an idiot. If you had gotten this done during peak season, you probably could have sued him for the damages not just for repairs but also the loss of revenue. Answer #5: Okla. Stat. § 12-95(A)(3) says the small claims statute of limitations is 2 years. So he can either reopen it or see you in court.


Title: [NJ] Two times in the past week, police have stood in the center of main road. They slow people down so they can "seatbelt check" and ticket people. Is this legal?

Question: Title says it all

Answer: Why wouldn't it be legal for the police to enforce traffic and driving laws?Answer #2: Why would it be illegal?


Title: I'm being charged with Felony Reckless Evading. My car was stolen after I was picked up for a felony warrant and my car was left at the side of the road. The car was used to evade police a week later and they hadn't caught who did it. How can they possibly charge me? (California).

Answer:
 They don't know that you have an alibi or that you haven't seen the car since you were arrested for the DUI. All they know is that your car was used in this crime, and that you've made bad decisions in the past.

You should contact the public defender's office in your county and figure out when a lawyer will be assigned to you. That lawyer will figure out what your best strategy to defeat the charge is.


Title: [Virginia] Shopping mall

Question: [deleted]

Answer: Generally, yes.


Title: Is it legal to shoot law enforcement in self defense? (hypothetical question)

Question:
So I just read about a guy in Prague who assumed the SWAT equivalent of that place as intruders when they knocked into his house  for some some sting operation they were performing. He was was put in jail for shooting one of them through the front door (he didn't know who they were). He still served Jail time for attempting murder (or something along those lines)

If this happened in the US and the man shot one of the SWAT members without knowing who they were(and assuming the man surprisingly didn't get gunned down) and surrendered, could he claim he was acting in self defense against trespassers?

Location : Anywhere in US. Let's see how each state reacts

Answer:
 It will be very *very* fact dependent.

I can think of only one case where it worked.

As you pointed out, the odds of choosing to shoot it out with the police and winning are slim, however.Answer #2: No. It's legal to shoot someone breaking into your home if you didn't know they were the police.  However it's going to be an uphill battle if they did announce even a split second before breaching


Title: Got fired from the company that manages the apartment building I live in. They told me I have to vacate my place in 7 days. Need guidance on lawyering up. -Nebraska, USA

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 If your housing was contingent upon your employment, you are likely living there under license, as opposed to being a tenant under the law. You likely need to vacate within the 7 days unless you signed something else requiring more notice than that.

Ultimately though this likely is going to come down to the wording of the lease. If the lease is a standard lease, you may very well have tenancy unrelated to your employment.

You should have a lawyer review all of the documents you signed and advise you accordingly.


Title: My grandfather is going off the deep end and his lawyer is helping him

Question:
I apologize in advance that my flair is probably wrong, don't know what to put.

My grandfather is 73 and after my grandmother died last year has been slowly losing his faculties, forgetful, lack of self care etc so we got him a nurse who then suggested we convince him to get up to date with everything on the legal side before he gets too far gone in his mind. Will, trusts, etc.

So we tell him to call his attorney and want to sit down with him, he wants a DNR etc so we start all of that with his attorney. Update his will to his wishes etc. Well fast forward a few months and we find out his attorney took a very large retainer ($30,000) for "legal action" our grandfather wishes to initiate.

Come to find out now that my grandfather and his attorney have began suing a lot of people for crazy things. He's tried to sue his mailman, a gas station, a police officer and even a dog walker (he doesn't have a dog).

After talking to him a lot more and his nurse it seems he's gone off the deep end and is suing people with the help of his attorney, and the attorney doesn't seem to care that his client isn't all there.

The nurse never told us this nor did the attorney because he instructed them not to apparently but when talking he doesn't remember ANY of this at all. We think the nurse and the attorney may be doing something to get money from him.

Who do we even begin to contact to investigate the attorney? We convinced our grandfather to fire the nurse and told the attorney to stop all the legal nonsense before Christmas but now after Christmas he's back with the attorney but the new nurse is keeping us updated on things and he's back with his attorney every other day for a few hours a day.

We are guessing it's so the attorney can bill him for the time but we really don't know what to do
Topic:
Other Civil Matters

Answer:
 It's time to see a new attorney & see if you can get conservatorship. Contact Adult Protective Services about the financial abuse but also  consider reporting the first attorney to the state bar association.

There's a special kind of hell for these people. We had an attorney convince my great uncle to sell a huge Victorian house to the guy's son for peanuts. The uncle was convinced there was another Depression that made housing prices plummet.


Title: [Iowa] Neighbor is setting off fireworks daily and the debris is falling into my yard

Question:
Fireworks have been illegal in Iowa since 1938, until this year when the law was changed. The new law allows personal use of fireworks from June 1 to July 8, and also around New Years. It also allows cities to restrict use within the city or reduce the number of days they're allowed, although they can't restrict sales within the city. While many major cities have restricted the time to within a few days of the 4th of July, mine has decided to not do so. One of my neighbors has taken full advantage to set of fireworks daily since June 1.

I know there isn't anything strictly illegal with what they're doing now, however they have been shooting bottle rockets so the debris lands in my yard. I have asked them to stop, which didn't go over very well. Last night they were setting off much larger and louder fireworks and were launching things right next to the fence tha separates our yards. Some things were producing a continuous stream of sparks close to the ground and these were crossing the fence and landing in my wood pile which I felt was a safety issue. I called the police non-emergency number and they sent out an officer (who had apparently been very busy all over the city with reports like this) who went and talked to them about how to safely use fireworks, but I know there's nothing they can really do since no laws are being broken at this point.

This morning I went out to look at the area and my yard is littered with debris from the fireworks. There is burnt paper and cardboard spread all over my yard. I took 40 pictures and video, each of an individual piece of debris.

Sorry for the long setup, but here is my question. Since there's nothing I can do about the daily fireworks (which just makes me so, so angry) what kind of options do I have to deal with them littering in my yard? I feel petty even asking it, but these people make me so angry and are a constant source of noise and screaming and disruption, and now fireworks, in what was formerly a peaceful neighborhood.

Answer: You can file a police report about your neighbor littering on your property.  You can collect it all, and deposit it on their front step with a note saying that you found their stuff on your property and because you are a good neighbor you thought that they might want it back.  (If you chose the latter approach expect a similarly juvenile response in return.)


Title: [TX, USA] How can I get Rachel, from card holder services, to stop calling me [I have recordings]

Question:
I’ve been getting monthly calls from “Rachel” for almost 5 years – since I first got by Discover Card – and they haven’t stopped. I’ve pressed “1” to be place on their do not call list, pressed “9” and asked the representative to be place on their do not call list, and I’ve ask for them to send me their opt-out or do not call policy which has led to me being hung up on and last night told

>fuck yourself mother fucker

And

>suck my dick

I have several calls, including the one from last night, on call recording. I signed up for the FTC Do Not Call list 2 years ago, yet the calls continue. I have filed complaints on the FTC web site, but they seem to have done nothing. I just sent them an email with the call recordings and explained the situation, but I my experience in the past with another company is that they can’t/won’t do anything other than file my complaint and twitted their thumbs.

What can I do? How can I press the FTC to pursue this or seek legal action against this company for their harassment, bordering on sexual harassment, they have used against me?

What are my options?

Edit: they do not use the same number, so blocking won't work. They use privet numbers, unlisted numbers, and even somehow called my phone with my own phone number. I'm applying for jobs so letting all calls go to voice mail is just not going to happen.

Edit 2: the FTC just sent me another generic letter saying "thanks, we'll keep this in mind". As suggested, I downloaded Mr. Number to screen scammers and junk calls, and found a few other calls I was receiving we scammers. Best of luck to everyone.

Answer:
 It's a criminal organization, there's nothing you can do. Just hang up, or better yet, block out of state numbers if you can. Answer #2: The problem with suing or getting the law on Rachel is that
1. They are located overseas, where it's difficult for US law to reach them
2. They are already a criminal organization, so they don't care about complying with the law
3. The autodialers call every single possible phone number, so an unlisted number will get called anyway as it comes up in sequence

So basically, until one of the federal or state's AG decides to take her down, there's not much that we can do about this.Answer #3: Rachael overpowered me.  Fought her for 2 years, calls reached 10-20+ a day.  Ended up finally just getting a new number.  I don't miss her and she hasn't found me again, thankfully.

As others have mentioned, it's run by an international scamming company, that uses spoofed numbers.  I had a coworker that pissed them off playing too many games and they used his number as one of their spoof numbers, resulting in a lot of angry call-backs.  That was actually kind of funny if you knew the guy.  He had to get a new number too.


Title: My brother is being pursued by law enforcement for arson

Question: [removed]

Answer:
 You could well be suspected.

Every state has different laws about obstruction of justice.  But if you know he is wanted and provide him with support or lie to conceal him you could absolutely be guilty of that.


Title: Just recovered a rental home. California. DirectTV and damages.

Question:
We booted a family from one of my many rentals. Finally got them out. Whew!

OK, in walking through the home I see they had DirectTV installed on the tiled roof. With connections in every room.  The house is a 2 story tract home.

I called Direct any they hung up on me. They say take it up with the tenant.

I stopped a tech on the street and asked him under what authority do they have to install their system in a home. He said it is common to get a tenant to sign a form stating they **ARE** the owner or have permission from the landlord.

So, a small claims suit in order against DirectTV?  I am going to send the El Segundo corporate a letter of demand first. Then
file suit.  Ex tenant has dropped out of sight---(we are using ways to locate them to fulfill the obligation of ending the tenancy).

The black wires from the roof unit to every room in the house is extensive and ugly. The house is a 300k home btw.  I want the stuff off the house, the unit removed from the roof, repaired and all the black wires removed and repaired. And any damages therein repaired.

ideas?

Answer:
 You are S.O.L. with DirecTV. They will not pay you. You can sue all you like, but they very very likely have a form on file where the tenant gave them permission to do whatever they did. (You have my sympathy, because there are fewer creatures lower on the totem pole than table&phone installers. Such shitty work, everywhere.) Long story short, your quarrel is with the tenants, not DirecTV. Sue the tenants for the cost of returning the home to its original state.Answer #2: > So, a small claims suit in order against DirectTV?

A suit for what?  What are your actual damages?  You can remove the thing from the roof in less than an hour, and cutting those cables wouldn't take much more than that.

Any suit, if successful(which is unlikely, the tenant's your problem here) is likely more hassle than it's worth.


Title: My son turned 18 and graduated in June. Do I need to do anything to terminate child support in WA state?

Question: Does child support just stop deducting from my paycheck when he graduates? Or do I need to go to the courts?

Answer: I would just contact the court that issued it and ask them how to go about it.Answer #2: The court where the child support was issued has the insight you are looking for. Contact the clerk and ask them how they handle the procedure.


Title: My patient may be a murder suspect

Question: My patient may or may not be a suspect in a murder. I have no insight as to the crime. But I can imagine that investigators may want to speak to me. However, we both should be protected by patient-doctor confidentiality. Does anyone have any general advice in this sort of case? Edit: Location- California

Answer: If you work for an institution, there should be a general counsel you can call and talk to about this.  If you're in private practice, surely you have an attorney on retainer or who you've consulted who can either help or refer you.


Title: What rights does a tenant have to refuse a viewing? (Arizona)

Question:
My landlord insists on having a showing this weekend, as I am in the process of moving. I told my landlord that the apartment is not available to view until after Monday because I am out of town for the holiday and have left many of my things out while packing. I have several valuables out and my landlord and the real estate agent are constantly texting me trying to get me to allow showings this weekend. I have been receptive to all other showings but I am in the process of moving. What can I do to prevent showings for the next two days ? They keep telling me they will enter the property even without my permission?
Topic:
Landlord Tenant Housing

Answer: If the landlord gave you two days notice, you cannot unreasonably withhold consent to enter.


Title: (WI) Underage drinking ticket but blew .000

Question: The officer wrote me a underage municipal drinking ticket, I asked to be breathalyzed, blew a .000 , the officer who wrote me the ticket was about to void it after but his partner stopped him. His reasoning was possession. But needless to say no alcohol was in my hand. Should I dispute the ticket or just pay the fine?

Answer: I would say contest the ticket and show the judge that the issuing officer even noted .000.


Title: Busted for shop lifting an item worth 5.90

Question: Should I please not guilty because it would cost the company too much to prosecute me?

Answer: The company doesn't prosecute you, the prosecuter does. It won't cost them anything.


Title: Separated husband trying to get life insurance on me

Question: Today I got notified from my bank that my husband with who I still have a shared account with (we use our seperate ones now) applied for a quote on life insurance for me where he was the beneficiary. He began the application but didn't finish it . He is currently not paying me child support so I recently filed for child support we are not yet divorced. Is this shady or threatening? What should I do, should I confront him? We have very little contact and it has me slightly worried. I live in he lives in another state and sees the kids once a year maybe and has payed me child support in past without a court order but recently has stopped

Answer:
 If you feel that it he is doing this for reasons other than financial planning to benefit your child, ask him to change the beneficiary to your child. If his reaction is disproportional, discuss with your attorney.Answer #2: Which is my point and why him getting a policy on her with him as the beneficiary is shady as fuck. I wouldn't trust anyone who tries to get an insurance policy on me after we separated and I would fear for my safety. Answer #3: Assuming the other party is providing any level of child care or support on a long term basis, it almost certainly makes sense for both of you to have life insurance on one another.

The only reason I would find that shady or threatening is if your ex is the sort of person who is more likely to kill you than do basic common sense financial planning to make sure your child is cared for. If he is that sort of guy, and they do exist, than yes I would alert your attorney about this and consider contacting the police.

Source: Both my wife and I carry life insurance on one another and will increase the amount substantially when we have children. Not planning on murdering her. We just want to make sure that eachother are taken care of in the event we pass.


Title: Did I commit a crime.

Question: I wanted to know if u commuted a crime ..here's my story. I recently for one day was texting a female which she said she was 16 and I am 32. We both live in SC where the legal consent age is 16. We have not had sex and I never told her u would have sex with her even tho that was what she was wanting. She has sent me nude photos of herself which i didn't ask for. Now I wanted to know if just chatting with her and never met her is a crime. A guy claiming to be her father is threatening to go to the cops and turn me in if I don't pay him money. So am I in the wrong for anything I have done.

Answer: Possessing child pornography is a crime, but this is a scam. Block the number and move on with your life.


Title: Reverse cupoun fraud!

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 1. Your receipt says you paid $75?

2.  You were charged $130?  Did you pay by credit card?

3.  One half of $130 is $65, not $75.

4.  It's spelled coupon.


Title: False Police report incident

Question: So lets say that someone I know tripped off shrooms and lost his wallet, car, and phone, but instead of telling his parents the truth he said he got robbed and then the parents filled a police report that is false, but I go tell the police what really happened, will the person get in trouble for taking the shrooms and will the person who filled the report get in trouble too? Should I tell the cops the truth or just leave it alone?

Answer:
 Telling the police your friend used illegal drugs is a very bad idea unless you really don’t like them.  You’re better off making up a story about being drunk to the parents rather than tell the truth to the police.

The parents can contact the police and let them know that there was a miscommunication and withdraw the report. (they filed in good faith so they’re fine, police are used to things like this since kids tend to lie and parents can overreact when they fuck up)

TLDR you’re not involved at this point so mind your own business and don’t go blabbing to the cops about friends using drugs.  Have the parents handle the report.Answer #2: The parents didn't file a false police report since they were filing in good faith, so they won't get in trouble. It's not a crime to be wrong. I'm unsure if your friend would get charged with filing a false report because he didn't file it himself. It might be gray enough for him to get away with. Your word about the mushrooms isn't enough to convict him, so he probably won't get in trouble for that, although the police could find a way to catch him based on you telling them he's using.


Title: Trying to locate an update thread from r/legaladvice

Question: Hey I'm trying to find a thread that's an update about a guy pulling a gun on someone in a clown outfit but it seems to be deleted. Does anyone have a link to it?

Answer:
 It was removed for being a troll post. I'm not too surprised, the story was pretty absurd, but then again, so was the post about a girl's neighbors painting house her while she was out of town because they didn't like the color, and the one about a guy having his house (as in the house itself) literally stolen. But for all we know those were legit, so even though this clown story was pretty crazy, based on the sub's record, I don't see why it was removed.

I'm guessing there was something specific that was reported to the mods that indicated a troll post. But the mod that removed it gave some cut and paste reason and didn't explain specifically why it was removed for being a troll post, and they're usually pretty good about explaining exactly why something gets removed.

It's especially crazy because it had like 12K upvoted and was on track to being the highest rated post of all time in the sub.

So yeah /u/ExpiresAfterUse, would you be willing to specifically explain why it was removed? Or is that top secret mod business that you're not allowed to discuss?


Title: Will I get in any legal trouble by posting my brothers police body cam footage?

Question:
Long story short, my brother was attacked with a baseball bat and the San Diego DA isn't pressing charges(they don't believe there is enough evidence to take it to court).

I believe the police body cam footage my family was given is more than enough to get a prosecution against my brothers attacker. The footage shows the attackers identity.

Am I able to post this footage online without legal repercussion? Thanks so much!

Answer:
 I could be wrong, but assuming anyone could obtain the footage with a FOIA request, I don't see why you couldn't post it.

That said, it sounds like he shouldn't post it until after contacting a personal injury attorney. It's usually not a great idea to post footage before a trial. If you do post it, avoid making blanket statements of fact that could be called slanderous. Truth, or belief of truth, are defenses against that, but even if you win, it's better to avoid opening the can of worms.