In particular, on the last part, see FRE rule 404:<p>&quot;(a) Character Evidence.<p>(1) Prohibited Uses. Evidence of a person’s character or character trait is not admissible to prove that on a particular occasion the person acted in accordance with the character or trait.<p>...
(b) Crimes, Wrongs, or Other Acts.<p>(1) Prohibited Uses. Evidence of a crime, wrong, or other act is not admissible to prove a person’s character in order to show that on a particular occasion the person acted in accordance with the character.&quot;<p>(Note the above is basic federal evidence law :P, if you wanted to sue over the NLR act.  Most state evidence rules are similar in the civil realm, and differ a bit in the criminal realm)