Court date regarding temporary restaining order filed?
I have a former friend that filed a temporary restraining order against me making outrageous claims of seeing me in my car at her house stalking her and setting her up for online services with her email account. All of this is made up and couldn't be any further from the truth. I live in NYC and she lives in CT about 70something miles away. I haven't owned a car in years nor even been in the town she lives in. Meanwhile, she's been using my work email account to set me up for online services and has been harrassing me through the mail. I went to the police and they've seen the mail from her harrassing me and the emails she anonomoulsy sent. I don't know her email or phone number although she claims I have been harrassing her through that, as well. I want to be prepared for when I go to court in CT, could anyone please tell me what is to be expected in the state of CT as far as the proceedings? I want to be able to debunk all her false claims and prove to the court she made all this up.
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I'm not familiar with CT law, but it seems to me like you have all of your facts and can back them up. It would be helpful, I'm sure, if you could bring the reports from the police in NYC (regarding what you showed them that she sent you). Obviously, proof that you don't have a car is pretty concrete.
The idea for a restraining order is just like any other criminal action -- they have to prove you're guilty, you don't have to prove you're innocent. A simple "I haven't owned a car in __ years" is enough to debunk her stalking statements, and if you can prove she's the one setting you up for online accounts, instead of the other way around, it seems to me that you won't have any problem.
Just be respectful to the judge and don't show any animosity towards her. Be sure to also ask for some compensation from her (ask the judge to award it to you) for coming all that way to defend bogus charges.
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