Slander

[Kats]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
A friend's ex has been slandering her name online on various questionable websites and her contacts. Even going as far as to open email and facebook accounts with her identification and pictures purporting to be her. What options are available to her in this situation?

It has been mentioned that this ex may be psychotic.

 

[Banned_Princess]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? A friend's ex has been slandering her name online on various questionable websites and her contacts. Even going as far as to open email and facebook accounts with her identification and pictures purporting to be her. What options are available to her in this situation?

It has been mentioned that this ex may be psychotic.

US Law ONLY!!!

 

[Kats]

yes this is US LAW

 

[mistoffolees]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
A friend's ex has been slandering her name online on various questionable websites and her contacts. Even going as far as to open email and facebook accounts with her identification and pictures purporting to be her. What options are available to her in this situation?

It has been mentioned that this ex may be psychotic.

She can contact Facebook and other places and have the pages removed.

IF she can prove that he did it (which is harder than you think), she could probably go to the police cybercrimes unit and file a complaint for identity theft. They MAY be able to get enough information to convict from Facebook and his ISP, but I'm not sure they'd put in that much effort.

She could also ask for a court order forbidding him from doing that, but it probably won't do any good - if he's willing to risk identity theft charges, he probably thinks he can get away with doing it and the court will never pin it on him.

Or, she can have her attorney send him a strongly worded letter giving him 10 days to remove all of the pages and cease and desist from future activity or she will have him charged with identity theft.

 

[CdwJava]

This sort of thing happens with some frequency and most states have laws to address it. However, as you did not indicate what state you are in, no one can try to provide you with links to state or local resources that might be able to help you.

The Feds are not going to deal with this even though there may be some federal violations as well.

The local cops are not likely to spend much time on this, either. These cases are difficult to make, and such an investigation is beyond the capabilities of well over half the agencies in this country. The agencies that have the capability and experience to conduct these investigations are rarely going to have the time or resources to spend on something that is more of an annoyance than it is a crime.

The idea of a letter from an attorney demanding that he cease and desist is probably the best option at this point.

 

[Hot Topic]

Apparently, your "friend" is not that concerned or she would be asking the questions herself.