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kryckit
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What is the name of your state? Alabama
about six weeks ago on saturday morning, i was awakened by my husband’s cousin beating on our back door. he asked if my husband was there and i said no. he proceeded to tell me how he thought my husband had “ripped him off” and how he owed him this and that from a business that they had been involved in. i told him that i knew nothing of their agreement or dealings
together and that he should just leave and i would have my husband call him when he came home. he kept making accusations against my husband, getting louder and cursing at me. i told him at least three times to just shut up and leave and i would have my husband call him. he finally left.
a short time later my husband returned home and i had just finished telling him what had happened, when the cousin returned and started beating on the door again. i was very upset that he had came back to our house after being told to leave. i went to the door and asked if he had come back to “cuss me some more”. he said he wanted to talk to my husband and i told him he would be right out, but that i had something to say to him about the way he had acted towards me earlier. he told me that i didn’t have a GD thing to say to him and to get my ass back in the house. he yelled and cursed at me, i yelled and cursed at him, my husband tried to diffuse the situation, but it just escalated.
he began waving his hand and pointing his finger in my face, i held up my hand and told him to shut up. he slapped my hand down, telling me not to put my hand in his face. i was so upset by this time, that i sat down on the porch railing and we continued to argue. he stepped towards me, pointing his finger at me and called me a “lying bitch”, i jumped up to push him away, my husband grabbed me around the waist to keep us apart. the cousin grabbed my upper arms, and started pushing me around, i kicked him in the stomach and he shoved me down. my husband’s knee was seriously injured in all this (possible torn ACL).
i went to sheriff’s dept. the next day and filled out a report, but did not follow through with a warrant. two weeks later, I was arrested for “harassment”.
since the incident, the cousin has been to where my husband subcontracts work from telling lies at least three times. a few days after the altercation, he and his wife drove around where i work several times and parked in front of where i work twice.
i obtained a copy of the complaint he filed, and about the only truth in it was about me kicking him in the stomach. everything else in it is lies. he of course left out the fact that he had been to my house earlier that day and was told to leave, and that he hit me and had me by the arms when i kicked him. i took pictures of the bruises on my arms about six days after this all happened.
i realize that this is a very long story and makes everyone involved look incredibly stupid, but i need some serious advice. due to the fact that my husband has not been able to work for six weeks and we have incurred about $3000.00 in medical bills from this, i just cannot afford an attorney to defend me on this. i don’t even know what happens at the first court appearance (which is just a few days away) or after that. what should i expect? any advice would be greatly appreciated.
about six weeks ago on saturday morning, i was awakened by my husband’s cousin beating on our back door. he asked if my husband was there and i said no. he proceeded to tell me how he thought my husband had “ripped him off” and how he owed him this and that from a business that they had been involved in. i told him that i knew nothing of their agreement or dealings
together and that he should just leave and i would have my husband call him when he came home. he kept making accusations against my husband, getting louder and cursing at me. i told him at least three times to just shut up and leave and i would have my husband call him. he finally left.
a short time later my husband returned home and i had just finished telling him what had happened, when the cousin returned and started beating on the door again. i was very upset that he had came back to our house after being told to leave. i went to the door and asked if he had come back to “cuss me some more”. he said he wanted to talk to my husband and i told him he would be right out, but that i had something to say to him about the way he had acted towards me earlier. he told me that i didn’t have a GD thing to say to him and to get my ass back in the house. he yelled and cursed at me, i yelled and cursed at him, my husband tried to diffuse the situation, but it just escalated.
he began waving his hand and pointing his finger in my face, i held up my hand and told him to shut up. he slapped my hand down, telling me not to put my hand in his face. i was so upset by this time, that i sat down on the porch railing and we continued to argue. he stepped towards me, pointing his finger at me and called me a “lying bitch”, i jumped up to push him away, my husband grabbed me around the waist to keep us apart. the cousin grabbed my upper arms, and started pushing me around, i kicked him in the stomach and he shoved me down. my husband’s knee was seriously injured in all this (possible torn ACL).
i went to sheriff’s dept. the next day and filled out a report, but did not follow through with a warrant. two weeks later, I was arrested for “harassment”.
since the incident, the cousin has been to where my husband subcontracts work from telling lies at least three times. a few days after the altercation, he and his wife drove around where i work several times and parked in front of where i work twice.
i obtained a copy of the complaint he filed, and about the only truth in it was about me kicking him in the stomach. everything else in it is lies. he of course left out the fact that he had been to my house earlier that day and was told to leave, and that he hit me and had me by the arms when i kicked him. i took pictures of the bruises on my arms about six days after this all happened.
i realize that this is a very long story and makes everyone involved look incredibly stupid, but i need some serious advice. due to the fact that my husband has not been able to work for six weeks and we have incurred about $3000.00 in medical bills from this, i just cannot afford an attorney to defend me on this. i don’t even know what happens at the first court appearance (which is just a few days away) or after that. what should i expect? any advice would be greatly appreciated.
