What is the name of your state? North Carolina
We have a (now) ex-friend that has completely lost her mind. We'll call her Sandy. We'll call here husband Tom. We were all the best of friends about 3 weeks ago. Now we are all mortal enemies.
It all started one Saturday night as we were preparing to go out on our boat for a night boat ride. We were all supposed to go because this had been planned for quite a while. Anyway......My wife called Sandy and Tom to see if they were coming(as planned). Sandy says that her and Tom had been fighting all day and didn't know what they were going to do. So it was a few hours before we needed to get ready to go, so we waited and called back. Tom says that Sandy was at the ER due to an overdose. Well we were concerned and told him to keep us posted. Well......about an hour later, Tom shows up at our house with their two children. Tom says that Sandy just left the hospital AMA.(Against Medical Advice) He didn't know where she was and that she was livid with him. He didn't know why she was so mad, but he was obviously worried about the children and is why he brought them over to our house. Sandy had a crack problem years ago and Tom feared she was back on it again because of the behavior and money was always missing. Well....anyway.....Tom asked us not to tell Sandy that he was there. So for the sake of the children, we agreed. So then Tom and the kids left and we gave him a key to the house so they would have a place to stay. My wife and I leave for our boat ride and met up with about 10 other people for the trip. As we were preparing to anchor the boat......Sandy calls my wife's cell and asks her if she had seen Tom or the kids. Well......Tom had asked us not to tell her so my wife told her that she hadn't seen them. So when we return from the boat ride, Sandy and her brother John were sitting in our driveway on their cell phone calling 911. They were telling the operator that Tom had kidnapped the children and was in our house. So in about 15 minutes...the sheriff pulls up and is talking to Sandy and Tom. The sheriff decides that the best thing for the kids was to stay at our house since Sandy had threated suicide earlier that day. So it took two police officers to convince her to go home and sleep it off.
Well in the morning, I went fishing with a friend and Sandy calls over to our house and cusses my wife out about her lying about where the children were and about the key we gave Tom. Then Sandy accuses my wife of calling DSS(Dept. of Social Services) on her. DSS had been to her house that next morning. My wife never called DSS. DSS was notified when the suicide threat came into play and when Sandy left the ER AMA. Now.....here's where I want to know about defamation of character. She has called her sister and told her that she has called my employer and my wife's employer and told them that we were doing drugs in front of her kids at our home. This was another one of her outright lies. Now my wife was called in the other day for a drug test.....which was negative. And I have a feeling that I will be called in next. I'm not worried because I don't do drugs. Now my wife's reputation has been tarnished at work and mine as well. This hussy is messing with our livelihood. Her sister is on our side in this and has Sandy's voice recorded saying that she was going to call our employers about this. We have the tape now.....and plan to use it as evidence if we even have a case. Do I have a case for defamation of character? Please help. Thanks in advance.
NCSUfan
We have a (now) ex-friend that has completely lost her mind. We'll call her Sandy. We'll call here husband Tom. We were all the best of friends about 3 weeks ago. Now we are all mortal enemies.
It all started one Saturday night as we were preparing to go out on our boat for a night boat ride. We were all supposed to go because this had been planned for quite a while. Anyway......My wife called Sandy and Tom to see if they were coming(as planned). Sandy says that her and Tom had been fighting all day and didn't know what they were going to do. So it was a few hours before we needed to get ready to go, so we waited and called back. Tom says that Sandy was at the ER due to an overdose. Well we were concerned and told him to keep us posted. Well......about an hour later, Tom shows up at our house with their two children. Tom says that Sandy just left the hospital AMA.(Against Medical Advice) He didn't know where she was and that she was livid with him. He didn't know why she was so mad, but he was obviously worried about the children and is why he brought them over to our house. Sandy had a crack problem years ago and Tom feared she was back on it again because of the behavior and money was always missing. Well....anyway.....Tom asked us not to tell Sandy that he was there. So for the sake of the children, we agreed. So then Tom and the kids left and we gave him a key to the house so they would have a place to stay. My wife and I leave for our boat ride and met up with about 10 other people for the trip. As we were preparing to anchor the boat......Sandy calls my wife's cell and asks her if she had seen Tom or the kids. Well......Tom had asked us not to tell her so my wife told her that she hadn't seen them. So when we return from the boat ride, Sandy and her brother John were sitting in our driveway on their cell phone calling 911. They were telling the operator that Tom had kidnapped the children and was in our house. So in about 15 minutes...the sheriff pulls up and is talking to Sandy and Tom. The sheriff decides that the best thing for the kids was to stay at our house since Sandy had threated suicide earlier that day. So it took two police officers to convince her to go home and sleep it off.
Well in the morning, I went fishing with a friend and Sandy calls over to our house and cusses my wife out about her lying about where the children were and about the key we gave Tom. Then Sandy accuses my wife of calling DSS(Dept. of Social Services) on her. DSS had been to her house that next morning. My wife never called DSS. DSS was notified when the suicide threat came into play and when Sandy left the ER AMA. Now.....here's where I want to know about defamation of character. She has called her sister and told her that she has called my employer and my wife's employer and told them that we were doing drugs in front of her kids at our home. This was another one of her outright lies. Now my wife was called in the other day for a drug test.....which was negative. And I have a feeling that I will be called in next. I'm not worried because I don't do drugs. Now my wife's reputation has been tarnished at work and mine as well. This hussy is messing with our livelihood. Her sister is on our side in this and has Sandy's voice recorded saying that she was going to call our employers about this. We have the tape now.....and plan to use it as evidence if we even have a case. Do I have a case for defamation of character? Please help. Thanks in advance.
NCSUfan