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dkolodecorating

Junior Member
What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state? Maryland
Not sure how to proceed with an ongoing situation which is growing bigger and bigger each day. My sister in law has been obsessed with my husband for years, actually telling family and complete strangers that it was my husband that she originally wanted to marry instead of his cousin (her current husband.) Thus, me being the woman who married her obsession I have been dragged through the coals for 1o years enduring humiliation and rejectoin from the community. My sisiter in law has made it her responsibility to fabricate outrageous stories about me and has not only told our circle of friends, family but she has now moved on to telling complete strangers in the community. One such rumor that has absolutely no merit is that I flew to France to receive in-vitro fertilizatoin to trap my husband. Their is no basis for this story and when I finally confronted her about this story she said that that she is justified is making up such an outrageous story because she does not like me. Another story she has told many people is that she dated my husband before me which again has no basis. And the list goes on. Our mutual friends, family and community members have been the ones over the past two years who have confided in me regarding my sister in laws obsesion with my husband and her visciousness towards me. One time she even followed me to my car in a public place with my two year old in my arms and proceeded to instigate a verbal fight with me. I told her that I would not discuss anything with her and that she was to contact my husband. I was even worried that she would pysically assault me. Friends and family have warned me that they fear she might physically assault me. All this because she she thinks I trapped my husband. I have been with my husband for 10 years and we have two children. This is outrageous. Enough is enough. We have been alienated from mutual friends because they fear an encounter might occur if they were to invite both parties to an event/function. Everyone says that they fear what She might do and they prefer to not tempt fate. I have a home based retail business and I work with several boutiques in the area and she has gone out of her way to visit these establishements and defame me. I know this because the establishements have confided in me of what derogatory lies she has been spreading. This is effecting our family tremendousley and the strain it has put on me in the community is unbearable. I have never spoken negatively of her. I find that however I have to constantly defend my self to friends, family and clients which is not professional.
Is there anything I can do to protect myself and to end this madness? Her husbands mother even intervened and asked her son to end his wifes doings to no avail. Help.
 


BelizeBreeze

Senior Member
And YOUR husband is where? Is he hiding behind your skirt or under the bed?

If he doesn't have the cajones to end this, then get a restraining order against this fool.
 

scooby25

Junior Member
If this has been going on for 10 years and you are still married then chances are your common acquaintances and relatives have seen her obsession for what it is and discredited anything stories she has told even if the initially did not. On the other hand, if this has been going on for 10 years then something has been fueling her obsession. You probably do not want to acknowledge this but your husband should have set things straight and left her with no doubt as to where she stood with him. If she is still panting after him chances are he is giving her reason to. It might be simple flirtation but more likely he is telling her lies to paint himself as the victim trapped in this marriage. I hope I am wrong about that. Legally, anyone can get a retraining order. Nothing says “crazy” like someone who can’t obey one.
 

dkolodecorating

Junior Member
slander in Maryland

Maryland
My apologies I did not reveal in the first posting that my husband has been very involved in this whole issue since the beginning. His first confrontation with the couple ended in them admitting the stories they were spreading but not feeling like they needed to apolojize. So, we did not speak for one year. Still no apology. Since then my husband has confronted his cousin numerous times and his reply once was that he wanted to find out exactly what lies we were referring to so that he may respond. When my husband said he was referring to all of his wifes lies he said that he needed to know which one led us to call him. Again, he did not deny what his wife was doing but instead wanted to find out which lie we were referring to and who told us. Again, what can I do? There has been no flirtation on my husbands part.
 

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