Needyouradvice99
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As the title relays, I'm confused as to how I might proceed in this horrible situation . Long story short I, (single professional female, 30s) leased a townhouse in an upscale rental complex around 5 years ago.1.0-1.5 years into living there, I ended up on the receiving end of harassment from another ( female) tenant. Please keep in mind that this was a zero catalyst event. The individual lived on the other side of the large complex, and I had no prior interaction with her before the harassment began. She began by leaving harassing/threatening notes on my door and vehicle, reporting me to the leasing office for any and every fabricated offense she could think of (literally, off of the top of my head she claimed I had multiple dogs, cats, birds, that I was throwing wild parties, had trash everywhere, had children running wild, had 'boyfriends' causing problems, etc. )Not an iota of truth to any of it. I'm a quiet,conservative type of person, I don't have kids, was gone 10 hrs nearly every day, had no pets at the time and certainly didn't have men around because I was in a long distance relationship and traveled to a different city to visit him nearly every weekend. Essentially, there was no way it would have even been possible for me to do even 1/4 of what she claimed I was doing . None of my actual neighbors EVER had any complaints.
Eventually I filed for a restraining order against her, which was unfortunately not granted ,I believe due having a subpar attorney and the fact the woman repeatedly said she was moving out of the complex and the judge didn't feel it was necessary. She left, not right away, but within , I would say 5 or 6 months. I remained a tenant until a few months ago.
Fast forward a couple of years : I was put under "criminal investigation" because this woman, who is now dating a city police officer claimed I had harassed , followed, and stalked her. Again, no truth to it, and actually SHE and this LEO boyfriend started coming to my rental complex to ask about me and to involve a 'friend' of theirs, who just so happens to be a maintenance man(who is an ex-con) whose sexual advances I rejected,who then began retaliating against me and stalking me. I ultimately left due to the harassment, and this maintenance persons involvement. I have not been arrested or charged with any crime. (Yet, and hopefully will never be).
I have an attorney to defend me against any criminal allegations-- I would like to know if it is likely that I would prevail in a civil suit against any of these people-- either the cop/his department for opening a bogus investigation against me or the apartment complex for allowing these individuals back onto property,basically, to harass me and getting the criminal maintenance person to lie and corroborate their claims. I would like what I spent on attorneys fees back, if nothing else, and to prevent all of these people from ever contacting me again. This has been an incredibly stressful time for me, as you might imagine. I've never even gotten a speeding ticket, etc .
Thank you for any advice you may give me.
As the title relays, I'm confused as to how I might proceed in this horrible situation . Long story short I, (single professional female, 30s) leased a townhouse in an upscale rental complex around 5 years ago.1.0-1.5 years into living there, I ended up on the receiving end of harassment from another ( female) tenant. Please keep in mind that this was a zero catalyst event. The individual lived on the other side of the large complex, and I had no prior interaction with her before the harassment began. She began by leaving harassing/threatening notes on my door and vehicle, reporting me to the leasing office for any and every fabricated offense she could think of (literally, off of the top of my head she claimed I had multiple dogs, cats, birds, that I was throwing wild parties, had trash everywhere, had children running wild, had 'boyfriends' causing problems, etc. )Not an iota of truth to any of it. I'm a quiet,conservative type of person, I don't have kids, was gone 10 hrs nearly every day, had no pets at the time and certainly didn't have men around because I was in a long distance relationship and traveled to a different city to visit him nearly every weekend. Essentially, there was no way it would have even been possible for me to do even 1/4 of what she claimed I was doing . None of my actual neighbors EVER had any complaints.
Eventually I filed for a restraining order against her, which was unfortunately not granted ,I believe due having a subpar attorney and the fact the woman repeatedly said she was moving out of the complex and the judge didn't feel it was necessary. She left, not right away, but within , I would say 5 or 6 months. I remained a tenant until a few months ago.
Fast forward a couple of years : I was put under "criminal investigation" because this woman, who is now dating a city police officer claimed I had harassed , followed, and stalked her. Again, no truth to it, and actually SHE and this LEO boyfriend started coming to my rental complex to ask about me and to involve a 'friend' of theirs, who just so happens to be a maintenance man(who is an ex-con) whose sexual advances I rejected,who then began retaliating against me and stalking me. I ultimately left due to the harassment, and this maintenance persons involvement. I have not been arrested or charged with any crime. (Yet, and hopefully will never be).
I have an attorney to defend me against any criminal allegations-- I would like to know if it is likely that I would prevail in a civil suit against any of these people-- either the cop/his department for opening a bogus investigation against me or the apartment complex for allowing these individuals back onto property,basically, to harass me and getting the criminal maintenance person to lie and corroborate their claims. I would like what I spent on attorneys fees back, if nothing else, and to prevent all of these people from ever contacting me again. This has been an incredibly stressful time for me, as you might imagine. I've never even gotten a speeding ticket, etc .
Thank you for any advice you may give me.
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