PhilipTheBucket@piefed.social 11 hours ago
Call the cops. Harassment online is illegal, and depending on the nature of the pics that part may be very illegal. Even if he somehow doesn’t have any legal consequences from anything he’s done so far, having police reports in place for stuff now will make it easier for him to potentially face consequences later.
Talk to a lawyer if it’s complicated, a few hundred dollars may get a consultation that can set you up for how to frame things in a way that makes it more likely that the cops will do something. But even just calling the cops and laying it out (read up on the laws, stay focused on stuff that’s specifically banned by statute in a provable way as much as possible, sometimes people want to “give context” too much) may be pretty productive.
TinyLittlePuni@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Will do. I’m worried for her safety because like I said, it’s extremely obsessive and he’s written up about ten very long posts about her behind her back within the last 24 hours.
Apparently he’s done this to other people before and those people got police involved, which caused him to boast about how he’s “in the right” because the police closed the case.
Kirp123@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Please make a report. Even if he had a previous case that was closed it will still show up and can help establish a pattern of behaviour which can make it easier to obtain stuff like restraining orders.
And make sure to talk to a lawyer, they can advise you much better than any answer you can get online. You can also ask the lawyer to make sure that any photos he may have uploaded to porn sites or watever are taken down.
Stay safe and make sure to tell the kid that she did the right thing speaking out. Hope it works out for you both.
TinyLittlePuni@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
Thanks a lot.
PhilipTheBucket@piefed.social 11 hours ago
Yeah, I would take it seriously. Another alternative would be getting a protective order from a judge, so that he’s not allowed to do anything like this in the future. But it sounds like he has maybe broken the law already, so maybe do both. Bottom line, fuck him up.