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    Legal Advice (Update) Bonus wages taken away after hours worked

    Legal Advice (Update) Bonus wages taken away after hours worked


    (Update) Bonus wages taken away after hours worked

    Posted: 27 Jan 2020 10:36 AM PST

    Update to this post

    Even though my original post only had a few comments I wanted to post an update because the few people who commented really helped.

    I filed a wage complanint last week and encouraged my fellow PRN aides to also file a complaint. In total, 7 of us filed a complaint with the NDOL.

    I received an email back from DOL pretty quickly with them asking for a lot of info and documentation about my side of the story. It was pretty late on Friday so I didnt hear anything back until today.

    Before I heard back from NDOL this morning, I got a text from the perosn who texted all the PRN aides (who was just a messenger for the main admin person) telling me I had a check waiting for me in the office for my bonus money.

    About ten minutes after i got that text i got a call from the person who took on the claims that were filed. she let me know that what my company was trying to do was not legal and that i should have a check waiting for me. She told me 7 of us filed a complaint and she reviewed them all and sent the admin a letter saying they couldn't take those bonuses away from us.

    PRN staff no longer will recieve a bonus as of last week, but thats ok. Overall this whole process ended well for the PRN aides.

    Thank you to the commenters who walked me through this and let me know this wasn't legal. We probably would have let this slide if I hadn't asked for help.

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    Watched a Commercial tonight with audio from my monetized and personal YouTube video

    Posted: 26 Jan 2020 07:08 PM PST

    Hey everyone, I just watched a commercial on T.V. for a large and well know company and the audio in the background is from a personal and monetized video on my YouTube page. I was never approached about them using it. Is this legal? Should I have been approached by this company or can they use and cut video as they please? Thanks!

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    New Jersey: My school guidance counselor compromised my safety

    Posted: 27 Jan 2020 07:23 AM PST

    My school has a bully, a bully people have been reporting for a long time however she never gets in trouble because she uses the sympathy card of " I'm going through things". However because I had enough of her and argued with her in class , she got up and began threatening me . After that class we had a meeting with her, me , and two administrators. She became extremely explosive and got in my face and started threatening me , Both administers just stood back and one literally said " I'm going to let you do what you do" to the girl . She didn't call security or try to stop the girl from hurting me she just watched . I not once tried to hit her , threaten her, curse or even raise my voice , security only came in when the girl had a tantrum and started screaming and throwing things and punching on tables . I feel like my safety was compromised , don't they have a job or duty to protect me? They were just going to let this girl beat me up . Afterwords the administrator said it was my fault because I got the girl mad by being calm . Like, was I supposed to scream and hit her ? Did she break a law or code of ethics as a school administrator by letting this girl threaten me and be in my face for literally over a minute ?

    Edit : I want to note that I have been diagnosed with Anxiety and PTSD and I do take medication and do weekly therapy for both . That's why I didn't walk away I was scared and I froze .

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    My grandmother passed away, put me and her daughter as beneficiaries on her life insurance policy. Grandpa wants the money. I am now learning there is no actual money?

    Posted: 27 Jan 2020 09:04 AM PST

    We are located in USA, AL

    I have never dealt with this, so this is all very new.

    My grandmother told me and my aunt that we would be getting 100k from her life insurance. Now the insurance company is saying it's a "transferable life insurance policy" and told us that we would not be getting any money at all.

    I am very confused. The funeral alone has cost a lot of money. On top of that, my grandfather has learned he was not listed in the will to get anything, and now wants to take us to court. I'm not too worried about that now.

    But what the hell is a "transferable life insurance policy" and how do I get the money my grandmother intended to leave me?

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    (North Carolina) I recently discovered my wife has been on several dating apps and may be cheating on me. State requires a year separation before divorce. Does this still apply to adultery and where is the line in terms of proof?

    Posted: 27 Jan 2020 11:58 AM PST

    So bottom line, recently discovered my wife has been on many dating apps including 'sugar daddy' sites like seeking arrangements. She has denied this but her emails show she was having messages back and forth and sharing images. Most of the emails are confirmation or verification emails for the different sites (all from about two weeks ago). She denied via text having any of these accounts but later admitted to them (with the exception of tinder). In regard to seeking arrangements, she said she went on there looking for other women who might pay her for friendship (pretty ridiculous). But the emails show she was exclusively messaging men (with a fake name no less). Unfortunately can't see the actual messages in the email and she's already locked this stuff down.

    There have also been several instances of her 'ghosting' me in the middle of the night (not returning calls or texts for several hours until very early in the AM). As well as messages between her and other men on social media (that she doesn't follow or is friends with).

    Anyway, I'm obviously considering a divorce but NC requires a year separation before filing. I'm not sure if this still applies to cases of infidelity and if not, how does the law define that? Would evidence of her being on all these sites and texts of her messaging other men (nothing sexual but flirty) constitute grounds for divorce without a year long separation? I don't have any concrete evidence of intercourse or an actual relationship but just a lot of behavior not really typical for a married woman. And clearly stuff that violates my trust. How do I move forward with this? She asked to move out as soon as I confronted her so that's happening but I really don't want to go through a year of bs with a woman who in all likelihood has cheated on me.

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    A family member is hiding my dad at a hospital and not letting me see him is this legal?

    Posted: 27 Jan 2020 08:16 AM PST

    Have a unique situation and really need any help or advice about this! I video chatted with my dad about 2 weeks ago and the doctor picked up and told me he was resting, but I got to see him and he was barely able to talk, so I said get well soon and let him rest.

    2 days later, I'm trying to call back, and all communication with him was cut, I called a family member who told me they're with him in the hospital, but refuses to let me see my dad. They're side of the family has feud with my side. It's the side from my dad's previous relationship and family. I visited the hospital and talked to the cops, he is no longer there and nowhere to be found. No one on that side of the family wants to pick up the phone. I called a couple other hospitals too, and they don't know where he is. We know that side knows where he is, but is trying to hide him from us. We think it has to do with the feud in my family and possible inheritance related reasons. He's getting old and cannot properly speak and we think that side of the family is taking advantage of him. Is it legal to dodge all phone calls and deny the right for me to see him? What's the best move any help is truly appreciated!

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    Ex filed bankruptcy

    Posted: 27 Jan 2020 08:47 AM PST

    Hi my ex and I finalized our divorce 4/2019 in Texas. He filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy 11/2019. He did not include our divorce decree in his filing and is surrendering our house that i won 100% in divorce decree. He also did not state he owed me partial retirement funds in his filing. I also noticed he is claiming our children as dependents living with him solely and not including his man toys as assets.

    My question is, do I have to get counsel of my own to file an adversary complaint or can i go direct to the trustee to bring up my concerns. Our house is the only asset he is surrendering to cancel all his debt.

    *additional information-I do pay for the house completely and the house is currently with no missed payments. I have been reading if he doesn't include a debt in his bankruptcy (retirement funds owed to me), that he will still be liable after his bankruptcy.

    Any and all feedback/recommendations are greatly appreciated.

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    What can I do about a product that makes false claims about protecting kids eyes from UV protection ?

    Posted: 26 Jan 2020 05:06 PM PST

    My 6 year old son and I like to look for fluorescent rocks on the beach with a long wave UV A flashlight. As we are aware of the dangers UV light poses to eyes, especially those of young kids, I bought and we diligently wear polycarbonate eye protection which is advertised as offering 100% UV A protection.

    Tonight after some rock hunting with my son, on a whim I decided to check to see if my own prescription glasses offered any UV protection. I shined the UV light that we used to locate the fluorescent rocks through my glasses at the rocks we had found. There was no fluorescence - meaning that my glasses blocked the UV light so the rocks didn't shine.

    Then I tried with the goggles my son has been using on our last few outings. I'm sure you can imagine my extreme alarm to see the rocks fluorescing as if there were nothing between the UV light and the rocks. THESE GLASSES DID NOT BLOCK THE UV LIGHT AT ALL! And my 6 year old son has been using them because I bought them based on the info associated with this products amazon page.

    It may also be assumed that these are NOT MADE OF POLYCARBONATE, since polycarbonate blocks 100% of UV rays. Based on these two falsehoods, I would seriously question their assertion that these glasses "Exceeds ANSI Z87.1 standards"

    I don't know if we have any way to get the vendor or manufacturer to cover an eye exam, but is there any way the perpetrators of these dangerous falsehoods can be held accountable?

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    Former occupants of my apartment are hiding from some legal responsibilities and using my address to do so [AZ, USA]

    Posted: 27 Jan 2020 09:20 AM PST

    I've been living in my apartment for almost two years now. Apparently, the folks who lived here before I did are hiding from something - I'm assuming a civil matter, as I've not had any cops come busting down the door (yet).

    When I first moved in, I would occasionally get a few pieces of mail addressed to them. I didn't pay much attention to them, just figured mail forwarding hadn't kicked in yet. I would just block out the address/barcode, write "return to sender - no longer at address" on them, and put them back in the mailbox. That was that.

    Several months after I moved in, a man came to my door one evening looking for these people in an attempt to serve them with something. I told the man I recently moved into the apartment and didn't know of anyone by that name, sorry. He asked me how long I'd been living there and if I was sure I didn't know anyone by that name. I reiterated that I did not know the people he was looking for and eventually he went on his way, disappointed.

    Since then, I have continued to receive mail addressed to these people. Bills. Collections notices. Letters from various attorneys. Letters from the local justice court. I have had FedEx attempt to deliver a certified letter. Every single time, I block out everything and write RTS/no longer at this address. I have a placard in my mailbox with my name on it, so the postal carrier knows to deliver only mail addressed to me. And yet they still come. Today, I've received yet another letter from one of the law offices, this time with "ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED DO NOT FORWARD" printed above the address line.

    It's pretty obvious that whoever lived here before I did knew something was coming for them and decided to not update their address so they could pretend whatever legal problems they have do not exist. Is there anything I can do on my end to put an end to this? I realize in the grand scheme of life this is a minor inconvenience, but I'd really prefer to not have my address wrapped up in someone else's legal business.

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    College paid by my parents

    Posted: 27 Jan 2020 10:06 AM PST

    So my parents have been taking my checks away since I was 19. I'm 23 now. My mom paid $40K for my schooling. So I'm just wondering if I have to pay her back for that because shes taken my checks for 4 years. Located in NJ.

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    (TX) Toilet and bathtub have been belching raw sewage into my apartment for the better part of a month now

    Posted: 27 Jan 2020 06:37 AM PST

    Starting Jan. 16, there have now been six instances of sewage backing up into my apartment, up through my bathtub drain, or bubbling out of my toilet and all over the bathroom floor. I have pictures. It's nasty.

    Every time it happens, we call the Emergency Maintenance line, and only once was anyone ever sent out, and then only to shrug and tell me "The plumber won't be available til 8 AM tomorrow."

    We've had to go the better part of January unable to take a shower or crap in our own house. In the morning (or a couple days later) a plumber will show up, go outside and mess with something with hoses and a truck, and the toilet and bathtub are working again (though leaving behind a bunch of Brown Nasty I have to clean up).

    Then a couple days later, it happens again. Brown water bubbling into my bathtub, nasty water from my toilet all over the floor.

    Right now I'm waiting for the office to open, even though they were supposed to open 36 minutes ago, so I can go in and talk to someone directly. What sort of legal rights do I have in a situation like this? I know I'm poor and I'm not expecting to be able to live in the Taj Mahal, but sewage backing into my apartment is kind of where I draw the line.

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    In indiana. Is it legal for potential employers to ask if I’ve claimed unemployment benefits in the past?

    Posted: 27 Jan 2020 12:05 PM PST

    I have been on unemployment for 28 weeks so it just ended. And just finished filling out an application that asks "have you filed for unemployment and received unemployment benefits"

    I was bit surprised because the advice I was given by an HR manager who now works for the state was "if any employer asks, you weren't on unemployment. And they can't ask"

    I've had a lot of applications that ask "have you been unemployed for 27 weeks or longer" which is clearly just a go around if directly asking. But this application blatantly asks "have you claimed unemployment"

    I've been trying to get a job for 28 weeks for crying out loud, now that it's past 28 weeks makes it look like I'm just trying to milk employees for unemployment which is not the case. My past job I was fired for really idiotic reasons and minimal jobs in this area so I kind of had to go for unemployment. But now it's like having claimed unemployment screws me out of a potential job because I have to be honest on this applications. Or maybe I don't? Idk, that's why I'm here lol legally if employers ask me what the heck am I supposed to say, cause clearly they arnt to keen on hiring people who have claimed unemployment

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    Friend’s HOA wrongfully towed my car from a visitor spot. Reason for towing was “resident in visitor parking”

    Posted: 27 Jan 2020 11:37 AM PST

    UT

    I was visiting a friend's place this weekend. Parked on Friday night in a visitor's spot. Saturday afternoon I went to get something from my car....nothing was on my windshield at the time. On Sunday morning when I went to get my car, it was gone.

    (I have never parked in a visitor's spot in the complex before. When I visit this friend, we usually meet in another place outside the complex since there is rarely open visitor spots.)

    My friend gave me the number of the towing company to check that first. My car was towed at 9:48 Sunday morning.

    I went and picked my car up at the towing yard and paid the $300 fee. On my windshield there was a pink slip that had "reason for towing: resident in visitor parking". The slip said that residents cannot park in visitor parking and that visitors can only park in visitor parking for 7 days in a row. I was a visitor, and I had only been parked in the spot for two nights.

    I emailed my friends HOA letting them know that I was wrongfully towed and that I expected to be reimbursed in full for the wrongful towing.

    They emailed back saying what they consider a "resident". Although I do visit this friend on a fairly regular basis, I do not meet what they consider a "resident". I asked for documentation for why and how they considered my car to be a resident car and towed without notice.

    They have not responded....

    What can I do from here? Is it worth pressing this issue and possibly taking it to small claims court?

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    Bought a car from used car dealer, then they shut down two days later and now I have no title

    Posted: 27 Jan 2020 09:58 AM PST

    First of all thanks for everyone for any insight, and also I'm keeping the post as vague as possible (including burner account) and will only identify the state (MA)

    My tale of woe:

    Earlier this month I went to buy a car from a used car dealer in town, took the car for a test drive, I know a bit about cars and it looked and felt legit. Paid $3800 cash for the car, and while I was signing the paperwork, the dealer said he buys cars in bulk at auction and sometimes it can take a week or two for the title to come in. The car had been on the lot (and listed online) for about 10 days at that point and since it was a licensed used car dealer I took the guy for his word. Also should be noted that in MA you can buy a used car and throw your old plates on it with a grace period of 7 days to get the title and insurance transferred. Several days later I showed up at the lot and it was cleared out and the office empty. I called up the guy and he said they were switching inventory and he would be back the following Monday (three days later) and have the title for me.

    At this point I became concerned and went to the town hall and found out his license to sell used cars had been revoked Dec 31st (several days before I bought the car). The car also started to vibrate at certain RPMs which suggests a bad CV axle (which should be warranted under the sale contract for 30 days). I was lucky to have access to another car (not the same registration or plates) so I informed him of my concerns and he assured me he did nothing wrong in liquidating his inventory after his license was revoked (all of this is by text message so I have a record). He then told me he would either have the title or refund me the following Tuesday (last week), and of course nothing came of it. He then informed me that his FLOOR financing company was having issues, and gave me their name. Upon calling them last week, they were well aware of the dealer and his issues, and recommended I go after his dealer bond. I then informed him of the situation and he assured me he would have my title today, which of course now he says may take a little longer.

    I am now stuck with a car with no title and that has mechanical issues that should be covered under state law warranty but since the dealership is no longer in existence I don't know where to go from here. In addition to small claims, was it illegal to sell a car when the dealer was not in possession of the title, as well as having a revoked license to sell used cars? Honestly I feel like an idiot for being taken advantage of and not seeing the red flags up front but I am now stuck.

    Once again thanks for any advice you can give me on how to resolve this.

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    Can I do anything about Tire Discounters throwing away my tires?

    Posted: 27 Jan 2020 10:34 AM PST

    Hey everyone, I'm brand new here and had a quick question. Basically, I took my car into Tire Discounters to replace a full set of tires after I got a flat. I figured buy a whole new set so they are all the same, then I have three spares if I needed them in the future.

    I ordered the tires online and took them in my car to the shop. When I got there I told the mechanic to please put my three old tires back into my car. When I picked up my car they were closing, so I hopped in my car and drove home only to get there and realize they didn't return my tires! I went on a Saturday, so Sunday of course they are closed and you can't leave a message.

    I call first thing today (Monday) and they tell me they threw them out! I said "I told so and so to put MY tires back into my car." He says "well that wasn't in the paperwork" I said "that's bullshit! I didn't touch any paperwork that's the associates job." So now I'm waiting on a call back from a manager, apparently.

    I don't know, I feel like I was stolen from. I don't have a lot of money, I planned on keeping those tires so I could have a spare when I inevitably need one. Is there anything I can do to ensure at least some kind of compensation? Is it too much to threaten a small claims case, or would that even apply? I don't know much about laws (hence me posting here for advice haha 😅) Or is it a lost cause.

    Located in Indiana

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    Step father of 3 months is taking our family property

    Posted: 27 Jan 2020 09:12 AM PST

    My widowed mother met and quickly married a man who was living in a motel with no car and no money. She changed her will 5 days before the wedding leaving her lake property (her and my late father's) in a life estate to this man with me as remainderman. She died unexpectedly just 3 months after the wedding. Her death is still being investigated. I warned my mother about this man and his intentions, but she would not listen to me. He has expressed to different friends and family-even as my mother's body was still inside lying dead inside the house-that that was his house now and he wasn't going anywhere. I understand that per her will, it is his until he dies, but literally everything in the home belongs to my late parents-he came into this relationship with nothing. I took her updated will along with the will that preceded it (leaving everything to me, the only child) to probate when I opened her estate, and told them of the on-going investigation, the suspicious will change, etc. They agreed to put both wills in the file and we would see how things played out. I am sick to my stomach daily as I think of this grifter living in my parents beautiful home-place that they worked so hard for. Is there anything I can do? We are in South Carolina.

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    My car was damaged by Walmart Auto Service. I reported it to the assistant manager and asked to fill out an incident report. He lied and said there was no report that could be filled but that was not true. Is that illegal?

    Posted: 27 Jan 2020 10:46 AM PST

    My car was damaged by Walmart auto service. My car did not start upon them giving it back to me after a simple oil change and I had to have the vehicle towed to a repair shop. Before I had it towed, I told the assistant manager I would like to fill out an incident report just for documentation. He said there was no form to fill out but when I contacted Walmart Customer service, I could have filed a claims form and it is something all salaried employers are aware of. I'm filing the claim but wanting to know if it is worth it to mention in my claim that this manager knowingly tried to prevent me from doing so. Thanks

    Edit: I am in Ohio

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    [FL] County Clerk used White-Out on our Marriage Certificate. Was this illegal? Now what?

    Posted: 27 Jan 2020 11:28 AM PST

    This is in Florida.

    Me and my husband had a courthouse wedding earlier in January. After getting our marriage license we discovered a date error on it. The deputy clerk wrote "JUNE" instead of "JAN" on this big red stamp that reads "This is to certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the document blah blah"........

    We called and they said it was a clerical error and we'd need to come get it fixed because if we ever needed to provide proof that we're married this license would be null because of the error.

    We go back and the same county clerk who made the error proceeds to use white out on the document to fix the date. I politely asked if that was legal (because I don't think it is.........) and she got very offended and said of course it's legal, if it wasn't she wouldn't be doing it........we took our papers and left.

    So now what? WAS this legal or not? What do we do now?

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    Boss Asked Me About Conversations with Coworker

    Posted: 27 Jan 2020 08:44 AM PST

    Hello guys! I (23F) work at a small restaurant in New Jersey. I work at the counter and do the grill. I had a particularly bad weekend and ended up having to have a meeting with my manager today to explain my behavior.

    I apologized and explained the situation and then my manager brought up the fact that the security camera in the lobby area records audio and she has heard what I've been saying to one of my coworkers about wanting to leave. I was skeptical at first because she originally told my coworker and I that the camera only turned on when it detected movement and then still only recorded for about 10 seconds. I pried further and asked what she had heard and she replied with a direct quote of something I had said to my coworker.

    I am obviously in the wrong for expecting privacy in a public space and should be disciplined for my behavior and comments and am also in the process of applying for new jobs, so I do not need anyone commenting on the moral aspect of the situation. I would just like to know if it is legal for my manager to record my coworkers conversations and to use them against them in a meeting. I never personally consented to having my audio recorded, but since it is a public space I'm unsure of the legality of it.

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    Owner of Bar I Ran Sound for was Foreclosed on. Personal Possessions Were Sold by Bank Along With Property. Recourse?

    Posted: 27 Jan 2020 12:51 PM PST

    Tennessee: For the last few years, I was the regular audio engineer for a shitty little redneck bar. As they did not have hardly anything and the owner being a friend of a friend, I had used my own gear, and stupidly left the lights, cables, and stands there between shows. The shows started drying up, and the owner started talking about selling it, but continued to book shows and ask me to work them. Having realized it had been a couple weeks since they'd contacted me, I decided to message them about getting my stuff. They messaged back 'who is this?'. I said who I was and that I was needing to get my gear. No response. Pissed off, I headed there to go get my stuff. I arrive, see a no trespassing sign, a padlock, a number to call, and some shitkids breaking in. I called the number this morning, and the new owner said he bought it from the bank after a foreclosure, with everything inside. The person said to show a UCC, and that he now owns everything inside. This is about $2000 of my audio gear I'd like to get back. I don't have a damn clue what to do next, as I've never had someone steal from me. I have invoices and credit card histories for some of the gear, but never saved serial numbers. What do?

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    Landlord using my electricity to run repair equipment

    Posted: 27 Jan 2020 10:32 AM PST

    A water main broke in my apartment building last week which caused water damage in my unit. They sent in contractors who determined several walls had moisture behind them, so they had to cut out drywall and run several large dehumidifiers and fans 24/7 for several days. All of the equipment was running off of my electricity and will increase my bill significantly. Is management required to reimburse me for the electricity used or am I stuck paying for it? I'm in Illinois.

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    I've unwillingly become the center piece of a local culture war. Is there any way I could stop this?

    Posted: 26 Jan 2020 08:03 PM PST

    Hello guys, I don't really know anything about my legal options and don't have any money for a lawyer and a friend suggested this place. Please assume I don't know anything about the law because I probably don't

    Anyways, here's my situation. I go to a very small liberal arts college in California. You probably have not heard of it. Anyways, I'm single and I found a cute girl on Tinder. We talked for a bit and decided to meet up.

    When we did it was not what I was expecting. All her photos were skinny but when she came in she was very obese and followed by her friend who for whatever reason was recording her. I asked if she was the girl I met on Tinder and she said yes. I told her she wasnt as skinny as her photos and she said they were from 2-3 years ago when she was skinny. I told her that I wasn't really interested anymore and she started making a scene asking why I really didn't want to date her. I told her that it was because she catfished me but she insisted it was really because she was fat and kept pressing it. So then I turned to her and basically said yes, I do not want to date you because you're fat and if your Tinder was accurate I never would have swiped right. I then turned towards the door and left as she continued to call me "fatphobic" and a bigot. She didn't follow me out the door if that's relevant

    Anyways when I woke up the next day I had a bunch of notifications on social media and a bunch of texts. As it turns out her friend was making a video of me and they posted the video to Facebook as an example of the "Rampant Fatphobia on Campus". The comment section was a shitshow of people both defending and attacking me for various reasons and everyone tagging me. People were flooding my social media with support for my actions or hate.

    I was even stopped on campus multiple times as I was recognized and people gave me an earful about what they thought about the situation. Either how I was a "fatphobic pig", how i did a "good job triggering the Libs" or how "you can have dating preferences but leaving a date like that is rude". This wasn't a huge issue mind you as I only got stopped 5-6 times that day, but meh

    I was hopeful that it would die down and people would forget about it, but it got worse. Apparently someone in some English class gave some speech about "PC culture ruining campus" which conveniently used me as an example and revived the whole debate about it me. It's gotten even worse instead of better, as a local newspaper as well as some smaller right and left wing news sites/blogs have picked up on it. Thankfully I'm not on Breitbart or Jezebel yet, but I'm terrified, the situation isn't blowing over, it's intensifying. People in fairly small town *outside* the college have started to recognize me, the video she posted has a ton of views and someone reposted it to YouTube where it has less views but still a lot. I'm terrified that aforementioned Breitbart or Jezebel *will* pick up on it

    The thing is I don't want to be a center of some sort of culture war. I don't want to be remembered as the guy who rejected some fat girl. I don't want to have my social media flooded with mentions on if what I did was justified. I don't want news articles about me. I just want the nice private life I had before all this

    And it's about here that I should mention that I have a fairly specific name. My parents are from two very different nonwhite cultures, and I have a first name from one culture and a last name from the other. If you Google my name the blogspam commenting on the situation already comes up, I'm absolutely *terrified* on how this will reflect on me for future employers who do a google search.

    Basically I want to scrub everything about this incident, or at least as much as I can. How much could I do? Do I have any recourse against the videos and blogs or am I screwed?

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    GF’s Mom and Her Ex are Setting Me Up

    Posted: 27 Jan 2020 08:30 AM PST

    My girlfriend has a psychotic baby-daddy(BD), and for some reason he's gotten in the head of her mother. My GF's different ex's house was robbed and now her mother and BD are thinking of ways to pin it on me. I have seen the messages myself, i have a screen capture video of Mother and BD thinking of ways to say I robbed the place to the cops without it seeming like a lie. It's on their FB messenger and the video along with some screen captures are all i have.

    That's about it. What do i do? Located in the US

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    (PA) What is needed for a court order of no contact?

    Posted: 27 Jan 2020 08:54 AM PST

    Estranged relative harassed myself and family (partner + kids).

    We filed a PFA but there was not much confidence from lawyer + courts that there was enough "abuse" to uphold because it was all stalking + verbal + social media in nature and not physical.

    Lawyers reached an agreement that PFA would be dismissed if the defendant swore in court to cease contact.

    Defendant has not respected that sword statement and has re-initiated contact (e-mails, letter, fake social media accounts). What is the next step? Would those attempts at contact be grounds for a PFA or some kind of no-contact order?

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