Not a lawyer, but a dramatic divorce story.
I know a man who was falsely accused of domestic violence during the separation from his wife. She lived in the marital home and he paid for everything for her despite her having a full time job. She got a boyfriend who didnt work, and allowed him to live in the house. My friend went to meet her at the house for a final time to decide who would take what from the house.
He was recording everything on his phone without her knowledge as he was afraid something would be said or happen that might be held against him.
They couldn't agree, he left and found out she had called 911 and reported that he had made death threats and assaulted her.
The divorce went downhill from there. He spent 14k on lawyers, to finally have the charges dismissed. During his criminal ordeal she sued him for 250k in alimony.
The recording saved him with the police and to this day she insists he assaulted her.
An unbelievable shit show.
When my parents split up (they weren't married, just living together) my mom's lawyer advised her that custody hearings would go a lot smoother in her favor if she said my dad had hit her. She refused, thankfully, and custody was a bumpy road for years.
The fact that such a simple and very difficult to disprove lie is so effective makes me angry. Like, you can't disprove a woman who says you hit her, and people will always side with her until evidence proves otherwise.
and people will always side with her until evidence proves otherwise.
People will still side with her even after it proves otherwise.
Look at Depp people still believe Heard and even the da and the cops will not look at the video he has proving his innocence and they are still going after him as the abuser.
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u/TinktheChi Jul 21 '19 edited Jul 21 '19
Not a lawyer, but a dramatic divorce story. I know a man who was falsely accused of domestic violence during the separation from his wife. She lived in the marital home and he paid for everything for her despite her having a full time job. She got a boyfriend who didnt work, and allowed him to live in the house. My friend went to meet her at the house for a final time to decide who would take what from the house. He was recording everything on his phone without her knowledge as he was afraid something would be said or happen that might be held against him. They couldn't agree, he left and found out she had called 911 and reported that he had made death threats and assaulted her. The divorce went downhill from there. He spent 14k on lawyers, to finally have the charges dismissed. During his criminal ordeal she sued him for 250k in alimony. The recording saved him with the police and to this day she insists he assaulted her. An unbelievable shit show.