Huntington Beach, CA asked in Internet Law, Libel & Slander and Criminal Law for California

Q: One of my social media followers has been harassing me for 3+ years and I don't talk to her. How can I get her to stop?

She has been "stalking" me for 4-5 years. She follows all my business/social media activity and anytime I do something, she spams negative reviews, makes defamatory comments about me, has messaged 50+ of my friends/colleagues speaking poorly of me. This is hurting my business because being engaged in social media is important and I can't post anything about my business without her harassing me. She abuses my email (signs me up for email newsletters), leaves inappropriate posts on colleagues social media pages, leaves negative reviews, comments negatively on all my social media posts, she's created 20-50 fake accounts to harass me. I have screenshots of a lot of her harassing posts (posted using fake/anonymous accounts). I know her full name/city location. She likely has mental illnesses. 2-3 years I told her to stop or I may take legal action and she doesn't seem to care and continues to harass me. What can I do to get her to stop? I don't want to incite her to harass me more. Thanks.

1 Lawyer Answer
Theodore Allan Greene
Theodore Allan Greene
Answered
  • Sacramento, CA
  • Licensed in California

A: You can get a civil restraining order. You can sue her as well. You have a very tough row to hoe.

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