Q: Looking for solace and answer's in this Messy divorce, I'm open to suggestions on how to pursue legally?
ex-wife felt like telling all our neighbors and even the police that I physically and emotionally abused her. I separated from her because I had enough of the blame someone else for your problems attitude. She even went as far as getting help from a domestic abuse line in which they assisted her with getting a protection order after I left our Martial home. After some time I got it taken down and then 3 to 4 days later she put another one on me this time getting every single neighbor to write a written statement for her and her lies, our neighbors never witnessed anything besides my wife calling the police two times for crazy reasons In which they are not aware of. She even tried to frame me at a certain point in time by wrecking my room and trying to tell the cops that I did it. Her calling the police two times resulted to nothing besides them being the mediator. Keep in mind that there was never any domestic violence. I beat the allegations but left with a bad reputation!
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This is a hard one particularly because you are dealing with a sensitive topic.
No one wants to say that a domestic violence victim was not a victim but a liar. That being said, it does not mean it is impossible to prove. The real issue comes down to public perspective. A strong case can overcome the default narrative. You need to be ready to put on a strong case or else you can come out looking worse than when you went in.
You may consider viewing the Amber Heard v. Johnny Depp case. Different facts, different people, and so on. Not making any claims as to the contents but just look at the public reactions and you will get a feel for why false DV cases are so difficult.
But that being said, if you can successfully prove that you did not commit DV and you were defamed, the verdicts can be substantial. Just like people don't like to say DV did not occur, they do not like it when people lie about it.
I would recommend you talk to an attorney.
It's a weird topic. Allot of attorneys will not touch it. But some will. You need to do your footwork.
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