Q: What should I do? My ex just falsely accused me of molesting her daughter 4-5 years ago. Her daughter is now 18 y/o.
We split 5 years ago but remained friends. She went down a bad path after the split and I’ve always tried to help her when I could. Both of us hit a rough patch in our personal lives and to help each other out, we’ve been staying together for about 3 months. She has a drug problem though. Fentynal and meth. I want her to get help but no luck yet. Well I loaned her money a couple weeks ago and hasn’t paid me back yet so I brought it up today. It started a huge fight. It calmed down and went back to normal. About 6-7 hours later, we start arguing again out of the blue. She’s cussing me, telling me she hates me, calling me awful names… then when I start to walk out the door to get away she says “I know what you did to my daughter.” I ask several times what she’s talking about before she finally says “you touched her 4-5 years ago.” She claims she’s know about it since it happened. Then why do they still come visit me all the time? What should I do? I’m freaking out.
A: My recommendation is to do nothing at this point. I would not engage in any communication whatsoever regarding the accusations with anyone. There is a possibility these remarks were made out of anger and frustration during the heat of an argument. If the accusations continue to be made I would hire a lawyer. Again I would not communicate in any form whatsoever with anyone (other than your lawyer) regarding these accusations.
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