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court hearing
Hey im 17/f and i have a court hearing to go to on May 13th at 8am. Its reguarding my ex boyfriend and i charged him with stalking. I have a restraining order on him and stuff. But like 2 weeks ago i IM'd him and told him i wanted to give him all his stuff back. So he agreed to meet me. My mom found out about this, and shes afraid that im going to go to jail for filing a false police report even though he was stalking but because i broke the restraining order. Im very scared. I dont want to go to jail. My mom then asked me why i didnt just throw out the stuff instead of giving it back to him and i really dont have a good answer. I just didnt think about it. But does anybody have a good answer that will like make it sound good to the judge and jury? Thanks ill rate every answer!
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They will certainly throw the charges out about the stalking and the restraining order would likely be lifted. Once they see that you went to his house to give stuff back they'll have no reason to believe he was stalking you. You made a big mistake there.
I don't know about the laws in the U.S. about making false claims and reports. I don't *think* you would be going to jail but I can see you getting charged with mischief.
Bottom line, don't lie about what happened as it will come out. His lawyer likely will already know and is prepared to use that info to get him off.
The best thing to do is get a lawyer, admit what happened was a dumb move and that this person has really been bothering you, following you etc. etc. and let your lawyer counter anything that comes up about the meeting. They can also get any repercussions knocked down or lessened.
If you lie and this comes up in court you've cooked your own goose as that judge, this guy's lawyer and the police won't be on your side. Things would only get worse.
It's not about making things "sound good" to a jury or a judge. They'll know you aren't telling the truth or revealing this when it inevitably is mentioned by someone else. Go in, be honest and let your lawyer help tell what occurred and that it was a lapse in judgment. Let them prove your case.
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How will the judge even know that you guys met up? He will only know if someone tells him.. so dont tell him. And I dont know that the laws are in your area but where I live, the person who has the restraining order against them is the one that cannot contact the other. For example, my step mother left my father about a year ago and got a restraining order on him. She can contact him. But he cannot contact her because that would be breaking the restraining order. If your ex boyfriend doesnt have a restraining order against you, then you should be fine. He is the one that is in jeapordy of getting in trouble. But like I said the laws might be different in your area so I would just check up on that. You should be able to find info on it if you google restraining order laws + your area.
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