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j33pgrl

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Hello,
I am writing about a situation that keeps reoccuring on facebook.
I have already contacted the state police about the matter and they told me what Im going to tell you is a crime. I just wanted to make sure that the officer was correct instead of making something bigger than it already is.

My sister and her ex-boyfriend broke up at the beginning of June of 2010. She moved in with her now boyfriend. My sister tells people lies about me every time I turn around it seems like and the last straw for me is when her lawyer told the judge lies about me as well during her and her ex's custody trial over thier 2 children. So anyways it appears that I have been on her ex's side. Her ex (Kevin) and I do spend quite a bit of time together. Nothing sexual at all. Its more like a brother/sister relationship than anything. Anyways my sister's new boyfriend comes along with a very long criminal past including but not limited to domestic violences. My sister says she hasnt heard of anything before she got with him therefore she acts as though she doesnt believe it. Well a friend of the family contacted me through face book and asked me to send a link to my sister. The link is a michigan.gov page for corrections where it has the guys name and what he was charged with. So I sent it to my sister believing she had a right to see it. When I logged onto facebook lastnight I had a message waiting for me. It was from another friend who asked me if my sisters boyfriend's status was meant for me and when I read it I called my husband and asked what I should do and he said call the police to see if there is anything you can do about it. So when I called the police I read him what was written and he told me to print it out and he could have an officer at my home right away or I could go to the police station in the morning. I felt that it wasnt an emergency so I opted to go in the morning. Here is what is written on facebook: WARNING...VERY STRONG LANGUAGE FOLLOWS

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Sister's boyfriend: What gets me?? two fat fuckers banging each other. Cheating on her husband while he's on the road. XXXXX so ugly, she looks like Zindy Hall's twin sister. Both of them so fat looks like two bear cubs wrestling under the sheets when they're xxxxxxx. GROSS!! I can wait WHEN criminal charges will be brought on to fatty nu...mber one for Rape!! ha ha, you fat xxxx!! mommy cant bail you out on that charge!

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sisters boyfriend: what gets me, is how can one endure the rancid smell of an old rotten crotch the smells like a 80 years old Bag Ladies xxxx?? And one dumb fat xxxxxx who sticks his stubby little xxxxxx into that?? Gross. gag a xxxxxx maggot off A xxxx WAGON!! to each is their own.. -Captain Hollywood
12 hours ago

sister:ewww make me wanna gag!



and there are people commenting, currently there are 3 comments 2 of the people commenting are also on my friends list and the other one when I see her around town she talks to me. So I dont think they know who that is about but all they would have to do is ask him in a private message and he would tell them.
I have never cheated on my husband, and he is a truck driver. And my sister is now accusing her ex of rape, but yet she just tried getting back with him and he said no, but I dont think the new boyfriend knows that part. This isnt the first time he wrote about me he has done it in the past and then deletes if off of his page. But then he sent me an appology after it happened the last time and I still have that saved, I never responded to it.
so I guess my question is- is this worth reporting and is he protected just because he hasnt written my name? The guy is also currently on probation, does that matter at all? Sorry for the long post but I wanted to make sure you had more of a big picture.
 
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Unless it's something specific in Michigan law or I'm missing something I don't see anything criminal here. What was posted is wrong, but what part of this prompted you to call the police? You can't have someone arrested for talking bad about you. Had they made some actual threat such as "I'm going to kick your ass" or "I'm going to....." (insert harmful action of your choice there) then it might move to criminal charges. But what you have posted does not make any threats on your life of of bodily harm.

I guess my question at the moment is what did the police say they could be charged with? That would be the key question here.

Your best remedy right now would be to report the postings to Facebook. You can tell them that you feel these are threatening remarks. There's a very good chance Facebook will shut down here account, and she will have no way to know that Facebook didn't catch this on their own.
 
The reason I called the police is because I guess I was nieve to believe that you cant just go around stating things about someone when they are not true. And being that he does this continuously I called the police asking if there was anything I could do about it. To be honest when I called I felt that I wouldnt be surprised if there wasnt anything I could do. But I just wanted to make sure. Well from what the police said today was that I was given the wrong information lastnight. Only thing I pretty much could do with the current way things are is hire a lawyer but even then there isnt much to go on with that either. I just wanted the comments to stop is all I was trying to do. But from what I understand is that he does not have a facebook account anymore for whatever reason. I dont know if he deleted it himself or if someone reported him. But I just wanted to say thanks for your advice. It is greatly appreciated.
 
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