This guy is 38 and she was part of some chatroom and he started talking to her 13 year old little sister in a way that very obviously had ill intent. She called him out on this and posted screenshots of that chatroom online. Now ever since this, he has a site where he archives almost everything she says online. She made a post about how she prefers cats over dogs, then he archived that and posted the link to the archive on his site saying “never trust a dog hater with anything” and it just goes on, and on, and on for years.
When she even makes a passing mention about him, even if he’s not named or only vaguely mentioned, he chimes in, and posts a link to his site with some variation of “don’t trust her, she’s not to be trusted” and links to pages on his site which were all made by him over the years in an attempt to maliciously discredit her. It’s often a gish-gallop of links.
He also says that he’s made an account on every site he knows of, likely in an attempt at surveilling or intimidating her.
This is stalking. She could get a restraining order which includes interacting with her online content, so if he continued to repost it would be a violation of the order.
Go talk to a fucking lawyer and stop seeking advice from people online!
The truth has never been more truer.
Get the police involved
Contact the registrar and host of the site. One or both will likely shut it down.
Also contact the police as others have said.
Send DM if you need assistance.
Good luck. Nothing illegal if it’s just screenshots and copies of her word. Like, what is the complaint?
Its called harassment. And its illegal.
Like I said, good luck proving that or paying a lawyer. Repeating what someone said isn’t illegal. And it’s especially harder when it’s done online.
Edit: I don’t really care if you agree with me or not. I’m in the US and if OP is also, this is very difficult and costly. You may be able to scare him into stopping by getting police involved, but maybe not. In fact, this is a civil issue, cops won’t do shit. And as someone who has been on both sides and now $15k into a defamation lawsuit right now, there is a good chance it will go nowhere.
If these twisted statements are provably false - even if they contain elements of truth - then this is a case of libel.
Creating accounts everywhere someone is in order to track what they do and say is stalking.
Making repeated efforts to ruin a person’s day is harassment.
Contact law enforcement and/or legal representation. I’m not either of those but it seems like there’s a strong case here.
He’s hiding links in text that twists what’s actually in the links and those links do go to posts she made but it’s like he hides links in text so people don’t click them. A single sentence on his site can contain upwards of five or even ten links.
See it these links show up if you “view source” on a browser. Print the source as evidence to bring to a lawyer. Or find a lawyer who either knows how to find stuff online or has a good IT Person.
Be prepared for much more DARVO and other mind games. Be aware Law enforcement can not shield you from all of this, but is a good ally to have. Try to find other local women only clubs or victim helping organizations as allies.
Be aware if you search for them online, there are nutjob sites designed to hurt women in need. Go in person if you can, to pick up their vibe before you open up.
Stay safe! Best of Luck!
Have a detailed, copy-pasted reply with links ready to go. Every time he pops his head up anywhere, remind anybody watching that he is a known pedophile. Also, talk to a lawyer about the possibility his behavior might rise to the level of harassment.
Good idea!
Depending on the jurisdiction you’re in accusing someone of being a pedophile may not be a good idea. You should definitely talk to a lawyer though, preferably before you make any accusations.
No, absolutely terrible idea. That’s a lawsuit waiting to happen. He isn’t, from what you’ve said, a “known pedophile” because he hasn’t been charged and convicted of anything that would make him so.
Careful, falls under libel if you can’t prove it.
I heard you can safely call someone an asshole
Wonder if creep would likewise be safe
I don’t think I’ve seen OP mention which country their friend is a citizen of. Many countries have libel laws that don’t care if the claims are true or not, but instead just look at what your intention is by making them.
Call an attorney to see if there is anything that can be done.
Also, start archiving the website in order to compile evidence for later. Don’t count on this person leaving the site up.
I highly doubt a random website will get any traction. Why doesn’t she just make her social media private? Why hasn’t she blocked this random dude
She’s the victim here and shouldn’t need to do any of this.
If the guy is dedicated enough, and he seems to be, it won’t work. He’ll find a way to gain access to the private account. He’ll make others accounts.
You can make a new, private account without saying who you are, but you lose people, it’s exhausting to be careful full time and it’s unfair.
If he has uploaded photos of your friend from her social media to his site and she took those pictures, she could have a pathway towards DMCA striking his site down. Talk to a lawyer about it
Why hasn’t she gone to the police?
Because she’s in the US and this guy’s from Australia.
Does she know which Australian state? Likely every state has cyberstalking rules, but it would be a state law.
Call the police.
post anonymously?
What’s the site?
Ignore him?
She would normally, but he’s actively spreading misinformation about her, claiming this is “karma” for her spreading “misinformation” about him. She has fibromyalgia and he’s going around accusing her of faking it, and he’s also accused her of being a shoplifter because of what was extremely obviously a joke that was taken out of context
Nobody cares about what some random person says about some other random person. If she just stops stalking this guy stalking her, he’ll either get bored and move on, or, he’ll continue to waste his life posting insults that she’ll never read.
Nope, not when it’s a crazy person. This can get out of hand.
It’s not just about whether anybody cares. He might escallate. He seems crazy enough.
There’s a solution to this.
First, you turn off all the lights in your bathroom and close the door. And then you say"Lindsay Logan" (NOT LOHAN. IF YOU SAY LINDSAY LOHAN SHE WILL COME OUT OF THE MIRROR AND MAKR YOU DRINK VODKA UNTIL YOU DIE) three times, at exactly 3:33 a.m. if you do it right a school bus will hit the person and they will die of school bus smash.
Lemmy witchcraft is something I never thought was possible, until now.
