When a satirical parody was accepted as a prima facie threat and

[no_hypocrisy]

a basis for a case of domestic violence.

Here is the video:

My client was dating a woman. He broke up with her. She didn't take it well. To get his attention, she filed a domestic violence charge against him. It's more than a redundant order to stay away from each other if there's a conviction. You have a criminal record and potential jail time if there's another conviction (that is, you violated the court order).

My client's ex claimed that because he sent her this video in an e-mail and it was proof that he was sending a hidden message that he wanted to kill her. And the judge bought it at the preliminary hearing. (Kind of see the parallel with Al Franken? Something happened but it wasn't necessarily as claimed.) My client sent it to her as a joke months before they broke up.

We were at the final hearing -- with a surprise piece of evidence. I showed a DVD to the ex's attorney that had 5 minutes of her crying and begging my client to call her, to let her come back, to forgive her, etc., time-stamped close to the date of her filing the charges.

The attorney went to confer with his client and the matter was dropped quickly.

(BTW, the e-mail was benign with no messaging that threatened her life or hidden message.)

Sometimes a man *is* not just not guilty, but actually innocent of charges lodged.

[safeinOhio]

1. Not even half of what is said

in divorce court is near true.