Legal Question in Sexual Harassment in District of Columbia
Wash DC Stalking law
A woman has accused me of stalking her. I have not. I have sent her email. My email was neither seeking a relationship nor threatening. I was contacted by email saying that I was under investigation, and that I was to call a detective. Instead I provided a statement to the one whom contacted me, and I told him I would not speak with the detective without a lawyer. I did however, tell the officer that the detective has my permission to review all email correspondence between the woman and myself. I am currently afraid of being seen anywhere by her, because she can then say I was stalking.
Can I find out just exactly what crime I am being accused of committing?
Was I right in refusing to speak with the detective without an attorney?
Am I facing prison time, should I be convicted of the crime I have been accused of?
It was s shock that she claims I have been stalking her. It is inconvenient because I have frequented the area where she works for over 15 years. I am rather certain she has not worked there all that time. I consider her charging me with a crime to be a hostile act. If she is genuinely afraid of me, and seeing me on the street, is there any way to mitigate this. I do not care that she does not like me.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Wash DC Stalking law
It would appear that you are probably overreacting to this situation and that in fact there is no detective investigating you nor are the police involved at all in this matter. You,apparently are relying on third party assertions which have never been corroborated by anyone in authority.
Therefore, if I were you, I would relax and not worry about it anymore.(Just don't send any more
emails or attempt to solicit contact--which means don't even reply-- to the one who claims that you've been stalking her.)
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