Legal Question in Technology Law in New York

I sent an email from my ex-girlfriends home computer on a made up yahoo email address and sent a message to her boss stating that there was a coworker who doesn't like her and would like her to be fired and has spoken to the union about it. Her boss got the police involved and they are supposedly getting a subpeona to ask yahoo for the IP address that the message was sent from. Can someone really get a subpeona for an email like the one I sent above? Just because I said that someone doesn't like her management style and wanted her fired? Please help, I am so worried and don't want my ex to get in any trouble because of my foolish action.


Asked on 8/26/10, 2:48 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Carol Ryder Law Office of Carol Ryder PC

Go to Legal Aid or other free legal services. It sounds like your zip is Bklyn-I grew up in 11236 Canarsie, Bklyn. I find it hard to believe that the very busy NYPD and even busier NYC DA's offices would get involved in such a freedom of speech/possible libel issue.

Even IF your GF wrote the message, I find it hard to believe that a message as you described can be seen as anything but free speech or libel at worst? Yes, it could anger her boss enough to fire her (and you can try to intercede and definately get the union involved. I have a ton of laws, federal and state they would be violating written on a federal case I am filing this week) but to get the police involved? I have cases on Long Island where unspeakable abuses have occurred to animals (I also do a lot of animal law work) that are felonies (and our police make double the NYPD, have less crime and, I admit, have time for smaller things) and it is often like pulling teeth to get abusers properly locked up, then they move on to abuse humans, commit violenet felonies, etc.

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Answered on 9/05/10, 11:14 am


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