I dated an insane, crazy, horrible bitch for a while at the beginning of college, and she recently took it upon herself to file for an injunction against dating violence against me. I haven’t hit a girl since I was a little kid, and I never did anything aggressive or violent with her. I dated this girl for over a year and she never even saw me hit a guy. I’m a very calm, relaxed person, and I try to avoid fights. Anyway, she just wanted attention, and to hurt me/punish me, and didn’t care about the fact that it would screw up my life.
She went to the police, and told them I was harassing her (she showed them some emails in which I was polite and calm, and told her I wouldn’t keep emailing her if she was just going to tell me to leave her alone), and said that I had violently shoved her in to a car six months ago. They showed up at my door, that night, at 11:30, to serve me with the notice, informing me that I couldn’t go anywhere near her apartment, the mall (in which she works), or anywhere near her car. If I owned any guns, I was to turn them over.
If a permanent injunction is granted, you are labeled as a violent offender. You have to disclose it when applying for a job, it shows up on background checks, it can affect where you’re allowed to live, if you get pulled over and they run your plate, you show up as a dangerous person. I spent two weeks freaking out, being told by my attorney father (also an attorney) that judges are reluctant to dismiss these, because they don’t want their names in the news if they dismiss one, and the guy goes and kills the girl. So I went to court, where I listened to my ex lie blatantly to the judge.
My attorney had actual EVIDENCE of my ex’s lies, stuff that contradicted everything she was saying. The judge argued with my attorney every step of the way, arguing that what she was presenting was insignificant. In the end, the evidence in my favor was overwhelming, and he reluctantly dismissed it, after telling me that I had better stay away from her in the future.
In short, I almost had my future damaged/ruined for being ACCUSED of hitting a girl. She actually did hit me, multiple times, during our relationship. Imagine if I had tried to pursue the same legal action? yeah right. It was scary, but it provided a great look in to how the law is designed. Would I hit a woman? Not unless my life depended on it.