Yesterday, at T+677days, 14hrs, 47min my case ended with the promised dismissal and seal. Against the protestations of a sociopathic ADA who disregarded all evidence I gave, but within the timeframe promised by the court, my case ended as it should have 25 months ago. I got to watch the ADA turn red with fury and god damn did it feel good. A small taste of the powerlessness he makes people feel every damn day.
Everything came together with school as well and by the second week of September, I will be back in the hospital working with patients and back on track to be an advanced practice provider. Younger me would have been pissed about the huge delay and I certainly still am but I just don’t care now. I finally get to go back and that’s all that matters. I get to turn over a new leaf and restart far away from the wretched place. If I can get through it I know all of you can too! I couldn’t have done it without this sub and I certainly didn’t do it gracefully but I made it. Thank you all for your support and words of encouragement, I don’t think anybody can do this alone and this sub is sometimes the only thing that reminds you you’re not alone so keep on doing what you do. I’ll be around still but it’s time to move forward too :)
[–]Dogrose22 50 points51 points52 points (1 child) | Copy Link
Fantastic news, I wish you all the best.
[–]whatamigonnado123[S] 1 point2 points3 points (0 children) | Copy Link
Thank you :). After school is done I will have the resources to actually do something for people in these situations!
[–]EricAllonde 25 points26 points27 points (1 child) | Copy Link
Congratulations! I hope the rest of your life is happy and free from this sort of persecution.
[–]whatamigonnado123[S] -1 points0 points1 point (0 children) | Copy Link
I believe it will be. I have a great lady that supports me and men’s rights and the falsely accused and I’m on track with school again. The case is done but I may go public snd I will most definitely use the resources I have available upon finishing my medical education to keep fighting, if not for me, for others. This shit needs to end
[–]Lord-Herek 16 points17 points18 points (5 children) | Copy Link
What is ADA? I'm not from the USA.
[–]Ahielia 23 points24 points25 points (1 child) | Copy Link
Assistant District Attorney I suppose. Prosecutor, essentially.
[–]whatamigonnado123[S] 1 point2 points3 points (0 children) | Copy Link
This exactly^ they’re variously called assistant district attorneys, associate district attorneys, prosecutors, or assistant attorneys. Prosecutor for the state is all that matters!
[–]Lord-Herek 20 points21 points22 points (0 children) | Copy Link
I just read your story in your post history and bro, that is wild. Can you sue them or her? Or the cops? Because what they did, the damage on you, was seriously fucked up.
[–]blamethemeta -2 points-1 points0 points (1 child) | Copy Link
Disabled Americans. Basically, makes it so wheel chairs can go everyehere, and deaf and blind people can still access all government benefits
[–]Eoasap 4 points5 points6 points (0 children) | Copy Link
ADA can refer to either:
ADA- American Disability Act
<or in this case>
Assistant DA or ADA- Assistant District Attorney (prosecution for the state in a criminal case. The states representative when it is bringing criminal charges towards a person
[–]TheChocolateBarsGuy 31 points32 points33 points (17 children) | Copy Link
Congratulations! What were you accused of ? I would find bunch of ways to make the person who falsely accuses me a LIVING HELL.
[–]Lord-Herek 54 points55 points56 points (4 children) | Copy Link
Domestic abuse. He got beaten by his ex and then cops when she called them. He faced 15 years in prison even with bulletproof evidence of his innocence!
You can read about his experience in one of his posts:
https://www.reddit.com/r/SupportForTheAccused/comments/fbine8/my_story_not_sure_what_is_going_to_happen/
[–]TheChocolateBarsGuy 24 points25 points26 points (3 children) | Copy Link
Yeah he needs to go after her for this.
[–]Past-Difficulty6785 9 points10 points11 points (1 child) | Copy Link
We always say that and it would be the natural thing to do. Unfortunately, women never seem to have to face the legal system when they abuse and manipulate it. What was that one rotund wildebeast in the UK's story? She had to accuse like 14 men of rape before they finally decided to do something about it. 14. Maybe it was 11 but even then...that's how bad women have to get when it comes to manipulating the system before the WOW effect and #MeToo crap takes a breather and common sense can get a word in edgewise. And I'm not blaming women for it, it's just that the system has been set up with such a bias against men that it's impossible for a man to get a fair trial of any kind in any court in the Western world if a woman is acting as his courtroom opponent. Shit, Johnny Depp and Ambitch Heard should serve as a wake up call if nothing else but, as we can see, even that's not enough to show how biased and unfair the system has become.
[–]rahsoft 1 point2 points3 points (0 children) | Copy Link
Jemma Beale
[–]whatamigonnado123[S] 2 points3 points4 points (0 children) | Copy Link
I outlined in another comment on r/supportfortheaccused why I can’t. Basically, I’m long past the statute of limitations on defamation in CO (1yr), the police are grandfathered into having qualified immunity because my case started before the law doing away with that was passed in Colorado, and the prosecutors and state forensics witnesses are covered under the absolute immunity case precedent of 1976. There needs to be serious change before men in my position can sue. The whole damn system needs to burn
[–]a-man-from-earth 3 points4 points5 points (11 children) | Copy Link
This is a sure-fire way to get into deep shit with the cops again, and possibly with the court.
OP, do not do this. Your best revenge is to live a happy life.
[–]TheChocolateBarsGuy 8 points9 points10 points (2 children) | Copy Link
No he should contact a good lawyer and see if they can run an investigation with the police. She needs to be punished !
[–]a-man-from-earth 1 point2 points3 points (1 child) | Copy Link
Go the legal way, sure. But your comment suggested less legal ways.
[–]EvenStevenKeel 1 point2 points3 points (0 children) | Copy Link
Let’s build each other up.
[–]Adanu0 4 points5 points6 points (7 children) | Copy Link
Letting people get away with this shit is exactly why the system is so broken. People don't care enough to press the matter when it counts.
In short, fuck your 'advice'
[–]a-man-from-earth 2 points3 points4 points (0 children) | Copy Link
If he has the money for an excellent lawyer, sure. Tho it will be a tough fight. And since he's already had one for the past 25 months, that may not be something he's up to. But sure, if he has the stomach and the wallet for another legal fight, have at it.
But the parent commenter's suggestion to find a bunch of ways to make her life a living hell suggests very different things.
[–]Past-Difficulty6785 1 point2 points3 points (5 children) | Copy Link
We all feel that way but the advice given is actually totally logical and is the best way to proceed.
You and I (assuming you're not Jeff Bezos or something) simply can't afford to launch these kinds of tit-for-tat lawsuits. We just don't have the money. And we, of all people, know that the political and cultural climate does not favour any man in a courtroom against any woman in these sorts of cases. It's not about who's right or wrong, it's about what the public can be manipulated into thinking is right and wrong.
Let's say he does push the matter. So, he's paying all the legal fees which will cost him pretty much everything he doesn't have right now and then some.
Then, she'll be assigned a public defender or something or she'll get up, whip up some tears and cry about how unfair the world is and how even the system is after her now and boo hoo, blub blub, sniff sniff...some attorney will do it for free. Next thing you know, some feminist reporter gets hold of the story, listens only to her side of things and does the usual feminist thing and refuses to hear all of the story and makes her a cause celebre. "Look at how this misogynistic system punishes victims! This poor little woman was beat and choked and barely managed to make a call to a friend who called the police for her and now her accuser is trying to manipulate the system into punishing her even more! Rise up! Fight the patriarchy! Burn your bras in support of this poor damsel." and blah blah blah.
Well, that last part is where the DA looks at the shenanigans and thinks about getting re-elected. Sure, he knows what really happened but the public doesn't and if he agrees to go forward with prosecuting her, he has to also show that it's actually her who is the criminal and him who is the victim. Two jobs, basically.
And again, that's a lot of money the OP almost certainly doesn't have.
[–]rahsoft 1 point2 points3 points (0 children) | Copy Link
maybe a better approach would be to wait until the elections of the ADA and then give his opponents the information about how corrupt/incompetent the ADA is when it comes to justice for the innocents. Show that the ADA was not interested in doing the right thing when it comes to the law , but rather what serves his personal agenda. Then add imagine what this ADA would do to everyone that didn't fit agenda profile... - race, gender, religion,sexuality etc
[–]Eoasap 0 points1 point2 points (0 children) | Copy Link
She won't be given a public defender in a civil case (being sued by OP). She would only get a public defender if she was facing criminal charges by the state. Since the police and DA/ADA are already intimately familiar with the case and have taken her side, its unlikely a DA would ever bring charges against her.
A person does not have the power to bring a criminal case against another person, only the state can do that, and in this case it refused to.
Basically a criminal case is the focus when the police and district attorney are invoiced and the result is prison time/probation/drop charges/not guilty
A civil case is when a person sues another person and is always about money (compensation for being wronged)
If a person wishes both, say I am attacked and a man breaks my arm, he will first he tried by the state in a criminal proceeding with charges brought by an ADA/DA. This determines if his actions will land him in prison or not. standard of guilt is much higher here. (ex: State of Florida vs Defendant)
After the criminal case, the civil case will start where I am personally suing my attacker. The result if this will determine if the defendant is required to compensate me for his actions. Standard if guilt is lower here. (ex: John Smith vs Defendant)
A Defendant is only given 'the right to an attorney' in a criminal case, not civil. If the Defendant wants to try to win the case on his/her own, they are free to do so, but is required to go out of pocket to have a lawyer in his/her corner.
This makes sense as do you really want your tax dollars to go to expensive lawyers to defend a drug addict in a civil case from breaking into a house? Our Constitution affords them the right to a competent defense (lawyer) when jail is on the line for the Defendant, but not when its money on the line in a civil case
[–]Adanu0 0 points1 point2 points (2 children) | Copy Link
All I'm hearing are defeatist excuses why nothing matters. Fuck that logic.
[–]Past-Difficulty6785 -1 points0 points1 point (1 child) | Copy Link
Okay but money kinda matters. I mean, I can't even ride the bus without some of that so I don't understand how he's supposed to get revenge via the law without any of it.
[–]Adanu0 0 points1 point2 points (0 children) | Copy Link
If you can't afford it, that's fine, but those who can have a social obligation to make these assholes pay for this shit, otherwise it's never gonna be corrected.
[–]z770i1 10 points11 points12 points (3 children) | Copy Link
They dismissed your evidence? Wtf
[–]whatamigonnado123[S] 2 points3 points4 points (2 children) | Copy Link
Every time I gave them new information, my attorney would get varied responses such as “I don’t care,” or “the evidence isn’t credible,” etc etc. at my restitution hearing, the ADA flat out said that all of it was fake and I made it all. Judge found me credible, found my evidence more than credible, and denied restitution outright. I posted an excerpt of the transcript of her ruling on the matter. At my sentencing she said to the ADA “frankly I’m not convinced he is even guilty of the accusations levied against him and I will not let you break a plea deal in my court room, motion for termination granted and motion for sealing order granted.” Ended up getting small vindication but it will never see the light of day in civil court due to various factors. I will continue to fight them in one way or another, even if it’s taking my future salary and throwing it at other peoples lawsuits or donating to groups who fight this nonsense. Unless my medical career is somehow taken away from me, I’m done with fighting in the court myself. If they do take it away from me I’m going to be the most frustrating attorney fighting this shit that they’ve ever had to deal with. I hope I can just practice medicine but if they want to make me their enemy, they’ve already done so
[–]z770i1 2 points3 points4 points (1 child) | Copy Link
That sucks, but nice you got something. Keep up fighting the good fight
[–]whatamigonnado123[S] 2 points3 points4 points (0 children) | Copy Link
Till the day I die :)
[–]Awesomenimity 3 points4 points5 points (0 children) | Copy Link
I'm super happy for you my man!
[–]funkynotorious 7 points8 points9 points (1 child) | Copy Link
Oh great bro. I know how tough it can be for the guys who are falsely accused. One of my best friends was also accused by his gf. And it was very tough for him. I hope you have some amazing friends and family who'll support you. All the best mate for your future endeavours.
[–]whatamigonnado123[S] -1 points0 points1 point (0 children) | Copy Link
I luckily did not lose any friends or family and everyone rallied to my defense. That isn’t so for most of the falsely accused and it’s why r/supportfortheaccused is so important because a lot of guys are alone in this
[–]_Fallingstars_ 2 points3 points4 points (0 children) | Copy Link
Congratulations! A long hard fought battle but you won it in the end!
[–]ZS_1171 2 points3 points4 points (2 children) | Copy Link
what was the case about?
[–]gaynazifurry4bernie 3 points4 points5 points (1 child) | Copy Link
Crazy ex accused him of assault/strangulation.
[–]ZS_1171 1 point2 points3 points (0 children) | Copy Link
Oof.
[–]WMO 1 point2 points3 points (0 children) | Copy Link
Congratulations!
[–]Prize_Puzzleheaded 1 point2 points3 points (0 children) | Copy Link
Congratulations
[–]Past-Difficulty6785 1 point2 points3 points (1 child) | Copy Link
Really happy to hear that we helped. But, if you don't mind, can you elaborate on the story a little for those (like me) who aren't at all familiar with it?
[–]whatamigonnado123[S] 0 points1 point2 points (0 children) | Copy Link
The tl;dr is my ex accused me of strangling and attempting to kidnap her (yes in that order :P) and no matter how much evidence I gave and no matter how much I proved her to be a liar, they prosecuted the fuck out of it anyway. Crazy chick even admitted she lied about everything snd dropped off the face of the earth. Nobody can find her, not even the court investigators (supposedly). Ended up with a little vindication in the end and I’m back on track with school but I’m a different person now. Once I finish school I will be able to practice medicine and making a good salary so I will use that to continue the fight for others if not for me. If they take that away from me again somehow, I will go to law school and make the lives of false accusers absolute hell until I repose from this world lol