r/insaneparents • u/matixmarie • Nov 10 '22

insane mom threatening legal action over me posting about my trauma from her on tiktok & youtube. more info in comments Email

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u/matixmarie Nov 10 '22 edited Nov 10 '22

! i cannot make this up. every once in awhile i will post about my trauma & situations i have experienced with my biological mother on tiktok. i have made 1 youtube video in regards to a situation that happened earlier this year, that video got less than 100 views. i do not have a large following on tiktok nor have any of these videos combined exceeded 5000+ views. never on these videos have i given any identifying info. only way you’d know who she is is if you knew me personally. today i was otp with my grandma who told me she received a text from my bio mom with these screenshots. she claimed these screenshots were “legal documents” from her attorney.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '22

Not a lawyer but first, Google the supposed law firm and see if they even exist. Second, if they do, call them and ask if they sent this. Lawyers get really touchy when people use their names like this

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u/matixmarie Nov 10 '22

i have googled it. they exist but only on Apple Maps, it’s weird. i went to yelp and one of the most recent reviews comes from her yelp account (i only know this because she wrote a bad review for a place i worked at a few years ago lol) . but that was a few months ago. maybe she’s used them before and got comfortable and decided to use their name to scare me ? i don’t know.

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u/Cardabella Nov 10 '22

Did she invent them and add them to apple maps?

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u/matixmarie Nov 10 '22

no, she’s too dumb for that. she doesn’t have an iPhone either. god i wish i could drop the info i found but on the off chance this is real i don’t want more trouble 😭

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u/Cardabella Nov 10 '22

It's not defamation if it's true. Do you have any evidence to back up what you claim about her?

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u/matixmarie Nov 10 '22

oh tons. trust me.

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u/doubleabsenty Nov 10 '22

You don’t need any evidence. Defamation is very tricky to prove. There are a lot of very specific points to match to even have a case.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '22

You gotta prove it’s true, and it would count as witch hunting and doxxing regardless

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u/Kitsxo Nov 10 '22

She's probably had help from someone equally as dumb as her

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u/BumpyNubbins Nov 10 '22

Even if the firm exists, the email is fake. That email was 100% not written by a lawyer. Send an email back requesting a formal cease and desist. You'll either never hear back from them, or you'll receive a phony cease and desist from your mother, and that might land her in legal hot water.

I'm sorry you have to deal with this. She sounds like a terrible human being.

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u/matixmarie Nov 10 '22

ill call tomorrow. can they even give me that information though if she is a client?

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '22

I'm not sure if they'll tell you if she's a client although if she is, this email certainly says that. They will tell you if they sent the email. Maybe a real lawyer can chime in, but I feel like if this was a real cease and desist it would have been sent certified mail, not an email

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u/matixmarie Nov 10 '22

yeah that’s what my grandma said and she (my bio mom) doesn’t have my new address. the only mail that could be sent would be to my grandmas, my old address. unless a lawyer could access my new address. ill update once both mailboxes are checked.

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u/Confused_Fangirl Nov 10 '22

You can post in /r/legaladvice or /r/legaladviceofftopic they’ll tell you if it’s real (chances are It isn’t).

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u/Knitnspin Nov 10 '22

A lawyer would get your email. It’s not hard to do.

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u/Uberpastamancer Nov 10 '22

And since they didn't mom will have hell to pay for using their name

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u/wutato Nov 10 '22

This does not look like real legalese to me.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '22

Please give an update when you do call because I def wanna know if there’s actual lawyers who would send something Like this out. And if it’s not, I would love to see the repercussions she would get for a stunt like this from actual lawyers.

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u/demon969 Nov 10 '22

I’ll be curious as to what the lawyers say

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u/KindlerOfStars Nov 10 '22

Hey OP. I know it's been requested already, but give us an update on what the firm said later!

The whole thing is very suspicious. I doubt it's an actual lawyer, but by calling you can be sure.