25yearsmlc 10 yrs later I File D (part 4)

[25yearsmlc]

How did things go in court?

Good news/Bad news. Bad news first - the motion to dismiss was filed Monday (wtf??) and so the judge agreed to hear argument FOR that motion in September...

I'm bummed the motion was not filed sooner so the DA could drop it or set a damn trial date, etc. So this is yet another step. And another trip and more money, etc.

GOOD news - despite my "file the motion earlier next time" comment, I do like the lawyer. I believe the DA will drop the case once they actually finally review it (the DA had about 45 files on the table and it's clear we have an insane system for processing cases that is NOT speedy) I did not criticize the L we hired for several reasons, esp since d19 trusts and likes him.

I think the L is a little delighted/surprised to have a client who appears provably innocent, which I can personally attest to being rare when you are a defense attorney in criminal law.

It's one thing to believe a client's version of events (uncommon, too) but another thing to have film of it.

Good news #2 is that the photos and videos (taken from different sources including the idiot attacker who posted his own video, then took it down, BUT which my s31 kept a copy of)

all taken together show about 90% of the whole event. My kid is the victim.
I understand the police at the time wanting things to stay calm and arresting both people in an altercation, I mean, I GUESS,

but why on earth doesn't the DA and our L take 5 minutes to just look, and drop the case against my kid (and charge the idiot with assault b/c it's ON FILM...) sigh...


Oh, and The idiot was arrested again last weekend and he is in the news! Same guy who shoved and hit my kid is "famous/notorious" for being a professional agitator. I didn't know this was a real thing, like you can go around protesting, or protesting a protest, and somehow raise funds and live off this crap.

AND HE did not show up in court again, incredibly. Maybe he's off harassing someone else and asking for funding for his "defense of America" or whatever. That makes like 3-4 bench warrants out for his no shows...

Also on HIS site, he humbly calls himself "courageous, but not a hero"....who says this??

PROBLEM is my d19 does not want to be the poster child for any of this. But it's turning political. I mean, the idiot IS political and that's not a shot against the side he's on.

Heck, I probably agree with more than half of this moron's positions, though I'd bet money he's never read a book on a topic, and he clearly does not have a real job.

And he's violent and mean and dangerous and drinks way too much and brags about it and he's 28. I don't want him on my "team", if you know what I mean.

I'm not sure how to handle things if it really does get more public than it already is b/c I want to pursue all legal avenues of redress against this horrible person.


But it's D19's call, and she just wants it to go away.

Now working on college tuition for THIS fall. I cannot see a way to pay for it this semester. All based on h's past earnings so she won't qualify for aid, and from what I can see, no one officially cares that he cut her off,

and I'm unemployed. Ideas are welcome.

FWIW D19 is going into her junior year and has made Dean's list all 4 of her semesters and has a good solid support network.
It will kill her to take a year off, but I don't have alternatives yet.

I could not tell her this this week, b/c of the other crap. Oh and it's her birthday.