ill try posting to this forum to see if we get anymore advice.
our 300+ company hired a supervisor about 8 months ago. this guy had, 1 1/2 years ago, met a married woman "dancing" in a bar and began spending lots of time with her there. an affair began. then she abruptly left her husband and moved in with our employee. a divorce happened. now x-husband apparently wants revenge. we had neglected to google the employee or his previous company to see same posts under reviews of that company.
ok, so now x-husband found out our company and emailed everyone listed on our website, some of our big clients, and also posted on every darn web review site, such as insiderpages, google maps, yahoolocal, topix.com, craigslist, etc.., the whole sordid story of lap dances, drugs, sneaking over to her/husbands home for affair, helping her divorce husband, etcc.. which he claims are true and he can prove with video, pix, emails, etc..
we researched on wiki; slander, libel, defamation, tortious inteference, etc..and it appears none apply, if these statements are true (?), and since they are not not directed at our company directly, only at our supervisor. in the review posts he only asks at the end of his review, "What kind of guys do they hire here at "*** company"? our lawyer has sent him a "cease and desist" letter saying any further actions will result in a lawsuit. the problem is the xhusband moved out of state rite after the divorce. and still the negative reviews about supervisor under our company name, still sit out there for anyone to read, and come up during searches of our name/his name.
so what more can/should we do? is this a criminal offence? his being out of state, how likely is it we could sue him and force him to come to texas for the suit? would his local police be able to search/seize his records/pc from his home for evidence? or is it just too small a matter for the courts/police to deal with? would our company be in trouble if we just fired the guy for his bad character/lack of morals?
our 300+ company hired a supervisor about 8 months ago. this guy had, 1 1/2 years ago, met a married woman "dancing" in a bar and began spending lots of time with her there. an affair began. then she abruptly left her husband and moved in with our employee. a divorce happened. now x-husband apparently wants revenge. we had neglected to google the employee or his previous company to see same posts under reviews of that company.
ok, so now x-husband found out our company and emailed everyone listed on our website, some of our big clients, and also posted on every darn web review site, such as insiderpages, google maps, yahoolocal, topix.com, craigslist, etc.., the whole sordid story of lap dances, drugs, sneaking over to her/husbands home for affair, helping her divorce husband, etcc.. which he claims are true and he can prove with video, pix, emails, etc..
we researched on wiki; slander, libel, defamation, tortious inteference, etc..and it appears none apply, if these statements are true (?), and since they are not not directed at our company directly, only at our supervisor. in the review posts he only asks at the end of his review, "What kind of guys do they hire here at "*** company"? our lawyer has sent him a "cease and desist" letter saying any further actions will result in a lawsuit. the problem is the xhusband moved out of state rite after the divorce. and still the negative reviews about supervisor under our company name, still sit out there for anyone to read, and come up during searches of our name/his name.
so what more can/should we do? is this a criminal offence? his being out of state, how likely is it we could sue him and force him to come to texas for the suit? would his local police be able to search/seize his records/pc from his home for evidence? or is it just too small a matter for the courts/police to deal with? would our company be in trouble if we just fired the guy for his bad character/lack of morals?
