- Jurisdiction
- California
I apologize in advance for this being a long winded story.
In June, I found out that my alcoholic sociopath roommate had taken my rent money and not paid rent, and was planning on running away to Vegas. I was very upset and when he came home I confronted him. He slammed the door in my face, but I blocked it with my foot. He would not turn around and look at me, but kept denying stealing rent. I tapped him lightly on the shoulder- VERY LIGHTLY- and told him to look me in the eyes and tell me he didn't steal my rent money.
He flipped around and said, "You fucked up, you touched me, I can say that's assault bitch" and called the police and told them, while looking me in the eyes finally, "There is a trespasser in my house that assaulted me".
I ran into the other room and called the police back and said I wasn't a trespasser, I didn't assault him, he's nuts.
When the officers came, they separated us and questioned us. I told them I blocked the door and when they asked if I had any physical contact I said I tapped him on the shoulder to get him to turn around. HE said I broke down a LOCKED door and started punching him repeatedly. That wasn't true! The police allowed him to make a citizens arrest. They kept telling me THEY weren't arresting me, HE was arresting me, and he's listed as the arresting officer. They said it wasn't a big deal. They said it was just misdemeanor battery and any judge would drop it.
But I am TERRIFIED. I have NEVER had any police trouble. I have court on the 29th. I do have a lawyer. But I'm still scared. I read that any physical contact at all counts as battery, and I tapped him, but he lied about the entire thing! He said I was a trespasser, he said I broke down a locked door (I'm 5'3, 102 lbs, and was barefoot), and he said I punched him repeatedly. They disregarded his trespasser claims because it was obvious that was BS, why didn't they disregard his other crap?
What do I do? Will they drop it or charge me because I touched him at all?
He stole my rent, was renting to me illegally in the first place I found out, and all of his story was a lie. I just admitted to touching him because I didn't want to lie to a police officer. He's already cost me thousands of dollars, if I have to serve time or pay for a crime I didn't commit I just can't deal any more. He's a horrible person. He kicked my fucking cat in March. I just couldn't afford to move.
In June, I found out that my alcoholic sociopath roommate had taken my rent money and not paid rent, and was planning on running away to Vegas. I was very upset and when he came home I confronted him. He slammed the door in my face, but I blocked it with my foot. He would not turn around and look at me, but kept denying stealing rent. I tapped him lightly on the shoulder- VERY LIGHTLY- and told him to look me in the eyes and tell me he didn't steal my rent money.
He flipped around and said, "You fucked up, you touched me, I can say that's assault bitch" and called the police and told them, while looking me in the eyes finally, "There is a trespasser in my house that assaulted me".
I ran into the other room and called the police back and said I wasn't a trespasser, I didn't assault him, he's nuts.
When the officers came, they separated us and questioned us. I told them I blocked the door and when they asked if I had any physical contact I said I tapped him on the shoulder to get him to turn around. HE said I broke down a LOCKED door and started punching him repeatedly. That wasn't true! The police allowed him to make a citizens arrest. They kept telling me THEY weren't arresting me, HE was arresting me, and he's listed as the arresting officer. They said it wasn't a big deal. They said it was just misdemeanor battery and any judge would drop it.
But I am TERRIFIED. I have NEVER had any police trouble. I have court on the 29th. I do have a lawyer. But I'm still scared. I read that any physical contact at all counts as battery, and I tapped him, but he lied about the entire thing! He said I was a trespasser, he said I broke down a locked door (I'm 5'3, 102 lbs, and was barefoot), and he said I punched him repeatedly. They disregarded his trespasser claims because it was obvious that was BS, why didn't they disregard his other crap?
What do I do? Will they drop it or charge me because I touched him at all?
He stole my rent, was renting to me illegally in the first place I found out, and all of his story was a lie. I just admitted to touching him because I didn't want to lie to a police officer. He's already cost me thousands of dollars, if I have to serve time or pay for a crime I didn't commit I just can't deal any more. He's a horrible person. He kicked my fucking cat in March. I just couldn't afford to move.
