atwhatcost
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I'm writing a novel that's loosely based on my experience with being mobbed - that is cyberstalked by a group of people on a website. I'd like the ending to beat the reality though. So, I need information from lawyers. The case scenario: Woman from New York and her friends from all across the country cyberstalks a Pennsylvanian woman. BUT, the New Yorker lives with her sister, who ends up seeing what's happening, and decides to help the Pennsylvanian being stalked. (She can gather all the proof needed from her sister's computer.) So the cyberstalker's target has the proof.
What proof would warrant legal action? (And dream big - picture best case scenario, That's the beauty of fiction. lol) What can happen legally? Can police get involved? Can the New Yorker be arrested? Can those, who helped her, be arrested? What are the real laws concerning cyberstalking in America? From everything I've found online, the best case scenario is a court case, and nothing happens anyway. This seems like such a vague thing in America right now. I need to find out what really happens. Every site I've found on the subject says to report it to the police and hire a lawyer, if you have the evidence, but they all stop there, as if there is a huge void in the law, which really signals, "It's legal." Or, at least, "It's not illegal."
Thanks.
Lynn
What proof would warrant legal action? (And dream big - picture best case scenario, That's the beauty of fiction. lol) What can happen legally? Can police get involved? Can the New Yorker be arrested? Can those, who helped her, be arrested? What are the real laws concerning cyberstalking in America? From everything I've found online, the best case scenario is a court case, and nothing happens anyway. This seems like such a vague thing in America right now. I need to find out what really happens. Every site I've found on the subject says to report it to the police and hire a lawyer, if you have the evidence, but they all stop there, as if there is a huge void in the law, which really signals, "It's legal." Or, at least, "It's not illegal."
Thanks.
Lynn