My ex-husband’s new wife posted my address online. Along with it, an edited video claiming I was an alcoholic.
In my last life, I posted the full video and begged everyone not to believe her.
All I got in return was a flood of abuse and anonymous reports.
They found alcohol in my daughter’s backpack, and everyone decided I was the one who had ruined her.
As they shoved her into the car, she cried for her mother.
In the end, I swallowed the pills.
When my phone lit up again, I was back. Nine minutes after the post went up.
In the edited clip, I looked drunk, collapsed by my front door.
The comments had already convicted me.
But instead of typing a reply, I closed the text box and took screenshots of the slander and the address she’d made public.
Then I pulled the original video from the cloud, complete with the timestamp.
I’d only been exhausted after work and had sat there for a few minutes.
This time, I went straight to the police and handed over both videos.
When I got the first case number, I didn’t cry.
If she wanted to try to take my daughter again, she’d have to bring me the next piece of evidence herself.
She Framed Me As Unfit So I’ll See Her In Court Chapter 29 A few days later, the community forums had completely turned around. The people who had once shared the video and debated whether I was fit to be a mother had begun condemning Caleb and Sloan instead. Some apologized to me. More kept
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She Framed Me As Unfit So I’ll See Her In Court Chapter 28 Two days later, my lawyer sent the latest developments to my email. Beth Ron had signed a sworn remorse statement as a tainted witness, admitting to the framing and false statements. In exchange, she was required to complete a court-ordered parenting course,
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She Framed Me As Unfit So I’ll See Her In Court Chapter 27 The screen had barely gone dark before a message from my legal aid attorney popped up. “The custody evaluator has already contacted both sides. She’ll interview you and Caleb separately next week. Beth will also give a formal recorded statement, and the
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She Framed Me As Unfit So I’ll See Her In Court Chapter 26 After the hearing, Sloan’s lawyer sent notice to the school, recommending that, pending the investigation, she stay away from campus. When I went to pick up Maya, I ran into Principal Hanley in the hallway. The instant she saw me from a
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She Framed Me As Unfit So I’ll See Her In Court Chapter 25 My lawyer did not sit down right away. “All of this began with an edited video. Ms. Carter produced the full footage to clear her name, and that was called making excuses. She reported the leak of her address to the police,
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She Framed Me As Unfit So I’ll See Her In Court Chapter 24 My lawyer clicked to the next page. Beside Sloan’s edited video, the unaltered doorbell footage began to play. The full timestamp showed that from the moment I entered to the moment I closed the door, I had remained conscious the entire time.
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She Framed Me As Unfit So I’ll See Her In Court Chapter 23 On Thursday, Fulton County Family Court opened as scheduled. Several attorneys handling other custody matters sat in the gallery, all eyes on us. I wore a dark suit, my evidence list under one hand. Across from me, Caleb and Sloan looked ashen.
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She Framed Me As Unfit So I’ll See Her In Court Chapter 22 The court sent the hearing notice the next day. It was set for one week later. The notice had barely landed in my lawyer’s inbox before Caleb’s lawyer called. “They’re willing to pay a settlement.” My lawyer hit speaker and named a
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She Framed Me As Unfit So I’ll See Her In Court Chapter 21 At two in the afternoon, my lawyer slid dozens of pages across the intake window at Fulton County Family Court. On top was the emergency protective order application against Sloan and Caleb. Beneath it was the motion to modify Caleb’s visitation to
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She Framed Me As Unfit So I’ll See Her In Court Chapter 20 I didn’t stand up. “One last question. Did Caleb know about any of this?” Beth instinctively shook her head, then froze under the lawyer’s stare. “Sloan didn’t let him into the group, but she bragged to me about it.” Her fingers tightened.
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