Rancho Palos Verdes, Client Violates Civil Restraining Order

Our client, a Rancho Palos Verdes resident with no criminal record, became romantically involved with a woman nearly thirty years younger. The two operated a business together wherein he provided all initial funding.

Synopsis: Rancho Palos Verdes client, age 72, violates civil domestic violence restraining order six times by stalking and making harassing phone calls, case resolved for one count with fines and fees.

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The romance quickly soured as the business ran out of money due to such conduct by the woman.

Our client then asked for the return of his car and, in response, the woman filed a civil restraining order against him, alleging he had harassed her, called her dumb and made her cry. The judge granted the order.

Our client remained interested in the return of his vehicle. So he called the police, as he regarded the continued possession as theft. He explained to the police that due to the restraining order, he could not ask her for the car back, even though he remained the one making payments each month on the car. The police told him “it is a civil matter” and refused to assist him.

The client then took the matter into his own hands and had one of his friends contact the woman. Our client also called his former girlfriend, as he explained, “just to make sure he knew where she was” for the credit union to get the car if he defaulted on the loan. He also called her, “just to make sure the phone number worked for her” because clients in the languishing business asked for her.

Once he did this, the woman called the police and our client was arrested. Our client admitted to all such conduct, but rationalized it as not improper because he needed the car back and the business needed to stay in contact with her.

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