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1/23/2008

Lessons to be Learned from the Randy Moss restraining order filing

12/14/2007

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Paul E. St. Amant
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On January 14, 2008 a friend of the New England Patriot wide receiver Randy Moss filed for a restraining order against him. The filing begs certain questions that are important to consider when a party is either going to request a restraining order or must defend against one that has been filed. A sampling of the relevant considerations are as follows:

If there is a gap in time between when the incident occurred and when the Petitioner filed, can the gap in time be explained? (i.e. I was scared to file or I went to the police to file the next day and a few days later they reccommended I get a civil restraining order as opposed to a criminal one).
If the Petitioner alleges an injury occurred, can the injury be proven? (i.e. are there photos of the injury, medical records, or witnesses that saw injuries?).
If the Petitioner alleges the other party made a threat, is the statement credible and could the Respondent have followed through on the threat? (i.e. if the Petitioner says a threat was made by the Respondent but there is no realistic way Respondent could have followed through on that threat, then how scared could the Respondent have been - if I say I'm coming over to strangle you but you live 2000 miles away and dont know where you live and I weigh 105 pounds and you weigh 190 is it reasonable to assume that I can act out on my threat? Not likely.

If you have been threatened or harmed and need to file for protection or you believe that you have been accused wrongly call someone who has experience in doing both. The Law Offices of Paul St. Amant has taken these exact issues to trial many times over and received positive results for many clients.

12/14/2007 Due to increased demand, the Law Offices of Paul St. Amant has now opened more doors - new locations are now open in San Bernardino and West Covina. Check our contact information for more details.

10/23/2007 In addition to our central office in Orange County, we have just opened an office in Downtown Riverside. Stay tuned as locations in Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties as well as a South Riverside county location are all in the works!

9/30/2007 A mistrial was declared in the Phil Spector trial last week. The closest the jury got was 10-2. There are two real impacts that this has. The first is that someone who most believe to be guilty is walking around town, buying Aqua Net at Walgreens. The other impact is that the State of California (i.e. the taxpayers) gets to fork over another giant pile of money to retry the case. Will this money be well spent? Time will tell, but I do not believe Spector will be so lucky the second time around.

The quick answer is no. I know, that makes many of you mad. Sorry, just an opinion. I am not a fan of O.J. but if the facts that have been bantered about in the media come out to the jury (not necessarily a lock that will happen) then O.J. will likely not spend another day in the 'gray bar motel'. If this displeases you just keep your fingers crossed that he screws up again (seems likely doesnt it?). For more go to www.tmz.com and/or www.thesmokinggun.com

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