Jessica is a friend of mine, a single mom to a great kid, a fellow Warrior Woman, and one of the most resilient people I know. And she needs help right now. For nearly six months, she’s been dealing with an ex who is stalking her. The behavior has escalated over time, and it’s now time for her to retain legal counsel. Since she left this person, he has engaged in a sustained pattern of harassment. Jessica has been forced to move residences twice in the last six months, yet her stalker has found her each time. She has changed her phone number, yet he has found the new one and subjects her to harassing (and increasingly threatening) text messages. Each time she blocks his number, he uses another to continue this campaign of emotional and psychological abuse. He has escalated to financial harassment, including stealing her debit card number. He has also damaged her property by putting nails in her tires, impacting her ability to get back and forth to her two jobs. While Jessica has contacted law enforcement and local advocacy groups, she has been unable to get help. (Anyone who has tried to engage law enforcement in these situations knows how difficult it can be to get help.)

Recently, Jessica’s stalker escalated again, and has filed a false CPS report against her, jeopardizing her custody arrangement.

All this has taken an unimaginable physical and emotional toll, from lost sleep to high levels of stress, on Jessica. She is currently parenting her son while working two jobs, and bearing up under this situation is drawing on her financial, emotional, and physical reserves.

She has found a local family lawyer who is willing to take on her situation. The lawyer may be able to nip the CPS situation in the bud, and can provide help in getting rid of the stalker as well. But this will require a retainer.

Please consider helping out as Jessica gathers the funds for this retainer. She has done so much to try to address this situation on her own, and now she needs her (and my) village. As a domestic violence survivor myself, I know how hard it can be to get legal help. This is a chance to help a woman who has demonstrated amazing strength and resolve get some legal redress, some safety, and a fresh start.