What should I do? My ex-girlfriend wrongly accused me of hitting her and got me arrested and charged!?

[dana]

3 days ago I was arrested by the police on charges of "Criminal Domestic Violence and 3rd Degree Assault and Battery".

I was wrongly arrested and I do NOT have a criminal record. I still cooperated with the officers and did not resist arrest of anything of the sort. I figured that would just make things worse.

Anyway what happened was that they had an arrest warrant that practically stated that my ex-girlfriend, lets just call her "Miranda" (I don't want to use real names on here), said that the day previous to my arrest, I went over to her home and during an argument I punches her in the face and kicked her several times, and that I also threatened her.

I don't know how but the police officers said that she had a black eye and bruises in her stomach, they even showed me pictures before they arrested me. I didn't understand how. I even showed them my knuckles to try to prove that I hadn't hit anyone recently but it didn't matter to them.

Anyway, I spent 2 days in the county jail before I got bailed out, the bail by the way was 5 thousand dollars. It was humiliating, they made me put on an orange jumpsuit and stuck me in a dormitory filled with a lot of delinquents.

So and I'm being completely honest here. She's lying, I've never hit her and I'd never hit a woman.

She's furious at me because I cheated on her and then when she tried to patch things up I broke up with her and told her not to call me again. I just thought she was too clingy and possessive. But the night that the alleged assault happened, she had called me and asked me to pick up some things that I left at her home, and I went, I barely talked to her and just got my things, but I was over there. Now I'm starting to think she planned it, but I don't know. She must have hit herself or something, to get back at me, or to get me to go back with her or something.

Anyway, what is your advice? This has been horrible for me, I've always respected the law and being in jail and charged with those crimes has been horrific for me, and I haven't handled it well, I've just been drinking since I was released from jail and I'm really depressed. I have a meeting with a lawyer in 2 days but I just wanted to get some opinions beforehand. What can I do here? Could I sue her? I'm pretty sure her lies have to be a felony! On the other hand, she has no proof that I supposedly "hit" her apart from her "injuries" and her story. And on my phone records I can show that before this she kept calling me and calling me a total of about 50 times harrassing me.

The 2 charges are serious misdemeanors and I'm facing up to 30 days in jail for the 3rd degree assault charges, and 90 days in jail for the criminal domestic violence charge.

Please give me advice.

[christie42]

I'm no law expert but I think you should be able to launch some sort of "appeal" of the charges or something, offering her harrassment as evidence and the fact that she called you over to her house, etc. I don't know if they would allow a lie detector test but they're really pricey anyway.

If you can prove that she made it up she would be charged with something like providing the police with false evidence or making a false police report. The bruise photos will really go against you though, did you take photos of your knuckles at the time? Perhaps you could get some of her neighbours as witnesses that you left peacefully?

[eadweald71]

I'm no law expert but I think you should be able to launch some sort of "appeal" of the charges or something, offering her harrassment as evidence and the fact that she called you over to her house, etc. I don't know if they would allow a lie detector test but they're really pricey anyway.

If you can prove that she made it up she would be charged with something like providing the police with false evidence or making a false police report. The bruise photos will really go against you though, did you take photos of your knuckles at the time? Perhaps you could get some of her neighbours as witnesses that you left peacefully?

I'm a girl and let me tell you your ex is a lunatic! If you have evidence show the stuff you got from her house, show them you fist to prove you didn't hit anyone, and explain how it all happened to a lawyer and get a restraining order to prove you don't want anything to do with her! And stop the drinking you will make yourself look worse and will do nothing but numb the pain it won't make it go away.. Dude I'm praying for you! Good luck!

[devdutta58]

is the bruise real?you should checked it...well...you should try to answer her phone,and record whatever she speak,and then hand it to the police....try to search another evidence that will support she was accusing you...

[justatanker]

Its ironic that I am reading this. I am living the SAME EXACT situation. No bull about it. What was the outcome of your case. The cops took pictures of my hands. Thank god