From Griffin v. Stowe, decided yesterday by the California Court of Appeal (Presiding Justice Manuel Ramirez, joined by Justices Marsha Slough and Richard Fields):
Daelani Griffin filed a petition for a harassment restraining order against … Julian Noel [Stowe]. {Despite her traditionally male name, Stowe is female.} She claimed Stowe made threatening and insulting social media posts about her and induced others to do so. The trial court denied the petition. It commented, among other things, "This stuff … doesn't even come close to the kind of harassment that's required for a civil restraining order. You guys … have a spat on Facebook…. Just block them and move on…." …
According to Griffin's sworn petition, Stowe lived in the State of Washington. They met in second grade but had not seen each other for 13 years.
According to Griffin, Stowe used her name and likeness in "online rants that [we]re false." Stowe sent her harassing messages and had "other ladies whom I do not know" send her harassing messages. Stowe had sent her a video saying that Griffin had "a mental illness." Stowe had described Griffin as "a sugar baby, a prostitute, and a cheap hooker." Stowe had threatened to have Griffin deported and to "find [her] in California and beat the shit out of [her]."
Griffin would block Stowe, but Stowe would just open new accounts….
