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Eugene Volokh

Woman Repeatedly Badmouthed Ex-Lover, Ordered Not to Say Anything Online About Him, Lost Gun Rights

Stafford v. Molano, decided Friday by California Court of Appeal Judge Brian Hoffstadt, joined by Judges Carl Moor and Dorothy Kim, upheld a restraining order (which included the provision that "Respondent shall not post about Petitioner online") that was apparently largely based on two sorts of speech:

  • allegations of sexual assault, which defendant had apparently admitted were false, and
  • allegations of nonconsensual taking of an intimate photograph, which I think defendant never recanted.
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