What is my potential liability for warning someone regarding a sex offender?
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What is my potential liability for warning someone regarding a sex offender?
My daughter was sexually assaulted by a guy who plead guilty and served 5 years she was only 12. He is now on the megans law my niece wrote a message to his new girlfriend’s mom and warned her about him now they are trying to file a civil suit against her for harassment. Can they do that?
Asked on October 15, 2012 under Personal Injury, Pennsylvania
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
Anyone in this country has the right to file a lawsuit for whateve reason. Whether a person will prevail on the matter remains to be seen. As to the matter that you have written about, the mere warning of a registered sex offender only once does not in and of itself seeming fitting for a civil suit for harassment based upon what you have written.
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