Since today is Valentine's Day, those of us at R & R thought we would remind all of you out there to be careful with who you "hook-up" with. This posting is not meant to cast judgment on someones morality, but instead it is to warn of the, now common, dangers that many of you may not have thought of.
Two years ago to the day, one of our clients met someone that he'd never seen before at a local watering hole in the city of Angels. After some short conversation the stars seem to align and our client thought he saw fireworks. Overcome with emotion, they decided to build on their new relationship and continue the conversation in her car out in the parking lot. Unfortunately, our client didn't know she was married, nor did he realize that she had a strong aversion to telling the truth. After securing their friendship, they parted ways. Each went to their respective homes. Our client went home to his waiting dog, and the woman went home to her waiting husband and kids.
This may not seem like a big deal, but hear is where it gets complicated. When she got home, she stumbled into her bedroom, where her husband had been waiting for his wayward wife. He turned on the lights to asked her a series of twenty questions. To his surprise, he saw his wife standing at the foot of their bed, make-up smeared, shirt miss-buttoned (and missing underwear). In shock, he asked her what happened, pointing to her obvious state of disarray. Fearing that her recent "hook-up" might be discovered, she told her husband she had been assaulted.
I'm sure you can imagine what happened next. Police, family and friends were called, and all gathered around the woman to offer their support. Shortly afterwards, our client found himself sitting in jail, bruised and confused.
Fortunately for our client, we were able to locate video from the bar. The videos, along with witness interviews and cell phone records, seemed to encourage the woman to tell the truth. But, it took almost one year for the case to work out, and that's one year of our client's life that he'll never get back. And keep in mind, that year doesn't include the effects that the news articles and blogs have have on our client's life.
The morale of the story is: If it (she / he) looks to good to be true, then make sure they're not married.
