Griffin

Griffin v. Stowe CA4/2

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Court of Appeal of CaliforniaMay 19, 2022E076973California2,818 words

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STATEMENT OF FACTS

A. The Allegations of the Petition.

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

2 cheap hooker.” Stowe had threatened to have Griffin deported2 and to “find [her] in

California and beat the shit out of [her].”

Griffin would block Stowe, but Stowe would just open new accounts.

B. Attachments to the Petition.

Screenshots attached to the petition showed that Stowe had multiple online

accounts. The posts from her shown in the attachment were innocuous and seemingly not

related to Griffin at all. Griffin claimed that one post by Stowe, showing only the top of

someone’s head, was from a “[v]ideo of me talking about [an] unnamed person.”

Another post said, “I wasn’t attacking you unlike you were. Being crazy towards…

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