Rafat

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Rafat is a TCU member. On April 5, 2021,3 TCU filed a petition for a WVRO restraining Rafat and protecting TCU’s employee, M.L. TCU claimed that Rafat had made a credible threat of violence against M.L. M.L.’s declaration, which was attached to the petition, described a single March 24 encounter between her and Rafat at a TCU branch location (the branch). M.L. declared that Rafat “became visibly angry and became aggressive towards” her while she was assisting him, made a video recording of her “without her consent,” “made several rude and inappropriate statements questioning [her] mental competency,” repeatedly refused her request to stop video recording her, and “assaulted [her] when he forced a pen and paper back towards [her] and demanded that [she] write down his number.” She declared that this encounter made her “extremely scared for [her] personal safety.” M.L. believed that, due to Rafat’s “aggression” and “later efforts to cause [her] harm by posting videos of the incident on the internet,” Rafat “will come back and seek [her] out at the branch.” She stated that further encounters were “likely” because Rafat “frequently visits” the…