Her Neighbors Lied to the Landlord About Her 14-Year-Old Brother—Nearly Getting Her Evicted
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It’s hard enough dealing with bad neighbors without having to worry about them making up stories about you too.
One woman reached that point after learning her former best friend and her fiancé had accused her teenage brother of intimidating them.
However, her security cameras told a very different story and showed that he really didn’t even look in their direction.
Then, she learned the accusation had helped convince her landlord to serve her with a notice to vacate.
The notice has since been withdrawn, but she says this isn’t the first time the neighbors have lied about her.
Read on to see what you think she should do here.
My neighbors lied about my brother to my landlord and I got served with a notice to vacate.
I (22F) have been living in my house with my husband (22M) for a little over a year. My husband is a deployed service member, and the house is owned by my neighbor’s dad. My neighbors are my ex-best friend and her fiancé.
Things have been tense between my neighbors and us for a couple of months now. We had a falling out in May after a lot of messed-up things, including them trying to get me evicted in March.
Since our falling out, they have been using their dogs to antagonize my dogs by riling their dogs up less than 30 feet from my house and yard. Their dogs have charged my fence while my dogs are outside 5–6 times now.
Then, they tried to bring her younger brother into it.
This last Saturday, my brother (14M) and mom (42F) were at my house because there was a situation at my mom’s house. I asked them to wait outside while I got my dogs, and they were standing outside with their dogs.
They claim that when I was inside, my brother “beared up” to one of the neighbors (22M), and he felt intimidated.
I knew it wasn’t true, but my mom reminded me that I have cameras and they probably recorded him and my mom while I was grabbing my dogs.
Sure enough, they did.
As it turns out, he wasn’t even facing that way.
My mom was spraying my brother with bug spray while I was inside. He didn’t even LOOK at my neighbors, and he was standing inside my fenced-in yard, not even facing them.
I found these videos this evening. I have also confirmed that they have lied about me numerous times outside of lying about my kid brother. They also refuse to allow me access to the cluster mailbox at the front of the neighborhood. They have both keys and told my landlord that I lost my key. I never saw that key.
I’m thinking about telling my landlord and/or contacting a lawyer. I have confirmed that this is why my landlord initially served me with the notice to vacate, which has since been retracted.
What would you do in my situation?
Oh no. It sounds like they’re doing everything they can to make her move.
Let’s take a look at what advice the fine folks over at Reddit have to offer.
This person would see if the mailbox issue is illegal.
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Here’s a good point.
According to this reader, she needs to move ASAP.
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That’s solid advice.
It’s time to make a plan and get out.
These neighbors have already tried to get her evicted once, and now they’re apparently willing to lie about a 14-year-old to do it again.
Thankfully, the cameras proved what really happened this time.
But still, she shouldn’t have to live next door wondering what they’ll come up with next, so documenting everything and planning a move may be her best option.
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