HOUSTON – Toni Silvey walks dogs for a living. So what did the 49-year-old pet sitter do to land a spot in Harris County Jail?
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According to court documents, Silvey didn’t have a good breakup, so she posted her ex boyfriend’s picture on the website “reportyourex.com”.
The post asks “fellow scorned women” to email her ex, and circulate her blog, where among other things, she refers to the ex-boyfriend as a “snake oil salesman in designer clothes.”
“You can say anything you want publicly about other people,” Chris Tritico, FOX 26 legal analyst said. “Even if they’re private people, as long as you’re willing to get sued for defamation if you say false things.”
The Internet postings aren’t what got Silvey in trouble. Investigators say in just a 24 hours span, she called her former boyfriend 146 times.
She’s also accused of breaking out windows at his house with a tire iron and sword, egging the house, ramming her Blazer into his car and bragging about it on Facebook.
Silvey is now charged with felony stalking
Her attorney, James “Jimmy” Ardoin, couldn’t say much about the case because he is still looking at the evidence.
So we asked private investigator Kathy Griffin, of K Griff Investigations, about bad breakup behavior.
“I’ve had a few clients that their main goal is to humiliate that person (who strayed or ended the relationship) because they feel like they’ve been humiliated,” Griffin said.
The allegations in the Silvey case are extreme, but Griffin says it’s actually quite common for jilted lovers to track down and follow their exes, especially if the relationship isn’t completely over.
“You’d be surprised how many people, when they come in here have said, ‘I’ve actually gone out and tried to do it myself.’ People need to be careful. You need to have a license otherwise it is a criminal charge for stalking,” Griffin said.
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