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Mon, 25 Aug 2025 02:51:46 -0700
Andy from private IP, post #19631394
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A now-former client just went insane and posted a two-hour livestream claiming to be the Messiah
This meltdown is all on Facebook, so I can freely share the fact that he is having a mental health crisis and needs treatment. The *least bad* Facebook post
calls me a pedophile and tells me to kill myself so that I can enter Hell, where he has decreed I belong. There are far worse posts.
I invoked Rule 1.6(b) and sent the wife's lawyer my last text exchange with the client, in which I told the client to seek treatment due to his condition, and
the reasons. I was well within my rights to do this for prevention of his death and so his family knows that every effort was made to save him.
I don't know how I feel about this. Treatment-resistant mental health conditions are part involuntary, but part voluntary, so my sympathy register is pretty
low right now. Especially after being told I have abused children, that God knows what I did, and that the police are on their way to arrest me...sad. What
have other people done in similar scenarios?
#LawFirm
Mon, 25 Aug 2025 05:07:50 -0700
zerosugar from private IP
Reply #12714494
Wow. You were right to invoke rule 1.6. That’s scary. Mental illness is sadly extremely common these days. The mentally unstable truly outnumber “normal”
people.
Sadly, mental illness is even more common here in Italy than back in the USA. I see some nut jobs here.
Mon, 25 Aug 2025 09:10:23 -0700
marlon from private IP
Reply #17877467
did any red flags show up before?
Mon, 25 Aug 2025 10:40:14 -0700
Andy from private IP
Reply #19459286
@marlonTest Everything was fine when he signed and paid. The first inkling of
any problem was when he visited me at the office for an initial appointment a week later, and he first disclosed a few things that were red flags. But since he
was in treatment, it seemed manageable until he went totally freaking insane this weekend. I don't know how I can defend against this kind of thing, even if I
put in the contract that the person must be and remain compliant with their treatment plan.
Tue, 26 Aug 2025 09:14:04 -0700
whiteguyinchina from private IP
Reply #15621257
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Crazy thought
What if he is the messiah and you will be forever known as Andrew matters the honorable the legal counsel of the messiah
Tue, 26 Aug 2025 11:16:20 -0700
Andy from private IP
Reply #19871749
That would be a funny movie. He hasn't smote me or sent me to Hell yet, so he must not be the Messiah. Lol.
Tue, 26 Aug 2025 13:24:20 -0700
phosita from private IP
Reply #12731297
WE WANT MOSHIACH NOW!!
Sun, 07 Sep 2025 02:32:26 -0700
Andy from private IP
Reply #19376303
This now-former client has gone totally insane. He posted a photo of a police officer coming through a large hole in his hotel door after the officer chopped a
hole in it with an axe, just before arresting this guy. Now he is posting a stream of consciousness on Facebook about starting a new TV show focused on women.
The overall impression is that he is on happy juice from a hospital and is in a crazy-high manic state, forgetting the fact that he has multiple felony court
cases and restraining orders pending. I want nothing to do with this guy. I sent him his final bill and told him I'm going to refund his credit balance, even
though I'm not required to do that.
Sun, 07 Sep 2025 04:04:00 -0700
whiteguyinchina from private IP
Reply #15912773
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You do live in the land of fruits and nuts
Tue, 09 Sep 2025 16:25:53 -0700
Andy from private IP
Reply #17475532
He showed up at the office today after I told him not to, and demanded his refund through the locked door. At one point, he kicked the door and was banging on
the windows. We're getting a restraining order.
Tue, 09 Sep 2025 17:53:54 -0700
marlon from private IP
Reply #14223530
he own any guns?
Wed, 10 Sep 2025 02:48:21 -0700
Andy from private IP
Reply #15450195
All his guns were taken away after his last restraining order, which was by his wife. Sad.
Wed, 10 Sep 2025 05:53:45 -0700
whiteguyinchina from private IP
Reply #12426754
Yea Marlon has the credited response here
Be careful
Assume you have security measures at your law form aka a heater in your desk since you live in brazilfornia.
Wed, 10 Sep 2025 08:34:10 -0700
Andy from private IP
Reply #14339037
I have a lot of firepower at the office, plus my license to carry. I'm not worried about me, it's the employees I worry about.
@15621257 Andy 🤣 @15912773 Andy 👍
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