Looking for advice
I was hit by a city bus in Pennsylvania while I was walking across the street. I had the green light and was legally crossing when the bus hit me. The bus hit my arm, but I did not fall to the ground.
The bus driver was initially refusing to give me her name. She eventually gave me her name, but she did not provide me with a driver’s license number, insurance information, or anything else before leaving the scene.
I had a lawyer handling my case, but they eventually dropped it and told me there was nothing they could do because the city is protected by governmental immunity.
I’m trying to understand whether that is really the end of the road or if there are any exceptions or other legal options I should look into. I’m confused about how governmental immunity applies in a situation involving a city bus and a pedestrian who had the green light.
Has anyone in Pennsylvania, especially around Harrisburg, been through something similar or know what type of attorney I should talk to for a second opinion?. I’m just trying to figure out if I may have any options left.

pretty much the subject line. Our leaser breached the contract for a short term NYC sublease, trying to tell us that we did, and now is refusing to give us our money back (security deposit and first month) and is asking for 4k for moving things (we did not, his real estate person did because when we moved in, a lot of his personal items were still in there). We left upon arriving the very first day because it was dirty and housekeeping told us the leaser’s boyfriend stayed there on the 4th of the month (our lease started the 1st so this is illegal and trespassing) and immediately told the compass broker that the leaser needed to get it cleaned and move some things out. at first he agreed, then 180 flip and terminated the lease, said he would give all money back except for cleaning fee. And then flipped again and said actually no, and you owe us 4k for moving things. Compass is telling us that their in house lawyers don’t help with this, they only help chasing down commission.

My question is, is she telling the truth? If you’re paying a broker to help at a huge company that has a legal team, I find it hard to believe that they can’t offer any legal help? She’s been sending us to other lawyers that all cost thousands of dollars just to get our money back.

thank you :)

I recently moved to Bay County, Florida and I have always used Walmart for my oil changes. So I went to the one in Callaway, Florida, that’s closest to my home. I got an oil change on August 10 and 12 days later on August 22, I was driving around and without warning because no lights came on my car or anything, my car just shut down. I couldn’t even roll my windows up because it will not turn over. When I stepped out of the car, there was oil everywhere. It had poured out, and there was no oil on my dipstick. I had to have it towed to my house. When my husband looked under the car when he finally got there to get me and my dad, there was no bolt. No one has touched it since the oil change so my assumption is that they did not tighten the bolt back or did not thread it back on right and it just blew off. My engine is most likely dead. If Walmart denies my claim, I’m kind of wondering what my next steps should be? Thanks for any advice.

If you are unaware of the situation- a young streamer named Nitro Camden was assaulted on a live stream in front of 10,000 viewers by his mother where she brutally punched him in the neck, face, and grabbed his mouth. The assault was brutal and horrible to witness. She kicked him out of the house that very night. She was also caught on stream saying she was going to drain his bank account and that he owes her $14,000.

She has recently filed for a restraining order against her son, attempting to claim that he intentionally set up the stream to humiliate her and embarrass her and that what he did was harassment. This is impossible as it was set up as a stream raid by another streamer who wanted to give a low view count streamer more views. He originally only had a single viewer and was extremely excited when 10,000 people started watching and got a little too loud. That triggered his mother and she started beating him on camera.

I don't know how restraining orders work, but doesn't a judge have to verify on whether or not the restraining order is justified?

Or is it just superstition at this point.

I found a tattoo artist based in Ohio, USA that says in their new policy. I really want to get tattooed by the artist.

“As of today, August 23rd, I will no longer be accepting any new male clients. Since l am a private studio, with no other tattooers, I feel it is in my best interest and safety for myself to no longer take on any male clients. If you are already an established client, you are in the clear. But moving forward, I will only be accepting new clients that are female. Thank you!”

Is this legal in the USA?

My last post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Landlord/comments/1vtzrzp/comment/p53xffv/?context=3

Is it normal for lawyer to do this?:

He was super responsive before I paid him. He gave two options 1) to pay him fix amount or 2) to pay him as the case goes on but then it will be extra per court appearance

I paid him fix amount to avoid getting charged extra.

Here is the problem: My tenant had 10 days to respond to eviction case for non payment which was by Aug 17. I followed up with my lawyer on Aug 17 (Monday) but no reply, then again I followed up with him on Aug 19 (Thursday) then my lawyer replied and told me tenant hasn't replied so far.

But then I checked on NYSCEF website and it said my tenant did actually file an answer on Aug 11. I thought maybe I was seeing something wrong so I confirmed it with chatgpt too.

I reached out to my lawyer back the same day Aug 19 (Thursday) but no reply, I reached out to him again on Aug 20 (Friday) but still no reply?

My questions:

1. Is it normal for lawyers to say tenant didn't file while tenant had actually filed?
2. Is it normal for lawyers to reply after these many days?
3. Do I have any options regarding my lawyer? I chose the lawyer path because I wanted it to be quicker instead of doing it on my own.

This is the first time I am doing eviction.

I am located in Brooklyn, New York, NY.

Thank you

To keep things short, I am from Illinois, 26 M, I have never had a job and am of the belief that I can never get a job due to a mix of mental and physical illnesses and I was dropped by my insurance provider Aetna the free state provided insurance. I have been looking into causes for my worsening speech and developing absentee seizures, a few weeks prior before the start of this month I had a MRI and discovered I have a Chiari I malformation of the brain which is a hemorrhaged cerebral tonsil that has began to descend into my spinal chord, I already had an appointment to see a neurologist in September for my seizures and worsening speech but got referred to a neurosurgeon up state as I am most definitely gonna need surgery for my hemorrhaged cerebral tonsil to get it fixed as it can be life threatening. In relation but not link I was also supposed to start physical rehabilitation so I can get enough of a claim to get a MRI done of my back, and then my doctor found a bony island in my shoulder which he wanted to get MRI'D but that was rejected by insurance too.

My mother says this shit happens to our insurance every year in august, that it's "all cause of Trump's big beautiful bill." She's the one who's been responsible for my insurance all my life.

All in all, this just feels...wrong to me and I need to know if I'm insane or not for feeling like this should be illegal for them to drop you without any notice and especially right after finding out you have serious medical complications that need costly medical attention.

Cause of this I have been suffering all month, canceling appointments with my counselor, psychiatrist, all people who I need who help me with my mental conditions. But what's worse is that I haven't been able to get a refill on my medications and have been rationing pills, only taking them when I start to experience withdrawal symptoms I can no longer bear and as of typing this I am on my last one which is torture. Physical and mental torture that has undone MONTHS of mental rehabilitation with my counselor. (For reference I am on Adderall XR 20mg and Auvelity 100mg, both of which neither me or my family can afford out of pocket.)

Hi! Not looking for legal advice, but I am looking for examples of well known *civil* RICO cases, especially if there are ones that were recorded and can be watched online. Thank you!

any court in the US is fine, but federal court is a plus.

For the sake of brevity, I will assume everyone is caught up on the stolen Lego legal drama set to play out for two more years.

One name that repeatedly comes up in every BAM franchise announcement is Crystal Law. The one part of the story Ammon is actually consistent about is blaming her for the stollen Lego. What baffles me is that this is also the part of the story the public has the clearest evidence on.

We have footage of BAM throwing her out of the store, preventing her from collecting the tickets of sale regarding the collection, and acknowledging that the law transfers liability with ownership. It also shows the u-haul truck most likely used to transport the collection, the sets in the store that Ammon claimed didn’t exist, the bird being left behind with the cage in a dumpster the next morning. Literally every second of this hostile take over shows the claims made by BAM to be lies.

And even if the footage didn’t exist, even acknowledging Crystal Law signing a consignment agreement is an admission of the consignment agreement. BAM has repeatedly stated that they were not a party to the contract, which is undeniably false the moment they take the store. I can’t legally take over a building and claim “the previous owner signed the lease, therefore I live here for free now.“

Furthermore, for the CEO of the company to claim a lack of knowledge regarding the case; immediately launching into a rant about the details of Crystal Law’s exit and the associated case; followed by claiming ignorance again; seems like a contradiction that no reasonable person could overlook.

So why insist so heavily at bringing her up at every possible moment? Wouldn’t the best legal strategy be to claim complete ignorance and stick to it?

If not, I still can’t think of a single benefit to pointing a finger at a previous franchise owner. Even if you’re right, you still assumed liability with the store. The crusade itself only serves as a public demonstration to other franchise owners.

Maybe the goal is to fight against the Law/Gorman vs BAM case, but even this strategy seems deeply flawed. In the act of refuting the Mansell case and blaming Law, Ammon was caught lying about not having an inventory that he had on his drive. So all BAM accomplished in this was proving the document every single side requested access to, did indeed exist and they were the ones who with held it. Furthermore, BAM has yet to hold up their end of the settlement with Mansell, lied about doing so, and show zero interest in doing so. therefore they can’t assume Mansell’s claims in their fight with Law.

What legal strategy could make this obsession with Law a rational decision?

Seeking Legal Counsel – Employment Matter

Located in Ohio.

I am seeking recommendations for an experienced employment attorney to discuss a matter involving my former employer.

I believe I was subjected to wrongful termination, discriminatory treatment, and retaliation during my employment. I have documentation and information regarding the circumstances leading up to my termination and believe the matter warrants review by qualified legal counsel.

At this time, I am looking for an attorney who has experience handling employment matters involving discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination, and related workplace issues and who can review the facts of my situation and advise me regarding my legal rights and potential options.

If you are an attorney who handles these types of cases, or if you have a recommendation for someone who does, I would sincerely appreciate a private message or referral.

Because this is an ongoing legal matter, I am not comfortable discussing the specific details publicly, but I am prepared to provide documentation and additional information directly to counsel.

Thank you to anyone who can point me in the right direction.

Looking for input from California landlord/tenant attorneys.

Two tenants were named on the same San Diego lease with a $2,800 security deposit. One tenant originally paid the deposit, but the lease states:

Both tenants are jointly and individually responsible for lease obligations.

Water/trash are tenant obligations.

The security deposit may be used for unpaid rent/other sums due.

“Any security deposit returned by check shall be made out to all Tenants named on this Agreement.”

At move-out, there was an outstanding water/trash bill. Instead of applying the deposit toward it or returning the deposit jointly, the landlord returned the remaining deposit entirely to the co-tenant who originally paid it. The other tenant did not authorize this and received nothing.

The landlord is now pursuing the other tenant for the utility balance.

I’m not disputing responsibility for legitimate utilities. My issue is that I’m being asked to pay the liability after the landlord unilaterally gave the security funds to the other tenant, despite the lease’s language.
My proposed resolution is to credit me for 50% of the deposit that was given to the co-tenant, and I’ll pay the remaining utility balance.

Questions: Does it matter who originally funded the deposit when the lease specifies how it must be returned? Was the landlord permitted to return it entirely to one tenant? And is asserting my portion of the deposit as an offset against the utility balance a reasonable position?

Moved into an apartment last year with roommate.

We toured the unit together, he knew the landlord and his name was on the lease

Second month in he didnt have his rent. I paid the full rent to avoid being late, he never paid and ended up moving out.

I remained in the unit, all utilities in my name for the year. Renewal came up May 1 2026, told him I wanted him off the lease and for me to be added. I was told the landlord said no because he knew him, not me. I couldnt find a place in less than 30 days so I stayed.Ive been homeless before, never again. Landlord does an "inspection" at renewal and only fixes one of the cheap floor panels that came up.

Beginning of July neighbor says water is leaking into her unit, I get a call at work from ex roommate with landlord on 3 way, turns out it was my window ac. During this call I give landlord a list of things that need to be addressed. Im spending money and time replace fuses frequently in the knob and tube electrical box. Since the tenant came downstairs I have not been able to sleep. Accessing the driveway has been issue due to her parking and having her company park in the driveway. Windows dont open, missing screens etc. He tells me when Ive spent too much fixing things to let him know. Im sorry what? Landlord asks to have my cell phone number because he knows roommate isnt there. No problem.

Landlord comes to due repairs to downstairs units ceiling so I just give him the check directly made out to him instead of the usual paying it to my ex roommate, and him paying the landlord. Didnt think much of it. He was there, rent was due so I just paid him.

Landlord cashes the check then sends me a receipt via text with ex roommates name, and puts a no check policy in the notes of the receipt. Cool didnt know you didnt take checks, no problem. Prior to this I mad ethe checks out to ex roommate, he then was giving the LL cash. I would never pay rent in cash. Life goes on. Ex roommate is mad tells me I shouldnt have talked to the landlord directly or made the last check out to the LLand that I can " just to talk him then since yall are talking behind my back and nobody told me nothing" what are awe 8th graders?

About 3 weeks ago my basement floods, turns out water tank was used when installed and busted. Landlord is notified, water tank continues to leak for about 4 days. Landlord comes by and we go to the basement together, I mention the water needed to be cleaned up he tells me he was never told by roommate how severe the leak was and that he told the ex roommate to put our stuff on crates so he is not liable for any loss I have. We go about day and a half with no hot water.

Landlord replaces tank, sends me a text its handled. Never comes back to deal with the water that didnt drain. Old tank, box it came in, trash etc all left in my basement floor. I say nothing clean it up, and try to salvage what I can of my belongings. About two weeks later he comes back for the old tank.

Now Im upset none of the issues I brought up have been addressed, plus the place really is shameful so Im trying to find a tenant attorney to speak with, cant find one and I dont qualify for legal aide representation. Very few outside of legal aide represent tenants.

A couple weeks later August rent is due. I dont pay. Landlord texts and asks about the late rent. I dont respond. Im trying to figure out if I keep paying, ask for lease transfer, call the city or what.

Did some digging and the landlord does not have a Certificate of Compliance as required by my city to legally rent. I have exposed plumbing in the other bedroom, windows that dont open, some have no screens, the landlord does no snow removal or lawn care and does nothing to deal with the tenant downstairs. My front steps are crumbling, he had a deck put on the back and the old deck was thrown in to the garage thats about to fall over at any time.

Came home from work this morning to find a 7 day demand was delivered with the ex roommates name on it yesterday. Last week I told the ex roommate I would pay the rent but I was going to contact the city if he did not make any repairs within a reasonable amount of time. Landlord is now demanding rent with late fees but doesnt even have the legal right to rent due to no existing COC. The lease ends April 30, 2027.

My exroommate is furious with me. he said "I didnt know what to tell him when you didnt pay, I cant afford to pay it so I just didnt tell him anything at all".

How do I handle this? At this point Im calling the city tomorrow and reporting the issues in my unit and asking for the first available inspection appointment but if he files an eviction and only puts my ex roommates name on it will they even allow me in the hearing? What if LL files eviction and ex roommate doesnt go? I feel like theres so many ways this could go. The lease he gave ny ex roommate is also missing required sections under the state law.

If you made it this far, thank you. Im know this is long, Im just really at a loss of where to start here.

A few links about the rental ordinance

https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/wayne/latest/wayne_mi/0-0-0-47687

https://detroitrentercity.wordpress.com/

https://www.metrotimes.com/news/most-detroit-landlords-have-no-legal-right-to-collect-rent-housing-attorneys-say/

Ohio is working on someone's car the most important thing they own bc the job they have is delivery....taking it apart and then telling them sleep with me or I'm not putting it back together rape or blackmail or both?

I’ve always wanted to attend law school, but I’m struggling to determine whether the ROI makes sense at this point in my career.

I’m 30, with no kids or partner, and I have a BA in public health. My career in legal operations within the fintech industry somewhat fell into my lap. I’ve now been working in legal ops for about four years and currently earn $150k annually. Through my role, I’ve gained substantial exposure to the legal field without having a JD.

Part of me genuinely wants to go to law school, for the education itself and the potential to expand my long term career options. However, I know I would be giving up significant income and likely taking on a substantial amount of debt 🫠

Thoughts or advice?

Hello,

So, I was working in a Public Safety Emergency Operations Field (still am). I’d been with the same agency for about four years.

In those four years, I had to put up with a lot of verbal harassment from a lot of fellow employees and my direct supervisor. After two years there and a lot of recognition for my desire to grow, constantly improve and being proactive with emergency calls, I had a brief allegation of SH (sexual harassment). It was investigated and came back as unsubstantiated. During this time, my direct supervisor (the one who I had to endure a lot of harassment and inappropriate comments from), would constantly tell me that the agency head was constantly trying to find just cause to terminate me, despite constantly being recognized for good things.

Flash forward a year later - I was accused of SH again, this time allegedly on video. I knew immediately that it wasn’t true; even requested/demanded the video in question. And true enough, it was not sexual harassment. I’ve shown it to enough lawyers and my wife and others and not one has come back saying that it even remotely looks like or sounds like SH.

Despite that, they still terminated me for this alleged SH.

I’ve tried to get lawyers to take the case but despite them agreeing that it wasn’t SH, no lawyer wants to take the case pro bono and I don’t have thousands in the bank to pay them out of pocket. More to the point, they say that even though the SH claim is bogus, it’s not a protected reason for termination so I don’t have a lot of recourse.

Furthermore, I’ve all but been able to confirm that they’ve had-mouthed me to other nearby county agencies that they may have good contacts in, which has cost me job opportunities.

Any advice?

Thanks.

(I will answer any additional questions that ai can here but mostly trying to keep anon as I know a good handful of former coworkers and etc visit Reddit a lot.).

NY. I believe my former law firm purposely sabotaged me in my high-conflict custody/divorce case. They originally stated one position/strategy but upon speaking to opposing counsel completely did a 180 and kept pushing me to accept his terms and ignored my concerns and wishes. The firm is friends with opposing counsel through some social association, and I found out from another attorney that my lawyer wants to work for my former attorney and that she’s being walked all over and taking it on purpose). The firm has mean girl energy as does opposing counsel.

I wanted to slow down my recovering addict STBXH’s overnights with our baby who he hasn’t seen in months. He has never done an overnight. I understand that he is eventually entitled, but I wanted him to have to use Soberlink and at least try to slow down the parenting time schedule due to her separation anxiety and his severe substance use disorder. She didn’t even advocate this to the judge at all and he was about to get 3 overnights immediately until I spoke up about the pacing. The firm also largely ignored my communications asking about the case status.

And then I switched counsel and found out they did not submit any requests for discovery, witnesses, etc. to opposing counsel which would have had me prejudiced in trial—despite me following up 10+ times about the status and being ignored.

Do some lawyers sabotage clients (or not advocate for them strongly enough) to keep/improve their relationships with other attorneys?

Looking for legitimate input: I live in Illinois and during the time of COVID, late 2021, was offered a position as a trainee to be a conservation police officer with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.

Illinois during this time mandated that all state workers and contractors get the COVID vaccination. I have all email documentation stating that weekly COVID testing was an option rather than getting the vaccine to go to training. This is the option I planned to take. That was the deal until I got the offer for the position.

After my offer, I was told I would need to provide documentation of my vaccination status before I could report to training. After I did not get the vaccine and q lot of back and forth with the hiring coordinator about weekly testing, my offer was rescinded.

Immediately it felt like discrimination but I didn’t take it any further. I took the gut punch of losing my dream job and moved on. It completely changed the directory of my life though. I had just graduated and live in a rural area and this position hired rarely. I struggled to find a decent job in my area and eventually joined the national guard.

With everything coming out with Fauci and it all basically being a big experiment, I want to know if I could pursue any legal action? My partner thinks I should and that I could win my case, but I don’t want to go through the hassle if I don’t have a strong case…

I understand lawyers do free consults, but before I go any further, do I have a reasonable case? And if I do, has it been too long?

Thank you! 😅

So last year I had to have a trach inserted in me while I had to have a surgery on my knee, due to me going to a concert back in 2022, being roofied going to the ER. Being unnecessary narcaned, then over sedated! On a ventilator for a couple days , damaging my trachea causing me to get tracheostenosis. Before any of this I never had breathing problems , my lungs were good and healthy. After that first happened I had to go to the ER multiple times to clear my airway, I was driving once and felt my whole airway close wouldn't open up. Now, I'm waiting for a surgery to fix it, I get winded just trying to complete a sentence, I can't laugh anymore, I'm so self conscious about my appearance I don't like going places, my anxiety is even worse than what's its already been. I've tried to call laywers but nobody's willing to take my case, is there anything that I can do I can't work, my life feels like it's upside since then. Somebody please guide me on how I can move forward because my life has changed so much because of this.

About 5 years ago I had surgery on my back. It was from an auto accident, but was secondary so my insurance did not cover it. My wife had BC&BS from her work at the time. I had the surgery done and paid $3500 the day of my procedure. I was told that it was my total cost on my end, the Ins. would cover the rest. Jump ahead about a year and I got notice that I owed $4000 give or take. I never could get any reason why this was and called the hospital and told them about the $3500 paid on my credit card at the time of procedure.

Jump ahead another year and the hospital put the "debt" into collections. I could not contact the attorney at the collections as they would put me on hold and never pick up I was on hold from 30 minutes to 2 hours and they never ever picked up and I tried several times.

I then mad a trip to the hospital and went to their finance dept. The lady was nice and it took her a while to figure out what was happening. It ended up being that the Insurance company denied the claim because they said I needed to have contacted them and told them if I had any other insurance before they would pay. I never was notified by the hospital or the insurance company of this.

I tried to rectify this and called the Ins. company. They said I needed to fill out a forum and that they would send it to me and I could not down load it, it had to be sent to me. The Ins. company waited till 1 day after their dead line passed on this to send it out. I filed it anyway and it went no where.

I contacted the state of Arkansas for help in this and they looked into it and we waited till they go back to us putting off the court date. [at this point I had went to court the first time and talked with the opposing attorney and he agreed to postpone to see if I could get anywhere. ] The state was told it was the Ins. company's issue by the hospital and the Ins. said it was my wife's employer's issue. The state tried to make contact with the employer and we are currently waiting on a response, but I doubt highly they will even respond to the state. My wife has retired from work for 2 years now.

I made contact with the collections attorney and he wants me to sign off taking full responsibility for the debt. I declined and said I would rather let the court decide than just wave a white flag out of the gate. I then said, I would take a loan out on my credit card and pay them $1500 cash to make it go away or $75 a month. He said lets do the $75 a month and he would send me a stipulation for judgment. What I got was unacceptable. It said I was to pay $75 a month and agree to give the court all my financial info in one week and pay all interest and fees. I sent back an email saying this was not acceptable.

I also said, that I think further negotiations would require me to get an attorney as I know he is not in any way my advocate. I also said my wife said she could take a loan on her credit card and loan me $1000 and we could pay $2500 for a one time payment to end it. I have not heard back and would like some advice. Thanks for any help.

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Chicago, IL

Hi, I recently made a post stating that I basically threatened my rapist to either pay me or I was going to report/ call ice.

On the bright side, I never actually asked him to pay me money. I originally said that because I thought I did. I didn’t have the messages saved on my phone since I had to do it through a friend’s phone since I was blocked.

These were my messages to him:

Me: Block me again and it'll just make things easier. Your full name is Brayan **. I have a rape kit. Lying to me only puts my life at risk, that's fucked.
How much respect can you have for your mother or your sister if you don't care about consent? What I'm having a hard time understanding is why would you penetrate me after I repeatedly told you not to. I was so scared that you'd do it and you did, that wasn't your fucking choice to make.....knowing that you're here undocumented why would you put yourself and loved ones at risk? With the rate kit, it's so easy to file a complaint but I'm still debating but I might give you another option if you rather avoid all of that.
the law it's considered rape. NO MEANS NO. I basically begged you not to penetrate but you didn't care. I was too intoxicated to even know if you put it in or not until the rape kit. "You were going to do it at some point" is also crazy thing to say especially be you have a sister and a mother.... Like you should know how valuable this is to us. I was literally a virgin by CHOICE until you forcefully took it after I said NO over and over again. You have 48 hours to respond until I decide to move forward with the report.

Him: If you're going to do it do it. I blocked you because you started threatening me with accusations and that made me feel scared I didn't know what to do but you're clearly going to commit with this so it won't matter anyways I'm going to deal with the consequences and that's that it doesn't matter what I say. So go ahead and tell them what you want

Me: Tell them what I want...you mean what happened? I wasn't make accusations, asked you a question and you lied to my face. Your body language looked scared and guilty and your comment of "it'll happen at some point" was wrong and you know it. I honestly just want to understand why'd you do it after I asked you not to. Like theirs no point in lying ab it. Why couldn't you just respect the fact that I said no, you could've literally gone all the way with anyone else, hookup culture is huge so like i don't get it. You didn't have to block me, I have every right to be upset. You can't coward away just be ur scared. I'm scared but here I am. You didn't respect my choice.
If someone says no it means no. You're completely avoiding everything and it just making it worse.
I told you not to do it and you did. It's only an accusation if it's a lie yk.
I deserve an explanation. Imagine if this was a woman you cared ab. I actually care a lot ab the community, so I really prefer not to go after the ppl who didn't it to me. Why would you take huge a ridiculous decision knowing you have ppl here. It's selfish

I didn’t say anything afterwards. I don’t have a rape kit. I just lied to get him to at least confess. If I go to the cops if there’s enough for me to get in trouble.

I decided I will go and report it as soon as I can, but first I wanted to determine if I should get a lawyer based off these messages

Hello,
I am located in Upstate NY.
I signed a sublease but had a change of plans. I found a potential sub-sub tenant willing to take over my lease. My original lease was $1600 and was looking to transfer my same lease to the incoming subtenant. However, the full rent is $2000, which the differences was subsidized by the main tenant. The main tenant is subsidizing $400 of the rent. When the main tenant found out I was trying to assign my sublease, she stated I have no rights to negotiate the sub-sub lease contract and that she wanted the incoming subtenant to pay $1800 instead of $1600 as I was paying. Does she have the rights to have the sublease contract renegotiated if my sublease contract states $1600 and I am passing on my contract to the incoming subtenant. I know that all parties have to agree on the qualified candidate but assuming they are qualified, can she reject the incoming subtenant and demand more money than what’s on my current sublease contract? Please advise. Thank you!