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Episode 41 - Nothing but a Restraining Order: Part 1
Have you ever had the past sneak up on you in the most unexpected way? That's what happened during my recent trip to Salem, Massachusetts. What was meant to be a peaceful hike turned into a surreal encounter with a blast from the past—my ex-girlfriend from three years ago. In this Part 1 Episode, I found myself navigating a legal maze trying to untangle the events that led to this bizarre situation. As I recount this rollercoaster of events, I reflect on how the past never quite stays where you left it.
Through the tangled web of accusations, I question the validity of my ex's claims and share my skepticism about her intentions. But this isn't just about my story—it's an invitation for you, the listeners, to share your own encounters with restraining orders. Whether you've filed one or been on the receiving end, your experiences can help foster a community that takes these legal measures seriously. As always, I'm grateful for your support and eager to hear your stories. Let's unravel these legal dramas together and look forward to brighter, drama-free weekends ahead!
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yo, what up everyone. After a little two-week hiatus, we are back, and thank you so much for tuning into this episode of the lmbe podcast, where lmbe stands for literally nothing but everything. I'm mike rispoli, and guys, please remember to check out my socials on Instagram and TikTok at the LNBE pod. Please also continue to like, share and comment or follow this pod on whatever podcast platform you're listening to this on, and also feel free to write up a review or a comment to help boost this thing to the top, because we all know that's where this thing belongs. Ah, did you guys miss me? Because I definitely missed you. And now, after two weeks, I'm trying to shake off the rust here. Actually, you know what? That's? A great song by a group called the Blue Stones, shaking Off the Rust. If you don't know who they are, def give them a listen.
Speaker 1:But we're going to get into why I haven't done a podcast in a couple weeks. But also, I'm sorry, I think this is going to have to be split up between a part one and a part two, because it is wild. So, mike, why haven't you done a podcast in a while? Did you go somewhere? Oh, let me tell you, I definitely went on a trip. So let me tell you the story. Okay, so I don't remember where we left off, but I think the last podcast that I did was before columbus day weekend, which was the weekend of the 12th, and that's when all of this started happening. So, columbus day weekend and or indigenous people's week, I don't know whatever you guys want to call it, I don't know what the proper term is for it. But anyways, that weekend I went up to salem, massachusetts, because that's where my sister lives. Oh, oh, were you partaking in Halloween festivities? I could give a fuck about Halloween, let me just start there. So I had planned this trip back in August and I even told a friend that I was going to be up there, because we had all planned that that weekend we were going to go do a hike. So the night before the hike hike, my sister recommended that we should do a trail up in New Hampshire, and on this hike, when we got up to the top, oh geez, you fell down and you were in the hospital for two weeks. No, honestly, I really wish that that was what happened, because what did happen was worse.
Speaker 1:I thought that I had seen an ex-girlfriend of mine from three years ago. But I wasn't sure because I only saw her from the back. So I turned to my sister, my sister's husband and our friend who was on the hike and I'm like, could that possibly be my ex-girlfriend from three years ago? And we were all just kind of sitting there chatting amongst ourselves like there's no way that could be her, because what would the odds of that be? I mean randomly just seeing an ex-girlfriend on a hike all the way up in New Hampshire, which is like six hours away from where I live. So I didn't really think anything of it. I never went up to her, I didn't even want to say hi, like that relationship.
Speaker 1:Just, I actually think I mentioned it on my podcast with Ella, if you go back to episode 14, where I mentioned that I myself was a part of a very toxic relationship and it was actually with the girl that I thought that I had seen on this hike of the relationship, given how it ended, I just had absolutely no intention whatsoever to attempt to even go up to her. So then when we were going back down the trail to go back to the car, I got separated from my sister and her husband because they had dogs and it was just really messy and it was a shit ton of people there that weekend. So when we were going back down, I was with my friend the whole time and going down the mountain I thought I saw her for a second time and again she was in front of us. So I only saw her from the back and I was talking to my friend and I'm like dude, could that possibly be her? Because it kind of looks like her from the back. I'm just not used to seeing her from this angle, with pants on, and my friend even was just like no, there's no way, because, honestly, what are the odds? Well, it turns out it was her because that following tuesday I got a restraining order put against me.
Speaker 1:This woman comes to my door. I legitimately thought it was a joke. This woman comes to my door, it's like 4 pm on a Tuesday, and she just goes hey, are you Mike Rispoli? And I said yes, and then she goes. Do you know a so-and-so? And I was like you mean my ex from three years ago? Yeah, what about her? And she goes, oh yeah, well, she served a restraining order against you and I'm like what? Like this was my Al Pacino moment, where I hadn't talked or done anything with this chick in years and I'm just thinking like, right, when I think I'm out, they pull me back in.
Speaker 1:So I'm just like, are you shitting me? And she's like, yeah, no, this is pretty legit. Like you have to appear in court and if you don't appear, then it's an automatic admission of guilt. And I'm like this is absolutely crazy. So I take the restraining order from her and I see that it's from Somerville District Court in Massachusetts so she doesn't even live in my town anymore and it says that I had to be a hundred yards away from her.
Speaker 1:So I'm like holy shit, this chick apparently just goes yeah, 200 miles isn't enough, let's tack on an extra 300 feet. What I mean? Am I wrong in saying that? I'm not the only one who would have thought that that's crazy. I can't be the only one who would have been like get the fuck out of here. This is ridiculous.
Speaker 1:And it was actually really funny, because right before the lady who served me left, she goes oh, by the way, do you have any weapons on you? I was like no, and she's like okay, bye, have a nice day. I'm like what if I had just lied to your face. But apparently they already probably would have done a background check on me to see if I had anything registered. But what if I didn't have anything registered? You think I'm going to tell you the truth that I have a weapon in the house. If I have something unregistered, ha doubt it. Just for the record. So we're all clear.
Speaker 1:I am not a gun person. I do not own any sort of gun. I've never owned a gun. I've never even shot a gun besides a bb gun. So the only reason she actually had to ask me is because on this restraining order it says there is a substantial likelihood of immediate danger of abuse. Yeah, from 200 miles away, your order to immediately surrender to the Greenwich Connecticut Police Department or to the police officers serving this order, all guns, ammunitions, gun licenses and FID cards. So they legally had to ask me that question. Which, alright, I get, it's an abuse prevention order. You're trying to minimize the potential abuse. That I would never be able to do. Okay, a plus on our judicial system.
Speaker 1:So the next day I call up this district court and I'm like, hey, I got this restraining order from this person that I haven't seen in three years ago. I live in greenwich, fucking connecticut. You guys are all the way up in Somerville, massachusetts. Why the hell was this thing even initiated? Why was it even served to me? Can I see what the affidavit says? Because I had to know what this chick wrote. Also, I wanted to know what she wrote because I had no choice. I had to go to court, but I wanted to know what I was going to be going up against when I went to court. And the only reason I had to go to court was just to either get this thing dismissed or extended. It was never going to get extended.
Speaker 1:From the moment that that lady served me, I already knew that for a fact. Because why? Now? Part of me thinks that this chick doesn't think I was even going to go, and I'm just speculating here because I don't know if this is true or not. But my only thought process of this is she's probably thinking I'm not going to want to go all the way up to back to Massachusetts to fight something that's going to hold no water. Why would I want to take out all of the time in my day to go deal with something like this? But little does she know. I'm unemployed right now and I ain't got nothing but time.
Speaker 1:So first thing I did was, after I call up the district court, I just immediately started searching for lawyers, because the court said that in order for me to get the affidavit, I would have had to go up there and see it. I'm like you guys can't just send me a link or something like what the hell? Like you guys can't send me a pdf of this thing? It's public record, like anybody could go see it. So why can't you guys just send it to me, especially when I'm not close to the area and this has everything to do with me. So they're like no, you have to come up and get it. So I'm like, fine, so I call up a lawyer because now also, I'm like you know what? Fuck you, I'm gonna get representation. So I get on the phone with my, I tell her the situation and she's like this is absolutely crazy. She goes and gets the affidavit. When she sees the affidavit, she emails me and just goes. I just got the affidavit. This thing is absolutely crazy. And, lucky for you guys, I have the affidavit and I'm going to read it off to you, and I did get counsel from my lawyer saying that legally, I am allowed to read this off. So let's get into this.
Speaker 1:On or about 10, 12, 24 at 12 pm Eastern time. Date examples list as specific of a time frame as possible for each act. The defendant approached the plaintiff and her dog by using verbal threats at a public park. Well, that's not even true, considering I never even went up to her. If I never went up to her, how was I going to say something to her? Oh yeah, I just screamed from across the mountain to her. The plaintiff and her dog were nearing the end of Mount Willier Trail, so I guess that's where the hike was in New Hampshire, two and a half hours away from the plaintiff's place of current residence. So obviously she's moved to the Boston area, because from my sister's house in Salem it was two and a half hours away. But I didn't even know that this chick moved.
Speaker 1:Bear with me, guys, this woman has serial killer handwriting, so goes on to say the defendant made hurtful vernacular, using details from their past relationships, as well as phrases such as get the fuck out of here. Okay, but like what? Details now, keep in mind, I'm walking down with my friend and we were probably just having a conversation and I probably just said something like ah, get the fuck out of here or like whatever, like just very basic vernacular, and the way that she wrote that it makes it sound like I went up to her and I just started screaming yo, get the fuck out of here. Like what? What? Not even remotely true. I didn't even know if that was the bitch or not. So what was I going to do? Hey, you look like my ex-girlfriend from three years ago. Fuck you. Like what? Goes on to say.
Speaker 1:After those remarks, the defendant had a smirk on his face. Well, I don't know how she could have seen I had a smirk on my face because I never even saw her look back, let alone the fact that I only saw her from the back. So I never even saw her look back, let alone the fact that I only saw her from the back. So I never even saw her face. I didn't even know it was her. But also, you know, it's kind of a problem when you fuck somebody for a year, because we dated on and off for a year and I don't remember what you look like now. Granted, I only saw her from the back, as I keep saying. But also part of me wonders if I didn't recognize her because she has a new haircut. And, girl, let me tell you it ain't doing you no favors.
Speaker 1:I will say I was advised by my lawyer to not say anything that could possibly instigate. But even right now, all I'm doing is talking shit. It is 100 protected speech to talk shit about somebody. You just can't threaten somebody like all these people who talk shit about our politicians, me included like should all of them be in jail because they say something that you don't like. I don't even know what the hell she could be referring to, because I never even said anything to her. So I don't know what she's coming at me for. So you know what? Open invitation. If you hear this and you want to come at me again because I just said you had a bad haircut, go for it, because I already got this thing dismissed once. So now, if anything, I'm just gonna come back at you and I'm gonna get you on harassment, freaking psycho. All right, continuing on here.
Speaker 1:The plaintiff was shaken up as she did not share with anyone on where she was going for the day. Okay, that's also fucking crazy to me. You're going for a hike. You bring your dog. It's a hundred pound Doberman. Oh well, mike, how do you know that she had a hundred pound Doberman? Because she had the dog. When I dated her, that thing slept on me more than she did. I actually hung out with the dog way more than I hung out with her during our time being together.
Speaker 1:But here's why I think it's absolutely crazy that she didn't tell anybody where she was going or where she would be. First of all, she's saying that she has no witnesses to any of this. So that's a layup for me, at least on a legal standpoint, because it's not like she says that she has a friend who saw me approach her. So alright, that's negated, right then and there. But also say the dog falls or something, or say you get injured, you're telling nobody where you are or where you're going to be. That just screams stupidity. Honestly, if anything, she didn't tell anybody where she was. She could have been stalking me for all I know.
Speaker 1:Goes on to say the plaintiff has had no contact with the plaintiff. She fucked up there. I'm assuming she meant to say the defendant has had, or the plaintiff has had no contact with the defendant. I'm assuming that's what she meant to say, since a last act in greenwich, connecticut, around may 31st 2024. So, from what I can deduce, she moved anywhere between May and the current day, while residing in Greenwich Connecticut. There were two other acts carried out by the defendant towards the plaintiff On May 5th 2023, so she's going back a year.
Speaker 1:The defendant ran in close proximity to the plaintiff and proceeded to say fucking spit. First of all, anybody who knows me knows that I do not spit. That is not something that I do. Any of my friends and family can corroborate that. Also, if I were directing that at you, wouldn't I have said fuck you and not just fuck Cause, for all I know, I could have just had a fly go in my mouth or something. I just spit it out Like I don't know.
Speaker 1:Now, something that's important here is during the time that she lived in Greenwich Connecticut as well. We lived a mile and a half away from each other and I would go on runs. I've said on this podcast I'm pretty avid when it comes to working out and one of my running roots she lived on a main street and on this run I would run by where she lived. Sometimes it was kind of unavoidable. It wasn't like I was trying to seek her ass out. I didn't care and part of all of this. I had to go all the way back from 2022 until now. Thank God, I wear my Apple Watch for every freaking workout that I do. Shout out to Apple Thank you for the tracking Words. I never thought I would say, but in this case it really came in handy for me. I didn't even start doing this running route until 2022. We broke up in 2021. So that's a year out after the fact of even when we broke up.
Speaker 1:But what's amazing is, according to my Apple Watch, I didn't even go for a run that day. I did an at-home workout. Now, I don't know what made her pull that day out of her ass, but it works for me. Bitch is grasping at straws here. So, anyways, goes on to say on May 31st 2024, the defendant made another attempt to initiate contact with the plaintiff and her dog by running up from behind the plaintiff or to aggravate her dog. Now I'm just going for a run. If you're in front of me, then yeah, I am going to run up from behind you technically, because you're in my fucking way. Get out of my way Now. Could I have possibly seen her that day on a run too? I mean, it's probable, but according to my apple watch, again, I didn't go for a run that day. I did another at-home workout. I don't know what made her pull these dates out of her ass. I really don't. But not once, as of now, is there anything saying that I could have possibly been a threat, because it's not like she said. I was going to her house and knocking on her door when I saw her on these runs that she's claiming that she saw me on. Then, if I saw her again, I was gonna beat a rapper, some crazy shit. There's nothing here. Oh, I said fucking, I spit. Well, it wasn't even directed at you and I didn't even go for runs. These two days you are pulling a judge in this World Series because you are just swinging for the fences and missing every ball thrown at you so far.
Speaker 1:My favorite line in this affidavit is actually this final line, where it says the plaintiff feared that the defendant would continue acts similar in nature while residing in Greenwich, connecticut. Okay, so if you are so fearful and look, I'm not trying to victim blame at all I don't want to say, oh, why didn't you come forward sooner? It's nothing like that. But coming from me, somebody who got served this. I'm thinking well, if I'm such a huge threat to you, apparently I caused you so much danger why would you not have filed something like this when you were living in Connecticut, in the town a mile and a half from which I also live, makes no sense. Why did you wait all the way up until you moved 200 miles away to file something like this? Were you thinking that I wasn't gonna fight this like I?
Speaker 1:I don't understand the thought process. Part of the thought process that I was having with my lawyer is my lawyer even was just like. This just seems vindictive and, honestly, it sounds like she's doing all of this just because she knows it's going to annoy you. Well, if that was what she was going after, she very well succeeded because this annoyed the fuck out of me for two weeks just because she saw me on a hike, and she's no better than a toddler when, like siblings, get into a fight and it's just like get out of my space. This whole thing was just wild and part of the reason why I didn't do any podcasts for the past two weeks is because god forbid, she somehow knows about this podcast and I would have talked shit about this and it just would have added fuel to this unnecessary fire. So I was like you know what silence is just the absolute best response right now, because I would rather say and do nothing than possibly make something worse. But not once did she mention that there was a threat.
Speaker 1:And what's crazy is the affidavit came from a harassment order and the judge was the one who upped it to a restraining order. And I'm reading this affidavit and I'm just like why in the hell would any judge even sign off on this? But, even more so, why would you up it to a restraining order? What did I do? I didn't do anything Like what the hell's going on here, and that was the thing that drove me.
Speaker 1:The most crazy about all of this is because we didn't know if maybe she had said something to the judge that she didn't write in this affidavit, because apparently, with this affidavit you only need to write three instances. So she wrote two random days that I didn't even go for runs and couldn't have even possibly have seen her. And then the third instance was when I went on this hike and apparently she just got triggered by seeing me and because I had to compile all of my runs that I've done. From all these dates I found out, from November of 2022 up until as of recent, I've done that run anywhere from 60 to 70 times and, honestly, from what I can remember no joke. I can literally count on one hand how many times. I think I even saw her.
Speaker 1:So I did have my court hearing on Tuesday, october 29th. I don't think I'm spoiling anything by telling you, guys, I got the whole thing dismissed. So this is all part one. I'm also kind of running out of time here, so next week will be part two, because I requested the audio and I want to make sure that I get everything right, because that court procedure oh my God, guys, it was.
Speaker 1:It was like the office. I mean, there was one point because I brought my friend as a witness. There was one point where my lawyer just absolutely had my ex's back up against a wall and it was glorious. When that happened, I looked over at my friend. Thank God he looked away, or we both would have started laughing and I got to say there were a couple times where she made herself look like an idiot. I mean more so than this affidavit, because this whole thing never even should have started, but during the hearing. There were definitely a couple times where she was just like what the fuck did I get myself into? Because I also don't think that she thought that I was also gonna lawyer up.
Speaker 1:Oh, typical kid from grange. Your daddy paid for a lawyer. Nah, fuck you. Fuck you guys. I paid for my own lawyer. This was my mess. I fucking cleaned it up. I don't know what you want me to tell you.
Speaker 1:I don't know what this chick was thinking, but she probably thought this was going to be some episode of Judge Judy or some shit. I'll go more into this next week, but, holy crap, am I glad I lawyered up, like if you guys hear this podcast. Glad I lawyered up, like if you guys hear this podcast, seeing how I get. She was going to try and ask me some stupid question, which she did, but because I had a lawyer with me, I didn't get hotheaded. I was able to stay cool because I think that's what she was expecting. I think she was expecting me to get hotheaded and start just like losing my cool and yell at her and make myself look bad, but because I had my lawyer present, that never happened. But yeah, depending on when I get this audio recording, that's when I'll do a part two of this.
Speaker 1:As I said, I just want to make sure that I have everything correct before I just start going off of memory. But also, next week we got to get into some sports stuff because the yankees lost the world series. Deshaun w Watson is no longer playing. There's so many things that have happened since we last talked. So I promise after, like last week, now that this whole thing is behind me, we'll get back into the swing of things and again, guys, I'm really sorry that I didn't put anything out for the last two weeks. Hopefully this kind of explains it. Thank you for being patient with me.
Speaker 1:Honestly, if you guys want to write in, tell me your restraining order stories, either if you filed one or if you've had one against you Now, if it's totally crazy and you deserved it. I mean, maybe I could be the judge of that. But I don't want anybody bragging to me like they threatened people, because that's not what I'm doing. But if you guys do have a restraining order story, feel free to email me at lnb media at gmailcom. Please continue to like, share, follow, subscribe, do whatever you got to do to help me boost this. Get this up in the rating. Feel free to follow me on my instagram and tiktok at the lnb pod and thank you so much for listening. I really do appreciate all the support that you guys have given me. I hope all of you have a fantastic weekend and if you went out for Halloween, I hope you stayed safe and you did the right thing and you didn't file any unnecessary restraining orders against people. All right, guys, I'll catch up with you next week. Thank you you.
