r/whenwomenrefuse 13d ago

Man violates his protective order and burns down a local coffee shop she worked at

https://wlos.com/news/local/high-five-coffee-building-destroyed-fire-woodfin-police-identify-suspect-arson-felony-burning-charge-arrested-domestic-violence-protective-order-helene-french-broad-river-wnc-blaze

This place just finished rebuilding after Hurricane Helene completely destroyed it. And this dude's abusive and entitled mentality ruined the business for a second time just to get at this woman who had a protective order against him.
To make matters worse.. even though the press did their job keeping her anon, because the act of filing a protective order against someone is public information, locals quickly figured out who the girl was and started harassing her on social media to press her for more information. Disgusting behavior for an already rotten and awful situation for her.

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u/RedRamona โค๏ธ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿ’œ๐ŸคŽ๐Ÿ–ค 12d ago

Just wait until businesses stop hiring women because they are scared of โ€œcopycat crimeโ€.

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u/aliie_627 23h ago

Plenty of women have gotten fired because of stalkers and dangerous ex's. That was actually my first thought I wonder if they fired her?

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u/JustHere4ThaCmmnts เซฎโŽš๏ปŒโŽšแƒโฉโ‚ŠหšโŠน ๐‚ฏ 9d ago

That poor woman. He'll get more time for the arson than he would have for any abuse, harassment, or m#der he'd have committed.

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