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02-23-2012, 10:51am
Court Orders Man To Apologize To Estranged Wife On Facebook
Magistrate Says Apologizing Can Avoid 60-Day Sentence
POSTED: 4:01 pm EST February 22, 2012
UPDATED: 4:01 pm EST February 22, 2012
CINCINNATI -- A Cincinnati man has been ordered to apologize to his estranged wife on Facebook after a post he wrote last year.
Court records indicate that Mark Byron was found guilty of civil domestic violence against Elizabeth Byron in June 2011, and Elizabeth Byron was granted a temporary protection order.
The records indicate that Mark Byron posted a comment to his Facebook wall in late November that stated "if you are an evil, vindictive woman who wants to ruin your husband's life and take your son's father away from him completely -- all you need to do is say that you're scared of your husband or domestic partner and they'll take him away!"
Elizabeth Byron filed a motion after the post was made, stating that the post violated the protection order, which prohibited Mark Byron "from causing plaintiff or the child of the parties to suffer physical and/or mental abuse, harassment, annoyance or bodily injury."
On Jan. 25, magistrate Paul Meyers ruled that Mark Byron violated the protection order and sentenced him to 60 days in jail and a $500 fine.
But Meyers said Mark Byron could avoid the sentence by paying back child support and posting an apology, written into the order by Meyers, to his Facebook page for 30 days beginning Feb. 13.
Meyers ruled that Byron could not shut down his page during those 30 days and had to grant friend status to his wife or someone of her choosing to monitor the page.
The Cincinnati Enquirer reported that Byron has placed the apology on his Facebook page.
The case returns to court on March 19.
Magistrate Says Apologizing Can Avoid 60-Day Sentence
POSTED: 4:01 pm EST February 22, 2012
UPDATED: 4:01 pm EST February 22, 2012
CINCINNATI -- A Cincinnati man has been ordered to apologize to his estranged wife on Facebook after a post he wrote last year.
Court records indicate that Mark Byron was found guilty of civil domestic violence against Elizabeth Byron in June 2011, and Elizabeth Byron was granted a temporary protection order.
The records indicate that Mark Byron posted a comment to his Facebook wall in late November that stated "if you are an evil, vindictive woman who wants to ruin your husband's life and take your son's father away from him completely -- all you need to do is say that you're scared of your husband or domestic partner and they'll take him away!"
Elizabeth Byron filed a motion after the post was made, stating that the post violated the protection order, which prohibited Mark Byron "from causing plaintiff or the child of the parties to suffer physical and/or mental abuse, harassment, annoyance or bodily injury."
On Jan. 25, magistrate Paul Meyers ruled that Mark Byron violated the protection order and sentenced him to 60 days in jail and a $500 fine.
But Meyers said Mark Byron could avoid the sentence by paying back child support and posting an apology, written into the order by Meyers, to his Facebook page for 30 days beginning Feb. 13.
Meyers ruled that Byron could not shut down his page during those 30 days and had to grant friend status to his wife or someone of her choosing to monitor the page.
The Cincinnati Enquirer reported that Byron has placed the apology on his Facebook page.
The case returns to court on March 19.