Call from girl claiming to have slept with my boyfriend

[RockrGrrl]

Hi,

My question isn't about my relationship with my boyfriend. My question is actually how to get information about a restricted number.

About a week ago, I received a voicemail from a restricted number at 2:30AM on a Sunday night/Monday morning. The woman on the line sounded drunk and claimed to have slept with my boyfriend. She didn't leave a name, but said to contact her so we could "figure this out." It clearly sounds like a prank, and I have a good feeling it's a friend of mine (who got a friend of hers to call so I wouldn't know who it was). She's tried to get with my boyfriend before. Anyway...

I don't want to assume its her until I know for sure. This is obviously something that would break up a friendship, and I want to get my facts straight. How would I go about getting the information from a restricted number? And also, I would like to sue, if possible. Does anyone know about this sort of thing?

(Not for the money... but for trying to break up my 3 year relationship. Bitch.)

Thanks

[Chris.]

You can contact your phone company and try to talk to them about it. And if you are receiving several calls you can then contact the police and they can trace it (but will only do so if its a harassing message(s).

As far as suing, I would talk to a lawyer about that. Depending on location - you may. But as far as I know, in the US, you cant sue for having someone try to break up a relationship.


Best wishes,
Chris

[OMFG!You'reActuallySmart!]

Your best bet for getting the number is to call the phone company and have them give it to you. I'm confused why you want to sue because it was a single event (i.e. no harassment), was non-threatening, not intentionally malicious (i.e. the person sounded as though they were intoxicated), did not slander you, etc... . The lady's statement of "call back to figure this out" could be seen as inviting a physical fight but it's not threatening and I presume she has not followed up on it.

If anyone were to sue it would be your boyfriend, although that's still stretching the law a lot so I doubt a court would even bother to hear it. If you were to sue, you would get into trouble because the person can counter-sue you for making false accusations and possibly slander (depending if you retaliate to the person after finding out who they are). Also, since you even said you thought it was a prank call and thereby not malicious, you instantly negate almost any lawsuit on your part. Basically, it boils down to you suing someone for trying to break up a relationship, which is not illegal nor criminal.

Just forget about it and move on.