Maria Gonzalez violated an order.
By Sreekanth A Nair
Maria Gonzalez from New York wouldn’t have thought that her Facebook post will end up in getting incarcerated.
She is now facing a year in jail for a post on Facebook tagging her sister-in-law.
After her divorce, Gonzalez was banned from contacting her former sister-in-law Maribel Calderon by any means. But she violated the order of protection and tagged Calderon on a Facebook post calling Calderon “stupidâ€.
On another post, she said “You and your family are sad…You guys have to come stronger than that!! I’m way over you guys but I guess not in ya agenda.”
When the issue was taken to Westchester County Supreme Court, Gonzalez argued that the order didn’t specifically prohibit her from Facebook communication with her former sister-in-law.
But disagreeing with her argument, Justice Susan Capeci said, “The order of protection prohibited the defendant from contacting the protected party by electronic or any other means.â€
Manhattan matrimonial attorney Michael Stutman, who isn’t part of the case, told New York Post, “Everything you post anywhere can possibly be used against you.â€