Follow Up a Post: Should I continue to help my cousin?

[Anonymous]

I made a post about my cousin being stalked and harassed by a former fling. I emailed his former fling and basically tell her to leave my cousin alone before we file a restraining order against her. She replies back saying that she has had my cousin blocked via phone and social media since February 2024 and that in August 2024 he confronted her at a mutual friend’s house and insisted on knowing why she ghosted him. She has provided me with screenshots of him looking her up on LinkedIn on multiple occasions over the last year, him trying to follow her on social media via other accounts (that I know belong to him), and multiple instances of him trying to interact with her on Telegram (that she ignored).

Then a mutual friend tells me that he tried to sit next to her at a get together at a restaurant (despite there being other empty seats), but she got up and sat somewhere else. Our friend said that he didn’t seem threatened by her at all.

Should I continue to help him?

[Lliam]

It's always enlightening to get both sides of the story, isn't it?

As it turns out, your cousin is obsessed with this lady. He's harassing her and he lied to you. The only way you can help him, at this point, is to recommend that he gets mental counseling.

[Sssssshhhhh123]

No I wouldn’t your cousin is stalking this girl and harassing her!

[Asker]

I guess I’m a bit shocked that he would lie like this and risk messing up someone’s life like this (she’s in law school).

[Sssssshhhhh123]

Yeah I would be shocked too honestly but this seems to be the case from time to time. He is clearly having issues letting go. She has all the proof that he is harassing/stalking her. Not trying to be mean by any means but I’m surprised with all that proof she has she hasn’t gotten a restraining order on him….