A Frenchman will pay the price for texting and
calling his ex-girlfriend 21,807 times over a 10-month stretch.
The 33-year-old man was sentenced to four months in jail and to
pay a $1,300 fine. He admitted in court that he was trying to reach her to
receive compensation or a "thank you" for improvements on their
apartment he made before they broke up.
"It was stupid," he said yesterday. At the time his logic was: “Until she returns the money, she
pays back for work I carried in our apartment, or at least says thank you, I will
not stop the calls."
The 32-year-old ex girlfriend received an average of 73 calls per day,
including 100 during the hour-and-a-half she spent filing charges against him. She blocked his calls, but he just called her parents
instead.
He kept up the harassment until she finally
expressed her thanks in a meeting organized by a mediator.
The man's full sentence: ten months in jail (six of which
were suspended), along with the fine, mandatory psychiatric treatment, and
orders to make no contact at all with his ex-girlfriend.
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from USA Today
