Hello all,

I have a situation that I am frustrated about. I have already gotten legal advice about this but my anxiety just will not let it go.
On June 26, 2013, my property manager called to tell me tenants were complaining about my husband. Namely, that he has been letting his guests park in other people's parking stalls and that he is smoking in the building which is a non smoking building. These are false accusations and when I told my property manager that, she explained that it is multiple tenants saying this and not just one; so basically she HAS to believe it is true. She even mentioned that my husband was said to be a drug dealer!
Anyway, I got legal advice the next day and the lawyer I spoke to told me to write a letter to my property manager denying the allegations and explaining that it is defamation slander per se and it needs to top.
On top of this, I had my totaled car in my parking space because I am waiting for the case to settle. I had nowhere to move it so two days after the phone call, probably before she received my letter in the mail, my attorney for my car accident called her to explain why my car was still there and we are working as fast as we can to get it out but there is nowhere else to store it. She said it was fine. I assume she then received my letter of defamation the next day because she has always been a texter and I started texting her about other tenants violating the lease, when before I never cared, but if someone is doing this to me then I will start doing it to them. Anyway, she stopped responding to me.
On July 16, I received a letter from the owner's attorney stating the same allegations and also stating that it did not matter that the property manager has spoken with my attorney, it has been two weeks since and as long as my car is there, I am in violation of the lease. I removed my car immediately because that was the only proof that I was violating the lease. I wrote an email back to their attorney stating everything that was not true and even attached text messages between the building manager and I from the day after her phone call (again probably before she received my defamation letter) telling her about one unit smoking marijuana and another unit smoking cigarettes in the complex, both of which were floating to the hallway that I stayed in. In those text messages, she confirmed one unit was smoking marijuana because I asked her to have her cleaning lady, who lives in the building, confirm it. In the text, she then states that specific unit was smoking marijuana, the Sheriff was on their way, and they were getting evicted the next day.
I am really sick of this and I am hoping the landlord's attorney and the landlord could see what kind of person she is after reading my attached texts because a building manager is not allowed to tell another tenants personal business are they?
And any kind of advice would help greatly.

Sorry for such a long post.

The length of this lost me - as I understand it you have been advised that you are in violation of your lease. Some of that info is true. Some is not.

You responded by telling the manager that other people are in violation of their leases.

I don't understand your upset - how have you been financially harmed (which is the legal yardstick) by the behavior of the manager?

If your husband doesn't smoke I would think that's easy enough to prove. If he is accused of "dealing" and other people believe it AND he suffers financial harm, that's another thing.

I do realize you are concerned about slander but you posted the address of this building and the manager's name on AMHD - not terribly smart.

You have retained counsel to handle this. What is that Attorney doing?

I own rental properties, including a building with several units. Know the fastest way to get evicted? Tell me what the other tenants are doing that violates their leases after I tell you, very specifically, how you are violating the lease. The lease says "no junk (or whatever) cars" and yours was there? It's a violation.

I don't know what advice you are looking for.

I did not respond by telling the manager that other people are in violation of their leases. If you would have read it, you would see how I responded.

The someone is using your username and password on AMHD without your knowledge. Here's what that person write under your name: "texter and I started texting her about other tenants violating the lease, when before I never cared, but if someone is doing this to me then I will start doing it to them."

I'll ask you again - what are your financial losses due to these rumors?

I did not respond by telling the manager that other people are in violation of their leases. If you would have read it, you would see how I responded.

This is what you posted. Sure sounds like you were reporting other violations.

I started texting her about other tenants violating the lease, when before I never cared,


Please do not presume to dictate who can respond to your posts or how. I did not see anything to justify your response to other posts (so those comments have been removed).

I'm not clear what you want here. Are you looking to get the property manager removed? If so, then you document your complaints and make them to the building owner or a higher up in the management company.