This is in Pto Plata (bay of Luperon)
i live in ny, have wife in dr.
in DR, we have a female dog who just gave birth to 4 puppies.
A neighbor ~3 houses aways claims our dog went to his house and
killed 4 fighting roosters/cock. He originally had said it was only 1, then
he said it was 4 roosters killed.
He went to judge/fiscal to sue us for damages of the roosters, claiming
each rooster is worth $70k pesos.
At the fiscalia, this guy first said he was present while the dog was killing the
roosters, then when asked how could he let dog killed 4 he then change his
story and said that he was told and that someone went to get him to tell him
what had happened. When judge asked him where were the dead roosters as
evidence, the guy said he had thrown them away (as advised by police).
Keep in mind that police has nothing to do when you want to sue someone in DR. They always tell you to go to judge so that the judge decides the outcome.
The judge stated there was no evidence, mixed stories, lies and told the guy he had no business in suing for damages. But this guy is stubborn and
ignorant; he does not understands that he's lying, that he's wrong. He just
wants money from us. After verdict, this guy said he would go to Pto Plata and sue again. This guy uses these roosters for fights and he's a drug addict.
I'm in NY now so the wife is the one being put in middle of this bad situation.
The guy has threatened the wife, threatened to kill dog, and says we need to pay him for his dead roosters. People just wants money and lies and they
are after us b/c they think that only b/c i travel, that i live in ny, they think that i'm rich, that i have money, etc etc. This mentality is in most dominicans that think that people that travel, that live abroad have money.
So since this guy lost his case yesterday, this morning he send 2 policemen to family house. These cops told family for us to resolve this and to give some $$ money to the guy so that all can go away, that this guy is having hard time, that he's not feeling well,, and that we're the ones that can have greater losses. These cops are friends of the guy and i know they just are desperate to get money so they're now threaten us.
wife's family wants us to pay the guy some money so the guy stops
threatening and leaves us alone. But how can we pay extortion money
if we did not do anything? What if this guy later comes and asks for more money? And if we pay him $$ that means we accept that our dog killed his
roosters. And if we pay him $$ that means he can later sue again and say
that since we paid him something that means we knew we were guilty.
And if we pay him now he can later do bad things to dog, to family and we would not have anything to point fingers at him b/c he can say he did not do anything since we paid him. But right now w/o paying him, the judge is aware that if anything happens to dog, to family the judge knows that the prime
suspect is this guy. But if we pay then there would be no reason for him to
be suspect.
what do you guys advise? pay him and hope he does not bother family again?
or don't pay him since we're not at fault?
this guy is drug addict, low class individual, hangs out with cops and thiefs.
thnx
i live in ny, have wife in dr.
in DR, we have a female dog who just gave birth to 4 puppies.
A neighbor ~3 houses aways claims our dog went to his house and
killed 4 fighting roosters/cock. He originally had said it was only 1, then
he said it was 4 roosters killed.
He went to judge/fiscal to sue us for damages of the roosters, claiming
each rooster is worth $70k pesos.
At the fiscalia, this guy first said he was present while the dog was killing the
roosters, then when asked how could he let dog killed 4 he then change his
story and said that he was told and that someone went to get him to tell him
what had happened. When judge asked him where were the dead roosters as
evidence, the guy said he had thrown them away (as advised by police).
Keep in mind that police has nothing to do when you want to sue someone in DR. They always tell you to go to judge so that the judge decides the outcome.
The judge stated there was no evidence, mixed stories, lies and told the guy he had no business in suing for damages. But this guy is stubborn and
ignorant; he does not understands that he's lying, that he's wrong. He just
wants money from us. After verdict, this guy said he would go to Pto Plata and sue again. This guy uses these roosters for fights and he's a drug addict.
I'm in NY now so the wife is the one being put in middle of this bad situation.
The guy has threatened the wife, threatened to kill dog, and says we need to pay him for his dead roosters. People just wants money and lies and they
are after us b/c they think that only b/c i travel, that i live in ny, they think that i'm rich, that i have money, etc etc. This mentality is in most dominicans that think that people that travel, that live abroad have money.
So since this guy lost his case yesterday, this morning he send 2 policemen to family house. These cops told family for us to resolve this and to give some $$ money to the guy so that all can go away, that this guy is having hard time, that he's not feeling well,, and that we're the ones that can have greater losses. These cops are friends of the guy and i know they just are desperate to get money so they're now threaten us.
wife's family wants us to pay the guy some money so the guy stops
threatening and leaves us alone. But how can we pay extortion money
if we did not do anything? What if this guy later comes and asks for more money? And if we pay him $$ that means we accept that our dog killed his
roosters. And if we pay him $$ that means he can later sue again and say
that since we paid him something that means we knew we were guilty.
And if we pay him now he can later do bad things to dog, to family and we would not have anything to point fingers at him b/c he can say he did not do anything since we paid him. But right now w/o paying him, the judge is aware that if anything happens to dog, to family the judge knows that the prime
suspect is this guy. But if we pay then there would be no reason for him to
be suspect.
what do you guys advise? pay him and hope he does not bother family again?
or don't pay him since we're not at fault?
this guy is drug addict, low class individual, hangs out with cops and thiefs.
thnx