Category: Sexual Harassment

When Unrequited Love Became a Texas Harassment Charge Over Valentine’s

Sexual Harassment

It’s tempting to make big gestures on Valentine’s Day. It’s the day of love, after all. The media hypes it up as the time when you should confess your love, get extravagant gifts, or simply surprise your preferred person.

What they don’t say?

You need to make sure that the object of your affection is okay with this, first.

If you go all out for someone who isn’t into it, you might be facing harassment charges. In fact, just sending a Valentine’s Day card to a coworker might be considered workplace harassment.

When Good Intentions Go Bad in Texas

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Acts That Can Lead to a Texas Harassment Charge

Sex Crimes | Sexual Harassment

Are you or someone you know facing harassment charges in Texas? A conviction can have long lasting consequences that you will want to avoid, including the potential of fines and jail time.

Harassment can take several different forms under Texas law. Texas Penal Code §42.07 states that an individual commits the offense of harassment when he or she acts with intent to harass, embarrass, torment, alarm, abuse or annoy someone else.

That’s a pretty broad definition. In fact, it’s possible that you may have engaged in behavior that qualifies as harassment without realizing it. With this post, we hope to explain the act of harassment a bit better so that people can understand what not do to – or [...]