The case I chose to write about is the case against Gary Dellapenta from California. The state of California was the first state to ban cyberstalking in 1999 and just a few weeks later Mr. Dellapenta was charged with cyberstalking a woman who he had a romantic interest in but the favor was not returned. The defendant met the victim through a mutual friend but he continued to follow her everywhere and despite the many pressing the victim still refused his advances. The victim became so annoyed by the defendant that she complained to her church and Mr. Dellapenta was asked not to return. Mr. Dellapenta fueled with rage created a fake webpage in the victim’s name and put up ads online in the victim’s name that said she sought partner(s) to act …show more content…
In reading the articles about this case it was found that the woman never owned a computer so basically she had no knowledge of the crime committed against her. The crime that Gary Dellapenta committed other than cyberstalking is stalking outside of what he did over the internet, solicitation of sexual assault in which he was sentenced ontop of the cyberstalking to six years in prison. I believe that the woman could also sue the man for defamation of character due to the posts and ads Mr. Dellapenta put up about the woman. The ads and posts alone plus the publicity in regards to the case portrayed her in a negative manner and even though the accusations about her are completely false it was put up on the internet for the world to see. However, the woman is very lucky that all this was and what it turned out to be was cyberstalking because the man alone had enough information about her and ways to get into her home to cause more damage such as the man could have turned out to act out the fantasy that he said she wanted, he could have killed her after the many rejections she gave him because his motive was simple to retaliate against her for the rejection she gave