Pat Doe v. Jeffrey J. Weymouth

Summary

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the district court's final order of protection, finding that Jeffrey J. Weymouth's Facebook post, mailbox incident, and warning poster constituted a true threat and abuse under 19-A M.R.S. §4102(1)(B). The court held that the First Amendment does not shield such conduct because the statute requires a finding of conscious disregard of a substantial risk of fear of bodily injury, and the evidence met that standard.