Jeremy Hales flails and issues another empty threat
Hales is at it again, pretending that he's going to intercede in my child custody case.
The last few weeks have been entertaining for me.
First, Derrick Lee Cardello-Smith, who has pled guilty twice to rape, threatened to sue me.
Derrick initially backed down, but after being perturbed by my commentary, he issued another empty legal threat on July 8, 2025.
Then, Jeremy Hales issued another empty threat. Hales first claimed he was going to intercede in my child custody case in May 2025.
“Looks like she {my ex-girlfriend} could use an aggressive lawyer and someone who can afford that lawyer,” Hales said in an email on May 31, 2025. In a follow up email, he suggested I may go to jail.
Since then, nothing has happened, so Hales decided to send me another empty threat on July 10, 2025.
Below his text were screenshots of screeds my ex-girlfriend put on-line, making baseless accusations against me.
Hales was responding to an email I sent to his attorney, Randall Shochet, about the shocking lawsuit in which he was accused of doing an end run around Florida Bar rules and poaching clients unethically.
Before I had a chance to respond, he sent another email.
Do NOT contact me again
You are being reported for constant harassment
You will be in court you unhinged mental freak
Apparently, threatening to intercede in my child custody case is not harassing in his world. I encouraged him to Venmo my ex-girlfriend $10,000 in response. Below are the emails I have sent him.
I counted twelve since the end of May 2025, and not all are even to Hales.
That got me thinking; Hales is not the first crew member to misuse “harassment” which is another Hales talking point.
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