And that’s all until next spring – Post 12 of the Boise Roommate Saga

No (sigh). It’s not over yet. It’s going to slog on for some time. The prosecution is not motivated to negotiate, because what’s in it for them? Nothing, yet. It’s unlikely that they’ve looked into the case at all, except for barely cursorily. It’s unlikely they have any idea of the circumstances. As far as they know, Callan shoved a roommate. Shoves are unlawful. End of discussion.

Our attorney says it was lawful – the roommate was up in Callan’s face, screaming, and Callan acted defensively, with palms out, asking her to back off. Callan did not throw a punch, did not threaten her, and did not hurt her.

Our attorney can also prove that the roommate had motivation to concoct a story, because the roommates were using the whole incident as blackmail, so that Callan wouldn’t evict them for non-payment of rent. And their blackmail scheme was absolutely working, until Chirstina wisely tipped me off. Then I called Laura and my ex-husband, and the whole family descended upon Boise to work together to evict the roommates.

What we need now is for the prosecution to get a grip on the reality of what happened, and realize they don’t have a case. But according to our attorney, they’re not going to get around to doing their research until a few days before the trial. So we had to proceed, and set a trial date.

We’re still hoping and assuming that it’s not actually going to go to trial. We will probably settle, once the prosecution realizes they have a weak case and lowers their demands. But taking it to trial is the only way to fully exonerate Callan. So if that’s what we have to do, that’s what we’re going to do.

Our first hearing was yesterday, via Zoom. The only thing that happened was our attorney told the judge that we want a trial, and a trial date was set for mid-February. We were surprised to see the roommate, Kyle in attendance. She had called in with her phone, no video, so we didn’t actually literally see her. But the judge acknowledged her presence, and made sure the trial date worked for her too.

I was surprised Kylie showed up – I don’t see why she even cares, unless it’s retaliation. She might be talking to the prosecution, in which case, it’s no wonder they don’t understand what they’ve got on their hands. Who knows what stories she is spinning.

Well, no matter. You saw the screenshots. Kylie says some very blunt and incriminating things, like “enjoy your battery charge”. And Heidi said, “u already admitted to the cops u did it there’s no getting out of that: the only way out is Kylie dropping charges.” The roommates thought they were in charge of the battery case and could use it to keep us from evicting them, but in actuality, we’re up against the State of Idaho, not them.

Meanwhile, what about all the back rent? What about the stuff the roommates stole? They owe Callan about $10,000, not counting attorney fees and travel costs, etc. But we’re not going to try to recover it. It would be a civil suit, not a criminal suit, unfortunately. That means we (rather than the State of Idaho) would have to pay the attorney fees. We know we’d win a suit, but we don’t think we’d ever actually recover any money. The roommates have no money and according to public records they already have multiple financial judgments against them for who-knows-what shenanigans they’ve pulled on others in the past. So we don’t think we’d ever even recoup our attorney fees, much less any of the rent.

Callan and Chirstina are relieved to have their house back.