Has anybody, in the US, been able to obtain a protective order based on history of blackmail, but in a non-physical sense? I know you can obtain a protective order so that the restrained person cannot be within a certain distance from your place of employment. I do not need such an order. I want a protective order to preempt my ex H from writing to the HR of my new job (I got a permanent position offer finally so ecstatic beyond belief but also worried).

In the past jobs, he threatened to write to HR saying that I am mentally ill. The threat was oral and he did not call the HR.

Then when I finally filed a motion to court, he suggested that I remove it because HR professionals would look into court records, which are public, and nobody would hire me. This was blackmail, but veiled in a disguise of "I am trying to help you". And that was in writing.

So I am thinking that with this kind of record I deserve protection and want an order which basically says that if he writes to the HR, the same consequences would happen as if he trespassed on the territory of the company with a traditional, physical restraining order.

Until I start working I cannot pay anything above what I already am paying to my lawyer, but I can call legal aid and ask if they would intervene.

To sum up: ex H threatens to reveal mental health dx's of ex W to her HR.
In theory, this is bad.... really bad, but I wonder if anybody has been able to successfully get that kind of non-physical protection.