Well, im glad you have a lawyer now. The fact that you were left with 3 dollars in your checking account works in your favor, i think - it proves you werent writing bad checks! And the police dont always get it right as to who is just defending herself in a DV case. So hopefully you will prevail in court.

As for the ts, theyre not like potato chips, you can only have one. If they know there is another, they are ethically bound to step back. So you might want to run stuff like this past us, there is a lot of knowledge and experience (and opinions!) on board.

Eta - looks like we cross posted!