October 28, 2009

Stephanie Anderson Cumberland County District Attorney

Dear District Attorney Anderson: Under the guise of aggressive lawyering and co!"arenting rights for his client, #y for#er husband, $gor %alen&o, %r' %ichael (a)#an, $ believe, is guilty of stal&ing under %aine *aw +itle ,-!A: %A$./ 01$%$.A* 0OD/ 2art 2: 3U43+A.+$5/ O66/.3/3 0ha"ter 9: O66/.3/3 A7A$.3+ +8/ 2/13O. 210-A. Stalking. 1.A person is guilty of stalking if: A. The actor intentionally or knowingly engages in a course of conduct directed at or concerning a specific person that would cause a reasonable person: (1) To suffer serious inconvenience or emotional distress; $n addition to going after #e, %r' (a)#an has syste#atically threatened to sue, "rosecute and9or bring investigations against: #y daughter:s caregivers day!care "rovider #edical doctor all but one of #y lawyers, or would be lawyers, friends #andatory re"orter to D883

As a result of %r' (a)#an:s threats: %y daughter has lost her day!care, which we loved and where she was ;and would still be< for over a year' 2lease see attached' +his had an i##ediate i#"act on #y e#"loy#ent' As a single #other high =uality, reliable day!care is essential' As we were re#oved fro# the daycare on a #o#ent:s notice #y e#"loy#ent suffered' %y daughter lost her #edical doctor, who was also a neighbor, close friend and child! care "rovider' %aine %edical *egal De"art#ent told Dr' +revor 4raden, after %r' (a)#an:s series of threatening letters that it would be better if Dr' 4raden not be %ila:s doctor' +hreatened >en Altshuler, #y lawyer, with "rosecution' 0alled ?a#ie (agner:s ho#e and e#ailed so #any ti#es that ?a#ie (agner, an old fa#ily friend and would!be lawyer, decided it would be better not to ta&e #e on as a client' 3ee attached e#ails'

+hreatened 4ill 8arwood, #y current lawyer, re"resenting #e "ro bono fro# 5errill Dana, with 3ection ,, unless %r' 8arwood recants his state#ent in a #otion that $ need to #ove to #y ho#e in Down east %aine ;fro# 3' 2ortland< @ust get away fro# %r' (a)#an:s syste#atic threats and harass#ent of anyone who has anything to do with #e or #y daughter' 8ad a "rivate detective call #y real estate agent and had a "rivate detective trac& down the wor& "lace of a wo#an who is staying at #y 3outh 2ortland ho#e, and twice aggressively =uestions her at her wor& "lace, in front of her colleagues de#anding to &now where $ was because they couldn:t find #e and de#anding to &now who she was and what she was doing in #y ho#e' +here is a second "rivate detective trailing #e in 3orrento %aine' $ have no "roof but $ and #y neighbors have seen an un&nown car often around #y residence, ta&ing "ictures of #e and #y daughter' As of yet $ have been unable to get the "lates' $ have an e#ail fro# #y for#er husband to %r' (a)#an, i#"loring hi# to get 4eth /ngle, the 2$ in 2ortland, u" to 3orrento or get so#eone else u" there to ta&e "ictures of #e and #onitor #e' 2lease see attached e#ail' +hreatened Director of the A7:s 3A6/ "rogra#, 2olly 0a#"bell, who# #y child disclosed se)ual abuse to, and who #ade a re"ort to D883 about this disclosure, #ulti"le ti#es' 2lease see attached e#ails' 0alled 1e"' +erry %orrison, who s"onsored the legislation $ wrote to atte#"t to change %aine custody law when do#estic violence is a factor, with a clear atte#"t to inti#idate' +here is a &noc&!on effect where other friends and care!givers having witnessed %r' (a)#an:s threats of others, as&ed #e not to bring #y daughter to their ho#e and told #e they would no longer be co#ing to #y ho#e for "lay dates' +he chilling effect has been isolation for #e and #y daughter'

%r' (a)#an is using the law to stal& and threaten #e and those who co#e in contact with #e' 8e has re"resented #y for#er husband "ro!bono for over a year and half' During this ti#e he has filed so #any #otions, #y lawyers have lost count' Additionally, he has threatened #e with conte#"t of court and to have #y child re#oved fro# #y custody countless ti#es' +here is a clear intent of using litigation to cause #e and #y child:s financial destruction which has been very successful' $ have s"ent over A200,000 on legal bills and only now, as $ a# close to ban&ru"tcy, have a lawyer re"resenting #e "ro bono' +his lawyer has already called %r' (a)#an:s: behavior an abuse of "rocess and scorched earth litigation' $t is, in fact, legal stal&ing and the da#age has been very real' . A. !"ourse of conduct! means or more acts# including but not limited to acts in which the actor# by any action# method# device or means# directly or indirectly follows# monitors# tracks# observes# surveils# threatens# harasses or communicates to or about a person or interferes with a

person$s property. !"ourse of conduct! also includes# but is not limited to# threats implied by conduct and gaining unauthori%ed access to personal# medical# financial or other identifying or confidential information. & ''(# c. )*+# ,1 (A-.)./ +here have certainly been far #ore than two threats not only to #e ;every #otion %r' (a)#an files he threatens to have #y child re#oved fro# #y care #y for#er husband as well threatens in #any e#ails to have the @udge stri" #e of #y "arental rights < but threats to nearly anyone "ublically involved in #y life, as docu#ented above' $ a# also being watched on a regular basis' .. !0motional distress! means mental or emotional suffering of the person being stalked as evidenced by an1iety# fear# torment or apprehension that may or may not result in a physical manifestation of emotional distress or a mental health diagnosis. & ''(# c. )*+# ,1 (203)./ +he e#otional distress is enor#ous' +o constantly be threatened with ta&ing #y child away fro# #e, to be under surveillance, and to &now that anyone who gets involved in #y life is sub@ect to threats of lawsuits has caused tre#endous e#otional distress' +he financial destruction has been e)tre#ely distressing' $ a# in constant fear that #y daughter will be as&ed to leave her new %ontessori "re!school that she and $ love and where she is thriving, once %r' (a)#an begins to threaten and harass' $ don:t dare to as& anyone to babysit for #y daughter for even a few hours, without fear that %r' (a)#an will harass the#, de#and to &now their child!care credentials etc' $ cannot #a&e any nor#al and routine life choices, li&e doctors, schools, friends, care!givers, and lawyers, without fear that %r' (a)#an will begin to harass and threaten the# and they will eventually disengage fro# #y life in an effort to re#ove the#selves as a target' 0. !4erious inconvenience! means that a person significantly modifies that person5s actions or routines in an attempt to avoid the actor or because of the actor$s course of conduct. !4erious inconvenience! includes# but is not limited to# changing a phone number# changing an electronic mail address# moving from an established residence# changing daily routines# changing routes to and from work# changing employment or work schedule or losing time from work or a 6ob. & ''(# c. )*+# ,1 (203)./ & ''(# c. )*+# ,1 (A-.) ./ $n an effort to resu#e a nor#al life, $ ho"e to re#ain in Downeast %aine where $ have a ho#e' $t is not #y choice to be here but rather a safe harbor fro# %r' (a)#an:s syste#atic stal&ing of #e on behalf of his client' %r' (a)#an:s stal&ing is a direct cause of #y desire to re#ain in Downeast %aine' %r' (a)#an:s sta&ing has caused #e lost ti#e fro# wor&, when $ lost child care, and this in "art, losing #y @ob' +he Overseers of the 4ar counsel has reco##end %r' (a)#an for sanctions in violations of 4ar rules' +he 4ar, in the end, #ay sto" %r' (a)#anB however a hearing would not occur for another C!D #onths' $n the #eanti#e, the chilling effect that %r' (a)#an:s stal&ing is having on #y life and #y daughter:s life continues'

3incerely, *ori 8andrahan 20-!22,!--0D