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BAMN activist’s restraining order against former Berkeley College Republicans president officially dismissed

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OCTOBER 29, 2017

The restraining order filed by By Any Means Necessary, or BAMN, activist Yvette Felarca against former Berkeley College Republicans president Troy Worden was officially dismissed Thursday.

Felarca filed the temporary restraining order against Worden on Sept. 7, citing alleged incidents involving threatening behavior, harassment and stalking that were said to have begun in February on Sproul Plaza and at BAMN meetings. The two parties were initially scheduled to reconvene Thursday for Felarca to file a permanent restraining order, but Ronald Cruz, Felarca’s attorney, confirmed that he and Felarca had initiated the case’s dismissal instead.

“From our standpoint, we had achieved our goals,” Cruz said. “If the stalking behavior resumed, we would see him in court again, but there hasn’t been any repeat incidents since we filed the action and we’re happy with that result.”

Worden’s attorney, Mark Meuser, said the restraining order was “frivolous” and alleged that Felarca and Cruz initiated the dismissal to avoid charges of perjury. He added that video evidence refutes the plaintiff’s accusations.

“It was five, six, seven things that they had claimed under oath,” Meuser said. “When you watched the video, it was not that at all. It was clear that they didn’t want the evidence admitted … so I think they were just trying to cut their losses and get out of there.”

Meuser added that he and his client will be seeking attorney fees from Felarca for the motion that was filed.

“(Worden) is a student who doesn’t necessarily have the money on hand to defend such actions. We had to go through many, many hours of evidence. And video evidence clearly shows that they were lying on the stand, which is why she should have to pay Troy’s attorney fees,” Meuser alleged.

Corrections: A previous version of this article incorrectly stated that Troy Worden is no longer Berkeley College Republicans president. In fact, Worden has only been impeached and remains functionally president.
Contact Jared Brewer at [email protected] and follow him on Twitter at @JaredBBrewer.
LAST UPDATED

OCTOBER 31, 2017


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