In a Decision – R.P.B. v. D.R. (an "Unreported Decision") >> the Court Held:
The Appellate Division determined that the parties were subject to the jurisdiction of the PDVA by virtue of their dating relationship and that defendant committed the predicate act of harassment, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:33-4(a) and (c), based on her "barrage of emails about their relationship" sent to plaintiff.
Defendant called him approximately 30 times in the following two weeks. She sent him 45 emails over a five day period that accused him of hacking and monitoring her electronic devices, complaining because he did not respond to her messages and admitting that she trespassed on his property. Plaintiff asserted that he was afraid. The court concluded that defendant's "ultimate purpose was to get plaintiff to respond to [her] and to get him to engage in a dialog[ue] with [her]." The court described defendant's behavior as "[bordering] on the obsessive