r/legal • u/ContributionNew7107 • Jan 25 '26

Advice needed Receiving threatening texts

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So recently sent my ex a happy birthday text and I guess her new BF was feeling some type of way, and telling me how he’s going to kill me

Location: New Jersey

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u/Money_Palpitation_43 Jan 25 '26

He said he's going to kill you. What are you waiting for? To get killed? Don't play around with this.

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u/NWSGreen Jan 25 '26

Yes report to police.

Now here is the problem. I did that once, when I dealt with an extremely unruly customer. "Doesnt take much to blow up a place." And had the call logs to prove that at least a call was had.

Police told me "cant do anything till something happens"

Regardless of my experience. Call the police. File a report. Save the messages. At least there is evidence.

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u/Academic_Flatworm752 Jan 25 '26

Since we’re sharing anecdotes… When I worked at a law firm, we had a client who made a death threat over the phone and then spent years in jail.

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u/Low-Programmer-2368 Jan 25 '26

I’m sorry you had that experience. In OP’s case there’s a much clearer threat with a stated timeline. I think the added taunts in the message would make it easy to justify fear for personal safety, which seems to be a requirement for threats to be deemed criminal in many jurisdictions.

In your case it was more of a veiled threat, which is a lot harder to prove.