Lauren Matthias asserts that persistent stalking and online harassment can lead to severe mental health consequences, including suicidal ideation and anxiety.

“The evidence before this court, including sworn declarations from multiple witnesses and documented exhibits, demonstrates a calculated campaign of harassment that has caused petitioner to experience suicidal ideiation for the first time in her life.”

John Matthias expresses that the sustained campaign of harassment and stalking has caused profound psychological trauma to his wife and family.

“Both as her spouse and as a licensed psychologist, I have witnessed the profound toll this harassment has taken on her mental health. She has suffered from heightened anxiety and depression, hopelessness and despair, and repeated panic attacks.”