acct with myself and wife. As my perfect legal history of almost 65 years has now been besmerched(sp?) and this has caused us much distress, do I have any legal remedies after answering this improper charge?
Assuming you are acquitted or the charges are dropped, you can have the records of your charge expunged. If the allegations are so improper that there was no probable cause for even bringing them, you may have a claim for malicious prosecution and/or defamation.
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