Episode 3: Restraining Order

I thought it would go away, but it was just the beginning.

This episode covers the unnerving day the police came to my home with a restraining order, and the first time I’d heard I had been accused of rape. It’s hard to distill the intense feelings following their visit. It was also when I realized I was going to need a criminal attorney.

I’d worked as a costumed street character and performer at the Minnesota …