My question involves defamation in the state of: Washington
My ex and I are still good friends- unusual I know... however...
He got remarried in 2004 to a Russian woman and 2 sons which turned into a night mare.
Her intentions were citizenship and financial gain.
She has lied on her declarations and been caught by the judge at a later date.
She finally got a protective order on my ex which was termed by the judge 'over communication'
and of course told not to contact her- and he did not contact her.
This woman then went to her local police station and claimed he had been calling her.
She went down many times until the prosecutor finally took up the case.
He denied the charges.
After x amount of time, it finally got to where she was required to provide proof of her claims.
She refused at first to provide the documentation, when she finally did it was redacted each time.
The prosecutor finally dismissed the charges 'in the interest of justice'.

This type of situation is a common thread through this issue with her.
I started observing what was going around late 2010 and she has tried to get him filed with charges of some sort for quite a while.
Much of which had to do with citizenship and the monetary recompense resulting from it.
She got that protection order- stated multiple times to the judge that she was frightened and needed protection- but then came over to his house unannounced, walks in and is aggressive. She had to be removed by the police. I was on the cell phone listening and he was on the house phone with 911- he had a phone in each hand.

There is much more information here which shows a history of intention and systematic activities.
There is perjury in court records, and recordings where she is caught by the judge.
Contradicting court testimony and police records.

I am extremely disillusioned with the legal system.
I have seen more lying in court, more contradicting testimony and all seemingly ignored by the court.
Currently she is trying to get the restraining order reinstated though she has no reason to do so. He moved to the other side of the continent in order to get away from her and yet she is telling the court that he put something under her car.. Hard to do from Miami.
We are waiting to get the audio from the hearing in order to determine how she is justifying her protection request when there has been no contact.

He doesn't have the funds to get a lawyer to argue in court over her actions.
He has had to pay for maintenance during the divorce process. ( she lied on her declarations and was actually working)
What are his choices? Small claims court?