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    Default Is Your Roommate Liable if Their Guest Steals From You

    My question involves landlord-tenant law in the State of: OR

    My ex gf is doing something odd now that things are going south.

    Last week a person we mutually knew came to the house while my ex was gone. I invited the person over. The person without my knowledge stole some items of great value under my nose. The guest leaves. My ex gets home, and immediately start freaking out about her jewelry being missing. She asks me about it. I didn't know what she was even talking about. Nor did I even know her jewelry existed. I've never stolen a thing in my life, which she's admitted to believing that I didn't. I stated again, that I didn't steal anything from her. Never have. Never would. Not would I associate or allow somebody in the house that would have the intent to do that to you. I call the guest that had been over and asked her to give the stuff back, but she kind of just laughed, and said that she didn't steal anything. Called me crazy. Just gaslighted the crap out of any questions I asked. Something seemed fishy about it. I definitely know it was her. I asked my ex to call the police. And file a report. She didn't. It's now a week later, and she is still harassing me, and threatening me daily about it. She said that she went over to that guest's house (the only guest I've had over at the house since the missing items), and they are somehow chummy enough now that guest let the ex search her room for the stuff guest stole, and it wasn't there. She is saying that she believes that guest didn't do it. She is saying that I am responsible for her stolen property since it's came up missing. We had a shared room, and this stuff was in our bathroom. The guest must have went in there, and stolen the items obviously. Again, still no police report filed. It turns out, that some of my items came up missing too. I wasn't even going to file a report because my faith that I'd ever get them back was minimal at best.

    I feel like I'm part of this shake down scheme created by the ex and, and our mutual acquaintance - the guest. Where guest steals, and gives the merch back once it's removed from the apartment. Then my ex still has the jewelry at a different location or residence, and gets to take me a to small claims court. Which is what she is threatening to do. She still hasn't filed a police report. What should I do? I didn

    All of the stuff I have written here is clearly admitted to by my ex via text message. Such as gong to the guest's house and searching her bedroom. She is accusing me of having another guest over without her knowledge to look the other way while her stuff got stolen. Which is ludicrous. I would never do such a horrible thing to somebody. This ex is obviously trying to play any card here to try to get a payday. What do I do?

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    Default Re: Roommate Respnsible when Guest Steals

    Tell her that this will be best settled in court, and that you are prepared to follow the correct procedures. She will need a police report. File YOUR police report, so there is a record of YOUR losses. Make sure that the name of the person who (you believe) stole those items is included. She (XGF) will have to prove the items were stolen, which also means proving they were there. And the value of those items.

    You need to take action, and quickly. Don't let her bulldoze you.

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    Default Re: Roommate Respnsible when Guest Steals

    Ex what? Wife? Girlfriend?

    And why would an ex-anything still be living in your house?

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    Default Re: Roommate Respnsible when Guest Steals

    She's not living there any more. Here stuff is still in my apartment and garage though.

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    Default Re: Roommate Respnsible when Guest Steals

    Who's on the lease? If her stuff is still there, she's "living" there. Does she owe rent/bills? If she's on the lease, you may have to evict her. If you have a good relationship with your landlord, you could start there. If she's not on the lease, send her a notice to remove her property by such and such a date (I suggest 30 days, but others will know better) or it will be donated. If the garage is secure, I would move it all there, but that may not be the best thing to do. I have heard of unclaimed belongings being moved into storage in the owner's name with a certain time paid, but not sure how that stacks up legally. You may have to evict/have her evicted anyway.

    Hopefully one of our Landlords will be of more help.

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