My question involves restraining orders in the State of: Florida

My friend needs a restraining order against her ex. They broke up a long time ago but he is still ruining her life. They both attend the University of South Florida and actually reside in the same apartment complex. They dated towards the end of last year for quite a while. It all ended with him in severe depression and him going into her room and swallowing an entire bottle of his anti-depressants and saying it was all his fault. He still cuts himself and physically abuses himself to this day and is nowhere near mentally stable. I have personally had to stay with him for a week to make sure that he didn't kill himself while his parents were away. During their relationship he would regularly verbally abuse her and physically hit her at least once. Since their relationship he has not left her alone. One day he even called her a total of thirty one times in rapid succession before she turned off her phone. He blackmails her friends and has them scared as well. He has even threatened to kill me seriously and several times. Just last week he followed her to her bus stop quietly repeating "slut." He has never actually threatened her life, but she and all of us are scared for her.

She got a temporary restraining order and had a court date today but it was thrown out because it was listed as dating abuse or something like that and they hadn't dated in a while. And he also supposedly had a witness to testify against him stalking her (which I don't see how that is possible because it isn't like that person can be with him 42/7). I am not sure of the whole situation but she is in the process right now to get a new restraining order on stalking. I am really scared for my friend emotionally and physically. Is there anything I can do or anything that she needs to do in order to make this happen?

Also, she has told him several times that he needs to leave her alone and just stay away. Everyone around both of them know the whole situation as well.

Quick Update:

We were just informed that supposedly he was going to have one of his friends testify as to an alibi for him for the whole bus stop thing. This is an obviously blatant lie, but this friend is supposed to testify in court that he was with her at the time of the incident. My friend was alone at the time and the closest thing to a witness she would have is me because she called me immediately after the incident as he was walking away. This is all according to his roommate.