Posting here for traffic. Need advice on behalf of a friend. She runs her own small business and hired a guy last year. She let him go during probation for inappropriate behaviour, such as sexual jokes, swearing loudly, not following instructions and other very bizarre behaviours which made others feel very uncomfortable.
Anyway since he’s been let go, he’s waged a campaign of harassment, posting crap about her on Facebook, LinkedIn etc. It escalated to him emailing all of her clients saying she was under investigation for modern day slavery, physical abuse, homophobia and racism. This is all untrue. She called all of her clients to tell them this was untrue. All of her existing clients of course believed her, however, a brand new client who was in the process of joining has backed away. They were worth a lot of money. She’s devastated. She can barely speak for crying.
What can she do?