My Roommate Used A Fake Lawyer To Evict Me And Got Me Fired. He Didn’t Realize I Found Proof His Girlfriend Had A Secret Apartment. Now They Owe Me $45,000.
The Confession
2 days after meeting with the bar investigator, my phone rings while I’m stocking shelves at a warehouse job. It’s Brock. I almost don’t answer but something makes me pick up. His voice sounds completely different from the cold mean tone he used during the lawyer setup. He’s practically begging.
He starts talking fast about how Harrison got the legal situation wrong and how Brock didn’t know Sienna hadn’t actually made our place her main home. He says Harrison told him that staying somewhere for 60 days automatically made you a legal tenant and Brock just believed him. He keeps saying he wants to work something out and avoid this getting out of hand. His voice actually shakes when he talks.
I don’t say much, just let him keep talking. Brock says:
“Maybe we can figure out a deal where I stay.”
And Sienna stays at her place more often. He suggests maybe splitting utilities three ways like I originally asked. He sounds desperate in a way I’ve never heard before. He mentions that he heard about the bar complaint and the investigation. He says Harrison is his girlfriend’s cousin and Harrison promised he knew what he was doing. Brock tries to make it sound like he’s a victim too, like Harrison tricked everyone.
But I remember sitting at that kitchen table with Brock’s ice cold face while Harrison threatened me. Brock knew exactly what was happening. While Brock keeps talking and making excuses, I remember something Craig mentioned during our meeting. My state allows one-party permission for recording calls. That means I can record a phone conversation without telling the other person.
I quickly open the voice recorder app on my phone and hit record. Brock is still rambling about how this whole thing got out of control and how he never meant for it to go this far. I start asking specific questions. I ask if Harrison is actually a licensed lawyer. Brock hesitates and then admits no, Harrison isn’t actually licensed but he knows a lot about tenant law from helping his friends before.
I ask if Sienna kept her apartment at Riverside Gardens the whole time. Another pause. Brock says yes. She kept that place because her lease wasn’t up yet, but she was planning to move in with us eventually. I asked if the removal threat was based on Harrison’s understanding of the law. Brock says yes, Harrison told them that staying somewhere for 60 days creates tenant rights and they could make me leave since he’s the main person on the lease.
Every answer Brock gives makes things worse for him. He’s admitting that Harrison isn’t a real lawyer. He’s confirming Sienna kept her other apartment. He’s acknowledging that the whole removal threat was based on Harrison’s fake legal advice. He tries to claim he didn’t know the law stuff was wrong, but he just admitted he knew Harrison wasn’t licensed and knew Sienna lived somewhere else. His whole defense about being tricked falls apart with his own words.
I keep asking calm questions and letting him talk. By the time the call ends, I have a 20-minute recording of Brock admitting every key fact that destroys his case. The next morning I meet Craig at his office and play him the recording. He listens to the whole thing with his eyes getting wider. When it ends he actually laughs and says:
“Brock just handed us the entire case on a recording.”
Craig makes a copy of the audio file and adds it to our evidence folder. Then he tells me we have a meeting scheduled with a detective from the fraud division. The bar investigator referred my case to the police and they assign someone to look into it. We drive to the police station together. The detective is a middle-aged guy with gray hair who looks tired but interested.
When we sit down, Craig does most of the talking at first, explaining the whole situation from the beginning: the fake lawyer setup, the threats to kick me out, the made-up evidence, the discovery that Sienna never actually lived with us. Then I play the recording of Brock’s call. The detective listens carefully and takes notes.
When it’s done he asks to keep a copy of the recording. Craig hands over a USB drive with the audio file plus all our other evidence: the utility bills from Sienna’s real apartment, Harrison’s business card, the documents Harrison gave me, the neighbor statements, everything. The detective explains that this type of fraud—using fake legal power to threaten and force someone about housing—is taken seriously by his department.
Housing is a protected area under state law. You can’t use lies and fake legal threats to make someone leave their home. He says he’ll review everything and present it to the prosecutor’s office. He can’t promise what charges might get filed, but based on what he’s seen there’s definitely enough for a criminal investigation. He asks if I’m willing to cooperate fully if this goes forward. I tell him absolutely yes. I want them held responsible for what they tried to do to me.
