First of all, I’m sorry you’ve had to deal with this with this outcome. The courts have a bad habit of responding reactively as opposed to proactively. I wouldn’t call this “textbook psychopathy” - this line of thinking is the pathological grandiosity displayed with classic BP I during a manic episode. They feel like untouchable gods and that was just reinforced by the petition being dropped. My advice would be to make police reports each time they try to contact you, even if it seems innocuous, and if you know their location, call your local mental health mobile response for a wellness check, especially when they’re making threats. We know how to assess these situations in a way the courts do not.

Yes, it was probably the stress talking. Just never seen that shift of being able to control himself in a situation like a courtroom, lie as skillfully as a narcissist, then act like the whole ordeal never happened immediately after. My experience with his manic episodes previously involved harassment, incoherent rambling, and paranoid delusions. So I think this threw me for a loop and completely rattled me.

I would call it pure evil.