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Stop Posting "Personal, Confidential, or Humiliating Information" About Your Ex, Influencer Is Ordered

The Texas Court of Appeals just upheld the order.

Eugene Volokh | 7.14.2026 8:34 AM

From Cash v. Cash, decided Thursday by the Texas Court of Appeals, in an opinion by Justice Tonya McLaughlin, joined by Justices Kevin Jewell and Maritza Antú:

After their divorce, Kimberly [Cash] asserts that Sammica [Cash] began posting personal, confidential, or humiliating information about Kimberly on her social media platforms to intimidate and harass Kimberly. Kimberly also alleges that Sammica revealed personal photos, sensitive personal information, and Kimberly's location information on social media….

[T]he trial court issued a protective order restricting Sammica from contact with Kimberly for five years and prohibiting Sammica from engaging in harassing or threatening conduct towards Kimberly….

In relevant part, the Code of Criminal Procedure authorizes the trial court to issue a protective order when the court finds reasonable grounds to believe that the respondent … "on more than one occasion and pursuant to the same scheme or course of conduct that is directed specifically at another person, knowingly engages in conduct" that, as relevant here:

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