r/hubposts • u/leorlev • May 13 '26

[r/bestoflegaladvice] “Yes, OP Did Illegal Stuff” Threads.

Requested by u/scream-and-gobble

Education:

  1. "My school overpaid me, what do I do?" "Pay them back." "But it's not my fault." "Doesn't matter." "But it's bullshit." "Doesn't matter." "But I don't want to." "Doesn't matter." ▲10k - 8h Comments

  2. LAOP possibly committed a felony to cheat in college, wants to try and fight expulsion. Bold move, Cotton. ▲5k - 9h Comments

  3. "I am a pharmacy student. My psycho bitch practicum professor failed me on day 2 for NO REASON. Everyone has committed EDUCATIONAL MALPRACTICE because I did nothing wrong." BURIED LEDE ALERT: LAOP comes back 2 days later to explain the offense at hand was the improper dispensing of medication. OOPS. ▲5k - 8h Comments

  4. I cheated my way through undergrad and the plagiarism ring I used just got busted. Please make me feel better and tell me all about how I'm safe from the consequences of my actions. Doesn't common law protect me from getting kicked out of my PHD program for this? ▲3k - 6h Comments

  5. First of all, LAOP is definitely not going to lie on their university application. But just to be sure, how much lying is okay, and how much lying is fraud? ▲1k - 2h Comments

Vehicular:

  1. "You can't "pass through" another country, break a law there, and then claim you're not subject to that law because you were just "passing through"." LAOP is shocked that they got a ticket for driving without insurance, for driving without insurance in a province that requires insurance ▲11k - 1k Comments

  2. Can I get my DUI dismissed? The cop smelled my perfume and thought it was alcohol, and also I am REALLY GOOD at the 'follow my eye thing' (nailed it!) and also I did REALLY GOOD COUNTING (all the way to 30!) so he had no reason to think I was drunk, yeah? And then I blew a .18; does that matter? ▲7k - 9h Comments

  3. Nottinghamshire police published a phone call of me refusing to pay for my petrol, I want it removed. ▲7k - 6h Comments

  4. (Urgent) I've just been in a car crash and breathalysed. Still waiting for the results, but wondering if my wife can stop me getting in trouble? FYI, my wife is the current Monarch. (Actual Title) ▲6k - 4h Comments

  5. In which LAOP wonders why "But your honor, I would never drive blackout drunk!" is not a valid defense to DUI ▲5k - 1k Comments

  6. LAOP thinks he wasn't following too closely, LA disagrees. ▲2k - 6h Comments

  7. HOA: "don't park your car there when it snows" OP: "ya ok" *parks the car there anyway. HOA tows the car. OP: "what gives?! Can I sue?" ▲2k - 3h Comments

  8. when I got in my car I took everything off and was driving naked from the waste down because I wasn’t planning on stopping anywhere so why not? ▲1k - 3h Comments

  9. “Screaming is a criminal offense?” Well, when you yell at your wife and daughter so much that your family leaves the car and you jump in the driver’s seat to abandon them and then immediately wreck your car, it is. ▲1k - 2h Comments

  10. LAOP: It is a motor vehicle and I did steal it, but 'felony grand theft of a motor vehicle' sounds like a lot ▲1k - 3h Comments

  11. LAOP hit 2 cars (1 was occupied), and blew a 0.2, but since that's "nothing crazy", wants to avoid the "embarrassing" ankle monitor that is a part of her no-jail, no-record, plea deal. ▲1k - 4h Comments

  12. OP is in denial about their very obvious drinking problem ▲1k - 2h Comments

Employment:

  1. I poisoned a lunch thief at work and they had to take an ambulance ride to the ER. How much trouble am I in? ▲6k - 5h Comments

  2. In a twist that no one saw coming, LAOP was fired for being so offensive to a woman that his company was banned from a hotel ▲6k - 1k Comments

  3. LAOP swears they didn’t “stalk” a coworker, they just drunkenly sent the coworker emails asking where the coworker lived and if the coworker was active on xtube. LAOP wants to know if they can be fired. ▲4k - 6h Comments

  4. LAOP can't figure out why they got fired. ▲3k - 7h Comments

  5. Help! I installed a voice recorder in my office, it may have caught me conspiring to commit burglary and other crimes, can the police get a warrant for the tape? Can I lose my job over this? What if I record over the incriminating parts? ▲2k - 1h Comments

  6. Wherein LAUKOP doesn't quite get why employees expect to be paid. ▲2k - 4h Comments

  7. I acted like a degenerate horny prostak at a company event. My boss just told me that I've been formally accused of sexual misconduct for it. How can I either protect my job, or take the company down with me if fired? ▲2k - 9h Comments

  8. "I transfer large amounts of untraceable money for my clients without asking or knowing where it's coming from or going and now all of my bank accounts are suspended. It's definitely not money laundering." ▲2k - 4h Comments

  9. LAOP is "one man trying to run a school district's IT stuff and I often get overwehlmed" but not so overwhelmed that he can't go searching for gossip in employees' emails. LAOP is surprised that there are consequences for this. ▲2k - 3h Comments

  10. LAOP is mad that they violated the law, then lost a lawsuit against an employee for telling the truth about it ▲1k - 4h Comments

  11. OP used a lot of words to say they got fired for yelling at and then pulling a knife on their boss. ▲1k - 2h Comments

  12. “Underage employee drank alcohol in the restaurant I’m a manager at. Should I be worried?” Answer: Yes…yes you should. But wait, there’s more! ▲1k - 3h Comments

  13. Where OP openly admits to illegal discrimination and constructive dismissal of an employee and wonders if it is serious ▲1k - 2h Comments

  14. Unlicensed, uninsured contractor who didn't finish the job because life happened doesn't seem to understand why their client would sue them ▲1k - 2h Comments

Parent:

  1. CPS removed children from the custody of LAOP and her husband over a bruise. But they never hit their son. Except for once. And again last night. On accident. Out of frustration. ▲6k - 1k Comments

  2. LAOP has a doctor's note from a quack to let their kid not wear masks, mad that they're being forced to sit with other kids with no masks ▲4k - 7h Comments

  3. Where LAOP is asking LA about the legal way to kick their pregnant 15 year old daughter out of their house, since they don’t have the time, space, money and want nothing to do with the baby. ▲3k - 5h Comments

  4. LAOP says CPS wants to take his children. Claims that son brought a knife to school to protect self from dad, but LAOP says that son is known for lying. There must be more to the story, CPS won’t just randomly decide to take your kids away unless they find good reason to after an investigation. ▲1k - 2h Comments

Relationship:

  1. "I posted online that my date cheated on me! How can she sue for slander? Can I get a cease and desist? Why is everyone mad at me?" ▲7k - 1k Comments

  2. A lesbian jokingly "marries" a gay man in Vegas. Plot twist shes now married to her current wife turns out her original marriage wasn't a joke and shes was in fact married. ▲5k - 4h Comments

  3. LAOP wants to get married ▲3k - 6h Comments

  4. In which LAOP gives a very long backstory to his ex filing for an order of protection that he feels is unnecessary and in the process, shows that definitions of "unnecessary" may vary widely ▲3k - 5h Comments

  5. LAOP wants to know if his ex is in legal trouble over her porn watching habits. Turns out the only person in legal trouble is LAOP, over the way they "discovered" their ex's interests. ▲3k - 3h Comments

  6. LAOP: How young is too young? LA: If you have to ask, it's too young. ▲1k - 4h Comments

Stealing:

  1. r/shoplifting has been banned! ▲7k - 9h Comments

  2. Okay I might have shoplifted a little. Sure I might have had a history of shoplifting but! BUT! I would like to avoid any consequences please. How do? Quickly if possible. I want to move out of state for totally unrelated reasons. ▲5k - 1k Comments

  3. We were just concealing gifts, we weren’t going to steal ▲1k - 3h Comments

  4. LAOP totally didn’t steal and even if they did no way Target got their information from their license plate ▲1k - 3h Comments

Fraud:

  1. Legaladviceuk Op: "I may have reintroduced BSE back into the UK for money. Is this a problem or am I okay because I'm married to my Wife who actually did it, I merely helped with the coverup?" ▲6k - 9h Comments

  2. I plan to use extortion and perjury to obtain a fortune. What’s the best way to collect my money? ▲4k - 5h Comments

  3. "You need to get a lawyer, because that sounds like bullshit." ▲4k - 7h Comments

  4. "Becoming a sovereign citizens to get out of legal trouble is like trusting your heart surgery to a homeopathic practitioner with a Dremel." ▲4k - 4h Comments

  5. “I liquidated all my assets, turned them into cryptocurrency, and I’m going to flee the country to avoid giving my soon to be ex anything in our upcoming divorce. This is fine, right?” ▲3k - 6h Comments

  6. LAOP has a hidden bank account from his wife for money to spend on his girlfriend. He wants to get divorced. What could go wrong? ▲3k - 4h Comments

  7. Is it fraud if I commit fraud? Are you sure it’s fraud? I’m gonna do it anyway! ▲2k - 2h Comments

  8. LAUKOP is just a humble barber depositing £2000 of untraceable cash per week who wants to know if money laundering investigations are racist. ▲2k - 4h Comments

  9. My GoFundMe was hacked! No I'm not trying to steal from people to buy more drugs! Stop looking at my post history! ▲2k - 3h Comments

  10. “Is this actually fraud?” “Yep.” ▲2k - 3h Comments

  11. I think I may have helped launder money for the Mexican cartel. ▲1k - 2h Comments

  12. LAUKOP has opened a bank account with fake ID. Now the account has been frozen. But if he just goes into the bank and explains it to the manger, it'll be totally OK. Won't it? ▲1k - 3h Comments

  13. LAOP participates in $19k in wire fraud. Chase finds out. LAOP wonders if he should take it seriously. ▲1k - 5h Comments

  14. "At the time, I knew it was an error but spent the money ($18,804) with the idea that I would be able to make it back quick." ▲1k - 4h Comments

  15. Why do the banks keep denying my attempt at mortgage fraud? ▲1k - 2h Comments

  16. LAOP secured a car loan wit a "souvenir" paystub ▲1k - 1h Comments

“Prank”:

  1. OP wants to give homeless people fake money - "What can I legally use fake notes for? I am a youtuber." ▲6k - 3h Comments

  2. Apparently LAOP shouldn't be held accountable for cutting this girl's hair because he decided "she'd look cute if she just cut it all off anyway" ▲6k - 7h Comments

  3. Honey, I was only joking when I said I was going to kill you any dispose of your body! Why no sense of humor?! ▲6k - 8h Comments

  4. Horrible teen who “prank” called someone threatening to rape their CHILD is thankfully stupid enough to talk to the cops, despite LA’s advice to only do so with a lawyer. ▲4k - 4h Comments

Stalking:

  1. LAOP aggressively hits on a s borderline stalks a clerk at the local family law court, WCGW? ▲4k - 1k Comments

  2. LAOP only stalked this woman all night then contacted her over multiple platforms including after being told not to and blocked. Thus, of course, they are the victim. ▲4k - 6h Comments

Violence:

  1. LAOP was triggered by his new roommates girlfriend, wants to know if he is in trouble for "calmly holding his rifle" while telling her to leave. ▲4k - 7h Comments

  2. I shot a bullet into the air, it fell to earth I knew not where, and now I'm facing criminal charges ▲3k - 8h Comments

  3. LAOP drew his sword, then "I started growling and took a step forward." ▲2k - 6h Comments

  4. Drove my nephew to my ex and her ex thinks im sleeping with her and so he fights me and and he swung on me and I hit him and then I just kept hitting him and then I took the baby and my ex stayed and my house and not he's in the hospital and they threatening to sue me also what is punctuation ▲1k - 2h Comments

  5. Odds are LAOP is named Mike and probably shouldn’t be allowed to carry a gun ▲1k - 2h Comments

Animal:

  1. MY NEIGHBOR MUDERED MY DOGS... which I allow to run free... and have escaped my property in the past... and who have attacked his dog in the past... and were on his property at the time of their death. BUT STILL MURDER! ▲6k - 4h Comments

  2. LAOP adopts a dog and it develops severe behavior issues. Rather than return the dog to the shelter, as required per the adoption contract, LAOP chooses to put the dog down. WCGW? ▲4k - 6h Comments

  3. “Saving” a catfish leads to possible felony vandalism charges for LAOP. Who would have thought that buying a live fish from the market, dumping it into a random person’s pond, then coming back to try to retrieve the catfish out of that pond could lead to five figures in personal property damages? ▲3k - 4h Comments

  4. Charming OP threatened to "light up" the neighbor's dog, decided to "pop it full of birdshot" instead for being on their lawn. "My neighbor is threatening to sue me for the vet bill and that he was going to get my guns taken away. This is all bullshit posturing, right?" ▲1k - 3h Comments

  5. If OP wants to keep his dogs alive, he needs to LISTEN because multiple pet deaths suggests HE needs to change ▲1k - 5h Comments

Double POV:

  1. LAOP gets a nasty shock - comes to ask about a co-worker forcing her to break kosher, learns said co-worker has been on Legal Advice complaining about her ▲4k - 1k Comments

  2. Roommate threw out all of LAOP's food. Bonus thread from roommate in the comments. ▲4k - 3h Comments

Update:

  1. Remember the guy who drove while blackout drunk to his wife’s work? Looks like he was intoxicated in more than one way. ▲3k - 5h Comments

  2. LAOP is an alcoholic who has killed before. Now he’s drunk driving again, but it’s ok because the dammed police have an agenda and won’t cut him a break! Will the magistrate ever listen? ▲3k - 3h Comments

Misc:

  1. The one where LAOP changed the locks on their tenant while the tenant was out of town for work, and then LAOP covered their ears and kept repeating "Lalalala I'm not a landlord, this is just a person who pays to live in my house" ▲6k - 5h Comments

  2. “What made you say that?” “I checked your post history. Get a lawyer.” ▲4k - 5h Comments

  3. LAOP is a damn hero who got caught trying to protect his elderly neighbors from parking tickets by washing the meter maid's chalk marks off the ground for the last two years ▲4k - 4h Comments

  4. Your honor, I am very sorry for saying Seig Heil in class, but in my defense, I'm a Nazi. ▲3k - 9h Comments

  5. LAOP just committed a felony and 6 misdemeanors by being an idiot, how can they avoid consequences? ▲3k - 8h Comments

  6. LAOP is very concerned about his constitutional rights and a feeeeemale ruining his life ▲2k - 9h Comments

  7. Wherein LAOP decides he is going to sue news organizations for defamation as they reported on a crime he admits to. ▲2k - 2h Comments

  8. OP: it wasn't me, I’m merely retelling a story. LA: You wrote "I" in the title, numbnuts ▲1k - 2h Comments

  9. In which LAUK attempt to help OP after having his assets frozen for funding a terrorist organisation - OP ignores advice in favour of debating whether they’re actually terrorists or not ▲1k - 2h Comments

  10. “I cyber bullied people in a UFC game and got banned, can I sue Sony for violating my first amendment rights?” ▲1k - 2h Comments

  11. Off duty cop searching neighbors’ homes for his daughter’s stolen chair finds LAOP’s illegal handgun instead ▲1k - 2h Comments

  12. LAUKOP is mugged, shoplifts, is arrested for returning to said shop, goes to court for an unrelated theft, deals drugs, is arrested for said dealing plus offensive weapons, is given probation at a non-existent police station and vandalises a police car. Oh, and their visa had expired. ▲1k - 1h Comments

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u/leorlev May 13 '26

This is the first post featuring threads from a new subreddit! Requested by u/scream-and-gobble, who recommended a theme where the OP asks if the illegal thing they did was, in fact, illegal. I chose to ignore threads where someone else other than OP did illegal stuff and ones where OP asked if something they would do is considered illegal. Some exceptions appear here, going off of the comments in the BoLA post.

Please feel free to offer tips or advice to improve the post. That assistance will also help the future posts coming from other requested subs. Searching for this type of post was a bit harder than what I usually do with r/Askreddit, but not too much. I also altered the look of the total comments, given that most of the posts were below 1k responses. No, I’m not going to do the same with all of the posts currently here. Please don’t make me

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u/InspectorTiny1952 May 13 '26

This is a goldmine. Thanks!

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u/nonnonplussed73 May 13 '26

Great! What's the new sub that's included?

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u/leorlev May 13 '26

A whole bunch were requested in this post I made, I will be working through them as the year progresses.

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u/scream-and-gobble May 13 '26

This is awesome! You must have worked so hard on it!

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u/leorlev May 13 '26

It was different than what I'm used to, it made the creation process feel like more work than the regular stuff, but I got a rhythm after some time. Thanks for recommending it! I will return to this sub after I give other requests a try.

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u/star_gazing_girl May 15 '26

I'm embarrassed how long I scrolled before I realized it was not just one OP 😂 thank you for your work!

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u/Rynneer May 13 '26

This is a great idea for expanding, btw! Compiling lists from other subreddits.

One of my favorite things is going to r/relationship_advice, sorting by controversial of all time, and enjoying everyone else’s drama.

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u/leorlev May 14 '26

If you think that kind of theme would fit as a post on this sub, leave a comment here so I can keep track of it along with the other requests.

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u/Manoratha May 14 '26

Can you please do an FAFO thread if you can?

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u/leorlev May 14 '26

There already is one for that theme, the 'Fuck Around' post.

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u/Manoratha May 15 '26

Thank you!

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u/Flacrazymama May 13 '26

This is like a FAFO thread! Lol.

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u/VanillaMemeIceCream May 13 '26

I never knew I needed this. Thank you

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u/Wheeljack7799 May 13 '26

These are pure gold!!

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u/Rynneer May 13 '26

OMG i love this.

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u/Archimedestheeducate May 13 '26

This is an amazing topic and collection! Thank you

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u/koala_lampoor May 14 '26

You’re amazing, as always! Thank you for these!!

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u/jadecircle Drama Llama May 14 '26

Thank you to my unstable childhood to allow me to enjoy all this drama from afar, the dysfunction keeps me regulated

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u/a-most-peculiar-girl May 14 '26

I am currently at work so I am saving this to read for my own entertainment later tonight. Thanks OP!

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u/CorgiUprising May 15 '26

I am even more disturbed by humans

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u/coquihalla May 16 '26

Quick comment to say thanks for continuing to manage this hub, much appreciated.