A federal judge ordered a Houston attorney and his wife, who are also landlords, to pay $45,600 in attorney fees and to cease contacting their former tenant against whom they made “mean, irrational attacks” and filed “imaginary, lurid claims” with state agencies.

The lawyer and his wife may also face civil and criminal liability for the fraudulent government claims they filed, wrote U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes.

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