Ian Diaz Gets Over 10 Years for Cyberstalking Ex-Fiancée Michelle Hadley
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Updated · OCRegister · Jul 30
Ian Diaz Gets Over 10 Years for Cyberstalking Ex-Fiancée Michelle Hadley
3 articles · Updated · OCRegister · Jul 30
Summary
More than 10 years in prison was imposed on former U.S. Marshals agent Ian Diaz after his 2023 federal conviction on cyberstalking, conspiracy and perjury charges.
Prosecutors said Diaz worked with his wife, Angela Diaz, to frame ex-fiancée Michelle Hadley with Craigslist rape-fantasy ads and threatening emails, aiming to punish her over their breakup and a property dispute.
An IP address tied the messages to the couple's Anaheim condominium, unraveling a case that had left Hadley jailed for 88 days before she was exonerated.
Angela Diaz was later sentenced to five years, and Anaheim agreed in 2021 to pay Hadley nearly $1.8 million to settle her lawsuit over the police investigation.
Netflix's July 22 documentary "A Toxic Love Story" has revived the 2016 Orange County case with new interviews from Hadley, a Diaz friend and the federal agent who cracked it.