My tenant became very angry thaT I had a bobcat in his backyard during the week which we had agreed to that timefrasme for doing yard work.He got very close and began yelling at me to hit him over and over.I put my hands up and said im not going to hit you, he then turned his shoulder into my right hand and looked at his goirlfreind on the porch saying did you see that ? that was assault
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If he pressed charges against you, it is a crime for him to file a false police report, also he may have violated a whitenesses tampering law by soliciting a false statement from his girlfriend. There are both criminal offenses. His attempt to provoke and ultimately his faking of the act make sense and support your claim. I would stress that you had no reason to want to hit him, he attempted to provoke it, failed and attempted to get a witness to lie.In the civil realm you have claims that may apply such as defamation, vilification, slander, and libel. Also if he goes to court with it, malicious prosecution.