International journalist and Florida Republican activist Angie Wong has secured a landmark legal victory against convicted felon Stan Fitzgerald in Wong v. Fitzgerald, Case No. 3D24-1122, Third District Court of Appeal of Florida, forcing the courts to modernize harassment and cyberstalking law in America.
The court unanimously affirmed a permanent stalking injunction in an opinion authored by a three-judge appellate panel, establishing the first ruling of its kind in Florida and setting binding legal precedent that reshapes how harassment and cyberstalking are prosecuted and restrained in the digital age. The case lays out a pathway for states and courts to follow in order to protect victims from the increasing incidences of targeted and weaponized cyberstalking.
“This is a historic day,” said Wong. “For too long, technology-enabled harassment was dismissed as ‘online drama’ or protected speech. Today, the Florida courts recognized the truth: coordinated cyberstalking, impersonation, identity fraud, fabricated law-enforcement reports, third-party harassment networks, and multi-year intimidation campaigns are criminal harassment, not free expression. State and federal legislators need to immediately follow this legal precedent and enact common sense legislation to stop this rising wave of criminally dangerous activity.”
The ruling makes clear that stalkers can no longer hide behind:
Fake FBI reports
Impersonation and identity theft
Doxxing and proxy harassment
Claims that abuse is “just speech”
The court affirmed what victims have long known: harassment is a course of conduct, and when weaponized through technology, it constitutes the worst forms of stalking because it is not just about watching and observing, it is about threats, intimidation, and in some cases, actual physical violence.
“While legislatures write statutes, courts make the law real,” Wong continued. “This decision now binds Florida’s Third District and serves as persuasive authority nationwide, giving victims, prosecutors, and law enforcement a clear roadmap to stop cyberstalkers before violence occurs.”
“This is a rapidly growing crime that needs a rapid and robust response from lawmakers and the courts,” Wong added. “In many cases, the stalkers are using fake identities, aliases, and bogus email addresses to hide themselves from law enforcement and accountability.”
Wong plans to take this precedent nationally, working with law enforcement, policymakers, victim-advocacy organizations, and federal authorities to ensure this standard protects women in particular, along with other victims across the country.
“This is not just my victory,” Wong said. “This is a line drawn for victims everywhere. Justice has been served in this case — and greater accountability is just beginning for those who weaponize speech to benefit themselves.”
Angie Wong is a graduate of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. After graduating, she had a successful career as a news editor, reporter and columnist in the U.S. and Asia for publications such as South China Morning Post, Reuters, NY Times and WSJ. She pivoted to politics and has worked on numerous political races at the local and federal level.
Angie is a political commentator on a number of news programs on Newsmax, Fox News, BBC, Sky News, NTD, One America News Network and Real America’s Voice. She is also political contributor for NY Post and other US publications. She is the recipient of the 2025 Global Hero Award for journalism.
Wong is also a Miami GOP Committeewoman.
Steve Gill is editor and publisher of TriStar Daily.
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