Roommate made false report to police that I hurt her though she hurted herself
Hi
I've been living with a toxic roommate who has unofficially moved their partner into the house without any adjustment to lease or rent share or prior information.
We have had multiple verbal arguments on shared space usage, her not cleaning them and her having a third unofficial occupant.
Last night she threw my utensils across on the kitchen counter and kept her utensils in the spot I use. An argument began, I kept her utensils back in the sink. We kept arguing, she picked one of her glass containers, she accidentally hit it at the sink wall, glass shards everywhere and hurt herself in the process. All this while I am atleast 2 feet away from her.
She took images of this wound that she caused herself and made a false police call on me. Police arrived, I shared my version of events, which was actually what happened. Police went back and re-talked with her, she eventually agreed that my version was true sequence of events.
The police officer asked us to stay the night separately and made a Call for Service report and left.
I am stunned that it was this easy for her to falsely blame me in front of the police. She literally falsely called the police on me as revenge for personal dispute reasons. I am wondering what my options are to protect myself against such false reports.
Edit: This is in California