order was for michelle who was still living at her parents home. it came from angela diaz, ian s wife of three months. who had recently announced she was pregnant. angela came into the picture not long after ian and michelle had actually broken up. reporter: reporter kate briquelet covered this story for the daily beast. she spent hours digging through the curious emails michelle sent ian during the condo dispute. one minute she s very polite and thanking him for reminders on her car insurance. the next minute, you know, she s saying that he s satan and the anti-christ. reporter: even after they signed the agreement on the condo the emails kept coming. ian got this one on may 22. you told me i was your first love, but you did not treat me like the precious, perfect treasure i am. you have sinned against god, and i want my power back because it belongs to us, the daughters of god. then, something new and strange started happening.
reporter: by june 1st, 2016, tension over the anaheim condo michelle hadley and ian diaz had shared was once again starting to peak. the deadline was fast approaching. ian needed to take over the mortgage or sell the condo. and that s when some odd events began to unfold. michelle s father michael was at work. his youngest daughter was at their home in ontario. i get a phone call from my youngest daughter saying, hey. somebody s knoc beating on the door. and i said, look outside. is there police cars? she says, yeah. there s two of them. i said, well, then open the door, cause it scared her, i guess. reporter: yeah. and so a woman throws down a restraining order. reporter: here. you ve been served, kind of thing? yeah. here, you ve been served. with the police. two officers there. and it was from angela diaz. reporter: the restraining
continued. we will steal your child and we will watch as it dies. angela said when she looked to see who sent this email it was from, michelle hadley. reporter: you can understand from angela s point of view why she d be so rattled. right. reporter: a barrage of emails arrived on may 31, 2016. be warned: angela, you ve lost. i am going to end you. you will suffer. i will pray for you. the next morning, june 1, angela filed for that restraining order. the one police served at the hadley s home. it read in part: ms. hadley has been emailing me for over one week, repeatedly threatening my life, my marriage, my safety, slandering my husband. reporter: the rhetorical language you used in your email to your ex. yeah. reporter: had a kind of biblical, old testament veracity to it. they said, this is the same person. well, no comment on that. but, you know reporter: but to your ears it was not at all? no. no. reporter: michelle admits she
it escalates again, now to the point that angela diaz calls the police department, reports that another person had shown up and had actually tried to rape her. reporter: police officers responded to angela s 9-1-1 call. reporter: what do they encounter? they encounter a very distraught angela diaz who says that another person has shown up, and and reporter: and she s got abrasions, look here, right? correct, on her neck. and her shirt is torn. reporter: this is way beyond internet misdemeanor mischief, this is a criminal act in your city oh, mo most definitely a criminal act. reporter: who was inviting men to rape angela? police believed there was no question it was michelle hadley. that s what led them to arrest michelle outside her parents home. angela reported that during the night michelle spent in jail. she received no threatening emails. but then michelle made bail. she was out. and almost immediately the emails start again. reporter: so is there
somebody was posting ads online through craigslist saying that they wanted to fulfill this rape fantasy. reporter: rape fantasy as a genre? i don t think i ve ever heard of this. i had never heard of it either, until this particular case. but apparently yes, there s a market for it. reporter: it s a type of personal ad you can find them on craigslist and elsewhere online. men seeking women who want to meet and act out a rape. a woman responded to the ad: i have been dying to have a rape fantasy occur. if you can fulfill this tonight, please let me know. i am 30, tall, gorgeous and ready. i have a yorkie i walk every night. come find me. the email gave an address, the condo in anaheim where angela and ian lived. on june 13, angela and ian told police a man showed up at their door expecting to have violent sex with angela. they told police they sent him away, but other men followed all invited by email responses to rape fantasy ads.