What to do? Husband fired over gossip that pertains to me! ?

Hi,

I need advice. A few months back my husband was fired. He worked for the City in which I live. He came home humiliated because he was escorted from the building by a police officer he worked with daily. This officer stated that he "had a rage disorder" while escorting him from the building.

Two weeks after he was fired, I found paperwork in my car which detailed a $500 cash fine that he paid for "falling asleep" on the job in Dec. of 2007. The fine was levied in May of 2008.

As a child, my husband had a history of seizure disorders. His mother once told me that he would appear to sleep during seizures and be easily startled once the seizure ended. During a seizure he would appear to be asleep and easily startled. I called his employer to try to talk to the officer to find out what he saw, thinking that this would be important information to get to his doctor.

The City Attorney called me back. She was rude and nasty. She told me that he was fired because his boss claimed that he beat me and "threw [me] into a wall". She questioned my character before hanging up on me. I was sure to take very good notes so that I could share them with my City Councilman.

I've written to numerous public officials to find out why they would fire someone over a rumor of domestic violence yet fail to investigate the claim (in our state, all credible reports of violence made to the PD must be investigated). No one has answered my letters.

My spouse was awarded unemployment but the City challenged it. The week before the hearing, the city's legal team sent the same paperwork to our home twice. They called me incessantly and demanded private information about him and our relationship (we have since separated). They even came to my home unannounced.

At the unemployment hearing, his supervisor stated that she fired him because he was unmotivated. She claimed that I expected him to be a stay at home dad while I worked (I work from a home office). She also ridiculed my health condition as something he made up to play hooky. I was once diagnosed with fibromyalgia. I think he may have taken me to the doctor's office once with the permission of his boss, but aside from that, this had no bearing on anything.

I've never met anyone my husband worked with.

I'm still in shock and at a loss as far as what to do. Does anyone have any advice? On on hand, I want to get on with my life but on the other, I'm scared this woman is going to bully other people if nothing is done to stop her.

Any thoughts?