HighlyIntoxicated

My father owns a restaurant in a small town and hired a lady to run it. She lasted about a month before making impossible demands, talking down to other employees, and making it an unpleasant place to work. She also keeps hiring more and more employees, to the point where the employee payroll and food, is just barely covered, and there is no money left over for rent.

This lady was hired because she knew about vegan/healthy food, and the restaurant was meant to fill a void in the town. My father came up with the idea and the menu, she has just been cooking the food.

A little while after hiring her, we found out that she never lasts at her jobs, and always runs into some sort of confrontation with the owners after a few months and quits or is fired.

A few days ago she got into an argument over how the restaurant is being run, and how much staff she needs, etc. and ended up quitting. She was running the facebook page, which she took down, and now she is all over facebook and twitter talking about how she was wronged, treated badly, how her recipes are being stolen, and is pretty much out to destroy the business.

This is a small town where word spreads quickly, so if the town believes her side of the story, my fathers business is in trouble.


What options are available? I know I should get my father to talk to a lawyer, but money is very tight at the moment.

Thanks for any advice you guys may have.