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Former employer “needs” me to write a legal statement

Basically the title, but some background: At my old job, we would hire numerous short term employees. One such employee was a university student, who did well the first time they were hired, but just flat didn't show up and ghosted the second time. Said student is now suing said university over harm to the student's job prospects caused by the university poorly handling a dispute with the student. My former employer was named in the lawsuit as one of the employment prospects that was harmed. I ended my employment relationship with this company on 6/30, but my old boss emailed me well after 6/30 claiming they “need a write up” about the student in question above. When I still worked there, this certainly would have fallen under my purview, but obvs I no longer work there. My instinct tells me to just not respond, since it's not really my…


Basically the title, but some background:

At my old job, we would hire numerous short term employees. One such employee was a university student, who did well the first time they were hired, but just flat didn't show up and ghosted the second time. Said student is now suing said university over harm to the student's job prospects caused by the university poorly handling a dispute with the student. My former employer was named in the lawsuit as one of the employment prospects that was harmed.

I ended my employment relationship with this company on 6/30, but my old boss emailed me well after 6/30 claiming they “need a write up” about the student in question above. When I still worked there, this certainly would have fallen under my purview, but obvs I no longer work there. My instinct tells me to just not respond, since it's not really my problem anymore. Also I don't have access to the records necessary to do the write up, and said records would be sufficient as “testimony” in any pending litigation. How would you handle this situation? I'd like to stay on good terms with my former employer, but I'm pretty offended by the notion that I'm somehow obliged to provide something to my former employer for no compensation.

Even after you quit, your old boss might demand something of you!

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