BIDDEFORD — What began as a Facebook dispute involving a city councilor, her husband and a Boston businessman has ended up in court.

Matthew Lauzon of Boston, who grew up in Biddeford, has been served with temporary restraining orders that prevent him from having contact with City Councilor Laura Seaver or her husband, Randy Seaver. A judge has also approved a temporary order prohibiting Randy Seaver from having contact with Lauzon.

The Seavers’ orders were approved on Dec. 30, while Lauzon’s was approved on Jan. 15, a Biddeford District Court clerk said Tuesday. A hearing on the parties’ complaints will be held at the Adams Street courthouse at 1 p.m. Feb. 1, at which point a judge will determine whether to enforce more permanent protection orders.

The Seavers and Lauzon began communicating with each other in February 2015, shortly after Lauzon began detailing on Facebook the sexual abuse he claimed he suffered as a child at the hands of an ex-Biddeford police officer. Lauzon’s claims triggered a state investigation that ended in August with no criminal charges, but a civil lawsuit filed in connection with the allegations remains unsettled.

Randy Seaver, a communications consultant who previously served as Mayor Alan Casavant’s campaign manager, said Tuesday that he reached out to Lauzon about a year ago to try to connect him with his wife, a licensed social worker, whom he believed could help with the situation. But the relationship soured after Laura Seaver made a comment on Facebook saying she feared Lauzon’s allegations were starting a “witch hunt” as opposed to targeting those who had committed crimes.

In the statement he filed with the court, Lauzon said he found Laura Seaver’s comment to be “extremely inappropriate,” so he filed a complaint about it with her employer.

That action, according to Lauzon’s statement, has led Randy Seaver to stalk, defame and harass him – as well as his Boston co-workers – for the past several months.

Randy Seaver said in the statement he filed with the court that Lauzon has frequently posted negative comments about the Seavers on social media as well as called, texted, emailed and sent Facebook messages to the couple despite repeated requests to cease communications. In December alone, Lauzon sent Randy Seaver 24 emails, according to the statement.

Randy Seaver said he and his wife decided to seek the protection orders after receiving emails from Lauzon on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. “I thought, ‘This is getting out of hand,’” Randy Seaver said.

Lauzon said in an email Monday that he was “shocked” when he was served the temporary protection orders. “I have no history of violence,” Lauzon said.

— Staff Writer Angelo J. Verzoni can be contacted at 282-1535, ext. 329 or [email protected].