There are a few things you can do:
1) Stash whatever cash you can in a Bank. If you have 0$ on you when you're not online, this means that the incentive to hit you is just a couple thousand dollars. This can be helpful.
2) Slow down advancing levels. You can use a lack of mojo to put the breaks on advancing; this isn't perfect as Sex Teachers require passing a final exam and the Spa Treatments require Mojo to win.
3) Alternatively, you can pony up 25 CC for the rebuild. I think the early part of the game requires a sort of "jack of trades" abilities, but you can potentially rebuild and drop stats later in the game. Strength lets you get girls via fighting and cash, which means it can dominate other skills, like seduction, if you intend to play the game this way.
4) An out of game appeal to be "removed" from the list of Cockfighting targets may make sense too, but that's something someone else will have to do.