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Everyone has fantasized from time to time about their favorite celebrities, perhaps even imagined what it would be like to be in a relationship with them, but some people have taken things a little too far—and by a little, we mean a lot.
As it turns out, the life of a celebrity isn't all fun and games! With crazed fans and lavish properties, being a celebrity can be a hazard to your life. And there's a creepy community of celebrity stalkers who are making sure of it.
From sleeping in stars' beds to simultaneously threatening their lives and proclaiming their love, check out this gallery of celebrity stalker stories that will make you shiver.
'Euphoria' star Jacob Elordi had to request a restraining order against a man named Robert Furo. The 61-year-old showed up at Elordi's Hollywood home to profess his love and leave notes and gifts. Furo first appeared in his yard shouting the young actor's name and declaring his love. Elordi confronted him and told him to leave, after which he took down Furo's license plate number and called the police.
Elordi returned home after running errands a few weeks later to find flowers, candy, and a note from Furo in his backyard. His security cameras showed that Furo had entered his property three times that day. Elordi believes that Furo was tracking his movements as he often showed up when Elordi happened to be out, and also frequently left comments on social media about his love for Elordi. 'The Kissing Booth' star told the judge that he feared that Furo's behavior would escalate and that he heard the man had a criminal record. It's rumored that Furo is the same man who broke into Nicolas Cage's house in the middle of the night in 2007, where he took off all of his clothes and put on one of Cage's famous leather jackets before surprising the sleeping actor in his bedroom. The judge provided Elordi with a temporary restraining order that calls for Furo to stop contacting Elordi and to stay 100 yards (91 meters) away from Elordi and his home.
Keanu Reeves had to ask for a restraining order against a 38-year-old man called Bryan Dixon. His lawyer stated that Dixon has been harassing Reeves and Reeves' partner, Alexandra Grant, for months. This came after 'The Matrix' actor hired a security firm to investigate Dixon, who he claimed has continuously found different ways to gain access to his property. Dixon has been posting on social media claiming that his name is "Jasper Keith Reeves" and expressing his desire to assign all of his personal rights to the actor so that Reeves will be put in "charge" of him in some way. On one occasion, he left a backpack containing a DNA test kit on Reeves' property, which private investigators believe was intended "to use on Mr. Reeves in a delusional attempt to prove they are blood-related."
Dixon tried to enter Reeves' property on Jan. 20 at which time the police became involved. The 'John Wick' star was granted a restraining order by a judge to protect himself and his partner.
Ashley Benson was reportedly being harassed and stalked by a 20-year-old man threatening to kill himself if she didn't engage in an intimate relationship with him. The actress filed for a protection order in court, and in the docs obtained by TMZ she claims the man has been harassing her online for a year, sending her audio messages where he's sobbing and making threats on his own life, as well as calling her phone from 40 different numbers. But things got worse towards the end of 2022 as he apparently tracked her location using social media and approached her in a frightening and threatening manner.
The late Kobe Bryant's daughter Natalia was forced at just 17 years old to seek court-ordered protection from 32-year-old Dwayne Kemp, who has a criminal history involving guns and whom Natalia accuses of stalking her. In docs obtained by TMZ, Natalia says Kemp first tried to contact her two years ago, under the delusion that they have a relationship, and that since then he has showed up at her sorority house at USC and also allegedly at one of her classes. Even scarier is that Kemp is reportedly in the process of buying at least one gun, and he has previously been arrested and/or convicted of at least four crimes, including one involving firearms. Apparently, he also sent Natalia a DM with an image of her late father and wrote, "Thankful For Him Birthing You, Hopefully We Can Birth Him… 'Kobe,'" with a red heart, insinuating that he wanted to have a "Kobe-like child together." The LAPD got involved and Natalia was granted a three-year restraining order against Kemp, who was also ordered to get rid of all the firearms he owned.
Kendall Jenner was granted yet another restraining order in July, this time against a man called Arnold Oscar Babcock. Babcock allegedly trespassed on her property and was been in engaging in "non-violent civil harassment." Jenner and her lawyer appeared in court with Babcock to argue their case, and a judge granted her a three-year restraining order against him.
Due to rumors that he was arrested by Swedish police, it was well-known that Drake was away partying in Sweden on July 18. Perhaps that's why an intruder thought it was an opportune moment to gain access to the rapper's new Beverly Hills mansion, recently purchased for US$75 million from British singer Robbie Williams. Staff on the property alerted police after spotting a young man near the pool house. When authorities arrived and questioned the 25-year-old intruder, he claimed that Drake, 35, was his father, and that he was just waiting for him to come home. He was arrested and charged with misdemeanor trespassing. As far as police know, the suspect hadn't managed to access the house before their arrival. This was a low-level incident compared to Drake's primary stalker...
After years of harassment, Drake was granted a restraining order against an alleged stalker who threatened him and his young son, Adonis. On April 19, the judge ordered Mesha Collins, the woman in question, to stay 100 yards away from Drake and his family members at all times. In the documents obtained by E! News, Drake describes Collins as "a stalker" who has been harassing him since 2017. "She has sent messages saying she wishes me dead, and that I should shoot myself and my son with a bullet," Drake says in the filing. "As a result of Ms. Collins' harassment and obsession with me, I have suffered and continue to suffer emotional distress and am concerned for my safety and that of my family."
A quick recap: in 2017, Collins was arrested and found guilty of trespassing after breaking into Drake's Los Angeles home. Then in August 2021, she tried to sue him for alleged defamation and invasion of privacy, seeking US$4 billion in damages, but the civil complaint was dismissed since she had no proof that Drake had ever referenced her publicly. Then in a February hearing, Collins "conceded that she has been arrested three times for trespassing on [Drake]'s property and another five to six times for assaulting or spitting at his fans," according to a court record included in Drake's filing. Then Collins sought a restraining order against the rapper (which was later rejected), and when Drake's attorney emailed Collins asking her not to serve the musician directly, she reportedly responded with "a series of extremely disturbing emails," the attorney wrote, "threatening not only [Drake], but also his son and myself." He added, "It is clear that Collins's behavior and obsession with [Drake] is escalating, and I am very concerned by the contents of these messages which I believe necessitate the entry of a restraining order against her."
Britney Spears' wedding day was marred by her ex Jason Allen Alexander who decided to crash the event held at her home in Thousand Oaks, California, on June 9 2022. The childhood friends were married on January 3, 2004 in Las Vegas, but their marriage was annulled just two days later—though clearly he's not over it. Livestreaming his raid on Instagram, Alexander was soon arrested for trespassing. During Alexander's preliminary hearing, Ventura County Judge David Worley ruled that Alexander would go to trial on a felony stalking charge, along with misdemeanor counts of trespassing, vandalism and battery, according to court records. During the hearing, a since-fired security guard for Spears testified that Alexander got inside her home and tried to get in her bedroom while she was inside, NBC reports, and he also testified that Alexander had tried to enter the property in the days before the wedding as well.
Cindy Crawford's stalker went the distance—literally. He reportedly flew from the UK to California and ended up on her doorstep to talk to her about a child he claims they have together, TMZ reports. He reportedly made his way onto the property somehow and started banging on the doors and windows to get her attention, but fortunately she wasn't home at the time. Instead, police came to greet him, and promptly arrested him for felony stalking.
'Baywatch' actress Alexandra Daddario suffered a stalker scare when a man with a loaded gun went to her Hollywood home and started screaming about her, TMZ reports. LAPD cops reportedly rushed to the scene told the man to leave but he refused. They detained him, searched his car, and found a loaded handgun. The man was arrested for possession of a concealed firearm. It's unclear if Daddario, who has also starred in 'White Lotus,' was at home at the time.
Rebel Wilson was allegedly harassed by a 39-year-old man for several months. The suspect continually showed up at her home with letters and gifts, claiming that they had a 20-year-old son together. He stated that they met in a club and had a romance in 2001, after which Wilson became pregnant. Some of the letters and gifts he brought to her house were reportedly for their fictional son. Wilson denies ever having met the man and a judge granted her a restraining order.
Lana Del Rey was granted a restraining order after an alleged stalker visited her home on three separate occasions within the space of a month. In docs filed by the singer in LA County, the alleged stalker was a woman named Janeen Lee Stratton who haf apparently been harassing Del Rey and her professional associates with demands to meet the star in person because she believed she was Del Rey's muse and that the singer was communicating with her through songs and dreams, TMZ reports. According to the documents, after being shooed via text, Stratton found Del Rey's private residence and jumped the fence to get in, where she was met by security and apparently admitted that she'd driven hundreds of miles to meet the star but also had a couple of pocket knives on her. After being escorted, she returned twice more!
Kylie Jenner, like the rest of the Kardashian Jenner clan, is constantly under threat from obsessed "fans." She was once bothered by a man called Jrue Mesgan who repeatedly showed up at her home over several months. Jenner was granted a restraining order against Mesgan, but he violated the order by appearing at her Beverly Hills home again and buzzing the doorbell. Her security team called the police who arrested Mesgan for breaking the terms of the restraining order.
Kim Kardashian has had a ridiculous amount of security scares, and not even restraining orders can protect her. She once got one against a man, Nicholas Costanza, who had reportedly sent her a package with Plan B contraceptive pills and a diamond ring, and who had tried to jump the gate at her house. But he wasn't deterred by the order, as Costanza was busted outside her property again. According to legal documents obtained by TMZ, security at her gated community detained the man, and he was then hit with a felony stalking charge because of Kim's existing restraining order.
Willow Smith was granted a temporary restraining order after a frightening incident with an alleged stalker who climbed a fence and attempted to break into her home. On an episode of 'Red Table Talk,' it was revealed that her alleged stalker had apparently also been communicating with her on social media, saying he wanted to marry her and have kids with her, Too Fab reports. During the episode, her mother Jada said afterwards they did a full sweep: "Once they got all the evidence that they needed from inside, we had to take all the stuff out of the refrigerator because we were afraid maybe he put something in the drinks or in her food to knock her out." They had to throw out everything, even the toothpaste, and they checked out all the vents just in case the man had "put cameras up" to spy on her.
Ariana Grande filed for a restraining order against a man she claims had been stalking and terrorizing her for seven months. The situation escalated when the man approached her security team at her L.A. home. He was allegedly brandishing a large hunting knife and became extremely aggressive when they asked him to leave. They say that he screamed, "I'll ... kill you and her." He escaped on foot after police were called but was soon apprehended. He was charged with two felony counts for the death threats.
The actor and presenter, James Corden, was granted a temporary restraining order against a 30-year-old woman he claims had been harassing him for months. The suspect has allegedly shown up at his L.A. home on many occasions, once even camping out in her car in front of the house for six days until the police got involved. She also showed up at the set of 'The Late Late Show' claiming she wass there to marry James Corden. She reportedly told security guards that they planned to go to Las Vegas together to get married, and that she wass angry that his wife had stolen him from her. Corden's legal team jumped into action to get a restraining order put in place. Corden was reportedly concerned that the woman poses a risk to his wife and children.
Kylie Jenner's Los Angeles mansion became the target of a 35-year-old man who had an unhealthy obsession with the young entrepreneur. The man was "familiar" to Jenner's security team as they had seen him near her home on multiple occasions. The situation came to a head when the man demanded to meet Jenner. He was turned away by her security but he refused to leave until he could profess his love for her face to face. He was detained until police arrived and then charged with a misdemeanor.
The Kardashians' security guards at their exclusive gated community caught yet another man who showed up looking for them. According to TMZ, the 33-year-old alleged stalker drove up to the gates of their Calabasas neighborhood and told the guards he wanted to see the Kardashians, not specifically one, but rather all of them. Of course, security rejected him. But, a little while later the man was walking inside the gated community after apparently having hopped a fence. Luckily security spotted and detained him, and soon police arrived to arrest him for trespassing.
Olivia Wilde has been granted a three-year restraining order protecting herself, ex Jason Sudeikis, and their kids after security footage showed a 30-year-old man named Eric Nathanial Fuhs showing up at her house on multiple occasions, leaving notes that falsely claim they're in a relationship. According to TMZ, Fuhs apparently first invaded one of Wilde's private Zoom calls in October 2020, but he's since showed up at her home, despite her never having shared her address. One of his notes read: "I, as of March 19, 2021 am now struggling to stay sane whilst being hidden."
Police arrested a man for trespassing inside Taylor Swift's NYC apartment building. The 52-year-old man, Hanks Johnson, was already beyond the locked lobby doors when he was caught. When the officer asked why he was inside, Johnson responded, "I'm here to see [Swift], she knows that I'm coming here, we're friends." Swift's head of security, James McNelis, said he has seen Johnson outside her apartment at least five times in the past six months, claiming he had tried to enter the building before.
In early April 2021, the model got a restraining order against an alleged stalker who was caught swimming naked in her pool while she was home. Shaquan King, 27, who according to TMZ Fhas previously been busted for kidnapping, was quickly arrested, but because of COVID-19 safety procedures he was released six hours later. Soon after, King reportedly showed up at Kylie Jenner's house, where he was arrested for felony stalking. The restraining order now forbids him from coming within 100 yards of Kendall, her sister Kylie, or their mother Kris.
Jenner was granted a five-year restraining order against another man, 24-year-old Malik Bowker, who allegedly traveled across the country to gun her down. According to TMZ, an LAPD detective alerted the model that Bowker, who had been placed in psychiatric ward, could be released soon, and that he had previously expressed plans to buy an illegal firearm to shoot the model and then himself. Naturally, Jenner was extremely disturbed by these alleged threats and, in preparation for his release from the hospital, sought a restraining order.
Billie Eilish obtained a five-year civil harassment restraining order against her stalker, 23-year-old John Hearle. The young man reportedly camped out opposite her Los Angeles home, perched on a fence to look into her house, and allegedly performed a throat-slitting gesture when he saw her. In legal documents obtained by The Blast, the singer said: “I no longer feel safe going outside my home and enjoying basic physical exercise in my neighborhood, as he could attempt to approach and hurt me … Every time I see him I just want to scream."
Steven Spielberg was granted a permanent restraining order against the woman who sent him death threats, TMZ reports. The alleged stalker, 48-year-old Sarah Char, had apparently bought a gun and threatened to kill the director. Now, she must stay 100 yards away from Spielberg and his family for the next three years. Along with being prohibited from harassing Spielberg, going to his workplace, and tagging him on social media, Char has also strangely been ordered not to impersonate the filmmaker.
The pop star has a permanent restraining order against alleged stalker William Terry. This is the same man who allegedly jumped the fence at her Beverly Hills property previously. Reports TMZ: "38-year-old William Terry must stay 100 yards away from Katy, her fiance Orlando Bloom, their baby girl, and Orlando's son Flynn from his previous marriage to Miranda Kerr for the 3 years."
Billie Eilish got a three-year restraining order against a fan she said kept showing up at her home. According to TMZ, the singer claimed "Prenell Rousseau began showing up over and over again at her residence, ditching a face mask and touching the doorknob and doorbell without gloves, making Billie and her fam fear for their lives. The permanent restraining order also bars Rousseau from assaulting or harassing Billie and her family, or from getting close to her workplaces."
A man was arrested late at night on December 2, 2019 for allegedly trespassing on Kendall Jenner's property. He reportedly scaled her fence, but did not make it all the way to her home, thanks to Jenner's security team. The same man had apparently been spotted by her security cameras back in September, but ran off. As for Jenner, she's unfortunately pretty used to this, having suffered similar stalking incidents to this one in 2018 and 2016.
Model Stella Maxwell obtained a five-year restraining order against an alleged stalker who had reportedly threatened to assault her and set her house on fire. She says the man threatened her on Instagram, and even showed up at her house on several occasions.
After 48-year-old Karen McNeil was reportedly caught on the pop singer's property for the third time, having arrived in a taxi packed with her belongings, Timberlake was forced to take out a restraining order against the woman obsessed with marrying him.
The immensely successful director has one of the scarier stalker stories, which ended with a man named Jonathan Norman being arrested with an "assault kit" outside of Spielberg's home, Independent reports.
The whole thing happened in the late '90s, and the testimony revealed that Norman was allegedly caught with duct tape, a knife, and handcuffs, as well as a diary with the names of Spielberg's family and associates, and a grocery list of things like eye masks, dog collars, and chloroform.
The actress revealed in a New York Magazine profile that she's had more than one stalker. Though she neglected to talk about the scariest ones, she did mention a "really nice" one who was an extra on her films and who, when suspected of stalking her, left Ryder a note in her trailer saying he'd left her for Alyssa Milano.
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Everyone has fantasized from time to time about their favorite celebrities, perhaps even imagined what it would be like to be in a relationship with them, but some people have taken things a little too far—and by a little, we mean a lot.
As it turns out, the life of a celebrity isn't all fun and games! With crazed fans and lavish properties, being a celebrity can be a hazard to your life. And there's a creepy community of celebrity stalkers who are making sure of it.
From sleeping in stars' beds to simultaneously threatening their lives and proclaiming their love, check out this gallery of celebrity stalker stories that will make you shiver.