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Celebrity Stalking

By Neil Shous, Esq.

While celebrity stalking seems all the rage, it actually only comprises a small fraction of all California stalking charges. In fact, most California stalking charges involve domestic violence?that is, instances of stalking that involve intimate partners. ?Intimate partners? include those who are or were: Married Dating Living together Nonetheless, celebrity stalking is what grabs our attention...and is actually what drove the California Legislature to pass California?s anti-stalking laws in 1990. These laws were based on two very high-profile celebrity stalking cases involving actresses Theresa Saldana and Rebecca Schaeffer. Since the 1990s, celebrity stalking seems like it?s always in the headlines. Actors such as Steven Spielberg, Jodie Foster, David Letterman, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Gwyneth Paltrow, Gloria Estefan, and Britney Spears have all been the victims of stalking in recent years...continue to full post

Full post as published by California Criminal Defense Blog on December 15, 2009 (boomark / email).