On Monday, a Los Angeles County court issued a temporary restraining order against a man whom popstar Sabrina Carpenter claims has been stalking her and attempting to break into her home.
The court prohibited 31-year-old William Applegate from being within 100 yards of Carpenter or her sister Sarah Carpenter, according to Monday’s order. The request alleges Applegate went up to Carpenter’s front door and tried to open it on May 23, an escalation of alleged stalking behavior that had been occurring at least around April 20.
“His pattern of stalking, trespassing, and surveillance has caused me severe and ongoing emotional distress, and I am in fear [of] what he may do if he is not restrained by his Court,” Carpenter wrote in her declaration requesting the restraining order.
A Ring security camera captured images of a man identified as Applegate at Carpenter’s front door. The man was confronted by a security guard who was holding a flashlight.
Applegate refused to leave until police officers arrived, according to the detective, who wrote that Applegate “developed a disturbing and irrational fixation on” Carpenter.
“Despite being confronted by security and subjected to repeated, unambiguous demands that he leave the property, Applegate defiantly refused to comply,” Carpenter wrote in court documents. “He then fabricated the outrageous and entirely false claim that he personally knew me and that I was expecting him. This was a complete lie.”
After he was arrested on suspicion of trespassing, a misdemeanor, the man returned to the neighborhood the next two days, Carpenter said.
“His delusional insistence that he knows me and was expected by me is indicative of a dangerous, delusional, and irrational fixation on me,” Carpenter wrote in her declaration.
The restraining order also covers Carpenter’s workplace and vehicle and says Applegate may not harass, intimidate, threaten, contact or stalk her.
