Zendaya’s Cyberstalker Sentenced in France
The man was found guilty, but also “irresponsible due to a mental disorder,” as he was placed into immediate high-security psychiatric hospitalization.https://t.co/Haf8zzQNgu
- The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) May 17, 2024
- A French man was sentenced to five years of high-security psychiatric hospitalization on Thursday for cyberstalking and harassing Zendaya.
- Between September 2023 and February 2024 the man sent her thousands of messages, threatening to kidnap and r*pe her.
The lawyer representing Zendaya in the man’s trial, Karim Chentoufi, told the courts that the man’s constant and threatening messages had had a negative impact on her life. “Those are thousands of messages sent by a single person,” Chentoufi reportedly said, “A neurotic harassment that I also call stalking. Real fear was instilled in my client’s mind and she had to put security measures in place for herself, her partner Tom Holland, and those close to her.”
- Zendaya hired a risk management firm to investigate the man.
In his own defense, the man claimed that drugs led him to harass the actress. “I got into meth for a year and it's a crazy drug,” he told the court, “I got it into my head that Zendaya needed me and that I could be her friend.” He reportedly added that he didn’t expect for her to ever see the messages, as “she has millions of people following her.”
The man was found guilty, but also “irresponsible due to a mental disorder,” as he was placed into immediate high-security hospitalization. Along with his sentence, he is banned from contacting Zendaya for 10 years, and from owning a weapon.
Scary stuff. No wonder she disappeared from social media around the time this started.
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