Judge bans Pam's stalker
2005-10-04 11:08
California - A judge on Monday ordered a British man accused of stalking television star and pin-up girl Pamela Anderson to stay away from her and her family for three years.
Canadian-born Anderson, 38, accused William Stansfield, 29, of "stalking and harassing me, my sons and other family members for more than a month", court papers showed.
Judge Linda Lefkowitz, sitting in the Los Angeles area of Santa Monica called the evidence sufficient, clear and convincing" to merit slapping homeless Stansfield with a stay away order.
Neither Anderson nor Stansfield attended the hearing, but the former Baywatch star's lawyer said she was relieved.
"We're very happy with the court's decision," said attorney John Gatti. "It was the proper thing to do."
In a two and a half page affidavit filed with the court on September 15, Anderson said she saw Stansfield talking to her seven-year-old son at his school on September 7.
When she approached him, he told the actress he wanted her to stop working on her television series called Stacked and work instead on a movie with a script he had written for her, Anderson said in her declaration.
"I was very uncomfortable and immediately told him to leave us alone, and my sons and I left the school," she said.
That incident - coupled with three other instances in which Stansfield allegedly confronted Anderson's mother, sister-in-law and a babysitter - "frightened me tremendously", the actress stated.
"Ms Anderson rightfully is a concerned parent," Gatti said. "She's concerned for the safety of her children and other children at the school. This was improper conduct at the school and it's the kind of conduct that goes way beyond the bounds of decency."
Stansfield has denied he was stalking the actress, who is the ex wife of Motley Crue rocker Tommy Lee.
When asked by the US television show Inside Edition last week whether he was stalking her, he snapped back: "Not in the least. This is outrageous."