Welcome to the scary side of fame. As True Crime Week continues, E! News is investigating what can happen when celebrity fans take their obsession too far and it becomes criminal. Sadly, many Hollywood mega-stars are no strangers to the terror that comes with having a stalker. In 2014, Oscar winner Sandra Bullock underwent a terrifying ordeal, confronting an intruder in her home and then calling the police while she hid in her closet. The actress was eventually granted a permanent restraining order against Joshua James Corbett, who was committed to a mental facility. Similarly, Taylor Swift surrounds herself with constant security after having multiple stalkers, including a man who was arrested for showing...
- 7/21/2017
- E! Online
A man accused of stalking actress Sandra Bullock intended to sexually assault the “Gravity” star, according to court papers obtained by TheWrap. In an application for a restraining order filed Friday, Bullock says that Joshua James Corbett was carrying a notebook “with multiple pages of scribbled entries, some dated June 4 and June 7, 2014, which repeatedly describe lurid and sexual acts including multiple entries detailing his intention to sexually assault me” when he was arrested after entering her home on June 8, 2014. According to the papers, Corbett has a long criminal record dating back to 1992, and has been...
- 6/9/2017
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
A man arrested after breaking into Sandra Bullock’s home in 2014 has finally had his day in court, with Associated Press reporting that Joshua James Corbett was convicted on counts of felony stalking and burglary after entering a plea of no contest. Corbett, 41, was arrested inside Bullock’s Los Angeles home in June 2014. Bullock came face […]...
- 5/24/2017
- by Brent Furdyk
- ET Canada
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