{"id":711166,"date":"2026-06-02T21:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T21:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/711166\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T21:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T21:20:10","slug":"sabrina-carpenter-granted-restraining-order-against-alleged-stalker-disturbing-violation-of-safety-sabrina-carpenter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/711166\/","title":{"rendered":"Sabrina Carpenter granted restraining order against alleged stalker: \u2018disturbing violation of safety\u2019 | Sabrina Carpenter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sabrina Carpenter<\/a> has been granted a temporary restraining order against a man she says has been stalking her and tried to get into her California home.<\/p>\n

On Monday, the Los Angeles<\/a> county court issued an order to prohibit William Applegate, 31, from being within 100 yards of the Hollywood Hills home that she shares with her sister and the latter\u2019s partner.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis pattern of stalking, trespassing, and surveillance has caused me severe and ongoing emotional distress,\u201d Carpenter wrote in a signed declaration.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am in fear [of] what he may do if he is not restrained by this Court.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carpenter filed a civil harassment restraining order against Applegate on 29 May, saying that he approached her front door on 23 May and attempted to force it open in a \u201cdeeply alarming\u201d incident. She alleges that Applegate had been stalking her since at least 20 April.<\/p>\n

Images from a Ring camera show a man trying to open Carpenter\u2019s door on 23 May and being confronted by a security guard. The court documents state that the guard ordered the man to leave but Applegate refused, saying that the singer was expecting him in a claim that the documents describe as \u201coutrageous and entirely false\u201d.<\/p>\n

Applegate refused to leave the property until law enforcement officers arrived, according to a detective assigned to the case. The detective wrote that the man had \u201cdeveloped a disturbing and irrational fixation on\u201d the pop star.<\/p>\n

He was arrested on suspicion of trespassing, a misdemeanor. Carpenter said that Applegate nevertheless returned to the neighborhood two days later.<\/p>\n

It was later found that Applegate had been parking in the neighborhood since 20 April and choosing spots progressively closer to Carpenter\u2019s residence.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis delusional insistence that he knows me and was expected by me is indicative of a dangerous, delusional and irrational fixation on me,\u201d Carpenter said in her declaration.<\/p>\n

She called the incident when Applegate attempted to enter her home \u201camong the most disturbing violations of personal safety and privacy I have ever experienced\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe pattern of [Applegate\u2019s] conduct, which may have begun as early as approximately 20 April 2026, reflects the hallmarks of a fixated, obsessional individual,\u201d said Detective Peter Doomanis from the Los Angeles<\/a> police department.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis trajectory is consistent with well-documented patterns of stalking behavior that pose a serious and escalating risk [to] victim safety.\u201d<\/p>\n

A follow-up court hearing is scheduled for 17 June, with a criminal court hearing scheduled the following day for Applegate\u2019s arrest for trespassing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sabrina Carpenter has been granted a temporary restraining order against a man she says has been stalking her…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":711167,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,134],"class_list":["post-711166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=711166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/711167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=711166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=711166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=711166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}