{"id":743757,"date":"2026-06-17T23:50:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T23:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/743757\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T23:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T23:50:10","slug":"sabrina-carpenter-wins-5-year-order-against-alleged-stalker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/743757\/","title":{"rendered":"Sabrina Carpenter Wins 5-Year Order Against Alleged Stalker"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tA Los Angeles judge granted pop star Sabrina Carpenter<\/a> a five-year restraining order against a man<\/a> who, testifying in court on Wednesday, claimed he is part of a \u201cclassified military government program\u201d along with the singer.<\/p>\n

\n\tSpeaking in a deep, monotone voice, William Applegate said he had been recruited to the program at a local Los Angeles hotel, that his mission involved \u201cthe second coming of Christ,\u201d and that he had to contact Carpenter to save the world.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cCarpenter and I being together as soon as possible is essential,\u201d he told the court. \u201cI\u2019m the center. I\u2019m key to this entire process.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tCarpenter appeared remotely via a video link but did not testify. The judge permitted a media camera in the courtroom, though he said Carpenter could turn off her own camera.<\/p>\n

\n\tAfter Applegate testified, Carpenter\u2019s lawyer, Blair Berk, asked for the five-year order, arguing that Applegate had admitted in social media posts and court declarations that he had traveled to Carpenter\u2019s private homes on more than a dozen occasions.<\/p>\n

\n\tBerk said that on May 23, Applegate \u201cseriously alarmed and harassed\u201d her client when he broke into her neighbor\u2019s property, climbed over a fence, and attempted to open the front door of Carpenter\u2019s house while she was inside. The incident was detailed in the singer\u2019s May 29 filing for an emergency temporary restraining order, which the court granted in advance of Wednesday\u2019s hearing.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn issuing his ruling, Los Angeles County Judge David I. Wasserman ordered Applegate to stay at least 100 yards away from Carpenter at all times until midnight on June 17, 2031, and to keep his distance from her homes, her vehicles, and her places of work. The judge said Applegate can\u2019t try to contact Carpenter and cannot own or possess any firearms or ammunition.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cSir, I want to be very clear. Please listen closely,\u201d Judge Wasserman said, speaking directly to Applegate in the courtroom. \u201cI understand it\u2019s your belief that in order to save the world, you and [Carpenter] need to be together. I understand that is your belief. [But] this court has issued its order. And I expect you to obey the order, not what you think the military commands of you. \u2026 I don\u2019t want you to leave here thinking that your purpose is greater than what I think. The order is the order, and you must follow it. Do you understand?\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tApplegate replied, \u201cI understand what you\u2019re saying.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a signed declaration previously obtained by Rolling Stone, Carpenter said she had never met Applegate and did not invite him to her home. She called his attempt to enter her front door one of \u201cthe most disturbing violations of personal safety and privacy I have ever experienced.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHis pattern of stalking, trespassing, and surveillance has caused me severe and ongoing emotional distress, and I am in fear what he may do if he is not restrained by this court,\u201d Carpenter wrote.<\/p>\n

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\n\tApplegate was arrested at Carpenter\u2019s home in May after he refused to leave. He is due for a criminal court hearing in that case tomorrow.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt is my professional opinion that [Applegate] has developed a disturbing and irrational fixation on petitioner,\u201d Los Angeles Police Department Detective Peter Doomanis wrote in a declaration filed with Carpenter\u2019s petition. \u201cThe pattern of his conduct, which may have begun as early as approximately April 20, 2026, reflects the hallmarks of a fixated, obsessional individual. \u2026 This trajectory is consistent with well-documented patterns of stalking behavior that pose a serious and escalating risk [to] victim safety.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Los Angeles judge granted pop star Sabrina Carpenter a five-year restraining order against a man who, testifying…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":743758,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,7562,17537,75,17368],"class_list":["post-743757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-controversy","tag-courts-and-crime","tag-entertainment","tag-sabrina-carpenter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=743757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/743758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=743757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=743757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=743757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}