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Revision as of 21:55, 14 March 2005 by Guanaco (talk | contribs) (→What to do: remove section -- Misplaced Pages is not a what-to-do guide.)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Stalking is following or observing a person persistently and surreptitiously, sometimes done out of obsession or derangement. Stalking may involve the intent to acquire private information or objects. Common victims of stalking include celebrities, ex-husbands/wives and ex-boy/girlfriends, and teachers. In more extreme cases, stalking leads to threats or violence.
Examples are a fan stalking a celebrity, somebody stalking an ex-lover whom they want back, and other cases of non-reciprocal love.
The legality of the practice is defined differently under different jurisdictions; some define the act as it stands as illegal, while some only define stalking illegal once it becomes threatening or endangers the one being stalked.
Celebrities
Stalkers have been following celebrities around since the advent of yellow journalism. In some cases, the stalking behavior in question is harmless and does not go to extremes. In other cases, however, the celebrities being targeted have to leave their profession for many years while they build a new life (as was the case of Andrea Evans), or the celebrities being targeted by the stalker become the victim of violent attacks (some celebrities, like Theresa Saldana, have been able to live and tell the tale, while others, like Rebecca Schaeffer and John Lennon, did not).
Female celebrities
- Belinda Carlisle
- Cher
- Sheryl Crow - confronted by Ambrose Kappos
- Sheena Easton
- Jodie Foster - stalked by John Hinckley Jr.
- Sharon Gless
- Whitney Houston
- Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis - confronted
- Nicole Kidman
- Barbara Mandrell
- Sarah McGlocklin
- Anne Murray
- Gwyneth Paltrow - confronted by Ron Galella
- Theresa Saldana
- Monica Sales
- Rebecca Schaeffer - murdered by Robert Bardo
- Barbara Mandrell - confronted by Edwin John Carlson
- Madonna - confronted by Robert Hoskins who was shot but not killed by one of her bodyguards
- Olivia Newton John - confronted by Michael Perry who camped behind her house and later murdered his family.
- Jeri Ryan
- Meg Ryan
- Vanessa Williams
Male celebrities
- Scott Bakula - confronted by Tina Ledbetter
- Justine Bateman
- Sonny Bono
- David Bowie
- Michael J. Fox - confronted by Tina Ledbetter
- Mel Gibson
- Michael Jackson
- John Lennon - murdered by Mark David Chapman
- David Letterman
- Brad Pitt
- Ronald Reagan - John Hinckley Jr. shot President Reagan to impress Jodie Foster
- Steven Spielberg - confronted by Jonathan Norman
See also
External links and references
- Benschop, Albert: Cyberstalking - Menaced on the internet. In: Sociosite - Peculiarities of Cyberspace.
- The Australian Anti-stalking and threat website