Jennifer Gets Restraining Order Against Stalker

[superintelligentone]

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Garner Granted Permanent Restraining Order Against Alleged Stalker

Actress Jennifer Garner has been awarded a permanent restraining order against her alleged stalker, ordering him to stay away from her family for the next three years.

The star was granted a temporary restraining order against Steven Burky on November 7 after she submitted an alarming declaration to the Los Angeles Superior Court detailing his behavior.

Under the permanent order, obtained on Thursday morning, Burky must also stay 100 yards from the actress, husband Ben Affleck, their daughter Violet, the couple's nanny, housekeeper and others.

Garner alleged in her declaration: "Mr. Burky has been stalking and harassing me," sending "packages and letters containing delusional and paranoid thoughts and following me around the country ... his obsessive and harassing behavior has escalated to the point of becoming dangerous and threatening."

Burky first initiated contact with Garner in 2002, when he disguised himself as a college student in Ohio and then as a punk rocker at a record store in Los Angeles in order to meet her, according to the New York Daily News.

He even sent an e-mail to a member of Garner's film crew in February, begging that the star be warned about a vision he had in which she would be persecuted by a mob.

Burky is reportedly under involuntary psychiatric hold following the Los Angeles Police Department's involvement in the case.

 

[superintelligentone]

Jennifer Garner Seeks Permanent Protection from Stalker
By ERIN FOX
TV GUIDE

Jennifer Garner may feel like she needs an alias lately: the Golden Globe-winning actress has obtained a court order against a stalker.

Garner, 36, feels that Steven Burky is a threat to both her an her family, and says he's been harassing her since 2002, Us reports.

Garner, who is very pregnant with her second child with husband Ben Affleck, said in court papers that Burky's "obsessive and harassing behavior has escalated to the point of becoming dangerous and threatening."

The court papers also say that Burky, who is currently being held in a mental hospital per a court order, showed up at Garner's house, where he said that "God has sent him a vision of her being persecuted in some manner that may result in her death."

Burky also writes a blog called Satanic Panic in which he discusses topics such as human sacrifices.

Earlier this month a judge issued a temporary restraining against Burky, and another hearing is set for Thursday to make the order permanent.

Garner and Affleck have been married since June of 2005, and daughter Violet will be turning three in December. Garner is due with her second child this winter. Do you think there isn't enough protection against celeb stalkers?

 

[Alias_Gay]

good for her ... she shouldn't have to be worrying about her safety and her family's safety ...

 

[Carmen1]

Wow I was not aware of that. That is pretty scary too, especially since they have kids. I am glad she got the restraining order.