A Los Angeles County court granted pop superstar Sabrina Carpenter a temporary restraining order Monday against a man she alleges has been stalking her and tried to get into her home.Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.The court prohibited William Applegate, 31, from being within 100 yards of Carpenter or her sister Sarah Carpenter and the latter’s partner, who also live in the Hollywood Hills home, according to Monday’s order.Carpenter filed a request for a civil harassment restraining order against Applegate in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Friday.The request alleges Applegate went up to Carpenter’s front door and tried to forcibly open it on May 23, an escalation of alleged stalking behavior that had been occurring at least around April 20.
“His pattern of stalking, trespassing, and surveillance has caused me severe and ongoing emotional distress, and I am in fear [of] what he may do if he is not restrained by his Court,” Carpenter wrote in her declaration requesting the restraining order.NBC News was unable to find contact information for Applegate on Monday, and it was unclear whether he has a lawyer.The Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.The request alleges Applegate tried to open Carpenter’s front door on May 23.
When a security guard confronted him, Applegate struck the man, according to a declaration in support of the restraining order from a Los Angeles police detective.Images from a Ring security camera show a man, whom the restraining order request identifies as Applegate, at Carpenter’s front door and being confronted by a security guard with a flashlight.According to court documents, the security guard told Applegate to leave, but he refused and said that he knew Carpenter and that she was expecting him, a claim the documents called “outrageous and entirely false.”Applegate refused to leave until...