Updated
Updated · The Associated Press · Jun 17
Judge Orders William Applegate to Stay 100 Yards From Sabrina Carpenter for 5 Years
Updated
Updated · The Associated Press · Jun 17

Judge Orders William Applegate to Stay 100 Yards From Sabrina Carpenter for 5 Years

3 articles · Updated · The Associated Press · Jun 17

Summary

  • A Los Angeles judge on Wednesday barred William Applegate, 31, from Sabrina Carpenter for five years after he repeatedly tried to enter her home and returned even after a temporary order.
  • More than a dozen attempts drove the case, including a May incident in which Applegate reached Carpenter’s front door through a neighboring property, struck a security guard and was arrested.
  • Applegate told the court a classified military program required him and Carpenter to be together for “national and global security,” and said he believed she was communicating with him at Coachella.
  • The order requires him to stay at least 100 yards from Carpenter, her sister and her sister’s partner, bars any contact and firearm possession, and comes while a criminal investigation remains open without filed charges.

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