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This is a news article from today, 12/23 about something I read about yesterday...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - David Letterman once had a woman stalk him for five years and now he has a female fan accusing him of sending coded messages to her over the airwaves. And he also has a New Mexico judge who has issued a restraining order for him to stop.
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Lawyers for Letterman this week asked for the restraining order to be thrown out, saying, "The claims made are obviously absurd and frivolous."
Letterman's Los Angeles-based attorney, Jim Jackoway, said in a statement on Wednesday that the order "constitutes an unfortunate abuse of the judicial process."
Santa Fe District Court Judge Daniel Sanchez signed an order last week requiring the star of the CBS "Late Show with David Letterman," which is taped in New York City, to stay at least 100 yards away from Colleen Nestler and to refrain from contacting her.
Nestler claimed in her petition for a restraining order that Letterman had caused her bankruptcy, mental cruelty and sleep deprivation since May 1994.
She asked that in addition to being barred from approaching or contacting her that Letterman be ordered to not "think of me, and release me from his mental harassment and hammering."
Her court request was accompanied by a rambling, six-page typed letter in which Nestler said Letterman and other TV personalities, including Regis Philbin and Kelsey Grammer, had secretly communicated with her through the public airwaves.
Nestler wrote that she began sending Letterman "thoughts of love" in 1993 and that he responded to her on his show through the use of code words, gestures and "eye expressions" conveying his desire to marry her and train her as his co-host.
The restraining order signed by Sanchez sets a court date for January 12, but Letterman's lawyers have asked for an expedited hearing on the matter.
"While Ms. Nestler may deserve compassion and assistance, allowing her to bring claims against Mr. Letterman is not in her interests or the interests of justice," his lawyers wrote in their motion to quash the restraining order. "Celebrities deserve protection of their reputation and legal rights when the occasional fan becomes dangerous or deluded."
Neither Nestler, who is representing herself, nor the judge could be reached for comment.
The Nestler case is not the first instance of Letterman being the object of female fixation. A Connecticut woman, Margaret Mary Ray, was arrested several times for stalking the comedian over a period of five years.
Earlier this year, a former painter on Letterman's ranch in Montana was arrested on charges of plotting to kidnap Letterman's son and nanny. He was sentenced in September to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to lesser charges.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - David Letterman once had a woman stalk him for five years and now he has a female fan accusing him of sending coded messages to her over the airwaves. And he also has a New Mexico judge who has issued a restraining order for him to stop.
ADVERTISEMENT
Lawyers for Letterman this week asked for the restraining order to be thrown out, saying, "The claims made are obviously absurd and frivolous."
Letterman's Los Angeles-based attorney, Jim Jackoway, said in a statement on Wednesday that the order "constitutes an unfortunate abuse of the judicial process."
Santa Fe District Court Judge Daniel Sanchez signed an order last week requiring the star of the CBS "Late Show with David Letterman," which is taped in New York City, to stay at least 100 yards away from Colleen Nestler and to refrain from contacting her.
Nestler claimed in her petition for a restraining order that Letterman had caused her bankruptcy, mental cruelty and sleep deprivation since May 1994.
She asked that in addition to being barred from approaching or contacting her that Letterman be ordered to not "think of me, and release me from his mental harassment and hammering."
Her court request was accompanied by a rambling, six-page typed letter in which Nestler said Letterman and other TV personalities, including Regis Philbin and Kelsey Grammer, had secretly communicated with her through the public airwaves.
Nestler wrote that she began sending Letterman "thoughts of love" in 1993 and that he responded to her on his show through the use of code words, gestures and "eye expressions" conveying his desire to marry her and train her as his co-host.
The restraining order signed by Sanchez sets a court date for January 12, but Letterman's lawyers have asked for an expedited hearing on the matter.
"While Ms. Nestler may deserve compassion and assistance, allowing her to bring claims against Mr. Letterman is not in her interests or the interests of justice," his lawyers wrote in their motion to quash the restraining order. "Celebrities deserve protection of their reputation and legal rights when the occasional fan becomes dangerous or deluded."
Neither Nestler, who is representing herself, nor the judge could be reached for comment.
The Nestler case is not the first instance of Letterman being the object of female fixation. A Connecticut woman, Margaret Mary Ray, was arrested several times for stalking the comedian over a period of five years.
Earlier this year, a former painter on Letterman's ranch in Montana was arrested on charges of plotting to kidnap Letterman's son and nanny. He was sentenced in September to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to lesser charges.
