LOS ANGELES – A decide on Thursday ordered that a man who authorities say crashed his car by the entrance gate of Jennifer Aniston’s dwelling should undergo mental-health court docket to find out whether or not he’s competent to face felony stalking and vandalism expenses.
Jimmy Wayne Carwyle, 48, appeared shirtless and wrapped in a blanket when he appeared behind glass in a custody space of a Los Angeles courtroom. The Mississippi man didn’t enter a plea, or converse in any respect.
Prosecutors say he had been harassing Aniston with a flood of voicemail, e mail and social media messages for 2 years earlier than driving into her gate on Monday.
Decide Keith L. Schwartz doubted whether or not Carwyle would perceive him when a prosecutor requested that the defendant, who will stay in jail, be ordered to not get close to Aniston.
Carwyle’s lawyer, Deputy Public Defender Toral Malik, stated “I don’t consider him staying away from Ms. Aniston can be a difficulty at the moment.”
However at a prosecutors’ insistence, Schwartz issued the order anyway.
“You aren’t to have any contact with Jennifer Aniston beneath any situations,” the decide stated.
Authorities say Aniston was home when Carwyle crashed his Chrysler PT Cruiser by the gate of her dwelling within the rich Bel Air neighborhood, inflicting main injury, prosecutors stated. A safety guard stopped him in her driveway earlier than police arrived and arrested him.
There have been no stories of anybody being injured.
An Aniston legal professional who attended Thursday’s listening to declined remark, and different representatives of the “Pals” star haven’t responded to remark requests.
Carwyle additionally faces an aggravating circumstance of the specter of nice bodily hurt. If convicted he might stand up to 3 years in jail.
Malik not converse to reporters outdoors court docket.
Aniston purchased the midcentury mansion on a 3.4-acre lot for about $21 million in 2012, in response to reporting by Architectural Digest.
She turned one of many greatest stars in tv in her 10 years on NBC’s “Pals.” Aniston won an Emmy Award for greatest lead actress in a comedy for the position, and she or he has been nominated for 9 extra. She presently stars in “The Morning Present” on Apple TV+.
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