Stay away order extended for Bullock stalker
(Agencies)
2010-08-09 09:44
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A California judge on Friday extended for three years a stay away order against a man who is accused of stalking Oscar-winning actress Sandra Bullock.
The restraining order bars 41-year-old Thomas Weldon from coming within 100 yards of Bullock, her adopted baby boy and the three children of her ex-husband Jesse James.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Carol Boas Goodson had issued a temporary order against Weldon on July 19, after a previous stay away order expired last year.
"This is clearly a case of a fan going beyond being a fan," Goodson said. "This is the downside of celebrity."
Weldon allegedly showed up at a house Bullock keeps in Wyoming this past June, saying he had driven there to meet her. The previous orders were issued for similar attempts he made to meet the 45-year-old actress, who won a best-actress Oscar for her role in football film, "The Blind Side".
Bullock's attorney Edwin F. McPherson said Weldon is currently in a mental health facility in Wyoming.
Bullock, who recently relocated to Texas from the Los Angeles area, was not present for the hearing.