34 year-old Stacy Elizabeth Beshear has been charged with one count of stalking for following Luke Walton to his home in Manhattan Beach.
Walton told police last year that Beshear was harassing him in November and December.
“She had been following him to his practice site and following him home and repeatedly asking him to sign basketballs after he’d already done so,” Tobias said. “At one point, she got upset and was taking a Sharpie pen to his vehicle after he refused to sign a soccer ball.”
But Tobias said on Sept 15, Beshear “crossed the line.” Beshear followed Walton to the house of Lakers teammate Jordan Farmar and pulled up next to Walton, Tobias said.
“She was following him for a large part of the day and at one point drove side by side with him and gestured at him, extended her hand out the window and acted like she was cocking a gun,” he said.
A trial has been set for Nov. 6 for in Torrance Superior Court, Manhattan Beach district attorney spokeswoman Jane Robinson said. If Beshear is convicted, she faces up to one year in jail and a $1,000 fine.
“When I kept seeing her around I knew it was serious and I knew I had to do something. That’s when I contacted the police. I just can’t believe how crazy all this stuff is,” Walton said.
Everyone is assuming that she’s stalking Walton because she has a special interest in him. What if she’s just upset that the Lakers overspent by signing him to a six-year, $30 million deal?
That kind of contract will make anyone crazy.
