Sheryl Crow has secured a three-year restraining order against 45-year-old online-user Philip Sparks.
Crow’s original court filing for the temporary order of protection claimed the man ranted about her on a social networking website and took his ranting a sinister step forward when he threatened to shoot her.
Sheryl said in the court documents that it was her manager who informed her of the perceived threat.
James, according to the singer’s court filing, had written on Facebook and online message boards that the Grammy Award-winning singer had broken into his place to surreptitiously film him and then, somehow, she cheated him out of money for a reality television show he was supposed to be on.
The situation got more threatening when the man went to the SAG-AFTRA headquarters in LA and told an employee he was going to “just shoot” her. The Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television is the group that represents professional actors and broadcasters.
Sheryl’s legal document read;
“This statement was obviously extremely alarming to me.
“It was clear to me that he was deeply disturbed because his posts were delusional, rambling, filled with profanity and laced with angry rants.”
At the court hearing this week a psychiatrist testified on her behalf and called the suspect “dangerous”.
James is now required legally to stay away from and not attempt to contact the singer, her family, her manager and other employees for the next three years.
