Gwyneth and Ben: Stalked and Stalking
Friday June 15 05:58 PM EDT
Poor Gwyneth Paltrow--just when she manages to keep one stalker
detained, another one sprouts up.
This time, it's ex-boyfriend Ben Affleck. That's right, it seems
the Pearl Harbor flying ace has now been accused of wearing
cheap mustache disguises and stalking a Venice Beach, California,
resident.
His accuser? None other than Matthew Hooker--the love-poem-writing
guy who allegedly stalked Nicole Kidman and now wants to run for
president in 2004.
Okay.
But first, some slightly more serious stalker news: A pizza
delivery man who was convicted in a December trial of sending
hundreds of letters, packages and emails to Paltrow was ordered
Thursday to remain in a mental ward.
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge made the decision during a
progress hearing for Dante Michael Soiu, a 51-year-old
Columbus, Ohio, man who obsessed over the Shakespeare in Love
star for almost two years, and even showed up at the home of
her parents, Bruce Paltrow and Blythe Danner.
During the trial, Paltrow, 28, described how Soiu gave her
nightmares and "traumatized her." Since his December 14
conviction, Soiu has been held at Patten State Hospital in
San Bernardino, California, and he'll remain there until his
next progress hearing December 13.
"He still needs treatment," said Soiu's lawyer, Eleanor Schneir.
Which brings us to Affleck. Hooker--the man who just last
month was ordered to stay away from Kidman--now claims Affleck
has been tailing him in order to "ruin my reputation with
leading actresses."
Hooker claims on his Website (www.beautifulbutdangerous.com)
that Affleck once followed him while disguised as a Frenchman,
"with a 'pencil' or 'toothbrush' mustache, and a French shirt
on."
"Ben--if you think by smearing me you can get Gwyneth (who
recently had a real stalker harass her) back, or date Claudia,
grow up," Hooker writes.
Affleck's publicist isn't commenting on whether the actor
smeared Hooker--or ever wore a "toothbrush" mustache.
Still, if it were true, Affleck wouldn't be the only one
tailing Hooker. The Secret Service is now keeping tabs on the
40-year-old oddity, after he announced on his Website that he
intends to run for president in 2004, according to the New
York Daily News.
While Hooker does not make any threats toward President Bush,
Los Angeles police alerted the Secret Service to his Website
because they thought it was something "they needed to be
aware of."
Hooker, meanwhile, told the Daily News, "They're probably
protecting me because I'm a presidential candidate."
Yes, that must be it.
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