21 Celebrities Who Had Fan Encounters So Creepy I'm Honestly Shocked They Still Do Meet And Greets

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Ariana had to woody with a fig of overzealous fans implicit the people of her career, but astir precocious astatine the Wicked: For Good Asia-Pacific premiere successful Singapore, 26‑year‑old Australian Johnson Wen breached barriers and grabbed Ariana’s limb arsenic she walked the reddish carpet. Security and co‑star Cynthia Erivo intervened. Wen was aboriginal arrested and charged, though it was noted that it wasn't his archetypal clip moving up connected a celebrity.

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Taylor has had much than 1 brushwood with terrifying stalkers, but possibly successful this instance, "fan" mightiness beryllium a spot of a stretch. According to the Guardian, Julius Sandrock was arrested extracurricular of Swift's Beverly Hills location connected suspicion of stalking aft constabulary were called by her security. Authorities said that they recovered him with a knife, rope, ammunition, aggregate masks, and gloves successful his vehicle. Investigators accidental helium drove from Colorado to Los Angeles to spot the singer. A impermanent restraining bid was secured against him soon afterward.  

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In 2016, 49-year-old Mark Revill pleaded blameworthy to stalking Keira Knightley, but his attempts to get successful interaction with her were far much bizarre than frightening. Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court heard that Revill repeatedly visited Keira's London home, made meowing noises done her letterbox, drew chalk arrows pointing to her beforehand door, and delivered letters and a USB containing cat-themed euphony helium had composed. Prosecutors said his behaviour caused “alarm and distress,” and Revill admitted to stalking.

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Bieber is different popular prima who has had to look disconnected against immoderate aggravated fans. Dana Martin, a antheral serving 2 beingness sentences for the rape and execution of a 15-year-old girl, allegedly hired an uncle and a nephew duo from down bars to kidnap, castrate, and termination Justin. The strategy proved unsuccessful arsenic the authorities spoiled the uncle and nephew's plan. However, the affidavit revealed that Martin was a immense instrumentality of Bieber, with a tattoo of the singer, and tried to correspond with him to nary avail. This seemingly motivated him to mastermind this failed scheme. 

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Less of a fan, and much of a foe who antecedently alleged the vocalist stole his lyrics, Alex  Gray broke into Allen's location and stole idiosyncratic items similar a handbag, jewelry, money, a phone, and more. This reportedly lone happened aft helium reached retired to her connected societal media with violative messages. The tribunal recovered him blameworthy of burglary and stalking. 

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In June 2014, Joshua James Corbett jumped the obstruction astatine Sandra's Bel‑Air location and broke successful portion she was inside. Bullock hid and called 911 arsenic helium walked done her house. Police arrested him connected burglary, stalking, and weapons charges. Court records and affidavits amusement helium carried emotion letters astir her and mag cutouts of her portion constabulary aboriginal recovered an arsenal of amerciable firearms astatine his home. Corbett was sentenced to probation.

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Unshockingly, Madonna has besides encountered crazed fans, including Robert Dewey Hoskins, a stalker who scaled the walls of her Hollywood Hills property and threatened the vocalist and her staff. During 1 confrontation, her bodyguard changeable and wounded him arsenic helium lunged with convulsive threats. At trial, Madonna testified Hoskins told her he’d slit her pharynx if she wouldn’t wed him. 

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Convicted of stalking and aggravated harassment, Jack Jordan spent years stalking Uma Thurman. Jordan repeatedly showed up astatine her location and astatine movie sets wherever she was moving connected My Super Ex Girlfriend. One of the letters, specifically, stated that her 2 children didn't exist, "an illusion," successful his words. According to reports, helium really spent clip successful a intelligence installation involuntarily aft helium faced questions astir his obsession with Thurman. Once helium was released, helium started showing up astatine her home. 

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One of the much terrifying entries connected this list, YouTube star, vocalist and The Voice contestant Christina Grimmie was changeable and killed by Kevin James Loibl, who constabulary described arsenic having an “unrealistic infatuation” with her, CNN reports. He reportedly approached her astatine a conscionable and greet wherever helium pulled retired a firearm and changeable her 3 times astatine point-blank range.

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In a caller case, a literal "Stan" named Matthew David Hughes violated tribunal orders and broke into Eminem's location successful the Detroit area. This didn't conscionable hap erstwhile either. It occurred archetypal successful 2020 and again successful 2024. The archetypal clip around, Eminem was sleeping erstwhile helium was awakened by the sound of the room model breaking, though information guards intervened. In the astir caller trial, Em explained that helium was sleeping successful a padlocked country astatine the clip of the break-in. The country itself was sectioned into a abstracted country of his location due to the fact that of the erstwhile incident. This time, however, Hughes was sentenced to 15-30 years successful prison. 

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As you tin see, determination are galore fans who instrumentality things excessively far. In the lawsuit of Harry, Brazilian national Myra Carvalho was jailed aft harassing the vocalist by sending much than 8,000 cards and handwritten letters to his London code successful little than a month, including wedding cards. Carvalho pleaded guilty to stalking involving superior alarm oregon distress.

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Among the astir infamous cases involving obsessed fans, Lennon's killer, Mark David Chapman, shot him 4 times astatine adjacent range. What's adjacent alien is that hours earlier, Lennon signed an autograph for Chapman. Chapman was reportedly a instrumentality of the Beatles, though Lennon's comments comparing the Beatles to Jesus allegedly turned him against the icon, among different reasons. 

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One of the astir utmost cases of obsessed fandom involves the Icelandic vocalist and a antheral named Ricardo Lopez. Lopez is a Uruguayan-American who stalked and tried to kill Björk by mailing her a sulfuric‑acid‑filled missive weaponry hidden wrong a hollowed‑out publication to her spot successful England. Police intercepted the parcel earlier transportation aft discovering López’s assemblage and video diary. He had recorded his termination connected camera pursuing the mailing. There were astir 22 hours of tape, and the weaponry symbolized a last enactment of his obsession portion expressing disgust towards her determination to day a Black man. 

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The expanding magnitude of contention surrounding Chappelle's sanction escalated into real-life hostility erstwhile an idiosyncratic ran onto the signifier during the comedian's stand-up performance. Chappelle and the assailant had a spot of a tussle connected the signifier floor, but the attacker aboriginal ran distant and faced misdemeanor charges for the incident. Police said that the fishy had a weapon connected his assemblage erstwhile constabulary booked him. 

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Remember Johnson Wen from the Ariana Grande incidental recently? Well, he's made a spot of a reputation for his actions. In 2023, helium was seen rushing onto the signifier during 1 of Katy Perry's concerts successful Australia. He got truthful adjacent that helium enactment his arms astir her and jumped around. Security, fortunately, intervened and removed him mid-show. 

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Jason Luis Rivera was arrested astatine Miley's Los Angeles location aft trying to unit his mode inside. Reports assertion that helium ran into the partition of the singer's location successful an effort to interruption successful portion carrying a brace of scissors. Police said that helium claimed helium and Cyrus had been friends for years. Cyrus, fortunately, wasn't location astatine the time, though she was granted a three-year restraining bid against him. Rivera was yet convicted of trespassing and resisting apprehension and was aboriginal sentenced to jailhouse time.

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Rihanna's besides had a fewer situations involving stalkers, but successful 2018, a antheral named Eduwardo Leon broke into her location successful the Hollywood Hills and reportedly spent 12 hours wrong earlier his arrest. He was yet charged with first-degree residential burglary, vandalism, stalking, and resisting arrest. Leon was reportedly recovered by Rihanna's assistant. 

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In Brazil, Beyoncé had a close encounter with a instrumentality successful 2013 during her Mrs. Carter tour. A instrumentality successful Sao Paulo grabbed her arsenic she knelt connected the signifier and astir pulled her off. Her bodyguards worked rapidly and got her backmost connected stage, but the astir shocking part? Beyoncé didn't telephone for him to get thrown retired of the venue, but instead, spoke to the excited instrumentality and shook his hand. They don't telephone her Queen Bey for nary reason. 

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Theresa, of The Commish and Raging Bull fame, was brutally stabbed aggregate times extracurricular her West Hollywood location by obsessed instrumentality Arthur Richard Jackson, who had tracked her down by hiring a backstage researcher and obtained her address. Jackson attacked her with a weapon successful wide daylight. A deliveryman intervened to halt the assault. Saldana survived aft extended hospitalization, though Jackson continued to nonstop her threatening letters from down bars, and aboriginal was convicted for doing so. Saldana launched the Victim For Victim organization, which became cardinal to her advocacy for anti-stalking laws.

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CSI: Miami histrion Eva LaRue and her girl Kaya endured much than a decennary of panic from an anonymous stalker who signed himself “Freddie Krueger” successful mailed threats that referenced rape, torture, and murder. As elaborate by People, the harassment escalated arsenic threats targeted Kaya, and naturally, it prompted repeated location moves, heightened security, and years of intelligence toll. DNA grounds yet led to the apprehension and condemnation of James David Rogers connected national stalking charges, for which helium received a situation sentence.

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An 18-year-old Jodie became a cardinal motivating origin successful John Hinckley Jr.’s assassination attempt connected Ronald Reagan. Hinckley reportedly developed an obsession with Foster aft watching Taxi Driver and felt that helium could get her attraction by assassinating the president aft contemplating different utmost schemes. Though Foster didn’t personally witnesser the assassination, she revealed that the full script had a large psychological impact connected her.