LOS ANGELES (AP) — A decide on Thursday ordered {that a} man who authorities say crashed his automotive by the entrance gate of Jennifer Aniston’s house should undergo mental-health courtroom to find out whether or not he’s competent to face felony stalking and vandalism expenses.
Jimmy Wayne Carwyle, 48, appeared shirtless and wrapped in a blanket when he appeared behind glass in a custody space of a Los Angeles courtroom. The Mississippi man didn’t enter a plea, or converse in any respect.
Prosecutors say he had been harassing Aniston with a flood of voicemail, electronic mail and social media messages for 2 years earlier than driving into her gate on Monday.
Choose Keith L. Schwartz doubted whether or not Carwyle would perceive him when a prosecutor requested that the defendant, who will stay in jail, be ordered to not get close to Aniston.
Carwyle’s lawyer, Deputy Public Defender Toral Malik, mentioned “I don’t consider him staying away from Ms. Aniston will probably be a difficulty presently.”
However at a prosecutors’ insistence, Schwartz issued the order anyway.
“You are not to have any contact with Jennifer Aniston under any conditions,” the decide mentioned.
Authorities say Aniston was house when Carwyle crashed his Chrysler PT Cruiser by the gate of her house within the rich Bel Air neighborhood, inflicting main injury, prosecutors mentioned. A safety guard stopped him in her driveway earlier than police arrived and arrested him.
There have been no stories of anybody being injured.
An Aniston legal professional who attended Thursday’s listening to declined remark, and different representatives of the “Friends” star haven’t responded to remark requests.
Carwyle additionally faces an aggravating circumstance of the specter of nice bodily hurt. If convicted he may rise up to a few years in jail.
Malik not converse to reporters outdoors courtroom.
Aniston purchased the midcentury mansion on a 3.4-acre lot for about $21 million in 2012, in response to reporting by Architectural Digest.
She grew to become one of many greatest stars in tv in her 10 years on NBC’s “Friends.” Aniston gained an Emmy Award for greatest lead actress in a comedy for the position, and she or he has been nominated for 9 extra. She presently stars in “The Morning Show” on Apple TV+.
