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Sabrina Carpenter has been granted a temporary restraining order against a man she says has been stalking her and tried to get into her California home.
On Monday, the Los Angeles county court issued an order to prohibit William Applegate, 31, from being within 100 yards of the Hollywood Hills home that she shares with her sister and the latter’s partner.
“His pattern of stalking, trespassing, and surveillance has caused me severe and ongoing emotional distress,” Carpenter wrote in a signed declaration.
“I am in fear [of] what he may do if he is not restrained by this Court.”
Carpenter filed a civil harassment restraining order against Applegate on 29 May, saying that he approached her front door on 23 May and attempted to force it open in a “deeply alarming” incident. She alleges that Applegate had been stalking her since at least 20 April.
Images from a Ring camera show a man trying to open Carpenter’s door on 23 May and being confronted by a security guard. The court documents state that the guard ordered the man to leave but Applegate refused, saying that the singer was expecting him in a claim that the documents describe as “outrageous and entirely false”.
Applegate refused to leave the property until law enforcement officers arrived, according to a detective assigned to the case. The detective wrote that the man had “developed a disturbing and irrational fixation on” the pop star.
He was arrested on suspicion of trespassing, a misdemeanor. Carpenter said that Applegate nevertheless returned to the neighborhood two days later.
It was later found that Applegate had been parking in the neighborhood since 20 April and choosing spots progressively closer to Carpenter’s residence.
“His delusional insistence that he knows me and was expected by me is indicative of a dangerous, delusional and irrational fixation on me,” Carpenter said in her declaration.
She called the incident when Applegate attempted to enter her home “among the most disturbing violations of personal safety and privacy I have ever experienced”.
“The pattern of [Applegate’s] conduct, which may have begun as early as approximately 20 April 2026, reflects the hallmarks of a fixated, obsessional individual,” said Detective Peter Doomanis from the Los Angeles police department.
“This trajectory is consistent with well-documented patterns of stalking behavior that pose a serious and escalating risk [to] victim safety.”
A follow-up court hearing is scheduled for 17 June, with a criminal court hearing scheduled the following day for Applegate’s arrest for trespassing.
