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BANKS FAN GOES TO TRIAL
Friday April 17,2009
Supermodel-turned-TV personality TYRA BANKS will come face-to-face with a man accused of stalking and harassing the star when she takes the stand in his trial later this month (Apr09).
Georgia native Brady Green, 38, allegedly began a months-long bid to meet and seduce Banks by sending her unwanted flowers, packages and notes and repeatedly calling and visiting the New York studios where she films her daily programme, The Tyra Banks Show.
According to court documents, Green also threatened to harm Banks' assistant when she refused to give him the star's address during a phone call to her offices.
He is said to have told the unnamed colleague, "You're f**king lying, I'm going to find you and slit your throat."
Green was arrested in March 2008 after he was caught at a fast food restaurant around the corner from the runway beauty's Manhattan studios.
According to a police report, Green told the arresting officers, "I know her. She knows me. We're good friends. We had a thing together. I sent her flowers. I sent her cards. Should I plead no contest? I've got satellites watching me and recording us."
He has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanour counts of stalking, criminal trespass and harassment and has turned down offers of a plea deal from prosecutors to keep him out of jail.
During a pre-trial hearing in Manhattan Criminal Court on Thursday (16Apr09), Judge James Burke ruled prosecutors could use most of the statements the overzealous fan made to police as trial evidence.
The trial began on Friday (17Apr09) and Banks is expected to give her testimony in the coming weeks, according to the New York Daily News.
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SHOWBIZ
BANKS FAN GOES TO TRIAL
Friday April 17,2009
Supermodel-turned-TV personality TYRA BANKS will come face-to-face with a man accused of stalking and harassing the star when she takes the stand in his trial later this month (Apr09).
Georgia native Brady Green, 38, allegedly began a months-long bid to meet and seduce Banks by sending her unwanted flowers, packages and notes and repeatedly calling and visiting the New York studios where she films her daily programme, The Tyra Banks Show.
According to court documents, Green also threatened to harm Banks' assistant when she refused to give him the star's address during a phone call to her offices.
He is said to have told the unnamed colleague, "You're f**king lying, I'm going to find you and slit your throat."
Green was arrested in March 2008 after he was caught at a fast food restaurant around the corner from the runway beauty's Manhattan studios.
According to a police report, Green told the arresting officers, "I know her. She knows me. We're good friends. We had a thing together. I sent her flowers. I sent her cards. Should I plead no contest? I've got satellites watching me and recording us."
He has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanour counts of stalking, criminal trespass and harassment and has turned down offers of a plea deal from prosecutors to keep him out of jail.
During a pre-trial hearing in Manhattan Criminal Court on Thursday (16Apr09), Judge James Burke ruled prosecutors could use most of the statements the overzealous fan made to police as trial evidence.
The trial began on Friday (17Apr09) and Banks is expected to give her testimony in the coming weeks, according to the New York Daily News.
Daily Express | Showbiz :: Banks fan goes to trial
Bet you thought this was something different
