A New York City judge ordered a man to stay away from pop star Rihanna
after he was arrested for lurking outside her Manhattan apartment
building and sending threatening letters.
According to MSN Money, Kevin McGlynn in September was found unfit to
stand trial on stalking charges and committed to a psychiatric
hospital in Staten Island. He has filed a petition seeking release.
In a decision released earlier on Friday, Judge Orlando Marrazzo said
the order would allow police to arrest McGlynn if he goes near the
singer's home, instead of having to wait for him to do something more
dangerous. McGlynn is also barred from contacting Rihanna by phone,
mail or computer. Marrazzo said McGlynn, 54, wrote a series of notes
to the singer that made references to murder and s*xual assault. He
also accused Rihanna and other artists of using his material in their
songs, the judge said. In his decision, Marrazzo compared McGlynn to
Mark David Chapman, who shot and killed John Lennon.
"He appears to be a ticking time bomb who is wholly fixated on
(Rihanna), and poses a direct threat of serious physical harm or death
to her and anyone around her," he wrote.
McGlynn's attorneys, who work for a state-run mental health agency,
did not return requests for comment. Rihanna, 26, is one of the
best-selling musical acts of the last decade and has won seven Grammy
awards. The case is In the Matter of the Application for the Release
of Kevin M., New York State Supreme Court, Richmond County, No.
3328-2014.
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