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Stalker Found Guilty
Obsessed Uma Thurman fan Jack Jordan was found guilty of stalking and harassing her for more than two years, showing up on her front doorstep and movie set and sending her a series of bizarre and threatening "love letters." Jordan faces up to a year in
jail. He was convicted of stalking and one count of aggravated harassment, and acquitted of two other harassment counts. The verdict came after a weeklong trial that featured riveting testimony from Thurman, who told the jury she was "completely freaked out" by Jordan's behavior. Prosecutors say he had stalked her since 2005, when his crush on Thurman become so intense that he just had to be with her.. He sent her a series of bizarre cards and letters, including 20 of them while he was locked up at a mental institution. Jordan said he was "humiliated" by the trial and by the fact that his private affections for Thurman had become so public. Jordan said he was involuntarily committed to a mental facility in late 2005 after being questioned about his obsession with Thurman. He was eventually released, and started repeatedly showing up at her apartment last year. At the time of his arrest, he was living out of his car and working part-time as a lifeguard and pool cleaner.
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