Jackson Jordan, the 37-year-old man who for the past two
years has been giving actress Uma Thurman a hard time by sending her hundreds
of e-mails, phoning to her house for too many times and even walking around her
Greenwich Village town house, was found guilty for two misdemeanors, one of
stalking and the other one of aggravate harassment.
Manhattan State Supreme Court convicted Jordan of Maryland
on Tuesday. Now the stalker faces up to one yare in jail. Furthermore, the
former mental patient was ordered to spend one month in jail to undergo psychiatric
examination before he is sentenced.
Judge Gregory Carro said “I was disturbed by the things I
learned about the defendant during the case.” Jordan’s
lawyer, George Vomovolakis vehemently opposed the decision of placing his
client in a Manhattan
jail saying that he had previously been assaulted in jail. As a result,
officials said Jordan
was placed in protective custody.
The panel which deliberated for about five hours since Monday
was formed of six men and six women. According to one of the jurors, the action
that made them take this decision was Jordan’s uninvited visit to Thurman’s
home. "He stepped over the line when he went to her house," said the
juror, who identified herself only as Marsha.
The stalker came in Manhattan
and started searching for the actress’ home being inspired only by a photograph
he had seen in a magazine. He made visits to the home while Thurman was away on
vacation, sometimes sitting on the front stairs and slipping letters through
the door.
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