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Walton stalked
« on: October 06, 2008, 11:33:42 PM »

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If you read one only one piece about the NBA today, you might want to make it Kevin Ding's report in the OC Register about Luke Walton's year-long stalker ordeal: http://www.ocregister.com/articles/walton-people-luke-2182271-life-want

It's a powerful piece - some folks just don't know where the line is.  Or that 'the line' even exists.

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Re: Walton stalked
« Reply #1 on: October 06, 2008, 11:57:00 PM »

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wow...I am speechless. I can't believe someone would do such things, the female fans seem all over him. But someone stalking someone for a whole year, doesn't matter who, is unbelievable.

Btw TP Steve.
Anything is possible!!!

Re: Walton stalked
« Reply #2 on: October 07, 2008, 12:00:10 AM »

Offline Steve Weinman

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wow...I am speechless. I can't believe someone would do such things, the female fans seem all over him. But someone stalking someone for a whole year, doesn't matter who, is unbelievable.

Btw TP Steve.

Thanks, kw.  "Unbelievable" is the word indeed.  Quite an unenviable situation, I'm sure.

I think Ding did an excellent job reporting it.

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Re: Walton stalked
« Reply #3 on: October 07, 2008, 12:16:31 AM »

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Cut me some slack Steve. I had a big crush on him and knew no other way to get to him.

Re: Walton stalked
« Reply #4 on: October 07, 2008, 12:22:24 AM »

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He made it up.  He was sad everyone forgot all about him

Re: Walton stalked
« Reply #5 on: October 07, 2008, 03:25:04 AM »

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Remember the dude who was "infatuated"
with Bjork? Ricardo Lopez. One sick individual.

Here's a link:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1996/09/19/nstal119.html



When you read about stuff like this you
feel glad you''re just an Ordinary Joe!

Re: Walton stalked
« Reply #6 on: October 07, 2008, 04:54:33 AM »

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There are certainly some crazy people out there. What I don`t understand is why Walton didn`t do something sooner. I mean this lasted for a whole year...

I guess this is another of these stories where police can`t really do anything before something actually happens...

Re: Walton stalked
« Reply #7 on: October 07, 2008, 07:17:46 AM »

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I was in a somewhat similar situation with a stalker for over a year.  Girl was certifiable.  Crank calls all night and day for over a year by her, her sister and a friend.  Cops could only put a trace on my phone for a couple of weeks at a time but that did no good.  Final step was her leaving a 'I wish your were dead' message on my answering machine.  That was enough for the cops to step in since they had physical evidence of her actions. 

Only heard from her one last time after that -- got to tell her the tape was turned over to the cops and that the next time I had any crank calls, they'd be paying her a visit.  Never had another call.

It's unfortunate that someone has to do or say something threatening before they can be stopped.


Re: Walton stalked
« Reply #8 on: October 07, 2008, 02:27:40 PM »

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I guess he isn't "Lucky" Luke after all
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Re: Walton stalked
« Reply #9 on: October 07, 2008, 02:40:42 PM »

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Great response on there:

Quote
elitistguy wrote:
This is a prime example of why I have avoided being rich, famous, young, and successful. It just ain't worth it. Too many crazies out there.

Pretty crazy stuff.
Yup

Re: Walton stalked
« Reply #10 on: October 07, 2008, 02:50:10 PM »

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My brother had a stalker, she carved him hundreds of miniature wood creatures, she was a psycho, said God told her to marry him - anyway, I finally got to see her and, you know what? Not too bad, really... all things considered, I was a little jealous, like  HEY crazy ladies, what's wrong with me? Where's my stalker???

But seriously, it was a little freaky...
Now, on to 18...

Re: Walton stalked
« Reply #11 on: October 07, 2008, 02:52:14 PM »

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well....was she hot?
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Re: Walton stalked
« Reply #12 on: October 07, 2008, 02:57:33 PM »

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Closest I've ever came to being stalked was by overly friendly dogs. 
Yup

Re: Walton stalked
« Reply #13 on: October 07, 2008, 03:40:44 PM »

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I was dying when I read this, its amazing to me that he didn't report her earlier but it seems like he handled it pretty well everything considered. 

Re: Walton stalked
« Reply #14 on: October 07, 2008, 04:25:42 PM »

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well....was she hot?
My thoughts exactly. I wanna see pics.