Marion Cotillard Battles Creepy Cyber Threats

The French actress turns to the FBI to deal with a alleged viral stalker

By John Boone Aug 06, 2011 7:56 PMTags
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Hopefully Marion Cotillard is learning some self-defense while shooting The Dark Knight Rises.

Why? Because it might be helpful to have now that she reportedly has a creepy cyber-fan on her trail!

Though we suspect (and hope) the French actress will never come face to face with her "fan" now that she's turned the matter over to the very capable hands of the FBI.

So what made Marion call in the authorities?

NY Daily News reports that "a crazed Queens woman" named Teresa Yuan was allegedly responsible for sending threatening emails and videos to one of the actress' fansites, and one of the recent videos reportedly includes plans to kill Cotillard.

"The guilt and sorrow I feel now, I won't feel after it happens," Yuan allegedly vented in the self-filmed clip. "After it happens I'll feel no regrets whatsoever…That's apparently how it feels to be a killer, to be a murderer."

Then, the report says Yuan began growling and hissing into the camera.

While the overzealous woman never revealed what her beef with Cotillard was, a report filed with the FBI allegedly says that Yuan bragged about knowing the actress' travel plans and felt backed into a corner.

Yuan was arrested last week and released on $50,000 bail. She has been ordered to keep her distance from Cotillard, but we're sure the Oscar winner is taking extra precautions, just in case.

We suggest Yuan do something more constructive with her time, like trying to figure out the ending of Inception. Or maybe she could rent La Vie en Rose—it's a good movie and Marion is great in it.