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Janet's Stalker Nation?
Michael Jackson isn't the only member of the family hitting the courts these days.
Little sis Janet Jackson dispatched her lawyers to the Santa Monica Courthouse last Tuesday to seek a restraining order against a man she claims has been "stalking and harassing" her for nine years.
Per court papers published on Celebrity Justice's Website, the "Control" singer wants to keep Robert Gardner away from her rhythm nation.
"It is only a matter of time before he has the opportunity to harm me," the 39-year-old Jackson says of the New York man.
A hearing on Jackson's preliminary injunction request Gardner is set for Mar. 17. If granted, it would be at least the fifth time in a decade that the singer has successfully gone to court to keep an unwanted fan at bay.
Gardner allegedly began as a too avid pen pal, faxing Jackson notes, including one that read: "Dammit [sic] Janet I know it has been three years since we have been intimate but if you still love me it should not matter," according to court documents.
Jackson says Garner ramped up his efforts in recent months. "His conduct recently has escalated and he has threatened to travel to Los Angeles on February 28, 2005 in order to continue stalking me," she says in her filing.
Last month, she claims, Gardner sent three faxes telling her of his impending travel plans.
"I am deeply disturbed by the fact that a man I do not know, who believes he knows me intimately, has been in close proximity to me and is continuously attempting to physically contact me," she continues.
Jackson also outlines several incidents involving Gardner, including a 2004 encounter in which he allegedly attempted to infiltrate a dress rehearsal for her Saturday Night Live guest-hosting gig. Gardner, "armed with a box cutter, a large pair of scissors and a multi-function knife," was reportedly foiled by security guards before he could get close to Jackson.
However, Jackson's bodyguards may have been a bit too protective of the singer, according to a lawsuit filed last month. A Bronx man named Leonard Salati alleges Jackson's goons roughed him up outside of a New York's nightclub, causing him "permanent damage" by putting him in a chokehold and "dragging him down the steps" of the club when he got too close to the singer.
Then again, Jackson has a long history of fending off overly obsessed fans. In 1998 she went to court to keep away Jay Thomas Myers, who had written letters to then President Clinton stating Jackson was "my capture. Before that, she obtained a restraining order against Ronald Benjamin Singleton, who called himself "the next President of the United States"; Frank Paul Jones, who was eventually sentenced to two years in prison for writing harassing letters to the singer; and Eric Leon Christian, who was accused of sending her disturbing faxes.
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