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Ronstadt Stalker Released
Last week, prosecutors in Tucson dropped stalking charges against Bernard A. Ortiz, opting instead for a restraining order permanently barring him from any contact with the singer or her family.
The charges were dropped, prosecutors say, because the singer wanted to avoid meeting her obsessive fan in court. Ortiz had actually hoped his case would go to trial just so he could meet Ronstadt, whom he claimed he was desperately in love with.
"He wanted to have this trial because it would finally be his chance to meet Linda," said prosecutor Dan Nicolini. "She didn't want to feed that desire of his to meet her."
Nicolini added that the singer thought sending Ortiz to prison might not help him since he's been diagnosed as a schizophrenic. So she opted for the restraining order.
Ortiz had sent Ronstadt love letters and cards for years, before pleading guilty to attempted stalking in 1997. After violating his probation by contacting Ronstadt's family, Ortiz ended up serving 10 months in the slammer in 1998.
Authorities arrested the 55-year-old Ortiz again in May on a felony warrant after he was spotted at the pop songbird's concert at Tucson's Sun City arena. The overzealous Ortiz had shown up decked out in a white tuxedo, white shoes and a red rose pinned to his lapel, intent on asking Ronstadt to marry him.
Police later found packages, flowers and copies of letters mailed to Ronstadt in the back of his 1978 white Cadillac. In one note he wrote he would "take her as his own even if he had to hurt people." When he was taken into custody, Ortiz reportedly told police, "her music, her face, everything has brightened my life. I'll pay a high penalty just to meet her."
During her nearly three-decade career, the Arizona-born Ronstadt has graced the charts with such hits as "Hurt So Bad," "You're No Good," "Blue Bayou" and "Don't Know Much."
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