Sabrina Carpenter has been granted a temporary restraining order against a 31-year-old man accused of stalking her and trying to enter her Los Angeles home, according to court records. The singer said William Applegate repeatedly appeared near her Hollywood Hills residence before he walked up to her front door on May 23 and tried to force it open. Carpenter told the court the alleged conduct left her in “severe and ongoing emotional distress.”
Sabrina Carpenter’s restraining order details
The Daily Mail reported that Carpenter filed for protection after weeks of alleged stalking behavior. The Guardian also reported that a Los Angeles County court issued the temporary order on Monday, barring Applegate from coming within 100 yards of Carpenter, her home, her workplace, and her vehicle.Carpenter said in her declaration that she does not know Applegate and does not want contact with him. She accused him of parking near her home from around April 20, with each visit placing him closer to the property.The situation escalated on May 23, when Applegate allegedly entered a neighbor’s property to get around security fencing. Court documents said he then reached Carpenter’s front door and tried to open it.A Ring camera captured the incident. Applegate allegedly pushed down on the door handle, rang the bell, and knocked. When a security guard confronted him, he allegedly refused to leave and claimed Carpenter expected him.
Sabrina Carpenter’s stalker case in Los Angeles
Carpenter called that claim “outrageous and entirely false” in the court filing. She also described the incident as “among the most disturbing violations of personal safety and privacy I have ever experienced.”Los Angeles police later arrested Applegate on suspicion of misdemeanor trespassing. Carpenter said he returned to the area days later.LAPD Detective Peter Doomanis supported Carpenter’s request for protection. He said Applegate had “developed a disturbing and irrational fixation on” the singer and described the pattern as consistent with escalating stalking behavior.Carpenter also wrote, “His delusional insistence that he knows me and was expected by me is indicative of a dangerous, delusional and irrational fixation on me.”A civil harassment hearing was set for June 17. Applegate also faced a separate criminal court hearing on June 18 linked to the trespassing arrest.
