Actress Gwyneth Paltrow testifies in trial of accused stalker
- 8 years ago
Oscar-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow told a Los Angeles court on Monday that she feared for her safety after receiving dozens of letters from a man accused of stalking her for the past 17 years, according to media reports.
Paltrow, who read aloud from the letters sent by Dante Michael Soiu, 67, told the jury she found the messages "religious to pornographic to threatening", the California wire agency City News Service reported.
Paltrow, 43, said Soiu sent her about 70 letters, a cookbook, clothing and other items from 2009 and 2014, CNS reported.
A 2010 letter declared, "You are hopelessly lost," CBS News reported.
"Now you must die.
Yourself, must die so that Christ can have preeminence."
Paltrow, who testified for about three hours, told the court she feared for the safety of her family and said at least one of the letters had arrived directly to her Los Angeles home.
Paltrow, who read aloud from the letters sent by Dante Michael Soiu, 67, told the jury she found the messages "religious to pornographic to threatening", the California wire agency City News Service reported.
Paltrow, 43, said Soiu sent her about 70 letters, a cookbook, clothing and other items from 2009 and 2014, CNS reported.
A 2010 letter declared, "You are hopelessly lost," CBS News reported.
"Now you must die.
Yourself, must die so that Christ can have preeminence."
Paltrow, who testified for about three hours, told the court she feared for the safety of her family and said at least one of the letters had arrived directly to her Los Angeles home.