Bullock wins restraining order against stalker
Sandra Bullock has won a three-year restraining order against a stalker.
The ‘Blind Side’ star's lawyers obtained the ruling on Friday at a Los Angeles court to protect her from Thomas James Weldon, who has been “obsessed” with the actress since 2003.
Weldon, who was described by the actress’ lawyers as an “unmedicated schizophrenic”, has been banned from going near Bullock or her adopted son Louis.
The restraining order also protects the children of Sandra’s ex-husband Jesse James who occasionally stay with the actress.
Bullock first took out an order in California against Weldon seven years ago, after he repeatedly tried to send her messages.
The order was extended in 2006 but it expired in 2009 because Weldon, 41, was being held in a Tennessee mental hospital which he voluntarily entered.
Last month, he turned up to a Wyoming hospital, complaining of anxiety and sleeplessness.
While at the medical facility, he told staff he had driven from Tennessee hoping to meet the actress at her nearby home, admitted he had not been taking his medication and claimed he had been communicating with the 46-year-old brunette beauty telepathically.
In a sworn declaration, psychiatrist Dr Jiri Danczik wrote: “His preoccupation with Ms. Bullock is obvious.”
Sandra’s attorney, Ed McPherson, filed a declaration stating the actress has received numerous emails and faxes in recent years from Weldon.
He said: "It's obvious that this fixation on her has not changed despite seven years in the hospital in Tennessee."
Weldon was committed indefinitely to a state mental hospital in Wyoming on Tuesday.
The actress did not attend Friday's hearing.
