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tmz.com
December 14, 2005
Nancy Grace Gets Restraining Order
CNN host claims she's being stalked
By TMZ.COM STAFF
Nancy Grace claims an obsessed fan has caused her severe emotional distress and she wants a judge to keep him far away from her.
According to court documents obtained by The Smoking Gun, Grace is seeking a restraining order against Joseph Raymond Loegering. Grace claims that Loegering, now confined to a psychiatric ward, has been stalking and threatening her via phone calls and e-mails, and is showing up at her workplace.
Grace's lawyer claims Loegering "...is apparently obsessed with Ms. Grace, believes that he loves her, insists that she can solve all of his problems and will help him to meet with Osama Bin Laden."
In the court papers filed in New York City, Grace claims that the defendant arrived at the Time Warner Center where Grace hosts her CNN show on December 2, 2005. She alleges that Loegering demanded to see her and that he wanted to "settle some court issues/problems" with her. He was denied access to the building and later approached by two New York City police officers. The officers concluded that Loegering was emotionally disturbed.
The court documents go on to say that Loegering was eventually taken to St. Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital Center, where he continues to be held in the psychiatric ward.
According to the documents, Loegering then called the CNN offices from the psych ward. He told a CNN security guard that he was being "held against (his) will" and that the officer should "bring Nancy Grace and Wolf Blitzer" to the hospital to help him. From there, according to the documents, the three of them would go see Osama bin Laden.
In addition to a restraining order, Grace is seeking punitive damages and attorney's fees.
Grace's publicist, Janine Iamunno, told TMZ, "We can confirm that a temporary restraining order was sought and was granted. We have no further comment on this matter."