Woman who accosted Colin Farrell on 'Tonight Show' loses bid to get restraining order tossed
Dessarae Bradford was ordered by a judge to keep away from actor Colin Farrell, his ex-girlfriend and their child. By Lisa Sweetingham
Court TV
SANTA MONICA — A woman accused of stalking Colin Farrell told a judge Monday that she's no fan of the "Miami Vice" star and that, in fact, the actor is trying to defame her.
"Your honor, he's trying to give the impression that I'm some stalker, some delusional fan, which is absolutely not true," argued 31-year-old Dessarae Bradford.
"But you are somebody who comes up from the audience, which is not allowed, during the live taping of a TV show, to confront him," Judge John Reid responded.
The judge denied Bradford's request to have Farrell's restraining order against her lifted.
"Thank you, your honor. But I am going to appeal this," Bradford said as she gathered her belongings and left the courthouse.
Farrell and self-published writer Bradford agree that the first time they met was when she walked onto the stage of "The Tonight Show" this summer while he was being interviewed by Jay Leno.
They disagree on who is harassing whom.
"I do not know Ms. Bradford, nor have I had any personal contact with her prior to July 20, 2006, when she accosted me during the taping of a television show," Farrell stated in his July 21 "Request for Orders to Stop Harassment" filed with the court.
"That's totally a lie," Bradford said after Monday's hearing.
Bradford claims Farrell reached out to her in September 2004 after hearing about
her self-published book, titled "I F---ed Alec Baldwin in the A--." 
She says he found her number through a "business ad."
"He basically just wanted to be book No. 2. He was chasing an adrenaline rush, possibly," Bradford said.
She said they spoke on the phone until he became "a disrespectful person, annoying and intrusive," and she asked him to stop calling her.
Bradford — a former phone-sex operator and model, according to People magazine — says that "no one will ever know" the extent of their conversations, but she says she has taped phone calls that she plans to put on her Web site.
"Let the court of public opinion be the judge and jury," she said.
Reid granted Farrell's restraining order request on Aug. 28, compelling Bradford to stay at least 150 yards from the actor, his ex-girlfriend, model Kim Bordenave, and their infant son, James.
"Given that Ms. Bradford accosted me during the taping of a network television show on July 20, 2006, I am concerned that her harassing behavior has escalated and may pose an immediate threat to my well-being and the well-being of my family," Farrell stated in his stay-away request.
Bradford, who represented herself, argued Monday that she had no history of violent behavior.
She went onstage, she said, because she was trying to assist her private investigator in serving Farrell with a subpoena. She is suing Farrell for harassment.
"Ms. Bradford has filed numerous harassing lawsuits against me, and left threatening voice mails for my attorney," Farrell said in his stay-away order.
Her run for the stage, Bradford told the judge, was a diversion so that her private investigator, who she thought was right behind her, would serve Farrell with legal papers in the confusion.
"I might have been overzealous in trying to get this done," Bradford said. "But I am by no means a Farrell stalker. I had no intention of getting that close to the stage and I apologize for that."
The judge was not impressed, in part because Bradford had failed to appear at the August hearing in which he set aside time for her to make her case.
Bradford said she had car trouble that day.
Farrell's attorney Jeffery McFarland argued that Bradford presented no new evidence.
"I have all my evidence here," Bradford piped in, pointing to a legal-size accordion file.
She did call a witness, a Burbank police officer named Todd Mofford, who said he worked security inside the NBC studios during the "Tonight Show" incident.
"During the live taping, she walked down from the audience area and passed the cameras onto the stage," Mofford said, adding that Bradford was so nonchalant "that everybody didn't know if maybe, if this was part of the show."
"Colin Farrell grabbed her and confronted her and escorted her off the stage," Mofford said, turning to Bradford, "He grabbed you by the arm and walked you down the steps and called for security."
"Did he beckon for help?" Bradford asked.
"He seemed alarmed," Mofford said.
Bradford noted that the officer did not see her throw copies of her book onto the actor's lap or attack him, as noted in Farrell's restraining order.
The judge reminded her that the officer said his view of the stage was obscured by the cameras.
Bradford wore a yellow sundress and flats. Her manicured nails were painted red, and her long dark hair was pulled back with a rhinestone headband.
On her way to a light-blue Jaguar, she answered questions from a reporter while simultaneously talking on her cellphone to a male friend who pulled up moments later in a white Mustang convertible.
"That means if I have to go to Spago's and Colin's there, I have to leave?" Bradford complained to her friend. "That makes me steaming."
Bradford has published a second book, "Colin Farrell: A Dark Twisted Puppy," which she is selling for $20 on her Web site.
Farrell did not appear in court, and his publicist was not immediately available for comment.
Farrell's attorney McFarland said he was pleased with the judge's ruling and declined to comment on Bradford.
"When she speaks, it speaks for itself," McFarland said.
http://www.courttv.com/people/2006/0...rrell_ctv.html
also a chat with Bradford here:
http://www.courttv.com/onair/shows/h...6Dessarae.html
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"When she speaks, it speaks for itself," Deep man, really deep.
Woman files $10 million lawsuit against 
For Colin! ..now Colin go make some GOOD movies..(and another naked scandal would be ok too.)
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