Alleged Uma Stalker Claims Innocence
An apparently overzealous Uma Thurman fan has pleaded not guilty to stalking the actress for close to two years.
Jack Jordan, a 35-year-old former psychiatric patient, has been held on $10,000 bail since he was arrested outside Thurman's New York home in October.
Justice Lewis Bart Stone denied a request to reduce his bail Friday, after Assistant District Attorney Christopher Hill pointed out that Jordan had been "acting erratically for the past several years," and therefore wasn't a good bail risk.
According to the criminal complaint against Jordan, he first made unwanted contact with Thurman in November 2005, when he tried to enter her trailer on a Manhattan film set.
Following the incident, Jordan's family had him involuntarily committed to a psychiatric hospital. However, upon his release, he continued to reach out to Thurman, sending the Pulp Fiction star and her family numerous emails over August and September 2006.
Last August, he allegedly showed up at the actress' home three or four times a week, demanding to see her and leaving letters behind on at least two occasions. Authorities said he also threatened to harm himself if he spotted Thurman in the company of another man.
"I feel afraid that if I see you out again with another man, I will want to kill myself, maybe even after we meet," Jordan reportedly wrote in one of his unwelcome missives.
If convicted of the attempted coercion charge against him, he could face up to four years in prison.
Jordan was ordered to return to court Dec. 5 for a possible disposition of the case. In the meantime, he is prohibited by a court order from contacting Thurman.
Jordan's attorney George Vomvolakis said his client was getting a raw deal due to Thurman's celebrity.
"If the complainant weren't Ms. Thurman, this would have been a misdemeanor stalking case," Vomvolakis said Friday.
He also denied reports that Jordan was homeless, claiming he had family and a residence in Massachusetts, and that he was currently a graduate student at Mills College in Oakland.
Thurman, whose last big-screen showing was My Super Ex-Girlfriend, recently finished shooting the romantic comedy The Accidental Husband, due out in March.
She is slated to cohost the annual Nobel Peace Prize concert with Tommy Lee Jones in Oslo, Norway on Dec. 11.
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