What is it about actress Jodie Foster that attracts crazy dudes? First, young Jodie was the object of unnatural obsession by John Hinkley Jr., who, in 1981, was so desperate to prove his love for her, he launched a very nearly successful plan to assassinate President Reagan. Now, a man by the name of Michael Smegal, from Holliston, Massachusetts, has been arrested for sending threatening letters to various airports, including the Van Nuys, California airport. Turns out that Smegal has been stalking Foster for years and has sent her strange and disturbing letters and packages in the past. What gives?
BOSTON – A man who sent Oscar-winning actress Jodie Foster threatening letters for several years was arrested Tuesday on charges of mailing a bomb threat to a suburban Los Angeles airport.
Michael Smegal, 42, of Holliston, Massachusetts, was charged in US District Court in Massachusetts with mailing a threatening letter to Van Nuys Airport in early December.
The letter was one of more than 100 nearly identical letters with references to Foster mailed to celebrities, business executives, airports and other locations around Los Angeles from September 2007 to January 2008, an affidavit said.
Foster, who Academy Awards for playing a rape victim in 1988’s ‘The Accused’ and an FBI agent in 1991’s ‘The Silence of the Lambs,’ received anonymous letters from Massachusetts beginning in 2004. In 2005, Smegal admitted to police he had sent the letters and promised to stop, the affidavit said.
If convicted, Smegal faces up to 10 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release and a $250,000 fine.
I just keep picturing Smegal from “Lord of the Rings.” I imagine this guy all naked and gnarly with stringy hair, rasping, “My precioussssss,” while mailing letters to Jodie Foster. If I were Jodie, that would keep my awake at night. I feel badly for Jodie. She’s a great actress, and seems very down to earth and a great mom. Yet, she’s a freak magnet. I kinda know how she feels– I seem to attract guys with mommy issues and bad credit.
Jodie Foster is shown on 12/2/07 at Cracked Xmas to benefit The Trevor Project, thanks to PRPhotos.
I guess someone forgot to tell that stalker that Foster is gaygaygay…
Your last paragraph…lmfao
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Yes, Phil, because stalkers really care about the person they’re stalking, and that person’s sexual orientation really matters to the stalker.
Never mind the stalker, it’s Phil with the sexual orientation fascination.
Jodie Foster is just gay, by the way, not gaygaygay. Your gaygaygay tag makes you sound very camp. I’m picturing you singing – possibly dancing – as you wrote your comment.
lol geronimo!
Gee, how did you ever guess?
By the way, the last part of my comment should have been “I
I’m picturing something choreographed like the bye bye bye hops in that nsync video. I wonder if Phil looks anything like Lance Bass
I’m preferring not to picture Phil but I imagined it as a quick skip around his chair, followed by a little shimmy and a high five to his reflection in the mirror.
Off topic, I’m a bit concerned about cc. She’s trying to have her say but the gremlins seem to be eating her words…?
Dued, its the gnomes…
I’ll let you guys know if it is the gnomes or the gremlins.
Let’s see how much of this comment posts. lol