Alyssa Milano fears for her personal safety after an obsessed and mentally unstable fan hiked miles through the woods, climbed a gate to gain access to her property and tried to break into her home. Milano, 35, has filed for a restraining order against the man, a 54 year-old with asperger’s syndrome who was featured in a documentary out earlier this year about stalkers of the 80s singer Tiffany:
Alyssa Milano has filed for a restraining order against alleged stalker Jeff Turner, Access Hollywood has learned.
In court documents received by Access filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday, Turner, a 54-year-old resident of Santa Cruz, California, is referred to as “an obsessed and mentally unstable celebrity stalker fan,” who Alyssa “does not personally know nor have any relationship with.”
The papers cite the most recent dates of alleged harassment as November 16 and December 3, and accuse him of breaking into her home and “obsessively” attempting to contact the star.
The order request also asks for protection for her family, who the accused man allegedly “believes he is close personal friends with.”
The order extends to the Los Angeles and Ventura County Sheriff’s Departments.
A hearing on the matter is scheduled for January 21, 2009.
[From Access Hollywood – link has automatic video]
The Examiner found these videos of the stalker, Jeff Turner. The first is from the trailer to a 2008 documentary about singer Tiffany called “I Think We’re Alone Now.” He was featured in the film and is the first stalker shown in this video. It really made me cringe:
Here’s a video of Turner talking about the film at the Cinequest film festival in March, 2008. He says stalking is some kind of government conspiracy. When asked if he is a fan of any other celebrities he specifically mentions Alyssa Milano:
Milano, 35, is best known as a child star on the 80s sitcom “Who’s the Boss.” She also starred on the WB series “Charmed” up until 2006 and has a recurring role on NBC’s “My Name is Earl.” She’d do well to get legal protection against this guy and although this film about Tiffany stalkers may be interesting and well made you have to wonder if the filmmakers are giving these mentally ill people way more attention than they deserve.
Alyssa Milano is shown at the Beverly Hills Chihuahua premiere on 9/18/08. She is shown at “Wizard World” on 3/15/08 below. Credit: PRPhotos
If I was a man, I would stalk her. After all this years, this lady is still smoking hot. Ok, this is nothing to joke about, so I hope everything works out.
Well… I mean, yeah, this guy is truly insane. But most people with Asperger’s syndrome aren’t “crazy” – it’s a condition that’s like low-grade autism, often with savant qualities and low-impact behaviorial issues like difficulty in maintaining eye contact, etc.
The rumor is that Spielberg has Asperger’s.
It’s like the filmaker is vindicating the stalkers behavior…they should be locked up, not profiled and filmed for audiences.
Where is the evidence that Turner has Asperger’s? He doesn’t seem like it to me – seems more delusional which is a psychopathy, not a developmental disorder.
Personally (and I could be wrong) I think that even negative attention can encourage ‘stalkerish’ behaviour. Look how happy and proud he was displaying the restraining order.
I thought it was Priscilla Presley when I first saw the header photo. It’s the cheeks, eyes, and hair color.
I grew up watching Alyssa as “Sam” on Who’s The Boss. Love Alyssa Milano and hope the stalker problem gets resolved. 🙁
Thanks for the post, its good to know about this.
You are exactly right
Those who made this film are just encouraging the dangerous behavior of these unstable people. Alyssa is a friend of mine and to think this nutcase got anywhere near her concerns me greatly.
Gary
Gary, if you believe that you are “friends with her” then I think she has her next stalker in training.
I watched the documentary, I thought it was a joke something like Napoleon Dynamite done in documentary style. After looking it up I found out that they are for real. What the hell is wrong with these people Jeff is in his 50s stalking girls who were at their stardom peek as minors, pretty sick.