A antheral charged with stalking Jennifer Aniston and crashing his car done the beforehand gross of her location has been recovered mentally incompetent to basal trial
ByANDREW DALTON AP amusement writer
LOS ANGELES -- A justice declared Thursday that a antheral is mentally incompetent to basal proceedings connected charges of stalking Jennifer Aniston and crashing his car done her beforehand gate.
The determination successful a Los Angeles County intelligence wellness tribunal came aft a 2nd psychiatrist examined the defendant, Jimmy Wayne Carwyle, and reached the aforesaid decision arsenic the first: that his intelligence wellness would not let him to reply to felony charges of vandalism and stalking of the “Friends” star.
“The tribunal finds the suspect is not presently competent to basal trial,” Judge Maria Cavalluzzi said. “Criminal proceedings volition stay suspended.”
Carwyle, 48, of Mississippi, has pleaded not guilty. He appeared down solid successful a custody country of the courtroom and did not speak. He looked vastly antithetic than his erstwhile 2 tribunal hearings. His scraggly grey hairsbreadth and beard had been shorn, and helium was wearing agleam yellowish region jailhouse covering aft antecedently appearing with bare shoulders, wrapped successful a blanket-like smock meant for termination prevention.
Carwyle had argued that helium is competent, and exercised his close to a 2nd sentiment aft an archetypal incompetence uncovering past week.
“It's not the result my lawsuit would person preferred," Deputy Public Defender Robert Krauss told the judge.
A condemnation connected the charges, on with an aggravating condition of the menace of large bodily harm, could bring up to 3 years successful situation for Carwyle. The incompetence uncovering has nary acceptable extremity day but it is temporary, and the modular transgression process could resume later.
Cavalluzzi ordered much broad intelligence evaluations to assistance find wherever and however he'll beryllium held, and what his attraction volition be. The justice volition get a study connected the results astatine a June 26 hearing, wherever Aniston oregon her lawyer volition beryllium allowed to stock her position connected the case.
Aniston's lawyer, Blair Berk, was successful the courtroom observing Thursday, but did not speak. Berk and the lawman territory lawyer handling the lawsuit declined remark extracurricular court.
Prosecutors allege Carwyle had been harassing Aniston with a flood of voicemail, email and societal media messages for 2 years earlier driving his Chrysler PT Cruiser done the gross of her location successful the affluent Bel Air vicinity of Los Angeles connected May 5, causing large damage. A information defender stopped him successful her driveway until constabulary arrived. Authorities said Aniston was home astatine the time, but did not travel into contact, and nary 1 was injured.
Aniston became 1 of television's biggest stars successful her 10 years connected NBC's “Friends,” from 1994 until 2004. She won an Emmy Award for champion pb histrion successful a drama for the role, and she has been nominated for 9 more. She presently stars successful “The Morning Show” connected Apple TV+.