Lakers' Walton reveals year-long stalking nightmare

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Walton Faces An Unfriendly Shadow
Published 10/7/2008 by JSM at Lakers Forum and News
Someone cue Rockwell’s “Somebody’s Watching Me,” because Luke has become the latest victim of the celebrity stalker. In an exclusive interview with Kevin Ding of the Orange County Register, Luke discussed the traumatizing event: She thinks she loves him. She thinks they are meant to be together. For the past year – an unbelievable, stress-filled year of her invading his life– Luke Walton didn’t know what to think. According to Walton, she sat in her car outside his house too ...

Bucked Up
Published 10/7/2008 by Dime Magazine at Dime Magazine (www.dimemag.com) : Daily NBA News, NBA Trades, NBA Rumors, Basketball Videos, Sneakers
... , a basketball autographed by Jason Terry , a $100 Champ Sports gift card and a one-year Dime subscription. In return, we ask that you hit us with the best line of trash talk you’ve ever said on the court … Luke Walton ...

Luke Walton Stalked by Woman
Published 10/7/2008 by Michael McCann (noreply@blogger.com) at Sports Law Blog
... (who of course is the son of Hall of Famer Bill Walton). Kevin Ding of the Orange County Register wrote a piece today on the tremendous amount of stress, anxiety, and life disruption Walton has experienced over the last year because a 34-year-old woman named Stacy Beshear has stalked him. Here is an excerpt from what Walton has had to deal with: ...

The Roundup: A Stalker and a Mustain Sighting
Published 10/7/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... are down 21 in the fourth quarter and finally thinking, ‘we need to pass’ … crafty criminal uses Craigslist to rob a bank … ha, someone punched out the Lehman CEO … before you put your money in the bank, check to make sure the bank is in good shape … so less attitude and aggregation, and more facts and analysis? … Luke Walton’s scary stalker is arrested … who can find a photo of this freak? (OC Register) Female spotted wearing Patriots jersey with Gisele on the ...

Luke Walton’s Stalker Wanted to Marry Him
Published 10/7/2008 by Marcel Mutoni (marcelmutoni@gmail.com) at SLAM Online
... A 34-year old woman was arrested last month and charged with stalking the Lakers forward. After months of harassment, Walton finally decided to get the cops involved after she made a menacing gesture towards him. From the OC Register: ...

Cuff ‘Em: Luke Walton Has A Crazy Stalker, Va Tech Public Swearing Arrest, Teen Streaker Costume & More Frat Issues
Published 10/7/2008 by J Koot at Busted Coverage: Booze, Ladies And Football
... Did you know a woman was so infatuated with Luke Walton that she was willing to go to jail for the Lakers stud? That’s right, a Luke Walton stalker. “She tried to make him jealous with a tall tale that Jordan Farmar thought she was pretty and wanted to date her,” reports the Orange County Register. ...

The Hoop Doctors Daily Dimes: 10/07
Published 10/7/2008 by Anklesnap at thehoopdoctors.com
... Prescribed NBA reading from all over the world wide web But was she cute Luke? Lakers’ Walton reveals year-long stalking nightmare No extension for Marvin Williams, next summer should be fun NBA class of ‘05 extensions could be scarce Another funny post from Skeets at BDL Honey they Shrunk Mehmet Okur ETB has a great post on the Vets views on Flip in late game situations. ...

The Fundamentals
Published 10/7/2008 by Brandon Hoffman at ballerblogger.com
... Kevin Ding of The Orange County Register:  “”She told me that we belong together,” Walton said. “And then she started flipping out about all sorts of stuff. She said she wanted to move to San Diego, but people wouldn’t let her. I was like, ‘What people?’ She’s like, ‘The people! The people in the universe! They won’t let me move, because they say you and I are supposed to be together.’ I was like, ‘Oh, wow. She’s crazy.’ ” The other extended conversation Walton had with Beshear came after ...

You Don’t Have To Be Crazy To Be In Love With Luke Walton (But It Helps)
Published 10/7/2008 by GC at Can't Stop The Bleeding
... .  The forward tells the Orange County Register’s Kevin Ding that Beshear’s behavior went from the merely weird (claiming Jordan Farmar was interested in her) to the downright fucked up (”she contorted her face in anger, stuck her arm out her car window, curled her hand to make it look like a gun and shot make-believe bullets at him”) ...

Have you ever wondered...
Published 10/8/2008 by Basketbawful (noreply@blogger.com) at Basketbawful
... As you can imagine, this behavior freaked Walton the hell out: "It's bananas. I'll be going to sleep at night and just randomly look out the window. Just to check. Just because. She has been out there at 12:30, 1:30 in the morning. She would park outside my house for hours and hours. I would drive out, and I would see her peeking through. It would suck, because I know I'm leaving my home, and I know she's still there. What am I supposed to do? Is she planning on breaking in? Am I going to come home one day and she's sleeping in my bed? Is she going to steal my dog? You try not ...

Luke Walton’s Stalker, Stacy Elizabeth Beshear, Looks Like Something That Crawled Out of Our Garbage Disposal
Published 10/8/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
No wonder the Lakers wing/soap opera star/non-friend of Britney Spears was frightened for his life. Earlier: Bigger Ladies Man, Richard Jefferson or Luke Walton? Lakers’ Walton reveals year-long stalking nightmare (OC Register) Photos of Luke Walton’s Stalker are Tough to Look at (Deadspin)