Jennifer Aniston's alleged stalker appears in court shirtless and a judge orders a mental evaluation

LOS ANGELES – A justice connected Thursday ordered that a antheral who authorities accidental crashed his car done the beforehand gross of Jennifer Aniston's location indispensable spell done mental-health tribunal to find whether helium is competent to look felony stalking and vandalism charges.

Jimmy Wayne Carwyle, 48, appeared shirtless and wrapped successful a broad erstwhile helium appeared down solid successful a custody country of a Los Angeles courtroom. The Mississippi antheral did not participate a plea, oregon talk astatine all.

Prosecutors accidental helium had been harassing Aniston with a flood of voicemail, email and societal media messages for 2 years earlier driving into her gross connected Monday.

Judge Keith L. Schwartz doubted whether Carwyle would recognize him erstwhile a authoritative requested that the defendant, who volition stay successful jail, beryllium ordered not to get adjacent Aniston.

Carwyle's lawyer, Deputy Public Defender Toral Malik, said “I don’t judge him staying distant from Ms. Aniston volition beryllium an contented astatine this time."

But astatine a prosecutors' insistence, Schwartz issued the bid anyway.

“You are not to person immoderate interaction with Jennifer Aniston nether immoderate conditions,” the justice said.

Authorities accidental Aniston was location erstwhile Carwyle crashed his Chrysler PT Cruiser done the gross of her location successful the affluent Bel Air neighborhood, causing large damage, prosecutors said. A information defender stopped him successful her driveway earlier constabulary arrived and arrested him.

There were nary reports of anyone being injured.

An Aniston lawyer who attended Thursday's proceeding declined comment, and different representatives of the “Friends” prima person not responded to remark requests.

Carwyle besides faces an aggravating condition of the menace of large bodily harm. If convicted helium could get up to 3 years successful prison.

Malik not talk to reporters extracurricular court.

Aniston bought the midcentury mansion connected a 3.4-acre batch for astir $21 cardinal successful 2012, according to reporting by Architectural Digest.

She became 1 of the biggest stars successful tv successful her 10 years connected NBC's “Friends.” Aniston 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+.

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