Richard Portnoy has such a fixation on Gwen Stefani that he threatened to kill himself after seeing photos of the singer stumbling on her way into an acupuncture appointment in Los Angeles on March 13.
TMZ reports that he became so “obsessed” with the 45-year-old he “couldn’t bear looking at photos showing her tripping”.
Shortly thereafter he showed up at Gwen’s home and told her dad that he would have injured himself if she had been hurt.
Three days after Stefani’s stumble, Portnoy turned up at the acupuncturist’s office—Gwen instantly called the cops to report the stalker, but they instead apprehended the wrong guy at the scene.
TMZ also reports that Portnoy wrote Gwen a letter in which he stated that she “wasn’t happy in her present life and he felt he could change that”.
Meanwhile, the Holla Back Girl has been happily married to Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale for 12 years, and they have three sons, Kingston, 8, Zuma, 6, and 13-month-old Apollo.
Portnoy has been ordered to stay at least 300 feet from Gwen, Gavin and their children, as well as her parents for a minimum of 3 years.
Check out Popdust's gallery of Gwen Stefani through the years..
Gwen Stefani performing with No Doubt back in July 1989
Gwen Stefani at Live 105's Not So Silent Night in 1995
Gwen Stefani performing at No Doubt Concert at Nassau Coliseum in 1996
Gwen Stefani at Camden Underworld in London in 1996
Gwen Stefani at Live 105's BFD in 1996
Gwen Stefani at The 24th Annual American Music Awards in 1997
Gwen Stefani at the Fifth Annual Race to Erase MS Gala in 1997
Gwen Stefani at 8th Annual Billboard Music Awards in 1997
Gwen Stefani at Super Bowl XXXVII in 2003
Gwen Stefani at the Vanity Fair Oscars party in 2004
Gwen Stefani at KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas Concert in 2004
Gwen Stefani at the BRIT awards in 1995
Gwen Stefani at Fashion Rocks in 2005
Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale at the Vanity Fair Oscars party in 2007
Gwen Stefani at the Fashion Group International's 26th Annual Night of Stars in 2009
Gwen Stefani at the amfAR Cinema Against AIDS benefit in 2011
Gwen Stefani at Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation's 24th Annual "A Time For Heroes" in 2013
Gwen Stefani at the iHeartRadio Music Awards in May 2014
