The Stalking Of Celebrities
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Stalking remains Hollywood's recurrent celebrity nightmare.1 Never
before have we been able to know as much about a star as we do about a
close pal. Thanks to publications and TV shows that cater to the public
appetite for celebrity news, there's little privacy for stars. We learn
the minor deta ....
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.... to carry out the threat.4 Being famous
increasingly means living in fear.5 There is an estimated 200,00 stalkers
in the United States. Seventeen percent of the stalker's victims are
celebrities.6
“Stalking of celebrities is not done by your average autograph
hound.7 The stalking behavior due to delusional disorders affects 3 out of
every 10,000 people and only 1%-2% of all mental patients,” Dietz says. “
But it is increasing as our culture promotes celebrities as the religion of ....
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