A Texas man who prosecutors say sent a series of threatening and sexually explicit messages to basketball star Caitlin Clark and traveled to Indiana to be closer to her has been charged with stalking.
The man, Michael T. Lewis, 55, was arrested Sunday after investigators discovered he had sent messages from an IP address in Indianapolis and was staying at a hotel near Gainbridge Fieldhouse , home of Ms. Clark’s team, the WNBA Indiana Fever, the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office announced Monday.
Ms. Clark, 22, told a lieutenant with the Marion County Sheriff’s Office on Saturday that she had been “very scared” since learning of Mr. Lewis’ messages on her public appearances and movement patterns” because she feared for her safety, according to court documents.
Ms Clark said she did not know Mr Lewis and had never responded to any of his posts or messages.
Prosecutors said Mr. Lewis stalked her from December 16 to January 11. Court documents described the messages as “sexually violent” and said they had “actually caused Caitlin Clark to feel terrorized, frightened, intimidated or threatened.”
Mr. Lewis traveled to Indianapolis “with the intention of being in proximity to the victim,” according to court documents.
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