A man arrested and indicted for stalking American actress Gwyneth Paltrow told the court jurors that he wanted the actress to forgive him for his earlier crimes. The said man had been sending Paltrow with lewd messages earlier in her career as an actress. However, the prosecutor determines to urge the jurors that he intently torments the actress with his crazy stalking ways.
The defendant, Dante Soiu, 66 stands for his defense testimony on Thursday as the last witnessed for the stalking crime case filed against him by the Oscar-winning actress, Gwyneth Paltrow, 43. Yahoo News reported, Paltrow has been receiving a number of messages in 2014 and 2015 from Soiu, containing biblical messages as well as his fantasy of marrying her.
Soui, is residing in Columbus, Ohio and he had described himself as a "recovering porn addict". The defendant said, his actions were like this as he just wanted the actress to reply back to his letters. He also said, he was lonely and wanted to have a pen pal. However, despite his statements, prosecutors urged the jurors to view the defendant as a kind of stalker who will never give up on harassing the actress, ABC News reported.
Wendy Segall, the Deputy District Attorney said, Soiu described him as having "a compulsion and an obsession to insert himself into her life". However, Soiu's defense lawyer, Lynda Westlund argued his client "posed no credible threat" and that Paltrow has never read Soui's letters personally.
According to Fox13, the defendant was admitted to a mental hospital several years ago on the previous case where he sent the actress with pornographic messages and sex toys and even attempts to meet her personally back in the year in 1999 and 2000. He also said he continued writing letters to the actress in order to forgive him.
Paltrow testified on Monday, saying she was scared and afraid for the safety of her children because of Soiu's actions. The actress cried when the prosecutor asked her about it. The defendant also testified Wednesday that he also sent letters to other famous people including President Barack Obama, Angelina Jolie and Vladimir Putin, but Paltrow was the only one he wanted to marry.
