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Daily Mail
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Jennifer Aniston's stalker hell PROLONGED by court hearing as creep who broke into her mansion makes appearance
Jennifer Aniston 's alleged stalker has been deemed unfit to stand trial - but he has requested a second opinion. A Los Angeles mental health court heard that Jimmy Wayne Carwyle, 48, has been evaluated by psychiatrist Dr. Phani Tumu. Carwyle, from Mississippi, was arrested on May 5 after ramming his car into the gates of the beloved Friends star's $21 million sprawling hilltop Bel-Air mansion that sits behind 15-feet high privacy hedges. His estranged wife previously told Daily Mail that he believes himself to be Jesus Christ and Aniston, 56, is his 'queen.' 'Dr. Tumu is of the opinion that my client is client is currently incompetent to stand trial,' public defender Robert Krauss told the court on Thursday. 'After speaking with my client he is requesting a second opinion as is his right.' The defendant stood silent facing out into the court from inside a glassed-walled security booth, wearing what appeared to be a vest designed to prevent self harming. Prosecutors say Carwyle 'repeatedly' harassed Aniston between March 1, 2023 to May 5, 2025, sending her 'unwanted social media, voicemail, and email messages.' Blair Berk, Aniston's highly respected and high-profile attorney, was also in court. She exchanged words with the prosecutor, Deputy District Attorney William Donovan, but did not speak during the proceedings. Dr. Kory Knack, another independent psychiatric evaluator, will be meeting with Carwyle this coming weekend to prepared a second opinion report to determine his competency to stand trial. A follow-up hearing with Carwyle is scheduled for May 29. He is currently detained at the notorious Twin Towers Correctional Facility in LA. The latest developments come after Carwyle's estranged wife, Julia Carwyle, 48, spoke out about her spouse's frightening dark side. She told Daily Mail exclusively: 'He's put me through literal hell. It took a toll on me for the past four years in every aspect - it's not been good. 'I've got a restraining order on him since we split up. He's been stalking me the same way [as Aniston] and he's not a very good person.' She said she was unaware of her husband's apparent obsession with the beloved TV and movie star. The couple did not watch a lot of television while living together, and Aniston didn't come up in conversation, she said. 'Jimmy had a secret life I knew nothing about,' said Julia. 'We never even watched her. The whole time we've been together he never went on about her.' She previously told Daily Mail she last saw her husband in September on the day he headed off on his latest California odyssey in an attempt to meet with Aniston, who was inside her home at the time he crashed into the property, although the two did not come face to face. 'He went to California six months ago,' said Julia. 'He left in September and went and I haven't seen him since he left. He was leaving that day to go. 'He was going there because he was going to meet up with Jennifer. He was going to go see her. 'He actually thought he was going to meet Jennifer. I guess he was speaking with her. He had the impression that Jennifer Aniston and he were going to talk and meet. 'So naturally he's doing what anybody would do - he went across the country.' Julia said Carwyle had made three separate trips to California to meet up with the actress. 'He thought 'Maybe she's just going to meet a guy… to take a chance,'' she added. 'That's the way he was thinking.' Berk declined to comment about Aniston or the case. During his first bizarre court appearance, just days after he crashed into the A-lister's gate, Carwyle showed up shirtless and disoriented. He pleaded not guilty to felony stalking and vandalism charges at the May 8 hearing, when the judge paused proceedings until the accused stalker was evaluated. Even though he remains in jail, the judge had issued a no-contact order between Carwyle and Aniston. Carwyle's lawyer, Deputy Public Defender Toral Malik, said: 'I don´t believe him staying away from Ms. Aniston will be an issue at this time. But at a prosecutors' insistence, Judge Keith L. Schwartz issued the order anyway. 'You are not to have any contact with Jennifer Aniston under any conditions' the judge said. If Carwyle is convicted, he faces up to three years in prison. But if he is found incompetent again, he could be ordered to a state mental hospital for treatment.
The Sun
22-05-2025
- The Sun
Jennifer Aniston's shirtless ‘stalker' insists he can stand trial despite wife revealing he ‘believes he's Jesus'
THE accused stalker who crashed into Jennifer Aniston's security gates at her Bel Air compound earlier this month appeared shirtless in an anti-suicide vest in court on Thursday. Jimmy Wayne Carwyle, a 48-year-old mechanic from Mississippi, was brought out in handcuffs at a mental health court in Hollywood around 9.40 am on Thursday morning. 9 9 9 9 Carwyle, who has pleaded not guilty to charges including felony stalking and felony vandalism, appeared emotionless behind a glass partition. He was wearing glasses with disheveled gray hair and appeared to be wearing nothing but a long blue vest. Public defender Robert Krauss told the court a psychiatrist's review found him to be incompetent to stand trial. Yes in a shocking claim, Carwyle believes he is fit and is requesting a second opinion. Judge Maria Cavalluzzi has ordered another independent psychiatrist to carry out a review. Aniston's attorney, Blair Berk, was present in court and acknowledged the media but did not speak during the hearing. Carwyle was transported from a correctional facility by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and is expected to remain behind bars ahead of his next court date on May 29. Exclusive photographs obtained by The U.S. Sun show the suspect on a bus being transported back to jail as his suicidal prevention smock hung off his back. Police allege that Carwyle rammed his Chrysler PT Cruiser through the gates of Aniston's property when she was at home on May 5. A security guard whipped out a gun and stopped the suspect before the police came, and he never came face-to-face with the Friends star, authorities said. Jennifer Aniston's shirtless 'stalker' gives creepy smile in court after 'ramming car into Friends star's mansion gates' The alleged stalker was briefly taken to the hospital after complaining of back pain before we went into custody. Carwyle is accused of harassing Aniston including unwanted social media, email, and voicemail messages between March 1, 2023, and May 5, 2025 - the day he was arrested. He also allegedly called Aniston his "bride" in online posts. Carwyle is charged with one count each of felony stalking and felony vandalism, along with aggravating circumstance of the threat of great bodily harm. 9 9 9 HORROR HISTORY His estranged wife previously claimed he traveled to Los Angeles months ago on a mission to meet the actress. She said he believes he's Jesus and Aniston is supposed to be his "queen." "I guess he was speaking with her. He had the impression that Jennifer Aniston and he were going to talk and meet," Julia Carwyle told the Daily Mail. "He thought 'Maybe she's just going to meet a guy [...] to take a chance.' That's the way he was thinking." After seeing shocking images of Carwyle glaring in his first court hearing, Julia said she no longer recognizes her ex-husband. "It doesn't even look like him. He's no longer there," she said. Carwyle has a minor criminal history, and wasn't being investigated for any wrongdoing at the time of his arrest, ABC News reported. A judge previously granted a restraining order keeping him at least 100 yards away from Aniston and banning any contact. Carwyle remains in jail on $150,000 bail and is facing three years if convicted. Jen, 56, amassed global fame for her role as Rachel Green in the wildly popular sitcom Friends in the 1990s. She continues to star in TV and films, including Apple TV+ series The Morning Show, in which she plays news anchor Alex Levy. 9 9
