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Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Rachel Riley stalker hell: Countdown star targeted by convicted stalker who accused her of being the 'ringleader of a cult of celebrities'
Countdown presenter Rachel Riley was targeted by a convicted stalker who accused her of being the 'ringleader of a cult of celebrities', a court has heard. Felicity Lowde, 59, from Chelsea, west London, mentioned the TV star more than 200 times on blog posts and accused her of leading an 'international conspiracy' alongside JK Rowling, Stephen Fry and Katie Hopkins. She claimed this was being orchestrated by Ms Riley through a secret social media plot before further accusing her of being 'sexually obsessed' with toilets - an accusation Lowde also labelled at Piers Morgan in court earlier this year. At City of London Magistrates' Court, it was heard that Lowde accused Ms Riley of being 'complicit in genocide' in a reference to her Jewish faith amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza, as reported by The Sun. Lowde, who was previously jailed for stalking a London Bombings survivor, tried to sue Ms Riley last year after accusing her of 'trying to defraud her creative work and family history' as well as 'hijacking her identity'. The 59-year-old was arrested after Ms Riley reported her to police, who later applied for a stalking protection order on her behalf. It was further reported by the newspaper that Magistrates chair Dr Ian Cole told Lowde, who has four convictions for stalking and harassment, how the ordeal made Ms Riley 'fear for her safety'. They added that Lowde was banned from contacting Ms Riley or mentioning her on social media for life, and could face time behind bars if she breaches that order. Felicity Lowde (above) mentioned the TV star more than 200 times across 855 blog posts and accused her of leading an 'international conspiracy' alongside other celebrities It comes six months after Mr Morgan likened Lowde to Netflix's Baby Reindeer stalker when he had to defend himself in court against her for similar accusations to those made against Ms Riley. The journalist, aged 60, said her claims of abuse and harassment were a 'complete fantasy'. At the time, Lowde had filed 64 cases against multiple celebrities, including one which accused Mr Morgan of hijacking her brother's identity. Mr Morgan won his firm's case against Lowde in January and the one against him personally was also thrown out after he defended it online. The former Good Morning Britain host said he didn't want to have to defend himself or his company in court but he was forced to after being contacted by the court. If he had not done so it would have gone through the court process and he could have received a judgement against himself or his company which he believes was what Lowde 'was trying to do'. Lowde was ordered to pay Mr Morgan £6,000 in damages but he said he had 'no expectation seeing any of that money'. 'She is a harasser, a bit like Baby Reindeer's,' he said, adding: 'This could happen to anyone - whether they're in the public eye or not - at a huge personal cost.' In his witness statement in court, he revealed that TV stars, comedians and campaigners have also taken action against her, including JK Rowling. He added: 'For anyone in the public eye who gets these kinds of harassing letters, it's always a bit unsettling. 'You never quite know whether the person is a threat or not. 'Obviously I don't want to run the risk of an actual threat so you need to be careful with people like this because they've clearly got something wrong with them. 'This is a convicted stalker who harassed a terror-attack survivor. It's hard to think of anything more despicable. 'I've got security, but you can't live like a hermit and let that stuff get in your head.' Mr Morgan called on the courts to stop Lowde from bringing forward endless cases against public figures. Instead, he suggests she can pursue them by using 'fee remission' usually granted based on the applicant's financial circumstances. He explained this would mean the cost to her issuing the claims would be 'effectively nothing' and pointed out that this is not the case for all the defendants who are forced to go through the court process and end up paying the costs.
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Wednesday's Stalker Is Revealed in Episode 2 — EPs Explain How the Show's Fandom Served as Inspiration
Wednesday It was the question (well, one of the questions) on every Wednesday fan's mind at the end of Season 1: Who is her mysterious stalker? More from TVLine Wednesday Gives Xavier a Mysterious Exit in Season 2 Premiere: 'We Have Seen the Last of Him,' EPs Confirm Wednesday Snags Early Renewal for Season 3 Casting News: Molly Shannon Reunites With Will Ferrell, Trying Adds 5 and More That quandary looms large in the first half of Season 2, now streaming on Netflix, as the stalker continues to taunt Wednesday — you know, as if she isn't busy enough trying to prevent her vision of Enid's death. Fortunately, we don't have to wait too long for answers, as Episode 2 reveals the stalker to be none other than Agnes DeMille (played by new cast member Evie Templeton), a Wednesday stan and fellow student at Nevermore Academy. 'We liked the idea that Wednesday would have these sort of odd super fans after saving the school, and the way that this fan wants to profess their love and admiration is basically to knock off the roommate,' co-showrunner Alfred Gough tells TVLine. Adds co-showrunner Miles Millar, 'We saw so many young girls embrace the show with such fervent ardor, and we thought, 'What if one of those kids was a student at Nevermore became this stalker?' It was based on that and on our own experience witnessing the success and fandom of the show.' Casting Templeton in the pivotal role was also a no-brainer for the producers, and not just because of the actress' 'big anime eyes.' When Templeton is on screen with Jenna Ortega and Emma Myers, 'the three of them together are like magic,' Millar says. Were you surprised by the Agnes reveal in Episode 2? Are you enjoying Templeton as an addition to the cast? And how do you think Season 1 compares to Season 2? Drop a comment with your thoughts below. Best of TVLine Yellowjackets' Tawny Cypress Talks Episode 4's Tai/Van Reunion: 'We're All Worried About Taissa' Vampire Diaries Turns 10: How Real-Life Plot Twists Shaped Everything From the Love Triangle to the Final Death Vampire Diaries' Biggest Twists Revisited (and Explained)
Daily Mail
6 days ago
- Daily Mail
Report: Kohberger could have crept into Idaho house weeks before murders
Bryan Kohberger had may have broken into the victims' home to scope out the layout and where each of the students slept in the lead-up to the slayings. The 30-year-old criminology PhD student had also likely stalked other potential victims around the college town of Moscow , Idaho , before he settled on the chosen target of his murderous rampage on November 12, 2022. These chilling theories were revealed by Latah County Prosecutor Bill Thompson in a new interview with CBS '48 Hours' podcast, days after Kohberger was sentenced to a lifetime behind bars for the murders of Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin . Thompson said Kohberger showed knowledge of the layout of the home at 1122 King Road and who slept in which room on the night of the murders - meaning it is possible it was not his first time inside. 'The layout of the house is unique - it's a little bit confusing,' the prosecutor said. 'Admittedly, if he was parked up behind the house on that bank, which we believe is where he parked, he would be able to see into the house at night and he would be able to see whose rooms were where. 'Whether he was actually in the house at some point before November 13, we don't know for sure. We can't exclude that. In the early hours of November 13, 2022, Kohberger broke into the three-story home in the heart of the college town and stabbed the four victims to death. He entered through the sliding door in the kitchen on the second floor and went straight up to Mogen's room on the third floor. Finding 21-year-old best friends Mogen and Goncalves in Mogen's bed, he stabbed both multiple times. On his way back downstairs or on leaving the house, he encountered 20-year-old Kernodle who had just received a DoorDash order. He attacked and killed her, before fatally stabbing her boyfriend Chapin, 20, who was sleeping in her bed in her room on the second floor. Kohberger then left through the same door he had entered, passing surviving roommate Dylan Mortensen who had opened her bedroom door after hearing concerning noises in the home. In total, Kohberger was inside the home and murdered all four victims in less than 15 minutes. While Thompson said police could not confirm or deny Kohberger had been inside the home prior to that night, there is evidence to prove he 'was certainly stalking that neighborhood' in the run-up to the murders. The prosecutor revealed the slain victims might not have been the killer's only targets. 'Certainly there may have been other potential victims that he was looking at,' Thompson said. Who those potential victims were and what led Kohberger to ultimately pick his chosen targets, only he knows. After more than two years of investigating, no connection has ever been found between the killer and the victims. In a press conference after Kohberger's sentencing on July 23, police said 1122 King Road had been targeted but that it is unclear if Kohberger was specifically targeting one or more of the victims inside. Cell phone data, previously revealed in court documents, shows Kohberger was surveilling the student area in the lead-up to the murders. From July 2022 through to November 13, 2022, his phone placed him in the vicinity of the King Road home at least 23 times, mostly at night. Newly-released Moscow Police records reveal the victims had seen a man lurking in the trees outside their home and noticed a string of bizarre incidents in the weeks before the murders. Around one month earlier, Goncalves had told multiple people including surviving roommates Mortensen and Bethany Funke and her ex-boyfriend Jack DuCoeur she had seen a man watching her in the trees around the home when she took her pet dog Murphy outside. Friends also recalled multiple occasions when, during parties at the home, Goncalves' dog Murphy would run barking into the tree line and wouldn't return when he was called. This was out of character for the dog, they said. On November 4, 2022 - just nine days before the murders - the roommates had come home to find the door to their three-story house open. Funke said that they had grabbed golf clubs and gone room to room, thinking there was an intruder, police records show. Goncalves had also mentioned someone following her around two or three weeks before her murder. Around that same time, a female student living on Queen Road - close to the King Road home - said a man tried to break into her home but the door was locked. Thompson told '48 Hours' that Kohberger was surveilling or stalking the area to get a sense of the neighborhood and the likes of the students' living patterns. But investigators had not been able to verify if those strange occurrences of a man lurking in the trees were connected to Kohberger. 'The cell phone experts were not able to correlate Mr. Kohberger's phone being in the area at the time of those occurrences,' Thompson said. 'But they were able to show that he was in that area of some 20 plus times other times at night, between like 10 and early morning hours, 10 in the evening when there would be no legitimate reason for him to be over here to shop here being Moscow, being in Moscow to shop which was his routine practice. 'So we certainly believe that those trips were – involved Mr. Kohberger looking and surveilling or stalking, whatever the case may be.' Kohberger has offered no answers to these lingering questions. At his sentencing in Ada County Courthouse in Boise, Idaho, on July 23, he refused to reveal any details about the murders or his motive. Kohberger stared blankly at the families, friends and loved ones of his victims as they delivered heartbreaking victim impact statements inside the courtroom - with no flicker of remorse or emotion. When it was his opportunity to speak, he said just three words: 'I respectfully decline.' Thompson told '48 Hours' he 'saw nothing' in Kohberger's eyes when he was confronted by the families he had torn apart. 'I saw nothing in Bryan Kohberger while the impact statements were going on. It's as though his eyes were empty,' he said.
The Sun
29-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Dan Osborne reveals he's being harassed daily by sinister stalker as he fights to save marriage to Jacqueline Jossa
TELLY star Dan Osborne has revealed that he is being harassed by a sinister female stalker. The personality, 34 – married to EastEnders favourite Jacqueline Jossa, 32 – has told of his pain at being the target of unwanted attention. 6 6 6 He said the person once created nine new accounts in a single day so she could continue to shadow him. Dan – who runs a tanning shop and a prize giveaways firm – told fans on Instagram: 'I've had to turn my comments off to anyone that l'm not following because I have a f***ing weird stalker harassing me with stupid comments, gifs etc. 'I block them and they make more accounts, on a daily basis! I've blocked up to nine accounts in a single day, this has been going on for many weeks, everyone should have to submit ID to be able to make a social media account, far too many weird b * *****s in this world!' The former TOWIE star and Jacqueline have been fighting to save their marriage in recent weeks. They recently celebrated their eighth wedding anniversary, despite reports of a split earlier in the year. However, sources indicate they are still working through their issues and trying to get back on track. TOUGH TIMES Earlier this year, Dan sparked concern with a post about "quitting the UK." It came after The Sun revealed that the dad of three had moved out of the family home he shared with Jacqueline back in March. He relocated into a property he had bought behind the back of his wife as the duo both temporarily removed their wedding rings. We then reported how Dan and fellow reality star Christine McGuinness, 37, comforted one another amid their marital woes. When the couple revealed they planned to part ways, they issued a statement to The Sun on Sunday saying: 'Jacqueline and Dan are handling things privately. "Their children remain their top priority, surrounded by love and care from both parents — something that will never change." Yet in a swift U-Turn, Dan and Jacqueline rekindled their marriage on a sun-soaked 'make or break' holiday. Back in April, Jacqueline and Dan escaped the UK for a £380-a-night getaway at the Hard Rock Hotel in Riviera Maya in an attempt to rebuild their marriage. Jacqueline Jossa and Dan Osborne relationship timeline Jacqueline Jossa and Dan Osborne have weathered several storms since they first got together over 10 years ago. Here's how their relationship has played out 2013: After meeting at an awards ceremony that year, Jacqueline and Dan start going on a string of dates November 2013: Jacqueline is forced to defend Dan online after it was revealed he had also been on dates with Ferne McCann, Jac cleared up the matter by saying he was "single and can do what he wants". August 2014: Dan and Jacqueline announce that she is pregnant with their first child together February 2015: The couple welcome their first baby, a daughter named Ella. June 2015: Dan excitedly announced on Twitter that he and Jacqueline were engaged after a romantic proposal in Greece. He wrote: "She said YES!!! I am the luckiest man in the world to be marrying the woman of my dreams." June 2017: The couple exchange vows at a star-studded wedding ceremony at Cheshire Manor House. January 2018: The couple announced they were expecting their second baby together. May 2018: News reports that the couple have split with Dan heading off to a Marbella bootcamp when she was 30 weeks pregnant. Dan later confirmed he was living with a friend, and told Daily Star Sunday: "I'm still staying with a mate. I left because we were arguing and it is such a waste of energy. "The way I look at life is every day spent unhappy is a wasted day, and we were both having a lot of unhappy days," he added. "I still obviously care for Jacqueline but if we can't make each other happy then we shouldn't stay together. Life is too short." May 2018: Dan was seen getting close to Gabby Allen, sparking rumours they were now seeing each other during his break with Jacqueline. June 2018: The couple's second daughter, Mia, is born. October 2018: Dan and Jacqueline confirm they are giving their relationship another shot, telling OK! Magazine they "went through a bad patch" but are "stronger than ever". March 2019: Dan is accused of cheating on Jacqueline with Love Island star Alexandra Cane. Both sides denied the claims. November 2019: Jacqueline enters I'm A Celebrity but threatens to quit when Myles Stephenson confesses to her he thinks Dan cheated on her with his ex, Gabby Allen. She later is given a voicemail, and chooses to stay, winning the show. December 2019: Celebrity Big Brother star Chloe Ayling accuses Dan of having a threesome with her and Natalie Nunn on a boozy night out. Chloe stated in an interview with The Sun that Dan was "making a fool of Jacqueline". August 2024: Dan and Jacqueline become victim of a terrifying kidnap plot while they're on holiday with their daughters. The pair claim £20,000 worth of jewellery and even their girls' tooth fairy money was stolen. January 2025: Gabby Allen denies all relationship rumours with Dan and claims they have now completely cut contact, saying she "hopes he and Jacqueline are happy together." January 20 25: The couple are one again forced to deny split claims, with friends saying they were "upset and hurt" at the allegations after they put their home on the market. March 2025: The Sun exclusively reveals that Dan has moved out of the home he shares with Jacqueline. The EastEnders actress then appeared keen to support her husband publicly as he makes a huge new career move and opened up a new tanning salon in Benfleet, Essex. 6 6 6
Daily Mail
14-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
The mysterious episode that was cut from Netflix's Baby Reindeer revealed for the first time
Richard Gadd, the star behind the award-winning Netflix series Baby Reindeer, has revealed that an episode was cut from the seven-part streaming hit. Gadd, 36, who also wrote and created the critically-acclaimed drama, which is based on his own experiences with a 'stalker', said he was responsible for dropping the 'missing' eighth part. The series follows comedian Donny Dunn (Gadd), who endures a harrowing ordeal after a woman called Martha, played by Jessica Gunning, becomes obsessed with him. In Australia for an industry conference, Gadd said he 'fought hard' to cut the episode. 'I remember when we were developing it, there was the note that kept coming in, and probably rightfully so, about ''The show is just too dark. You need to give us a respite,"' Gadd told the audience at the Future Visions conference in Melbourne on Monday. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. He said the cut episode showed his character 'escaping' the attentions of his stalker Martha by leaving his home in London to visit his 'parents'. 'There's a whole episode where I go to the football with my dad, and I spend a day with my dad [played by actor Mark Lewis Jones],' he continued. 'But I felt like a lot of the note that was coming in was that we needed a break from Martha because she's so relentless. 'But really, when we got to the edit, I thought ''You miss her every time she's not on screen.'' And I thought in a lot of ways, the sooner you get back to her, the better.' Baby Reindeer soared to global success, racking up a massive 60 million views soon after dropping on Netflix in April 2024. The show went on to score four prizes at the Primetime Emmy Awards in the US last September. Gadd won gongs for Writing for a Limited or Anthology series or Movie and Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. Co-star Jessica Gunning won Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for her role as the crazed fan. The show also triumphed in the Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series category. Beating Black Mirror, Fargo, Fellow Travellers, Ripley and True Detective: Night Country to the Writing award, Gadd was visibly emotional as he took to the stage, telling the crowd: 'Oh, wow. Thanks so much. This is the stuff of dreams. Thanks so much to the Academy. Thank you to Netflix for letting me tell the story to the world.' 'Look, ten years ago, I was down and out, right? I never ever thought I would get my life together. I never thought I would be able to rectify myself and get myself back on my feet again. 'Here I am just a decade later picking up one of the biggest awards in television, yeah. Now, I don't mean that - I don't mean that to sound arrogant. I mean that for anyone going through a difficult time right now to persevere. 'I don't know much about this life. But I do know nothing lasts forever. And no matter how bad it gets, it always gets better. If you are struggling, keep going. And I promise you things will be okay. Thank you so much for this award.' Baby Reindeer became one of Netflix's most watched shows ever, and also scored a Golden Globe Award for Gunning for Best Supporting Actress as well as Best Limited or Anthology Series.
