On Friday, a Manhattan man who tried to kick within the door of CNN host Anderson Cooper’s residence was sentenced to 30 days in jail.
Gerald Hurt, 52, was discovered to have visited Cooper’s Manhattan doorstep at the least 4 occasions between August and December 2022.
Cooper has a restraining order on Hurt, which was ignored. He was ultimately charged with eight counts of misdemeanor stalking, menacing and trespassing, and legal contempt for violating the restraining order.
Hurt now has a five-year restraining order towards Cooper.
The issues started on Aug. 21, 2022, when Hurt got here to Anderson’s transformed firehouse residence within the West Village. He claimed that he had a bundle for Cooper.
He was informed to depart the bundle by the lady who answered the door and Hurt was repeatedly requested to depart.
One month later, in Sept. 2022, Hurt returned in mid-afternoon. This time, Cooper was at residence, and he additionally requested a number of occasions for Hurt to depart. Instead, Hurt leaned into the entrance door and reached his palms round it making an attempt to get at Cooper, court docket papers declare.
A 3rd incident occurred in Nov. 2022. That morning, Cooper’s associate, Benjamin Maisani, discovered Hurt on the doorstep. He was once more repeatedly requested to depart. Hurt gave Maisani his cellphone quantity and requested Cooper contact him.
Hurt once more returned in December of that 12 months, and informed Maisani: ‘I am here to see Anderson Cooper.’
Maisani informed him that there was a restraining order towards him. Hurt replied, “Oh, you mean the fake order?”
Hurt was arrested on December 15, 2022.
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