'Delusional' Man Charged With Stalking Jennifer Garner, Family

By PopEater Staff Posted Dec 18th 2009 06:36AM

A man long accused of stalking 'Alias' star Jennifer Garner has been charged with felony stalking and violating a restraining order protecting the star's family. Steven Burky, 37, was arrested on Monday outside a nursery school attended by Violet Affleck, the daughter of Garner and Ben Affleck.

He pleaded not guilty at an arraignment Thursday afternoon and was ordered held on $300,000 bail, District Attorney's spokeswoman Jane Robison said. A judge also ordered him to stay 500 feet away from Garner, Affleck and their family if released.

Burky was charged with two counts of felony stalking and two counts of violating a court order, a misdemeanor.

Garner was granted a restraining order against Burky in 2008 after she convinced a judge that he was endangering her family, which also includes husband Ben Affleck. In a declaration, Garner said the man had been stalking and harassing me" since 2002 and typically sent "packages and letters containing delusional and paranoid thoughts."

She claimed Burky was "following me around the country" and that "his obsessive and harassing behavior has escalated to the point of becoming dangerous and threatening."

Other bizarre rantings described by Garner include: "He has now shown up at my private residence and has repeatedly expressed his belief that God has sent him a vision of me being persecuted in some manner that might result in my death."

The Santa Monica Daily Press is reporting that Burky writes a blog titled Satanic Pani and asks, "Are multitudes of adults resorting to human sacrifices and then repressing this information from fear of Christ."

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Friday 18 December

By bill

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Delusional is right. Lots of pretty Hollywood women out there and he stalks the likes of this one. She looks like a transsexual.

By jake192168

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listen this guy has mental illness. he will do damage to this family if not treated. he needs antipsychotic medication,not prozac,lexapro,celexa,effexor etc. he needs powerful medication like thorazine or mellaril. the people he is stalking are in danger and should do all they can legally and individually to protect them self.

Sunday 07 March

By Marion Schwartz

I agree, she is ugly! What on earth do people see in her? She can't act as well!

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