A Texas man who admitted to stalking WNBA Indiana Fever point guard Caitlin Clark is headed to prison after pleading guilty.
Michael Lewis, 55, from Denton, Texas, was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison on Monday after admitting in January that he was “guilty as charged” of stalking the basketball star.
Lewis was arrested in January at an Indianapolis hotel on a felony stalking charge, following allegations he sent sexually violent messages to Clark, 23, via social media, in accordance with court documents obtained by ESPN.
“This resolution ensures that the defendant is held accountable for his threatening actions, the fear he instilled, and the disruption he caused,” Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears said.
“He’ll now spend the following two and a half years within the Department of Corrections, and the victim will have the option to have peace of mind while specializing in what matters to her,” Mears said.
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Lewis’s sentence incorporates credit for the time he has already served on the Marion County Adult Detention Center since his arrest. He was also ordered by the judge to not contact Clark, to steer clear of Fever and the Indiana Pacers games and never to make use of the web during his sentence, the outlet reported.
Lewis said during Monday’s courtroom proceedings that the tip of the world was coming. He was advised to hunt mental health treatment.
“You possibly can’t help yourself until you get help,” the judge said to Lewis.
In line with court documents, Lewis had sent a message to Clark that read, “Been driving around your own home 3x a day… but don’t call the law just yet, the general public is allowed to drive by Gainbridge, aka Caitlin’s Fieldhouse.”
“I’m getting tickets. I’m sitting behind the bench,” he told her in one other message.
“They said I used to be sending threatening texts..however the only thought on my mind was….CAITLIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNN,” read one other.
Other messages were sexually violent, in accordance with court documents.
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