Last summer, a man by the name of Kevin McGlynn, 54, was arrested in New York for threatening Rihanna and delivering creepy handwritten notes to her Manhattan apartment. The notes reportedly included references to murder and gang rape. He also expressed belief that he and RiRi were in a relationship and accused her and other artists of using his material in their songs.
Back in September, a court ruled that McGlynn was unfit to stand trial on the stalking charges, so he was committed to psychiatric hospital. He later filed a petition requesting to be released.
On Friday, Judge Orlando Marrazzo issued an order that would grant officers permission to arrest McGlynn if he is spotted by RiRi’s home, as opposed to officers being required to wait around until he does something more dangerous, Reuters reports.
He has also been prohibited from contacting the “Man Down” singer by mail, phone and internet. In his ruling, Judge Marrazzo compared McGlynn to Mark David Chapman, the man who shot and killed Beatles musician John Lennon.
“He appears to be a ticking time bomb who is wholly fixated on (Rihanna), and poses a direct threat of serious physical harm or death to her and anyone around her,” Judge Marrazo wrote.
“It is entirely foreseeable that if he were free to continue to act upon his psychotic delusions without this court’s intervention, it may result in the death of (Rihanna) or other innocent persons,” he warned.
McGlynn was initially admitted to a psychiatric hospital in Staten Island. He was later transferred to the South Beach Psychiatric Center where he is still being held.
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