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Thursday, March 11, 2010

Ryan Seacrest's alleged stalker pleads no contest in court

Twenty-five year old Chidi Uzomah Jr. was charged with stalking Seacrest after trying to gain access to the E! headquarters where Seacrest has his radio studio – and Uzomah was armed with a knife. Prior to that, he assaulted a security guard, and at one time tried to gain access to the studios of KIIS-FM (102.7) in Los Angeles when Seacrest was doing his morning show there. Uzomah was jailed for 15 days and given three years of probation after pleading guilty to the assault charge, and ordered to stay away from Seacrest. In this latest incident, Uzomah pleaded no contest to stalking, and will remain in jail to undergo a 90-day psychiatric evaluation. He will return to court in Los Angeles on June 14 to face a sentencing hearing. The L.A. Times reports Seacrest wrote in a declaration filed in November, “His aggressive and violent efforts to come into physical contact with me are extremely frightening to me … They have jeopardized not only my personal safety, but also the safety and well-being of those around me.”

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