Keanu Reeves gets restraining order against alleged stalker who left DNA kit at his house
The alleged stalker has apparently insisted that he and Reeves are related
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Keanu Reeves has apparently been dealing with an alleged stalker since November, with Los Angeles Superior Court granting him a temporary restraining order against an unidentified 38-year-old man (apparently a “transient stranger with no permanent address”). That comes from The Hollywood Reporter, which says the man has “allegedly stalked, harassed, and trespassed on the actor’s property” and made “repeated uninvited appearances to Reeves’ home.” The man has also allegedly been responsible for “an ongoing course of alarming and harassing/threatening conduct.” The petition for the restraining order, which was reportedly recommended by the LAPD to Reeves, also noted that Reeves has “suffered substantial distress since the stalking and harassment began.”
The Hollywood Reporter story says that this all started late last year when the man allegedly tried to get into Reeves’ home one night, and then he returned the next day with what the story says was a “suspicious and alarming backpack” that contained a DNA test kit and a note that insisted that the man and Reeves are related—with the DNA kit apparently there in hopes of being able to prove it. The man has reportedly returned a few times since then, including one instance where he allegedly scaled a fence to get to Reeves’ home, with the LAPD claiming that the man has made at least six “unwanted appearances” within the last few months.
THR says the man and Reeves have had no prior legal interactions, though the man does have an existing criminal record with a history of breaking and entering. Apparently he has also written a number of Facebook posts in the last six months or so that the restraining order petition said were “incoherent,” including one where he referred to himself with “Reeves” as his last name (the THR story doesn’t say whether or not it is the person’s real name).
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Bold of anyone to attempt to enter Keanu Reeves’ home uninvited after the events of 3 different John Wick films.
I dunno if he still trains regularly, but I imagine he could fuck up the average person, unless they just massively outweigh him or something. Seems unwise.
I believe they’re planning to make another John Wick after #4, if so, he probably still trains.
I guess he doesn’t have a dog.
Indeed.
I remember a women break into his house, met Keanu, and Keanu calm her and talk her down for several minutes as he wait for the police to arrive.supremely chill reaction for seeing someone breaking and entering your house.
Perverted, desperate voyeur seems like the more appropriate descriptor. Sad thing is, however, imitators of the now restrained perverted, desperate voyeur will start appearing to do the same insidious, haunting harass on Keanu… i wish someone else would kill these gremlins for him.
Perverted, desperate voyeur seems like the more appropriate
descriptor. Sad thing is, however, imitators of the now restrained
perverted, desperate voyeur will start appearing to do the same
insidious, haunting harass on Keanu… i wish someone else would kill
these gremlins for him.
Even in a case where they ended up actually being related, Keanu doesn’t necessarily owe him shit. Family is just as much about proximity as it is about blood– if someone is a biological relative but has no emotional relationship to you, they may as well be a stranger.
At 38 he’s young enough to be Keanu’s son. I think in some instances a parent can be held legally responsible for an incapacitated adult child. I think it’s much more likely the stalker is unrelated and delusional, but if he believe’s Keanu is his father that would go some way toward explaining his determination to reach him, his use of his last name, and his leaving a DNA kit behind.
My brain initially went to “some non-specific distant relative,” if only because I had an ex-coworker who was firmly convinced for a while that her & I were distantly related in some unclear way. “Convinced he’s Keanu’s son” makes much more sense.
I’m very distantly related to Judy Garland!
But I’m not hanging out at Liza’s place looking for cash, y’know.
I’m distantly related to Mitochondrial Eve!
There is a “phenomenon” that has been going on for a long time now where certain individuals believe family names mean something. Especially to those that are the lonely black sheep of their respective families. And they do, but only to a certain extent.The most striking case is when Donald Trump selected Bill Barr as AG simply because he shared a surname with Roseanne Barr. It happens.Who knows? Maybe this guy and Keanu Reeves actually are related. Probably not, though. Clearly this man needs some help that he doesn’t currently have. Maybe that’s behavioral mental health. Maybe he needs to take his stupid ass to church and find the family he lacks.Either way, this is an incredibly interesting story and I wish the best for everyone involved.
Thanks.
This story was about mental health, but you sure did make it about something else.
Still not sure what.
if someone is a biological relative but has no emotional relationship to you, they may as well be a stranger.This right here. Without getting into it, I have no relationship with my sister or mother and would show zero emotion (maybe relief? yeah, it’s that fucked up) if anything ever happened to them.
Matt Reeves waits by his front door, sighing to himself.
It was Matthew Perry, wasn’t it?
Plot twist: he’s actually Matthew Perry’s third cousin and has now ruined his chances of ever getting some of that sweet, sweet Fools Rush In money.
The petition for the restraining order, which was reportedly recommended by the LAPD to Reeves, also noted that Reeves has “suffered substantial distress since the stalking and harassment began.” I take it that Reeves tries to reason with folks before siccing the law on them, but that some folks take that leniency as an indication that they can just bulldoze forward on someone that has said no.
I’m sure there are perks to being famous, but jesus so much of the shit that goes along with being famous are just not worth it.
Free shit = great.Strangers scaling your wall = not so great.
Perks like a net worth of $380 million?
Whoa. Bogus.
De Nomolos
There are very few celebrities I have sympathy for in this situation. Keanu is one of them. Someone tell this guy he is a Kardashian.
Guess it’s better than if the guy left some of his DNA at Keanu’s house, like blowing a load on his pillow or putting Keanu’s toothbrush up his ass.
The guy is still posting on facebook?!! Clearly deranged.
Yeah, but – free DNA kit!
The story isn’t specific but the assumption is that it was a used DNA kit.In which case leaving a used DNA kit is as disgusting as leaving used toilet paper or kleenex at some stranger’s home.
unrelated but also crazy keanu story: his friend faked his signature on the contract for the movie ‘the watcher’ and instead of getting into a legal battle he just…did the movie.
Remember that time LL COOL J beat up an intruder? That was cool.
This shouldn’t happen to anyone, celebrity or not, but somehow it seems worse when it’s someone who is known to be humble and an all around nice person.
Not gonna lie, this really kills my buzz. I was hoping to harass my way to get some Zeppelin money from John Bonham’s family. Now I just have to settle for annoying questions from boomers at Guitar Center.
Well, this seems pretty horrible. We can go on and on about how tough Keanu is because he trains up for those Wick movies, and we can sort of dismiss this goofball leaving DNA kits on his porch. But an obsessed stalker calling himself by the name of his victim? That’s what Mark David Chapman did.
When I read ‘left DNA at his house’ I expected something grosser.