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Colin Farrell obtains a restraining order
07/22/2006
The order issued Friday in Los Angeles County Superior Court in Santa Monica requires Dessarae Bradford, 31, to stay away from the actor pending an Aug. 16 hearing before a judge, a court clerk said.
Colin Farrell obtained a restraining order against a woman who walked onto the set and confronted him during a taping of talk show “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.”
The order issued Friday in Los Angeles County Superior Court in Santa Monica requires Dessarae Bradford, 31, to stay away from the actor pending an Aug. 16 hearing before a judge, a court clerk said.
The order bars Bradford from coming within 150 meters of the Irish actor, as well as his home and workplaces.
A call to Bradford's home and e-mail seeking comment were not immediately returned Friday. The “Tonight Show” incident occurred Thursday at NBC studios in Burbank. It was not shown in that night's broadcast.
“Mr. Farrell had never met or spoken to Ms. Bradford until the incident at 'The Tonight Show,”’said a statement from Farrell's publicist, Danica Smith.
The statement also said Bradford “has unsuccessfully pursued two fabricated lawsuits” against Farrell during the past two years. It said courts dismissed both suits, but gave no details of those claims.
In May, however, Bradford sued Farrell in federal court for libel, assault and slander, seeking $10,000 (euro8,000) in damages. A previous suit filed in small-claims court and then in state court was dismissed.
Bradford was a ticketed member of the audience when she walked onto the set, said Burbank police Sgt. Kevin Grandalski. “She gave him either papers or books. She gave him some object,” Grandalski said.
“NBC chose to have her escorted off the premises” and she was told she would be arrested if she returned, he said.
The incident was described by audience member Molly Mattaini, 16. “She said something to Colin Farrell that no one heard, then he took her by the elbow, led her off stage, asked the camera |