Prosecutors say a Mississippi man who harassed Jennifer Aniston for two years before crashing his vehicle through the front gate of the Los Angeles home of the Friends star has been charged with felony stalking and vandalism.
Jimmy Wayne Carwyle, 48, of New Albany, Mississippi, also faced an aggravating circumstance of the threat of great bodily harm, Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said.
Carwyle, who has been held in jail since his arrest, was set to be arraigned and his bail was set at US$150,000 (NZ$250,000). It was not immediately clear whether he had retained an attorney.
Carwyle was accused of repeatedly harassing Aniston — referred to by the district attorney only as Jennifer A. — by sending her unwanted voicemail, email and social media messages starting in 2023.
Then early Monday afternoon in LA’s wealthy Bel Air neighbourhood, Carwyle crashed his vehicle through her front gate, causing major damage, prosecutors said. A security guard stopped him in her driveway before police arrived and arrested him.
Police said Aniston was at home at the time. There were no reports of anyone being injured. Messages left with her representatives seeking comment were not immediately answered.
Carlyle could get up to three years in prison if he was convicted as charged.
“My office is committed to aggressively prosecuting those who stalk and terrorise others, ensuring they are held accountable,” Hochman said in a statement.
Aniston bought the midcentury mansion on a 1.3ha lot for about US$21 million (NZ$35 million) in 2012, according to reporting by Architectural Digest.
She became one of the biggest stars in television in her 10 years on NBC’s Friends. Aniston won an Emmy Award for best lead actress in a comedy for the role, and she has been nominated for nine more. She currently starred in The Morning Show on Apple TV+.
