USA: NEW YORK COURT ORDERS THE DEPORTATION OF A GERMAN MAN JAILED ON CHARGES OF STALKING TENNIS STAR SERENA WILLIAMS

Record ID: 921713

  • Title: USA: NEW YORK COURT ORDERS THE DEPORTATION OF A GERMAN MAN JAILED ON CHARGES OF STALKING TENNIS STAR SERENA WILLIAMS
  • Date: 23rd August 2002
  • Summary: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (AUGUST 23, 2002) (REUTERS) CROWDS LINING UP FOR TICKETS TO U.S OPEN NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (SEPTEMBER 4, 2002) (REUTERS) QUEENS COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT COURT SIGN
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  • Location: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK / MIAMI, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement,Sport
  • Reuters ID: LVAAZSFHQUIHDL8I7UU3C3Q3J28C
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  • Story Text: A German man jailed on charges of stalking tennis star Serena Williams pleaded guilty on Thursday and will be sent home after being given a conditional discharge and ordered to seek psychiatric care.
    Queens Criminal Court judge Suzanne Melendez said Albrecht Stromeyer, 34, would be transferred to an Immigration and Naturalization Service detention centre, which will arrange his deportation to Frankfurt within the next few days.
    Melendez also issued an order of protection that Stromeyer refrain from contact with Williams and her family and stay away from tennis tournaments or risk being held in criminal contempt and face up to a year in jail.
    Stromeyer, who has pursued world number one Williams at tournaments around the world and made numerous attempts to contact her, was found peering through a fence at the U.S.
    Tennis Center on Saturday while the player warmed for a match at the U.S. Open.
    In July, a British Magistrates Court ordered Stromeyer to stay out of trouble for 12 months after he smashed a police camera near London's Wimbledon tennis championships venue.
    Stromeyer was extradited from Italy in May to face charges of stalking Williams.
    Two months earlier, he had walked into an Arizona resort where Williams was playing and asked to see her. When he was turned down, the German began undressing in front of the desk clerk. He was charged with disorderly conduct and indecent exposure.
    Melendez said Stromeyer had to seek psychiatric care once he returned to Germany and that defense lawyer Gerard Savage must report back to the court on Oct. 23 to show evidence that he has complied.
    Savage said Stromeyer had asked him deliver a message to the Williams family.
    "He wanted me to say to Serena Williams's family that he's sorry for any inconvenience he caused them and for any fear he may have caused them," Savage said about his long-haired, bearded client.
    On Sunday, the tennis player's father, whose older daughter Venus is the twice defending U.S. Open champion, had lashed out angrily about the stalker.
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