Paris Hilton's Stalker Arrested Outside Malibu Home
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Paris Hilton might want to upgrade her home security system.
Police arrested James Rainford Monday after he was seen peeking inside the 30-year-old reality star's two-story Malibu beach house.
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Witnesses watched as Rainford, 36, was handcuffed and taken away in a squad car around 4:30 p.m. "He was hanging around on the beach while Paris was inside," one beachgoer told The Daily Mail. "Someone recognized him as being the man who had given her trouble in the past and the cops arrived pretty quickly."
According to a statement released by the L.A. County Sheriff's Department, operators were alerted to a "suspicious person standing on the beach" Monday afternoon.
"The caller stated he believed the suspicious person was the man he recently saw on the news, who attacked Miss Hilton's male acquaintance."
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"Deputies identified the suspect as James Rainford and determined a valid restraining order prohibiting him from being within 200 yards of Miss Hilton or her residence was in effect."
In late April, Rainford assaulted Hilton's then-boyfriend Cy Waits outside an L.A. courtroom. After pleading no contest to battery charges, Rainford was recently released from jail after serving just 24 days of his 227 day sentence.
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Three months earlier, Rainford pleaded no contest in a trespassing case after he was booked on charges of trying to contact Hilton at her Hollywood Hills home; he was sentenced to three years' probation and ordered to stay 200 yards away from Hilton's property.
Rainford is currently being held on $20,000 bail.
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4OK as much as I have a problem with Paris antics this is not cool & you have to feel bad & scared for Paris.. It might be time to lock this dude up before we have a tragedy..
I'll be happy to send him a skeleton key. Oh wait, he could just use Paris' body instead.
Most people are worried about keeping their heads above water and he has the time to stalk Paris Hilton. He needs his *ss beat!! >_
Happy she is alright!! I want all you MORONS to actually read what the article said about his jail time. He was charged and had 227 days of jail time and he only spent 24 for a violent crime!! So all you a-holes think twice before you say that celebrities are getting off easy. Paris served 25 days of a 45 day sentence. If anything she was charged more harsh.