The woman ordered to stay away from actor John Cusack has denied that she was stalking him.
Cusack, 40, won a temporary restraining order in L.A. this week against Emily Leatherman, claiming that she has been stalking him for more than 18 months.
In court papers, he said she has, among other things, thrown “long letters of interest over my fence in bags with rocks and screwdrivers inside.”
After the court order was issued, Leatherman told The Associated Press by phone that she sent Cusack only two letters. She said they were to request that he use his celebrity status to urge police to investigate her claim that she was attacked by men in 2001. She said police have refused to take a report.
“I feel I’ve been set up to look like a stalker,” said Leatherman.
Cusack’s publicist wouldn’t comment.
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