A 55-year-old Texas man who informed police he was in “an imaginary relationship” with WNBA star Caitlin Clark was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in jail Monday after pleading responsible to stalking and harassing the Indiana Fever guard.
Michael Lewis, of Denton, Texas, reached a take care of Marion County prosecutors wherein he pleaded responsible to at least one felony depend of stalking and one misdemeanor depend of harassment. He’ll get credit score for time served.
Lewis was additionally ordered to avoid Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Hinkle Fieldhouse, Fever occasions and Indiana Pacers group occasions, in addition to to haven’t any contact with Clark. He additionally is not going to be allowed web entry throughout his sentence.
Lewis was arrested on Jan. 12 after authorities alleged he despatched a whole lot of “threats and sexually express messages” to Clark between Dec. 12, 2024, and Jan. 11, 2025.
Lewis, who prophesied throughout Monday’s courtroom proceedings that the tip of the world was coming, was additionally advisable to get psychological well being therapy.
The FBI tracked the IP addresses of Lewis’ messages to a lodge in downtown Indianapolis in addition to the Indianapolis Public Library. Indianapolis police then made a welfare examine on Lewis, in accordance with court docket paperwork, and he informed officers that he was in “an imaginary relationship” with Clark and that he got here to Indianapolis on trip.
The messages to Clark continued after the preliminary go to by police.
Clark, the No. 1 general choose within the 2024 WNBA Draft, has been restricted to 13 video games this season due to accidents and is at present sidelined with a strained proper groin.
Reporting by The Related Press.
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