Man charged with stalking Jennifer Aniston discovered mentally incompetent to face trial | Jennifer Aniston

A choose declared on Thursday {that a} man is mentally incompetent to face trial on expenses of stalking Jennifer Aniston and crashing his automotive by way of her entrance gate.

The transfer in a Los Angeles County psychological well being court docket got here after a second psychiatrist examined the defendant, Jimmy Wayne Carwyle, and reached the identical conclusion as the primary: that his psychological well being wouldn’t permit him to reply to felony expenses of vandalism and stalking of the Buddies star.

“The court docket finds the defendant is just not at present competent to face trial,” choose Maria Cavalluzzi mentioned. “Legal proceedings will stay suspended.”

Carwyle, 48, of Mississippi, has pleaded not responsible. He appeared behind glass in a custody space of the courtroom and didn’t converse. He appeared vastly completely different than his earlier two court docket hearings. His scraggly grey hair and beard had been shorn, and he was sporting vivid yellow county jail clothes after beforehand showing with naked shoulders, wrapped in a blanket-like smock meant for suicide prevention.

Carwyle had argued that he’s competent and exercised his proper to a second opinion after an preliminary incompetence discovering final week.

“It’s not the end result my consumer would have most well-liked,” deputy public defender Robert Krauss instructed the choose.

A conviction on the costs, together with an aggravating circumstance of the specter of nice bodily hurt, may carry as much as three years in jail for Carwyle. The incompetence discovering has no set finish date however it’s non permanent and the usual legal course of may resume later.

Cavalluzzi ordered extra complete psychological evaluations to assist decide the place and the way he might be held and what his therapy might be. The choose will get a report on the outcomes at a listening to on 26 June, the place Aniston or her legal professional might be allowed to share her perspective on the case.

Aniston’s lawyer, Blair Berk, was within the courtroom observing on Thursday however didn’t converse. Berk and the deputy district legal professional dealing with the case declined to remark exterior court docket.

Prosecutors allege Carwyle had been harassing Aniston with a flood of voicemail, electronic mail and social media messages for 2 years earlier than driving his Chrysler PT Cruiser by way of the gate of her dwelling within the rich Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles on 5 Might, inflicting main harm. A safety guard stopped him in her driveway till police arrived. Authorities mentioned Aniston was dwelling on the time however didn’t come into contact and nobody was injured.

Aniston turned one among tv’s largest stars in her 10 years on NBC’s Buddies, from 1994 till 2004. She gained an Emmy award for greatest lead actress in a comedy for the position and he or she has been nominated for 9 extra. She at present stars in The Morning Present on Apple TV+.