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North Texas man pleads guilty to stalking Caitlin Clark
Fox 4 Dallas ^ | 07/28/2025 | Amber Kite

Posted on 07/29/2025 2:26:30 PM PDT by DFG

A Denton, Texas man pleaded guilty Thursday to stalking basketball star Caitlin Clark, receiving a two-and-a-half-year prison sentence.

Michael Lewis Pleads Guilty

Michael Lewis, 55, admitted in Marion County, Indiana court to sending numerous threats and sexually explicit messages to Clark via social media between Dec. 12, 2024, and Jan. 11, 2025.

Lewis pleaded guilty to stalking, a Level 6 felony, and harassment, a Class B misdemeanor. The two-and-a-half-year sentence is the maximum penalty for a Level 6 felony in Indiana.

The plea agreement includes a no-contact order for Clark and court-ordered protections for various locations in Indianapolis. Lewis is also barred from receiving alternative misdemeanor sentencing.

Stalking Caitlin Clark

During the investigation, authorities discovered Lewis' recent messages originated from IP addresses in Indianapolis. He was found to be staying at a hotel in the 100 block of Market Street.

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) officers confronted Lewis on Jan. 8 regarding the messages, at which point he reportedly acknowledged it was "an imaginary relationship."

Despite this encounter with law enforcement, the messages continued, and Lewis was arrested and charged on Jan. 12 in Indianapolis.

What they're saying: "This resolution ensures that the defendant is held accountable for his threatening actions, the fear he instilled, and the disruption he caused," Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears said in a statement. "He will now spend the next two and a half years in the Department of Correction and the victim will be able to have peace of mind while focusing on what matters to her."


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: basketball; caitlinclark; crime; stalking; wnba

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1 posted on 07/29/2025 2:26:30 PM PDT by DFG
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To: DFG

Nothing against Caitlin, but if I were to stalk, I’d pick someone different.


2 posted on 07/29/2025 2:34:44 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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To: Dr. Sivana

>> but if I were to stalk, I’d pick someone different

LOL, beat me to it!


3 posted on 07/29/2025 2:35:52 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Hope, as a righteous product of properly aligned Faith, IS in fact a strategy.)
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4 posted on 07/29/2025 2:39:02 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: DFG

People are going to make insulting jokes instead of being shocked at the brazen audacity of a man sending threats and trash through social media to a young woman half his age that he doesn’t even know.

How would you feel if it was your daughter?


5 posted on 07/29/2025 2:45:37 PM PDT by Valpal1 (Not even the police are safe from the police!!!)
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To: Dr. Sivana

Sophie Cunningham


6 posted on 07/29/2025 2:50:25 PM PDT by jjotto ("...saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob, And I hated Esau...")
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To: Dr. Sivana

me three


7 posted on 07/29/2025 3:01:04 PM PDT by al baby (Whoopie Cushion Goldberg )
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To: Valpal1

Thats why I am stalking Pamela Anderson


8 posted on 07/29/2025 3:02:29 PM PDT by al baby (Whoopie Cushion Goldberg )
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To: DFG

Good God, man, how empty and desperate must your life be. She’s young enough to be your granddaughter! She’s no
Miss America, not that it really matters, but that only adds to the strangeness of his acts.


9 posted on 07/29/2025 3:02:54 PM PDT by lee martell (well )
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To: DFG

Good thing he didn’t make fun of a WNBA player’s wig falling off; he might have gotten the electric chair.


10 posted on 07/29/2025 3:04:49 PM PDT by TXBlair (We will not forget Benghazi.)
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Good thing he didn’t make fun of a WNBA player’s wig falling off

LOL, did that really happen or are you making a joke?

11 posted on 07/29/2025 3:08:09 PM PDT by Lizavetta
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To: Dr. Sivana

We all would.


12 posted on 07/29/2025 3:09:45 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Lizavetta

Yes, it did happen. WNBA Player Kahleah Copper wig falls off during game. Crowd laughs as she runs off the court! At least one fan EJECTED for guilty giggling!


13 posted on 07/29/2025 3:12:41 PM PDT by lee martell (well )
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To: Dr. Sivana

I think it is wrong!
For you to use “stalk” and “Caitlin Clark” in the same sentence...


14 posted on 07/29/2025 3:17:34 PM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (There are no more conspiracy theories, only questions that further the truth.)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

Ok-then use Whoopie Goldberg, Ted Danson and going down in the same sentence.


15 posted on 07/29/2025 3:27:32 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: DFG

If they are really serious about protecting her, start arresting the lesbians who happen to be attacking her while appearing to play basketball.


16 posted on 07/29/2025 3:35:14 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: DFG

My girlfriend says I’m a stalker.
Well, she’s not my girlfriend, yet.....


17 posted on 07/29/2025 3:45:37 PM PDT by ArtDodger
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The two-and-a-half-year sentence is the maximum penalty for a Level 6 felony in Indiana.

This guy had a bad attorney. If I'm getting the maximum sentence for a guilty plea, then I'll just go to trial.

18 posted on 07/29/2025 3:54:19 PM PDT by Right_Wing_Madman
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To: ArtDodger

Hey it’s not right making me
snicker on a thread like this 🤣


19 posted on 07/29/2025 4:38:17 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: jjotto

+1


20 posted on 07/29/2025 4:46:22 PM PDT by Pocketdoor
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