Posted on 09/29/2010 7:38:30 PM PDT by kristinn
The news media has been slow to report the emergency restraining order obtained Monday by former Alaska Governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin against 18 year old Pennsylvania man Shawn R. Christy. It took forty-eight hours for the national media to report on the court order, even though it was reported online by the local paper the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman on Tuesday.
Palin friend Kristan Cole also obtained a restraining order against Christy, who reportedly told Cole he had bought a gun and flown to Alaska in recent days.
This evening, the Associated Press quoted testimony Palin gave by telephone in the hearing Monday:
"Bottom line is, he is crazy and could kill me," Palin said, according to the court transcript. "He wants me dead."
Palin also testified that he also believes he has some kind of relationship with her daughter, Willow, and has brought up the girl's name.
The AP also quoted Palin's attorney Thomas Van Flein on the constant threats the Palin family has lived with since she came to national prominence two years ago:
Christy had "risen to the top of the dozens and dozens of people" who have threatened Palin since 2008, when she emerged on the national stage. "He stands out as the most persistent," trying to reach her through friends, associates and family members, he said.
Reuters also published their first article on the Palin stalker tonight, noting "Cole, like the former Republican vice presidential candidate, is from Wasilla and a former beauty pageant contestant."
The Frontiersman reported more details today:
Cole testified that Christy sent a letter in August 2010 saying that “he tried to follow the bible but had evil and wickedness in him.” She said Christy told her that he is convinced she is evil and must be punished.
“Petitioner is concerned because the respondent appears to be unstable and has stated that he believes petitioner is evil and that she needs to be punished and that he is coming to confront her to get her to tell the truth.”
Christy also claims to have had a sexual relationship with Gov. Palin, the documents say. “Petitioner testified that respondent has told her that he has had an affair with Gov. Palin and that petitioner needs to tell the FBI the truth about the affair.”
Palin testified that she has not had a sexual relationship with Christy, the filing stated.
AOL News reports on Christy's purported Facebook page that Christy was homeschooled and claimed to work for a Hazelton recycling company.
The constant stalking the Palin family lives under explains their visceral reaction to literary stalker Joe McGinnis moving into the home next door to the Palins last summer to work on a book about Sarah Palin.
The media's slow coverage of the threats to Palin are in keeping with their downplaying of the arson fire at her church in Wasilla after the 2008 presidential election.
I know. Sarah’s List and others are faithful in our prayers. I think she has millions and millions praying for her and her precious family and our merciful God hears our prayers.
Blessings!!!
Apparently he’s from McAdoo, PA
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Accused stalker’s dad: ‘He is not in Alaska’
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“The father of an 18-year-old Pennsylvania man accused of stalking Sarah Palin said Wednesday that his son is home with him and hasn’t left the state.
“He is not in Alaska and he’s never been to Alaska,” Craig Christy said Wednesday of his son, Shawn R. Christy.
Anchorage Magistrate Colleen Ray granted Palin, 46, and Palin’s friend, Kristan Cole, 48, 20-day protective orders against Shawn Christy, who allegedly sent the women receipts from a gun purchase, along with a letter saying “he tried to follow the bible but had evil and wickedness in him.”
http://www.frontiersman.com/articles/2010/09/30/breaking_news/doc4ca235e0bf331043209185.txt
LOL
Sara and Todd both pack heat - as do many Alaskans.
Pity the fool, as they say.
Actually the Moose Huntress can take care of herself.
I’d hate to be that clown when she field-dresses him.
I know and the restraining order is good for 20 days!
“Reportedly” he bought a one-way ticket. Hello?
When is he departing?
I have one question:
How did he transport the gun via airline to Alaska?
I can bet that Maddow and Olbie cheered this and if we did the same in reverse to a progressive commiecrat we would be beheaded in jail and chastised but I am sure it is ok for DU et al to high five this.
In an interview Wednesday night at his McAdoo home, Mr. Christy said he tried to contact former presidential candidate U.S. Sen. John McCain and Mrs. Palin, his running mate, because he believed the U.S. Secret Service had tampered with his cell phone.
Mr. Christy said he began making threats to get their attention and have his phone fixed.
"It wasn't the brightest idea," Mr. Christy acknowledged.
Much more at the link.
Ping to #89.
Just great. An erotomaniac stalker. Such people care about nobody but themselves and whatever imaginary friends they have.
PING!
Sure, in a fair fight .. if someone is out in the open,
known to be there, visibly around HER and not, for
example, after one of her kids, but these wackos are
truly sick. You just don’t know how, where, or whom
their twisted brains work to hurt and the evil they
can plot.
Sadly, a restraining order is the best thing the system has to offer. But at least it puts everyone on alert should he be spotted in the area.
Hmm lets see..you send me receipts for a gun and thats not a threat LOL LOL LOL..OMG the family sounds just as nutty as the son..I guess the apple really does not fall far from the tree
The stalker says he spoofed the area code.
[ These aspiring killers are a by-product of the Democrat media demonization of Palin. ]
Indeed, they keep repeating the lie that Palin is the spawn of evil and sooner or later someone foolish enough to believe it will think it is true and it is their duty to remove such “evil”.
Dang ... do ya hear the theme from the Twilight Zone?
He’s 18, and actually believes the SS is messing with
his cell phone and can fix it. Either loony tunes or
cunning, scary liar when put on the spot. I lean toward
the latter. God protect her, and frighteningly, he’s
not the only one, thanks to our debauched media and
street thug bullying potus.
*****
“but when he called from a number with an Alaska area code to say his plane landed in Alaska, she made the move to have the court intervene.”
He's very clever!
Isn’t Biden from around that part of PA?
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