A Brooklyn man has been arrested for allegedly stalking Taylor Swift at her Tribeca home.
Joshua Christian, 35, of Crown Heights, was arrested Friday and charged with criminal stalking and trespassing, the NYPD said.
Fraudsters are said to have appeared at two residential buildings on Franklin Street linked to the 32-year-old pop superstar twice in the past few months.
He walked through an unlocked door at 153 Franklin Street – where Swift owns an $18 million home – around 11:05 a.m. on March 26 and was there “illegally,” police said. know.
The defendant’s stalker fled the building after being confronted by security.
Then last month, at about 10:50 a.m. on June 12, he allegedly snuck into 155 Franklin Street and “made threats through an intercom against a 32-year-old woman,” police said. close said.
Singer “Shake It Off” own several units in the building. Swift has a long history of being targeted by stalkers.
Christian was arrested at the NYPD First Facility in Tribeca.
He appeared at Manhattan Criminal Court on Saturday afternoon wearing a white shirt, white pants and black shoes along with long, shiny brown hair.
Christian was previously arrested in Florida for reckless driving, a prosecutor said.
When Judge Abraham Clott asked him if he wanted to give up his extradition, he spoke at length with his lawyer, prompting the judge to withhold the case until the night trial began.
Then, Christian turns into the courtroom and screams, “Are you the biggest jokers in history or are they real? Prove you are real. Prove you’re real. “
He was dragged out of the courtroom by court personnel.
Michelle Yang, who works at Wing Hang Chinese restaurant near Christian’s house, said he is a regular customer who loves lo mein meat.
“He is quite quiet. He doesn’t really talk that much,” Yang said. “Usually he just goes out and walks the dog by himself. It’s kind of weird because he’s pretty normal, maybe just quiet. “
But a man who works at People’s Organic Market and Juice Shop said Christian appeared to have “mental problems”.
The worker, named Mo, said “I asked him a question like he needed a bag or something and he said ‘I got over it.'”
Additional reporting by Dean Balsamini