You know, I’m not a lawyer or a doctor, but I can sure tell crazy when I hear it–unlike the moron judge who granted a restraining order against David Letterman to this nutjob:
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – A state judge has lifted a restraining order granted to a Santa Fe woman who accused talk-show host David Letterman of using coded words to show that he wanted to marry her and train her as his co-host.
Judge Daniel Sanchez on Tuesday granted a request by lawyers for Letterman, host of CBS'”Late Show,” to quash the temporary restraining order that he earlier granted to Colleen Nestler.
She alleged in a request filed Dec. 15 that Letterman has forced her to go bankrupt and caused her “mental cruelty” and “sleep deprivation” since May 1994.
Nestler requested that Letterman, who tapes his show in New York, stay at least 3 yards away and not “think of me, and release me from his mental harassment and hammering.”
Why did the judge previously grant one? Are you ready for this?
Nestler’s application for a restraining order was accompanied by a six-page typed letter in which she said Letterman used code words, gestures and “eye expressions” to convey his desires for her.
She wrote that she began sending Letterman “thoughts of love” after his show began in 1993, and that he responded in code words and gestures, asking her to come East.
Nestler said Letterman asked her to be his wife during a televised “teaser” for his show by saying, “Marry me, Oprah.” Her letter said Oprah was the first of many code names for her and that the coded vocabulary increased and changed with time.
Sure. Absolutely. Give this woman a restraining order, because it’s obvious that Letterman has been harrassing her for years.
Huh? WTF was wrong with that judge?
But wait–we’re not finished yet. Listen to her after this hearing:
She also said that if Letterman or any of his representatives came near her, “I will break their legs” and establish proof of her allegations.
Nestler said after the court hearing that “I have achieved my purpose. The public knows that this man cannot come near me.”
She also said that her comment about breaking legs “is not a threat.”
“I appealed to the court for a restraining order to keep this man away from me, but now that’s been denied me,” she said. “He has access to me. He can actually come for me or send people. He has many accomplices. I know this sounds crazy. I was crazy to have listened to him in the beginning.”
Yeah, that’s sane.
This woman needs to see the inside of a psych ward for evaluation, and then she needs to be given much medication.
You obviously don’t understand this part of the world. Santa Fe is known as the “City Different,” and New Mexico is the “Land of Enchantment.” People here have unique insights into life and the universe.
Either that, or the judge has been smoking the same stuff as the plaintiff.
TRO’s are never issued except a temporary emergency measure. The defendant usually receives little or no notice until the TRO is issued. A hearing is held promptly after the TRO issues so that the defendant will have his day in court. In some states the party seeking a TRO has to furnish a bond to protect the defendant from loss in case the order was unjustified. I am in shock that any judge anywhere would have issued this. (And I’ve seen some shocking judges.) It’s too bad there’s no way for Letterman to recover his attorneys’ fees from the woman who sought the order. Let’s hope that the voters — and the local bar association — remember this judge at election time.
You know, she could have just turned off the TV and not watched Letterman. But that would have been too sane and she sure doesn’t come across as that. Had she been somewhere less unique in their insights, the judge might have ordered a psychiatric evaluation.
And the judge needs to be recalled for issuing such a stupid restraining order. Thou, if New Mexico is as wacked out as Paul inferred, that probably won’t happen.
Come on now, Mog. You haven’t been paying attention. Letterman has obviously put this woman under his spell and she is REQUIRED to tune in to his show every night. That’s why she needed the restraining order. Now that it has been removed, she will never be able to escape his grasp!