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Sabrina Carpenter at the Met Gala on May 4, 2026 in New York City. Theo Wargo/FilmMagic A Los Angeles judge granted Sabrina Carpenter a temporary restraining order against an alleged stalker after the singer described a series of chilling incidents at her home, saying they left her in “significant and ongoing fear” for her personal safety.
In a signed declaration obtained by Rolling Stone, the singer says William Applegate appeared at her home uninvited on multiple occasions in recent weeks, tried to break into her house, and refused to leave when confronted by her security, claiming he knew Carpenter and was expected there. During one “deeply alarming” incident on May 23, she says, Applegate allegedly trespassed onto her neighbor’s property to circumvent her security fence, made his way to her front door, and “forcefully pushed down” on the lever. When he found it locked, he allegedly knocked, rang the doorbell, and refused to leave until police arrived and arrested him.
“[Applegate] fabricated the outrageous and entirely false claim that he personally knew me and that I was expecting him. This was a complete lie,” Carpenter wrote in her statement. She said he returned less than 24 hours later and loitered outside her house for hours. A day after that, on May 25, he allegedly returned and parked outside her home, “conducting what can only be described as deliberate surveillance of my movements and my home.”
Carpenter included screenshots from her Ring security camera footage and asked that a restraining order also protect two other people who live with her, including her older sister. On Friday, a judge granted the request, ordering Applegate to stay at least 100 yards from Carpenter, her home, her car, her workplace, and the other residents.
“This is not the behavior of someone who stumbled upon my property by accident,” Carpenter, 27, wrote in her statement to the court. “This is intentional stalking and surveillance directed at me and my residence.”
In the declaration, she describes Applegate’s alleged attempt to enter her front door without consent as one of “the most disturbing violations of personal safety and privacy I have ever experienced.” She says his “delusional insistence” that he knew her and was welcome there reflected a “dangerous, delusional, and irrational fixation.”
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“His pattern of stalking, trespassing, and surveillance has caused me severe and ongoing emotional distress, and I am in fear what he may do if he is not restrained by this court,” Carpenter wrote.
A follow-up court hearing on extending the stay-away order is set for June 17. Applegate is due in criminal court on June 18 for his arrest for criminal trespassing.
