In late August, the California legislature overwhelmingly passed amendments to stiffen penalties connected to its current anti-stalking law. You can read the bill here.
The objects of the amendments’ affection? Paparrazzi who get too close. Lawmakers had sympathy for the idea that there is such a thing as paparazzi being too close, even to celebrities whom we might think don’t deserve such legal protections given that their careers are often spent in and dependent upon being the center of attention. The amendments were expected to be signed into law by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
What makes this most recent iteration of protections unique is how the video below, which is of Kate Moss and her children being barricaded by a wall of humans with cameras from and then inside her car, was shown as a demonstration of the excruciating imagery of stalkerazzi putting parents, and children in particular, literally through a gauntlet. So horrifying is the clip that even a gossip site with a name such as Gawker eked out concern. Watch for yourself, if you can, this footage that was shown as an exhibit accompanying the vote on the bill. I couldn’t get past the first two minutes.
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