A judge has finally handed Taylor Swift‘s stalker his verdict and it turns out that he will be avoiding jail time, Page Six reports.
He reportedly plead guilty to stalking and was sentenced to 10 years probation. He will be monitored by GPS for an entire year to ensure he stays at least one mile away from Taylor and her family.
He’ll also need to complete psychological testing and substance abuse classes, surrender all firearms and subject himself to random drug testing. If he violates his probation, he could face being immediately thrown back in jail.
According to TMZ, Frank Andrew Hoover sent Taylor’s father a load of threatening emails between May 2015 and October 2016 in which he threatened to kill the singer and her entire family.
“Decided that we are going to end all the Swifts on one day because I can’t stand that virus s–t your daughter spread,” he wrote in one of the emails.
He referred to the Swifts as “the evil family of devils,” singling out each member of the family and signed: “Sincerely, the end real son of god.”
Another email allegedly warned the family and said, “this article is not a joke and is why god is going to burn them into the desert for me.”
After one of Taylor’s shows, the then 39-year-old followed Taylor’s motorcade from the venue to the airport. Her security was able to signal the police to arrest Hoover for violating the protective order which led to his trial.
Now, he has avoided jail time but has been slapped with a protective order.
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