Man Convicted of Stalking Uma Thurman

By Samuel Maull
USA Today

A lovesick former mental patient was convicted Tuesday of stalking and harassing Uma Thurman for more than two years, showing up on her front doorstep and movie set and sending the actress a series of creepy love letters.

Jack Jordan, a 37-year-old out-of-work lifeguard and pool cleaner, faces up to a year in jail. He was convicted of stalking and one count of aggravated harassment, and acquitted of two other harassment counts.

The verdict comes after a week-long trial that featured riveting testimony from the Academy award-nominated actress, who told the jury she was “completely freaked out” by Jordan’s behavior.

Prosecutors say he had stalked her since 2005, when his crush on Thurman become so intense that he just had to be with the Kill Bill and Pulp Fiction star.

He showed up at her doorstep and the SoHo set of her movie My Super Ex-Girlfriend and sent a series of bizarre cards and letters to Thurman, including 20 of them while he was locked up at a mental institution.

Jordan testified in his own defense, saying Friday he now understands how Thurman could have been frightened by his attempts to see her, and by the letter in which he said her two children didn’t exist, that they were “an illusion,” among other bizarre statements.

“In a misguided way I was trying to give her an opportunity to meet me and give myself an opportunity to meet her,” Jordan testified.

“I was feeling distressed,” said Jordan. “I had this feeling of longing for Ms. Thurman and I was trying to explain it. I was not trying to scare her in any way.”

Thurman testified for three hours on Thursday, captivating the jury with her story about how the stalking frightened her so badly.

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