Sabrina Carpenter gets restraining order against man who showed up at her home

BBC News · 🇬🇧 public United Kingdom · Jun 02, 2026 · 495 words · By Paul Glynn

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Sabrina Carpenter gets restraining order against man who showed up at her home US pop star Sabrina Carpenter has been granted a temporary restraining order against a man following a series of what she called "deeply alarming" incidents at her home.

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What happened

Why it matters

In court documents seen by the BBC's US partner CBS, lawyers for Carpenter said she was seeking a full court order against William Applegate, 31, who she alleges tried to force his way into her house in Los Angeles last month and returned twice more.

Common ground

The singer said the incidents had left her in "significant and ongoing fear" for her personal safety.

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No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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What concrete event or decision sits underneath the headline: Sabrina Carpenter gets restraining order against man who showed up at her home?
What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that The man is due in criminal court the following day over his arrest for criminal trespassing?
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 13 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The man is due in criminal court the following day over his arrest for criminal trespassing”

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Claim 2: “The pattern of his conduct, which may have begun as early as approximately 20 April 2026”

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Claim 3: “A follow-up court hearing is set for 17 June”

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No evidence was provided in the search results regarding a follow-up court hearing date of June 17.

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Claim 4: “She said he returned less than 24 hours later and loitered outside her house for hours”

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The evidence confirms Applegate returned in the following days, but the specific detail of 'loitering for hours less than 24 hours later' is not explicitly corroborated by the provided external snippets.

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Claim 5: “asked for a restraining order to protect her and two other people who live with her, her sister and her sister's boyfriend”

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Web search results explicitly state that the restraining order required Applegate to stay away from Ms. Carpenter, her sister, and her sister's partner.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 18, 2026 ... Sabrina Carpenter gets 5-year restraining order against man who kept trying to enter her home LINK IN COMMENTS.
https://www.facebook.com/wcvb5/posts/sabrina-carpenter-gets-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 1, 2026 ... Singer Sabrina Carpenter has now requested a restraining order against an alleged male stalker. Now here's what Carpenter and her security team ...
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZEGpSsEgNC/

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 17, 2026 ... 41K likes, 266 comments - complex on June 17, 2026: "A Los Angeles judge granted Sabrina Carpenter a five-year restraining order against a ...
https://www.instagram.com/p/DZtRnavE71W/

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Claim 6: “On Friday, a judge temporarily granted the request, ordering the man to stay at least 100 yards from Carpenter, her home, her car and her workplace, as well as the other residents”

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No evidence was provided in the search results to confirm the specific distance (100 yards) or the specific items (car, workplace) mentioned in the order.

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Claim 7: “Sabrina Carpenter has been granted a temporary restraining order against a man”

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Multiple independent sources, including NBC Washington, BBC, and other web search results, confirm that Sabrina Carpenter was granted a temporary restraining order against a man.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 1, 2026 ... A Los Angeles County court granted pop superstar Sabrina Carpenter a temporary restraining order Monday against a man she alleges has been ...
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/sabrina-carpenter-restr…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 2, 2026 ... US pop star Sabrina Carpenter has been granted a temporary restraining order against a man following a series of what she called "deeply ...
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7v9p9yy370o

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 1, 2026 ... A Los Angeles County court granted pop star Sabrina Carpenter a temporary restraining order against a man she alleges has been stalking her.
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Claim 8: “Detective Peter Doomanis of the Los Angeles Police Department said in his declaration... that he believes the man has "developed a disturbing and irrational fixation on petitioner"”

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Claim 9: “The next day, he allegedly returned again and parked outside her home”

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Multiple web search results (Daily Mail and others) mention that Carpenter described three alleged visits by William Applegate to her home.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 1, 2026 ... The singer alleges William Applegate, 31, went to her Los Angeles home on May 23 "unannounced and uninvited."
https://abcnews.com/GMA/Culture/sabrina-carpenter-seeks-rest…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 1, 2026 ... In documents obtained by the Daily Mail, Carpenter described three alleged visits 31-year-old William Applegate made to her home and claimed he ...
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 1, 2026 ... (06/01/26) Singer #SabrinaCarpenter filed a temporary restraining order against an alleged #stalker identified as William Applegate, according ...
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Claim 10: “she alleges tried to force his way into her house in Los Angeles last month and returned twice more”

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Court documents cited by IBTimes UK and other web results confirm the allegation that Applegate attempted to force entry into her home on May 23 and made subsequent visits.

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Claim 11: “Carpenter, 27, is one of the world's biggest pop stars, having scored top three hits in both the US and UK with Espresso, Please Please Please, Taste and Manchild”

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Wikipedia entries confirm the existence of the song 'Manchild' and the album 'Man's Best Friend' (2025). While the specific 'top three' chart positions for all listed songs aren't explicitly detailed in the snippets, the songs and the artist's status are verified by Wikipedia.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Man's Best Friend is the seventh studio album by American singer Sabrina Carpenter. It was released on August 29, 2025, through Island Records. Carpenter produced the album with Jack Antonoff and John…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "Manchild" is a song by American singer Sabrina Carpenter, released on June 5, 2025, through Island Records as the lead single from her seventh studio album, Man's Best Friend (2025). Co-written and c…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchild_(Sabrina_Carpenter_so…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — American singer Sabrina Carpenter has released seven studio albums, two extended plays, 30 singles (including five as a featured artist), 24 promotional singles and 36 music videos. Prior to gaining r…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabrina_Carpenter_discography

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Claim 12: “lawyers for Carpenter said she was seeking a full court order against William Applegate, 31”

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The BBC and other web sources explicitly name the individual as 31-year-old William Applegate and state that Carpenter's lawyers were seeking a full court order.

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Claim 13: “During one "deeply alarming" incident on 23 May, Carpenter claims that he made his way to her front door - after trespassing onto her neighbour's property - and tried to open it, before ringing the doorbell and refusing to leave until the police arrived to arrest him”

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While the general incident of the May 23 attempt is corroborated, the specific details about trespassing on a neighbor's property and the sequence of the doorbell/arrest are only detailed in the provided claim text and not explicitly mirrored in the provided evidence snippets.

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