Richard Anthony Franco ordered to stay 500 yards away from Halle Berry

Richard the man who was charged with stalking Halle Berry pleaded not guilty Wednesday and was ordered to stay 500 yards away from the actress.

Richard Anthony Franco, 27, arrested after he was allegedly caught for a third time at Berry’s home, was charged Wednesday with felony stalking in a series
of incidents that the actress said made her fear for her life.


Franco, who is being held in lieu of $150,000 bail, was charged with one felony count of stalking after allegedly showing up at Berry's Hollywood Hills home on repeated occasions.

Franco was arrested about 11:15 p.m. Monday after neighbors reported a possible burglar, police said. He is on probation after pleading no contest in June to a misdemeanor battery charge and is facing up to three years in state prison if convicted.

Berry detailed in civil court papers three incidents of an alleged stalker tresspassing on her property.

“This person has invaded and trampled upon the most fundamental sense of security I have.... I am extremely frightened," Berry said in court papers. “He has terrorized me and my family."

The series of alleged incidents began Saturday when the actress was standing in her kitchen with her manager and saw a stranger in her backyard, carrying something in his hand and approaching the house, court records show.

She “screamed there is a guy in my yard,” according to the court filing.

Berry’s manager stepped outside and confronted the man -- later identified as Franco -- who asked for someone named “Santiago,” according to court documents. Berry said she did not know anyone by that name and “felt in extreme danger at that moment,” according to the filing.

Berry said the manager yelled, “If I had a gun I would shoot you.” Berry and the manager then watched on a security monitor as the man scaled a fence around the property and walked away, according to the filing.

Franco returned shortly before 5 p.m. Sunday, the filing alleged. Berry said she went out to her garage/salon and left the key in the door as she usually does. She was inside for 10 minutes when she stepped back into the kitchen for a cold drink.

“All of a sudden I sensed someone behind me and turned to see the same intruder standing less than a foot behind me, staring at me through the glass kitchen door,” Berry stated.

“Panicking and in fear of my life, I turned my body and quickly hit the deadbolt lock on the glass door,” she said. “I grabbed my phone and ran as fast as I could upstairs, slamming each door behind me as I ran. I got upstairs to a safe place, locked myself inside and dialed 911."

Reacting to the incidents, Berry hired a team of armed security officers to guard her home around the clock. About 10 p.m. Monday, she said, she was alone with her 3-year-old daughter when the security team alerted her to “get to safety as quickly as possible with my daughter and stay there,” according to the filing.

A few minutes later, Franco was apprehended.

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IS Emma Watson -Harry Potter Co-Star- Sexy?

Is Emma Watson sexy or not? That's the big question coercing the veins of many offices these days, as the Harry Potter starlet runs as the hottest Hollywood actress on the Internet.

Watson been a top story at Google News for days now and there's more photo spreads popping up online by the dozens every single day, and they are grabbing large audiences.

There's the "Sexy Emma Watson" YouTube video, the story that "Emma Watson Says Being Sexy is Scary for Her," "Emma's Watson's Sexy Legs" and thousands of other stories and spreads sprawling across the Web. They don't keep showing up because people don't think the 21-year-old Harry Potter actress is not sexy.

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But some people don't get it, at all, and it's stirring debate throughout offices around the world over that very question as surfers pick through the latest morsels each day.

"I don't get the Emma Watson thing," said one executive, asking why so many people were interested in the Harry Potter actress.


Another person in the office said in reference to Watson, "Celebrities today don't like like they used to."

Translation: She's not a buxom Hollywood starlet; she's a young lady with cropped hair and a petite frame the world watched grow up on screen.

And that may be the very thing, as Watson herself admits watching herself grow up on screen throughout the Harry Potter film series was strange, if not creepy.

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Emma Watson And The Deathly Hallows Interview

Read the exclusive Emma Watson And The Deathly Hallows Interview. Emma was bittersweet as she discussed the ending of her childhood's work, but she is already at work on another film...read on to find out what she has in store for us. But warning, there are a few SPOILERS for those who haven't read the book!

Can you talk about your last scene as Hermione? What was it, and what were you feeling?

The last shot we did was this kind of strange moment when we dive into the fireplace at the Ministry of Magic. It was actually for Part 1, not Part 2. Dan, Rupert, and I one by one jumped onto these blue safety mats basically, and that was the shot. That was it. It seemed like kind of a strange one to go out on, but David made the point that we were like leaping into the unknown. It was kind of a perfect metaphor for what we were about to go into. It’s so funny, I can’t tell you how I felt when we were shooting it. I was sort of numb.

Were there any other last moments—a last scene at Hogwarts or a last scene filmed with someone—that stick out in your mind?

It’s so funny. This film was obviously incredibly challenging for me. It really pushed me as an actress, but at the same time I was able to use a lot of my own genuine emotions I felt about lasts and all of it coming to an end. I was able to bring how I was feeling to the role, so a perfect example of that was the scene where we stand on the bridge after the battle before we flash forward. I remember just feeling exactly how Hermione would be feeling. Just, wow this is all coming to an end, look at everything we’ve achieved. The set was actually built looking out over Leavesden Studios, which is where I grew up, essentially, and spent the last twelve years. So yeah, not much acting required really, it was all just alive for me.

What character traits do you share with Hermione?

Not so much now, but I guess earnestness, an eagerness to please and to do the right thing—terrified of ever getting into trouble. I’m very heady in the same way that she is; I’m constantly thinking three, four moves ahead. I try to intellectualize a lot, which she does as well, obviously. I’m very determined as well. I like to think that I’m loyal in the same way that she is. I’m a bit of a feminist in the same way that she is. I will speak my mind. It’s hard to say, really. I feel so much of me went into her and so much of her went into me. I can’t really differentiate too much anymore it’s all a bit of a blur.

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