Thursday, March 29, 2007

Michelle Branch Stops Concert to Capture Stalker

Michelle Branch stopped a concert in Sheboygan, Wisconsin earlier this week when she recognized a man who has been stalking her since 2003.

"Michelle Branch just said, 'Wait a second. There's a guy in the audience – striped shirt and glasses – can somebody check him out?' " said audience member Cali Haas. "It left everyone just so confused, like, 'Is this a joke, part of the show?'."

Dominick Giordano was cited for disorderly conduct after staff members at the Stefanie H. Weill Center for the Performing Arts stopped him when he tried to escape the auditorium on Monday.

Authorities revealed that Giordano had been following Branch to her concerts and autograph sessions dating as far back as 2003. He used the up-close back-stage and autograph sessions to attempt to inappropriately touch the singer and had lunged at her in the past.

"He used to get his way into meet-and-greets and private events somehow and would try to approach her and touch her and just really inappropriate stuff," said Branch's road manager, Joshua Scott.

Branch was especially concerned on Monday as her 19-month-old daughter, Owen, was at Monday's concert.

Source: PEOPLE

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