Judicial Issuance of Temporary Restraining Order Against William Applegate Following Allegations of Stalking by Sabrina Carpenter
Sabrina Carpenter 遭指控被跟蹤，法院對 William Applegate 發出臨時禁制令
Introduction
A Los Angeles County court has granted a temporary restraining order to protect musician Sabrina Carpenter and her household from William Applegate, 31, following reports of stalking and attempted unauthorized entry.
洛杉磯郡法院已核發臨時禁制令，以保護音樂家 Sabrina Carpenter 及其家人免受 31 歲的 William Applegate 騷擾，此前有報告指其涉嫌跟蹤並企圖擅自進入住宅。
Main Body
The legal proceedings commenced after Ms. Carpenter filed a petition for a civil harassment restraining order on May 29, citing a pattern of escalating behavior. According to the petitioner, the subject's conduct began approximately April 20, 2026, characterized by the progressive proximity of his vehicle to her Hollywood Hills residence. This trajectory culminated on May 23, when the subject allegedly trespassed onto a neighboring property to circumvent security fencing and attempted to forcibly open the petitioner's front door. Evidence submitted to the court, including Ring security footage, documents the subject's refusal to vacate the premises and his fabrication of a prior acquaintance with the petitioner. Furthermore, a declaration by LAPD Detective Peter Doomanis indicates that the subject struck a security guard during the May 23 encounter and posits that the subject has developed an irrational fixation on the petitioner, consistent with high-risk stalking profiles.
在 Carpenter 小姐於 5 月 29 日提交民事騷擾禁制令申請，指控對方行為不斷升級後，法律程序隨即展開。根據申請人的說法，對方的行為始於 2026 年 4 月 20 日左右，特徵是其車輛逐漸靠近她位於好萊塢山 (Hollywood Hills) 的住所。此趨勢在 5 月 23 日達到頂峰，據稱對方擅闖鄰近房產以繞過安全圍欄，並試圖強行打開申請人的正門。提交給法院的證據（包括 Ring 監控畫面）記錄了對方拒絕離開現場，並捏造與申請人曾相識的謊言。此外，洛杉磯警局 (LAPD) 偵查員 Peter Doomanis 的聲明指出，對方在 5 月 23 日的衝突中毆打了一名保安，並認為對方對申請人產生了不理性的執著，符合高風險跟蹤者的特徵。
Subsequent to his arrest for misdemeanor trespassing, the subject allegedly returned to the vicinity on May 24 and May 25. The petitioner alleges that these returns involved the use of a Toyota Prius to conduct deliberate surveillance of her movements. Consequently, the court has mandated a 100-yard exclusion zone encompassing Ms. Carpenter, her sister Sarah, Sarah's partner George Smith, the shared residence, the petitioner's vehicle, and her place of employment. The matter now awaits further judicial determination regarding the permanence of the order and the filing of criminal charges.
在對方因輕罪擅闖被捕後，據稱其於 5 月 24 日及 25 日再次返回該區域。申請人指控，對方利用一部 Toyota Prius 對其行蹤進行刻意監視。因此，法院規定在 Carpenter 小姐、其妹 Sarah、Sarah 的伴侶 George Smith、共同住所、申請人的車輛及其工作地點周圍 100 碼範圍內設禁區。目前正等待司法裁定該禁制令是否轉為永久，以及是否提起刑事指控。
Conclusion
The subject is currently prohibited from contacting or approaching the petitioner, while criminal and civil hearings are scheduled for June 17 and 18.
對方目前被禁止接觸或靠近申請人，刑事與民事聆訊已定於 6 月 17 日及 18 日舉行。
Vocabulary Learning
The Architecture of Legal Detachment
To move from B2 to C2, a student must move beyond meaning and master register. This text is a masterclass in Nominalization and Clinical Distance—the linguistic process of turning actions (verbs) into concepts (nouns) to strip away emotion and instill judicial authority.
🧩 The Pivot: From Action to Entity
Look at the phrase: "This trajectory culminated on May 23..."
At a B2 level, a writer would say: "He kept getting closer until finally, on May 23, he..."
C2 Analysis: The author replaces the human agent ("He") with an abstract concept ("This trajectory"). By doing so, the narrative shifts from a story to a case file. The focus is no longer on the person's intent, but on the observable pattern.
⚖️ Lexical Precision: The 'Cold' Vocabulary
Notice the choice of verbs and adjectives that signal a high-level professional register:
- "Circumvent" used instead of "go around". It implies a deliberate attempt to bypass a system or rule.
- "Posits" used instead of "says" or "believes". In C2 academic/legal English, positing is the act of putting forward a hypothesis based on evidence.
- "Fabrication" used instead of "lie". A "lie" is a moral failing; a "fabrication" is a structural falsification of a narrative.
🛠️ Syntactic Density
Observe the phrase: "...a 100-yard exclusion zone encompassing Ms. Carpenter..."
Instead of using a relative clause ("...zone which encompasses..."), the text uses a present participle phrase. This allows the writer to stack modifiers and technical specifications without breaking the flow of the sentence, a hallmark of C2 proficiency in formal reporting.
C2 Takeaway: To achieve mastery, stop describing what happened and start describing the phenomenon of what happened. Replace personal subjects with conceptual nouns to achieve an objective, authoritative tone.