12 January 2024 , 20:47
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Ariana Grande’s stalker has finally been convicted and is set to be sentenced to three years and eight months in prison.
The singing sensation's nightmarish ordeal is set to finally come to an end after Aharon Zebulun Israel Brown pled guilty to charges of stalking, residential burglary and making criminal threats. Ariana’s traumatic ordeal has been ongoing since 2021, the year during which Brown broke into her Hollywood Hills estate at least 92 times - including once while armed with a hunting knife which he waved in front of security while shouting: "I'll f***ing kill you and her!"
The terrified star felt forced to sell her mansion one month after the break-in. She also took a restraining order out on the stalker, at the time saying: "Based on his threats, I am fearful for my safety and for the safety of my family. I fear that absent a restraining order, Mr. Brown will continue to come to my home and attempt to physically harm or murder me or members of my family."
Ariana's ordeal has been ongoing since 2021 (Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)Despite successfully obtaining a five-year restraining order, the singer continued to be terrorised by Brown, who would send her menacing messages on Instagram and even broke into her Montecito property in 2022. Thankfully, Arianna was not inside the property when he invaded her home, terrifyingly using a screwdriver to cut her telephone lines and the wires to her alarm system.
Ariana was forced to sell her home after the break in (Javier Garcia/REX/Shutterstock)
She will be relieved Brown has been jailed for three years (Shutterstock / SplashNews.com)Police then unearthed, sickeningly, the efforts Brown had gone to during his stalking regimen, discovering he had been using the internet to find out the star’s address and work his way around her security system. He also was found to have over 2,000 videos or images of her in his possession.
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The Grammy winner will be relieved that in addition to the prison term, Brown will also be punished with a ten-year restraining order. This means that even after he is released from jail, he will not only be banned from being in her physical presence but also from contacting her through any means.