As the Cincinnati Bengal play on Monday Night Football, a former all-pro wideout is in the news over an obsessed woman.
Former NFL wide receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh has filed for a temporary restraining order against a woman who changed her last name to “Houshmandzadeh” out of an alleged obsession with him, according to a report from TMZ.
In the court documents, Houshmandzadeh said that a 53-year-old woman named Annette Marie Houshmandzadeh has been harassing him and his family since at least 2015.
She reportedly used to go by Annette Selkirk, but she legally changed her surname to “Houshmandzadeh” after developing “a bizarre and extreme obsession” with him and his family.
Houshmandzadeh originally filed a restraining order on the woman in 2015, but she continued her harassment when it expired in 2019.
He stated she once sent him a letter in which she stated she had “several bullets inscribed with the names of each member of the Houshmandzadeh family.”
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He also alleges she posed as the mother of his children online, made contact with his wife, and sent harassing mail and personal items to his home. He would like the woman to stay at least 500 yards away from him and his family and to stop using his last name to try to gain access to his personal affairs.
A seventh-round pick out of Oregon State in 2001, Houshmandzadeh spent time with four teams during his 11-year career in the NFL. He is best known for his eight-year tenure in Cincinnati, where he was part of a passing attack featuring Carson Palmer and Chad Johnson. He later went on to play for the Seattle Seahawks, the Baltimore Ravens, and the Oakland Raiders.
Houshmandzadeh piled up 627 catches for 7,237 yards and 44 touchdowns in his career. He tied for the league lead in catches in 2007, earning him his only Pro Bowl selection.
