A Texas man has been placed under arrest after allegedly sending numerous threats and sexually explicit messages to Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark on social media.
Michael Lewis of Denton, which is a suburb of Dallas, has been charged with stalking, a low-level felony, after an investigation revealed he sent over a dozen messages on X to Clark.
Court documents reveal Lewis was sending threats and sexually explicit messages to Clark on X, so the FBI sent an emergency disclosure request to X, requesting Lewis’ account information.
The 55-year-old faces one count of stalking for allegedly engaging in a “course of conduct involving repeated or continuing harassment of Caitlin Clark that would cause a reasonable person to feel terrorized,” Marion County prosecutors said.
Between Dec. 16 and Jan. 2, Lewis allegedly sent a series of vulgar, sexually charged messages to Caitlin Clark.
Police interviewed the WNBA’s rookie of the year on Saturday, and the Indiana Fever superstar revealed that she “has been very fearful since learning of the messages and that she has altered her public appearances and patterns of movement due to fear for her safety.”
“Clark stated that she has become very concerned for her safety after learning that Lewis was in Indianapolis,” the complaint said per NBC News. “Clark also stated that she doesn’t know Lewis and has never responded to any of his messages or posts.”
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Many of the messages were sexually explicit and sometimes violent towards Caitlin Clark.
“Got banned from caitbridge (sic). Im sorry. Bu maybe I go to ur road games..its ok right?” One of the posts read.
Caitlin Clark admitted to changing her public movements and appearances because of him.
Lewis was arrested over the weekend and is facing up to six years in prison.
Caitlin Clark Might Need To Get Security
A 55-year-old man from Texas has been arrested on a felony stalking charge after he allegedly sent threats and sexually violent messages to Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark via social media.
Michael Lewis, of Denton, Texas, was charged with a Level 5 felony after he was arrested at a hotel in Indianapolis.
He is facing up to six years in prison.
In the meantime, Clark might be forced to get security since she is the most popular woman in professional basketball.
