Kendall Jenner testifies against accused stalker in Los Angeles
A 25-YEAR-OLD man is going to find it much harder to keep up with the Kardashians after he was slapped with a five-year restraining order for stalking Kendall Jenner.
A JUDGE has extended a restraining order against a man accused of stalking model and reality star Kendall Jenner.
The 20-year-old brunette beauty appeared in a Los Angeles courtroom on Thursday to testify against Shavaughn McKenzie, 25, who was arrested outside her Hollywood Hills home in August.
McKenzie is charged with misdemeanour stalking and trespᴀssing and could face up to six months in jail if convicted of either charge.
He is accused of following Jenner up the winding driveway of her house and attempting to talk to her.
Kendall got a temporary restraining order against the man at the time, and a judge extended it for the next five years, TMZ reports.
The gossip website says McKenzie has been ordered to stay 100 yards (90 metres) away from Jenner — the size of a football field.
Jenner testified on Thursday that she was terrified when McKenzie followed her up the driveway and repeatedly knocked on the window of her car.
The Keeping Up with the Kardashians star used her hands to illustrate how she made frantic phone calls to friends after locking the doors and watching McKenzie until help arrived.
“I’ve never been so scared in my life,” Jenner told the Los Angeles jury.
Jenner also said she recognised McKenzie as the same person who had accosted her twice while she was driving outside a condo she owned in Westwood.
Jenner kept her composure through nearly two hours of testimony.
McKenzie is a transient from Florida who has several trespᴀssing convictions unrelated to Jenner.
The accused stalker stared at his lap or toward a wall on the opposite end of the courtroom throughout much of her testimony.
McKenzie’s lawyer Taylor Shramo told jurors during opening statements on Wednesday that his client has a severe mental disorder and was unarmed and simply trying to talk to the model.
Jenner, who wore a backless beige blouse and jeans to the crowded courtroom, said she first spotted McKenzie sitting in a street outside her Hollywood Hills home and was suspicious as she pulled into her winding, tree-lined driveway and watched the four-metre tall gate close behind her.
McKenzie somehow slipped through and wasn’t noticed until Jenner prepared to leave the car, she testified.
Even after McKenzie was arrested, Jenner refused to leave her car.
“I was terrified,” she said.
“I was literally traumatised.”
Deputy City Attorney Alex Perez said during opening statements that McKenzie was an “obsessed, mentally unstable fan” who had repeatedly tried to meet Jenner outside her homes.
Family friend Shelli Azoff, who rushed with her husband to aid Jenner after getting a call that night, has testified that the incident left Jenner shaken.
Jenner stayed with the Azoffs for several nights and was afraid to sleep alone, Azoff testified.
Jenner said she has added lights, cameras and a security detail at her home since McKenzie was arrested.
“It’s definitely put me even more on edge,” she said.
“I definitely don’t feel safe in my own house anymore.”
Jenner is the younger sister of Kim Kardashian West and in court she shyly recounted her career, which includes appearing on her family’s reality show, doing a cover pH๏τo for Vogue magazine and modelling for top fashion lines.
