As expected, that Devon Townsend has pleaded guilty to stalking Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington, and to illegally accessing personal information belonging to the nu-metaller by hacking into his phone and email accounts.
As previously reported, Townsend was first charged with cyber stalking Bennington last November, and pleaded no-contest almost straight away, possibly because police found messages and photos intercepted from the frontman's family's email accounts when they searched her home.
Presenting their case in court this week, investigators say Townsend accessed Bennington's email account and mobile phone voicemail and intercepted all sorts of messages, including family photographs, travel plans and correspondence between Linkin Park's record company and lawyer. Using phone numbers she had accessed, she also made threatening phone calls to Bennington's wife.
Eventually she started using the information available to her to physically stalk the singer. Townsend admits: "On at least one occasion, knowing that Chester Bennington was in Arizona, I travelled to Arizona solely for the purpose of trying to see him. While I was there, I monitored Chester Bennington's voicemails as a means of trying to locate where he might be eating".
The 28 year old could be jailed for stalking Bennington, though by entering into a plea deal she may get away with a significant fine. No date has been fixed as yet for sentencing.