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Eilish files restraining order against alleged stalker

Billie Eilish
Billie Eilish

Billie Eilish has filed for a restraining order against an alleged stalker, after he showed up at her house seven times in the space of a week.

The 18-year-old singer reportedly filed the documents in which she alleged a man named Prenell Rousseau has been visiting her house on multiple occasions.

TMZ reports that a 24-year-old man began showing up at Eilish's family home last Monday, when he rang the doorbell and spoke to Eilish’s father via a camera set up outside her house.

In the legal papers, the singer says her father asked if he could help the man, to which he responded: ''I think I might have the wrong house, but does Billie Eilish live here?''

He then told Prenell he had the wrong house. However, the man allegedly showed up again later in the day, and the singer claims he began to exhibit ''erratic behaviour''.

She wrote in the papers: ''While we waited for security, Mr. Rousseau remained on our porch, sat down and began to read a book, while also continuing to engage in a periodic monologue. My father repeatedly asked him to leave, but he refused.'' Eilish wrote in the papers.

Security chased him away, but he allegedly returned a little later and laid down behind a wall, seemingly to spend the night.

Prenell allegedly reappeared on Tuesday and began trying the door handle to gain entrance.

Eilish claims the man showed up a total of seven times over the past week, and as well as security safety concerns, she is also said to be worried about the possibility of Prenell carrying coronavirus.

Thesinger also says Prenell only wore a face mask on two visits to her house, and he pulled it down whilst talking to security.

Prenell has been taken into police custody twice over the past week, but officers are reportedly unable to jail him as trespassing is a non-violent offence and they're trying to keep non-violent offenders out of jail due to the spread of coronavirus.

The man has been sent back to his home city of New York, but the singer is seeking a restraining order over worries he will come back.

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