Harry Styles tells stalker ‘get help’ as he’s banned from all contact and gigs
HARRY Styles told his stalker today “Get help. I don’t want to see you ever again” as he was handed a restraining order never to approach him. Pablo Tarazaga-Orero, 26, was banned from going within 250 metres of him or any of his gigs. He staked out Harry’s London house and tried to approach him […]
HARRY Styles told his stalker today “Get help. I don’t want to see you ever again” as he was handed a restraining order never to approach him.
Pablo Tarazaga-Orero, 26, was banned from going within 250 metres of him or any of his gigs.
He staked out Harry’s London house and tried to approach him when he went jogging during the two-month campaign.
Homeless Tarazaga-Orero, a Spanish national, even pushed notes and money through his letterbox and followed him to the pub.
This morning prosecutor Katie Weiss made a point to tell Hendon Magistrates Court the star’s wishes.
She said: “I spoke to Mr Styles yesterday and he is adamant that he wants Mr Tarazaga-Orero to get help, although he doesn’t want to see him ever again.”
He was handed a restraining order meaning he could not go to Harry’s postcode, have any contact or go within 250 metres of him.
He was also banned from going to any concerts or events the former X Factor contestant might attend or perform at.
Suggestions the order should cover the singer’s relatives and ban him from speaking to the press were thrown out by District Judge Nigel Dean.
The stalker also got a 12-month community order and told to pay a total of £335 of costs and victim surcharge.
‘COULD FEEL HIM WATCHING’
Judge Dean warned: “Failing to apply with a restraining order is a criminal offence and that offence carries a maximum five years’ prison sentence.”
It came after it was revealed Tarazaga-Orero had breached an earlier order not to go near Harry after his first court appearance back on August 20.
Harry had to give evidence in Tarazaga-Orero’s trial last Monday, where he was found guilty of stalking.
The court heard that Tarazaga-Orero’s stalking still has a “significant effect on [Styles’] day to day life”.
He said of his ordeal: “I saw him incredibly often. Almost every day. I could feel him watching me. It made me feel incredibly uncomfortable.
“Up until that point I had never felt unsafe or uneasy at my own house. I’d never encountered this kind of behaviour before.”
Harry, who upgraded security at the North London house and had a “panic lock” fitted on his bedroom door, said feelings of dread and anxiety remained even after he was arrested.
He added: “I have had to employ a night guard. I continue to lock my bedroom during the night.
“I find myself assessing my residence and weak spots in it. I worry about it. If I see people on multiple occasions I view them differently than I would before.”
Harry Styles' rise to fame
Harry is one of Britain’s best-known stars and is mobbed by One Direction fans wherever he goes.
His rise to fame was sparked by him auditioning alone for the X Factor back in April 2010.
He was put together with Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, and Zayn Malik as a group to huge acclaim on the show.
One Direction were born and although they only finished third it soon became clear they would make it big.
Simon Cowell signed them to Syco Records in January 2011 on a £2million deal and their first single What Makes You Beautiful rocketed to Number One in the charts.
But after enormous success, Zayn split from the lads in early 2015 and in August that year the group went on an extended hiatus and have never reformed since.
Harry scored a Number One hit with his own solo offering Sign of the Times in April 2017 and his acting role in Dunkirk earned him praise.
He has previously admitted struggling with some aspects of fame.
In May 2017 he said: “It’s really hard to go from doing a show with thousands of people there to your hotel room — from being around people to nothing.
“After five years of doing that, I learnt a lot about myself. There’s no textbook telling you how to go through that stuff.”
During the one-day trial Tarazaga-Orero lied that Harry, worth an estimated £50million, had suggested they went back to a hotel for fun.
But he was found guilty of stalking Harry, who this month released new solo single Lights Up, from April to June this year.
Today Tarazaga-Orero carried a copy of the Gita – a Hindi holy book adopted by the Hare Krishna movement – and wore a necklace of paper flowers in the dock.
District Judge Nigel Dean rubbished Tarazaga’s claims over the hotel room and said he had targeted Harry for his money.
He said: “The defendant is neither a credible witness or a reliable one.
“He was interviewed at some length in July. He was asked by police.
“He told them he had been there in December and he tried to ask Mr Styles for help.
“He said he has lots of money and he though he was kind and that he could help.
“Mr Styles felt sorry for a young man he saw to be living without a home in winters when it was raining heavily.
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“I find the suggestion that Mr Styles also suggested he would accompany the defendant to a hotel for fun to be completely incredible. I don’t accept he had a ball of money in his hand.
“He was trying to help another for who he felt sorry and was down on their luck.
“He knew perfectly well what he was doing amounted to harassment of Mr Styles.”
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