Google blurs Billie Eilish’s house on Street View after restraining order from ‘stalker’ who visited seven times
GOOGLE has hidden Billie Eilish’s house on Street View after obsessed “stalkers” showed up at the home leaving her “traumatized”, The Sun can exclusively reveal.
The 18-year-old singer, who lives in a modest bungalow in Los Angeles, was granted a restraining order last week against a man who allegedly showed up at the property seven times and refused to leave, according to court documents.
It comes after a number of other crazed fans visited the address when it was leaked online.
Now, the Grammy Award winner is believed to have requested Google to obscure it on their 3D mapping service, which allows internet users to view street-level photographs.
Billie joins a host of stars who have had their homes wiped from the search engine, including Sir Paul McCartney, Lily Allen and Jimmy Page, amid fears over stalkers and the possibility of being burglarized.
The Sun can reveal details of Billie’s home have also been deleted from the website virtualglobetrotting.com, with a message reading: “This map’s location has been removed for privacy concerns.”
Google no longer offers the option to request complete removal of an image, but anyone can ask for a photograph to be blurred to protect their anonymity.
A spokesman told The Sun: “If a person sees that their face or license plate requires additional blurring, or if they would like us to blur their entire house, car, or body, they can submit a request using the ‘Report a problem’ tool.
“We have developed cutting-edge face and license plate blurring technology that is designed to blur identifiable faces and license plates within Google-contributed imagery in Street View.”
They added: “To ensure the effectiveness of our measures to validate public requests for blurring, we do not publish details.”
Last week, it was reported 24 year old Prenell Rousseau was ordered to stay 200 yards away from the star and her family after showing up on multiple occasions and displaying “erratic behavior,” according to court papers obtained by The Sun.
Court documents filed in L.A .allege he rang the doorbell and asked her dad: “I think I might have the wrong house, but does Billie Eilish live here?”
Billie alleged in the documents: “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 periodic monologue.
“My father repeatedly asked him to leave, but he refused.”
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Billie spoke about her ongoing privacy issues in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine after her address leaked, saying: “Three fans showed up in a single day, including a creepy older guy who’d driven all the way from San Diego.”
The Bad Guy singer, who hired a bodyguard to sleep in her living room to protect her, admitted: “It was really traumatizing. I completely don’t feel safe in my house anymore, which sucks. I love my house.”
The Sun has reached out to Billie’s rep for comment.