Pete Davidson might want to give David Letterman a call.
The Saturday Night Live cast member has found himself the target of a stalker, much like Letterman was nearly 35 years ago. Only, in this case, the stalker didn't realize that Davidson not being home didn't mean the house was empty.
Michelle Mootreddy made headlines earlier this week issuing a false press release on behalf of Davidson, claiming to be his business manager and wife. She broke into Davidson's Staten Island home, only to find he had relatives minding the store, if you will, while he was away, presumably at rehearsals for SNL. They called the cops, and Ms. Mootreddy was on her way to jail.
Still, reading this story recalls the tragic tale of Margaret Mary Ray, who, beginning in 1988, was arrested 8 times for trespassing on Letterman's property in Connecticut, and even taking his car for a joyride with her then-3 year old son. Ray was diagnosed with schizophrenia, a condition that apparently ran in her family, and, 10 years later, she committed suicide after she'd been hospitalized and released following her stalking of retired astronaut Story Musgrave. Ray had tried to move on with her life, taking a series of odd jobs, before her passing.
In the Ray case with Letterman, the talk show legend was never home when Ray came a'calling, but he showed enough compassion such that he didn't press charges. One has to hope Mootreddy doesn't go down that same primrose path in her pursuit of Davidson, a much younger star than Letterman was back in 1988, and she gets the help she needs to rebuild her life.
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