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Jimmy Wayne Carwyle, 48, appeared shirtless and wrapped in a
blanket when he appeared behind glass in a custody area of a Los
Angeles courtroom. Carwyle did not speak during the proceedings;
his attorney entered a not guilty plea on his behalf.
Prosecutors say the Mississippi man had been harassing Aniston
with a flood of voicemail, email and social media messages for
two years before driving into her gate on Monday.
Judge Keith L. Schwartz doubted whether Carwyle would understand
him when a prosecutor requested that the defendant, who will
remain in jail, be ordered not to get near Aniston.
Carwyle's lawyer, Deputy Public Defender Toral Malik, said “I
don’t believe him staying away from Ms. Aniston will be an issue
at this time."
But at a prosecutors' insistence, Schwartz issued the order
anyway.
“You are not to have any contact with Jennifer Aniston under any
conditions,” the judge said.
Authorities say Aniston was home when Carwyle crashed his
Chrysler PT Cruiser through the gate of her home in the wealthy
Bel Air neighborhood, causing major damage, prosecutors said. A
security guard stopped him in her driveway before police arrived
and arrested him.
There were no reports of anyone being injured.
An Aniston attorney who attended Thursday's hearing declined
comment, and other representatives of the “Friends” star have
not responded to comment requests.
Carwyle also faces an aggravating circumstance of the threat of
great bodily harm. If convicted he could get up to three years
in prison.
Malik did not speak to reporters outside court.
Aniston bought the midcentury mansion on a 3.4-acre lot for
about $21 million in 2012, according to reporting by
Architectural Digest.
She became one of the biggest stars in television in her 10
years on NBC's “Friends.” Aniston won an Emmy Award for best
lead actress in a comedy for the role, and she has been
nominated for nine more. She currently stars in “The Morning
Show” on Apple TV+.
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