Former University of Wisconsin defensive back Leonard Taylor Jr. has some... issues, to say the least. Right now, those issues include a felony stalking count and a misdemeanor charge of telephone harassment. His targets? One of them is former Badgers coach and current athletic director Barry Alvarez. Although I'm not sure what Barry did to be blessed with the privilege of Leonard Taylor stalking him, but at least it's kind of understandable, since he at least played for Alvarez.
"Wisconsin head athletic trainer Denny Helwig told police in September that Taylor had been calling Alvarez's office phone and leaving six to seven disturbing messages each night since the beginning of the football season"
His other target is Maria Sharapova, which seems a bit strange, because Mr. Taylor seems to have quite a bit of animosity towards the lovely Ms. Sharapova.
According to the article in the International Herald Tribune, Taylor had a serious problem with Sharapova:
"Barry, you heard that (expletive) message, (expletive) it. I hate that (expletive) Maria Sharapova ... I just want to look at you one (expletive) last time before I pull the (expletive) trigger, Barry"
Apparently Taylor had been skipping his medications for a while, and that may have been one of the reasons for his hate-laced messages.
Fortunately for Alvarez, it looks like the calls will stop now that charges were filed. That should definitely lessen the burden on his voicemail-deleting finger.
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