A man was being held in a Pasadena jail Thursday on suspicion of stalking reality show star Dr. Drew Pinsky.
Charles William Pearson, 33, was detained Wednesday by L.A. County sheriff’s deputies, who spotted him at a computer terminal in the school library at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, said Deputy Ronald Nohles.
Pearson was arrested by Pasadena police at about 5:30 p.m. on suspicion of stalking the television and radio personality, according to public records.
[Updated at 12:05 p.m.: Pearson posted violent threats to Pinsky and his family over the Internet for the last several weeks before Pinsky contacted police March 1, said Janet Pope Givens, a spokeswoman for the Pasadena Police Department. At some point during that time, Pearson showed up at the radio station where Pinsky works and made accusations about the doctor, she said.]
Pinsky stars on “Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew” and hosts the nationally syndicated radio show “Loveline.” On Thursday, he sent this message on Twitter: "’Be generous with kindly words’- Goethe / Something I am trying to cultivate in light of recent events.”
Pearson’s bail was set at $150,000, according to L.A. County Sheriff’s Department records.
— Amina Khan
Photo: L.A. Times file