Sandra Bullock's 911 call played in court during stalking case
LOS ANGELES - The preliminary hearing for Joshua James Corbett, the alleged stalker of Oscar-winning actress Sandra Bullock, began in a Los Angeles courtroom Thursday with the prosecutor playing a dramatic 9-1-1 call from the Hollywood starlet to police.
Police say Corbett jumped the fence surrounding Bullock's Bel Air Estates home in June 2014 and broke into the house through a locked sun-room door on the first floor.
"I'm in my closet. I have a safe door," Bullock, breathing heavily, is heard telling the dispatcher. "I'm locked in the closet right now."
The fear in Bullock's voice on the 9-1-1 call was clearly real when she said she locked herself in a bedroom and contacted police, after she woke up to loud banging and saw a man in dark clothing walking through her house.
"All I saw was like, dark sweatshirt and dark pants going up the stairs to my attic," said Bullock to the dispatcher.
Corbett was unarmed but was carrying love letters and magazine cutouts of Bullock, reports CBS Los Angeles. He told authorities he did not think she was home at the time of the incident but was heard on the call yelling "Sandy, I'm sorry," according to the station.
Corbett faces burglary and stalking charges, as well as charges of possessing an arsenal of weapons after authorities say several firearms, rifles, handguns and ammunition were later located at his home.
Thursday's preliminary hearing was to determine whether there is enough evidence to go to trial.