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Unrequited love turned into obsession.
A student from the United States will spend more than 7 years behind bars for cyberstalking two women while studying at the university.
After Kyle Stevens received a refusal of the attention he believed he was entitled to, he devised a detailed plan for revenge. His notes, called "Stalker's Notes", contained specific instructions for harassing and abusing his victims, listed in court documents as "Victim 1" and "Victim 2."
The harassment of the two women, whom Stevens met at the University of Delaware in the 2018-2019 academic year, escalated into years of harassment, including cyberattacks and threats to life. On social networks, by email and phone, Stevens wrote messages with death threats. The perpetrator even wrote to the father of one of the victims with threats of physical harm to her.
The persecution of Stevens did not stop even after he moved to Germany in 2020 to continue his studies. Once abroad, Stevens continued to harass and even planned to send out new threats, marking them on his calendar. In addition, Stevens filed 10 fake applications for financial aid during the pandemic, intending to embezzle funds intended for small businesses. Law enforcement agencies in Germany and the United States were able to detain Stevens and extradite him to North America. During the investigation, numerous evidence of criminal activity was found: the police found documents on the stalker's devices detailing the harassment plans and threats.
In his notes, Stevens expressed his conviction that his actions were justified: he believed that the lack of attention from women gave him the right to revenge, and stealing from the government was a fair response to his financial situation. An adherent of the community of "incels" (men who are united by a lack of sexual attention from women), Stevens believed that his victims must have feared him because of the denial of love.
For his crimes of cyberstalking and fraud, Kyle Stevens was sentenced to 7 years and 3 months in prison. Stevens is also ordered to return more than $1.5 million that he illegally received in the form of social security payments.
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A student from the United States will spend more than 7 years behind bars for cyberstalking two women while studying at the university.
After Kyle Stevens received a refusal of the attention he believed he was entitled to, he devised a detailed plan for revenge. His notes, called "Stalker's Notes", contained specific instructions for harassing and abusing his victims, listed in court documents as "Victim 1" and "Victim 2."
The harassment of the two women, whom Stevens met at the University of Delaware in the 2018-2019 academic year, escalated into years of harassment, including cyberattacks and threats to life. On social networks, by email and phone, Stevens wrote messages with death threats. The perpetrator even wrote to the father of one of the victims with threats of physical harm to her.
The persecution of Stevens did not stop even after he moved to Germany in 2020 to continue his studies. Once abroad, Stevens continued to harass and even planned to send out new threats, marking them on his calendar. In addition, Stevens filed 10 fake applications for financial aid during the pandemic, intending to embezzle funds intended for small businesses. Law enforcement agencies in Germany and the United States were able to detain Stevens and extradite him to North America. During the investigation, numerous evidence of criminal activity was found: the police found documents on the stalker's devices detailing the harassment plans and threats.
In his notes, Stevens expressed his conviction that his actions were justified: he believed that the lack of attention from women gave him the right to revenge, and stealing from the government was a fair response to his financial situation. An adherent of the community of "incels" (men who are united by a lack of sexual attention from women), Stevens believed that his victims must have feared him because of the denial of love.
For his crimes of cyberstalking and fraud, Kyle Stevens was sentenced to 7 years and 3 months in prison. Stevens is also ordered to return more than $1.5 million that he illegally received in the form of social security payments.
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