EXCLUSIVE: Ellen's Stalker Gets Three Years Probation -- Ordered To Stay Away From 'Both Mrs. DeGeneres'
March 14 2011, Published 6:30 a.m. ET
Ellen Degeneres’ stalker has been sentenced to three years probation, along with the strict order to stay away from “both Mrs. DeGeneres.”
Karen Grace Sjoden pleaded no contest to charges of misdemeanor trespassing in court Monday and was also ordered to stay away from Michael Hathaway (an associate of Ellen’s) and Ellen’s NBC studio where her show tapes.
Sjoden must check in with Judge Marsha Revel every sixty days and is barred from any contact electronically or physically (within 100 yards) of Ellen, Portia and Hathaway.
Sjoden had been kept in custody on $200,000 bail since being arraigned on February 14, but following Monday’s plea deal she will now be free once again.
Judge Revel warned Sjoden about her no contact order: "You can't email them, have a friend contact them and you can't have third party contact with them."
Sjoden has to return to the court May 16 for a "quick progress report," according to the judge.
Judge Revel attempted to get Sjoden a mental health evaluation and tried to get the DA to order it, however Sjoden refused and the DA did not request it so she is not required to meet with doctors.
She has been granted permission to leave the state for a job.
An eyewitness tells Breaking Celebrity News that Sjoden appeared “incoherent” and “rambling” in court today: “Everything seemed to be going well but then Sjoden started rambling that ‘I sent a letter to Ellen asking her for a job and I assumed she hired