Alleged Stalker Terrorizes Shawn Johnson

The man who has allegedly terrorized Shawn Johnson and her family has just pled not guilty to felony stalking and illegally carrying a loaded firearm in a vehicle.

TMZ broke the story that 34-year-old Robert O'Ryan was arrested Tuesday on the CBS lot -- during a "Dancing with the Stars" rehearsal -- after security confronted him and found out he had two loaded firearms in his car, along with duct tape and love letters to Shawn.

CBS security noticed O'Ryan jumping a fence and entering a hallway on the lot. Security approached him and asked for his ID -- and that's when O'Ryan produced an expired concealed weapons license and told them he had two loaded firearms in his car.

Johnson and her family obtained a restraining order -- Shawn's dancing partner, Mark Ballas, is also protected by the order. In the documents Shawn claims she's "in fear for her life" and scared O'Ryan might try to kidnap her.

Cops say O'Ryan moved from Florida to L.A. to be with Shawn because he believed she was speaking to him on TV through ESP and that they would have a child together.

TMZ has obtained photos of Robert O'Ryan -- the man accused of stalking Shawn Johnson. Notice the difference between what he looked like in court this afternoon and what he looked like before (gallery to the right).


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Reader Comments

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1. Why does this story say practicing on the CBS lot when Dancing with the Stars is on ABC? Gotta wonder about the truth to these articles sometime.

Posted at 2:12PM on Mar 26th 2009 by Heather

2. Interesting that all this happened on CBS's lot when Dancing with the Stars is on ABC.

Posted at 2:48PM on Mar 26th 2009 by Paying Attention

3. Isn't dancing with the stars on ABC?

Posted at 3:05PM on Mar 26th 2009 by solomeeeo

4. I really hate shawn is going threw this she don't need this happing to her. I am sure she is under alot of pressure but I think she will pull threw she has a good head on her shoulders. I hope she goes on to more world and hopefully the next olympics My dream is to coach a kid to National's World and Olymipcs I use to be a gymnast but hurt my back i have scolosis and herniated disc. But I would love for someone to give me the chance I know I could produce a champion my passion for the sport is all I think about I watch it every day. I honestly think I could have taken Elena (zomo) from russia or Oksana Chusovitnia from Germany or any gymnast that has the passoin and I could make the constent and I think they could have won under my coaching. if anyone wnats a reliable person that needs a coach e mail me.. My prayers are with shawn and her family..

Posted at 3:25PM on Mar 26th 2009 by Keith

5. notes to to paying attention and others
CBS rents the sound stage facility to" dancin with the stars production company"
its one way the studios turn a profit here in "Hollywood"
done all the time

Posted at 3:28PM on Mar 26th 2009 by in tha know

6. what a creep!

the entire gymnastics community's behind you, shawn - praying you'll have peace & that this insane "guy" will be locked away for a long time.

Posted at 3:38PM on Mar 26th 2009 by sprinklefriend

7. O'Ryan looks like a nooblet. Prayers to Shawn ;]

Posted at 6:53PM on Apr 1st 2009 by Laura

8. Sometimes shows are produced at facilities owned by one network then broadcast on another. The Dana Carvey show actually made fun of doing just that in it's intro, indicating that it was from the 'ABC Broadcast Center' as a worker was seen hanging a paper, hand-drawn ABC logo over the CBS logo in the front of the building.

Posted at 3:51PM on Mar 26th 2009 by Paris Bear

9. This is ridiculous. I don't see why average people can't leave celebrities like Shawn Johnson alone. Just because they're famous doesn't mean that they're any different from anyone else. They're just doing a job that they love. They're just known world-wide from it. I know one thing for sure. If I was an actress, or a singer, or a professional athlete, like Shawn, I would want people to respect my privacy. And, Shawn is still pretty young. She's...what? 16? 17? I would think that right now should would want to be focused on competing and having fun rather than living in fear because someone's stalking her. Unbeleivable, I swear...

Posted at 4:47PM on Mar 26th 2009 by Courtney

10. By all means, O'Ryan needs to see a mental health professional, and go through a psychiatric evalution.
O'Ryan seems screwed up. Please, please do not let him get near Shawn Johnson.

Posted at 4:29PM on Mar 26th 2009 by Tom Cole

11. I cant blame him she is hot....... but at least im her age and im notta freak

Posted at 4:37PM on Mar 26th 2009 by Person

12. Two guns and duct tape? Think this lady needs a bodyguard with a gun and shoot to kill orders. Remember Rebecca Shaeffer?

Posted at 4:47PM on Mar 26th 2009 by KRS

13.
1. Interesting that all this happened on CBS's lot when Dancing with the Stars is on ABC.

Posted at 2:48PM on Mar 26th 2009 by Paying Attention>>>>>


So Dick Tracey you can't figure out on your own that the CBS security spotted the man and nowhere in the story does it say the idiot was jumping a fence on ABC's lot? What you never heard of connecting lots or coming in at one area and moving to another area?

Rename yourself NOTPayingAttention.

Posted at 4:48PM on Mar 26th 2009 by ChaCha

14. I really hate shawn is going threw [through] this she don't [does not] need this happing to her. I am sure she is under alot [a lot] of pressure but I think she will pull threw [through] she has a good head on her shoulders. I hope she goes on to more world [????] and hopefully the next olympics [period] My dream is to coach a kid to [the] National's [comma] World and Olymipcs [period] I use [used] to be a gymnast but hurt my back [period or and] i have scolosis and [a] herniated disc. But I would love for someone to give me the chance [as] I know I could produce a champion [because of] my passion for the sport [period] [It] is all I think about [and] I watch it every day. I honestly think I could have taken Elena (zomo) from russia [Russia] or Oksana Chusovitnia from Germany or any gymnast that has the passoin [passion] and I could make the constent [???] and I think they could have won under my coaching. if [If] anyone wnats [wants] a reliable person [to] that needs a [delete last three words] coach [comma] [please] e mail me.. My prayers are with shawn [Shawn] and her family..

Learn how to spell properly before you go writing lengthy messages soliciting your coaching skills. It would be nice, as a coach, if you could spell country names and contestant names with their proper capitalization.

Posted at 4:53PM on Mar 26th 2009 by SpellChecker

15. I agree with number 8

Posted at 5:03PM on Mar 26th 2009 by angel

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