F1 Driver Charles Leclerc Asks Fans to Stop Coming to His Home

“Your support, both in person and on social media, means the world to me, but there is a boundary that should not be crossed,” he said.

Mr. Leclerc’s management team and the government authorities in Monaco who investigate such matters did not respond to requests for comment on Tuesday.

It’s not uncommon for celebrities to come face-to-face with overly excited fans, sometimes called stans, a term derived from a 2000 Eminem song about a fan who becomes so obsessed, he kills.

On occasion, the authorities have known to get involved when interactions become dangerous or unlawful. Last September, an Ohio man was sentenced to more than three years in prison after a dozen years of harassing the actress Eva LaRue and her daughter. In 2019, a man pleaded no contest to stalking Rihanna after he was accused of breaking into the pop star’s California home a year earlier, according to KABC, a local news station. He was sentenced to five years of probation.

Mr. Leclerc’s concerns about privacy come days after the authorities in Italy arrested four people in connection with the theft of his watch last year. Last April, Mr. Leclerc was robbed by two people wearing helmets, who asked for a selfie in Viareggio, a seaside community in northern Italy, according to Reuters.

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/11/us/charles-leclerc-address-fans-f1.html