John Rinaldi was found guilty of stalking in the fourth degree and harassment in the first and second degree by Judge Kevin B. McGrath of the Criminal Court of the City of New York in 2018. Brooke Shields took the stand during Rinaldi’s trial, admitting that her mother, Terri Shields, did have a close relationship with her stalker. However, Brooke’s testimony clarified that her mother’s judgment did not always consider Brooke’s best interest or safety.
“She was a woman with dementia and alcoholism,” Shields said on the stand, per Page Six. “She gathered people. If you were more broken down, if you were homeless, if you were, whatever, she brought you into the fray. She wanted to be a savior for everyone.”
The actor’s toxic relationship with her mother was just one of many tragic details of Brooke’s life. Terri died in 2012, years before Rinaldi would be convicted of stalking her only daughter. Rinaldi served 28 days of his 60-day sentence at Rikers Island off the coast of New York City, maintaining his belief that the former model and actor’s accusations against him were false.
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