In this Jan. 27, 2013, file photo, Alec Baldwin, left, and Hilaria Thomas arrive at the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. A Canadian bit-part actress, Genevieve Sabourin, is accused of barraging Baldwin with lovesick, demanding messages and showing up outside his New York apartment building. Her trial opened Thursday in Manhattan.By JENNIFER PELTZ
Associated Press
NEW YORK – A Canadian bit-part actress barraged Alec Baldwin with lovesick, demanding messages, packed her belongings into a car and showed up uninvited at his homes in Manhattan and the Hamptons, prosecutors said as her stalking trial opened Thursday.
The case is expected to put the “30 Rock” actor in an unsought role: a key witness against a woman who says she had a fling with him some years ago, which he denies. Baldwin is expected to testify next week against actress Genevieve Sabourin, whose lawyer says she was merely trying to get answers after the actor lost interest in her.
But prosecutors say Baldwin was alarmed by a campaign of calls, text messages, emails and unexpected appearances by a woman he’d met twice over 10 years – a creepy crusade that escalated as he got engaged to now-wife Hilaria Baldwin, authorities say.