Strictly Come Dancing star Shirley Ballas has reportedly been experiencing a lengthy and distressing stalking ordeal.
The judge on the BBC show, 64, was allegedly subjected to the nightmare between 2017 and 2023, with the perpetrator having now been charged.
According to reports, Ballas had previously detailed how she had called the police over a man taking photos of her house and car.
Kyle Shaw is now believed to have appeared in court this week in Merseyside after being accused of causing serious distress to the choreographer.
The Sun reports that the 37-year-old was charged at South Sefton Magistrates’ Court in Bootle with stalking as well as a separate charge of possessing cannabis.
It was documented that Shaw had “pursued a course of conduct, namely sending messages online, which amounted to stalking causing Shirley Ballas serious alarm or distress”.
Shirley Ballas was reportedly the target of a stalker
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The actions “had a substantial adverse effect on her usual day-to-day activities,” the court head.
GB News has contacted Ballas’ representatives over the reports.
Ballas has talked openly about the horrifying experience, having stated previously: “There was one particular person who was kind of stalking me.
“That is under investigation at the moment, as we speak. I know his computer and phone, everything has been confiscated.”
Shirley Ballas’ ‘stalker’ has reportedly been charged in court
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The head judge on the hit BBC competition continued: “He was taking pictures of my house, he had my house, he had my car. So, yes, there have been times when I have been fearful.”
“I meet people and they really, the majority of people are fantastic, but then once or twice you’ll, they lunge…. this one particular person will lunge at me, and he really feels he knows me,” she revealed on the Mirror’s Invite Only podcast.
She went on to explain her driver George will always be the first to step out of the car and scan the area.
Ballas confessed she is a “very vigilant person,” detailing that she avoids being out alone.
“It’s quite hard, and makes you always a little bit more precautious,” she told the podcast.
Warning fans recently about a separate issue, Ballas had to take to social media last month regarding a scam that had been linked with her name.
Speaking after Christmas 2024, she took to her Instagram account to explain that false accounts posing as herself have been contacting her followers as she urged them to remember “if it seems too good to be true, it probably is”.
Ballas shared a string of messages urging her fans not to fall for the scam, which has seen fake profiles replying to her followers’ comments on social media.
The choreographer wrote: “Morning all, I’ve been made aware of accounts pretending to be me on Facebook.
“The fake accounts are replying to my comments and sending direct messages.”
Sharing a snap of her official profile, she added: “This account above with the verified blue tick and 102,000 followers is my ONLY official account.
“Any other account pretending to be me, my ‘private account’ or anything else of the sort is FAKE and the people running it are SCAMMERS.”
She went on to beg those reading to be vigilant, adding: “Please do not interact, message or give any information to anyone online pretending to be me or anybody else you follow online.” (sic)
