Caitlin Clark Stalker
Interplay With FBI Captured On Police Video
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The person convicted of stalking Caitlin Clark insisted to FBI brokers time and again days earlier than his arrest that he had nothing greater than “an imaginary relationship” with the WNBA celebrity … new police video, obtained by TMZ Sports activities, exhibits.
The physique digicam footage was captured outdoors of an Indianapolis lodge room on Jan. 8 — after authorities accused Michael Lewis of “sending numerous threats and sexually explicit messages” to Clark starting on Dec. 12, 2024.
Within the clip, you may see a pair FBI brokers — together with a number of Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Division officers — questioning Lewis for a number of minutes about his regarding social media posts.
Lewis tells them he is in Indy for trip … and downplays his on-line habits. At one level, he permits the legislation enforcement officers to look his lodge room to show he has no weapons or harmful gadgets on or close to his particular person.
Ultimately, Lewis admits to aiming on-line communication towards Clark — however he was adamant “it’s just an imaginary relationship.”
“That’s all it is,” he will be heard saying within the video. “It doesn’t involve any threats. Just a play fun thing. That’s all it is.”
Lewis is warned repeatedly to cease posting about Clark … and after he agreed to raised monitor his web actions going ahead, everybody left the scene.
However in accordance with the Marion County Prosecutor’s Workplace, Lewis’ messages continued … and he was in the end arrested on Jan. 12 and hit with legal fees.
On July 28, he pleaded responsible to 1 felony depend of stalking and one misdemeanor depend of harassment. He was sentenced to 2.5 years behind bars and ordered to haven’t any contact with Clark.
“This resolution ensures that the defendant is held accountable for his threatening actions, the fear he instilled, and the disruption he caused,” Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears stated following the choose’s sentencing. “He will now spend the next two and a half years in the Department of Corrections and the victim will be able to have peace of mind while focusing on what matters to her.”
