Jury acquits Ohio man of stalking Gwyneth Paltrow

In 2000, Soiu was committed to a mental institution for six years after a trial about messages he sent to the actress, but was rearrested last year after allegedly contacting the actress once again.

But the judge in that case subsequently declared Soiu to be legally insane and ordered him confined at the time to a psychiatric facility until he had been judged to have recovered.

Austin, a civil attorney, said it seemed reasonable that Paltrow would be afraid of Soiu, but his recent correspondence seemed to be love letters and proselytizing rather than a serious threat to the Oscar-winning actress.

Soiu’s lawyer in the latest case, Lynda Westlund, said after the not-guilty verdict, “I do believe that this jury did the right thing in this case”.

“He just needed the right medication”.

Under questioning Friday, Soiu said, “I felt bad about what happened before … it was bad language, it was inappropriate and not respectful”.

Paltrow cried when a prosecutor asked her whether Soiu’s writings made her fear for the safety of her children. “This has been a very long and very traumatic experience already”.

“I wanted her to say flat out, “I don’t want to marry you”.

Siou told jurors he did it because he was “lonely and wanted a pen pal” and “had no desire to hurt her feeling or harass her”.

The recent batch of letters also described a pair of earrings he sent her in 2009 as a Christmas gift, some second-hand clothes and a Weight Watchers cookbook.

It followed a trial in which the 43-year-old actress read out some of the 48 letters sent to her by the former pizza deliveryman.

“He wants to marry her to save her. That is creepy and scary and he has never let go of that belief”, Segall told jurors.