Sandra Bullock Her hell is over
San The actress enjoys a family day out knowing her stalker torment is over at long last
With a mile-wide smile and a relaxed demeanour, Sandra Bullock was the picture of health and happiness on a day out with her family. As she lavished love and affection on her son Louis, six, daughter Laila, four, and partner Bryan Randall, 50, during a trip to Disneyland, sheer relief was written all over the actress’s face.
It was a very different story three years ago when 52-year-old Sandra was forced to cower in a wardrobe, terrified for her life, when a stalker broke into her Beverly Hills house. But after years of being haunted by the distressing ordeal, the actress finally feels liberated now that Joshua Corbett has been convicted of stalking and residential burglary. Corbett was sentenced late last month to five years’ probation – which, reassuringly for Sandra, means he’ll be monitored – and continued mental health treatment. He’s also been ordered to stay away from the star for 10 years.
Sandra is finally able to put the past behind her
In June 2014, Sandra, who was home alone, woke up some time after 1am hearing loud noises inside her house. Getting up to lock the door to her bedroom, she saw Corbett in the hall wearing dark clothing. She then called for help from her wardrobe.
“I’m locked in my closet,” a distressed Sandra told police in an audio recording that was played in court. “I have a safe door in my bedroom and... I’m locked in the closet right now.”
She became increasingly panicked as the call continued. “I hear someone banging on the door,” she said.
Police arrived within minutes and arrested Corbett, who was holding a notebook with cut-out magazine pictures of Sandra and handwritten notes to her. One said: “You are my wife by law, the law of God, and you belong to me and me to you.”
She was unharmed, but the terror of having her personal space violated rattled Sandra to the core. In the years since, the actress has done all she can to keep her personal life tightly under wraps out of fear for her safety.
She is fiercely protective of her children’s privacy, and although she’s been dating photographer Bryan for two years, Sandra rarely shows affection towards him publicly. But these shots of the pair kissing and embracing, accompanied by her children, are a clear sign Sandra is finally able to put the past behind her and focus on her happy future.