A schizophrenic man who had terrified Ivanka Trump with a campaign of scary YouTube videos, emails and visits to her Madison Avenue jewelry store is due to be released from custody today after pleading guilty in Manhattan Supreme Court to violating a judge’s order by continuing to harass her last year.
Justin Massler, 29, has stabilized on anti-psychotic medications during the past year he has been incarcerated at Bellvue Hospital and, more recently, Rikers, said his lawyer, George Vomvolakis.
“He is now very lucid, very reasonable and understands everything going on around him,” the lawyer said.
“Lucid” would not have described Massler back in March, 2011, when he threatened to go down “in a hail of bullets” and posted bizarre YouTube clips in which he insisted aliens were forcing him to continue stalking Trump despite his being prosecuted for a two-year campaign of creepy behavior.
The once shaggy-haired Massler appeared in court today with neatly shorn hair, and gave crisp yes and no answers as Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Lewis Bart Stone accepted his guilty plea to charges of criminal contempt and aggravated harassment.
The judge sentenced him to six months jail — which he has already served two-fold. Under the terms of his plea, Massler must begin serving five months probation, during which he must continue with his medications and therapy,
Massler also had to sign an order of protection barring him from any contact with The Donald’s brainy and beautiful daughter. He must also stay away from his her husband, Jarrod Kushner, and both the Kushner and Trump families — including Donald Trump and Ivanka’s siblings.
Massler may well be heading back to Reno, his hometown, Vomvolakis said — in which case his probation would be transferred to Nevada.