Sabrina Carpenter Restraining Order: Inside the Case
Sabrina Carpenter just won a restraining order against a man she says stalked her and tried to break into her Los Angeles home. Here is what the court documents reveal, what the order covers, and the two hearing dates that come next.
A Los Angeles County judge granted Sabrina Carpenter a temporary restraining order against William Applegate, 31, on June 1, 2026. He must stay 100 yards from her, her home, car, and workplace. A follow-up hearing is set for June 17.
What happened at Sabrina Carpenter’s home?
A stranger allegedly breached the security fencing around her Los Angeles property and walked right up to her front door. Carpenter says she first became aware of William Applegate on May 23, 2026. He breached security fencing at her home and approached her front door, as shown in Ring doorbell images referenced in the documents, then tried opening the door before her security team intervened.
It did not stop there. When a guard confronted him, things turned physical. The request alleges Applegate tried to open Carpenter’s front door on May 23, and when a security guard confronted him, Applegate struck the man.
Police responded that day. Los Angeles police arrested Applegate for criminal trespass, and according to Carpenter and her legal team, he returned less than 24 hours later and loitered in her driveway for two hours.
A second guard described an even stranger scene days later. Hasan Brown, a private security guard, said in a declaration that they noticed Applegate parked roughly 10 feet from the pedestrian entrance of Carpenter’s home at 12:30 p.m. on May 25, and that Applegate unfastened his seatbelt and reclined his driver’s seat fully flat in what appeared to be a deliberate attempt to conceal himself.
Who is William Applegate?
He is a 31-year-old man Carpenter says she has never met. Carpenter said she has never met the alleged stalker, identified in court documents as William Applegate, and has no desire to meet him.
Investigators framed him as a serious risk, not a curious fan. LAPD Detective Peter Doomanis wrote in a declaration that, in his professional opinion, Applegate has developed a disturbing and irrational fixation on Carpenter. The detective also traced the behavior back further than the May break-in attempt. He wrote that the pattern of conduct may have begun as early as around April 20, 2026, and reflects the hallmarks of a fixated, obsessional individual whose trajectory is consistent with stalking behavior that poses a serious and escalating risk to victim safety.
Carpenter’s own words to the court were blunt. “This is not the behavior of someone who stumbled upon my property by accident,” she wrote in her statement.
What does the Sabrina Carpenter restraining order cover?
The order keeps Applegate physically away from the singer and the people she lives with. The court prohibited William Applegate, 31, from being within 100 yards of Carpenter or her sister Sarah Carpenter and the latter’s partner, who also live in the Hollywood Hills home.
It also reaches beyond the house. The judge ordered Applegate to stay at least 100 yards from Carpenter, her home, her car, her workplace, and the other residents. In short, he cannot contact, intimidate, threaten, or come near her in any of the places she spends her days.
The footage she submitted did a lot of the work. The home’s doorbell camera recorded the suspect trespassing, providing visual proof to law enforcement and the court.
The two court dates that matter
Two separate dates are now on the calendar. A follow-up court hearing on extending the stay-away order is set for June 17, and Applegate is due in criminal court on June 18 for his arrest for criminal trespassing. The June 17 hearing decides whether the temporary order becomes something longer. A future hearing is expected to determine whether the temporary restraining order will be extended into a long-term injunction.
The criminal side is still being weighed. The police department submitted its trespassing case from the May 23 incident to the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office to determine whether charges should be filed.
Why does this keep happening to young pop stars?
Fame at Carpenter’s level draws obsessive attention, and security teams are increasingly the front line. The 27-year-old “Espresso” singer is one of the most visible artists in music right now, fresh off a Met Gala appearance on May 4 and a Grammy night that handed her best pop solo performance and best pop vocal album. That visibility cuts both ways.
She joins a long line of artists who have had to lawyer up for personal safety rather than business. The pattern shows up across the music world, from the headline runs of stars who took over Times Square for a surprise Pride set to the chart chasers tracking records at this year’s American Music Awards. Stardom now comes bundled with a private security budget.
It also lands during a stretch where celebrity legal stories are everywhere, including the closely watched courtroom news around the Diddy sentencing timeline. Carpenter’s case is different in kind, since she is the one seeking protection, but it adds to a season where the entertainment beat and the court docket keep overlapping.
For the reporting backbone here, the detailed declarations were laid out by Rolling Stone, and the terms of the order were confirmed by NBC News.
Where Things Go From Here
The temporary order is in place, but it is not the finish line. June 17 tells us whether Carpenter gets a long-term shield, and June 18 tells us whether prosecutors pursue the trespassing charge. If the order is extended, Applegate stays legally walled off from her for the foreseeable future. If charges follow, the story shifts from a civil filing to a criminal case. Either way, the takeaway is simple: a doorbell camera, a fast filing, and a detective’s declaration moved this from a frightening night to a documented case in under two weeks. I will be watching both dates.
