Jennifer Aniston’s accused stalker found mentally incompetent for trial, but wants a second opinion

LOS ANGELES AP A man charged with stalking Jennifer Aniston and crashing his car through the front gate of her home has been determined mentally incompetent to stand trial but he demanded a second opinion at a Thursday court hearing Jimmy Wayne Carwyle a -year-old from Mississippi appeared while in custody behind glass at a Hollywood courthouse that specializes in mental robustness cases He had a long gray beard and wore a thick blue smock that jails use for suicide prevention A county-appointed psychiatrist who evaluated Carwyle detected the defendant incompetent Deputy Population Defender Robert Krauss stated the judge as he stood near his client with glass separating them But Krauss mentioned Carwyle as is his right would like an evaluation from a different psychiatrist Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Maria Cavaluzzi ordered the reevaluation and set another hearing for May Krauss declined comment outside court as did the prosecutor handling the development and an attorney observing the hearing on behalf of Aniston Prosecutors allege Carwyle had been harassing the Friends star with a flood of voicemail email and social media messages for two years before driving his Chrysler PT Cruiser through the gate of her home in the wealthy Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles on May causing major damage He pleaded not guilty to felony stalking and vandalism at his first court appearance where a judge paused the criminal proceedings so he could undergo the psychological evaluation Carwyle remains jailed but he is under a judge s order not to contact or get near Aniston Functionaries stated Aniston was home at the time of the gate crash but he did not come into contact with her A shield guard stopped him in her driveway until police arrived No one was injured Carwyle also faces an aggravating circumstance of the threat of great bodily harm If convicted he could get up to three years in prison If Carwyle is uncovered incompetent again the judge could order him to be sent to a state mental hospital for remedy and ongoing evaluation Other than asking for the protective order for Aniston prosecutors have not given their position on Carwyle s competency status and did not speak at Thursday s hearing Aniston became one of the biggest stars in television in her years on NBC s Friends She won an Emmy Award for best lead actress in a comedy for the role and she has been nominated for nine more She now stars in The Morning Show on Apple TV Source