Colin Farrell's 'accoster' gives her version

Dessarae Bradford, 31 in 2003
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Contending that she was an author, not a stalker or phone sex worker
Dessarae Bradford claimed that the only reason why she was at the Jay
Leno show was to serve court papers to Colin Farrell.
Dessarae Bradford, who grabbed media headlines by walking on to the
stage while Colin Farrell was being interviewed on the Jay Leno's
Tonight Show last week, held a press conference on Monday to present her
side of the story.
Bradford contended that she went up to the Jay Leno show, accompanied
by a private eye from Counter Force PI Services in Marina Del Rey,
California, in order to serve court papers to Colin Farrell.
Admitting that when she walked on to the stage she was not in
possession of the court papers, she said her intent was to try and
distract Farrell and Leno so that the private eye could serve the
papers.
Admitting to her mistake of walking up to the stage she attributed it
to a misunderstanding between her and her private eye. Her intent, she
claims, in stepping out of her house and coming to the Jay Leno show was
merely to avail of a window of opportunity to serve the papers and not
to disrupt the show.
The private eye did serve the papers later that night at the premier
of Miami Vice in Westwood, she claimed. Colin Farrell plays the role of
a police detective in Miami Vice, an action thriller that also stars
Jamie Foxx.
Bradford contended that the media had their facts wrong since no one
had seen the actual footage of the incident. On her site she has
claimed, "Security never came over to us and Mr. Leno never moved from
his seat nor summons [sic] his security because Colin was talking to me
comfortably with his whole arm draped around me extremely close. He
chatted with me as I tried to explain my presence at the show, until he
realized people took notice of us talking closely. He then whispered
softly for security after he and I were still debating about settling
this court matter before going to court."
During the press conference Bradford forcefully asserted that she was
an author, not a stalker or a phone sex operator. Bradford's past
accomplishment as an author include My S/M Romp with Alec Baldwin.
In right earnest, she used the press conference to distribute copies
of her self published book "Colin Farrell: A Dark Twisted Puppy"
Bradford had sued Farrell for $5,000 last April accusing him of
harassing phone calls, inappropriate cards and text messages. The case
was dismissed by the judge who was convinced by Farrell's lawyer that
the actor had never met his accuser. Bradford then filed another suit,
this time for $10 million, adding slander to the original harassment
allegation.
(Splash News)
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