A Texas man who admitted to stalking WNBA Indiana Fever point guard Caitlin Clark is headed to prison after pleading guilty.
Michael Lewis, 55, from Denton, Texas, was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison on Monday after admitting in January that he was “guilty as charged” of stalking the basketball star.
Lewis was arrested in January at an Indianapolis hotel on a felony stalking charge, following allegations he sent sexually violent messages to Clark, 23, via social media, according to court documents obtained by ESPN .
“This resolution ensures that the defendant is held accountable for his threatening actions, the fear he instilled, and the disruption he caused,” Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears said .
“He will now spend the next two and a half years in the Departme