SFist Blotter
Special single-issue Blotter! And please note: other SFist writers may very well take a crack at this same topic.
Looking for news on Gavin's stalker? We've now rearranged this morning's blotter into our usual Breaking News format, latest updates on top. Read our original post after the jump too, we're quite proud of all the links we put in!
Latest: Guess who else Han Shin was obsessed with? District 4 Supervisor Ed Jew! He's gotten 20 emails from Shin, but says he's not too worried about it.
Previously.....:
YAY!!! The Chron's put back up the Sentinel picture of Shin and Newsom wearing their respective trademark colors!!!!!!
Afternoon p.m. update: The Chron posts an afternoon update on stalker Han Shin, noting that he's quite seriously mentally ill, and his elderly parents have had to get restraining orders against him, once when he threatened them with a hoe.
However, we're frustrated! The Chron originally had up an awesome Sentinel picture of Shin with Newsom from the 3rd anniversary of gay marriage event from two weeks ago where Shin had on his trademark purple tie and latex glove, and Gavin had on..... oh, you guess, we won't spoil it for you!!! But they took it down. Frustrating! We'll keep an eye out and update this with a link if it ever comes back.
Morning Update: Pat Murphy at the Sentinel has found a picture of Shin at Second Fake Question Time, with purple glove and tie on.
Original story after the jump!
Picture of Gavin Newsom in yesterday's rain storms from CBS 5's coverage (article and video). Note: it looks like a black tie to us.
Gavin's being stalked -- and not just by Beth Spotswood! Our beleaguered mayor can't even take a drink to calm his nerves after the city attorney's office filed for a restraining order on his behalf, against a supporter that's taken that 75% approval rating thing a little too far. Act Locally indeed!
The supporter, named Han Shin and described as a "new age author" (check out one of his Amazon books here), was caught trying to sneak into Gavin Newsom's Russian Hill apartment at 1 a.m. the morning after Valentine's Day. Hey, we thought Gavin lived at the Four Seasons! Anyhow, Mr. Shin was escorted out of the building, where he proceeded to wait for "several more hours" in his car outside. (note: Gavin never came home that night. Maybe he was having a sleepover at Peter Ragone's house with John Nelson?)
The police were called, and upon searching Mr. Shin's car the next day, found, among other things, a collection of news articles about Gavin, pictures of Gavin, and a cassette tape labeled "President Gavin Newsom." Were there any SFist posts in there?
Police are also reporting that Mr. Shin once, wearing purple latex gloves, tried to physically grab Gavin -- and that Mr. Shin has recently been going to all the mayor's public appearances, taking pictures and trying to flirt with Gavin. Two things: 1) Is Mr. Shin Prince? And 2) -- now we're frantically going through all our pictures from the two Fake Question Times we've gone to, to see if we can find any of audience members wearing purple gloves!
Late night update: The Chron's got a piece up now too. So Shin was indeed at Second Fake Question Time, in the front row and where he was taking pictures of Newsom's "lower half" (so delicately phrased, Chronicle!). When Gavin's jacket fell to the ground, Mr. Shin picked it up and wiped it off "in a caressing manner" and held it in his lap, made flirty eye contact with Gavin, and after the event, grabbed Newsom and prevented him from closing his car door until security intervened.
There's also more details about the Feb. 15 incident, including more purple gloves in his car, along with a laminated picture of Gavin and a composite picture of Gavin with Shin and Shin's father. The TRO hearing is on March 7.