Richard Gere's Runaway Stalker

Posted Friday, May 11, 2001 at 7:30 AM Central

by Heather Koehler

There are groups and clubs for every phobia or belief in the world, so why isn't there a Stalker's Anonymous? It would go over great in Hollywood.

The latest star being hunted down in Hollywood is the American Gigolo himself, Richard Gere. No, it isn't a man, but a 40-something German woman. Reports say the the stalker is a regular at the offices of the Richard Gere Foundation. Staff members have sent her away more than 20 times in the last few weeks.

"She's getting very desperate," staff sources say. The New York Police Department is investigating and claims it "doesn't appear (stalker) could use any physical forces." Dr. T is yet to have any encounters with his "admirer" but she supposedly saw him while visiting the Dalai Lama in India.