A man accused of stalking Kill Bill actress Uma Thurman thought he was being romantic, his lawyer has claimed.
"Creepy? Yes. Obsessed? Yes. Criminal? No," George Vomvolakis said at the start of Jack Jordan's New York trial.
Mr Jordan faces misdemeanour charges of stalking and aggravated harassment. The 37-year-old from Maryland has received psychiatric treatment in the past.
He was arrested in October 2007 after being accused of following and trying to contact Ms Thurman for two years.
If convicted, the University of Chicago graduate faces up to one year in jail.