LAST UPDATE | 8 May 2025

A JUDGE IN the US has ordered that a man who authorities say crashed his car through the front gate of Jennifer Aniston’s home must go through mental health court to determine whether he is competent to face felony stalking and vandalism charges.

Jimmy Wayne Carwyle, 48, appeared shirtless and wrapped in a blanket when he appeared behind glass in a custody area of a Los Angeles courtroom. The Mississippi man did not enter a plea, or speak at all.

Prosecutors say he had been harassing actress Aniston with a flood of voicemail, email and social media messages for two years before driving into her gate on Monday.

Judge Keith L Schwartz doubted whether Carwyle would understand him when a prosecutor requested that the defendant, who will remain in jail, be ordered not to go near Aniston.

Carwyle’s lawyer, Deputy Public Defender Toral Malik, said: “I don’t believe him staying away from Aniston will be an issue at this time.”

But at a prosecutors’ insistence, Judge Schwartz issued the order anyway.

“You are not to have any contact with Jennifer Aniston under any conditions,” the judge said.

Authorities say Aniston was at home when Carwyle crashed his Chrysler PT Cruiser through the gate of her home in the wealthy Bel Air neighbourhood, causing major damage, prosecutors said. A security guard stopped him in her driveway before police arrived and arrested him.

There were no reports of anyone being injured.

A lawyer for Aniston who attended Thursday’s hearing declined to comment, and other representatives of the Friends star have not responded to comment requests.

Carwyle also faces an aggravating circumstance of the threat of great bodily harm. If convicted he could get up to three years in prison.

Malik not speak to reporters outside court.

Aniston bought the midcentury mansion on a 3.4-acre lot for about 21 million dollars (£15.8 million) in 2012, according to reporting by Architectural Digest.

She became one of the biggest stars in television in her 10 years on NBC’s Friends. Aniston won an Emmy Award for best lead actress in a comedy for the role, and she has been nominated for nine more. She currently stars in The Morning Show on Apple TV+.