A Manhattan man has been sentenced to 30 days in jail for stalking CNN host Anderson Cooper.
Gerald Hurt, 52, stood at Cooper’s doorstep at least four times between August and December 2022, trying to break into the home.
Cooper took out a restraining order, but Hurt ignored it. He was charged with eight felonies, stalking, endangerment and trespassing, as well as criminal contempt for violating a restraining order.
Hurt also received a five-year restraining order against Cooper.
Hurt is the second man found guilty of harassing the newsreader: In 2014, a schizophrenic Queens man who insisted he had a crush on Cooper was sentenced to a year of psychiatric treatment and five years of probation.
Gerald Hurt, 52, was sentenced to 30 days in jail on Friday for stalking Anderson Cooper
Cooper and Maisani, a French nightlife entrepreneur, separated in 2018 but have two sons together: Wyatt, born in 2020, and Sebastian, born in 2022
Alex Hausner terrorized Cooper for six years, from 2007-13.
At a hearing in January 2015, Hausner told the judge that Cooper and his partner Benjamin Maisani were stalking him and that he feared for his life.
Maisani, a French bar owner and businessman, and Cooper met in 2009 and confirmed their relationship in 2015.
They separated in 2018, but when Cooper’s first son Wyatt was born in 2020, he announced that he and Maisani would co-parent.
Maisani is also co-parenting Cooper’s youngest son Sebastian, born in 2022.
Hurt’s interactions with Cooper began on August 21, 2022, when he arrived at the journalist’s West Village home at 10 a.m. claiming, “I have a package for Anderson Cooper.”
The woman who answered the door repeatedly asked him to leave, but according to court documents, he started screaming and headed for the door with “his hands up and both clenched.”
Hurt will be photographed in court with his lawyers on Friday
He was ordered to stay away from Cooper for the next five years
Cooper and Maisani are seen with their sons Wyatt and Sebastian
Wyatt Cooper, who turned three in April, was named after his grandfather
A month later, on September 21, 2022, Hurt returned at 3 p.m. to find Cooper at home – asking him to leave several times.
Hurt pushed his full weight against the front door and reached his hands around the door to grab Cooper, court papers say.
On November 16, 2022, just before 10 a.m., Maisani found Hurt on his doorstep and repeatedly asked him to leave, the complaint said.
Hurt told him, “I’m here to see Anderson Cooper.” Hurt then gave his number to Masiani so Cooper could contact him.
Finally, at 10 p.m. on a December night, Hurt returned and told Maisani, “I’m here to see Anderson Cooper.”
Maisani replied, “We have a restraining order against you.” Hurt said, “Oh, you mean the false order?” Hurt was arrested on December 15. Cooper has not commented on the incident.