WWE star shares details of ‘obsessive fan’ who tried to abduct her at home

WWE megastar Sonya Deville has opened up about the obsessive fan who was jailed for trying to kidnap her from her own home.

Twisted fan Phillip Thomas II broke into the 29-year-old wrestling star’s home in 2020, after spending years stalking her on the internet.

The sicko was arrested and charged with aggravated stalking, armed burglary, attempted armed kidnapping, and criminal mischief, and a protective order was also filed against the man to keep him away from the star.

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He reportedly spent eight months planning the attack, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office.

In May, he was handed a 15-year sentence by an American judge.

Now, the wrestler has opened up about how the terrifying experience shook her to her core in apodcast run by Maria Menounos.

“That night after the incident, I thought I was gonna go back into the house and sleep there because I was stubborn, and I was in shock, and I didn’t know what was going on.

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“I didn’t know left from right at that point, and then the sun goes down. I’m uncontrollably shaking, and I’m in a hotel room under an alias name because I’m so paranoid that, even though he’s arrested, he’s somehow gonna find me."

She then revealed that she had to call her wrestling partner Mandy Rose to help her secure the room.

“I have a dresser pushed up against the door, I made Mandy [Rose] slide the dresser in front of the door on the 15th floor of this high-rise hotel.”

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The New Jersey-born wrestler said that the “goal” was to avoid a trial so that she didn’t have to relive the horrific event in a cold courtroom.

But despite that, she said she and her lawyers were happy with the outcome of the trial.

The Daily Star previously reportedthat her fans were terrified that she would end up leaving the world of wrestling because of the traumatic incident.

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